Its second victory was achieved in 1988 with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion.
SRG SSR confirmed its intention to participate at the 2024 contest on 7 July 2023,[2] later announcing that it would again use an internal selection to determine its entry.
[3] 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.
[6] SRG SSR opened a submission period between 10 and 24 August 2023 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.
[3] The last round was held before 5 December 2023, when the five contendants left in the running recorded their songs at the SRF studios in Zürich.
[3][7][8] The announcement of the artist and the release of the song took place on 29 February 2024, with Nemo, as several independent sources had unofficially confirmed to Blick a few days earlier,[9] and the song "The Code";[6] Swiss Head of Delegation Yves Schifferle had anticipated that the entry would differ from the country's recent contributions to the contest (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) for not being "a male ballad".
[13] On 8 April 2024, Nemo was a guest on HRT Radio in Croatia,[14] and shortly after, they performed at the Swedish embassy in Bern.
[33] The Swiss jury consisted of Jamila Awad, Tobias Carshey, Laurence Desarzens, Kety Fusco, and Raphael Haldemann.
Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent.