Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Swiss entry for the 2016 contest would be selected through a national final. SRG SSR confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on 20 July 2015. The Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In 2015, Switzerland earned one of their lowest results of all-time, with Mélanie René and her song "Time to Shine" placing last in their semi-final earning only 4 points. Since opting to organize a national final from 2011 onwards, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final twice out of the last five years. Between 20, the nation failed to qualify to the final after a string of internal selections. Due to their successful result in 2005, Switzerland was pre-qualified to compete directly in the final in 2006. In 2005, the internal selection of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, performing the song "Cool Vibes", qualified Switzerland to the final where they placed 8th. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Switzerland had managed to participate in the final four times up to this point. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song " Ne partez pas sans moi". Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Prior to the 2016 contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-six times since its first entry in 1956. Main article: Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest It was later revealed that Switzerland placed eighteenth (last) out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 28 points. Performing during the show in position 3, "The Last of Our Kind" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. Switzerland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on. The six finalists performed during the national final on 13 February 2016 where a combination of jury voting and public voting ultimately selected "The Last of Our Kind" performed by Rykka as the winner. The "Expert Check" was held on 6 December 2015 and involved four experts evaluating the live performances of the 19 entries and selecting six entries to advance to the televised national final-three artists and songs from the SRF/RTR candidates, two from the RTS candidates and one from the RSI candidates. A total of 19 entries were selected to advance to an "Expert Check" round ten entries were selected from the SRF/RTR selection, six entries were selected from the RTS selection and three entries were selected from the RSI selection. Artists that were interested in entering the Swiss national final had the opportunity to apply to one of three open selections with defined submission periods organised by SRF together with the Swiss-Romansh broadcaster Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and/or the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI). The Swiss entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden was selected through the national final ESC 2016 – die Entscheidungsshow, organised by the Swiss German speaking broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) in collaboration with the other broadcasters part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The song was performed by Rykka, which is the artistic name of singer Christina Maria Rieder. Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "The Last of Our Kind" written by Christina Maria Rieder, Mike James, Jeff Dawson and Warne Livesey. Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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