| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 19 January 2009 Song: 23 February 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Lovebugs | |||
| Selected song | "The Highest Heights" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th) | |||
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Switzerland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "The Highest Heights" written by Adrian Sieber, Thomas Rechberger and Florian Senn. The song was performed by the band Lovebugs, which was internally selected by the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse in January 2009 to represent the nation at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. "The Highest Heights" was presented to the public as the Swiss song on 23 February 2009.
Switzerland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 8, "The Highest Heights" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Switzerland placed fourteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 15 points.