At the beginning of the Corona pandemic, Sam Ryder started posting video clips of himself interpreting songs by other artists on the Internet. He quickly became a star on TikTok, where he has over 12 million followers. Then, earlier this year, the BBC contacted him and offered to make him the UK Eurovision Song Contest representative for 2022. „In the UK, a lot of artists are cautious. A lot of people I know love Eurovision. But there‘s a fear that you‘re risking something by going. But with me, the enthusiasm is bigger than my fear,“ said Sam Ryder. He reached a sensational 2nd place with his song Space Man.

With his characterful voice, shooting star Zian won the hearts of fans with his pop ballads, which are regular Swiss radio super-hits. Zian’s reflectiveness and profundity are at the heart of his music. In doing so, he lets us look deep into his soul and emotional world. The Swiss newcomer with the insane voice keeps the point where it hurts but also healing happens. Healing for himself and others. In January 2022, his long-awaited debut album BURDEN was released, which takes listeners on an emotional journey between darkness and light.

Starting on city streets, hip-hop is a culture of partying that eventually gained a spot on the worldwide charts, becoming most popular form of pop music worldwide. Swiss artist Steff la Cheffe has affirmed herself as a rapper and beatbox queen. Her music not only plumbs and exhausts the possibilities of Bernese German, but also stretches and bends the words to a danceable beat. Breathtaking.

In rap there’s a great deal to say, and this genre turns a stream of words into a genuine musical instrument. Troubas Kater bring their modern world music on a brass-band basis, funky, soulful, rhythmic, with the cryptic, effortlessly-rhymed dialect texts from Bern.

ALMA is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single „Muuta ku mä“ by Sini Sabotage, and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group. The following year she released the singles „Karma“ and „Dye My Hair“, both of which became top ten hits in Finland. Her 2017 single „Chasing Highs“ repeated this success, and also reached the top twenty in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her extended play Heavy Rules Mixtape was released in 2018 and reached the top ten in Finland. She has collaborated frequently with English singer Charli XCX, Swedish singer Tove Lo, English DJ Digital Farm Animals who produced most of the songs of her debut album and most recently, American singer Miley Cyrus

Lewis Capaldi is a Scottish singer and songwriter. On May 16, 2017, he released his first song Bruises. The song was played almost 28 million times worldwide on Spotify in a short period of time. Shortly after, he was signed by Virgin Records and Capitol Records and released his first EP Bloom on October 20, 2017 in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning producer Malay. In the first half of 2018, he completed a tour of North America and Europe. The year 2019 began with Capaldi receiving praise from seemingly every critic from every corner of the world. With a record-breaking 6 completely sold out headline tours in less than 2 years, his rise is simply unprecedented. From humble beginnings filling pubs just 24 months ago, to headlining arena tours that sold out in seconds. There is no better introduction to his debut album than the worldwide #1 hit single „Someone You Loved,“ which spent 7 weeks at #1 in the UK and shook the charts at every turn. The album rocketed to #1 where it has now spent no less than 10 weeks at the top of the UK album chart and is well on its way to becoming the longest running top 10 album in UK history. The story soon became known throughout Europe, Australia, Asia and eventually America, where it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and catapulted Capaldi into the elite ranks of artists who, like Adele and Ed Sheeran, are among the few British artists to reach the top of the American charts, breaking the 2 billion-stream barrier in the process.

In 2016 Veronica Fusaro released her self-produced EP “Lost In Thought” and surprised the Swiss music industry by winning the “Demo of the Year” at the M4Music-Festival. She was then awarded “Best Talent” by the national radio station SRF3 and was nominated for the Swiss Music Awards 2017. She then presented her music at various Swiss festivals (Gurtenfestival, Moon&Stars, Rock Oz’Arènes etc.) and performed at international conferences such as Musexpo in Los Angeles, ILMC in London and Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg.

Alina Amuri is a Swiss raised Singer with Congolese roots. Her music speaks for itself. Passion and Soul with a touch of Funk and Reggae creates a world full of joy.

An evening that leads the audience deep into the hidden workshops of song-craft, opened by a highly talented craftsman from the beautiful Swiss region of Appenzell: Marius Bear. International agents are scrambling to sign him up. And he certainly has all the stature and voice of an icon of the future.

Nicole Bernegger has got soul in her blood, an electrifying voice and she‘s well on her way to becoming one of the big names in soul music. With a first single being released in February 2019 the Swiss singer announces her album that‘s scheduled to appear in autumn 2019. A catchy hookline and captivating grooves leave no doubt that her vintage-soul has got what it takes to make today‘s playlists.