"Bye Bye I Love You" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, in which year, the song is notable in the history of the Contest; it was the very first entry composed by Eurovision veteran Ralph Siegel, who would go on write 19 ESC entries throughout the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, 1 for Switzerland, that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times?
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956 , missing only four contests, in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956, and won it themselves. Switzerland won the contest again in 1988.
History of the Eurovision Song Contest The history of the Eurovision Song Contest began with an idea of Sergio Pugliese, of the Italian television RAI, and then approved by Marcel Bezençon of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival and was designed to test the limits of live television broadcast technology.