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Semi-Final 1: Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST
Semi-Final 2: Thursday, 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST
Finale: Saturday, 17 May 2025, 21:00 CEST
Venue: St. Jakobshalle (Joggelihalle), Münchenstein, Basel, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Slogan: United by Music^[a](Vereint durch Musik) ‘Welcome Home’
Presenter(s): Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer, Michelle Hunziker (final)
Directed by: Robin Hofwander^[3], Fredrik Bäcklund^[4], Myriam von Necker^[5]
ESC director: Martin Green^[6]
Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
Executive Producer: Reto Peritz, Moritz Stadler
Multicamera Director: —
Host Broadcaster: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Opening Act: Semi-final 1: A troupe of dancers, yodelers and alphorn players performing Swiss-style renditions of four previous winning songs: “Tattoo” (2023), “Arcade” (2019), “Waterloo” (1974), and “The Code” (2024). Ι Semi-final 2: A monologue by Philip, a Eurovision fan, about the things he loves about the contest. Ι Final: Nemo performing their winning song in 2024, “The Code”, followed by the flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, backed by the Basel Police Brass Band (Drum Corps Basel) – Top Secret, Yello – Oh Yeah, Yello – The Race, DJ Antoine – Ma Chérie, Khainz – Infinite Space, Khainz – The Mantra, Khainz – Find Me, Mike Candys – 2012 (If the World Would End).
Interval Act: Each of the Live Shows will tell its own story, united by the motto ‘Welcome Home’ – “Made in Switzerland”, a musical number performed by presenters Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer which highlights and satirises Swiss stereotypes and inventions, with an appearance by Petra Mede, who had previously hosted the contest in 2013, 2016 and 2024; and four former entrants from 2024 – Greece’s Marina Satti, Ukraine’s Jerry Heil, Portugal’s Iolanda, and Lithuania’s Silvester Belt – performing the 1988 Swiss winning entry “Ne partez pas sans moi“, preceded by a pre-recorded message from the song’s original performer, Celine Dion. Jørgen Olsen, who won for Denmark in 2000 alongside his brother Niels Olsen, performed that year’s winning song “Fly on the Wings of Love” after the qualifiers were announced, with lyrical changes referencing the contest’s permanent slogan “United by Music”. Semi-final 1: ‘Where It All Began’ – an homage to the Eurovision Song Contest’s birthplace, Switzerland Ι Semi-final 2: ‘Eurovision fans’ – a big party for anyone who’s ever enjoyed the Eurovision Song Contest. a presentation on Swiss punctuality backed by a dance troupe performing an interpretive routine titled “On Time”; and four former entrants performing their intended entries for the cancelled 2020 contest – Switzerland’s Gjon’s Tears with “Répondez-moi“, Lithuania’s The Roop with “On Fire”, Azerbaijan’s Efendi with “Cleopatra”, and Malta’s Destiny with “All of My Love”. Co-presenter Sandra Studer performed the 1990 Italian winning entry, “Insieme: 1992“, after the qualifiers were announced. Ι Final: ‘Let’s Celebrate a New Winner’ – 26 countries will compete for the coveted glass trophy and the whole of Europe and beyond will be joining in on the excitement and celebrations. In a break between the competing songs, co-presenter Sandra Studer performed a snippet of her 1991 entry for Switzerland, “Canzone per te“, while co-presenter Michelle Hunziker performed a snippet of the 1958 Italian entry, “Nel blu, dipinto di blu“. The interval acts included four former Swiss participants performing their competing songs: Peter, Sue and Marc with their 1981 entry “Io senza te“, Paola with her 1980 entry “Cinéma“, Luca Hänni with his 2019 entry “She Got Me”, and Gjon’s Tears with his 2021 entry “Tout l’univers“; Baby Lasagna, who represented Croatia in 2024, and Käärijä, who represented Finland in 2023, performing a mashup of their respective competing songs “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” and “Cha Cha Cha” followed by their new collaborative single “#Eurodab”; and Nemo performing their new single “Unexplainable”.
Website: eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025
Number of entries: 37: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (67ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (50ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (68ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (67ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (64ª), 🇨🇭Switzerland (65ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (63ª), 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (39ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (30ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (47ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (25ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (20ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (57ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (37ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (65ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (25ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (58ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (27ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (17ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (45ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (37ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (56ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (53ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (64ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (21ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (15ª)]; First Semi-Final 15 [🇭🇷 Croatia (30ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (58ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (25ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (37ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (56ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (63ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (17ª), 🇨🇿 Czechia (13ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (58ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (47ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (65ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (64ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (20ª), 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (39ª)]; Second Semi-Final 16 [🇦🇹 Austria (57ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (41ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (10ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (53ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (30ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (25ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (30ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (21ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (66ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (17ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (45ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (37ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (15ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (17ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (27ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (13ª)].
Debuting countries: —
Returning countries: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (13ª)
Non-returning countries: 🇲🇩 Moldova (20ª)
Voting system: Each country awards one set in the semi-finals, or two sets in the final of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs. In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Nul points in Final: —
Winning song: Final: “Wasted Love” – JJ, 🇦🇹 Austria (3ª) Ι Second Semi-Final: Yuval Raphael – “New Day Will Rise”, 🇮🇱 Israel (3ª) First Semi-Final: “Bird of Pray” – Ziferblat, 🇺🇦 Ukraine (3ª)

Participation map:

B: Countries pre-qualified for the final / Finalist countries; G: Countries set to compete in the semi-finals / Countries eliminated in the semi-finals (2005-present); M: Countries eliminated in the semi-finals; Gr: Countries that participated in the past, but not in 2025

(it) L’Eurovision Song Contest è stata la 69ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro, vinta dal cantante austriaco JJ con la canzone Wasted Love. Il concorso si è svolto presso la St. Jakobshalle a Basilea, in Svizzera, dal 13 al 17 maggio 2025, in seguito alla vittoria di Nemo con la canzone The Code nell’edizione precedente; è stata la terza edizione della manifestazione a svolgersi in Svizzera, dopo quelle del 1956 e 1989. Il concorso si è articolato, come dal 2008, in due semifinali e una finale.

(en) The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, on Saturday 17 May with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May, after it was selected by Host Broadcaster SRG SSR and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to host the 69th edition of the Contest.

After a competitive selection process that saw a number of potential Host Cities narrow down to Basel and Geneva, Switzerland’s third-most-populous city won out, and will host the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

The bid process examined facilities at the venue, local infrastructure and the ability to accommodate thousands of visiting delegations, crew, fans and journalists from around the world, amongst other criteria.

⭐️ The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country’s victory at the 2024 contest with the song “The Code” by Nemo. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), the contest was held at St. Jakobshalle, and consisted of two semi-finals on 13 and 15 May, and a final on 17 May 2025. The three live shows were presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker joining for the final.

Broadcasters from thirty-seven countries participated in the contest, the same number as the previous two editions. Montenegro returned after a two-year absence, while Moldova, which had originally planned to participate, later withdrew due to economic reasons and the quality of the songs competing in its national selection. Israel’s participation continued to cause controversy in the context of the Gaza war, with some participating broadcasters calling for a discussion on the issue.

The winner was Austria with the song “Wasted Love”, performed by JJ and written by him along with Teodora Špirić and Thomas Thurner. Austria won the combined vote and jury vote, and placed fourth in the televote. Israel won the televote and finished second overall, with Estonia, Sweden, and Italy completing the top five. The EBU reported that the contest had a television audience of 166 million viewers in 37 European markets, an increase of three million viewers from the previous edition.

La Sankt Jakobshalle di Basilea. La St. Jakobshalle, sede della 69ª edizione dell’Eurovision Song Contest

Location. The 2025 contest took place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country’s victory at the 2024 contest with the song “The Code”, performed by Nemo. It was the third time that Switzerland had hosted the contest, having previously done so for the inaugural contest in 1956 and the 1989 contest, held in Lugano and Lausanne respectively. The selected venue for the contest was the 12,400-seat St. Jakobshalle, which serves as a venue for indoor sports and concert events. The arena is located in the municipality of Münchenstein in Basel-Landschaft, right by the border with Basel-Stadt.

The Messe and Congress Center Basel complex hosted several events related to the contest. It was the location of the Eurovision Village, which hosted performances by contest participants and local artists as well as screenings of the live shows for the general public; and the EuroClub, which organised the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. The “Turquoise Carpet” event on 11 May 2025 began at the Basel Town Hall and ran through the Middle Bridge, with the contestants and their delegations being presented before accredited press and fans, before ending at Messe Basel, where the opening ceremony was held. The St. Jakob-Park stadium held a screening of the final along with performances by four previous Eurovision entrants,^[b] with entry charged for the public; the stadium was also featured on the live broadcast and was referred to as “Arena Plus” for the occasion. The Eurovision Street was located at Steinenvorstadt.

Biddding phase. After Switzerland’s win in the 2024 contest, the local authorities of Geneva expressed their interest in hosting the 2025 edition at Palexpo and submitted a formal application. On the same day, the president of the Basel-Stadt government, Conradin Cramer, also expressed interest in Basel hosting the 2025 event. On 12 May, Olma Hall in St. Gallen was proposed as a potential venue.

On 13 May, Lugano, which hosted the inaugural contest in 1956, ruled out a bid to host in 2025. The president of Bern’s cantonal government Philippe Müller expressed his reluctance to host the contest in the de facto Swiss capital, but the cantonal government itself later announced its support in organising the event in Bern. Meanwhile, Zurich’s city council held a “high priority” meeting to discuss a bid. On 14 May, Lausanne, which hosted the 1989 contest, ruled out a bid to host in 2025, citing a lack of infrastructure. On 15 May, Biel/Bienne declared its interest to be associated with and co-host the event. On 17 May, the local government of Fribourg stated that it was examining a potential bid. On 5 June, the Basel-Stadt government confirmed that it would bid, proposing St. Jakobshalle and St. Jakob-Park as possible venues. On 6 June, Biel/Bienne and Bern’s municipalities announced a joint bid. On 12 June, St. Gallen announced that it would not submit a bid due to not meeting the requirements to host the event.

The host broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), launched the bidding process on 27 May 2024, by issuing a list of requirements for interested cities. Basel, Bern, Geneva, and Zurich officially declared their interest and finalised their bids on 28 June. Representatives from the host broadcaster visited the four bidding cities in early July, and shortlisted Basel and Geneva on 19 July. On 30 August, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and SRG SSR announced Basel as the host city, with St. Jakobshalle as the chosen venue. A referendum was held in November 2024 within the Basel-Stadt canton to approve the expenditure for organising the contest, which passed with the support of 66.6% of voters.

(it) Organizzazine – Produzione. In seguito ad alcune controversie avvenute durante l’edizione 2024, relative all’organizzazione generale dell’evento, l’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER) ha annunciato la creazione di due nuovi posizioni che si affiancheranno a quella del superiore esecutivo: il direttore esecutivo del concorso, ricoperta dal britannico Martin Green, ed il responsabile del marchio e commerciale dell’evento, affidata invece all’olandese Jurian van der Meer.

Il 4 giugno 2024 sono stati annunciati i due produttori esecutivi dell’evento: Reto Peritz (responsabile del dipartimento dell’intrattenimento della SRF) e Moritz Stadler (responsabile del dipartimento delle operazioni della RTS), mentre la regia sarà affidata a Yves Schifferle (capodelegazione della Svizzera all’Eurovision Song Contest). Rimangono invariate le posizioni di Christer Björkman (capodelegazione svedese dal 2002 al 2021, nonché produttore dell’edizione 2013 e 2016) come direttore artistico e Tobias Åberg (produttore tecnico della manifestazione dal 2016) come produttore tecnico. Ad essi si aggiungono anche Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol come responsabile dell’evento, Manfred Winz come responsabile delle finanze, Aurore Chatard come responsabile della sicurezza e Kevin Stuber come responsabile legale.

Il 16 dicembre 2024 è stata presentata la scenografia, curata dal tedesco Florian Wieder (già ideatore di altre sette scenografie della manifestazione). Il palcoscenico, ispirato alle montagne e alla diversità linguistica della Confederazione, è evidenziato da una passerella centrale che si estende nell’area del pubblico ed è circondato da un grande arco a LED.

Il 20 gennaio 2025, sono state annunciate le conduttrici dell’evento: l’attrice e presentatrice svizzero-statunitense Hazel Brugger e la cantante svizzera Sandra Studer (rappresentante del proprio Paese nell’edizione 1991 della manifestazione) presenteranno tutte le serate dell’evento, mentre la conduttrice televisiva svizzera con cittadinanza italiana Michelle Hunziker si è unita come co-presentatrice per la finale.^[9] Nel medesimo annuncio sono stati confermati Mélanie Freymond e Sven Epiney, quest’ultimo storico commentatore per la Svizzera tedesca, come presentatori del programma ArenaPlus (una proiezione pubblica della serata finale) che si è svolto all’interno dello stadio St. Jakob-Park, nonché a coprire il ruolo di portavoci per i voti della giuria svizzera.

Logo e slogan. Come accade dall’edizione 2023, lo slogan dell’edizione è United by Music. Il 16 dicembre 2024 è stato presentato il logo dell’evento, denominato Unity Shapes Love, disegnato dal direttore artistico dell’edizione Artur Deyneuve, raffigura il principale logo della manifestazione (un cuore) arrangiato per emulare un effetto retinato, che simboleggia “milioni di persone unite dall’Eurovision Song Contest, per ascoltare e festeggiare insieme”.

Scelta della sede. All’indomani della vittoria svizzera all’edizione 2024, ospitata dalla città svedese di Malmö, la delegazione svizzera ha espresso l’interesse dell’emittente pubblica SRG SSR a organizzare la manifestazione musicale. A stretto giro ha seguito l’interesse a ospitare l’evento di diverse città tra cui Basilea (St. Jakob-Park e St. Jakobshalle), Bienne-Berna (Festhalle Bern), Friburgo (BCF Arena), Ginevra (Palexpo), San Gallo (Olma Hall) e Zurigo (Hallenstadion).

Il 27 maggio 2024 la SRG SSR ha annunciato e presentato il bando per ospitare la manifestazione, tramite il quale tutte le città interessate avrebbero potuto presentare ufficialmente la propria candidatura entro la fine di giugno. Le prime città a confermare le proprie candidature per ospitare l’evento sono state Basilea e Zurigo, seguite da Bienne-Berna e Ginevra, mentre San Gallo ha ritirato la sua candidatura poiché non rispetta i criteri per ospitare l’evento.

Il 19 luglio 2024 la SRG SSR ha comunicato che la scelta è stata ristretta alle città di Ginevra e Basilea, che rispettano tutte le necessità del concorso, scartando di conseguenza Zurigo e Berna. Il successivo 30 agosto, sul canale YouTube ufficiale della manifestazione canora, è stato confermato che la sede dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2025 sarebbe stata la St. Jakobshalle di Basilea.

Articolazione del processo. Il processo di selezione della scelta si è articolato nel seguente modo:

le città interessate hanno preso visione dei criteri fondamentali per ospitare la manifestazione;
alle stesse città sono state poi concesse quattro settimane per preparare i propri piani e progetti per ospitare l’evento;
nel mese di giugno l’emittente organizzatrice ha valutato le candidature in base ai criteri fondamentali;
entro la metà di luglio l’emittente organizzatrice ha visitato le città selezionate e i progetti preparati sono stati inviati all’Unione europea di radiodiffusione che ha decretato, di concerto con le emittenti organizzatrici ed entro il mese di agosto, la città ospitante.

Criteri fondamentali.

la sede deve essere al coperto, dotata di aria condizionata secondo gli standard vigenti, e inoltre ben perimetrabile;
la sede deve avere una capacità al 70% della capienza massima compresa tra gli 8 000 e i 10 000 spettatori;
la sede deve essere dotata di un’area principale che consenta la realizzazione di un allestimento di alto livello con altezze disponibili di almeno 18 metri, buone capacità di carico sul tetto e facile accesso al carico;
la sede deve essere disponibile per sei settimane prima dell’evento, le due settimane dello show e quella successiva per il disallestimento;
la sede deve avere a disposizione una vicina sala stampa che possa accogliere almeno 1 000 giornalisti;
la sede deve avere aree a raso e di facile accesso, contigue e integrate nel perimetro dell’infrastruttura per il supporto tecnico-logistico di 5 000 metri quadrati;
la città deve avere a disposizione oltre 2 000 camere d’albergo nelle aree contigue all’evento;
la città deve avere un aeroporto internazionale non più lontano di un’ora e mezza dalla sede dell’evento.

City	Venue	Notes
Basel ^	St. Jakob-Park (Joggeli) – 40.000	Hosted the 2016 UEFA Europa League final and will host matches of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025. The proposal is dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium.
Basel ^	St. Jakobshalle (St. Jakobshalle Basel) – 12.400	Hosts the annual Swiss Indoors.
Bern with Biel/Bienne ^	Neue Festhalle – 9.000	Proposal set around a planned music venue, constructed within the Bernexpo complex. Joint bid with the city of Biel/Bienne.
Geneva ^	Palexpo (Geneva Palexpo) – 15.000	Hosted the annual Geneva International Motor Show. It also hosted the 2014 Davis Cup semi-finals and the 2019 Laver Cup.
St. Gallen	Olma Hall	—
Zürich ^	Hallenstadion (Zürcher Hallenstadion, Zürich Indoor Stadium) – 13.000	Hosted the annual Zürich Open from 1993 to 2008.
Zürich ^	Swiss Life Arena	Planed venue to the 2026 IIHF World Championship

The location of the host city Basel (in blue ), shortlisted cities (in green ), other bidding cities (in red ) and cities and towns that expressed interest but ultimately did not bid (in grey ).

3.1.1. Participating countries: Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with an EBU membership that is capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all members.

On 12 December 2024, the EBU initially announced that broadcasters from 38 countries would participate in the 2025 contest, including Montenegro, returning after a two-year absence. On 22 January 2025, Moldova announced its withdrawal, citing economic reasons and the quality of its national final, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 37.

The contest featured two returning artists for the same country: Justyna Steczkowska had previously represented Poland in 1995, and Nina Žižić had appeared with Who See for Montenegro in 2013. Steczkowska’s return 30 years after her first appearance broke the record for the longest gap between two participations by the same artist, which was previously held by Anna Vissi with a gap of 24 years between her entries for Cyprus in 1982 and Greece in 2006.

We’ll have 37 public service broadcasters taking part at Basel 2025 (🇦🇱 Albania – RTSH, 🇦🇲 Armenia – AMPTV, 🇦🇺 Australia – SBS, 🇦🇹 Austria – ORF, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – İctimai, 🇧🇪 Belgium – VRT, 🇭🇷 Croatia – HRT, 🇨🇾 Cyprus – CyBC, 🇨🇿 Czechia – ČT, 🇩🇰 Denmark – DR, 🇪🇪 Estonia – ERR, 🇫🇮 Finland – YLE, 🇫🇷 France – FT, 🇬🇪 Georgia – GPB, 🇩🇪 Germany – ARD/NDR, 🇬🇷 Greece – ERT, 🇮🇸 Iceland – RÚV, 🇮🇪 Ireland – RTÉ, 🇮🇱 Israel – Kan, 🇮🇹 Italy – RAI, 🇱🇻 Latvia – LTV, 🇱🇹 Lithuania – LRT, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – RTL, 🇲🇹 Malta – PBS, 🇲🇪 Montenegro – RTCG, 🇳🇱 Netherlands – AVROTROS, 🇳🇴 Norway – NRK, 🇵🇱 Poland – TVP, 🇵🇹 Portugal – RTP, 🇸🇲 San Marino – SMRTV, 🇷🇸 Serbia – RTS, 🇸🇮 Slovenia – RTVSLO, 🇪🇸 Spain – RTVE, 🇸🇪 Sweden – SVT, 🇨🇭 Switzerland – SRG SSR, 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Suspilne, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – BBC).

RTCG of Montenegro return to the competition after last competing in 2022. And 36 of the 37 countries that took part at Malmö 2024 will be participating once again in May 2025.

31 of the 37 participating broadcasters will compete in Semi-Finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May with the Top 10 from each qualifying for the Grand Final on Saturday 17 May based on public votes.

The draw to determine in which Semi Final they will perform will take place in Basel on Tuesday 28 January.

The other 5 broadcasters from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are pre-qualified for the Grand Final with host broadcaster SRG SSR from Switzerland.

Il 12 dicembre 2024 è stata ufficializzata la lista definitiva degli Stati partecipanti a quest’edizione, che ne prevedeva 38; tuttavia, il 22 gennaio 2025, la Moldavia ha annunciato il ritiro dalla competizione, portando così il numero a 37.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 participants
Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
🇦🇱 Albania	RTSH	Shkodra Elektronike	“Zjerm“	Albanian^{[c: Gheg Albanian]}	Lekë Gjeloshi, Beatriçe Gjergji, Kolë Laca
🇦🇲 Armenia	AMPTV	PARG	“SURVIVOR“	English	Benjamin Alasu, Jon Aljidi, Peter Boström, Joshua Curran, Thomas G:son, Martin Mooradian, Armen Paul, Pargev Vardanyan, Eva Voskanian, Alex Wilke
🇦🇺 Australia	SBS (EBU Associate)	Go-Jo	“Milkshake man“	English	Amy Sheppard, George Sheppard, Jason Bovino, Marty Zambotto
🇦🇹 Austria	ÖRF	JJ	“Wasted love“	English	Johannes Pietsch, Teodora Špirić, Thomas Thurner
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	İTV	Mamagama	“Run with u“	English	Hasan Hayadar, Roman Zee, Sefael Mishiyev
🇧🇪 Belgium	VRT	Red Sebastian With Bruno De Rouck, Goran Tourenne, Hugo Gebbia, Lani Pellegrini	“Strobe lights“	English	Astrid Roelants, Billie Bentein, Seppe Herreman, Willem Vanderstichele
🇭🇷 Croatia	HRT	Marko Bošnjak	“Poison cake“	English	Bas Wissink, Ben Pyne, Emma Gale, Marko Bošnjak
🇨🇾 Cyprus	CyBC	Theo Evan With Guillem Tome, Rafa Soto, Diego Rey, Sam Vazquez, Lohi	“Shh“	English	Dimitris Kontopoulos, Elsa Søllesvik, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale, Elke Tiel
🇨🇿 Czechia	ČT	ADONXS	“Kiss kiss goodbye“	English	Lorenzo Calvo, Michaela Charvátová, Inés Coulon, Ronald Janeček, George Masters-Clark, Adam Pavlovčin, Adriano Lopes da Silva
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR	Sissal	“Hallucination“	English	Linnea Deb, Melanie Hayrapetian, Malthe Johansen, Sissal Jóhanna Norðberg Niclasen, Chris Rohde-Frisk, Lina Spangsberg, Marcus Winther-John
🇪🇪 Estonia	ERR	Tommy Cash	“Espresso macchiato“	Italian^{[d: Specifically the Broccolino dialect, an American variety of Italian]}, English	Johannes Naukkarinen, Tomas Tammemets
🇫🇮 Finland	YLE	Erika Vikman	“ICH KOMME“	Finnish	Christel Roosberg, Jori Roosberg
🇫🇷 France	France Télévisions	Louane	“maman“	French	Anne Peichert, Tristan Salvati
🇬🇪 Georgia	GPB	Mariam Shengelia With Erisoni – the Georgian State Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance / „ერისიონის“ მოცეკვავეებმა და გია ყანჩელის სახელობის თბილისის ახალგაზრდულმა ორკესტრმა	“Freedom” (თავისუფლება)	Georgian, English	Keti Gabisiani, Buka Kartozia
🇩🇪 Germany	ARD/NDR [e]	Abor & Tynna	“Baller“	German	Alexander Hauer, Attila Bornemisza, Tünde Bornemisza,
🇬🇷 Greece	ERT	Klavdia	“Asteromàta” (Αστερομάτα)	Greek	Arcade, Klavdia Papadopoulou
🇮🇸 Iceland	RÚV	VÆB	“RÓA“	Icelandic	Gunnar Björn Gunnarsson, Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson, Ingi Þór Garðarsson, Matthías Davíð Matthíasson
🇮🇪 IIreland	RTÉ	EMMY	“Laika party“	English	Truls Marius Aarra, Emmy Kristine Guttulsrud Kristiansen, Erlend Guttulsrud Kristiansen, Henrik Østlund, Larissa Tormey
🇮🇱 Israel	Kan	Yuval Raphael	“New day will rise“	English, French, Hebrew	Keren Peles
🇮🇹 Italy	RAI	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	Italian	Lucio Corsi, Tommaso Ottomano
🇱🇻 Latvia	LTV	Tautumeitas	“Bur man laimi“	Latvian	Laura Līcīte, Elvis Lintiņš, Asnate Rancāne, Aurēlija Rancāne, Gabriēla Zvaigznīte
🇱🇹 Lithuania	LRT	Katarsis	“Tavo akys“	Lithuanian	Lukas Radzevičius
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	RTL	Laura Thorn	“La poupée monte le son“	French	Christophe Houssin, Julien Salvia, Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal
🇲🇹 Malta	PBS	Miriana Conte	“SERVING” (Kant)	English	Miriana Conte, Sarah Evelyn Fullerton, Matthew Mercieca, Benjamin Schmid
🇲🇪 Montenegro	RTCG	Nina Žižić	“Dobrodošli” (Добродошли)	Montenegrin	Darko Dimitrov, Violeta Mihajlovska Milić, Boris Subotić
🇳🇱 Netherlands	AVROTROS	Claude	“C’est la vie“	French, English	Claude Kiambe, Arno Krabman, Léon Paul Palmen, Joren van der Voort
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK	Kyle Alessandro With Sondrey, Frode Vassel, Daniel Grindeland	“Lighter“	English	Adam Allskog, Kyle Alessandro Helgesen Villalobos
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	Justyna Steczkowska With Milena Zdzuj, Piotr Musiałkowski, Krzysztof Jagodziński, Kuba Walica	“GAJA“	Polish, English	Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Patryk Kumór, Justyna Steczkowska, Emilian Waluchowski
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP	NAPA	“Deslocado“	Portuguese	Diogo Góis, Guilherme Gomes, João Lourenço Gomes, João Rodrigues, André Santos, Francisco Sousa
🇸🇲San Marino	SMRTV	Gabry Ponte^[f]	“Tutta l’Italia“	Italian	Andrea Bonomo, Gabriele Ponte, Edwyn Roberts
🇷🇸 Serbia	RTS	Princ	“Mila” (Мила)	Serbian	Dušan Bačić
🇸🇮 Slovenia	RTVSLO	Klemen	“How much time do we have left?“	English	Klemen Slakonja
🇪🇸 Spain	RTVE	Melody With Vicky Gómez, Ana Acosta, Marc Montojo, Iván Matías Urquiaga	“ESA DIVA“	Spanish	Alberto Lorite, Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez
🇸🇪 Sweden	SVT	KAJ	“Bara bada bastu“	Swedish^{[g: Specifically the Vörå dialect, an Ostrobothinan variety of Finland Swedish]}	Axel Åhman, Kevin Holmström, Jakob Norrgård, Robert Skowronski, Kristofer Strandberg, Anderz Wrethov
🇨🇭 Switzerland	SRG SSR	Zoë Më	“Voyage“	French	Zoë Kressler, Emily Middlemas, Tom Oehler
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Suspilne	Ziferblat	“Bird of pray“	Ukrainian, English	Fedir Khodakov, Danylo Leshchynskyi, Valentyn Leshchynskyi
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	BBC	Remember Monday	“What the hell just happened?“	English	Julie Aagaard, Sam Brennan, Lauren Byrne, Tom Hollings, Holly-Anne Hull, Kes Kamara, Charlotte Steele, Thomas Stengaard

5.Other countries. The EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. Macedonian broadcaster MRT discussed a potential return of the country to the contest, in response to an email from Eurovision fans urging the broadcaster to do so in October 2024; North Macedonia ultimately did not appear on the final list of participants for 2025. Kosovar broadcaster RTK’s general director Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj sent a formal letter to the EBU in June 2024, requesting an invitation for Kosovo to debut in the contest in 2025; this was rejected by the EBU’s General Assembly in July 2024.

4.3.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2025:

• National Selections in 2025:

Country	Event	To Eurovision
🇦🇱 Albania	Festivali i Këngës #63	Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm
🇦🇲 Armenia	Depi Evratesil 2025	Parg – Survivor
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eurosong 2025	Red Sebastian – Strobe Lights
🇭🇷 Croatia	Dora 2025	Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 2025	Sissal – Hallucination
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eesti Laul 2025	Tommy Cash – Espresso macchiato
🇫🇮 Finland	UMK 2025	Erika Vikman – Ich komme
🇩🇪 Germany	Chefsache ESC 2025	Abor & Tynna – Baller
🇬🇷 Greece	Ethnikós Telikós 2025	Klavdia – Asteromáta
🇮🇸 Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2025	Væb – Róa
🇮🇪 Ireland	Eurosong 2025	Emmy – Laika Party
🇮🇱 Israel	HaKokhav HaBa artist selection	Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
🇮🇹 Italy	Sanremo 2025	Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
🇱🇻 Latvia	Supernova 2025	Tautumeitas – Bur man laimi
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Eurovizija.LT 2025	Katarsis – Tavo akys
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Luxembourg Song Contest 2025	Laura Thorn – La poupée monte le son
🇲🇹 Malta	MESC 2025	Miriana Conte – Serving ~~Kant~~
Moldova	Etapa Națională 2025	cancelled
🇲🇪 Montenegro	Montesong 2024	Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2025	Kyle Alessandro – Lighter
🇵🇱 Poland	Polskie Kwalifikacje 2025	Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
🇵🇹 Portugal	Festival da Canção 2025	Napa – Deslocado
🇸🇲 San Marino	San Marino Song Contest 2025	Gabry Ponte – Tutta l’Italia
🇷🇸 Serbia	Pesma za Evroviziju 25	Princ – Mila
🇸🇮 Slovenia	EMA 2025	Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left
🇪🇸 Spain	Benidorm Fest 2025	Melody – Esa diva
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2025	KAJ – Bara daba bastu
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Vidbir 2025	Ziferblat – Bird of Pray

• Internal Selections in 2025:

🇦🇺 Australia	Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
🇦🇹 Austria	JJ – Wasted Love
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Mamagama – Run With U
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Theo Evan – Shh
🇨🇿 Czechia	Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
🇫🇷 France	Louane – maman
🇬🇪 Georgia	Mariam Senghelia – Freedom
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Claude – C’est La Vie
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Zoë Më – Voyage
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Remeber Monday – What the Hell Just Happened

4.4.Connections:

Production and format. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was produced by the Swiss national broadcaster SRG SSR. The core team consisted of Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler as executive producers, and Yves Schifferle as head of show. Repeating their function from the previous edition were Christer Björkman as head of contest, Tobias Åberg as head of production, and Robin Hofwander and Fredrik Bäcklund as multi-camera directors, with other production personnel including Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol as head of event, Manfred Winz as head of finance, Aurore Chatard as head of security, and Kevin Stuber as head of legal. The theme art and background music’s creation are overseen by art director Artur Deyneuve.

The contest’s organisation was restructured for 2025; this was announced by the EBU on 1 July 2024, following a review into the controversies of the 2024 contest. Two new positions were created: the ESC director and the commercial director, filled by Martin Green (managing director of the 2023 contest) and Jurian van der Meer, respectively; Green would oversee the work of executive supervisor Martin Österdahl and Van der Meer. In response to the circumstances that led to the disqualification of the 2024 Dutch entrant Joost Klein from that year’s final, from 2025 onwards, no behind-the-scenes filming of the artists would be permitted without prior approval from their delegations’ head of press. A set of conduct rules and duty of care guidelines was codified and made mandatory for all personnel working in the event.

The preliminary budget was estimated to be at CHF 61 million (€65.2 million), with the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt contributing CHF 35 million (€37.3 million), SRG SSR contributing CHF 20 million (€21.4 million), and the EBU contributing CHF 6 million (€6.4 million).

Visual, sound and stage design / Visual and Audio Brand Identity. On 16 December 2024, SRG SSR unveiled the theme art and stage design for the 2025 contest. The theme art, designed by the London-based agency Not Wieden+Kennedy and named “Unity Shapes Love”, was built on variably-coloured miniatures of the “Eurovision heart” being arranged to emulate the halftonepixelation effect, symbolising millions of people unified by the Eurovision Song Contest, to listen and celebrate together. The theme music, produced by MassiveMusic and titled “See You Radiate”, featured nods to Swiss traditional music and is adaptable for future editions. Devised for the second year in a row by German production designer Florian Wieder, who had previously designed the sets of seven previous contests, the stage was inspired by Switzerland’s mountains and linguistic diversity, highlighted by a central extension that extends into the standing audience area and surrounded by an LED arch.

On 26 February 2025, SRG SSR unveiled a mascot for the 2025 contest, in a first for the event since 1992. Named “Lumo” and designed by Lynn Brunner of the Basel Academy of Art and Design, it is an anthropomorphic heart shape with orange curly hair

Stage design (The Basel 2025 stage). The stage design for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest has been inspired by Switzerland’s mountains and diversity.

Florian Wieder, the Production Designer with Swiss roots, is overseeing the Eurovision stage design for the eighth time. For this year’s event at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Florian reveals that he has taken inspiration from the Swiss mountains and the country’s linguistic diversity: “Our goal was to create a revolutionary stage concept – a holistic experience that we’ve never seen before at Eurovision. Thanks to the immersive stage layout, the audience will get to be part of Eurovision like never before.”

Tickets. The first wave of ticket sales started on Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 10:00 CET and has now sold out. Further waves of tickets will go on sale in due course. Bookmark our Tickets page for updates and follow us on socials.

Further information on ticket purchasing and can be found in our Ticket FAQs.

Programme of Local Events. A comprehensive programme is planned in the city from May 10 – 17 for fans from all over Europe (as well as local people from Basel). Check out our Host City Guide for an overview of what’s going to be happening in Basel, as well as information about public transport and accommodation tailored towards anyone visiting for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Volunteers. The registration window for volunteers to help shape Basel 2025 has now closed.

Those who have registered their interest will now be contacted by the host broadcaster.

Postcards /Cartoline. The “postcards” were short video introductions shown on television while the stage is being prepared for the next entry. Filmed between January and April 2025 and directed by Luca Zurfluh of Zurich-based production company Dynamic Frame, the postcards featured the competing artists taking part in local activities across Switzerland. The following locations were used for each participating country:

Le cartoline sono dei video introduttivi di circa 40 secondi mostrate in tv, mentre sul palco vengono preparate le varie scenografie dei paesi in gara. Le prime registrazioni, organizzate dalla SRG SSR, sono partite a gennaio 2025 a Riburg, nel Canton Argovia, per poi proseguire in diverse città e siti in tutta la Svizzera. I seguenti luoghi sono stati confermati tra le cartoline:

🇦🇱 Albania – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇦🇲 Armenia – Betlis, Canton of St. Gallen
🇦🇺 Australia – Bern, Canton of Bern
🇦🇹 Austria – Emmental, Canton of Bern
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Zurich, Canton of Zurich
🇧🇪 Belgium – Jungfraujoch, Valais and Bern
🇭🇷 Croatia – Zermatt, Valais
🇨🇾 Cyprus – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇨🇿 Czechia – Riburg, Aargau
🇩🇰 Denmark – Gruyères, Fribourg
🇪🇪 Estonia – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇫🇮 Finland – Appenzell, Appenzell Innerrhoden
🇫🇷 France – Ascona, Ticino
🇬🇪 Georgia – Geneva, Canton of Geneva
🇩🇪 Germany – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇬🇷 Greece – Peccia, Ticino
🇮🇸 Iceland – Rapperswil, St. Gallen
🇮🇪 Ireland – Geneva, Canton of Geneva
🇮🇱 Israel – Morcote, Ticino
🇮🇹 Italy – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇱🇻 Latvia – Zurich, Canton of Zurich
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Rugisbalm, Nidwalden
🇲🇹 Malta – Le Noirmont, Canton of Jura
🇲🇪 Montenegro – Zurich, Canton of Zurich
🇳🇱 Netherlands – Filisur, Grisons
🇳🇴 Norway – Egnach, Thurgau
🇵🇱 Poland – Laax, Grisons
🇵🇹 Portugal – Lavaux, Vaud
🇸🇲 San Marino – Bruzella, Ticino
🇷🇸 Serbia – Vaz/Obervaz, Grisons
🇸🇮 Slovenia – Alp Raguta, Grisons
🇪🇸 Spain – Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne
🇸🇪 Sweden – Magglingen, Canton of Bern
🇨🇭 Switzerland – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Basel, Basel-Stadt
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Zermatt, Valais

Presenters. The Swiss comedian Hazel Brugger and singer Sandra Studer – who represented Switzerland in 1991 – were announced as the presenters of the 2025 contest on 20 January 2025, and they hosted all three shows of the event; Swiss-Italian television presenter Michelle Hunziker joined them for the final. Jan van Ditzhuijzen and Tanja Dankner provided commentary for the “Turquoise Carpet” and opening ceremony events, with Joël von Mutzenbecher welcoming the competing artists at the start of the carpet and Odette Hella’Grand interviewing them at the end of the route. The public screening of the final at St. Jakob-Park was hosted by Sven Epiney and Mélanie Freymond, both of whom also announced the points of the Swiss jury from the stadium. Epiney additionally moderated the winner’s press conference.

Format.

Results of the semi-final allocation draw: B – Participating countries in the first semi-final BL – Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final O – Participating countries in the second semi-final OL – Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

Semi-final allocation draw. The draw to determine the participating countries’ semi-finals took place on 28 January 2025 at 12:30 CET, at the Kunstmuseum Basel Auditoriuum. The thirty-one semi-finalists were divided over five pots, based on historical voting patterns, with the purpose of reducing the chance of bloc voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Switzerland and “Big Five” countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) – will vote in, be required to broadcast, and perform its entry in a non-competitive capacity. The ceremony was hosted by Jennifer Bosshard and Jan van Ditzhuijzen, and included the symbolic transfer of duties from Carina Nilsson, the president of previous host city Malmö’s council, to Conradin Cramer, the president of the Basel-Stadt government. The host city insignia, which had traditionally been used since 2007, was replaced by a dress gifted by Nilsson to Cramer, the first “friendship gift” that would replace the host city insignia from this year.

Digame ha composto le urne nelle quali sono stati divisi gli stati partecipanti, determinate in base allo storico delle votazioni. La loro composizione è stata così definita:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇮🇱 Israel 🇵🇱 Poland 🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇹 Austria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇮 Slovenia	🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇲🇹 Malta 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇲 San Marino	🇦🇺 Australia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden

Il 28 gennaio 2025, presso il Museo d’arte di Basilea, si è svolto il sorteggio (presentato da Jennifer Bosshard e Jan van Ditzhuijzen) per determinare in quale metà di quale semifinale si esibiranno gli stati e la semifinale in cui avranno il diritto di voto gli stati già qualificati alla finale. Nel sorteggio è stato inoltre esplicitato che la prima semifinale sarebbe stata composta da 15 stati, mentre la seconda da 16, e che l’ordine di esibizione esatto sarà stabilito dalla produzione del programma e approvato dal supervisore UER e dal Gruppo di Controllo. In base all’esito del sorteggio, le semifinali sono quindi così composte:

1ª semifinale – 13 maggio 2025		2ª semifinale – 15 maggio 2025
🇸🇪 Svezia 🇺🇦 Ucraina 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇮🇸 Islanda 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇵🇱 Polonia 🇵🇹 Portogallo	🇳🇱 Paesi Bassi 🇦🇿 Azerbaigian 🇦🇱 Albania 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇧🇪 Belgio 🇨🇾 Cipro 🇭🇷 Croazia 🇳🇴 Norvegia	🇦🇹 Austria 🇱🇹 Lituania 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇬🇷 Grecia 🇮🇪 Irlanda 🇦🇺 Australia 🇱🇻 Lettonia	🇨🇿 Repubblica Ceca 🇮🇱 Israele 🇲🇹 Malta 🇫🇮 Finlandia 🇩🇰 Danimarca 🇱🇺 Lussemburgo 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇷🇸 Serbia
Con diritto di voto: 🇮🇹 Italia 🇪🇸 Spagna 🇨🇭 Svizzera		Con diritto di voto: 🇫🇷 Francia 🇩🇪 Germania 🇬🇧 Regno Unito

L’ordine di uscita di entrambe le semifinali è stato reso noto il 27 marzo 2025, mentre quello della finale è stato reso noto il successivo 17 maggio.

Flag policy: The flag policy was updated for 2025, with competing artists allowed to display only their representative country’s flag in official capacities – including onstage, in the green room, Turquoise Carpet, and the Eurovision Village. On the other hand, the policy overturned a previous ban for the audience, allowing the display of any flag permitted under Swiss law, including pride flags, Palestinian flags, and the flag of Europe. While accepting the policy, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS stated that it would push for changes for the following year’s contest; the broadcaster had earlier met with LGBTQ+ advocacy group COC Nederland, which called the ban on pride flags for competing artists “outrageously ridiculous”. Glenn Micallef, the European Union (EU)’s cultural commissioner, also criticised similar restrictions on displaying the EU flag for competing artists.

Verso l’evento.

• Melfest WKND 2025. La quarta edizione del Melfest WKND si è tenuto il 7 e l’8 marzo 2025 presso il Nalen di Stoccolma ed è stata presentata da Filip Baloš (partecipante a Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 e ’24). Come da tradizione, l’evento si è tenuto come precursore della finale del Melodifestivalen. Vi hanno partecipato: Danimarca – Sissal, Irlanda – EMMY e Norvegia – Kyle Alessandro. Hanno partecipato inoltre Jerry Heil (rappresentante dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), Remo Forrer (rappresentante della Svizzera all’Eurovision Song Contest 2023), Fame (rappresentanti della Svezia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2003), Jessica Andersson (partecipante a Melodifestivalen 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2018 e 2021), Velvet (partecipante a Melodifestivalen 2006, 2008 e 2009), Adam Woods e Marija Sur (partecipanti a Melodifestivalen 2023 e 2024), Angelino (partecipante a Melodifestivalen 2024 e 2025), Adrian Macaeus e Arwin (partecipanti a Melodifestivalen 2025), Ntïv e Ánndaris Rimpi (partecipanti al Sámi Grand Prix 2024).

• Eurovision Party SKG 2025. La seconda edizione dell’Eurovision Party SKG 2025 si è tenuta il 14 marzo 2025 presso il WE Club di Salonicco. Vi hanno partecipato: Albania – Shkodra Elektronike e Cipro – Theo Evan. Inoltre hanno preso parte all’evento Natalia Gordienko (rappresentante della Moldavia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2006, 2020 e 2021), Demy (rappresentante della Grecia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2017), le Dinamiss, Rikki ed Evangelia (partecipanti a Ethnikos Telikos 2025).

• Nordic Eurovision Party 2025. La seconda edizione del Nordic Eurovision Party si è tenuta il 22 marzo 2025 presso il Sentrum Scene di Oslo. Vi hanno partecipato: Albania – Shkodra Elektronike, Danimarca – Sissal, Irlanda – EMMY, Islanda – VÆB, Lettonia – Tautumeitas, Norvegia – Kyle Alessandro, Polonia – Justyna Steczkowska e Svizzera – Zoë Më. Hanno partecipato inoltre Elena Tsagkrinou (rappresentante di Cipro all’Eurovision Song Contest 2021), Margaret Berger (rappresentante della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2013), i Keiino (rappresentanti della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2019), The Roop (rappresentanti della Lituania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021), Sandra Kim (Vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 1986), Gunnhild Sundli (rappresentante della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024 come parte dei Gåte), Jerry Heil (rappresentante dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), le Charmed (rappresentanti della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2000), le Queentastic (partecipanti al Melodi Grand Prix 2006), i Gothminister (partecipanti al Melodi Grand Prix 2024), Vidar Villa (partecipante al Melodi Grand Prix 2021 e 2024), Gunilla Persson (partecipante a Melodifestivalen 2024), Ladybug (partecipante al Melodi Grand Prix 2025) e Klara Hammarström (partecipante al Melodifestivalen 2020, 2021, 2022 e 2025).

• Eurovision in Concert 2025. La quindicesima edizione dell’Eurovision in Concert si è tenuta presso l’AFAS Live di Amsterdam il 5 aprile 2025 ed è stata presentata da Cornald Maas e Stefania Liberakakis (rappresentante dei Paesi Bassi al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 come parte delle Kisses e dalla Grecia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021). Vi hanno partecipato: Albania – Shkodra Elektronike, Armenia – PARG, Australia – Go-Jo, Austria – JJ, Azerbaigian – Mamagama, Belgio – Red Sebastian, Croazia – Marko Bošnjak, Danimarca – Sissal, Estonia – Tommy Cash, Finlandia – Erika Vikman, Francia – Louane, Georgia – Mariam Shengelia, Germania – Abor & Tynna, Irlanda – EMMY, Islanda – VÆB, Lituania – Katarsis, Lussemburgo – Laura Thorn, Malta – Miriana Conte, Montenegro – Nina Žižić, Norvegia – Kyle Alessandro, Paesi Bassi – Claude, Polonia – Justyna Steczkowska, Portogallo – NAPA, Regno Unito – Remember Monday, Repubblica Ceca – ADONXS, San Marino – Gabry Ponte, Serbia – Princ, Slovenia – Klemen, Spagna – Melody e Ucraina – Ziferblat. Hanno partecipato inoltre Kaleen (rappresentante dell’Austria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), Serhat (rappresentante di San Marino all’Eurovision Song Contest 2016 e 2019), Imaani (rappresentante del Regno Unito all’Eurovision Song Contest 1998), Konstrakta (rappresentante della Serbia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2022) e Luke Black (rappresentante della Serbia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2023).

• London Eurovision Party 2025. La sedicesima edizione del London Eurovision Party si terrà presso l’Here at Outernet di Londra il 13 aprile 2025. Vi parteciperanno: Albania – Shkodra Elektronike, Australia – Go-Jo, Austria – JJ, Belgio – Red Sebastian, Croazia – Marko Bošnjak, Danimarca – Sissal, Finlandia – Erika Vikman, ~~Germania – Abor & Tynna,~~ Irlanda – EMMY, Islanda – VÆB, Lettonia – Tautumeitas, Lituania – Katarsis, Lussemburgo – Laura Thorn, Malta – Miriana Conte, Montenegro – Nina Žižić, Norvegia – Kyle Alessandro, Polonia – Justyna Steczkowska, Regno Unito – Remember Monday, Repubblica Ceca – ADONXS, San Marino – Gabry Ponte, Serbia – Princ, Slovenia – Klemen, Spagna – Melody e Svezia – KAJ. Hanno partecipato inoltre i KΞiiNO (rappresentanti della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2019), Vasil (rappresentante della Macedonia del Nord all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021), Vladana (rappresentante del Montenegro all’Eurovision Song Contest 2022), Kaleen (rappresentante dell’Austria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), gli Electro Velvet (rappresentanti del Regno Unito all’Eurovision Song Contest 2015), Al’ona Al’ona & Jerry Heil (rappresentanti dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), le Dolly Style (partecipanti al Melodifestivalen 2015, 2016, 2019 e 2025) e Marija Sur (partecipante al Melodifestivalen 2023 e 2024).

• Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2025. Il primo giorno della sesta edizione dell’evento, il 18 aprile 2025, si terrà presso la Sala La Rivera di Madrid il Welcome ESPreParty, dove si esibiranno Marina Satti (rappresentante della Grecia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024), i KΞiiNO (rappresentanti della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2019), Jessy Matador (rappresentante della Francia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2010), Elvana Gjata (partecipante al Festivali i Këngës 2003, 2019 e 2024), Las Supremas de Móstoles (partecipanti a Eurovisión 2005: Elige nuestra canción), Carla Frigo, Kuve, Lucas Bun, DeTeresa, Mawot, Mel Ömana, Sonia y Selena, J Kbello, Daniela Blasco, David Afonso, Henry Selmer e i K!ngdom (partecipanti a Benidorm Fest 2025).

Il giorno successivo, il 19 aprile, si terrà l’Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2025 presso lo stesso stabilimento. Vi parteciperanno: Albania – Shkodra Elektronike, Armenia – PARG, Australia – Go-Jo, Austria – JJ, Belgio – Red Sebastian, Croazia – Marko Bošnjak, Danimarca – Sissal, Estonia – Tommy Cash, Finlandia – Erika Vikman, Georgia – Mariam Shengelia, ~~Germania – Abor & Tynna~~, Irlanda – EMMY, Islanda – VÆB, Italia – Lucio Corsi, Lettonia – Tautumeitas, Lituania – Katarsis, Lussemburgo – Laura Thorn, Malta – Miriana Contes, Montenegro – Nina Žižić, Norvegia – Kyle Alessandro, Polonia – Justyna Steczkowska, Portogallo – NAPA, Regno Unito – Remember Monday, Repubblica Ceca – ADONXS, San Marino – Gabry Ponte, Serbia – Princ, Slovenia – Klemen, Spagna – Melody, Svezia – KAJ, Svizzera – Zoë Më e Ucraina – Ziferblat. Parteciperanno inoltre Chloe DelaRosa (rappresentante della Spagna al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024), Roxen (rappresentante della Romania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021), Emmelie De Forest (vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2013) e Sirusho (rappresentante della Georgia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2008).

Eurovision… A Little Bit More. Parallelamente ai pre-eventi ospitati da organizzazioni di terze parti, l’UER tiene un’iniziativa denominata Eurovision… A Little Bit More. Gli artisti partecipanti hanno l’opportunità di cantare da casa i loro brani in gara, cover di altri brani o loro altri brani originali, che vengono presentati sul canale YouTube ufficiale dell’evento dal 24 marzo 2025.

Data	Partecipanti	Brani
24 marzo 2025	🇺🇦 Ziferblat	Bird of Pray (Acustica)
24 marzo 2025	🇮🇸 Væb	Jaja Ding Dong
25 marzo 2025	🇦🇿 Mamagama	Somebody to Love
25 marzo 2025	🇬🇷 Klavdia	Asteromata (Acustica)
26 marzo 2025	🇱🇹 Katarsis	Tavo akys (Versione corale)
27 marzo 2025	🇧🇪 Red Sebastian	Arcade
27 marzo 2025	🇱🇺 Laura Thorn	Poupée électrique
28 marzo 2025	🇱🇻 Tautumeitas	Bur man laimi (Acustica)
28 marzo 2025	🇮🇪 Emmy	Hold Me Now
29 marzo 2025	🇸🇪 KAJ	Karar i arbeit
29 marzo 2025	🇷🇸 Princ	Mila (Versione francese)
30 marzo 2025	🇭🇷 Marko Bošnjak	Poison Cake (Acustica)
30 marzo 2025	🇪🇪 Tommy Cash	Espresso macchiato (Remix)
31 marzo 2025	🇮🇸 Væb	Róa (Versione inglese e jazz)
1º aprile 2025	🇦🇿 Mamagama	Run with U (Versione Deep House)
1º aprile 2025	🇪🇸 Melody	Esa diva (Versione sinfonica)
2 aprile 2025	🇬🇷 Klavdia	Touch Me
2 aprile 2025	🇪🇪 Tommy Cash	4’33”
3 aprile 2025	🇸🇲 Gabry Ponte	Easy on My Heart
3 aprile 2025	🇦🇱 Shkodra Elektronike	Zjerm (Versione live e unplugged)
4 aprile 2025	🇭🇷 Marko Bošnjak	Moli za nas (Acustica)
5 aprile 2025	🇸🇪 KAJ	Bara bada bastu (Versione live e unplugged)
5 aprile 2025	🇲🇪 Nina Žižić	Marija Magdalena
6 aprile 2025	🇱🇺 Laura Thorn	A Change Is Gonna Come
6 aprile 2025	🇦🇺 Go-Jo	Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit
7 aprile 2025	🇮🇪 Emmy	Laika Party (Acustica)
7 aprile 2025	🇦🇱 Shkodra Elektronike	Turtulleshë
8 aprile 2025	🇲🇹 Miriana Conte	Serving (Live, dal Museo nazionale di archeologia)
8 aprile 2025	🇱🇺 Laura Thorn	La poupée monte le son (Acustica)
9 aprile 2025	🇱🇹 Katarsis	Balta meilė
9 aprile 2025	🇲🇪 Nina Žižić	Dobrodošli (Acustica)
10 aprile 2025	🇺🇦 Ziferblat	Amar pelos dois
11 aprile 2025	🇦🇹 JJ & Conchita Wurst	Rise like a Phoenix/Wasted Love (Mash-up)
11 aprile 2025	🇨🇾 Theo Evan 🇬🇷 Demy	Diafanīs
14 aprile 2025	🇵🇹 Napa	Deslocado (Versione live con coro e cordofoni)
15 aprile 2025	🇨🇿 Adonxs	Kiss Kiss Goodbye (Acustica)
17 aprile 2025	🇦🇺 Go-Jo	Milkshake Man (Edizione Jungle Caramel)
17 aprile 2025	🇪🇸 Melody	Vuelve conmigo
18 aprile 2025	🇫🇷 Louane	Maman (Acustica)
	🇳🇴 Kyle Alessandro	Lighter (Live, con l’Orchestra Radiofonica Norvegese)
	🇫🇮 Erika Vikman	Ich komme (Remix club)
19 aprile 2025	🇱🇻 Tautumeitas	Saudade, saudade
21 aprile 2025	🇮🇸 Væb	Welcome to the Jungle
23 aprile 2025	🇨🇭 Zoë Më	Swiss Medley^{[Refrain/The Code/Tout l’univers/She Got Me/Watergun/Ne partez pas sans moi/Boys Do Cry/Voyage]}
	🇸🇮 Klemen 🇪🇪 Dave Benton	How Much Time Do We Have Left
	🇨🇿 Adonxs	My My My!
24 aprile 2025	🇵🇹 Napa	Enredos
25 aprile 2025	🇬🇧 Remember Monday	Húsavík (My Hometown)
	🇫🇷 Louane	Where Is My Mind?
	🇩🇪 Abor & Tynna	Baller (Acustica, versione ungherese)
26 aprile 2025	🇬🇪 Mariam Shengelia	C’est la vie
26 aprile 2025	🇨🇾 Theo Evan	Shh (Acustica)
27 aprile 2025	🇩🇰 Sissal	Hallucination (Live, dalla Copenhagen Concert Hall)
28 aprile 2025	🇷🇸 Princ	Heroes
28 aprile 2025	🇨🇭 Zoë Më	Voyage (Sessione live)
29 aprile 2025	🇸🇲 Gabry Ponte	Exotica (Eurovision Vlog)
29 aprile 2025	🇸🇮 Klemen	How Much Time Do We Have Left (Con la coreografia di Edward Clug)
30 aprile 2025	🇲🇹 Miriana Conte	My Number One
2 maggio 2025	🇮🇹 Lucio Corsi	Volevo essere un duro (Live, a Domenica In)
3 maggio 2025	🇨🇿 Adonxs	Doomsday Blue
4 maggio 2025	🇮🇹 Lucio Corsi	Situazione complicata (Versione live)
4 maggio 2025	🇦🇲 Parg	Survivor (Versione orchestrale)

5 maggio 2025	🇳🇱 Claude	C’est la vie (Acustica)
6 maggio 2025	🇮🇪 Emmy	Laika Party (Al Trinity College)
7 maggio 2025	🇩🇪 Abor & Tynna	Baller (Remix)

Contest overview / L’evento. Changes to the process of revealing the semi-final qualifiers were implemented with this year’s edition. For the first nine qualifiers, countries would be called in sets of three via split-screen, with one progressing to the final at a time. The final qualifier would then be announced while the hosts are onscreen.

Semi-final 1. The first semi-final took place on 13 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST. Fifteen countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Italy, Spain and Switzerland, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated “Rest of the World” vote, voted in this semi-final.^[The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 27 March. In addition to the competing entries, Spain, Italy and Switzerland performed their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Estonia, Belgium and Croatia, respectively. Ukraine was awarded the most points in the semi-final, and qualified for the final alongside, in order of points total, Albania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Iceland, Poland, Norway, Portugal, and San Marino. The countries that failed to reach the final were Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Belgium, and Azerbaijan

This semi-final was opened by a troupe of dancers, yodelers and alphorn players performing Swiss-style renditions of four previous winning songs: “Tattoo” (2023), “Arcade” (2019), “Waterloo” (1974), and “The Code” (2024). The interval acts included “Made in Switzerland”, a musical number performed by presenters Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer which highlights and satirises Swiss stereotypes and inventions, with an appearance by Petra Mede, who had previously hosted the contest in 2013, 2016 and 2024; and four former participants from 2024 – Greece’s Marina Satti, Ukraine’s Jerry Heil, Portugal’s Iolanda, and Lithuania’s Silvester Belt – performing the 1988 Swiss winning entry “Ne partez pas sans moi“, preceded by a pre-recorded message from the song’s original performer, Celine Dion. Jørgen Olsen, who won for Denmark in 2000 alongside his brother Niels Olsen, performed that year’s winning song “Fly on the Wings of Love” after the qualifiers were announced, with lyrical changes referencing the contest’s permanent slogan “United by Music”. “Made in Switzerland”, which was written by Christian Knecht and Lukas Hobi, was released as a single on 6 June 2025.

(it) La prima semifinale si è svolta il 13 maggio 2025 alle 21:00 CEST; vi hanno gareggiato 15 paesi e hanno votato anche Italia, Spagna, Svizzera – i cui artisti si sono esibiti nel corso della serata – e il “Resto del mondo”.

La semifinale è stata aperta da un esibizione, in chiave jodel su basi suonate con corni alpini, di quattro canzoni vincitrici del concorso – Tattoo, Arcade, Waterloo e The Code – mentre nell’intervallo si sono esibite le presentatrici Hazel Brugger e Sandra Studer, insieme alla presentatrice svedese Petra Mede, nell’inedito Made in Switzerland e, infine, il quartetto composto da Marina Satti, Jerry Heil, Iolanda e Silvester Belt che si sono esibiti in Ne partez pas sans moi di Céline Dion – preceduto da un segmento pre-registrato in cui l’omonima cantante canadese ha raccontato la sua esperienza all’Eurovision Song Contest 1988 in occasione del trentasettesimo anniversario dalla sua vittoria – in chiusura della serata Jørgen Olsen, membro del duo danese Olsen Brothers vincitori dell’edizione 2000 della manifestazione, si è esibito con una versione rivisitata del loro brano Fly on the Wings of Love, in riferimento allo slogan permanente del concorso United by Music.

**Participants of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	🇮🇸 Iceland	Væb	“Róa“	97	6^(Qualifiers)
2	🇵🇱 Poland	Justyna Steczkowska	“Gaja“	85	7^(Qualifiers)
3	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Klemen	“How Much Time Do We Have Left”	23	13^[h]
4	🇪🇪 Estonia	Tommy Cash	“Espresso Macchiato“	113	5^(Qualifiers)
5	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Ziferblat	“Bird of Pray”	137	1^(Qualifiers)
6	🇸🇪 Sweden	KAJ	“Bara bada bastu“	118	4^(Qualifiers)
7	🇵🇹 Portugal	Napa	“Deslocado“	56	9^(Qualifiers)
8	🇳🇴 Norway	Kyle Alessandro	“Lighter”	82	8^(Qualifiers)
9	🇧🇪 Belgium	Red Sebastian	“Strobe Lights”	23	14^[i]
10	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Mamagama	“Run with U”	7	15
11	🇸🇲 San Marino	Gabry Ponte^[f]	“Tutta l’Italia“	46	10^(Qualifiers)
12	🇦🇱 Albania	Shkodra Elektronike	“Zjerm“	122	2^(Qualifiers)
13	🇳🇱 Netherlands	Claude	“C’est la vie“	121	3^(Qualifiers)
14	🇭🇷 Croatia	Marko Bošnjak	“Poison Cake”	28	12
15	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Theo Evan	“Shh”	44	11

Detailed voting results – Scoreboard: The ten qualifiers from the first semi-final were determined solely by televoting, with the exception of San Marino which did not organise a televote, and thus used the votes of its back-up jury. All fifteen countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the aggregated Rest of the World vote. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results were published after the final was held.

**Detailed voting results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting, 100% Jury vote		Total score	🇮🇸	🇵🇱	🇸🇮	🇪🇪	🇺🇦	🇸🇪	🇵🇹	🇳🇴	🇧🇪	🇦🇿	🇸🇲	🇦🇱	🇳🇱	🇭🇷	🇨🇾	🇮🇹	🇪🇸	🇨🇭	RoW
		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇮🇸	97		6	5	7	2	12	2	8	5			5	10	7	7	4	5	4	8
	🇵🇱	85	7				5	7	4	7	10	1		2	12	1	4	3	10	6	6
	🇸🇮	23				3	1			1		2	8	1		6	1
	🇪🇪	113	6	8	1		3	6	6	6	4	10	10	8	6	12	8	8	4	3	4
	🇺🇦	137	4	12	8	8		4	12	5	6	7	6	10	8	4	12	7	12	2	10
	🇸🇪	118	12	7	4	12	4		7	12	8	4		6	7	8	5	6	2	7	7
	🇵🇹	56	1	3	3	6	7	2		3	3		4		3			1	7	8	5
	🇳🇴	82	10	5	2	5	12	5	3		2	8		3	2	5	6	2	8	1	3
	🇧🇪	23	5			1							12		5
	🇦🇿	7											7
	🇸🇲	46	3	1		4		3	1	2	1	5		4		2	2	12	1	5
	🇦🇱	122	2	10	7	2	10	10	8	4	7	6	1		4	10	3	10	6	10	12
	🇳🇱	121	8	4	6	10	6	8	10	10	12	3	3	7		3	10	5	3	12	1
	🇭🇷	28		2	12		8	1					2		1						2
	🇨🇾	44			10				5			12	5	12

12 points (Televoto): Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the first semi-final. Ukraine received the maximum score of 12 points from four countries, while Sweden received three sets of 12 points. Both Cyprus and Netherlands received two sets of 12 points, while Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Norway, Poland and San Marino received one each.

**12 points awarded in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
4	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal
3	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇳🇴 Norway
2	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
2	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
1	🇦🇱 Albania	Rest of the World
	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇸🇲 San Marino
	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇸🇮 Slovenia
	🇪🇪 Estonia	🇭🇷 Croatia
	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇸🇪 Sweden
	🇳🇴 Norway	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇵🇱 Poland	🇳🇱 Netherlands
	🇸🇲 San Marino	🇮🇹 Italy

Semi-final 2.The second semi-final took place on 15 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST. Sixteen countries competed in the second semi-final. Those countries plus France, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated “Rest of the World” vote, voted in this semi-final. The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 27 March. In addition to the competing entries, the United Kingdom, France and Germany performed their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Austria, Georgia and Israel, respectively.^[151] Israel was awarded the most points in the semi-final, and qualified for the final alongside, in order of points total, Latvia, Finland, Greece, Austria, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Denmark, Malta, and Armenia. The countries that failed to reach the final were Australia, Czechia, Ireland, Serbia, Georgia, and Montenegro.

This semi-final was opened by a monologue by Philip, a Eurovision fan, about the things he loves about the contest. The interval acts included a presentation on Swiss punctuality backed by a dance troupe performing an interpretive routine titled “On Time”; and four former participants performing their intended entries for the cancelled 2020 contest – Switzerland’s Gjon’s Tears with “Répondez-moi“, Lithuania’s The Roop with “On Fire”, Azerbaijan’s Efendi with “Cleopatra”, and Malta’s Destiny with “All of My Love”. Co-presenter Sandra Studer performed the 1990 Italian winning entry, “Insieme: 1992“, after the qualifiers were announced.

(it) La seconda semifinale si è svolta il 15 maggio 2025 alle 21:00 CEST; vi hanno gareggiato 16 paesi e hanno votato anche Francia, Germania, Regno Unito – i cui artisti si sono esibiti nel corso della serata – e il “Resto del mondo”.

La semifinale è stata aperta da un monologo scritto da Philip, fan della manifestazione canora, che ha raccontato cosa rende il concorso davvero speciale, mentre nell’intervallo si sono esibiti quattro artisti che avrebbero dovuto prendere parte all’edizione 2020 del concorso, cancellata a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 – Gjon’s Tears con Répondez-moi, The Roop con On Fire, Efendi con Cleopatra e Destiny con All of My Love – e un’esibizione coreografica dal titolo On Time che ha messo in risalto le quattro lingue ufficiali della Confederazione; in chiusura della serata la presentatrice Sandra Studer si è esibita sulle note di Insieme: 1992 di Toto Cutugno, brano vincitore dell’edizione 1990.

**Participants of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Australia	Go-Jo	“Milkshake Man”	41	11
2	Montenegro	Nina Žižić	“Dobrodošli“	12	16
3	Ireland	Emmy	“Laika Party”	28	13^[j]
4	Latvia	Tautumeitas	“Bur man laimi“	130	2^(Qualifiers)
5	Armenia	Parg	“Survivor”	51	10^(Qualifiers)
6	Austria	JJ	“Wasted Love”	104	5^(Qualifiers)
7	Greece	Klavdia	“Asteromata“	112	4^(Qualifiers)
8	Lithuania	Katarsis	“Tavo akys“	103	6^(Qualifiers)
9	Malta	Miriana Conte	“Serving”	53	9^(Qualifiers)
10	Georgia	Mariam Shengelia	“Freedom”	28	15^[k]
11	Denmark	Sissal	“Hallucination”	61	8^(Qualifiers)
12	Czechia	Adonxs	“Kiss Kiss Goodbye”	29	12
13	Luxembourg	Laura Thorn	“La poupée monte le son“	62	7^(Qualifiers)
14	Israel	Yuval Raphael	“New Day Will Rise”	203	1^(Qualifiers)
15	Serbia	Princ	“Mila“	28	14^[l]
16	Finland	Erika Vikman	“Ich komme“	115	3^(Qualifiers)

Detailed results – Scoreboard: The ten qualifiers from the second semi-final were determined solely by televoting. All sixteen countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the aggregated Rest of the World vote. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results were published after the final was held.

**Detailed voting results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting		Total score	Au	Mn	IE	LV	AM	AT	GR	Lt	MT	Ge	DK	Cz	Lu	Il	RS	Fi	Fr	de	Uk	RoW
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	Au	41			3	6		2		6	5	1	3	1				5		2	5	2
	Mn	12															12
	Ie	28	2			4				2	6		2		2			2			7	1
	Lv	130	7	3	8		4	8	3	12	3	7	8	10	7	4	4	10	6	8	8	10
	am	51				1			8	5	1	12		3		12	1		8
	At	104	3	7	6	7	8		10	8	7	6	7	6	4	6	6	7	1	5
	gr	112	5	10	1		12	7			8	5	4	4	10	8	10	1	7	10	3	7
	Lt	103	1	5	10	12	1		4		2	8	6	8	8		5	6	5	7	10	5
	Mt	53	8	4	4		7	1	6			2	1	2	3	5	2	3			2	3
	Ge	28				3	10		5	3						7
	Dk	61	6	2	5	2	3	3		4	4			5	1	1		8	3	4	6	4
	Cz	29					5	5				3			5	3						8
	Lu	62	4	1	2	5		6	7	1			5			10	3	4	10	3	1
	Il	203	12	8	12	10	2	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	12		7	12	12	12	12	12
	rs	28		12				10	1										4	1
	Fi	115	10	6	7	8	6	4	2	7	10	4	10	7	6	2	8		2	6	4	6

12 points (Televoto): Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the second semi-final. Israel received the maximum score of 12 points from thirteen countries, followed by Armenia which received two sets of 12 points. Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro and Serbia were each awarded one set of 12 points.

**12 points awarded in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
13	Israel	Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Rest of the World, United Kingdom
2	Armenia	Israel, Georgia
1	Greece	Armenia
	Latvia	Lithuania
	Lithuania	Latvia
	Montenegro	Serbia
	Serbia	Montenegro

Final. The final took place on 17 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST and featured 26 competing countries. All 37 participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated “Rest of the World” online vote, voted in the final. The running order (R/O) of the host nation was determined by a random draw on 17 March during the annual meeting of heads of the participating delegations. The running order for the remaining finalists was determined by the contest producers following the second semi-final.

Austria won the contest with the song “Wasted Love”, performed by JJ and written by him along with Teodora Špirić and Thomas Thurner. Austria won with 436 points, also winning the jury vote. It was the country’s third win in the contest, following prior victories in 1966 and 2014. Israel came second with 357 points and won the televote, with Estonia, Sweden, Italy, Greece, France, Albania, Ukraine, and Switzerland completing the top ten. Luxembourg, Denmark, Spain, Iceland, and San Marino occupied the bottom five positions.

The final was opened by Nemo performing their winning song in 2024, “The Code”, followed by the flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, backed by the Top Secret Drum Corps. In a break between the competing songs, co-presenter Sandra Studer performed a snippet of her entry for Switzerland in 1991, “Canzone per te“, while co-presenter Michelle Hunziker performed a snippet of the Italian entry in 1958, “Nel blu, dipinto di blu“. The interval acts included four former Swiss participants performing their competing songs: Peter, Sue and Marc with their 1981 entry “Io senza te“,^[j] Paola with her 1980 entry “Cinéma“, Luca Hänni with his 2019 entry “She Got Me”, and Gjon’s Tears with his 2021 entry “Tout l’univers“; Baby Lasagna, who represented Croatia in 2024, and Käärijä, who represented Finland in 2023, performing a mashup of their respective competing songs “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” and “Cha Cha Cha” followed by their new collaborative single “#Eurodab”; and Nemo performing their new single “Unexplainable”.

(it) La finale si è svolta il 17 maggio 2025 alle 21:00 CEST. Vi hanno gareggiato 26 paesi di cui: i primi 10 classificati durante la prima semifinale; i primi 10 classificati durante la seconda semifinale; i 5 finalisti di diritto, i cosiddetti Big Five, ovvero Francia, Germania, Italia, Regno Unito e Spagna; la Svizzera, paese ospitante.

In seguito a un sorteggio, è stato stabilito che la Svizzera, lo Stato organizzatore, si esibirà al 19º posto.

La finale è stata aperta da Nemo che ha cantato The Code, brano vincitore dell’edizione precedente, seguita dalla tradizionale sfilata delle bandiere, accompagnati dalla Banda Musicale della Polizia di Basilea, sulle note di alcuni remix di successi svizzeri. Nell’intervallo si sono esibiti quattro artisti che hanno rappresentato la Svizzera alla manifestazione canora – Peter & Marc con Io senza te, Paola del Medico con Cinéma, Luca Hänni con She Got Me e Gjon’s Tears con Tout l’univers – il duo composto da Käärijä e Baby Lasagna che si sono esibiti in un mash-up di Cha cha cha e Rim Tim Tagi Dim, seguito dal loro singolo #Eurodab ed, infine, si è esibito nuovamente Nemo con il singolo Unexplainable.

**Participants of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Norway	Kyle Alessandro	“Lighter”	89	18
2	Luxembourg	Laura Thorn	“La poupée monte le son“	47	22
3	Estonia	Tommy Cash	“Espresso Macchiato“	356	3
4	Israel	Yuval Raphael	“New Day Will Rise”	357	2
5	Lithuania	Katarsis	“Tavo akys“	96	16
6	Spain	Melody	“Esa diva“	37	24
7	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Ziferblat	“Bird of Pray”	218	9
8	United Kingdom	Remember Monday	“What the Hell Just Happened?”	88	19
9	Austria	JJ	“Wasted Love”	436	1
10	🇮🇸 Iceland	Væb	“Róa“	33	25
11	Latvia	Tautumeitas	“Bur man laimi“	158	13
12	Netherlands	Claude	“C’est la vie“	175	12
13	Finland	Erika Vikman	“Ich komme“	196	11
14	Italy	Lucio Corsi	“Volevo essere un duro“	256	5
15	🇵🇱 Poland	Justyna Steczkowska	“Gaja“	156	14
16	Germany	Abor & Tynna	“Baller“	151	15
17	Greece	Klavdia	“Asteromata“	231	6
18	Armenia	Parg	“Survivor”	72	20
19	Switzerland	Zoë Më	“Voyage”	214	10
20	Malta	Miriana Conte	“Serving”	91	17
21	Portugal	Napa	“Deslocado“	50	21
22	Denmark	Sissal	“Hallucination”	47	23
23	Sweden	KAJ	“Bara bada bastu“	321	4
24	France	Louane	“Maman“	230	7
25	San Marino	Gabry Ponte^[f]	“Tutta l’Italia“	27	26
26	Albania	Shkodra Elektronike	“Zjerm“	218	8

Spokespersons. The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country’s national jury in the following order:

Sweden – Keyyo
Azerbaijan – Safura (Səfurə)
Malta – Ingrid Sammut
Netherlands – Chantal Janzen
Slovenia – Lorella Flego
Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan (Լուսինե Թովմասյան)
Luxembourg – Fabienne Zwally
San Marino – Senhit
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Jerry Heil (Дже́ррі Гейл)
Norway – Tom Hugo
Austria – Philipp Hansa
France – Émilie Mazoyer
Italy – Topo Gigio
Portugal – Iolanda
Denmark – Sara Bro
Croatia – Doris Pinčić
Latvia – Dons
Ireland – Nicky Byrne
🇵🇱 Poland – Aleksandra Budka
Montenegro – Marko Vukčević
Greece – Jenny Theona (Τζένη Θεωνά)
Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina (Драгана Косјерина)
Czechia – Radka Rosická
United Kingdom – Sophie Ellis-Bextor^[m]
Spain – Chanel
Finland – Jasmin ‘Jassu’ Beloued
Australia – Silia Kapsis (Σίλια Καψή)
Germany – Michael Schulte
Belgium – Manu Van Acker
Israel – Eden Golan (עדן גולן; Эден Голан)
Albania – Andri Xhahu
Lithuania – Silvester Belt
🇮🇸 Iceland – Hera Björk
Georgia – Nutsa Buzaladze (ნუცა ბუზალაძე)
Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos (Λούκας Χάματσος)
Estonia – Kristjan Jakobson
Switzerland – Mélanie Freymond and Sven Epiney

Detailed results – Scoreboard: The results of the final were determined by televoting and jury voting in all thirty-seven participating countries, plus the Rest of the World aggregate public vote. The announcement of the jury points was conducted by each country individually, with the country’s spokesperson announcing their jury’s favorite entry that received 12 points, with the remaining points shown on screen. Following the completion of the jury points announcement, the public points were announced as an aggregate by the contest hosts in ascending order starting from the country which received the fewest points from the jury.

**Split results**
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
Place	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Austria	436	Austria	258	Israel	297
2	Israel	357	Switzerland	214	Estonia	258
3	Estonia	356	France	180	Sweden	195
4	Sweden	321	Italy	159	Austria	178
5	Italy	256	Netherlands	133	Albania	173
6	Greece	231	Sweden	126	🇺🇦 Ukraine	158
7	France	230	Latvia	116	🇵🇱 Poland	139
8	Albania	218^[n]	Greece	105	Greece	126
9	🇺🇦 Ukraine	218^[n]	Estonia	98	Finland	108
10	Switzerland	214	United Kingdom	88^[o]	Italy	97
11	Finland	196	Finland	88^[o]	Germany	74
12	Netherlands	175	Malta	83	Norway	67
13	Latvia	158	Germany	77	Lithuania	62
14	🇵🇱 Poland	156	🇺🇦 Ukraine	60^[p]	France	50
15	Germany	151	Israel	60^[p]	Netherlands	42^[q]
16	Lithuania	96	Albania	45^[r]	Latvia	42^[q]
17	Malta	91	Denmark	45^[r]	🇮🇸 Iceland	33
18	Norway	89	Armenia	42	Armenia	30
19	United Kingdom	88	Portugal	37	Luxembourg	24
20	Armenia	72	Lithuania	34	San Marino	18
21	Portugal	50	Spain	27	Portugal	13
22	Luxembourg	47^[s]	Luxembourg	23	Spain	10
23	Denmark	47^[s]	Norway	22	Malta	8
24	Spain	37	🇵🇱 Poland	17	Denmark	2
25	🇮🇸 Iceland	33	San Marino	9	United Kingdom	0^[t]
26	San Marino	27	🇮🇸 Iceland	0	Switzerland	0^[t]

**Detailed jury voting results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
			Jury vote score	Televoting score	Se	Az	Mt	Nl	SI	Am	Lu	Sm	🇺🇦	No	At	Fr	It	Pt	Dk	hr	Lv	Ie	🇵🇱	mn	Gr	rS	Cz	Uk	eSp	Fi	Au	de	be	il	Al	Lt	🇮🇸	Ge	Cy	ee	ch
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting, 100% Jury vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Televoting score	Jury vote

C o n t e s t a n t s	No	89	22	67	4				2											1			2				6					1					6
	Lu	47	23	24				6					3		1						3			4				4						2
	Ee	356	98	258		7	3		7	2	3	7	5	4	3		10	3		5	1					3		3		4	3		10			7	3				5
	Il	357	60	297		12		5			1		2			7			3	6		7			1					2		3			5			1	5
	lt	96	34	62				4				3									7		6	3			5	6
	es	37	27	10	2	5	5									5																			10
	🇺🇦	218	60	158	5	8			5	4		4		1			2	8	2	2						4			2					4		2		6			1
	uk	88	88	0							6	2	10	7	7		12	2	4			2	1				10		6	5							5			5	4
	At	436	258	178	12		7	12	10	8	10		1	12		4		6	5	10	12	12	7	8	10	8		8	7	12	7	12	12	6	7	4	8		7	7	7
	🇮🇸	33	0	33
	Lv	158	116	42				3		1	2	8	6	6	4			7	12	7						1		12			10		7	7		12		8		3
	Nl	175	133	42	8	3			4	3	7			5	2	3		5				10	10	2	8		7		10				3		3	8	10	7	8	1	6
	fi	196	88	108	6		6			10				8	12		1		6		10	4						5			2		4				1			10	3
	It	256	159	97		10	4		12			12	8			6		12	8	12			8		4		3		4			5	5	3		10	2	12	3	4	12
	🇵🇱 Po	156	17	139		4										1															5	2	2	1						2
	de	151	77	74		2					4		12				8				2				5	10	12		3	1			1	10		5		2
	Gr	231	105	126			10									8		1		4		3	4	12		6		1		3	12	6		12	6			5	12
	Am	72	42	30			12									10			1		4	1		1	3	2								5				3
	ch	214	214	0	10	1	2	10	8	7	8	10	7	3		2	4	10	10	8	8		12	7	6	7			12	6	1	7	8		8	3	7	4	6	12
	Mt	91	83	8	1					5		1			10		5				5	6		5			2	7	5	7	8	8		8
	Pt	50	37	13		6		7	1			6	4														4								1	6					2
	Dk	47	45	2											8		7									5	1	10			4							10
	Se	321	126	195			1	8	6	6	5			10	5				7	3		5			7					10	6	4	6		4	1	12		2	8	10
	Fr	230	180	50	7		8	2	3	12	12	5		2	6						6	8	3	6	12	12	8	2	8	8		10			12		4		10	6	8
	Sm	27	9	18													6																		2				1
	Al	218	45	173	3			1								12	3	4					5	10	2				1										4

**Detailed televoting results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
			Jury vote score	Televoting score	Se	Az	Mt	Nl	Si	Am	Lu	SM	🇺🇦	No	At	Fr	It	Pt	Dk	hr	lv	Ie	🇵🇱	Mn	Gre	rs	Cz	Uk	ES	FI	Au	de	Be	Il	AL	LT	🇮🇸	Ge	Cy	Ee	Chd	RoW
Voting procedure used: 100% Televoting, 100% Jury vote		Total score	Jury vote score	Televoting score	Televoting vote

C o n t e s t a n t s	No	89	22	67		6	6		2	4			10				1			4	1		3		4	3	2		2							2	8	4	5
	Lu	47	23	24					4							1								8										3	8
	Ee	356	98	258	8	8	12	8	7	12	5	7	2	7	8		7	1	6	12	12	6	10	10	8	12	6	6	7	8	6	4	2	10	5	10	7	8	7		2	2
	Il	357	60	297	12	12	5	12	6		12	10	1	10	7	12	8	12	8		7	10		7	7	2	10	12	12	10	12	12	12		7	3	4	7	10	2	12	12
	Lt	96	34	62							4		12	4					2		10	8	6					8		1								6		1
	es	37	27	10														6				1																				3
	🇺🇦	218	60	158	4	4		4	3			4		2		6	6	10	4	2	6	7	12	6			12		10	2		3		12		7		10	8	6		8
	uk	88	88	0
	At	436	258	178		10	10	3	10	7		5	6	1		2	4	7	3	5	4	4	7	3	10	10	4		4	7	3	6	3	8	6	5	3	5	6		6	1
	🇮🇸	33	0	33	5				1					3	1				10	1										6		1								5
	Lv	158	116	42							1		8									3	2					3		3	2					12				8
	nl	175	133	42	2					2		2		5	3			3							6								5		1	1	6		1	4	1
	fi	196	88	108	10	5	7	6		1				6	2				5	7	3	5	1			6	3	4	6		10			1			5			10		5
	it	256	159	97	1		8	2	12			3	7		10	3		8		6	2			1								2	1		10	6				7	8
	🇵🇱	156	17	139	6		2	10			3	6	3	8	5	7	3		7			12					8	10	8		1	7	10				12		4		3	4
	de	151	77	74				1		5			5		12				1	3	5		5		3	5	1			5				5	4	8	1	2		3
	Gr	231	105	126	3			5		8	10	12				4	2							4		8		2			7	10	6	7	12				12		7	7
	am	72	42	30												8									2									6				12	2
	ch	214	214	0
	mt	91	83	8		1																				1		1			5
	pt	50	37	13							8					5
	dk	47	45	2																																	2
	se	321	126	195		3	1	7	5	6	2	1	4	12	4		5	4	12	8	8	2	8	5	1	7	7	7	5	12	8	5	4	2	2	4	10	1		12	5	6
	fr	230	180	50		2				10	6							5						2	5				1				8	4					3		4
	sm	27	9	18			3										12																		3
	al	218	45	173	7	7	4		8	3	7	8			6	10	10	2		10			4	12	12	4	5	5	3	4	4	8	7					3			10	10

12 points (Giuria): Below is a summary of all 12 points received in the final. In the jury vote, Austria received the maximum score from eight countries, followed by Italy and France with six and five sets of 12 points, respectively. Greece received four sets of 12 points, Latvia and Switzerland received three, Germany received two, and Albania, Armenia, Finland, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom were each awarded one set of 12 points. In the public vote, Israel received the maximum score of 12 points from twelve countries and the Rest of the World vote, followed by Estonia with five sets of 12 points, Sweden with four, Greece and Ukraine with three sets of 12 points each, Albania and Poland with two, and Armenia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and San Marino were each awarded one set of 12 points.

**12 points awarded by juries in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
8	Austria	Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
6	Italy	Croatia, Georgia, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland
5	France	Albania, Armenia, Greece, Luxembourg, Serbia
4	Greece	Australia, Cyprus, Israel, Montenegro
3	Latvia	Denmark, Lithuania, United Kingdom
3	Switzerland	Estonia, 🇵🇱 Poland, Spain
2	Germany	Czechia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
1	Albania	France
	Armenia	Malta
	Finland	Austria
	Israel	Azerbaijan
	Sweden	🇮🇸 Iceland
	United Kingdom	Italy

12 points (Televoto):

**12 points awarded by televoting in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025**
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
13	Israel	Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Rest of the World, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
5	Estonia	Armenia, Croatia, Latvia, Malta, Serbia
4	Sweden	Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway
3	Greece	Albania, Cyprus, San Marino
3	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Czechia, Israel, 🇵🇱 Poland
2	Albania	Greece, Montenegro
2	🇵🇱 Poland	🇮🇸 Iceland, Ireland
1	Armenia	Georgia
	Germany	Austria
	Italy	Slovenia
	Latvia	Lithuania
	Lithuania	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	San Marino	Italy

Giurie. Il 18 maggio 2025 l’UER ha reso nota la lista dei membri delle giurie nazionali, che hanno stilato parte della classifica durante la finale dell’evento.

Albania: Alfred Kaçinari, Shpëtim Saraçi, Ylljet Aliçka, Blerta Ristani, Mikaela Minga
Armenia: Arthur Manukyan, Simon Hovhannisyan, Kristina Avagimyan, Lilit Navasardyan, Lilit Osipyan
Australia: Andrew Harry Lambrou, Robbie Alexander Buck, Claire Rebecca Howell, Kylie Alexandra Burtland, Simone Nicoloso Dow
Austria: Julian Guba, Mark Duran, Katharina Aigner, Marlene Scharf, Nina Hochrainer
Azerbaigian: Azər Rauf Aydəmir, Ramil Adıgözəl Qasımov, Tural İsa Bağmanov, Ülviyyə Firudin Bəbirli, Ülviyyə Oqtay Kərimova
Belgio: Hans Francken, Indy Van Cauwenberg, Xavier Taveirne, Billie Leyers, Noémie Wolfs
Cipro: Charī Savva, Michalīs Mesios, Charikleia Strouthou, Elena Olympiou, Maria Charī
Croazia: Miroslav Lesić, Tihomir Preradović, Antonela Doko, Mia Negovetić, Monika Lelas Halambek
Danimarca: Anders Ugilt Andersen, Mads Enggaard Jørgensen, Peter Düring, Anne Dorte Michelsen, Katrine Muff Enevoldse
Estonia: Indrek Sarrap, Ott Lepland, Owe Petersell, Elina Netšajeva, Alika Milova^{[lika Milova è stata esclusa dalla votazione prima dello svolgimento della serata finale]}
Finlandia: Miikka Juhani Maunula, Panu Juhana Hattunen, Arja Sinikka Koriseva-Karmala, Haza von Hertzen, Neea Pauliina Jokinen
Francia: Franck Broqua, Olivier Weber, Alexia Guerin, Nathalie Couzouyan, Virginie Petit
Georgia: David Tsintsadze, George Rostiashvili, Shalva Popiashvili, Ani Kekua, Salome Bakuradze
Germania: Alexander Zuckowski, Ekrem Bora, Marc Möllmann, Carolin Fortenbacher, Vasilisa Subotić
Grecia: Giōrgos Polychroniou, Iōannīs Vasilopoukis, Vangelīs Kōnstantinidīs, Margarita Kyriakī Mytilīnaiou, Mirela Pachou
Irlanda: Dermot McEvoy, Edward Porter, Kofi Appiah, Helen Jordan Guthrie, Tara Murray
🇮🇸 Islanda: Andri Þór Jónsson, Bjarni Arason, Sindri Ástmarsson, Aníta Rós Þorsteinsdóttir, Hulda Geirsdóttir
Israele: Asher Asi Tal, Saar Gamzo, Yonatan Roe’h, Avia Farchi, Noga Klein
Italia: Andrea Settembre, Diego Calvetti, Mattia Marzi, Giulia Ausani, Manola Moslehi
Lettonia: Rodrigo Fomins, Toms Andris Putniņš, Kristīne Pāže, Liena Edvardsa, Una Stade
Lituania: Pijus Vasiliauskas-Brazauskas, Vaidotas Stackevičius, Eglė Kernagytė Dambrauskė, Raminta Naujanytė, Rosita Čivilytė
Lussemburgo: Jules Serrig, Tom Gatti, Tom Leick-Burns, Catherine Nothum, Monique Melsen
Malta: Aidan Cassar, Michele Spiteri, Sigmund. Mifsud, Marie Angie Laus, Pamela Kerr
Montenegro: Gavrilo Radunović, Željko Vukčević, Bojana Nenezić, Jelena Božović, Marija Božović
Norvegia: Kristian Kristensen, Stian Tangerud, Iris Severin O. Mikalsen, Reidun Sæther, Vanessa Joana Hutel Kure
Paesi Bassi: Dennis van Leeuwen, Frits Ritmeester, Ronald de Bas, Gaia Tiana Marlene Aikman, Quinty Mesiedjan
🇵🇱 Polonia: Jan Stokłosa, Krystian Ochman, Anna Jurksztowicz, Katarzyna Walczak, Tycjana Acquasanta
Portogallo: Alberto Hernández Seruca, Alexandre Manuel Valério Mesquita Guimarães, Luís Oliveira Nunes, Lia Isabel Pereira, Nádia Lima Pereira
Repubblica Ceca: Adam Řičica, Miroslav Helcl, Petr Kotvald, Alexandra Langošová, Anna Vašátková
Regno Unito: Mark Lippman, Thomas Philip Ogden, Carl Bernard Parris, Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon-Cho, Henrietta Ama Smith-Rolla
San Marino: Alessandro Riccardi, Fabrizio Raggi, Piermatteo Carattoni, Olivia Marani, Sofia Toccaceli
Serbia: Aleksandar Habić, Luka Jovanović, Bojana Stamenov, Ivana Peters, Olga Biserčić
Slovenia: Gregor Starsbergar, Jon Vitezič, Urban Koritnik, Ana Soklič, Eva Boto
Spagna: Javier Llano Abril, Javier Pageo Nicolás, Ana Isabel Conde, Irene Garrido Miñano, María Melodía Pérez Castillo
Svezia: Kenny Krister Kevin Lantz, Michael Lennart Cederberg, Theodor Jan Haraldsson, Amanda Josefina Elisabeth Nordelius, Anna Charlotta Gunnarson
Svizzera: Cyrill Camenzind, Giordano Tatum Rush, Gabriela Mennel, Mary Clapasson, Tiffany Athena Limacher
🇺🇦 Ucraina: Dmytro Šurov, Kostjantyn Bočarov, Olena Šoptenko-Ivanova, Tetjana Rešetnjak, Natela Čhartišvili-Zacaryna^{[Kateryna Pavlenko, inizialmente confermata tra i membri della giurata ucraina, è stata esclusa dalla votazione prima dello svolgimento della serata finale, ed è stata successivamente sostituita da Natela Čhartišvili-Zacaryna]}

Stati non partecipanti.

Andorra: il 26 giugno 2024, l’emittente RTVA ha confermato che il paese non sarebbe tornato a partecipare in quest’edizione.
Bielorussia: in seguito alla sospensione dell’emittente bielorussa BTRC dall’UER, avvenuta il 1º luglio 2021 e successivamente estesa a tempo indeterminato il 23 aprile 2024, la nazione non dispone dei diritti di partecipazione e trasmissione del concorso canoro.
Bosnia ed Erzegovina: durante la presentazione del palinsesto per il 2024, l’emittente BHRT ha delineato i suoi piani per l’anno, compresa una dichiarazione in cui si poteva valutare un possibile ritorno al concorso canoro per la prima volta dall’edizione 2016; tuttavia l’emittente bosniaca ha comunque rimarcato la sua situazione ancora pendente dalle sanzioni da parte dell’UER, per mancato pagamento dei debiti. Il 17 luglio 2024 l’emittente ha confermato che il paese non sarebbe tornato a partecipare in quest’edizione.
Bulgaria: nel giugno 2024, è stato riferito che l’emittente bulgara BNT avrebbe preso una decisione in merito alla partecipazione all’edizione 2025 nel mese di settembre. Il successivo 27 ottobre, attraverso l’account X della delegazione bulgara, è stato confermato che la nazione non avrebbe preso parte all’evento.
Kosovo: il 29 ottobre 2023, all’indomani della prima edizione del Festivali i Këngës në RTK, la prevista selezione nazionale kosovara per la manifestazione europea, l’amministratore delegato dell’emittente RTK Besnik Boletini, ha ribadito i continui sforzi del Paese, per essere incluso nel concorso già a partire dall’edizione del 2025. Il 16 aprile 2024 si è svolta una votazione sul progetto di candidatura del Kosovo al Consiglio d’Europa, approvato dalla relativa assemblea parlamentare. Il Comitato dei Ministri del Consiglio d’Europa avrebbe dovuto decidere sull’adesione del Kosovo nel maggio 2024 ma il voto è stato successivamente posticipato. L’adesione al Consiglio permetterebbe al Kosovo di entrare a far parte dell’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER) come membro a pieno titolo e di poter partecipare al concorso. Nel maggio 2024 l’emittente kosovara, ha annunciato che avrebbe presentato “presto” una domanda di adesione all’UER; che è stata poi ratificata il successivo 6 giugno dal direttore generale dell’emittente Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj, attraverso una lettera formale all’ente paneuropea richiedendo un invito per poter partecipare all’edizione del 2025. Il 7 agosto 2024 è stato confermato che il paese non avrebbe debuttato in questa edizione, dopo che l’UER ha respinto la domanda di adesione dell’emittente kosovara.
Liechtenstein: il 15 maggio 2024, il quotidiano Liechtensteiner Vaterland, ha dichiarato che l’emittente radiofonica di stato, Radio Liechtenstein (RL), era in procinto di presentare un domanda di adesione all’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER), permettendo così alla nazione di poter debuttare al concorso nell’edizione 2025, dopo i vari tentativi falliti da parte dell’emittente televisiva nazionale 1FLTV; Tuttavia, alla fine di ottobre 2024, i residenti del Liechtenstein hanno votato in un referendum a favore della privatizzazione di Radio Liechtenstein, rendendo impossibile all’emittente aderire all’ente paneuropeo.
Macedonia del Nord: il 22 ottobre 2024, l’emittente MRT, in risposta ad una email inviata dai fan nazionali, ha dichiarato che il Consiglio di Programmazione ha discusso sul ritorno alla manifestazione canora, con tutti i membri d’accordo sulla necessità di partecipare. Il successivo 8 novembre un membro del consiglio ha confermato che, citando anche come motivazione dei problemi economici, era “troppo tardi” per una possibile partecipazione nell’edizione 2025, auspicando ad un possibile ritorno nel 2026.
Marocco: l’11 agosto 2024, l’emittente SNRT, ha confermato che il paese non sarebbe tornato a partecipare in quest’edizione.
Moldavia: nonostante un’iniziale conferma da parte di TRM, con una selezione nazionale pianificata per il mese di febbraio,bil 22 gennaio 2025 la stessa emittente ha confermato il ritiro citando gli alti costi di partecipazione e la mancanza di budget per coprire le relative spese.
Principato di Monaco: il 1º settembre 2023, con il lancio del nuovo canale televisivo TV Monaco, membro dell’UER in quanto parte della società MMD, è stato confermato che il principato sarebbe potuto tornare a competere alla manifestazione canora per la prima volta dall’edizione 2006. Nonostante l’interesse dimostrato per un possibile ritorno al concorso, il paese non è stato infine incluso nella lista ufficiale dei partecipanti pubblicata dall’UER.
Romania: il 10 settembre 2024, l’emittente rumena TVR ha dichiarato che non era stata ancora presa nessuna decisione in merito alla partecipazione nazionale all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Tuttavia, il successivo 12 dicembre, la stessa emittente ha annunciato che il paese non sarebbe tornato a partecipare in questa edizione.
Russia: in seguito all’espulsione a tempo indeterminato di tutte le emittenti televisive russe dall’UER, avvenuta il 26 maggio 2022, la nazione non dispone dei diritti di partecipazione e trasmissione del concorso canoro.
Slovacchia: l’8 agosto 2023, a seguito di una ristrutturazione del piano finanziario, l’emittente slovacca RTVS ha annunciato di valutare un possibile ritorno nell’edizione 2025, oltre che lavorare attivamente per assicurarsi i finanziamenti necessari per la partecipazione; tuttavia, nell’aprile 2024 la responsabile del dipartimento delle comunicazioni dell’emittente Zuzana Vicelová ha confermato che il paese non sarebbe tornato a partecipare in quest’edizione a causa delle già citate ragioni finanziarie.

6.Broadcasts. All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. Although they are required to, at minimum, show the final and semi-final in which their country votes, most broadcasters cover all three shows. Some non-participating broadcasters also air the contest. The Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel provides international live streams with no commentary of all shows. According to the EBU, in total 166 million people watched at least a minute of the television broadcasts, while the YouTube broadcasts culminatively garnered 19.9 million views over a seven-day period. Votes were received from 146 countries, including the 37 competing countries.

The following are the broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans and/or commentators:

**Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries**
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)
Albania	RTSH	RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	All shows	Andri Xhahu
Armenia	AMPTV	Armenia 1	All shows	Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan (Հրաչուհի Ութմազյան, Համլետ Առաքելյան)
Australia	SBS	SBS	All shows	Courtney Act and Tony Armstrong
Austria	ORF	ORF 1	All shows	Andi Knoll
Austria	ORF	FM4	Final	Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
	İTV		All shows	Elnara Khalilova and Aga Nadirov (Elnarə Xəlilova, Ağa Nadirov)
Belgium	VRT	VRT 1	All shows	Dutch: Peter Van de Veire
	VRT	Radio 2	Final	Unknown
	RTBF	La Une	SF1/Final	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Joëlle Scoriels
	RTBF	Tipik	SF2	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Joëlle Scoriels
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1	All shows	Duško Ćurlić
Croatia	HRT	HR 2	All shows	Duško Ćurlić
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK 1, RIK Sat	All shows	Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK Trito	All shows	Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
Czechia	ČT	ČT1	Semi-finals	Ondřej Cikán
Czechia	ČT	ČT1	Final	Ondřej Cikán and Aiko
Denmark	DR	DR1	All shows	Ole Tøpholm
Estonia	ERR	ETV	All shows	Estonian: Marko Reikop
Estonia	ERR	ETV+	All shows	Russian: Julia Kalenda and Aleksandr Hobotov
Finland	Yle	Yle TV1, TV Finland	All shows	Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
		Yle Areena	All shows	Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen
		Yle Areena	SF2/Final	Russian: Levan Tvaltvadze Ukrainian: Galina Sergeyeva
		Yle Radio Suomi	Final	Finnish: Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen
		Yle X3M	All shows	Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
France	France Télévisions	Culturebox	Semi-finals	Stéphane Bern
France	France Télévisions	France 2	Final	Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
Georgia	GPB	First Channel	All shows	Unknown
Germany	ARD/NDR	One	Semi-finals	Thorsten Schorn
	ARD/NDR	Das Erste	Final	Thorsten Schorn
	ARD/RBB	Radio Eins	Final	Amelie Ernst and Max Spallek
Greece	ERT	ERT1	All shows	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Μαρία Κοζάκου, Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης)
Greece	ERT	Deftero Programma	All shows	Dimitris Meidanis (Δημήτρης Μεϊδάνης)
🇮🇸 Iceland	RÚV	RÚV	All shows	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir
			SF1/Final	Icelandic Sign Language interpretation
		Rás 2	SF1	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir
		Rás 2	Final	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Gunnar Birgisson
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ2	Semi-finals	Marty Whelan
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ One	Final	Marty Whelan
Israel	IPBC	Kan 11, Kan 88	All shows	Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick (אסף ליברמן, עקיבא נוביק)
Italy	RAI	Rai 2	Semi-finals	Gabriele Corsi and BigMama
		Rai 1	Final	Gabriele Corsi and BigMama
		Rai Radio 2	Final	Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso
Latvia	LSM	LTV1	Semi-finals	Toms Grēviņš
Latvia	LSM	LTV1	Final	Toms Grēviņš and Marija Naumova
Lithuania	LRT	LRT TV, LRT Radijas	All shows	Ramūnas Zilnys
Luxembourg	RTL	RTL Lëtzebuerg	All shows	Luxembourgish: Roger Saurfeld and Raoul Roos
		RTL Today	SF2/Final	English: Melissa Dalton and Meredith Moss
		RTL Infos	SF2/Final	French: Fabien Rodrigues and Jérôme Didelot
Malta	PBS	TVM	All shows	No commentary
Montenegro	RTCG	TVCG 1	All shows	Dražen Bauković (Дражен Бауковић)
Netherlands	NPO/AVROTROS	NPO 1, BVN	All shows	Cornald Maas
Netherlands	NPO/AVROTROS	NPO Radio 2	Final	Carolien Borgers
Norway	NRK	NRK1	All shows	Marte Stokstad
Norway	NRK	NRK P1	Final	Jon Marius Hyttebakk
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP	TVP1, TVP Polonia	All shows	Artur Orzech
Portugal	RTP	RTP1, RTP Internacional	All shows^[u]	José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim
San Marino	SMRTV	San Marino RTV	All shows	Anna Gaspari and Gigi Restivo
Serbia	RTS	RTS 1, RTS Svet	All shows	Duška Vučinić (Душка Вучинић)
Serbia	RTS	Radio Belgrade 1	SF2	Nikoleta Dojčinović and Katarina Tošić (Николета Дојчиновић и Катарина Тошић)
Slovenia	RTVSLO	TV SLO 2	Semi-finals	Mojca Mavec
		TV SLO 1	Final	Mojca Mavec
		Radio Val 202	SF1	Maj Valerij
		Radio Val 202	Final	Maj Valerij and Igor Bračič
Spain	RTVE	La 2	SF2	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
		La 1	SF1	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
		La 1	Final	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar Catalan:^[v] Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
		TVE Internacional	All shows	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
		Radio Nacional, Radio Exterior, RNE para todos	Final	Spanish: David Asensio, Sara Calvo, and Luis Miguel Montes
		Ràdio 4	Final	Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
Sweden	SVT	SVT1	Semi-finals	Edward af Sillén
		SVT1	Final	Edward af Sillén and Petra Mede
		SVT Play^[w]	Final	Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto [fi] and Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen^[x]
	SR	Sveriges Radio P4	All shows	Carolina Norén
	SRG SSR	RSI La 1	All shows	Italian: Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa
			Semi-finals	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
			Final	French: Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner and Victoria Turrian
		SRF 1	All shows	German: Sven Epiney
		SRF info	All shows	Swiss-German Sign Language interpretation
		Play SRF	Final	German: Patti Basler
		Play RTS	All shows	Swiss-French Sign Language interpretation
		Radio SRF 3	Final	German: Céline Werdelis
		RTS Première		French: Claire Mudry
		RSI Rete Tre		Italian: Davide Gagliardi
		Radio RTR		Romansh: Elias Tsoutsaios
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Suspilne	Suspilne Kultura	SF1	Timur Miroshnychenko and Olexandr Pedan (Тімур Мірошниченко, Олександр Педан)
			SF2	Timur Miroshnychenko and Vlad Kuran (Тімур Мірошниченко, Влад Куран)
			Final	Timur Miroshnychenko and alyona alyona (Тімур Мірошниченко, alyona alyona)
			All shows	Ukrainian Sign Language: Tetiana Zhurkova, Anfisa Boldusieva, Oleksandr Rudyk and Lada Sokoliuk (Тетяна Журкова, Анфіса Худашова, Олександр Рудик, Лада Соколюк)
		Radio Promin	Semi-finals	Dmytro Zakharchenko and Lesia Antypenko (Дмитро Захарченко, Денис Денисенко)
		Radio Promin	Final	Anna Zakletska and Denys Denysenko (Анна Заклецька і Денис Денисенко)
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC One	Semi-finals	Scott Mills and Rylan
		BBC One	Final	Graham Norton
		BBC Red Button	All shows	British Sign Language interpretation
		BBC Radio 2	Semi-finals	Sara Cox and Richie Anderson
		BBC Radio 2	Final	Scott Mills and Rylan

**Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries and territories**
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)
Chile	Zapping	Zapping Channel	All shows	No commentary
Faroe Islands	KVF	KVF 1	All shows	Gunnar Nolsøe
Kosovo	RTK	RTK 1	All shows	Agron Krasniqi and Egzona Rafuna (Агрон Краснићи и Егзона Рафуна)
Moldova	TRM	Moldova 1	All shows	Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu
North Macedonia	MRT	MRT 1	All shows	Aleksandra Jovanovska (Александра Јовановска)
United States	NBC	Peacock	All shows	No commentary

Other awards.

Marcel Bezençon Awards. The Marcel Bezençon Awards honour songs in the contest’s final. They have been organised since 2002 by Sweden’s then-head of delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman and 1984 ESC winner Richard Herrey. The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 17 May.

Category	Country	Song	Artist	Songwriter(s)
Composers Award	Switzerland	“Voyage”	Zoë Më	Emily Middlemas Tom Oehler Zoë Anina Kressler
Artistic Award	France	“Maman”	Louane	Anne Edwige Maria Peichert Tristan Salvati

OGAE. OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2025 poll was Sweden’s “Bara bada bastu” performed by KAJ; the top five results are shown below.

Country	Song	Artist	Points
Sweden	“Bara bada bastu“	KAJ	421
Austria	“Wasted Love”	JJ	382
Netherlands	“C’est la vie“	Claude	278
Finland	“Ich komme“	Erika Vikman	253
Malta	“Serving”	Miriana Conte	164

You’re a Vision Award.

Reception.

Commercial impact. Following the 2025 contest, four entries entered the Billboard Global 200 chart dated 31 May 2025: Germany’s “Baller” at number 80, Estonia’s “Espresso Macchiato” at number 93, Sweden’s “Bara bada bastu” at number 123, and Austria’s winning entry “Wasted Love” at number 167. On the Billboard Global Excl. US chart also dated 31 May 2025, the four aforementioned entries entered at numbers 28, 33, 45, and 63, respectively, followed by Norway’s “Lighter” at number 172.

Controversies on Israeli partecipation. Due to the continuing Gaza war, Israel’s participation in the contest remained controversial, with calls for the exclusion of the country from the event. The Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO submitted a demand for the EBU to exclude Israel, while Spanish broadcaster RTVE, Irish broadcaster RTÉ, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV, and Flemish Belgian broadcaster VRT called for a wider discussion among EBU members regarding Israel’s participation. The EBU committed to a discussion regarding Israel’s involvement “in due course”, but reiterated that it is “an association of public service broadcasters, not governments”, and that all EBU member broadcasters are eligible to compete. 72 former Eurovision contestants signed a letter calling for Israel’s exclusion, including former winners Charlie McGettigan and Salvador Sobral; the previous edition’s winner Nemo later issued their own call in support of excluding Israel.

Following a complaint filed by the Israeli broadcaster Kan, the EBU warned RTVE that it would be fined if its commentators Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela “mention the Gaza conflict again”, following their remarks ahead of Israel’s performance in the second semi-final, where they mentioned the number of casualties of the war. Ahead of the final, RTVE aired a message that read “When human rights are at stake, silence is not an option. Peace and justice for Palestine”. During the final, Israel’s performance was met with some booing by the audience; the Swiss host broadcaster SRG SSR replaced this in the television broadcast with pre-recorded applause. Following his win, JJ stated that he would like the 2026 contest to be hosted “in Vienna and without Israel”.

Israel ultimately won the televote and finished in second place overall. Following the contest, RTVE and VRT announced that they would request an audit on the televoting results in their countries, both of which gave their 12 points to Israel, with the former stating that other countries “would be joining them”; VRT additionally called for “full transparency” on the EBU’s part, and that it would reconsider its participation in future editions, noting that the contest is “increasingly at odds with the original standards and values of the event, as well as those of public broadcasting.” RÚV and Walloon Belgian broadcaster RTBF issued statements in support of the decision. Finnish broadcaster Yle stated it would ask the EBU to rework the televoting system “to avoid its abuse”, but it would not emphasise Israel’s role in the results; Norwegian broadcaster NRK later came out in support of a review of the voting system. Dutch broadcasters AVROTROS and NPO also joined calls for a wider discussion among EBU members regarding Israel’s participation. RTÉ later joined RTVE and VRT in requesting an audit on the televoting results. Several parties alleged influence operations as a factor in Israel’s high televoting score; the Spanish newspaper El País pointed to mobilisation campaigns by the Israeli government and several European far-right affiliated media outlets. Some Belgian MPs also mentioned an influence campaign by Israeli authorities and questioned the country’s participation, while MPs from the Spanish left-wing alliance Sumar registered a proposal to demand a reform in the contest and the removal of Israel from it. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez also called for Israel’s exclusion following the contest, saying that “double standards” were being applied by excluding Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but not Israel due to its conduct in the Gaza war, which has been characterised as genocidal.

On 19 May 2025, Eurovision News Spotlight, a fact-checking and open-source intelligence initiative by the EBU, published an investigation which found evidence that the Israeli Government Advertising Agency, an entity within the Israeli government, conducted a cross-platform advertising campaign on Google platforms and utilised official state social media accounts to encourage public support for Israel’s entry in the contest, and provided instructions on how voters could cast all 20 of their allowed votes for Israel. As part of the investigation, Eurovision News Spotlight analysed a YouTube account created on 20 April 2025, under the username @Vote4NewDayWillRise. Between 6 May and 16 May, the account published 89 videos, which collectively garnered over 8.3 million views. The analysis, conducted using open-source tools, found no evidence that artificial intelligence was used for the advertisements, suggesting that the Israeli representative Yuval Raphael was personally involved in the creation of the promotional videos. The Israeli government had previously admitted to attempting to boost the public vote for the Israeli entry through a promotional campaign during the 2024 contest.

Calls for exclusion. Due to the continuing Gaza war, calls were made for the exclusion of Israel, albeit at a smaller scale compared to the lead-up to and during the 2024 contest. Nonetheless, demonstrations and protests against Israel’s conduct in the war and its participation in the contest occurred. The Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO submitted a demand for the EBU to exclude Israel in December 2024. RTVSLO had also considered withdrawing from the contest and censorship of Israel’s performance if Israel were not excluded. The Finnish broadcaster Yle received a petition signed by over 500 Finnish artists in March 2025, demanding that the broadcaster boycotts the contest if Israel were allowed to compete; among the signatories were Eija Ahvo, Eero Ritala, and Sara Melleri. Later that month, José Pablo López, chairman of the Spanish broadcaster RTVE, stated he would put the issue of Israel’s participation to a vote in the broadcaster’s board of directors in March. RTVE ultimately decided on 11 April that it would request a debate within the EBU regarding Kan’s participation, citing “concerns raised by various civil society groups in Spain regarding the situation in Gaza”. That same day, the EBU responded to RTVE’s letter, acknowledging “concerns and deeply held views around the current conflict in the Middle East” but reiterating that all EBU members are eligible to compete. By the end of April, Flemish Belgian broadcaster VRT likewise joined in calling for a debate on Israel’s participation.

A week prior to the start of the contest, a group named “Artists for Palestine UK” released a petition, signed by 72 artists who were involved in previous editions, calling for Israel’s exclusion; signatories included Salvador Sobral, winner of the 2017 contest, and Charlie McGettigan, co-winner of the 1994 contest. Around the same time, the National Union of Journalists called on Irish broadcaster RTÉ to demand for Israel’s exclusion; RTÉ’s director-general Kevin Bakhurst responded by stating that the broadcaster would also request a debate on Israel’s participation within the EBU, a request that was acknowledged by the EBU after a meeting with Bakhurst, who stated, “There is a commitment from the EBU to have a wider discussion amongst members in due course”. Responding to an op-ed by 18 Norwegian artists calling for Israel’s exclusion, broadcaster NRK stated that it would not seek a boycott. In Iceland, 30 former Eurovision entrants signed a petition calling for Israel’s exclusion; foreign minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir said that it was “in the hands of the EBU”.

The “Turquoise Carpet” event, held on 11 May 2025 in the host city Basel, was targeted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators aiming to protest Israel’s participation. One protester “drew a finger across his throat as if he were threatening to slit Raphael’s”, which Israeli media outlets interpreted as a death threat. Kan later filed a complaint with the Basel police.

Cover art of the official album

8.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Basel 2025 is the official compilation album of the contest, featuring all 37 entries. It was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 18 April 2025, in CD format on 25 April 2025, and in vinyl format on 23 May 2025.

Charts.

**Chart performance for Eurovision Song Contest: Basel 2025**
Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	37
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	1
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	1
Danish Compilation Albums (Tracklisten)	5
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)	1
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	1
Greek Albums (IFPI)	6
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA)	1
Norwegian Physical Albums (VG-lista)	5
Polish Physical Albums (ZPAV)	20
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	4
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)	1
US Top Compilation Albums (Billboard)	9

Notes:

a^ While “United by Music” has been the permanent slogan of the contest as a whole since November 2023, the Swiss host broadcaster SRG SSR adopted “Welcome Home” as the concept and “motto” for the 2025 edition specifically.
b^ Namely Kate Ryan (Belgium 2006), Anna Rossinelli (Switzerland 2011), Luca Hänni (Switzerland 2019), and Baby Lasagna (Croatia 2024), in addition to DJ Antoine.
c^ Specifically Gheg Albanian.
d^ Specifically the Broccolino dialect, an American variety of Italian.
e^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD.
f^ a b c Features uncredited vocals by Andrea Bonomo and Edwyn Roberts.
g^ Specifically the Vörå dialect, an Ostrobothinan variety of Finland Swedish.
h^ a b Despite receiving the same number of points as Belgium, Slovenia is deemed to have finished 13th due to receiving points from more countries.
i^ a b c Despite finishing with the same number of points, Ireland finished higher than Serbia and Georgia due to receiving points from a greater number of countries. Furthermore, despite receiving points from the same number of countries, Serbia finished higher than Georgia due to receiving more 12 points.
j^ Peter Reber and Marc Dietrich were the only members of the group to perform, joined by their respective children Nina Reber and Bruno Dietrich.
k^ The initially announced spokesperson was Ncuti Gatwa, however he withdrew due to “unforeseen circumstances” and was replaced by Ellis-Bextor..
l^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Ukraine, Albania is deemed to have finished 8th in the combined result due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
m^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Finland, the United Kingdom is deemed to have finished 10th in the jury voting due to receiving points from more countries.
n^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Israel, Ukraine is deemed to have finished 14th in the jury voting due to receiving points from more countries.
o^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Latvia, Netherlands is deemed to have finished 15th in the televoting due to receiving points from more countries.
p^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Denmark, Albania is deemed to have finished 16th in the jury voting due to receiving points from more countries.
q^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Denmark, Luxembourg is deemed to have finished 22nd in the combined result due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
r^ a b Despite both finishing with 0 points, tiebreaking rules put the United Kingdom in 25th place and Switzerland 26th due to their running order positions.
s^ The broadcast of the second semi-final will start delayed, at 22:00 (WEST) on RTP Internacional and RTP Internacional Ásia, and at 22:30 (WEST) on RTP1 and RTP Internacional América.
t^ Catalan-language commentary option available only in Catalonia
u^ Including Swedish-language commentary option from SVT1 for all shows.
v^ In simulcast of broadcast from Finland’s Yle Areena.

At Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Countries	Final	Norway ⦁ Luxembourg ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Israel ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Spain ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ United Kingdom • Austria (winner) ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Netherlands ⦁ Finland ⦁ Italy ⦁ Poland ⦁ Germany ⦁ Greece ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Malta ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Sweden ⦁ France ⦁ San Marino ⦁ Albania
	First Semi-Final	Iceland ⦁ Poland ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Ukraine (winner) ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Norway ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ San Marino ⦁ Albania ⦁ Netherlands ⦁ Croatia ⦁ Cyprus
	Second Semi-Final	Australia ⦁ Montenegro ⦁ Ireland ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Austria ⦁ Greece ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Malta ⦁ Georgia ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Czechia ⦁ Luxembourg ⦁ Israel (winner) ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Finland
	Withdrawn	Moldova
Artists	Final	Kyle Alessandro ⦁ Laura Thorn ⦁ Tommy Cash • Yuval Raphael (יובל רפאל) ⦁ Katarsis ⦁ Melody • Ziferblat • Remember Monday • JJ (winner) ⦁ VÆB ⦁ Tautumeitas ⦁ Claude ⦁ Erika Vikman ⦁ Lucio Corsi ⦁ Justyna Steczkowska • Abor & Tynna ⦁ Klavdia (Κλαυδία) ⦁ PARG (Պարգ) ⦁ Zoë Më ⦁ Miriana Conte • NAPA • Sissal • KAJ • Louane ⦁ Gabry Ponte • Shkodra Elektronike
	First Semi-Final	VÆB ⦁ Justyna Steczkowska ⦁ Klemen ⦁ Tommy Cash ⦁ Ziferblat (winner) ⦁ KAJ ⦁ NAPA ⦁ Kyle Alessandro ⦁ Red Sebastian ⦁ Mamagama ⦁ Gabry Ponte ⦁ Shkodra Elektronike ⦁ Claude ⦁ Marko Bošnjak ⦁ Theo Evan (Θίο Έβαν)
	Second Semi-Final	Go-Jo ⦁ Nina Žižić ⦁ EMMY ⦁ Tautumeitas ⦁ PARG (Պարգ) ⦁ JJ ⦁ Klavdia (Κλαυδία) ⦁ Katarsis ⦁ Miriana Conte ⦁ Mariam Shengelia (მარიამ შენგელია) ⦁ Sissal ⦁ ADONXS ⦁ Laura Thorn ⦁ Yuval Raphael (יובל רפאל) (winner) ⦁ Princ (Принц) ⦁ Erika Vikman
Songs	Final	“Lighter” • “La poupée monte le son” • “Espresso Macchiato” • “New Day Will Rise” (יום חדש יעלה) • “Tavo akys” • “ESA DIVA” (That Diva) ⦁ “Bird of Pray” (Молитовна пташка) ⦁ “What The Hell Just Happened?” ⦁ “Wasted Love” (Verschwendete Liebe) (winner) ⦁ “RÓA” ⦁ “Bur man laimi” • “C’est la vie” (That’s life, Zo is het leven) ⦁ “ICH KOMME” (I’m coming) ⦁ “Volevo Essere Un Duro” (I wanted to be a tough guy) ⦁ “GAJA” (Gaia) ⦁ “Baller” (Shoot / Pop) ⦁ “Asteromáta” (Αστερομάτα, Starry Eyed Girl) ⦁ “SURVIVOR” (Վերապրած) ⦁ “Voyage” (Reise) • “SERVING” (Kant, Singing) ⦁ “Deslocado” (Displaced) ⦁ “Hallucination” ⦁ ”Bara bada bastu” (Let’s just sauna) ⦁ “maman” ⦁ “Tutta l’Italia” ⦁ “Zjerm” (Fire)
	First Semi-Final	“RÓA” ⦁ “GAJA” (Gaia) ⦁ “How Much Time Do We Have Left?” ⦁ “Espresso Macchiato”⦁ “Bird of Pray” (Молитовна пташка) ⦁ ”Bara bada bastu” (Let’s just sauna) ⦁ “Deslocado” (Displaced) ⦁ “Lighter” ⦁ “Strobe Lights” ⦁ “Run With U” ⦁ “Tutta l’Italia” ⦁ “Zjerm” (Fire) ⦁ “C’est la vie” (That’s life, Zo is het leven) ⦁ “Poison Cake” ⦁ “Shh”
	Second Semi-Final	“Milksahke Man” ⦁ “Dobrodošli” (Добродошли, Welcome) ⦁ “Laika Party” ⦁ “Bur man laimi” (Bring me happiness) ⦁ “SURVIVOR” (Վերապրած) ⦁ “Wasted Love” (Verschwendete Liebe) ⦁ “Asteromáta” (Αστερομάτα, Starry Eyed Girl) ⦁ “Tavo akys” (Your eyes) ⦁ “SERVING” (Kant, Singing) ⦁ “Freedom” ⦁ “Hallucination” ⦁ “Kiss Kiss Goodbye”⦁ “La poupée monte le son” (The doll turns up the sound) ⦁ “New Day Will Rise” (יום חדש יעלה) (winner) ⦁ “Мила” ⦁ “ICH KOMME” (I’m coming)
	Withdrawn	– Moldova

The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in the Malmö Arena on Saturday 17 May with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May.

Grand Final – Saturday 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST

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Second Semi-Final – Thursday 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST

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First Semi-Final – Tuesday 17 May 2025, 21:00 CEST

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United By Music. Following its hugely successful use by the BBC, it was agreed by SVT and the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group (the Contest governing board), to use United By Music as the official slogan for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, as well.

Furthermore, it was decided to keep the slogan for all successive events as part of the Contest’s global brand strategy.

Host City Guide. Ahead of your trip to Basel for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, this page has all you need to know for planning a memorable stay in our Host City. Check back regularly to stay up to date on all of the Eurovision events going on.

Eurovision Village. From 10 to 17 May, Eurovision Village is taking over The Messe and Congress Centre, home to the world’s most prestigious art fair, Art Basel. Here, there will be a daily programme of live concerts, public viewings and other happenings.

The Eurovision Village in the heart of the MesseQuartier (Messe Basel, Hall 1) offers a daily programme of live concerts, public viewings, food and drink stands and other activities related to the Eurovision Song Contest. Free entry. Find out more

EuroClub & Café. If you’re coming to Basel to hear banging Eurovision tunes all night, every night – these are the places to be. Both are located at Messeplatz, directly opposite the Eurovision Village. Euroclub Information

The EuroClub opens every evening from 10 to 17 May in the Event Hall at Messe Basel where people can dance until late into the night. The EuroClub will this year be organised by the Eurovision fan clubs together with the MCH Group and has capacity for around 3,000 people. The EuroClub is open daily from 11 p.m. As usual, a certain number of tickets will be available for pre-sale to fan club members. Those who are not member of a fan club can buy a ticket from 18 March at 12pm noon, at www.mqbasel.ch/en/esc/euroclub.

The EuroCafé opens daily from 4pm and is a popular meeting place for fans, locals and delegations – ideal for getting in the mood for the evening and spending time together in a relaxed atmosphere.

The EuroClub is the ultimate party hotspot of the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.

Here, passionate ESC fan clubs, music enthusiasts, and curious visitors come together to experience the unique Eurovision atmosphere.

Everyone is welcome at the EuroClub – regardless of background or identity.

From May 10 to 17, 2025, the EuroClub will host nightly celebrations, with dancing and partying from 11 PM until the early morning hours.

The EuroCafé opens daily at 4 PM, offering a relaxed contrast to the late-night party scene. With coffee, drinks, and light snacks, it’s the perfect place to unwind.

The cozy atmosphere makes the EuroCafé a popular meeting spot for fans, locals, and delegations – an ideal place to get ready for the evening and enjoy time together in a laid-back setting.

Eurovision Square. An open-air stage at Barfüsserplatz – a public square in Basel’s city centre. Admission is free, artists are playing here daily during Eurovision week and everyone is welcome!

The open-air stage on Barfüsserplatz is a stage of diversity: local and regional acts play here daily – in the spirit of ‘Crossing Borders’, regional acts from the border regions of Germany and France are also welcome. Admission is free. Explore Eurovision Square

Eurovision Street and Boulevard. Two party-spirit promenades that will connect the Eurovision-themed venues in Basel and serve as the ideal meeting places for Eurovision fans.

Steinenvorstadt becomes Eurovision Street during the ESC: The nightlife area will feature street musicians and eye-catching decorations to match the ESC. Local businesses are involved in the planning.

The Eurovision Boulevard which stretches from Basel SBB railway station to the Badischer Bahnhof , including areas of the “Riviera” along the banks of the Rhine in Kleinbasel, connects the ESC venues. Decorations, eye-catching displays and activations create an ESC ambience, making Basel’s savoir-vivre visible and tangible for visitors from all parts of Europe. Find out more

Arena plus. The Arena plus will be another place to experience watching the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final live and surrounded by thousands of other fans, complete with a 90-minute pre-show concert.

The first wave of tickets for Arena plus were made available online via TicketCorner on Thursday 30 January.

Even though the currently available contingents are almost sold out, fans can hope to buy tickets again at a later date. Information on the start of a second sales phase will be provided in due course.

You can find more information about tickets on our Arena plus FAQ page.

If you don’t manage to get a ticket to the Grand Final at St. Jakobshalle, our Swiss hosts are putting together an enticing alternative.

The Arena plus will be another place to experience watching the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final live and surrounded by thousands of other fans. A spectacular 90-minute pre-show – featuring national and international artists such as Baby Lasagna, DJ Antoine, and Anna Rossinelli – will energise approximately 36,000 Eurovision revellers inside Switzerland’s largest football stadium.

Attendees can then watch the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final live on gigantic screens, while being connected live to the show that’s being broadcast to the world nearby in St. Jakobshalle. Ticket prices will range from CHF 55 to CHF 128. Admission for children in the family corner will be CHF 5.

Tickets for Arena plus will be available online via TicketCorner from 10:00 CET on Thursday 30 January, without pre-registration. You can find more information about tickets on our Arena plus FAQ page.

Mélanie Freymond and Sven Epiney will present the pre-show and the live viewing of the Grand Final at the Arena plus. They will also be live on air during the Grand Final to announce the Swiss points during the eagerly-anticipated voting segment.

At around 7.30 pm, a captivating pre-show will start with live performances by a host of international and national artists who will get the audience even more excited for the night ahead. The first names are already known, with more to be announced soon.

With the much-loved Rim Tim Tagi Dim, Baby Lasagna finished in second place for Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, winning the public televote from Eurovision fans all over the globe. The song has now surpassed 56 million streams on Spotify and was in the Top 40 charts in many countries across the continent. After he was able to turn his Eurovision success into an extensive tour to see his new fans, the future looks bright for Baby Lasagna.

Charismatic and always ready to get a crowd going, DJ Antoine is guaranteed to set the right mood on the night with summer-ready hits such as Welcome To St. Tropez and Ma Chérie, the most successful Swiss music song of all time. The Swiss DJ has already worked with Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Britney Spears and many more. Over 8 million albums and singles sold, as well as numerous awards won, make him the most internationally successful Swiss music export.

Anna Rossinelli made it to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with her song In Love for a While, laying the foundations for a successful career. Since then, she has released 6 albums, topped the charts several times and also made a name for herself as an actress; for example, in the Swiss hit series Tschugger, where she played a federal policewoman. She was also a judge on The Voice of Switzerland and took part in the most recent season of Sing Meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert. Anna Rossinelli and her bandmates Manuel Meisel and Georg Dillier all hail from Basel and still feel deeply connected to their hometown today.

Tickets & Information

Extended public transport services. Public transport services will be extended during the Eurovision Song Contest. After the Live Shows, shuttle trains will run from St. Jakob to Basel SBB main station with connections to trains to Olten, Zurich, Bern and Lucerne. Public transport will also be available to take visitors back to the border areas of neighbouring countries.

Free public transport services. With your Eurovision Song Contest ticket (for either the Live show or the Arena plus event), you can travel for free within the Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (TNW), Regio Verkehrsverbund Lörrach (RVL) as well as the Distribus lines. This is valid for the day of the event and until 05:00 CET on the following day for the outward and return journey to the event venue in 2nd class.

Accommodation. The city of Basel has put together a custom-made accommodation-booking resource, for all of the visitors it’s expecting during Eurovision week. VISIT BASEL

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel, Switzerland, thanks to Nemo who won the Contest for the Swiss with their song The Code – this means that the 2025 edition will be hosted by Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR.

First Semi-Final: Tuesday 13 May, 21:00 CET
Second Semi-Final: Thursday 15 May, 21:00 CET
Grand Final: Saturday 17 May, 21:00 CET

Venue: St. Jakobshalle, Basel

How to buy tickets. The first wave of tickets sold out within just a few minutes on 29 January – now the second wave of tickets will follow on Thursday 27 March at 12:00 CET. The tickets will be made available at TicketCorner and only for those who have already registered and have not yet been able to purchase tickets. Tickets will be available for all 9 shows (more information on the shows below).

Pre-registration was necessary for purchasing tickets, and this has now closed. This pre-registration was applicable for all ticket sale waves; you cannot pre-register anymore for the online ticket sales for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Due to the high demand, the organisers continue to appeal to all fans who have not yet been able to purchase tickets to refrain from purchasing on third-party platforms . The organisers cannot guarantee the validity of tickets from third-party platforms or private sales.

At a later date, it will be possible to search for verified tickets exclusively on TicketCorner fanSALE. TicketCorner’s official secondary market guarantees that all resold tickets are valid.

Further information on ticket purchasing and registration can be found in our Ticket FAQs.

Advice on planning for tickets.

If you haven’t bought tickets for a Eurovision Song Contest before: listen up!

The Eurovision Song Contest isn’t just one Saturday night spectacular… it isn’t even just the three broadcast Semi-Finals and Grand Final… it’s actually 9 arena shows across the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Eurovision week!

This means fans have 9 opportunities to watch an arena show (or two… or nine!) and can also enjoy their time in the Host City without everything being focused around the Grand Final live show.

The Arena Shows in 2025 are expected to be:

First Semi-Final: Tuesday 13 May, 21:00 CET

Evening Preview: Monday 12 May at 21:00 CEST
Afternoon Preview: Tuesday afternoon Tuesday 13 May at 15:00 CEST
Live TV Show: Tuesday evening Tuesday 13 May at 21:00 CEST

Second Semi-Final: Thursday 15 May, 21:00 CET

Evening Preview: Wednesday evening Wednesday 14 May at 21:00 CEST
Afternoon Preview: Thursday afternoon Thursday 15 May at 15:00 CEST
Live TV Show: Thursday evening Thursday 15 May at 21:00 CEST

Grand Final: Saturday 17 May, 21:00 CET

Evening Preview: Friday evening Friday 16 May at 21:00 CEST
Afternoon Preview: Saturday afternoon Saturday 17 May at 13:30 CEST
Live TV Show: Saturday evening Saturday 17 May at 21:00 CEST

The Evening Preview (previously known as the ‘Jury Show’) is a full run through of the show that takes place the night before the televised version. It’s when the international juries cast their votes for the participants. Audiences can stay for a randomised version of the qualifier/points reveals, as the presenters rehearse for different scenarios.

The Afternoon Preview (previously known as the ‘Family Show’) is a full run through of the show that takes place earlier in the day of the Live TV Show; it serves as one final rehearsal for the artists and crew, and as the name suggests, it’s much more convenient for those who wish to bring younger Eurovision fans. Again, the Family Show features a randomly generated presentation of the qualifiers and points.

The Live TV Show is exactly that: a live television show. Audiences across Europe (and Australia) will get to cast their votes to add to the Jury scores. No randomisations this time – it’s all for real!

Interest in Eurovision tickets is always high, but as fans who have travelled to a Contest before will tell you: traditionally it can be easier to secure tickets for the Preview shows. These shows have all of the content and performances of the broadcast shows, but leave you free to watch the Live TV Show as it was intended… on the television!

Where can I find more information?

Further information on ticket purchasing and registration can be found in our Ticket FAQs.

Don’t forget to sign up to the official Eurovision Song Contest newsletter, subscribe to the official podcast, and follow us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook – to keep entertained and up-to-date.

Ticket types. The following types of tickets will be available:

Standing places (on the arena floor)
Seated seats (1st, 2nd and 3rd Category)
‘Limited view’ seats
Accessible seats**

Prices .

Semi-Finals*:

*Ticket prices in CHF, booking fees included

** Wheelchair tickets can only be booked by mail: esc@ticketcorner.ch Indicated prices are per person, you will also need a ticket for your companion.

Grand Final*:

*Ticket prices in CHF, booking fees included

** Wheelchair tickets can only be booked by mail: esc@ticketcorner.ch. Indicated prices are per person, you will also need a ticket for your companion.

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How do I vote for my favourite Eurovision song?. You can vote for your favourite Eurovision song via the app, phone and SMS (via details on screen), and esc.vote.

Full details for Basilea 2025 will appear here closer to the time of the Contest.

Voting from Participating Countries. Viewers are able to cast their votes via the official Eurovision Song Contest app (or by following instructions on screen) during the live Semi-Finals and Grand Final. The app is available for your iOS, Android or Windows device, and if you vote via the app you will receive a special video message from your favourite artists.

In addition, those watching in participating countries can vote by telephone and/or SMS. Relevant numbers will be displayed on screen by each participating broadcaster and on www.esc.vote.

You can only vote in the Semi-Final your country takes part in, or the Semi-Final assigned to your country if you’re watching from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom or Sweden. You can vote up to 20 times for the countries you want to vote for.

Voting from non-Participating Countries. Viewers watching in eligible countries not participating in the Contest were able to vote in each Semi-Final and the Grand Final.

All viewers in non-participating countries can vote using the official Eurovision App or go directly to www.esc.vote – the new voting hub for the Eurovision Song Contest. Both App and website will provide the correct voting method for all eligible countries automatically.

When to Vote.

Participating Countries. At the Grand Final, voting will open just before the first song is performed, and will remain open until approximately 25 and 40 minutes after the last song has been presented. In the Semi-Finals, voting will open after the last song has been performed, and will stay open for approximately 15 to 25 minutes.

Non-Participating Countries. Viewers in the Rest of The World will have nearly 24 hours to vote for their favourite songs, split across two voting windows.

Online voting will open for the Rest of The World at approximately midnight on the day of each Semi-Final and Grand Final, and will initially stay open until the live shows begin.

At the Grand Final, voting for the Rest of the World opens again just before the first song is performed, and will remain open until approximately 25 and 40 minutes after the last song has been presented. In the Semi-Finals, voting will open again after the last song has been performed, and will stay open for approximately 15 to 25 minutes.

ALSO READ: Televoting data protection notes and Voting procedures for Basilea 2025.

This page explains the rules behind voting at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.

For details on How To Vote and When To Vote, visit Vote page.

Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2024, a number of changes have been made to the voting system at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Viewers watching around the world, outside those in the participating countries, can now vote for their favourite songs for 24 hours before each Semi-Final and the Grand Final.

Voting in the Grand Final will also now open just before the first song is performed, remain open throughout the performances and for up to 40 minutes after the final song is performed.

All voting is administered by digame, the EBU’s Voting Partner and overseen by E&Y, the Independent Voting Observer.

Audience Voting. All viewers in participating and non-participating countries alike can vote using the official Eurovision App or go directly to www.esc.vote.

Both App and website will provide the correct voting method for all eligible countries automatically.

In addition those watching in the participating countries can vote by telephone and/or SMS. Relevant numbers will be displayed on screen by each participating broadcaster and on http://www.esc.vote.

Professional Juries. A Professional Jury is appointed by the broadcaster in each of the 37 countries taking part in the competition.

Each Jury consists of 5 members (including a chairperson) with a solid musical/artistic background and relevant professional experience (with proven track record) that justifies their appointment (such as singer, musician, composer, author of lyrics, professional in the TV/radio entertainment field, music critic/expert, dancer, or choreographer).

Each juror shall rank all the competing songs in each show from their least favourite to favourite based on the following criteria:

– composition and originality of the song
– quality of the performance on stage
– vocal capacity of the performer(s)
– overall impression of the act

The ranks allocated to the individual songs by each Juror are converted into a specific score value from 12 downwards decreasing exponentially; the sum of all score values within a national Jury determines the final national jury ranking. The Top 10 songs with the highest ranks are awarded 1 – 8, 10, and 12 points.

Juries from the participating countries in Semi-Final 1 and Semi-Final 2 (as well as the pre-qualified countries voting in each of the Semi-Finals) will cast their votes, but their votes will not count towards the result of the Semi-Finals unless a valid audience vote has not been recorded or an aggregated substitute result cannot be used.

The votes from Juries from all 37 participating countries will however be counted in the Grand Final.

Voting in the Semi-Finals. Only viewers at home will determine the outcome of the two Semi-Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Viewers in the 15 countries taking part in Semi-Final 1 are eligible to vote alongside three of the countries pre-qualified for the Grand Final – Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

Viewers in the 16 countries taking part in Semi-Final 2 are eligible to vote alongside three of the other countries pre-qualified for the Grand Final – France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Those watching in the participating countries can vote using the official Eurovision Song Contest app, or by telephone and/or SMS. Relevant numbers will be displayed on screen by each participating broadcaster.

Those watching in any other eligible non-participating country can vote via a secure online platform – www.esc.vote

Voting for viewers in non-participating countries – Rest of The World – will open after the end of the transmission of Dress Rehearsal 2 of both Semi Finals, the previous evening, and closes at the beginning of the Live broadcast.

Voting for all viewers watching the Live Show will open after the last song is performed for approximately 15 to 25 minutes.

When the vote closes the Top 10 most popular songs in each participating country will be allocated points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points.

The 10 songs that have received the most votes from the Rest Of The World will be allocated points using the same scale and have the weight of one additional voting country.

The Audience in each participating country will award a total of 58 points (1 – 8, 10 and 12)

The Audience voting online from non-participating countries will also award a total of 58 points (1 – 8, 10 and 12)

In the event that a valid national audience vote cannot be recorded in a participating country the points allocated from that country will be determined using an aggregated result which shall be calculated automatically on the basis of the results of a pre-selected group of countries.

In the unlikely event that an aggregated result is not available, it will be replaced by the results of the National Jury of the country concerned.

When all the points from the Audience are added together the 10 countries with the highest number of points will qualify for the Grand Final.

These countries will be announced in a random order decided by Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest at the end of the live broadcast.

The number of points each qualifying country has received in their respective Semi-Final will be published after the Grand Final on eurovision.tv.

Voting in the Grand Final. Viewers in all 37 countries taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 can vote for the 26 songs in the Grand Final (10 qualifiers from Semi-Final 1 and 2 and the 6 pre-qualified countries).

Those watching in any other eligible non-participating country can vote via a secure online platform – www.esc.vote

Voting for viewers in non-participating countries – Rest of The World – will open after the end of the transmission of Dress Rehearsal 2 of the Grand Final, the previous evening, and close at the beginning of the Live broadcast.

Voting for all viewers will open before the start of the first performance in the live Show and close approximately 25 to 40 minutes after the end of the last performance.

When the vote closes the Top 10 most popular songs in each participating country will be allocated points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points.

The 10 songs that have received the most votes from the Rest Of The World will be allocated points using the same scale and have the weight of one additional voting country.

The Audience in each participating country will award a total of 58 points (1 – 8, 10 and 12). 37 countries x 58 points = 2,146 points from the national audiences of the participating countries.

The Audience voting online from non-participating countries (Rest of The World) will also award a total of 58 points (1 – 8, 10 and 12).

The total number of points that will be distributed from the Audience will be 2,204 (37 participating countries + 1 Rest of the World “country”).

The Jury in each of the 37 participating countries will also award a total of 58 points (1 – 8, 10 and 12).

Each Jury will watch and cast their votes based on Dress Rehearsal 2 which will take place in the evening of Friday 10 May.

The total number of points that will be distributed by the 37 national Juries will be 2,146.

In the unlikely event that an aggregated result is not available, it will be replaced by the results of the National Jury of the country concerned.

If a valid Jury result is not recorded in any of the participating countries, the result of the respective national Audience shall be doubled.

At the end of the televoting window, the results of each National Jury will be presented live one by one by a spokesperson in each participating country and appear on a scoreboard.

During this time, the EBU, its Voting Partner and Independent Voting Observer will count and verify the audience results.

After all the Jury points are given, the combined total points from the Audiences of the participating countries and the Rest of the World are presented.

The cumulative points total for each country in the Grand Final is then added to the scoreboard, country by country, beginning with the country that was ranked last by the Jury and working up the scoreboard to the country that was ranked first.

The country at the top of the scoreboard at the end of this sequence is the winner.

In the event of a tie, after all points are distributed from the Audience and Jury vote, the winner shall be the song which has which has obtained the highest rank from all the National Audiences and the Rest of the World Audience.

PLEASE NOTE: The national Audiences and national Juries cannot vote for the country they represent. The final results Including Audience and Jury results for every participating country and the Rest of The World result will be published on eurovision.tv after the Grand Final.

The Organisers behind the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest is coordinated annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), together with a Host Broadcaster and around 40 Participating Broadcasters.

The Contest is overseen by the Reference Group on behalf of the Participating Broadcasters, and each Participating Broadcaster is represented by a Head of Delegation.

European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Established in 1950 and also known in French as Union Européenne de Radio-télévision (UER), the EBU is the world’s leading alliance of public service media. The European Broadcasting Union has 112 member organisations in 56 countries and an additional 31 Associates in Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. Members operate nearly 2,000 television, radio and online channels and services, and offer a wealth of content across other platforms. For the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU supports and supervises the work of the Host Broadcaster and is the central point of contact of all Participating Broadcasters. Together with its Partners, the EBU is centrally dealing with all matters related to the brand, international marketing activities, rights management, voting, communications and online activities. You can find out more about the EBU on their website.

Executive Supervisor. The Executive Supervisor oversees the preparation and organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the EBU. Together with their team, they provide the main point of contact for over 40 participating EBU Members and are in charge of the operation on their behalf, ensuring the Contest is delivered annually by the Host Broadcaster in accordance with the Contest rules.

The current Executive Supervisor is Martin Österdahl, a senior television executive with over 20 years of experience.

Martin was the Executive Producer for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 and 2016 when the Contest was hosted by Swedish EBU Member SVT in Malmö and Stockholm respectively.

Reference Group. The Reference Group was established in 1998 and is the executive committee tasked with overseeing the organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Participating Broadcasters.

As of September 2023, the Reference Group includes:

Chairperson. Bakel Walden (SSR SRG)

Members. Ebba Adielsson (SVT), Rachel Ashdown (BBC), Felix Bergsson (RÚV), Ana María Bordas (RTVE), Carla Bugalho (RTP), Claudio Fasulo (RAI), Simona Martorelli (RAI), Tomislav Štengl (HRT), Alexandra Wolfslast (NDR), Martin Österdahl (EBU)

The Reference Group is established by the EBU Television Committee and its tasks are:

Approving the development and future format of the Eurovision Song Contest
Securing the financing of the Eurovision Song Contest
Modernising the brand and raising awareness of the Eurovision Song Contest
Overseeing the yearly preparation by the Host Broadcaster

The Reference Group meets four to five times each year on behalf of all Participating Broadcasters, and is required to take decisions in the general interest of the Contest.

The Reference Group is composed of the following members:

The Chairperson
Three elected members from among the Heads of Delegations
Two Executive Producers from previous host countries, as well as the Executive Producer of the current Host Broadcaster
Up to two invited members based on competence and experience
The EBU Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor

You can read more about the Reference Group on the EBU website.

Host Broadcaster. The Eurovision Song Contest is usually organised by the national public broadcaster of the country that won the year before (with some notable exceptions). In 2022 the Host Broadcaster was Rai from Italy.

For the Host Broadcaster, organising the Contest is an unprecedented but exciting challenge which includes working closely with the Host City and appointing a domestic Executive Producer who can oversee and manage operations.

Participating Broadcasters. The Participating Broadcasters are…. the broadcasters participating in the Eurovision Song Contest of any given year!

The list changes from year to year as broadcasters debut, leave and rejoin the Contest, but it usually comprises around 40 competing delegations.

The Big Five are the Participating Broadcasters from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – the group of countries who via their broadcasters make the biggest financial contribution towards the organisation of the Contest.

Head of Delegation (HoD). Each Participating Broadcaster taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest must appoint a Head of Delegation (HoD). This person is the European Broadcasting Union’s contact point and leader of their country’s delegation at the Contest.

A delegation, managed by the Head of Delegation, also includes a Head of Press (HoP), the artists, songwriters, composers, backing vocalists and, of course, the artist’s entourage. The size of a delegation can vary greatly.

Traditionally, the HoDs meet in March before the Contest to discuss and learn about the upcoming event.

How the Eurovision Song Contest works.

An Overview. The Eurovision Song Contest is an internationally televised songwriting competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union and featuring participants chosen by EBU member broadcasters representing their countries from across Europe and beyond.

Each Participating Broadcaster has until mid-March to choose a song and an artist to perform it. The song and artist can be selected through a televised national selection show (or shows), an internal process, or via any other means they decide.

Participants then compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, traditionally held in May.

The Contest format comprises three live shows: the First Semi-Final (Tuesday evening), the Second Semi-Final (Thursday evening), and the Grand Final (a Saturday night spectacular).

Participating Broadcasters work hard to prepare acts that will qualify from the show’s Semi-Finals, hoping for a ticket to the Saturday night Grand Final where they will join the so-called ‘Big Five’ broadcasters and Host Broadcaster (usually the broadcaster of the nation than won the previous year). The ‘Big Five’ are the Participating Broadcasters from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – the group of countries who via their broadcasters make the biggest financial contribution towards the organisation of the Contest.

There is a comprehensive set of rules concerning participation that has evolved over the decades, but the main ones relating to competing songs and artists are:

Songs must be original and no more than 3 minutes in length
Lead vocals must be performed live
No more than 6 performers can take to the stage during any one performance

In each show, after all songs have been performed, each country will give two sets of points (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12) to their favourite songs; one set is given by a jury of five music industry professionals from that country, and one set given by viewers watching the show in country. Viewers can vote by telephone, SMS and through the official app.

Out of fairness, you cannot vote for your own country.

In the Semi-Finals, only those countries who took part in that specific show can vote (along with 2 or 3 of the ‘Big Five’ who are already in the Grand Final), whereas in the Grand Final, all competing countries can vote.

At the end of the Grand Final, the song that has received the most points wins the iconic trophy, and is performed once more.

National Selections. Each country is de facto represented by its respective public broadcaster, and it’s at the broadcaster’s sole discretion to determine who will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.

There are three common ways to select a participant for the Eurovision Song Contest:

Televised National Selection. The broadcaster can select their entry by organising their own ‘mini Eurovision’ earlier in the year. For example, Albania uses their well established Festivali i Këngës to pick a participant, Sweden runs its annual Melodifestivalen, and Portugal utilises Festival da Canção.

Internal Selection. The broadcaster can invite submissions or approach record labels and individuals, and run the process without public involvement. This method has worked well in recent years for the United Kingdom (Sam Ryder finishing 2nd in 2022), the Netherlands (Duncan Laurence champion in 2019) and Israel (Netta was victor in 2018).

Mixed Format. The best of both worlds, where, for example, an artist is chosen by the broadcaster, leaving the song choice down to a public vote.

The EBU strongly encourages participating broadcasters to engage the public with the selection of a participant for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw. As the Contest moves around the globe, so do the Hosting responsibilities, and in January, the Host Broadcaster meets with their predecessor to symbolically mark the passing of the Contest from one Host City to the next.

It’s at this event that the Semi-Final Allocation Draw takes place, which determines which country takes part in which of the two Semi-Finals.

Event Weeks. While most TV viewers are focused on the three live shows, the broadcasts are in fact the climax of two exciting weeks in the Host City.

All participants rehearse individually on stage twice for each show. Rehearsals begin up to two weeks before the Saturday night Grand Final.
The Host City normally organises a Eurovision Village to entertain locals and visitors, and to give an extra platform for participants to perform, as well as screening the live shows.
Each of the three live shows is preceded by Dress Rehearsals. Tickets are sold to the second and third Dress Rehearsals.
Traditionally, a Welcome Reception and ‘Turquoise Carpet’ Ceremony are held on the Sunday preceding the live shows, for delegations and selected invitees.

On top of official events and engagements, the Host City welcomes tens of thousands of visitors, with City-organised and fan-run events.

Fairness. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is strongly committed to secure the fairness of the Eurovision Song Contest. In order to assure Participating Broadcasters, contestants and the public a fair and valid result the EBU implemented a wide range of measures.

Governance. Participation in the contest is governed by the Eurovision Song Contest Rules. These Rules are established and enforced by the contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, on behalf of all Participating Broadcasters. Embedded within the Rules is a wealth of legacy, some of which dating back several decades. The EBU and the Reference Group are committed to continuously improving the Rules.

Significant changes that touch upon the basics of the contest will have to be approved by the EBU’s Television Committee, a higher governing body on behalf of the EBU’s Member Broadcasters.

The Executive Supervisor on behalf of the EBU, who is a permanent member of the Reference Group, ensures that the Rules are being followed on a day-to-day basis and reports any breach of the Rules to the Reference Group.

In particular, the Executive Supervisor oversees the voting procedure that determines the outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest.

A breach of the Rules may result in a formal warning, a financial penalty or a sanction. The highest possible sanction is an exclusion from participation in the contest for a maximum of three consecutive years.

Voting validation and observation. The outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest is determined by a jury of music industry professionals and viewers, each making a 50 percent contribution to the result.

Each jury, as well as each individual jury member, must meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. Additionally, judges pledge in writing they will evaluate the entries based on a set of criteria and state that they are not connected to any of the contestants in any way that could affect their ability to vote independently. Judges can only take seat in the jury once every three years.

The juries vote on the basis of the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show. Each judge should vote independently and no discussion about their vote is permitted. An independent notary oversees the jury gathering, to assure all regulatory procedures are being followed.

Each jury submits their result to the EBU and its official voting partner Digame via a highly secured system, as well as by fax.

Viewers can submit their vote by phone call, SMS or via the official app. They can vote up to 20 times. Voting tariffs are set by each Participating Broadcaster and will be presented on screen during the shows. Exceptions may apply due to differences in national legislation.

All televotes are being processed by the Pan-European Response Platform (PERP), which was developed by the EBU’s official voting partner Digame to assure all votes are counted in accordance with the Rules. The entire televoting process is monitored live by some 70 trained professionals from the Voting Control Centre in Cologne, Germany. The setup assures that any attempts to unfairly influence the voting, e.g. via bulk voting are detected and mitigated. The exact methods to prevent and/or detect malicious voting is classified and only known to the EBU Executive Supervisor, the Chairman of the Reference Group, E&Y and Digame.

The entire procedure – both jury voting as well as televoting – is overlooked by independent observers of E&Y and by the EBU’s Executive Supervisor, to assure that all results are being interpreted in accordance with the Rules.

The Rules of the Contest 2025. The Eurovision Song Contest has a detailed set of Rules, which have been established by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and are approved by the contest’s governing body, the Reference Group. On this page you can find the public summary of the Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

This version of the Rules is provided for the public informational purposes only.

EBU CO-PRODUCTION.

INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION. The Eurovision Song Contest (the “ESC”) is an international coproduction by broadcasting organisations having the status of Members of the EBU, as defined under the EBU Statutes (the “Members”) which is carried out under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (the “EBU”) as part of the television programme exchange known as Eurovision for the benefit of the Participating Broadcasters and of the Host Broadcaster.

The EBU appoints an Executive Supervisor (hereafter the “ESC Executive Supervisor”) to supervise the organization of the ESC and the production of the Shows as well as to oversee the preparation of the ESC operations throughout the year as further detailed under these Rules.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING BROADCASTERS. A maximum of 44 Members shall be allowed to participate (the “Participating Broadcasters”).

Members from a maximum total of 26 countries shall compete in the Final.

There shall be six guaranteed places therein, i.e. one for the producing organization, i.e. the Member which has won the preceding edition (the “Host Broadcaster”), and the five Members from France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom (the “Big 5”). Subject to a decision by the EBU in consultation with the Reference Group, the number of guaranteed places in the Final may be modified depending on circumstances.

Apart from the six broadcasters with guaranteed places, all Participating Broadcasters from a maximum of 38 countries shall compete in one of the Semi-Finals for the remaining places in the Final.

FORMAT.

UNIVERSAL LIVE PRIME TIME ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS. The ESC is traditionally composed of three live Shows, two Semi-Finals, on Tuesdays and on Thursdays and one Final taking place on Saturdays taking place annually in May, in the country of the Host Broadcaster. The Acts are performed during the Shows in front of a live audience and the Shows are presented on stage, in both English and French, by the international presenters.

The Shows are produced and transmitted live by the Host Broadcaster and are made available over the Eurovision network for live broadcast by the Participating Broadcasters.

The Shows are universal entertainment television programmes aimed at all audiences and all ages (including families) with a broad international appeal; it is a state-of-the-art, prime-time entertainment programme, world-class live television production. It consists of a musical competition in which artists entered by the Participating Broadcasters (the “Contestants“) will compete at the ESC by performing on stage live on television, songs (the “Acts“) to represent their respective countries. The Acts are performed one after the other with short sequences (the “Postcards“) in between.

The allocation of the countries to the two Semi-Finals and the position of appearance of the Host Broadcaster in the Final shall be decided by means of draws.

The outcome of the ESC is decided by the votes casted by the National Audiences and by National Juries appointed in the countries of the Participating Broadcasters.

During the Audience Voting window and the time necessary to calculate the results, there shall be so-called “interval acts” produced by the Host Broadcaster (the “Interval Acts”).

The announcement of the results is generally followed from a so-called “Green Room” by the Contestants having entered the ESC.

National commentary by commentators appointed by each of the Participating Broadcasters is added to the international version of the Shows for broadcast in their respective countries.

ENTRIES REQUIREMENTS.

SELECTION OF THE SONGS. Each song which competes in the ESC shall be selected through a national selection to be organized by each Participating Broadcaster. The national selection is organized under the sole responsibility of the Participating Broadcaster in question.

SONGS REQUIREMENTS.

(i) RELEASE DATE. The songs (lyrics and music compositions) submitted to represent the country of each Participating Broadcaster’s country in the ESC must be original and must not have been released and/or publicly performed in part or in full before 1 September 2024 (the “Release Date”). In case the song submitted has been made available to the public, for example, but not limited to, on online video platforms, social networks or (semi-) publicly accessible databanks and/or performed publicly, for example but not limited to during concerts, prior to the Release Date the Participating Broadcaster must inform the ESC Executive Supervisor, who shall have authority to evaluate whether the song remains eligible for participation in the Contest. In particular, the ESC Executive Supervisor shall assess whether such disclosure prior to the Release Date is likely to give to the song an advantage in the Contest vis-à-vis the other participating songs. The ESC Executive Supervisor shall have authority to authorise or deny participation of a song which may have been available to the public as described above. The ESC Executive Supervisor shall consult the Reference Group in case of doubt.

(ii) DURATION. The maximum duration of each song to be performed as part of the Act is three minutes. Any song/performance which is longer shall not be eligible to participate and each Participating Broadcaster shall ensure that the song complies with this duration. Any submission of a Backing Track which is longer than three minutes will be rejected by the EBU and the Participating Broadcaster will be requested to re-submit a Backing Track which complies with the required duration.

(iii) LANGUAGE. Each Participating Broadcaster is free to decide the language in which its Contestant(s) will sing.

PERFORMANCES AT THE ESC.

(i) PERFORMANCES IN THE SHOWS. The stage performance shall be identical in all second (Jury) Dress Rehearsals and during the live Shows.

(ii) LIVE PERFORMANCES ON STAGE (AND BACKING TRACKS). All songs shall be performed live on the stage in the Host City at the selected Venue with recorded Backing Tracks. No on-stage Contestant (whether Lead Singer(s), or dancers) shall be allowed to lip-sync in such a way as to give the impression that they are singing when they actually are not. No pitch-correction (e.g. Auto-tuning) for live vocals shall be allowed in any case for the live Act performances on stage. Plugging instruments to play live on stage shall not be allowed. The Host Broadcaster and the ESC Executive Supervisor shall verify respect for this rule.

CONTESTANTS (ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA).

(i) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS. Each performance may consist of a maximum of six artists on stage. No live animals shall be allowed on stage.

(ii) AGE OF CONTESTANTS. All Contestants and artists competing in a Semi-Final must be aged at least 16 on the day of the Final. All Contestants and artists competing only in the Final must be aged at least 16 on the day of the Final.

(iii) COUNTRY REPRESENTATION. No Contestant and/or artist may compete for more than one country in the ESC in a given year.

VOTING.

OUTCOME OF THE ESC. The outcome of the ESC is determined by votes which are cast by

I) IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE PARTICIPATING BROADCASTERS.

the national audiences of the Participating Broadcasters (the “National Audience”) in both Semi-Finals and the Grand-Final through centralised televoting (the “Televoting”) and where feasible or mandatory, through paid online voting (the “paid online voting)” – When referred collectively hereafter, the televoting and the paid online voting shall be referred to as the “National Audience Voting”
the Jurors of the National Juries appointed by each Participating Broadcaster in each participating country (Grand-Final only), and

II) OUTSIDE THE COUNTRIES OF THE PARTICIPATING BROADCASTERS (THE “REST OF THE WORLD” OR “ROW“)

the international audience outside of the countries of the Participating Broadcasters (the “RoW Audience“), in both Semi-Finals and the Grand-Final through centralised paid online voting (the “RoW Voting”).

When referred collectively hereafter, the National Audience Voting and the RoW Voting shall be referred to as the “Audience Voting”. The National Audience Voting is compulsory in all the countries of the Participating Broadcasters. Each Participating Broadcaster shall cooperate with the Voting Partner appointed by the EBU for the National Audience Voting and the national jury voting so as to ensure a central control and verification of the results. All Participating Broadcasters are obliged to follow the agreed rules in relation to the voting which shall be laid down in the Official Voting Instructions which shall be an integral part of these Rules (to be distributed separately).

AUDIENCE VOTING– VOTES OF NATIONAL AUDIENCES AND RoW AUDIENCE.

(i) IMPLEMENTATION.

NATIONAL AUDIENCE VOTING. In the Semi-Final: All Participating Broadcasters presenting a song in a Semi-Final are obliged to implement the National Audience Voting system for that Semi-Final. The six Participating Broadcasters with guaranteed places in the Final shall also implement the National Audience Voting system for the Semi-Final which they are required to broadcast.

In the Final: All Participating Broadcasters are obliged to implement the National Audience Voting system for the Final in their respective countries.

REST OF THE WORLD AUDIENCE VOTING. The principle of the RoW voting is to collect all votes cast in the countries outside the countries of the Participating Broadcasters and to combine the votes of the RoW Audience as one additional country.

(ii) MODALITIES. IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE PARTICIPATING BROADCASTERS: NATIONAL AUDIENCE VOTING.

MEANS OF NATIONAL AUDIENCE VOTING: Viewers in the countries of the Participating Broadcasters are invited to vote for their favourite songs by means of televoting (votes of the National Audiences by telephone and SMS, including the ESC App) and in certain countries, where such method is agreed upon between the Voting Partner and the Participating Broadcaster concerned, via paid online voting.

NO VOTING FOR ITS OWN COUNTRY: Voters must be excluded from voting for the song of their own country of residence, and this must be made known to them.

IN THE REST OF THE WORLD: ROW VOTING

MEANS OF RoW VOTING: In the Rest of the World, the audience in the RoW is invited to vote through a dedicated website operated by the Voting Partner under the supervision of the EBU. The RoW Audience is eligible to vote for all songs in each Show.

VOTING RESTRICTIONS: Audiences from Participating Broadcasters shall not be eligible to vote in the RoW voting.

The countries in which the RoW voting shall be implemented and performed shall be decided by the EBU and subject to applicable restrictions that may exist in some countries.

III) AWARD OF THE POINTS

WITH RESPECT TO NATIONAL AUDIENCE VOTING, IN EACH COUNTRY, the song which has received the highest number of votes shall be ranked first, the song which has received the second highest number of votes shall be ranked second, and so on until the last song. In both Semi-Finals and in the Grand-Final, only the ten best ranked songs in the Audience will be considered and the results of the National Audiences in each country shall be determined as follows:

12 points shall be allocated to the song having obtained the best rank from the National Audiences;
10 points to the song having obtained the second-best rank from the National Audiences,
8 points to the song having obtained the third-best rank from the National Audiences,
7 points to the next,
and so on, down to 1 point for the song having obtained the tenth-best rank from the National Audiences.

WITH RESPECT TO THE ROW VOTING, all the votes cast by the RoW Audience from the non-participating countries will be counted together and shall award a total of 58 points, (i.e it will count as one single participating country). The points will be attributed using the same manner as the one used for the National Audience Voting, (i.e. from 1 to 8, 10, and 12 points),

VOTES OF NATIONAL JURIES.

(i) IMPLEMENTATION. In addition to the National Audience Voting, in each participating country, there shall be a National Jury to be appointed by that country’s Participating Broadcaster, unless decided otherwise by the Reference Group, to vote in the Semi-Finals and in the Final. The Reference Group may decide to change the jury voting set-up. National Juries shall vote in all the countries of the Participating Broadcasters and in all cases. In the Semi-Final: All Participating Broadcasters having a Contestant in a Semi-Final shall ensure that a National Jury votes in that Semi-Final. The six Participating Broadcasters with guaranteed places in the Final shall also appoint a National Jury to vote in the Semi-Final which they are required to broadcast.In the Final: All Participating Broadcasters shall appoint a National Jury to vote in the Final (even if their song is not selected for the Final). Implementation of the compulsory National Audience Voting shall not exempt any Participating Broadcaster from appointing a National Jury.

(ii) MODALITIES. The National Juries shall not be allowed to vote for the song of their own country. When voting, Jury Members shall use all their professional skill and experience without favoring any Contestant on the account of their nationality, gender or likeliness and shall be free from bias, external influence foreign perspectives or pressure (including but not limited to betting odds or public opinions). The sole reference for their judgment must be the performance of the Acts during the second (Jury) Dress Rehearsals of the respective Shows.

(iii) AWARD OF THE POINTS. With respect to the National Jury, the National Jurors shall rank first their favourite song, second, their second favourite song, third, their third favourite song, and so on until their least favourite song which shall be ranked last. Abstentions are not allowed, except that the song representing the country of the Participating Broadcaster which has appointed the National Jury shall be excluded from the vote. It is not allowed to award the same rank to two different songs. In both Semi-Finals and in the Grand-Final, only the ten best inal ranked songs by the National Jury will be considered; the results of the National Jury in each country shall be determined as follows:

12 points shall be allocated to the song having obtained the best rank from the National Jury;
10 points to the song having obtained the second-best rank from the National Jury,
8 points to the song having obtained the third-best rank from the National Jury,
7 points to the next,
and so on, down to 1 point for the song having obtained the tenth-best rank from the National Jury.

RESULTS. In the Semi Finals, subject to the Reference Group approval, only the points of Audiences which have voted in the respective Semi-Finals shall be used to calculate the official result of each Semi-Final. In the Final; the points of the National Audiences and of the National Juries shall be combined according to a ratio which is determined by the EBU, subject to the Reference Group approval, to calculate the official result of the Final. For example, if the ratio is 50-50, the points of the National Jury carry the same weight as the points of the National Audiences.

PRESENTATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS. The results shall be announced once all songs have been performed, after the Audience Voting window is closed and the results have been calculated.

IN THE SEMI FINALS. In the Semi-Finals, the international presenters shall announce the names of the countries which have qualified from the Semi-Finals for the Final.

IN THE FINAL. The results of the National Juries in each country are announced in turn by the spokesperson of each Participating Broadcaster, clearly and distinctly in English or in French, stating the name of the country concerned and the points allocated by its National Jury. The Audience Voting results are announced by the International Presenters. The Audience Voting points from all participating countries are combined with the points of the National Juries, providing one combined score for each song. At the end of the process, the International Presenters shall announce the winner(s). The Contestants, song writer(s) and Participating Broadcaster of the winning song(s) in the Final shall receive the ESC Trophy, and the transmission of the Final shall end with a further performance of the winning song(s).

QUALIFIERS AND WINNERS. From each of the Semi-Finals, 10 Contestants will qualify for the Final, which according to all information made available to the EBU by the Voting Partner, have obtained the highest number of points from the Audience Voting at the time of announcement of the results. The winner(s) of the Final shall be the song(s) which, according to all information made available to the EBU by the Voting Partner, has/have obtained the highest combined number of points once the results of the National Audiences and of the National Juries have been added at the time of announcement of the results.

ESC TITLE AND VALUES.

ESC TITLE. The main title of the Shows is the “Eurovision Song Contest”, followed by the year during which it takes place. It shall be used by all broadcasters, although they may instead use a translation into their national language, subject to the approval of the EBU. If the translation is approved, the main title need not be used. Broadcasters are also permitted to include a minor title under the main title, using the name by which the ESC has been known in recent years in their respective countries.

NON-POLITICAL EVENT. The ESC is a non-political event. All Participating Broadcasters, including the Host Broadcaster, shall be responsible to ensure that all necessary measures are undertaken within in their respective Delegations and teams to safeguard the interests and the integrity of the ESC and to make sure that the ESC shall in no case be politicized and/or instrumentalized and/or otherwise brought into disrepute in any way.

VALUES AND INTEGRITY. “EBU Values”: Universality, Independence, Excellence, Diversity, Accountability and Innovation. “ESC Values”: Universality, diversity, equality and inclusivity and proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music. The Participating Broadcasters shall at all times respect the EBU and the ESC Values and take all steps to protect the integrity of the ESC and of the Shows. They shall ensure that no contestant, delegation or country is discriminated and/or ridiculed in any manner.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

OWNERSHIP. The EBU is in exclusive control of all centralized marketing and exploitation of the ESC on a worldwide basis.

DISTRIBUTION LICENSING. Without prejudice to the other rules in this Section, all broadcasting and other rights to the Shows and the ESC are exclusively owned by the EBU, to be managed centrally by the EBU on behalf of the Participating Broadcasters. The EBU shall be responsible for coordinating all sales of the Shows (including any ESC content produced by the EBU), in whole or in part, to non-participating broadcasters from countries where rights remain available and to third parties.

THE SHOWS.

Radio: All Members which are radio organisations shall be granted, free of charge (except for the usual rights payments to national collecting societies), for their territory, the right to broadcast on a linear basis the Shows (live or deferred), in whole or in part, an unlimited number of times until the next ESC, (the celebrity act may have to be excluded for deferred broadcasts taking place 30 days after the Final, if so notified by the EBU). In addition, they are entitled to make available on a non-linear basis until the next ESC audio extracts from the Shows on their fully owned website, as long as no more than 30 seconds per song are used.Mem bers which are radio organisations but which are not part of a Participating Broadcaster’s organization and which are located in the country of a Participating Broadcaster which includes both a radio and a television service shall be entitled to broadcast the Shows only if they have obtained the prior written authorization of the Participating Broadcaster in that country. Radio organizations (other than Members) from countries where rights remain available, may acquire the right to broadcast the Shows on their territory from the EBU.

Television and online platforms: Television broadcasters and media organisations from countries where rights remain available may acquire from the EBU the right to broadcast or otherwise transmit the Shows on their territory on a linear and/or non linear basis. In countries where rights remain available, non-participating EBU Members shall have a first option, to be exercised within a deadline set by the EBU, to purchase the Shows for their territory. Depending on the facilities available, non-participating broadcasters from countries where rights remain available may also request the right to send a commentator, and/or a production team, to the ESC.

EXTRACTS. The EBU shall be entitled to grant licences with respect to any extracts from the Shows, and/or from the Dress Rehearsals and/or from the ESC Content produced by the EBU to third parties for inclusion in any audiovisual works or media products or services.

ESC LOGO AND ARTWORK. No commercial or non-commercial entity shall use the logo or other distinctive elements of the ESC or the Shows without the prior written permission of the EBU.

REPORTING ACCESS RULES. Specific Reporting Access Rules for non-rightsholders are made available separately by the EBU in advance of the ESC and shall be published on Eurovision.tv.

FINAL PROVISIONS.

PREVAILING VERSION. These Rules are drafted in English and French. In the event of any inconsistencies between the two versions, the English version shall prevail. This document is intended to inform the public on the rules applicable to the Eurovision Song Contest. It is not binding upon the EBU and/or the Participating Broadcasters.

CODE OF CONDUCT. The Code of Conduct (updated December 2024) version 1.1 can be downloaded here [pdf].

DUTY OF CARE GUIDANCE. Duty of Care Guidance for Heads of Delegations (updated December 2024) version 1.1 can be downloaded here [pdf].