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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 February – I’m praying for those who are looking for...

Did you ever envy Switzerland? Not only are they good at chocolate and cheese, but during those no-free language rule days, they had a...

In a curious turn of events…

...Phil has just informed me via Social Network that Riigiametnik has been video-calling him with pictures of a local Azeri pear-flavoured beverage which looks...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 37 of 39 – Switzerland

There are times when you can describe the Eurovision Song Contest as car crash television but never has there been a song with an...

The Swiss do nice chocolate

Nick: It's annoying me. It's a sequence of fleeting moments of sounds-a-bit-like-something-elseness, never quite long enough for me to get a proper grip and...

S*itzerland… Back to usual form

Well Melanie comes on stage in one dress, then uses the back of her dress as a batfink style cape… her wings are, quite...

11 December – Tomorrow we’ll have gardens for picking bouquets of...

What do you do if your country doesn't pick you to represent them at our favourite TV show? You find someone else who will....