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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.

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...

Are Switzerland trying to get back into the final?

So, after we have largely ignored the Swiss selection, it seems that they have been busy getting songs from all over the place for...

Monty looks at Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark

Finland – first rehearsal report here I’ve timed everything wrong today, and thought we had a lunch break after Bulgaria, but it’s after Finland. It’s...

Switzerland Sets Its Sights on Eurovision 2026

Fresh off hosting the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland has confirmed its participation in the 2026 edition, set to take place in...

Stones to gather no qualification?

So, after we largely ignored the Swiss selection, they went right ahead of picked a song. ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow took place this evening at...

Arsenium to the new millennium!

God, but I wish I was joking. Let's start with 551 for 6 declared. They surprised me really quite a lot by putting together a...

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...

13 March – Turn off the search light

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

Switzerland by Monty

There’s not an awful lot to say here, it’s pretty much exactly as you’d expect from a traditional rock performance. I’m pleased to see...

13 July – You, trainers of performing dogs, magicians, snake charmers

We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that...