eurovision 2016
Rykka
Rykka represented Switzerland at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with “The Last of Our Kind”, and went out in the second semi-final.
- who
- Swiss and Canadian singer and songwriter
- born
- 13 March 1986, Vancouver, Canada
- contest
- 2016
- music
- pop, indie pop, alternative rock
- active
- since 2000
- sang for
- Switzerland
Biography
Rykka is a Swiss-Canadian singer and songwriter from Vancouver whose songs have been used on television and nominated for music awards in Canada. “The Last of Our Kind” finished last in its semi-final in Stockholm in 2016.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Rykka”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2016 Stockholm
“The Last of Our Kind”
Out in the second semi-final Went out in the second semi-final: 18th of 18, with 28 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Jeff Dawson, Mike James, Warne Livesey, Christina Maria Rieder
- Age on the night
- 30
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote
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