Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Switzerland had managed to participate in the final four times up to this point. In 2005, the internal selection of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, performing the song "Cool Vibes", qualified Switzerland to the final where they placed 8th.
Hymn (Celine Dion song) Hymn (Celine Dion song) "L'hymne" () is a French-language song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Fred Pellerin, released on 19 August 2015 as the lead single from the Quebec animated film, "La guerre des tuques 3D" (2015). The English-language solo version by Dion, "Hymn", was released as the lead single from the English-language version of the film, "Snowtime!", on 5 February 2016. In August 2015, it was revealed that Dion and Pellerin had recorded "L'hymne" for the soundtrack to the animated film "Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D)", a re-imagination of the 1984 film "The Dog Who Stopped