Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Switzerland has one of the most insane selection formats there is. SRF has the open internet submission that closes tomorrow, and you can find pretty much everything in there. Old Swiss Eurovision participants like Barbara Berta or other veterans like Slovenian  Omar Naber , national Swiss finalists like Gisel de Marco or Swedish like Velvet , or names like Ylva & Linda , who are everywhere, have submitted a song. Along with some illusional people who actually seem to think they have a voice and can sing or write a song. 

Also the Italian speaking Swiss radio-TV RSI has made public its entries. The jury has already chosen five songs to the final to be held on November 8, 2011 and the online voting will add two more songs to the line up. From this kind of semifinal two top songs will go to the Swiss final in December. And to make things confusing there are once again same artists listed as in other language TVs selections but the ones the Italian speaking jury have chosen are Gianluca Solci, Rossella, Silla and two of my favourites from elsewhere, Sinplus and Vittoria Hyde. You can listen to their songs and all the others here . Amongst them is Barbara Berta (ESC 1997) and Flavio Cristilli (Euroviisut 2007). Worth mentioning are also Hirion and Rino Dilugano  The voting goes on until October 24, 2011.