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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.

Nick “does” 2025 – Switzerland

SWITZERLAND – Zoe Me – Voyage It’s pretty much been nothing but voyage for me since I arrived at this year’s OnEurope Digs, just over...

Switzerland – Is he more Torvill or Dean?

I tend to look at this in the same way I would an ice skating tournement (I'm gay, bear with me here). This has lots...

6 April – After the storm, we walk a bit

Many people have trodden the boards more than once, some with aplomb, and some doing stuff we'd rather not talk about. And I'm not...

Boys do cry for Switzerland at Eurovision 2022

28-year-old Marius Bear is pegged to represent Switzerland at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. The song and formal announcement followed speculation yesterday when a gap...

Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Switzerland

SWITZERLAND - Gjon's Tears - Tout L'Univers One of my earliest, and still favourite, contests is the 1986 running. Right from Terry Wogan's opening comments,...

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...

18 April – Yours, yours, yours

We love vintage here. There is more to Eurovision than someone clucking in ultra high definition. There were days when we had nothing more...

Don’t throw stones, just drumsticks

Swiss Zibbz up now, and pretty much as you would expect after seeing the Swiss national final. Coco has a burgundy colour theme running...

8 October – But mama, she ain’t here tonight

In this column, we don't normally pick birthdays from the current year. But until May we had none on 8 October - and then...

Switzerland – Ars Gratia Artis or a load of old Ars?

My first, my very first, outpouring after seeing what the Swiss have served up was " What on god's green earth was that?!" -...