# Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Switzerland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Voyage", written by Emily Middlemas, Tom Oehler and Zoë Alina Kressler, and performed by Kressler herself under her stage name Zoë Më. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), internally selected its entry for the contest. In addition, SRG SSR is also the host broadcaster and will stage the event at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, after winning the previous edition with the song "The Code" by Nemo.

## Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland sixty-four times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. It won that first edition of the contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Its second victory was achieved in 1988 with "Ne partez pas sans moi" performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion. Switzerland won the contest for the third time in 2024, with "The Code" performed by Nemo. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Switzerland has thus far managed to qualify to the final on ten occasions, five of them being all the contests it participated in since 2019, which included three top five results.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SRG SSR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had opted for both national finals and internal selections to select its entries throughout the years, sticking to the internal selection method since 2019. SRG SSR confirmed its intention to compete in and host the 2025 contest immediately after the 2024 final, later announcing that it would again use an internal selection to determine its entry.

## Before Eurovision
### SUISA songwriting camp

Between 27 and 29 May 2024, the annual SUISA songwriting camp took place in Maur, Zurich; the songs composed in the event are usually submitted to SRG SSR as potential Eurovision entries. Participants in the camp included Ashley Hicklin (a seven-time Eurovision entrant as a songwriter), Linda Dale (a two-time Eurovision entrant as a songwriter, including with "The Code", the winning Swiss entry in 2024) and Teya (one of the 2023 representatives for Austria).

### Internal selection

SRG SSR opened a submission period between 8 and 22 August 2024 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, with priority given to Swiss nationals or residents. At the closing of the window, 431 entries had been submitted. The selection process was implemented in collaboration with the market research company YouGov Schweiz [de]. Submissions were assessed in various rounds by a Swiss public panel, an international public panel, and a 25-member international expert jury; the public panels consisted of Swiss and international audience members, while the international jury consisted of former national jurors for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest. Blick has alleged that the final five contendants left in the running were all female artists.
On 5 March 2025, Zoë Më was announced as the selected entrant, with the song, "Voyage", revealed and released on 10 March. Originally, both the announcement of the artist and the release of the song were to take place on 10 March, however, the former was eventually brought forward following a confrontation between Blick, to which several independent sources had unofficially confirmed the selected entrant, and SRF.

## At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As the host country, Switzerland automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 17 May 2025, but is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2025, when it was announced that Switzerland would be voting in the first semi-final. Despite being an automatic qualifier for the final, the Swiss entry will also be performed during the semi-final. On 17 March 2025, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 19.