The Last of Our Kind

"The Last of Our Kind"
Single by Rykka
from the album Beatitudes
Released	11 March 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Pop Synthpop Alternative pop
Length	2:59
Label	Little Jig Records
Songwriter(s)	Christina Maria Rieder Mike James Jeff Dawson [en] Warne Livesey [en]
Rykka singles chronology
"Movies" (2015) "The Last of Our Kind" (2016) "With or Without" (2016)
"The Last of Our Kind"
"The Last of Our Kind" at Eurovision
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Switzerland
Artist(s)	Rykka
Language	English
Composer(s)	Christina Maria Rieder Mike James Jeff Dawson Warne Livesey
Lyricist(s)	Christina Maria Rieder Mike James Jeff Dawson Warne Livesey
Finals performance
Semi-final result	18th
Semi-final points	28
Appearance chronology
◄ "Time to Shine" (2015)
"Apollo" (2017) ►

"The Last of Our Kind" is a song performed by Canadian-Swiss singer and songwriter Rykka. The song represented Switzerland [en] in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was written by Christina Maria Rieder, Mike James, Jeff Dawson, Warne Livesey and was released as a digital download on 11 March 2016 by Little Jig Records.

Eurovision Song Contest

In November 2015, Rykka was announced as one of the nineteen competing acts in ESC 2016 – die Entscheidungsshow, the Swiss national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was submitted to the online voting platform, where it received enough votes to pass through to the live expert check which took place on 6 December 2015, the song was one of six to advance to the national final which took place on 13 February 2016, which Rykka won. At Eurovision, Switzerland performed in the second semi-final held on 12 May 2016, the song finished in 18th and last place with 28 points.

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