| Year: | 1986 |
| Broadcaster: | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Preselection: | French: Concours Eurovision '86 |
| Preselection Date: | 25 January 1986 |
| Song: | French: Pas pour moi|i=no |
| Final Result: | 2nd, 140 points |
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "French: Pas pour moi|i=no", composed by Atilla Şereftuğ, with lyrics by Nella Martinetti, and performed by Daniela Simmons. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster German: [[Schweizer Fernsehen|Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz]]|i=no (SF DRS) was in charge of staging and broadcasting the selection of the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. It held the national final on 25 January 1986 at 21:15 CET, at its studios in Zürich, hosted by singer Paola del Medico who previously represented and .[1] [2] Five juries selected the winner: one jury each from the German, French and Italian cantons of Switzerland, one jury made up of radio, television and newspaper journalists, and one jury composed of "music experts."
The winning entry was "French: Pas pour moi|i=no", performed by Daniela Simmons and composed by Atilla Şereftuğ, with lyrics written by Nella Martinetti.
French, German and Italian were represented equally in the national final, with three songs in each language. One of the three German songs, "Verschänk doch dini Liebi", was sung in the Swiss German dialect. The song "Lily Lilas" was sung partially in German and partially in French. For the first time, Romansh was represented in the national selection with the song "Tragnölin".
| Draw | Artist | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRS | TSR | TSI | ||||||||
| 1 | Scarlet Chessex | "Fou d'amour pour toujours" | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 3 | |
| 2 | Nöggi | "Verschänk doch dini Liebi" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |
| 3 | Simonetta | "Un amore come una fiaba" | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 6 | |
| 4 | Test | "Generation liberté" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 5 | |
| 5 | Linard Bardill and Shefali Banerjee | "Tragnölin" | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 4 | |
| 6 | Gruppo Pocafera | "Iside" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 7 | |
| 7 | Lily Lilas | "Lily Lilas" | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 7 | |
| 8 | Paolo Monte | "Amore mio" | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 2 | |
| 9 | Daniela Simmons | "Pas pour moi" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 1 | |
Simmons performed tenth on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 140 points, placing 2nd in a field of 20 competing countries.[3] It would become Switzerland's third (and final) second-placing song.
The Swiss conductor at the contest was the composer of the song, Atilla Şereftuğ.