#BIRTHDAY: DJ BoBo from Switzerland is 55 today If you’re a fan of the history of our favourite TV show, you’ll first know that there were contests before 2000. You’ll also know who won when. Take 1956 for example, when the late great Ms Lys Assia won. She […]
#BIRTHDAY: Barbara Berta from Switzerland is 59 today Contests come and go, and sometimes songs that you took an interest in seem to pass out of memory, even though they may have popular at the time. Back in 1997 – yes, there were contests in the 20th Century, […]
RTS, the French-speaking Swiss national broadcaster, have revealed that they will not be returning to Eurovision Choir 2023, in Latvia. Switzerland took part in the second Contest in 2019, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Switzerland could still return if RSI or SRF took on the Contest. Philippa Roten, RTS Director […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carole Vinci from Switzerland is 72 today Before the free language rule was re-introduced, when you were representing a country with a plethora of languages, it sometimes threw up some oddities. German speakers singing in Italian, Dutch speakers singing in French, English speakers singing in German. Our […]
KiKA, the German national broadcaster and SRF, the German language Swiss national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation in the 2022 #SayHi campaign. KiKA and SRF will co-operate in this year’s campaign, similar to the BBC (United Kingdom) and RTE (Ireland) last year. To date only Norway, Germany and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Paola from Switzerland is 72 today Our friends in Switzerland are in a curious situation. They have lots of languages to choose from, and they can confuse the average casual viewer by entering in a tongue we don’t always expect. Today’s birthday girl Paola Felix (née Paola […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jane Bogaert from Switzerland is 55 today It’s a scary fact that there will be more and more participants in our favourite TV show who were born after 2000. Does that make you feel old? It does me. Having these people who never knew the 20th Century […]
Today, the 2022 Commonwealth Games continues to take place, in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. Each day throughout the Games, will be looking at the Commonwealth nations that have sent artists to the Eurovision Song Contest. Today we are looking at Canada. Céline Dion (born as a Canadian) was […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 12 and Games 21 & 22 of the tournament. Switzerland will be playing The Netherlands, while Denmark will be playing Spain – both from […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 8 and Games 13 & 14 of the tournament. Sweden will be playing Switzerland from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. The Netherlands will be playing Portugal […]
#BIRTHDAY: Annie Cotton is 47 today We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that normally stays in the semi-final can do well. I say this because of what our friends in Switzerland […]
SRG SRR, the Swiss national broadcaster, have announced how they will select for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. After successive qualifications since the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, an internal selection will be used once again. The nationality of applicant or language of the song is not restricted for […]
The jury members for the 2022 Eurovision Young Musicians, in Montpelier, France, has been announced. The five jurors come from France, as well as Albania, Lithuania & Switzerland. The five jurors are: Müza Rubackyté – Chair of the jury, a violinist from Lithuania Nora Cismondi – Oboist from […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 4 and Games 5 & 6 of the tournament. Portugal will be playing Switzerland (UK) from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. The Netherlands will be playing […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gjon’s Tears from Switzerland is 24 today As we know, past performance is no guarantee of future performance. As saw in Torino/Turin, a certain country who were runners-up in 2021 finished 24th in 2022. One country that could be worth watching is Switzerland. Places in the last […]
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