Since the 1993 Contest Richard has been the Swiss French commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest . Richard was unable to commentate on the 1996 and 1997 Contests , and Pierre Grandjean filled in ; however he returned to commentate on the 1998 Contest . Since the 2005 Contest Richard has co-commentated the event with other television presenters , and has co-hosted the contest with Nicolas Tanner since the 2008 Contest
1993 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)