Switzerland

Switzerland has participated Eurovision Song Contest 68 times since its debut in 1956. The best ranking is 1. in 1956 with the song called Refrain performed by Lys Assia.

Participations

Year	Song	Performed By	Semi Final Position	Grand Final Position
2026	Alice	Veronica Fusaro	11. / 15	-
2025	Voyage	Zoë Më	-	10. / 26
2024	The Code	Nemo	4. / 16	1. / 26
2023	Watergun	Remo Forrer	7. / 15	20. / 26
2022	Boys Do Cry	Marius Bear	9. / 17	17. / 25
2021	Tout l'Univers	Gjon's Tears	1. / 17	3. / 26
2020	Répondez-moi	Gjon's Tears
2019	She Got Me	Luca Hänni	4. / 18	4. / 26
2018	Stones	ZiBBZ	13. / 19	-
2017	Apollo	Timebelle	12. / 18	-
2016	The Last Of Our Kind	Rykka	18. / 18	-
2015	Time To Shine	Mélanie René	17. / 17	-
2014	Hunter Of Stars	Sebalter	4. / 15	13. / 26
2013	You And Me	Takasa	13. / 17	-
2012	Unbreakable	Sinplus	11. / 18	-
2011	In Love For A While	Anna Rossinelli	10. / 19	25. / 25
2010	Il Pleut de L'Or	Michael von der Heide	17. / 17	-
2009	The Highest Heights	Lovebugs	14. / 18	-
2008	Era Stupendo	Paolo Meneguzzi	13. / 19	-
2007	Vampires Are Alive	DJ BoBo	20. / 28	-
2006	If We All Give A Little	Six4One	-	16. / 24
2005	Cool Vibes	Vanilla Ninja	8. / 25	8. / 24
2004	Celebrate	Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars	22. / 22	-
2002	Dans Le Jardin De Mon Âme	Francine Jordi	-	22. / 24
2000	La Vita Cos'è?	Jane Bogaert	-	20. / 24
1998	Lass Ihn	Gunvor	-	25. / 25
1997	Dentro Di Me	Barbara Berta	-	22. / 25
1996	Mon Coeur L'aime	Cathy Leander	-	16. / 23
1994	Sto Pregando	Duilio	-	19. / 25
1993	Moi, Tout Simplement	Annie Cotton	-	3. / 25
1992	Mister Music Man	Daisy Auvray	-	15. / 23
1991	Canzone Per Te	Sandra Simò	-	5. / 22
1990	Musik Klingt In Die Welt Hinaus	Egon Egemann	-	11. / 22
1989	Viver Senza Tei	Furbaz	-	13. / 22
1988	Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi	Céline Dion	-	1. / 21
1987	Moitié Moitié	Carole Rich	-	17. / 22
1986	Pas Pour Moi	Daniela Simons	-	2. / 20
1985	Piano Piano	Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini	-	12. / 19
1984	Welche Farbe Hat Der Sonnenschein	Rainy Day	-	16. / 19
1983	Io Così Non Ci Sto	Mariella Farré	-	15. / 20
1982	Amour On T'aime	Arlette Zola	-	3. / 18
1981	Io Senza Tei	Peter, Sue and Marc	-	4. / 20
1980	Cinéma	Paola	-	4. / 19
1979	Trödler Und Co.	Peter, Sue and Marc and Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri	-	10. / 19
1978	Vivre	Carole Vinci	-	9. / 20
1977	Swiss Lady	Pepe Lienhard Band	-	6. / 18
1976	Djambo, Djambo	Peter, Sue and Marc	-	4. / 18
1975	Mikado	Simone Drexel	-	6. / 19
1974	Mein Ruf Nach Dir	Piera Martell	-	14. / 17
1973	Je Me Vais Marier, Marie	Patrick Juvet	-	12. / 17
1972	C'est La Chanson De Mon Amour	Véronique Müller	-	8. / 18
1971	Les Illusions De Nos Vingt Ans	Peter, Sue and Marc	-	12. / 18
1970	Retour	Henri Dès	-	4. / 12
1969	Bonjour, Bonjour	Paola del Medico	-	5. / 16
1968	Guardando Il Sole	Gianni Mascolo	-	13. / 17
1967	Quel Coeur Vas-tu Briser?	Géraldine	-	17. / 17
1966	Ne Vois-tu Pas?	Madeleine Pascal	-	6. / 18
1965	Non à Jamais Sans Toi	Yovanna	-	8. / 18
1964	I Miei Pensieri	Anita Traversi	-	13. / 16
1963	T'en Va Pas	Esther Ofarim	-	2. / 16
1962	Le Retour	Jean Philippe	-	10. / 16
1961	Nous Aurons Demain	Franca di Rienzo	-	3. / 16
1960	Cielo E Terra	Anita Traversi	-	8. / 13
1959	Irgendwoher	Christa Williams	-	4. / 11
1958	Giorgio	Lys Assia	-	2. / 10
1957	L'enfant Que J'étais	Lys Assia	-	8. / 10
1956	Das Alte Karussell	Lys Assia	-	-
1956	Refrain	Lys Assia	-	1. / 14

Hosted events

Year	Country	Slogan	Venue	Number of participants
Basel 2025	Switzerland	United by Music	St. Jakobshalle	37
Lausanne 1989	Switzerland		Palais de Beaulieu	22
Lugano 1956	Switzerland		Teatro Kursaal	14

Countries that vote for Switzerland

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Austria	75	72	281	4.84
Italy	29	29	168	3.73
Luxembourg	21	2	129	3.15
Norway	48	42	211	3.40
Armenia	38	41	89	4.68
Croatia	46	25	87	3.22
Finland	54	40	244	4.14
Hungary	3	6	38	2.71
Iceland	50	29	149	4.26
Lithuania	58	24	113	4.52
Poland	46	28	111	4.83
Portugal	45	33	183	3.39
Serbia	28	23	58	4.14
Spain	55	35	151	2.90
United Kingdom	37	22	220	4.00
Slovakia	0	0	4	1.00
Belgium	46	22	185	3.03
Cyprus	19	15	100	2.78
Denmark	70	42	208	3.92
France	31	41	185	3.30
Germany	41	42	216	3.79
Greece	21	33	127	2.95
Ireland	53	31	201	3.65
Israel	30	24	128	2.78
Malta	31	45	150	4.17
Slovenia	47	13	95	4.13
Sweden	55	33	167	2.88
The Netherlands	72	46	248	4.07
Türkiye	0	0	60	1.94
Yugoslavia	0	0	81	3.00
Monaco	0	0	54	2.16
Andorra	0	0	9	1.50
Estonia	61	32	119	4.96
Latvia	51	35	119	4.41
Romania	33	39	95	4.13
Albania	74	48	137	5.48
Bulgaria	23	14	41	2.28
Czech Republic	43	40	83	5.19
Georgia	48	15	66	3.67
Moldova	34	36	78	4.59
San Marino	35	36	72	4.50
Australia	25	24	49	6.13
Azerbaijan	22	48	71	4.44
North Macedonia	16	19	40	1.90
Russia	3	11	28	1.75
Ukraine	47	29	81	4.76
Belarus	4	6	33	2.36
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	8	0.67
Rest of the world	0	15	15	–
Morocco	0	0	7	7.00
Montenegro	7	0	12	1.50
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	2	0.67

Countries that Switzerland votes for

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Albania	6	124	241	8.61
Armenia	10	12	29	1.16
Australia	51	20	79	7.90
Austria	42	46	175	2.97
Azerbaijan	2	4	25	1.19
Belarus	2	0	2	0.13
Belgium	23	15	98	1.61
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	84	4.94
Bulgaria	59	38	97	4.85
Croatia	8	56	138	4.93
Cyprus	11	12	70	1.75
Czech Republic	42	7	49	3.06
Denmark	18	17	99	1.74
Estonia	40	13	53	2.04
Finland	12	36	141	2.24
France	35	25	235	3.56
Georgia	0	0	2	0.11
Germany	18	26	196	2.93
Greece	35	29	167	3.34
Hungary	8	13	62	3.10
Iceland	20	17	107	2.89
Ireland	28	9	228	4.30
Israel	31	76	253	4.96
Italy	45	91	285	5.38
Latvia	24	8	62	2.48
Lithuania	40	5	51	1.70
Luxembourg	0	3	56	1.37
Malta	12	0	74	2.00
Moldova	5	14	28	1.27
Monaco	0	0	40	1.67
Montenegro	0	0	3	0.50
The Netherlands	70	41	230	3.59
North Macedonia	20	16	102	4.86
Norway	55	30	199	2.84
Poland	8	22	45	1.96
Portugal	50	88	289	5.25
Romania	5	22	49	1.75
Russia	7	9	33	1.43
San Marino	2	5	7	0.58
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	36	12.00
Serbia	13	103	195	9.29
Slovenia	0	0	12	0.55
Spain	12	14	192	3.15
Sweden	56	44	273	4.07
Türkiye	0	0	154	4.40
Ukraine	47	45	97	3.59
United Kingdom	14	5	225	3.46
Yugoslavia	0	0	29	1.07