Switzerland
Switzerland is one of the co-founders of the Eurovision Song Contest. Not only was the first edition of the contest (1956) held on Swiss soil (Lugano), but the country also won this first contest – with Lys Assia and her song Refrain.
Lys Assia often returned to the festival and became responsible for four Swiss entries, just as much as the trio Peter, Sue & Marc in the seventies and eighties. But they sang in a different language every time: French, German, English and Italian. Which is not that strange for the Swiss as they have four official languages. French is sung most often and Romansh is the language they have sung in the least.
The Swiss have often sent artists that came from elsewhere. They were most successful with a singer from Canada: superstar Céline Dion, who won in 1988 with Ne partez pas sans moi.
Nowadays Switzerland seems to be struggling more: in the last twelve editions the Swiss only managed to reach the final two times, and at four occasions they even ended last.
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Performance
Entries
63
Average Performance
42.5%
Entries
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Nemo — The code
(Benjamin Alasu/Lasse Mydtsian Nymann/Linda Dale/Nemo Mettler)
Remo Forrer — Watergun
(Ashley Hicklin/Argyle Singh/Mikołaj Trybulec)
20th
92
Marius Bear — Boys do cry
(Marius Bear/Martin Gallop)
17th
78
Gjon's Tears — Tout l'univers
(Wouter Hardy/Nina Sampermans/Xavier Michel/Gjon Muharremaj)
3rd
432
Gjon's Tears — Répondez-moi
(Alizé Oswald/Xavier Michel/Jeroen Swinnen/Gjon Muharremaj)
Luca Hänni — She got me
(Laurell Barker/Frazer Mac/Luca Hänni/Jon Hällgren/Lukas Hällgren)
4th
364
ZiBBZ — Stones
(Laurell Barker/Corinne Gfeller/Stefan Gfeller)
13th
86
Timebelle — Apollo
(Elias Näslin/Alessandra Günthardt/Nicolas Günthardt)
12th
97
Rykka — The last of our kind
(Christina Maria Rieder/Mike James/Jeff Dawson/Warne Livesey)
18th
28
Mélanie René — Time to shine
(Mélanie René)
17th
4
Sebalter — Hunter of stars
(Sebastiano Paù-Lessi)
13th
64
Takasa — You and me
(Georg Schlunegger/Roman Camenzind/Fred Herrmann)
13th
41
Sinplus — Unbreakable
(Gabriel Broggini/Ivan Broggini)
11th
45
Anna Rossinelli — In love for a while
(David Klein)
25th
19
Michael von der Heide — Il pleut de l'or
(Michael von der Heide/Pele Loriano/Heike Kospach/André Grüter)
17th
2
Lovebugs — The highest heights
(Adrian Sieber/Thomas Rechberger/Florian Senn/Lovebugs)
14th
15
Paolo Meneguzzi — Era stupendo
(Pablo Meneguzzo/Vincenzo Incenzo)
13th
47
DJ BoBo — Vampires are alive
(DJ BoBo)
20th
40
Six4One — If we all give a little
(Ralph Siegel/Bernd Meinunger)
16th
30
Vanilla Ninja — Cool vibes
(David Brandes)
8th
128
Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars — Celebrate
(Greg Manning)
22nd
0
Francine Jordi — Dans le jardin de mon âme
(Francine Lehmann)
22nd
15
Jane Bogaert — La vita cos'è?
(Bernie Staub/Thomas Marin)
20th
14
Gunvor — Lass Ihn
(Gunvor Guggisberg/Egon Egemann)
25th
0
Barbara Berta — Dentro di me
(Barbara Berta)
22nd
5
Kathy Leander — Mon cœur l'aime
(Soren Mounir)
16th
22
Duilio — Sto pregando
(Giuseppe Scaramello)
19th
15
Annie Cotton — Moi, tout simplement
(Christophe Duc/Jean-Jacques Egli)
3rd
148
Daisy Auvray — Mister Music Man
(Gordon Dent)
15th
32
Sandra Simó — Canzone per te
(Renato Mascetti)
5th
118
Egon Egemann — Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus
(Cornelia Lackner)
11th
51
Furbaz — Viver senza tei
(Marie Louise Werth)
13th
47
Céline Dion — Ne partez pas sans moi
(Nella Martinetti/Atilla Şereftuğ)
1st
137
Carole Rich — Moitié, moitié
(Jean-Jacques Egli)
17th
26
Daniela Simmons — Pas pour moi
(Atilla Şereftuğ/Nella Martinetti)
2nd
140
Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini — Piano, piano
(Anita Kerr/Trudi Müller-Bosshard)
12th
39
Rainy Day — Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein
(Günther Loose)
16th
30
Mariella Farré — Io così non ci sto
(Thomas Gonzenbach/Remo Kessler/Nella Martinetti)
15th
28
Arlette Zola — Amour on t'aime
(Alain Morisod/Pierre Alain)
3rd
97
Peter, Sue & Marc — Io senza tei
(Peter Reber/Nella Martinetti)
4th
121
Paola — Cinéma
(Peter Reber/Véronique Müller)
4th
104
Peter, Sue & Marc & Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri — Trödler und Co.
(Peter Reber)
10th
60
Carole Vinci — Vivre
(Alain Morisod/Pierre Alain)
9th
65
Pepe Lienhard Band — Swiss Lady
(Peter Reber)
6th
71
Peter, Sue & Marc — Djambo, djambo
(Peter Reber)
4th
91
Simone Drexel — Mikado
(Simone Drexel)
6th
77
Piera Martell — Mein Ruf nach dir
(Pepe Ederer)
14th
3
Patrick Juvet — Je vais me marier, Marie
(Patrick Juvet/Pierre Delanoë)
12th
79
Véronique Müller — C'est la chanson de mon amour
(Véronique Müller/Catherine Desage)
8th
88
Peter, Sue & Marc — Les illusions de nos vingt ans
(Peter Reber/Maurice Tézé)
12th
78
Henri Dès — Retour
(Henri Dès)
4th
8
Paola del Medico — Bonjour, bonjour
(Henry Mayer/Jack Stark)
5th
13
Gianni Mascolo — Guardando il sole
(Aldo D'Addario/Sanzio Chiesa)
13th
2
Géraldine — Quel cœur vas-tu briser?
(Daneil Faure/Gérard Gray)
17th
0
Madeleine Pascal — Ne vois-tu pas?
(Pierre Brenner/Roland Schweizer)
6th
12
Yovanna — Non, à jamais sans toi
(Bob Calfati/Jean Charles)
8th
8
Anita Traversi — I miei pensieri
(Giovanni Pelli/Sanzio Chiesa)
13th
0
Esther Ofarim — T'en va pas
(Géo Voumard/Émile Gardaz)
2nd
40
Jean Philippe — Le retour
(Géo Voumard/Émile Gardaz)
10th
2
Franca di Rienzo — Nous aurons demain
(Géo Voumard/Émile Gardaz)
3rd
16
Anita Traversi — Cielo e terra
(Mario Robbiani)
8th
5
Christa Williams — Irgendwoher
(Lothar Löffler)
4th
14
Lys Assia — Giorgio
(Paul Burkhard/Fridolin Tschudi)
2nd
24
Lys Assia — L'enfant que j'étais
(Géo Voumard/Emile Gardaz)
8th
5
Beide liedjes: Lys Assia — 1: Das alte Karussell - 2: Refrain (winnaar)
(1: Georg Betz-Stahl/Fernando Paggi - 2: Géo Voumard/Emile Gardaz)
1st
0
