| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 9 November 2004 Song: 5 March 2005 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Vanilla Ninja | |||
| Selected song | "Cool Vibes" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 114 points) | |||
| Final result | 8th, 128 points | |||
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Switzerland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Cool Vibes" written by David Brandes, Jane Tempest and John O'Flynn. The song was performed by the band Vanilla Ninja, which was internally selected by the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse in November 2004 to represent the nation at the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. "Cool Vibes" was presented to the public as the Swiss song during the show Congratulations - 50 Jahre Eurovision Song Contest on 5 March 2005.
Switzerland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 19, "Cool Vibes" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 21 May. It was later revealed that Switzerland placed eighth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 114 points. In the final, Switzerland performed in position 22 and placed eighth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 128 points.