Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Infobox Eurovision country
Name = Switzerland
Member station = SRG SSR
National selection event = Concours Eurovision
ESC apps = 49
ESC first = 1956
ESC best = 1st, 1956,1988
ESC worst = Last, 1964, 1967, 1998, SF 2004
Website = [http://www.sf.tv/sf1/eurovision/index.php DRS page]
EBU page = http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=67&country=11
Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since it began, except 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956, and won it themselves.
Although most of the Swiss representatives are national acts not known outside of the country, many internationally successful artists have represented the country. In 1988 Céline Dion won the contest for Switzerland, in 1993 Annie Cotton finished third, and in 2005 the girl band Vanilla Ninja finished 8th. Esther Ofarim's 1963 second-place finish helped establish her as an international success.
Contestants
Switzerland has four official languages, French, German, Italian, and Romansh. For decades, the song requirements stated that the song had to be performed in a national language, which gave Switzerland leeway as they could perform in any of the four languages. Out of their 49 appearances in the Contest, Switzerland has sent 50 songs, 23 of which were in French, 12 in German, nine in Italian, five in English, and one in Romansh.
NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
Hostings
External links
* [http://www.eurovision.tv/ Eurovision official website]
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