Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Festival 1

Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 1 with the song "Movies" written by C.Rieder, M.James, J.Dawson, D.Deviller and W.Livesey. The song was performed by Rykka. The Swiss entry for the 2016 contest in Bratislava, Slovakia was selected through the national final Nationale Finale der Schweiz November 2016, organised by Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG SSR). An initial 6 entries competed in the national final which consisted of two shows: one semi-final and a final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes from the public. Three entries qualified to compete in the final of Nationale Finale der Schweiz November 2016. In the final, "Movies" performed by Rykka was selected as the winner based on a public vote.
==Nationale Finale der Schweiz==
===Semi-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Broadcaster	Artist 	Songs 	Public	Result
01 	RSI 	Anna Rossinelli 	"Joker" 	22% 	2
01 	RSI 	Rykka 	"Movies" 	78% 	1
02 	SRF 	Stefanie Heinzmann	"In the end" 	56% 	1
02 	SRF 	Eluveitie 	"Call of the mountains"	44% 	2
03 	RTS 	Katharina Graham 	"Power" 	61% 	1
03 	RTS 	Licia Chery 	"Fly" 	39% 	2
===Final===
Draw	Broadcaster	Artist 	Songs 	Public	Result
01 	SRF 	Stefanie Heinzmann	"In the end"	30% 	3
02 	RTS 	Katharina Graham 	"Power" 	31% 	2
03 	RSI 	Rykka 	"Movies" 	39% 	1