[1] The national final was presented by Colette Jean and musically directed by Cedric Dumont, who conducted all of the songs.

[1][3] Five artists competed to represent Switzerland: Bianca Cavallini; Gianni Ferraresi, who participated in the 1957 Swiss selection; Fud Leclerc, who represented Belgium in 1956, 1958, and this year, where he was already selected; Jo Roland, who previously participated in multiple other Swiss national finals; and Anita Traversi, who previously represented Switzerland in 1956 as one of the members of Quinteto Radiosa, the backing vocals for the Swiss entries.

[1] The winner was Anita Traversi, with the song "Cielo e terra", written and composed by Mario Robbiani.

The Swiss entry was conducted by Cedric Dumont, who served as the musical director in the national final.

At the close of voting, Switzerland had received five points in total, and the country finished joint eighth among the thirteen participants.