Fans of the craziness of the internet selection in Switzerland might not like the news from the EBU today; Switzerland’s national selection is set to have a few tweaks. The major change that will see cries of despair and delight in equal measure is that all acts who submit entries to the competition must have a connection to Switzerland. In …

The Swiss national final’s line-up was confirmed this evening following today’s ‘expert check’ round, which saw 19 candidates put forward by each broadcaster vying for a place in February’s final. The remaining six who qualified today will perform again on February 13th as part of the televised national selection where one will be chosen to represent Switzerland in Stockholm. The …

Finally another Eurovision show. After a slow start, we are finally getting closer to picking the songs for the 2016 Eurovision Song contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Switzerland will narrow down the field of songs from 19 to six songs tonight. The acts will perform and an expert jury will then decide on who stays in and who goes home. The …

Today the voting begun for the SRF part of the Swiss national final for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The online portal was opened last month and closed for submissions last week. Today people from all over the world are able to vote for their favourites, these votes will be combined with that of the professional jury to decide which …

Today (28th of September) the German speaking broadcaster SRF, will begin accepting songs as part of their online selection process. Any singers / Songwriters are eligible to send in songs to be judged by the public (Eurovision fans are asked to vote for their favourites online) and a panel of judges. There are no rules as to who can enter the contest, …

Today the Swiss expert check where 18 hopefuls fought for just 6 national final tickets took place. The competing artists performed in front of a professional jury – now the six qualifiers have been revealed. Tiziana – Only Human (SRF/RTR) Timebelle – Singing About Love (SRF/RTR) Andy McSean – Hey Now (SRF/RTR) Licia Chery – Fly (RTS) Mélanie René – …

Today the expert check which will take us one step closer to the Swiss entry will take place. 18 acts are competing for just 6 tickets to the televised national final on 31 January. The 9 qualifiers from the SRF/RTR platform as well as the six internally picked RTS acts and three RSI ones will get to perform in front …

After a long process, the Swiss German-language broadcaster SRF has finally announced its 9 hopefuls for the upcoming expert check in December. The voting on the online platform was open from 3 to 17 November. At the same time a professional jury was responsible for the other half of the results. These are the SRF qualifiers: • Arbresha – Same …

The Swiss preselection is in full spate now: This morning the voting on the SRF online platform has officially started! Click here to listen through the countless number of submissions and eventually vote. How does voting work? It’s quite simple – you can distribute 4 points in every possible way. Giving 4 points to one song is possible as well …

The Swiss national final’s video upload stage has been in full swing for many weeks now, and in this time many notable artists from the Eurovision and national final world have attempted to represent the Central European country in neighbouring Austria, due to the country’s lack of restriction on who can enter. Below we take a look at some of …