Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Dates
Semi-final 113 May 2025
Semi-final 215 May 2025
Final17 May 2025
Host
VenueSt. Jakobshalle
Basel, Switzerland
Presenter(s)Hazel Brugger
Sandra Studer
Michelle Hunziker (final)
Executive supervisorMartin Österdahl
Executive producerReto Peritz
Moritz Stadler
Host broadcasterSwiss Broadcasting Corporation
Websitewww.eurovision.com/eurovision-song-contest/basel-2025/
Participants
Number of entries37
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Vote
Winning song Austria
"Wasted Love"

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".

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 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

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

The first semi-final took place on 13 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST.[49] Fifteen countries competed in this first semi-final while Italy, Spain and Switzerland also performed. All countries from this semi-final were able to vote, as well as viewers from non-participating countries under one "rest of the world" online vote. The ten countries with the most votes qualified for the final.

  Countries that made it to the Grand Final
First semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[50]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Iceland Væb "Róa" 97 6th
2  Poland Justyna Steczkowska "Gaja" 85 7th
3  Slovenia Klemen "How Much Time Do We Have Left" 23 13th
4  Estonia Tommy Cash "Espresso Macchiato" 113 5th
5  Ukraine Ziferblat "Bird of Pray" 137 1st
6  Sweden KAJ "Bara bada bastu" 118 4th
7  Portugal Napa "Deslocado" 56 9th
8  Norway Kyle Alessandro "Lighter" 82 8th
9  Belgium Red Sebastian "Strobe Lights" 23 14th
10  Azerbaijan Mamagama "Run with U" 7 15th
11  San Marino Gabry Ponte "Tutta l'Italia" 46 10th
12  Albania Shkodra Elektronike "Zjerm" 122 2nd
13  Netherlands Claude "C'est la vie" 121 3rd
14  Croatia Marko Bošnjak "Poison Cake" 28 12th
15  Cyprus Theo Evan "Shh" 44 11th

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 15 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST.[51] Sixteen countries competed in this second semi-final while France, Germany and the United Kingdom also performed. All countries from this semi-final were able to vote, as well as viewers from non-participating countries under one "rest of the world" online vote. The ten countries with the most votes qualified for the final.

  Countries that made it to the Grand Final
Second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[52]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Australia Go-Jo "Milkshake Man" 41 11th
2  Montenegro Nina Žižić "Dobrodošli" 12 16th
3  Ireland Emmy "Laika Party" 28 13th
4  Latvia Tautumeitas "Bur man laimi" 130 2nd
5  Armenia Parg "Survivor" 51 10th
6  Austria JJ "Wasted Love" 104 5th
7  Greece Klavdia "Asteromata" 112 4th
8  Lithuania Katarsis "Tavo akys" 103 6th
9  Malta Miriana Conte "Serving" 53 9th
10  Georgia Mariam Shengelia "Freedom" 28 15th
11  Denmark Sissal "Hallucination" 61 8th
12  Czech Republic Adonxs "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" 29 12th
13  Luxembourg Laura Thorn "La poupée monte le son" 62 7th
14  Israel Yuval Raphael "New Day Will Rise" 203 1st
15  Serbia Princ "Mila" 28 14th
16  Finland Erika Vikman "Ich komme" 115 3rd

Final

The final took place on 17 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST.[53] The finalists included Switzerland, the Big 5 and twenty countries which qualified from the semi-finals. A voting system of points was used to determine the winner. Half of the points were awarded by national juries from each participating country and the other half of the points were awarded by televotes from each country plus the "Rest of the World" online vote.

Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[54][55]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Norway Kyle Alessandro "Lighter" 89 18th
2  Luxembourg Laura Thorn "La poupée monte le son" 47 22nd
3  Estonia Tommy Cash "Espresso Macchiato" 356 3rd
4  Israel Yuval Raphael "New Day Will Rise" 357 2nd
5  Lithuania Katarsis "Tavo akys" 96 16th
6  Spain Melody "Esa diva" 37 24th
7  Ukraine Ziferblat "Bird of Pray" 218 9th
8  United Kingdom Remember Monday "What the Hell Just Happened?" 88 19th
9  Austria JJ "Wasted Love" 436 1st
10  Iceland Væb "Róa" 33 25th
11  Latvia Tautumeitas "Bur man laimi" 158 13th
12  Netherlands Claude "C'est la vie" 175 12th
13  Finland Erika Vikman "Ich komme" 196 11th
14  Italy Lucio Corsi "Volevo essere un duro" 256 5th
15  Poland Justyna Steczkowska "Gaja" 156 14th
16  Germany Abor & Tynna "Baller" 151 15th
17  Greece Klavdia "Asteromata" 231 6th
18  Armenia Parg "Survivor" 72 20th
19   Switzerland Zoë Më "Voyage" 214 10th
20  Malta Miriana Conte "Serving" 91 17th
21  Portugal Napa "Deslocado" 50 21st
22  Denmark Sissal "Hallucination" 47 23rd
23  Sweden KAJ "Bara bada bastu" 321 4th
24  France Louane "Maman" 230 7th
25  San Marino Gabry Ponte "Tutta l'Italia" 27 26th
26  Albania Shkodra Elektronike "Zjerm" 218 8th

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.  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
  13.  Italy – Topo Gigio
  14.  Portugal – Iolanda
  15.  Denmark – Sara Bro
  16.  Croatia – Doris Pinčić
  17.  Latvia – Dons
  18.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  19.  Poland – Aleksandra Budka
  20.  Montenegro – Neonoen|Marko Vukčević
  21.  Greece – Jenny Theona
  22.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
  23.  Czechia – Radka Rosická
  24.  United Kingdom – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  25.  Spain – Chanel
  26.  Finland – Jasmin Beloued
  27.  Australia – Silia Kapsis
  28.  Germany – Michael Schulte
  29.  Belgium – Manu Van Acker
  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 and Sven Epiney

Detailed voting results

Semi-Final 1

12 points awarded in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[50]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4  Ukraine  Cyprus,  Poland,  Portugal,  Spain
3  Sweden  Estonia,  Iceland,  Norway
2  Cyprus  Albania,  Azerbaijan
 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

12 points awarded in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[52]
# 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[56]
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  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  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  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

12 Points

12 points awarded by juries in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025[56]
# 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
  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[56]
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
13  Israel Rest of the World,  Australia,  Azerbaijan,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Luxembourg,  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

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 and Edwyn Roberts[40]
  5. ↑ Specifically the Vörå dialect, an Ostrobothnian variety of Finland Swedish spoken in and around Vörå

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