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Eurovision Song Contest 2025

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals took take place on the 13 and 15 May and the grand final on 17 May 2025. The contest was held in Basel, Switzerland, following their win at the 2024 contest with the song "The Code" by Nemo.[1][2][3] Montenegro took part in the contest breaking a 2 year leave,[4] while Moldova withdrew 4 days after their national final because they didn't have enough money or skilled singers.[5] 37 countries took part in the contest.[6] The winner was JJ, representing Austria with the song "Wasted Love".

Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Eurovision Song Contest 2025 ST Jakobshalle.jpg
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 13 May 2025
Semi-final 2 date 15 May 2025
Final date 17 May 2025
Host
Venue St. Jakobshalle
Basel, Switzerland
Presenter(s) Hazel Brugger
Sandra Studer
Michelle Hunziker (final)
Executive supervisor Martin Österdahl
Host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
Participants
Number of entries 37
Debuting countries None
Returning countries
Vote
Winning song Flag of Austria.svg Austria
"Wasted Love"
Eurovision Song Contest
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Location

Bidding phase

Key:
 †  Host city  *  Shortlisted  ^  Submitted a bid

City Venue Notes
Basel † St. Jakob-Park Hosted the 2016 UEFA Europa League final and will host matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. The proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium.
St. Jakobshalle Hosts the annual Swiss Indoors tennis championships.
Bern with Biel/Bienne ^ Neue Festhalle Proposal set around a planned music venue, constructed within the Bernexpo [de] complex.
Geneva * Palexpo 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 —
Zurich ^ Hallenstadion Hosted the annual Zurich Open from 1993 to 2008.
Swiss Life Arena Planned venue for the 2026 IIHF World Championship

Participants

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 participants[4][7]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language(s) Songwriter(s) Ref.
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH Shkodra Elektronike "Zjerm" Albanian[a]
  • Lekë Gjeloshi
  • Beatriçe Gjergji
  • Kolë Laca
 [9]
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia AMPTV Parg "Survivor" English, Armenian
[10]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS Go-Jo "Milkshake Man" English
[11]
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF JJ "Wasted Love" English
[12]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan İTV Mamagama "Run with U" English
  • Hasan Hayadar
  • Sefael Mishiyev
  • Roman Zee
 [13]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium VRT Red Sebastian "Strobe Lights" English
[14]
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT Marko Bošnjak "Poison Cake" English
  • Marko Bošnjak
  • Emma Gale
  • Ben Pyne
  • Bas Wissink
 [15]
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC Theo Evan "Shh" English
[16]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia ČT Adonxs "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" English
[17]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR Sissal "Hallucination" English
[18]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ERR Tommy Cash "Espresso Macchiato" Italian,[b] English
[19]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle Erika Vikman "Ich komme" Finnish, German
[20]
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions Louane "Maman" French
[21]
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB Mariam Shengelia "Freedom" Georgian, English
  • Keti Gabisiani
  • Buka Kartozia
 [22]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany NDR[c] Abor & Tynna "Baller" German
  • Attila Bornemisza
  • Tünde Bornemisza
  • Alexander Hauer
 [25]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT Klavdia "Asteromata" (Αστερομάτα) Greek
[26]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Væb "Róa" Icelandic
[27]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ Emmy "Laika Party" English
[28]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IPBC Yuval Raphael "New Day Will Rise" English, French, Hebrew Keren Peles [29]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Lucio Corsi "Volevo essere un duro" Italian
[30]
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LSM Tautumeitas "Bur man laimi" Latvian
  • Laura Līcīte
  • Elvis Lintiņš
  • Asnate Rancāne [lv]
  • Aurēlija Rancāne
  • Gabriēla Zvaigznīte
 [31]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT Katarsis "Tavo akys" Lithuanian Lukas Radzevičius [32]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg RTL Laura Thorn "La poupée monte le son" French
  • Christophe Houssin
  • Julien Salvia
  • Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal
 [33]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS Miriana Conte "Serving" English
[34]
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro RTCG Nina Žižić "Dobrodošli" (Добродошли) Montenegrin
[35]
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands AVROTROS Claude "C'est la vie" French, English
[36]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK Kyle Alessandro "Lighter" English
[37]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP Justyna Steczkowska "Gaja" Polish, English
[38]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP Napa "Deslocado" Portuguese
  • Diogo Góis
  • Guilherme Gomes
  • João Lourenço Gomes
  • João Rodrigues
  • André Santos
  • Francisco Sousa
 [39]
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino SMRTV Gabry Ponte[d] "Tutta l'Italia" Italian
[41]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS Princ "Mila" (Мила) Serbian Dušan Bačić [sr] [42]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO Klemen "How Much Time Do We Have Left" English Klemen Slakonja [43]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain RTVE Melody "Esa diva" Spanish
[44]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT KAJ "Bara bada bastu" Swedish,[e] Finnish
[45]
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland SRG SSR Zoë Më "Voyage" French
[46]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Suspilne Ziferblat "Bird of Pray" Ukrainian, English
  • Fedir Khodakov
  • Danylo Leshchynskyi
  • Valentyn Leshchynskyi
 [47]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC Remember Monday "What the Hell Just Happened?" English
[48]

Other countries

The following countries' with an active EBU membership that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, that confirmed non-participation before the announcement of the participants list:

Overview

The Grand Final of Eurovision 2025 was planned to have 26 countries taking part. These include the Big 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), the host country Switzerland and ten countries from each of the two semi-finals.

Semi-Final 1

12 points awarded in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[49]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4  Ukraine  Cyprus,  Poland,  Portugal,  Spain
3  Sweden  Estonia,  Iceland,  Norway
2  Cyprus  Albania,  Azerbaijan
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium,  Switzerland
1  Albania Rest of the World
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium  San Marino
 Croatia  Slovenia
 Estonia  Croatia
 Iceland  Sweden
 Norway  Ukraine
 Poland File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
 San Marino  Italy

Semi-Final 2

12 points awarded in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[50]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
13  Israel Rest of the World,  Australia,  Austria,  Czechia,  Denmark,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Greece,  Ireland,  Luxembourg,  Malta,  United Kingdom
2  Armenia  Georgia,  Israel
1  Greece  Armenia
 Latvia  Lithuania
 Lithuania  Latvia
 Montenegro  Serbia
 Serbia  Montenegro

Final

Split results[51]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
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 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 133  Albania 173
6  Greece 231  Sweden 126  Ukraine 158
7  France 230  Latvia 116  Poland 139
8  Albania 218  Greece 105  Greece 126
9  Ukraine 218  Estonia 98  Finland 108
10  Switzerland 214  United Kingdom 88  Italy 97
11  Finland 196  Finland 88  Germany 74
12 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 175  Malta 83  Norway 67
13  Latvia 158  Germany 77  Lithuania 62
14  Poland 156  Ukraine 60  France 50
15  Germany 151  Israel 60 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 42
16  Lithuania 96  Albania 45  Latvia 42
17  Malta 91  Denmark 45  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  Luxembourg 23  Spain 10
23  Denmark 47  Norway 22  Malta 8
24  Spain 37  Poland 17  Denmark 2
25  Iceland 33  San Marino 9  Switzerland 0
26  San Marino 27  Iceland 0  United Kingdom 0

Spokespersons

The spokespersons were announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:

  1.  Sweden – Keyyo
  2.  Azerbaijan – Safura
  3.  Malta – Ingrid Sammut
  4. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands – Chantal Janzen
  5.  Slovenia – Lorella Flego]
  6.  Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
  7.  Luxembourg – Fabienne Zwally
  8.  San Marino – Senhit
  9.  Ukraine – Jerry Heil
  10.  Norway – Tom Hugo
  11.  Austria – Philipp Hansa
  12.  France – Émilie Mazoyer [fr]
  13.  Italy – Topo Gigio
  14.  Portugal – Iolanda
  15.  Denmark – Sara Bro [da]
  16.  Croatia – Doris Pinčić
  17.  Latvia – Dons
  18.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  19.  Poland – Aleksandra Budka
  20.  Montenegro – Neonoen|Marko Vukčević
  21.  Greece – Jenny Theona [el]
  22.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina [sr]
  23.  Czechia – Radka Rosická [cs]
  24.  United Kingdom – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  25.  Spain – Chanel
  26.  Finland – Jasmin Beloued [fi]
  27.  Australia – Silia Kapsis
  28.  Germany – Michael Schulte
  29. File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium – Manu Van Acker [nl]
  30.  Israel – Eden Golan
  31.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  32.  Lithuania – Silvester Belt
  33.  Iceland – Hera Björk
  34.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  35.  Estonia – Kristjan Jakobson
  36.  Georgia – Nutsa Buzaladze
  37.  Switzerland – Mélanie Freymond [fr] and Sven Epiney

Detailed voting results

12 Points

12 points awarded by juries in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[51]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
8  Austria File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium,  Finland,  Germany,  Ireland,  Latvia, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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
 Switzerland  Estonia,  Poland,  Spain
2  Germany  Czechia,  Ukraine
1  Albania  France
 Armenia  Malta
 Finland  Austria
 Israel  Azerbaijan
 Sweden  Iceland
 United Kingdom  Italy
12 points awarded by televoting in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[51]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
13  Israel Rest of the World,  Australia,  Azerbaijan, File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Luxembourg, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands,  Portugal,  Spain,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  United Kingdom
5  Austria  Azerbaijan,  Greece,  Malta,  Serbia,  Slovenia
 Estonia  Armenia,  Croatia,  Latvia,  Malta,  Serbia
4  Sweden  Denmark,  Estonia,  Finland,  Norway
3  Finland  Australia,  Estonia,  Sweden
 Greece  Albania,  Cyprus,  San Marino
 Ukraine  Czechia,  Israel,  Poland
2  Albania  Greece,  Montenegro
 Poland  Iceland,  Ireland
1  Armenia  Georgia
 Germany  Austria
 Italy  Slovenia
 Latvia  Lithuania
 Lithuania  Ukraine
 San Marino  Italy

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Media

  • A group of participating artists of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the Eurovision in Concert pre-party event in Amsterdam, April 2025

  • SRG SSR's mobile radio booth at the Eurovision Village in Messe Basel

  • The stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland

  • Lumo, mascot of the 2025 contest

  • Presenters as they appeared in the final, from left to right: Hazel Brugger, Michelle Hunziker, and Sandra Studer

  • Results of the semi-final allocation draw:     Participating countries in the first semi-final     Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final     Participating countries in the second semi-final     Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

  • Presenters Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, alongside Petra Mede, performed the musical number "Made in Switzerland" as an interval act in the first semi-final.

  • The Israeli entrant Yuval Raphael on the "Turquoise Carpet" in Basel with pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the background, 11 May 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Specifically Gheg Albanian[8]
  2. ↑ Specifically the Broccolino dialect, an American variety of Italian
  3. ↑ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[23][24]
  4. ↑ Features uncredited vocals by Andrea Bonomo [it] and Edwyn Roberts [it][40]
  5. ↑ Specifically the Vörå dialect, an Ostrobothnian variety of Finland Swedish spoken in and around Vörå

References

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  2. ↑ Oltermann, Philip. Switzerland wins Eurovision song contest after controversial grand final. The Observer (11 May 2024). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Switzerland's Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2024Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eurovision 2025: 38 broadcasters participating in Basel (in en) (12 December 2024)European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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  32. ↑ Basel 2025 – Katarsis (in en)European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  33. ↑ Basel 2025 – Laura Thorn (in en)European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  34. ↑ Basel 2025 – Miriana Conte (in en)European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  35. ↑ Basel 2025 – Nina ŽižićEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  36. ↑ Basel 2025 – ClaudeEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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  48. ↑ Basel 2025 – Remember Monday (in en)European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  49. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SF1_results.
  50. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SF2_results.
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 Grand Final of Basel 2025Eurovision Song Contest.

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