In past years , Switzerland 's entry has not necessarily been a Swiss national . Most notably , Canadian Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 representing Switzerland . In DJ BoBo 's press conference , he told reporters that " It 's a shame for Swiss tax payer money from the TV licence fees go to fund a foreign act , and the people should resist that . " In December 2006 , the Swiss TV Council announced that they had chosen BoBo out of over 200 applicants to represent Switzerland in Helsinki . The council earned some negative comments for the selection as not having been fair towards lesser known Swiss artists
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
DJ BoBo