Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", written by Cornelia Lackner, and performed by . The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. Each division of SRG SSR â Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS), Swiss French broadcaster (TSR), and Swiss Italian broadcaster (TSI) â used its own method to select its entries for the final. Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland or Liechtenstein.
It is unknown how the regional broadcasters selected their songs, but 136 total songs were submitted (with 11 being invalid), of which eight were selected: three each in French and Italian, and two in German.
=== === TSI staged the national final on 24 February 1990 at 20:20 CET at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano. It was hosted by Emanuela Gaggini. The national final was broadcast on TSI, TV DRS (with commentary by Beat Antenen), and TSR (with commentary by ). Lys Assia, who won Eurovision for and also represented the country in and ; Furbaz, who represented ; and made guest appearances.
Among the participants were Sylvie, who would later represent as Nayah, and Sandra Simó, who would later represent .
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of music experts. Applications for viewers to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until the week before the final, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call. The winner was the song "", composed by Cornelia Lackner and performed by .
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, the Swiss entry was the eighteenth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Bela Balint. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 51 points in total; finishing in eleventh out of twenty-two countries.
Each participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. The jurors awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs.