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The German-speaking Swiss transmitter SRF are looking for French-speaking and Italian-speaking colleagues, together with its RTS and RSIrespectively, to a candidate who should represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest by 2016. The finalists who still in the running are now known. Originally sat Stéphanie Palazzo in the race, but she was disqualified. Kaceo group takes its place.

19 candidates performed yesterday to hoping to get a ticket for Swiss final of Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow 2016. The finalists were chosen by a panel of experts, which, inter alia, the stage presence and singing qualities of the candidates took a closer look. After deliberating eight hours following finalists were chosen:

Bella C – Another World
Disque d’or – Kaceo
Vincent Gross – Half A Smile
Stanley Miller – Feel The Love
Rykka – The Last Of Our Child
Theo – Because Of Yoyou

Stéphanie Palazzo was one of the lucky ones, but the organization took out her song from the race. Her song was already released in 2013, albeit in a different language. Kaceogroup, who finished second in the selection of RTS, now gets a ticket for the final.

The Belgian participant Loic Schumacher and jump-in-the-field Stéphanie Sandoz could unfortunately no ticket for the final. The final of Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow 2016 will take place on 13 February.