Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 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. Due to their successful result in 2005, Switzerland was pre-qualified
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 not made public, and only the winning song was announced. On the night of the final Reynaert performed 16th in the running order, following Norway and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting "Laissez briller le soleil" had received 5 points (all from France), placing Belgium joint 18th (with Portugal) of the 21 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom. Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Belgium was represented by Reynaert, with the song '"Laissez briller le soleil", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 30 April. Reynaert