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Switzerland

The Swiss entry is chosen by one of the four main broadcasters in turn. The Swiss took part in (and won) the first ever contest in 1956. Overall Switzerland has won twice.

23 August – You’re looking forward for the night to come

  Imagine how you'd feel. You're on the Eurovision stage, you're giving it everything, and things don't go quite as well as expected. This is all...

Eurovision Song Contest hosts name 2025 act

Switzerland has selected Zoë Më to represent the host country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Fribourg was...

5 October – Alice in Wonderland on Sunday afternoon

Our friends in Switzerland are in a curious situation. They have lots of languages to choose from, and they can confuse the average casual...

8 October – Gettin’ rowdy, rowdy

It's an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. Portugal, Austria and Finland have proven this in the 21st Century. One...

Switzerland – He’s on the road… the road to Hull?!

I know what this is supposed to be: the angsty boy-type ripping his heart out and telling you that he is vulnerable and all...

13 March – This is paradise

Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you...
Marius Bear

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 38 – Switzerland

Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry Marius lumbers around in this video looking and sounding like a pissed bloke who's forgot his glasses trying to...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 35/37 – Switzerland

Switzerland - Zoë Më - Voyage So, three songs left, and you might have detected that I am running out of puff with these, that's...

30 March – You, the new poets, you, the magic birds

For many performers, their three/six/nine/twelve minutes on the Eurovision stage is the highlight of their entertainment career. As nowhere else will they be seen...

15 October – We will be living a million joys

Before the free language rule was re-introduced, when you were representing a country with a plethora of languages, it sometimes threw up some oddities....