Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "", composed by Aldo D'Addario, with lyrics by Sanzio Chiesa, and performed by Gianni Mascolo. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision 1968 The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. Six songs took part in the selection, with two songs being performed each in French, German, and Italian. Six artists took part in the selection, among whom was Paola del Medico— who would later represent and .

Swiss Italian broadcaster (TSI) staged the national final on 27 January 1968 at 21:30 CET in a television studio in Paradiso, Lugano. It was presented by . Mario Robbiani served as the musical director and accompanied the orchestra. Quartetto Cetra also performed at the event. The final was broadcast by TV DRS, TSR (with commentary by ), and TSI.

The voting consisted of a twelve-member jury from the three regions of Switzerland, which featured four members per region; the Swiss-German region, Romandy (Swiss-French region), and Ticino (Swiss-Italian region). Each juror would give 3 points to their favourite song, 2 to their second favourite, and 1 to their third favourite. The winner was the song "", written by Aldo D'Addario, composed by Sanzio Chiesa, and performed by Gianni Mascolo. It is also reported that "" by was favoured by the Ticinese jury. Known results are listed in the chart below. + Final – 27 January 1968 Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Total Place Composer Lyricist 1 "" French Pierre Alain 18 2 2 Paola del Medico "" German Ed Viller 15 3 3 Gianni Mascolo "" Italian Aldo D'Addario Sanzio Chiesa 19 1 4 Irène Berthier "" French Bernhard Kessler Gérard Grey rowspan="3" colspan="2" 5 "" German Julius Schmid 6 Ricky Gianco "" Italian Mario Robbiani Giorgio Calabrese

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 in London, the Swiss entry was the sixth song of the night following and preceding . It was conducted by Mario Robbiani, who previously conducted the Swiss entries in , "" by Anita Traversi, and , "" by Yovanna; the first one was written by him. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received two votes and finished thirteenth among the seventeen participants.

Voting Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could give one point to their favourite song.

+ Points awarded to Switzerland Score Country 2 points

+ Points awarded by Switzerland Score Country 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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