The SRF selection involved an online internet voting platform where interested artists could submit their songs and have them listed for public listening. The platform began accepting entries on 1 September 2011 and concluded on 30 September 2011. 221 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from 1956 contest winner and 1957 and 1958 Swiss representative Lys Assia, 2007 Danish entrant DQ (Peter Andersen), former "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" participant Zazou Mall, "Idols South Africa" winner Heinz Winckler and former "The Voice UK" participants Same Difference and Maria Lawson. Internet users had between 16 October and 30 October 2011 to vote for their favourite entries. The internet votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury and on 11 November 2011, the top six entries were announced. The six candidates ultimately selected from the SF selection for the national final were "She" performed by Emel, "Fragile" performed by I Quattro, "Peace &amp; Freedom" performed by Ivo, "C'était ma vie" performed by Lys Assia, "Shining" performed by Macy and "The Song in My Head" performed by Raphael Jeger.