The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.

Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) staged the national final on 18 January 1978 at 21:05 CET in Zürich.

[3] It was presented by Christian Heeb, with Peter Jacques [de] conducting the orchestra.

Marie Myriam— who won Eurovision for France in 1977 — and the Günter Kallmann Choir [de] made guest appearances.

At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 65 points in total; finishing in ninth place out of twenty countries.