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. Out of their 51 appearances in the Contest, Switzerland has sent 52 songs, 24 of which were in French, 12 in German, nine in Italian, six in English, and one in Romansh. Both of Switzerland's winning songs have been sung in French.
In the table below, wins are highlighted with a gold background colour, 2nd places with silver, and 3rd places with bronze. Last placements are in red.
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Lys Assia | "Das alte Karussell" | 10 | - | ||
| 1956 | Lys Assia | "Refrain" | 1 | - | ||
| 1957 | Lys Assia | "L'enfant que j'étais" | 8 | 5 | ||
| 1958 | Lys Assia | "Giorgio" | 2 | 24 | ||
| 1959 | Christa Williams | "Irgendwoher" | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1960 | Anita Traversi | "Cielo e terra" | 8 | 5 | ||
| 1961 | Franca Di Rienzo | "Nous aurons demain" | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1962 | Jean Philippe | "Le retour" | 10 | 2 | ||
| 1963 | Esther Ofarim | "T'en va pas" | 2 | 40 | ||
| 1964 | Anita Traversi | "I miei pensieri" | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | Yovanna | "Non, à jamais sans toi" | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1966 | Madeleine Pascal | "Ne vois-tu pas?" | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1967 | Géraldine | "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?" | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | Gianni Mascolo | "Guardando il sole" | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1969 | Paola del Medico | "Bonjour, Bonjour" | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1970 | Henri Des | "Retour" | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1971 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Les illusions de nos vingt ans" | 12 | 78 | ||
| 1972 | Veronique Mueller | "C'est la chanson de mon amour" | 8 | 88 | ||
| 1973 | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | 12 | 79 | ||
| 1974 | Piera Martell | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | 14 | 3 | ||
| 1975 | Simone Drexel | "Mikado" | 6 | 77 | ||
| 1976 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Djambo, Djambo" | 4 | 91 | ||
| 1977 | Pepe Lienhard Band | "Swiss Lady" | 6 | 71 | ||
| 1978 | Carole Vinci | "Vivre" | 9 | 65 | ||
| 1979 | Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | "Trödler und Co" | 10 | 60 | ||
| 1980 | Paola | "Cinéma" | 4 | 104 | ||
| 1981 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Io senza te" | 4 | 121 | ||
| 1982 | Arlette Zola | "Amour on t'aime" | 3 | 97 | ||
| 1983 | Mariella Farré | "Io così non ci sto" | 15 | 28 | ||
| 1984 | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" | 16 | 30 | ||
| 1985 | Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini | "Piano, Piano" | 12 | 39 | ||
| 1986 | Daniela Simmons | "Pas pour moi" | 2 | 140 | ||
| 1987 | Carol Rich | "Moitié, moitié" | 17 | 26 | ||
| 1988 | Céline Dion | "Ne partez pas sans moi" | 1 | 137 | ||
| 1989 | Furbaz | "Viver senza tei" | 13 | 47 | ||
| 1990 | Egon Egemann | "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" | 11 | 51 | ||
| 1991 | Sandra Simó | "Canzone per te" | 5 | 118 | ||
| 1992 | Daisy Auvray | "Mister Music Man" | 15 | 32 | ||
| 1993 | Annie Cotton | "Moi, tout simplement" | 3 | 148 | ||
| 1994 | Duilio | "Sto pregando" | 19 | 15 | ||
| 1996 | Kathy Leander | "Mon coeur l'aime" | 16 | 22 | ||
| 1997 | Barbara Berta | "Dentro di me" | 23 | 5 | ||
| 1998 | Gunvor | "Lass' ihn" | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Jane Bogaert | "La vita cos'è?" | 20 | 14 | ||
| 2002 | Francine Jordi | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | 22 | 15 | ||
| 2004 | Piero and the MusicStars | "Celebrate" | X | X | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | Vanilla Ninja | "Cool Vibes" | 8 | 128 | 8 | 114 |
| 2006 | six4one | "If We All Give a Little" | 16 | 30 | X | X |
| 2007 | DJ BoBo | "Vampires Are Alive" | X | X | 20 | 40 |
| 2008 | Paolo Meneguzzi | "Era stupendo" | X | X | 13 | 47 |
| 2009 | Lovebugs | "The Highest Heights" | X | X | 14 | 15 |
| 2010 | Michael von der Heide | "Il pleut de l'or" | X | X | 17 | 2 |
| 2011 | Anna Rossinelli | "In Love for a While" | 25 | 19 | 10 | 55 |
| 2012 | Sinplus | "Unbreakable" | X | X | 11 | 45 |
| 2013 |
- XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to two reasons. If a country won the previous year, they did not have to compete in Semi Finals, or back in the early 2005-2007 era, countries who done well did not have to compete in Semi Finals the following year. The top ten non-Big four along with the Big four countries automatically qualified, for example, if Germany and France placed inside the top 10, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with everyone within the top 10.
- XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.
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