Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since its debut at the first contest in 1956, missing only four contests because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year: 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Switzerland hosted the inaugural contest in 1956 in Lugano, where it also won. The country claimed its second victory in 1988, 32 years after the first, and its third in 2024, 36 years after the second win. The Swiss participating broadcaster in the contest is the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR).

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Participation summary
Appearances	65 (54 finals)
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1956, 1988, 2024
Host	1956, 1989, 2025
Participation history 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
External links
SRF page RTS page RSI page
Switzerland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

"Refrain" performed by Lys Assia won the inaugural contest in 1956 for Switzerland; she returned to place second in 1958 with "Giorgio". The country achieved second place with "T'en va pas" by Esther Ofarim (1963) and "Pas pour moi" by Daniela Simmons (1986), and third place with "Nous aurons demain" by Franca di Rienzo (1961) and "Amour on t'aime" by Arlette Zola (1982). It won for the second time in 1988 with "Ne partez pas sans moi" performed by Céline Dion. "Moi, tout simplement" by Annie Cotton secured Switzerland's 15th top-five finish by placing third in 1993.

Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1993, Switzerland has reached the top ten only four times. Since the semi-final round's inception in 2004, the country has failed to reach the final in 11 of 19 contests, finishing last in the semi-final on four occasions. Switzerland returned to the top five after 26 years when "She Got Me" by Luca Hänni finished fourth in 2019, achieving the country's 16th top-five result. This was followed by "Tout l'univers" by Gjon's Tears placing third in 2021, marking the 17th top-five finish. Switzerland won the contest for the third time in 2024, with "The Code" by Nemo. The country has also finished last in the semi-finals four times since 2004, with "Celebrate" by Piero and the MusicStars (2004), "Il pleut de l'or" by Michael von der Heide (2010), "Time to Shine" by Mélanie René (2015), and "The Last of Our Kind" by Rykka (2016).

Participation

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Switzerland since the first contest in 1956.

Switzerland has four official languages, French, German, Italian, and Romansh. For intermittent periods prior to its abolition in 1999, the rules stated that the song had to be performed in an official language, which gave SRG SSR leeway as it could submit entries in any of the four languages. Out of its 65 appearances in the contest, it has sent 66 songs, 25 of which were in French,^[a] 12 in German, 18 in English, 10 in Italian, and one in Romansh. The first two of Switzerland's winning songs were sung in French, with the third being sung in English.

Selection methods

SRG SSR has used a mix of different selection processes to determine its entry in each year's contest. Since 2019, it has used an internal selection process, although televised national finals were used in previous years, held under various names including Concours Eurovision from the 1950s to 2000s, and Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow between 2011 and 2018. Starting in 1986, the Swiss national finals tended to have ten participating songs each year: three in French, three in German, three in Italian, and one in Romansch.

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Pie chart of selection methods Switzerland used to select its entry for the contest

1. National selection: 42 (63.6%)
2. Internal selection: 23 (34.8%)
3. Internal selection among songs from national selection: 1 (1.52%)

Songs	Selection methods	Years
42	Artist and song with national selections	1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
23	Artist and song with internal selections	1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
1	Internally selection among songs from national selection after being held	1992

Participation overview

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete
†	Upcoming event

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1956	Lys Assia	"Das alte Karussell"	German	—[b]	—[b]	No semi-finals
		"Refrain"	French	1
1957	Lys Assia	"L'Enfant que j'étais"	French	8	5
1958	Lys Assia	"Giorgio"	German, Italian	2	24
1959	Christa Williams	"Irgendwoher"	German	4	14
1960	Anita Traversi	"Cielo e terra"	Italian	8	5
1961	Franca di Rienzo [fr]	"Nous aurons demain"	French	3	16
1962	Jean Philippe	"Le Retour"	French	10	2
1963	Esther Ofarim	"T'en va pas"	French	2	40
1964	Anita Traversi	"I miei pensieri"	Italian	13 ◁	0
1965	Yovanna	"Non, à jamais sans toi"	French	8	8
1966	Madeleine Pascal [fr]	"Ne vois-tu pas ?"	French	6	12
1967	Géraldine	"Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?"	French	17 ◁	0
1968	Gianni Mascolo	"Guardando il sole"	Italian	13	2
1969	Paola	"Bonjour, bonjour"	German	5	13
1970	Henri Dès	"Retour"	French	4	8
1971	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Les Illusions de nos vingt ans"	French	12	78
1972	Véronique Müller	"C'est la chanson de mon amour"	French	8	88
1973	Patrick Juvet	"Je vais me marier, Marie"	French	12	79
1974	Piera Martell	"Mein Ruf nach dir"	German	14 ◁	3
1975	Simone Drexel	"Mikado"	German	6	77
1976	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Djambo Djambo"	English	4	91
1977	Pepe Lienhard Band	"Swiss Lady"	German	6	71
1978	Carole Vinci [fr]	"Vivre"	French	9	65
1979	Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri	"Trödler und Co."	German	10	60
1980	Paola	"Cinéma"	French	4	104
1981	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Io senza te"	Italian	4	121
1982	Arlette Zola	"Amour on t'aime"	French	3	97
1983	Mariella Farré	"Io così non ci sto"	Italian	15	28
1984	Rainy Day [de]	"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein"	German	16	30
1985	Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini [de]	"Piano, piano"	German	12	39
1986	Daniela Simons	"Pas pour moi"	French	2	140
1987	Carol Rich	"Moitié moitié"	French	17	26
1988	Céline Dion	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	French	1	137
1989	Furbaz	"Viver senza tei"	Romansh	13	47
1990	Egon Egemann	"Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"	German	11	51
1991	Sandra Simó	"Canzone per te"	Italian	5	118
1992	Daisy Auvray [fr]	"Mister Music Man"	French	15	32
1993	Annie Cotton	"Moi, tout simplement"	French	3	148	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994	Duilio	"Sto pregando"	Italian	19	15	No semi-finals
1996	Kathy Leander	"Mon cœur l'aime"	French	16	22	8	67
1997	Barbara Berta [de]	"Dentro di me"	Italian	22	5	No semi-finals
1998	Gunvor [de]	"Lass ihn"	German	25 ◁	0
2000	Jane Bogaert [it]	"La vita cos'è?"	Italian	20	14
2002	Francine Jordi	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	French	22	15
2004	Piero and the MusicStars	"Celebrate"	English	Failed to qualify		22 ◁	0
2005	Vanilla Ninja	"Cool Vibes"	English	8	128	8	114
2006	six4one	"If We All Give a Little"	English	16	30	Top 11 in 2005 final[c]
2007	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	English	Failed to qualify		20	40
2008	Paolo Meneguzzi	"Era stupendo"	Italian			13	47
2009	Lovebugs	"The Highest Heights"	English			14	15
2010	Michael von der Heide	"Il pleut de l'or"	French			17 ◁	2
2011	Anna Rossinelli	"In Love for a While"	English	25 ◁	19	10	55
2012	Sinplus	"Unbreakable"	English	Failed to qualify		11	45
2013	Takasa	"You and Me"	English			13	41
2014	Sebalter	"Hunter of Stars"	English	13	64	4	92
2015	Mélanie René	"Time to Shine"	English	Failed to qualify		17 ◁	4
2016	Rykka	"The Last of Our Kind"	English			18 ◁	28
2017	Timebelle	"Apollo"	English			12	97
2018	Zibbz	"Stones"	English			13	86
2019	Luca Hänni	"She Got Me"	English	4	364	4	232
2020	Gjon's Tears	"Répondez-moi"	French	Contest cancelled[d] X
2021	Gjon's Tears	"Tout l'univers"	French	3	432	1	291
2022	Marius Bear	"Boys Do Cry"	English	17	78	9	118
2023	Remo Forrer	"Watergun"	English	20	92	7	97
2024	Nemo	"The Code"	English	1	591	4	132
2025	Zoë Më	"Voyage"	French	10	214	Host country
2026	Confirmed intention to participate †[1]

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Further information: Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Artist	Song	Language	At Congratulations				At Eurovision
			Final	Points	Semi	Points	Year	Place	Points
Céline Dion	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	French	Failed to qualify		10	98	1988	1	137

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter(s)
1956	Lugano	Teatro Kursaal	Lohengrin Filipello
1989	Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux
2025	Basel	St. Jakobshalle	Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer (all shows) and Michelle Hunziker (final)

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year	Category	Song	Composer(s) lyrics (l) / music (m)	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2021	Composer Award	"Tout l'univers"	Gjon Muharremaj, Xavier Michel, Wouter Hardy & Nina Sampermans (m & l)	Gjon's Tears	3	432	Rotterdam	[2]
2024	Composer Award Artistic Award[e]	"The Code"	Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, & Nemo Mettler (m & l)	Nemo	1	591	Malmö	[3]
2025	Composer Award	"Voyage"	Emily Middlemas, Tom Oehler, & Zoë Anina Kressler (m & l)	Zoë Më	10	214	Basel	[4]

Related involvement

Conductors

Year	Conductor[f]	Notes	Ref.
1956	Fernando Paggi	[g]	[5]
1957	Willy Berking	[h]
1958	Paul Burkhard
1959	Franck Pourcel	[i]
1960	Cédric Dumont
1961	Fernando Paggi
1962	Cédric Dumont
1963	Eric Robinson	[j]
1964	Fernando Paggi
1965	Mario Robbiani
1966	Jean Roderes	[k]
1967	Hans Moeckel
1968	Mario Robbiani
1969	Henry Mayer
1970	Bernard Gérard		[6]
1971	Hardy Schneiders
1972	Jean-Pierre Festi
1973	Hervé Roy
1974	Pepe Ederer
1975	Peter Jacques
1976	Mario Robbiani
1977	Peter Jacques
1978	Daniel Janin
1979	Rolf Zuckowski
1980	Peter Reber		[7]
1981	Rolf Zuckowski
1982	Joan Amils
1983	Robert Weber	[l]
1984	Mario Robbiani
1985	Anita Kerr
1986	Atilla Şereftuğ
1987	No conductor
1988	Atilla Şereftuğ
1989	Benoît Kaufman	[m]
1990	Bela Balint
1991	Flaviano Cuffari
1992	Roby Seidel
1993	Marc Sorrentino
1994	Valeriano Chiaravalle
1996	Rui dos Reis
1997	Pietro Damiani
1998	No conductor

Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.^[8]

Year	Head of delegation	Ref.
2016–2021	Reto Peritz	[9][10]
2022–2024	Yves Schifferle	[11][12]
2025	Daniel Meister	[13]
2026	Yves Schifferle	[14]

Commentators and spokespersons

SRG SSR has broadcast the contest in Switzerland on its three television stations: German-language Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), French-language Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and Italian-language Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI). Additionally, the final of the 2025 contest was broadcast on Romansh-language Radio RTR.

Television broadcasts, commentators and spokespersons

Year	Swiss German (SRF)		Swiss French (RTS)		Swiss Italian (RSI)		Spokesperson	Ref.
	Channel	Commentator(s)	Channel	Commentator(s)	Channel	Commentator(s)
1956	SRG	Fritz Schäuffele [de]	TSR	Raymond Colbert [fr]	No television broadcast		No spokesperson	[15][16][17][18]
1957		Unknown		Robert Beauvais[n]			Unknown	[19][20]
1958	TV DRS			Georges Hardy [fr]				[21][22]
1959				Unknown	TSI	Unknown		[23][24][25]
1960		Theodor Haller [de; fr]						[26][27][28]
1961		Unknown		Robert Beauvais[n]				[29][30][31]
1962				Pierre Tchernia[n]				[32][33][34][35]
1963		Theodor Haller		Georges Hardy		Renato Tagliani [it][o]		[36][37][38][39]
1964		Unknown		Robert Burnier		Unknown		[40][41][42]
1965				Jean Charles [fr]				[43][44][45]
1966		Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach [de][p]		Unknown				[46][47][48][49]
1967		Unknown		Robert Burnier				[50][51][52]
1968		Theodor Haller		Georges Hardy				[53][54][55]
1969		Unknown						[56][57][58]
1970								[59][60][61]
1971		Theodor Haller					No spokesperson	[62][63][64]
1972								[65][66][67]
1973								[68][69][70]
1974							Unknown	[71][72][73]
1975		Unknown						[74][75][76]
1976		Theodor Haller						[77][78][79]
1977								[80][81][82]
1978								[83][84][85]
1979		Max Rüeger [de]						[86][87][88]
1980		Theodor Haller						[89][90][91]
1981						Giovanni Bertini		[92][93][94][95]
1982								[96][97][98][99]
1983								[100][101][102][103]
1984		Bernard Thurnheer [de]		Serge Moisson [fr]		Unknown		[104][105][106]
1985								[107][108][109]
1986								[110][111][112]
1987	SRG Sportkette [de]		SSR Chaîne Sportive [de]		SSR Canale Sportivo [de]			[113][114][115]
1988								[116][117][118]
1989	TV DRS		TSR	Thierry Masselot	TSI	Giovanni Bertini		[119][120][121][122]
1990	SRG Sportkette		SSR Chaîne Sportive	Unknown	SSR Canale Sportivo	Unknown		[123][124][125]
1991	TV DRS		TSR Chaîne nationale	Lolita Morena	TSI Canale nationale			[126][127][128]
1992		Mariano Tschuor [rm]		Ivan Frésard [fr]				[129][130]
1993	SF DRS	Bernard Thurnheer		Jean-Marc Richard		Emanuela Gaggini		[131][132][133]
1994						Unknown	Sandra Studer	[134][135][136]
1995	Schweiz 4	Heinz Margot	Suisse 4		Unknown		Did not participate	[137][138]
1996			TSR	Pierre Grandjean			Yves Ménestrier	[139][140][141]
1997		Sandra Studer			TSI	Unknown	Sandy Altermatt [it]	[142][143][144]
1998	SF 2	Unknown	TSR 1	Jean-Marc Richard	TSI 1	Jonathan Tedesco	Regula Elsener	[145][146][147][148][149]
1999		Sandra Studer			TSI 2	Unknown	Did not participate	[150][151][152][153]
2000					TSI 1	Jonathan Tedesco	Astrid von Stockar	[154][155][156][157]
2001				Phil Mundwiller		Unknown	Did not participate	[158][159]
2002						Jonathan Tedesco	Diana Jörg	[160][161][162]
2003		Roman Kilchsperger [de]		Jean-Marc Richard and Alain Morisod		Daniele Rauseo	Did not participate	[163][164]
2004	SF 2 (Semi-final) SF 1 (Final)	Marco Fritsche (Semi-final) Sandra Studer (Final)	TSR 2 (Semi-final) TSR 1 (Final)			Unknown	Emel Aykanat	[165][166][167][168][169][170]
2005		Sandra Studer		Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet	TSI 2 (Semi-final) TSI 1 (Final)	Daniela Tami and Claudio Lazzarino	Cécile Bähler [de]	[171][172][173][174][175][176][177][178]
2006				Jean-Marc Richard and Alain Morisod		Unknown	Jubaira Bachmann [de]	[179][180][181][182][183][184]
2007		Bernard Thurnheer	TSR 2	Nicolas Tanner (Semi-final) Henri Dès (Final) Jean-Marc Richard (All shows)			Sven Epiney	[185][186][187][188][189]
2008	SF zwei (SF2/Final) HD suisse (Final)	Sven Epiney	TSR 2 (SF2/Final)	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	TSI 2 (SF2) TSI 1 (Final)	Sandy Altermatt [it]	Cécile Bähler [de]	[190][191][192][193][194][195][196]
2009	SF zwei (SF1/Final)		TSR 2 (SF1/Final)	Jean-Marc Richard (SF1/Final) Nicolas Tanner (Final)	RSI La 2 (SF1) RSI La 1 (Final)			[197][198][199][200][201][202]
2010	SF zwei		TSR 2	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	RSI La 1		Christa Rigozzi	[203]
2011	SF zwei (SF1/Final)		TSR 2 (SF1/Final)	Nicolas Tanner (Semi-final) Henri Dès (Final) Jean-Marc Richard (All shows)	RSI La 2 (Semi-finals) RSI La 1 (Final)	Jonathan Tedesco	Cécile Bähler	[204][205][206]
2012			RTS Deux (SF1/Final)	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	RSI La 2 (SF1) RSI La 1 (Final)	Clarissa Tami [it] and Paolo Meneguzzi	Sara Hildebrand	[207][208][209][210]
2013	SF zwei (SF2) SRF 1 (Final)		RTS Deux (SF2/Final)		RSI La 2 (SF2) RSI La 1 (Final)	Alessandro Bertoglio [it]	Mélanie Freymond [fr]	[211][212][213][214]
2014	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF 1 (Final)		RTS Deux (SF2) RTS Un (Final)	Jean-Marc Richard and Valérie Ogier		Sandy Altermatt and Alessandro Bertoglio	Kurt Aeschbacher [de]	[215][216][217][218][219]
2015	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF 1 (Final)	Peter Schneider and Gabriel Vetter [de] (Final) Sven Epiney (All shows)	rts.ch (SF1) RTS Deux (SF2) RTS Un (Final)	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner		Clarissa Tami and Paolo Meneguzzi	Laetitia Guarino	[220][221][222][223]
	srf.ch	Sign language interpreters
2016	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF 1 (Final)	Peter Schneider and Gabriel Vetter (Final) Sven Epiney (All shows)	RTS Deux (SF2/Final)			Michele "Cerno" Carobbio (Final) Clarissa Tami (All shows)	Sebalter	[224][225][226][227][228]
2017		Sven Epiney	RTS Deux (Semi-finals) RTS Un (Final)		RSI La 2 (Semi-finals) RSI La 1 (Final)	Clarissa Tami and Sebalter	Luca Hänni	[229][230]
2018			RTS Deux (SF2) RTS Un (Final)			Clarissa Tami	Letícia Carvalho	[231][232][233][234][235]
2019			RTS Deux (Semi-finals) RTS Un (Final)	Bastian Baker (Final) Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (All shows)	RSI La 2 (SF2) RSI La 1 (Final)	Clarissa Tami and Sebalter	Sinplus	[236][237][238][239]
2020	SF zwei (SF2) SRF 1 (Final) SRF info (All shows)	Sven Epiney	Not announced before cancellation					[240][241]
2021	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF 1 (Final)	Sven Epiney	RTS 2 (Semi-finals) RTS 1 (Final)	Joseph Gorgoni [fr] (Final) Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (All shows)	RSI La 2 (SF2) RSI La 1 (Final)	Sebalter (Final) Clarissa Tami (All shows)	Angélique Beldner	[242][243][244][245][246]
2022	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF info (SF2) SRF 1 (Final)			Nicolas Tanner (Semi-finals) Gjon's Tears (Final) Jean-Marc Richard (All shows)	RSI La 2 (Semi-finals) RSI La 1 (Final)	Francesca Margiotta (SF1/Final) Boris Piffaretti (SF2/Final) Clarissa Tami (All shows)	Julie Berthollet	[247][248][249][250]
2023	SF zwei (Semi-finals) SRF 1 (Final)			Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner and Priscilla Formaz		Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa	Chiara Dubey	[251][252][253][254]
2024				Julie Berthollet (Final) Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (All shows)			Jennifer Bosshard	[255][256][257][258][259][260]
2025	SRF 1		RTS 1	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner			Mélanie Freymond [fr] and Sven Epiney	[261][262][263][264][265][266]
	SRF Play	Patti Basler [de]
	SRF info	Sign language interpreters

Photo gallery

• 
  Jean Philippe in Luxembourg (1962)
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  Yovanna in Naples (1965)
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  Henri Dès in Amsterdam (1970)
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  Peter, Sue and Marc in The Hague (1976)
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  Piero and the MusicStars in Istanbul (2004)
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  Six4one during a press conference in Athens (2006)
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  DJ BoBo in Helsinki (2007)
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  Paolo Meneguzzi in Belgrade (2008)
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  Michael von der Heide in Oslo (2010)
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  Anna Rossinelli in Düsseldorf (2011)
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  Takasa in Malmö (2013)
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  Sebalter in Copenhagen (2014)
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  Mélanie René in Vienna (2015)
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  Rykka in Stockholm (2016)
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  Timebelle in Kyiv (2017)
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  Zibbz in Lisbon (2018)
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  Luca Hänni in Tel Aviv (2019)
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  Gjon's Tears in Rotterdam (2021)
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  Marius Bear in Turin (2022)
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  Remo Forrer in Liverpool (2023)
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  Nemo in Malmö (2024)
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  Zoë Më in Basel (2025)

See also

• Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Notes

1. The selected Swiss entry for the cancelled 2020 contest was also sung in French.
2. The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released.
3. According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the grand final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to the next year's grand final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
4. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. Voted by the national commentators.
6. All conductors are of Swiss nationality unless otherwise noted.
7. Also conducted the Dutch and German entries.
8. Host conductor
9. Host conductor
10. Host conductor
11. Host conductor
12. Conducted at the national final by Hans Moeckel
13. Also conducted the Luxembourgish entry and half of the Danish entry.
14. Commentary provided by France's RTF
15. Commentary provided by Italy's RAI
16. Commentary provided by Germany's ARD