Not even two months on from Nemo’s win at Eurovision 2024, and the Swiss broadcaster SSR SRG have announced their plans for an internal selection to decided to will represent the alpine country on home soil next year.
Swiss internal selections
The Swiss broadcaster has revealed that the window to submit eligible entries will be between the 8th and 22nd of August this year. For a song to be eligible to represent Switzerland it will need to have been submitted without having been publicly available. The decision process will be overseen by Daniel Meister who will be the Swiss Head of Delegation for the upcoming contest as the previous one, Yves Schifferle, is taking a year break to act as Head of Show for the entire contest.
It’s been announced that Switzerland’s entry will be will be presented at the beginning of next year. Prior to that the four sub-broadcasters of Switzerland SRF, RTS, RSI and RTR will oversee a multi-stage search for Nemo’s successor. YouGov will reprise its collaboration with the Swiss broadcaster in sifting through the songs that will go through expert juries, as well as both national and international audience panels.
Should any reader wish to submit a song to the selection more details can be found on their website here.
Switzerland’s Eurovision Journey
Switzerland both hosted and debuted in the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Their first participation was successful, as they won with Lys Assia’s “Refrain”. Since then, they have participated on 63 occasions, making the Grand Final 52 times.
Switzerland’s most recent participation saw them being represented by Nemo with their song “The Code”. Performing in the second semi-final, they qualified for the Grand Final for a fifth consecutive participation. At the end of voting in the final, it was revealed Switzerland had won the Contest. Nemo scored 365 points with the national juries, as well as 226 points with the televote. The overall winning score for “The Code” was 591 points. This win marks Switzerland’s third win in the contest following on from Lys Assia in 1956 and Celine Dion in 1988.
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News Source: SRG SSR
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