Switzerland is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The national broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) is organising an internal selection for the Swiss representative in the 2024 contest.

Background 

Prior to the 2024 contest, Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-three times since its first entry in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the  of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "" performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in  when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song "". Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Switzerland has managed to participate in the final nine times, four of them being all the contests they participated in since , which included two top five results. In , "Watergun" performed by Remo Forrer qualified for the final and finished 20th.

The Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The country has opted for both national finals and internal selections to select their entries throughout the years, sticking to the internal selection method since 2019. SRG SSR confirmed their intentions to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 7 July 2023, later announcing they would again use an internal selection to determine their entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

SUISA songwriting camp 
Between 30 May and 1 June 2023, the annual SUISA songwriting camp took place in Maur, Zürich; the songs composed in the event are usually submitted to SRG SSR as potential Eurovision entries. Participants in the camp included Teya (one of the 2023 representatives for ), Elsie Bay (a three-time entrant to the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix, once as a songwriter) and Linda Dale (one of the songwriters of "Queen of Kings", the ).

Internal selection 
SRG SSR opened a submission period between 10 and 24 August 2023 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, with priority given to Swiss nationals or residents. Submissions will be assessed in various rounds by a Swiss public panel, an international public panel, and a 25-member international expert jury, who will ultimately select the Swiss entry. The public panels will consist of Swiss and international audience members, while the international jury will consist of former national jurors for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The selected entry and entrant are set to be revealed early in 2024.

References

External links 
 Official SRG SSR Eurovision page

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