It's a poignant moment in the countdown - Switzerland are two-times winners. Their second and most recent win was 30 years in 1988, when a certain French-Canadian won the contest by a single point (over the UK of course) - that was Céline Dion of course. …
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Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #10 SWITZERLAND – Timebelle – “Apollo”
Opening up the top 10 is a country we're not accustomed to seeing in the upper positions of this chart. Eurovision's first ever winners, Switzerland have suffered more than most in the current Eurovision era with only 2 grand final qualifications since 2006 - and …
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My top 5 songs from…Switzerland
Switzerland is a founding member of Eurovision, and were the first winners of the contest back in 1956. With 57 entries to choose from, you'd have imagined that it would be tough to decide which made the top 5. Well, it's been tough, but for …
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #27 SWITZERLAND – Rykka – “The Last of Our Kind”
We come to Eurovision's first ever winner today - Switzerland. One of Eurovision's founding members, they haven't had a good run recently with precious few qualifications to the finals in the last decade or so. They last won in 1988, when a certain Canadian chanteuse …
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