Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | |
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United by Music [1] | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | May 2025 |
Semi-final 2 | May 2025 |
Final | May 2025 |
Host | |
Venue | TBD, Switzerland |
Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl [2] |
Executive producer | Reto Peritz Moritz Stadler |
Host broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) |
Participants (provisional; as of July 2024 [update]) | |
Number of entries | 20 |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to be the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), the contest will be held in Switzerland, following the country's victory at the 2024 contest with the song " The Code" by Nemo. [3] This will be the third time that Switzerland has hosted the contest, having done so for the inaugural contest in 1956 and the 1989 contest, held in Lugano and Lausanne respectively.
After Switzerland's win in the 2024 contest, the local authorities of Geneva expressed interest in hosting the 2025 edition at Palexpo and submitted a formal application. [4] [5] On the same day, the president of the Basel-Stadt government, Conradin Cramer, also expressed interest in Basel hosting the 2025 event. [6] On 12 May, Olma Hall in St. Gallen was proposed as a potential venue. [7] [8] On 13 May, Lugano, which was the host city in 1956, ruled out a bid to host in 2025, while the president of Bern's cantonal government Philippe Müller expressed his reluctance to host the contest in the de facto Swiss capital, citing "a rise in antisemitism" in the event. [9] [10] Müller was publicly contradicted by the whole cantonal Bernese government on 15 May; the council congratulated Nemo and announced its support in organising the contest in Bern. [11] Meanwhile, Zurich's city council was reported to have held a "high priority" meeting to discuss a bid. [12] [13] On 14 May, Lausanne, which hosted the 1989 contest, ruled out a bid to host in 2025, citing a lack of infrastructure. [14] On 15 May, Biel/Bienne, Nemo's hometown, declared its interest to be associated with and co-host the event. [15] On 17 May, the local government of Fribourg stated that it was examining a potential bid. [16] On 5 June, the Basel-Stadt government confirmed that it would bid, proposing St. Jakobshalle and St. Jakob-Park as possible venues. [17] On 6 June, Biel/Bienne and Bern's municipalities announced a joint bid. [18] [19] On 12 June, St. Gallen announced that it would not submit a bid due to not meeting the requirements to host the event. [20]
The host broadcaster SRG SSR launched the bidding process in the week of 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. [21] [22] Representatives from the host broadcaster visited the four bidding cities in early July and shortlisted two of them, [23] [24] with the shortlisters to be announced on 19 July. [25] The selected host city is expected to be announced by the end of August. [26]
Key:
† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
City | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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Basel ^ | St. Jakob-Park | 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. | [6] [27] [28] |
St. Jakobshalle | Hosts the annual Swiss Indoors. | ||
Bern with Biel/Bienne ^ | Neue Festhalle | Proposal set around a planned music venue, constructed within the Bernexpo complex. | [29] [30] |
Geneva ^ | Palexpo | Hosted the annual Geneva International Motor Show. It also hosted the 2014 Davis Cup semi-finals and the 2019 Laver Cup. | [31] |
St. Gallen | Olma Hall | — | [7] [32] |
Zurich ^ | Hallenstadion | Hosted the annual Zurich Open from 1993 to 2008. | [33] [34] |
Swiss Life Arena | — |
Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership 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 active members. Countries that are a part of the " Big Five" and the host country Switzerland are expected to be automatically allocated a place in the final of the contest, while all other countries will be placed in one of the two semi-finals.
As of July 2024, [update] the following countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2025 contest:
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Ref. |
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RTSH | [35] [36] | ||||
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ORF | [37] | ||||
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VRT | [38] | ||||
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HRT | [39] | ||||
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CyBC | [40] | ||||
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DR | TBD 1 March 2025 [41] | [41] | |||
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Yle | TBD February 2025 [42] | [42] | |||
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NDR [a] | [45] | ||||
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IPBC | [46] [47] | ||||
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RAI | TBD 15 February 2025 [48] | [49] | |||
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LTV | [50] | ||||
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LRT | [51] | ||||
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RTL | TBD January 2025 [52] | [53] | |||
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PBS | [54] | ||||
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NRK | [55] | ||||
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RTP | [56] | ||||
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RTS | [57] | ||||
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RTVE | TBD 1 February 2025 [58] | [59] | |||
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SVT | [60] | ||||
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SRG SSR | [61] |
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra [71], Bosnia and Herzegovina [72] and Slovakia [73] have so far confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be produced by the Swiss national broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The core team will consist of Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler as executive producers, [79] and Yves Schifferle as head of show. Reprising their roles from the previous edition are Christer Björkman as head of contest and Tobias Åberg as head of production, with other additions 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. [80] [81]
Anfangs Juli 2024 finden die Pitch-Präsentationen und allfällige Standortbesichtigungen statt. Ende Juli 2024 wird durch das SRG kommuniziert, welche zwei potenziellen Austragungsstädte noch im Rennen sind (Shortlist).[The pitch presentations and any site visits will take place at the beginning of July 2024. At the end of July 2024, the SRG will announce which two potential host cities are still in the running (shortlist).]
La cantante vencedora de la competición albanesa y representante del país en el Festival de Eurovisión 2015 asume la dirección del certamen donde se elegirá la propuesta del país del próximo año.[The winner of the Albanian contest and the country's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 takes over the leadership of the contest where the country's entry for next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen.]
Štengl je rekao kako novi proces kreće čim se malo odmore. Idemo raditi nove prijedloge ugovora, otvoriti novi natječaj uz nadu da će se na valu LET 3, Baby Lasagne prijavljivati izvođači svih različitih vrsta glazbe, mladi, stari. Tko god ima dobar proizvod, neka se prijavi, rekao je.[Štengl said that the new process starts as soon as they rest a little. We are going to work on new contract proposals, open a new competition with the hope that performers of all different types of music, young and old, will apply for the wave LET 3, Baby Lasagna. Whoever has a good product should apply, he said.]
The compositions (lyrics and music) created during the MEC [The Malta Eurovision Song Contest Music Exchange Camp] 2024 must not be commercially released before the next edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Iako su pojedini pozvali na povlačenje Srbije sa "Evrovizije", poput Aleksandre Radović, o odustajanju naše zemlje od takmičenja, kako Olivera ističe, nema govora.[Despite some calling for withdrawal of Serbia from "Eurovision", like Aleksandra Radović, our country quitting the contest, as Olivera points out, is not to even be spoken about.]
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | |
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United by Music [1] | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | May 2025 |
Semi-final 2 | May 2025 |
Final | May 2025 |
Host | |
Venue | TBD, Switzerland |
Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl [2] |
Executive producer | Reto Peritz Moritz Stadler |
Host broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) |
Participants (provisional; as of July 2024 [update]) | |
Number of entries | 20 |
| |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to be the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), the contest will be held in Switzerland, following the country's victory at the 2024 contest with the song " The Code" by Nemo. [3] This will be the third time that Switzerland has hosted the contest, having done so for the inaugural contest in 1956 and the 1989 contest, held in Lugano and Lausanne respectively.
After Switzerland's win in the 2024 contest, the local authorities of Geneva expressed interest in hosting the 2025 edition at Palexpo and submitted a formal application. [4] [5] On the same day, the president of the Basel-Stadt government, Conradin Cramer, also expressed interest in Basel hosting the 2025 event. [6] On 12 May, Olma Hall in St. Gallen was proposed as a potential venue. [7] [8] On 13 May, Lugano, which was the host city in 1956, ruled out a bid to host in 2025, while the president of Bern's cantonal government Philippe Müller expressed his reluctance to host the contest in the de facto Swiss capital, citing "a rise in antisemitism" in the event. [9] [10] Müller was publicly contradicted by the whole cantonal Bernese government on 15 May; the council congratulated Nemo and announced its support in organising the contest in Bern. [11] Meanwhile, Zurich's city council was reported to have held a "high priority" meeting to discuss a bid. [12] [13] On 14 May, Lausanne, which hosted the 1989 contest, ruled out a bid to host in 2025, citing a lack of infrastructure. [14] On 15 May, Biel/Bienne, Nemo's hometown, declared its interest to be associated with and co-host the event. [15] On 17 May, the local government of Fribourg stated that it was examining a potential bid. [16] On 5 June, the Basel-Stadt government confirmed that it would bid, proposing St. Jakobshalle and St. Jakob-Park as possible venues. [17] On 6 June, Biel/Bienne and Bern's municipalities announced a joint bid. [18] [19] On 12 June, St. Gallen announced that it would not submit a bid due to not meeting the requirements to host the event. [20]
The host broadcaster SRG SSR launched the bidding process in the week of 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. [21] [22] Representatives from the host broadcaster visited the four bidding cities in early July and shortlisted two of them, [23] [24] with the shortlisters to be announced on 19 July. [25] The selected host city is expected to be announced by the end of August. [26]
Key:
† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
City | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Basel ^ | St. Jakob-Park | 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. | [6] [27] [28] |
St. Jakobshalle | Hosts the annual Swiss Indoors. | ||
Bern with Biel/Bienne ^ | Neue Festhalle | Proposal set around a planned music venue, constructed within the Bernexpo complex. | [29] [30] |
Geneva ^ | Palexpo | Hosted the annual Geneva International Motor Show. It also hosted the 2014 Davis Cup semi-finals and the 2019 Laver Cup. | [31] |
St. Gallen | Olma Hall | — | [7] [32] |
Zurich ^ | Hallenstadion | Hosted the annual Zurich Open from 1993 to 2008. | [33] [34] |
Swiss Life Arena | — |
Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership 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 active members. Countries that are a part of the " Big Five" and the host country Switzerland are expected to be automatically allocated a place in the final of the contest, while all other countries will be placed in one of the two semi-finals.
As of July 2024, [update] the following countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2025 contest:
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Ref. |
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RTSH | [35] [36] | ||||
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ORF | [37] | ||||
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VRT | [38] | ||||
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HRT | [39] | ||||
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CyBC | [40] | ||||
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DR | TBD 1 March 2025 [41] | [41] | |||
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Yle | TBD February 2025 [42] | [42] | |||
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NDR [a] | [45] | ||||
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IPBC | [46] [47] | ||||
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RAI | TBD 15 February 2025 [48] | [49] | |||
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LTV | [50] | ||||
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LRT | [51] | ||||
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RTL | TBD January 2025 [52] | [53] | |||
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PBS | [54] | ||||
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NRK | [55] | ||||
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RTP | [56] | ||||
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RTS | [57] | ||||
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RTVE | TBD 1 February 2025 [58] | [59] | |||
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SVT | [60] | ||||
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SRG SSR | [61] |
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra [71], Bosnia and Herzegovina [72] and Slovakia [73] have so far confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be produced by the Swiss national broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The core team will consist of Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler as executive producers, [79] and Yves Schifferle as head of show. Reprising their roles from the previous edition are Christer Björkman as head of contest and Tobias Åberg as head of production, with other additions 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. [80] [81]
Anfangs Juli 2024 finden die Pitch-Präsentationen und allfällige Standortbesichtigungen statt. Ende Juli 2024 wird durch das SRG kommuniziert, welche zwei potenziellen Austragungsstädte noch im Rennen sind (Shortlist).[The pitch presentations and any site visits will take place at the beginning of July 2024. At the end of July 2024, the SRG will announce which two potential host cities are still in the running (shortlist).]
La cantante vencedora de la competición albanesa y representante del país en el Festival de Eurovisión 2015 asume la dirección del certamen donde se elegirá la propuesta del país del próximo año.[The winner of the Albanian contest and the country's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 takes over the leadership of the contest where the country's entry for next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen.]
Štengl je rekao kako novi proces kreće čim se malo odmore. Idemo raditi nove prijedloge ugovora, otvoriti novi natječaj uz nadu da će se na valu LET 3, Baby Lasagne prijavljivati izvođači svih različitih vrsta glazbe, mladi, stari. Tko god ima dobar proizvod, neka se prijavi, rekao je.[Štengl said that the new process starts as soon as they rest a little. We are going to work on new contract proposals, open a new competition with the hope that performers of all different types of music, young and old, will apply for the wave LET 3, Baby Lasagna. Whoever has a good product should apply, he said.]
The compositions (lyrics and music) created during the MEC [The Malta Eurovision Song Contest Music Exchange Camp] 2024 must not be commercially released before the next edition of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Iako su pojedini pozvali na povlačenje Srbije sa "Evrovizije", poput Aleksandre Radović, o odustajanju naše zemlje od takmičenja, kako Olivera ističe, nema govora.[Despite some calling for withdrawal of Serbia from "Eurovision", like Aleksandra Radović, our country quitting the contest, as Olivera points out, is not to even be spoken about.]