Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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.

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Section Title: Contestants
Table Section Text: 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.

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points

1956	Lys Assia	German	"Das alte Karussell"	10	No semi-finals

1956	Lys Assia	French	"Refrain"	1

1957	Lys Assia	French	"L'enfant que j'étais"	8	5

1958	Lys Assia	German, Italian	"Giorgio"	2	24

1959	Christa Williams	German	"Irgendwoher"	4	14

1960	Anita Traversi	Italian	"Cielo e terra"	8	5

1961	Franca Di Rienzo	French	"Nous aurons demain"	3	16

1962	Jean Philippe	French	"Le retour"	10	2

1963	Esther Ofarim	French	"T'en va pas"	2	40

1964	Anita Traversi	Italian	"I miei pensieri"	13	0

1965	Yovanna	French	"Non, à jamais sans toi"	8	8

1966	Madeleine Pascal [de; fr; lt; nl; pt]	French	"Ne vois-tu pas?"	6	12

1967	Géraldine	French	"Quel cœur vas-tu briser?"	17	0

1968	Gianni Mascolo	Italian	"Guardando il sole"	13	2

1969	Paola del Medico	German, French	"Bonjour, Bonjour"	5	13

1970	Henri Dès	French	"Retour"	4	8

1971	Peter, Sue and Marc	French	"Les illusions de nos vingt ans"	12	78

1972	Véronique Müller	French	"C'est la chanson de mon amour"	8	88

1973	Patrick Juvet	French	"Je vais me marier, Marie"	12	79

1974	Piera Martell	German	"Mein Ruf nach Dir"	14	3

1975	Simone Drexel	German	"Mikado"	6	77

1976	Peter, Sue and Marc	English	"Djambo, Djambo"	4	91

1977	Pepe Lienhard Band	German	"Swiss Lady"	6	71

1978	Carole Vinci	French	"Vivre"	9	65

1979	Peter, Sue and Marc + Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri	German	"Trödler und Co"	10	60

1980	Paola	French	"Cinéma"	4	104

1981	Peter, Sue and Marc	Italian	"Io senza te"	4	121

1982	Arlette Zola	French	"Amour on t'aime"	3	97

1983	Mariella Farré	Italian	"Io così non ci sto"	15	28

1984	Rainy Day	German	"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"	16	30

1985	Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini	German	"Piano, piano"	12	39

1986	Daniela Simmons	French	"Pas pour moi"	2	140

1987	Carol Rich	French	"Moitié, moitié"	17	26

1988	Céline Dion	French	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	1	137

1989	Furbaz	Romansh	"Viver senza tei"	13	47

1990	Egon Egemann	German	"Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"	11	51

1991	Sandra Simó	Italian	"Canzone per te"	5	118

1992	Daisy Auvray	French	"Mister Music Man"	15	32

1993	Annie Cotton	French	"Moi, tout simplement"	3	148	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

1994	Duilio	Italian	"Sto pregando"	19	15	No semi-finals

1995	Did not participate

1996	Kathy Leander	French	"Mon cœur l'aime"	16	22	8	67

1997	Barbara Berta	Italian	"Dentro di me"	22	5	No semi-finals

1998	Gunvor	German	"Lass ihn"	25	0

1999	Did not participate

2000	Jane Bogaert	Italian	"La vita cos'è?"	20	14

2001	Did not participate

2002	Francine Jordi	French	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	22	15

2003	Did not participate

2004	Piero and the MusicStars	English	"Celebrate"	Failed to qualify	22	0

2005	Vanilla Ninja	English	"Cool Vibes"	8	128	8	114

2006	six4one	English	"If We All Give a Little"	16	30	Top 11 Previous Year

2007	DJ BoBo	English	"Vampires Are Alive"	Failed to qualify	20	40

2008	Paolo Meneguzzi	Italian	"Era stupendo"	13	47

2009	Lovebugs	English	"The Highest Heights"	14	15

2010	Michael von der Heide	French	"Il pleut de l'or"	17	2

2011	Anna Rossinelli	English	"In Love for a While"	25	19	10	55

2012	Sinplus	English	"Unbreakable"	Failed to qualify	11	45

2013	Takasa	English	"You and Me"	13	41

2014	Sebalter	English	"Hunter of Stars"	13	64	4	92

2015	Mélanie René	English	"Time to Shine"	Failed to qualify	17	4

2016	Rykka	English	"The Last of Our Kind"	18	28

2017	Timebelle	English	"Apollo"	12	97

2018	ZiBBZ	English	"Stones"	13	86

2019	Luca Hänni	English	"She Got Me"

Sentence(s)

Lys Assia won the first contest in 1956 with the song "Refrain".

final_sentence: Lys Assia won the first contest in 1956 with the song "Refrain".