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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.

Luca Hanni at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv

Switzerland – Hit me with your Cuba Libre!

First off, apologies about missing Lativa, It's not deliberate. I had a mountain of work to do, but did take advice from people at...

Switzerland – Well the bouffant has gone….

Thankfully sense has prevailed here and Rykka has got rid of the blue perm and has straightened her hair but, sadly, even this isn’t...

6 December – Your hand and mine in the same poetry

It's always an interesting thing to watch when following the progress of fan favourites through the Eurovision season. The song gets picked and immediately...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Switzerland according to Mo

This and the Irish song have a lot in common. They’ve both chucked a bunch of nonsense around what is basically a conventional and...

Luca debuts ‘She got me’ as Swiss Eurovision song

It's an open secret that Luca Hänni has landed the unenviable task of turning around Swiss fortunes at Eurovision. Today we got to hear...
Luca

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 40 – Switzerland

The Swiss dropped their 'Entscheidungsshow' as a selection format this year, officially for budgetary reasons, though with only two qualifications in eight years (one...

Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Switzerland

I'm at that age where it isn't just policemen who look too young to be doing the job, it's extended to Swiss Eurovision entrants....

And the 5 I missed… oops

Well the coverage from Copenhagen hasn't been even so I was bound to miss a few. Here's a piece of hard crusty Danish bread...

Swiss reveal their hand. Joker or Poker?

SRF, the Swiss German broadcaster revealed the  Swiss entry for Eurovision 2024 at 1100 CET. As has become usual there was not a Swiss...

Switzerland: Movement and mime time

Marius Bear is alone on stage, picked out in silhouette and that's pretty much how he stays throughout, with bursts of video and lighting...