Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 13 and 15 May and a final on 17 May 2025, held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker joining for the final. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), which staged the event after winning the 2024 contest for Switzerland with the song "The Code" by Nemo.

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 in second place, 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.

Location

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

St. Jakobshalle, Basel – host venue of the 2025 contest

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 (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1956) 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, 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.

Bidding 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.

Key:  †  Host city    Shortlisted  ^  Submitted a bid

<table><thead><tr><th>City</th><th>Venue</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Basel †</td><td>St. Jakob-Park</td><td>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.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St. Jakobshalle</td><td>Hosts the annual Swiss Indoors tennis championships.</td></tr><tr><td>Bern with Biel/Bienne ^</td><td>Neue Festhalle</td><td>Proposal set around a planned music venue, constructed within the Bernexpo complex.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Geneva </td><td>Palexpo</td><td>Hosted the annual Geneva International Motor Show. It also hosted the 2014 Davis Cup semi-finals and the 2019 Laver Cup.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St. Gallen</td><td>Olma Hall</td><td>—</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zurich ^</td><td>Hallenstadion</td><td>Hosted the annual Zurich Open from 1993 to 2008.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swiss Life Arena</td><td>Planned venue for the 2026 IIHF World Championship</td></tr></tbody></table>

Participants

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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

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 (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1995), 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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Broadcaster</th><th>Artist</th><th>Song</th><th>Language(s)</th><th>Songwriter(s)</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Albania</td><td>RTSH</td><td>Shkodra Elektronike</td><td>"Zjerm"</td><td>Albanian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Armenia</td><td>AMPTV</td><td>Parg</td><td>"Survivor"</td><td>English, Armenian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Australia</td><td>SBS</td><td>Go-Jo</td><td>"Milkshake Man"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Austria</td><td>ORF</td><td>JJ</td><td>"Wasted Love"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>İTV</td><td>Mamagama</td><td>"Run with U"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Belgium</td><td>VRT</td><td>Red Sebastian</td><td>"Strobe Lights"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Croatia</td><td>HRT</td><td>Marko Bošnjak</td><td>"Poison Cake"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Cyprus</td><td>CyBC</td><td>Theo Evan</td><td>"Shh"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Czechia</td><td>ČT</td><td>Adonxs</td><td>"Kiss Kiss Goodbye"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Denmark</td><td>DR</td><td>Sissal</td><td>"Hallucination"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Estonia</td><td>ERR</td><td>Tommy Cash</td><td>"Espresso Macchiato"</td><td>Italian, English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Finland</td><td>Yle</td><td>Erika Vikman</td><td>"Ich komme"</td><td>Finnish, German</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> France</td><td>France Télévisions</td><td>Louane</td><td>"Maman"</td><td>French</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Georgia</td><td>GPB</td><td>Mariam Shengelia</td><td>"Freedom"</td><td>Georgian, English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Germany</td><td>NDR</td><td>Abor & Tynna</td><td>"Baller"</td><td>German</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Greece</td><td>ERT</td><td>Klavdia</td><td>"Asteromata" (Αστερομάτα)</td><td>Greek</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Iceland</td><td>RÚV</td><td>Væb</td><td>"Róa"</td><td>Icelandic</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Ireland</td><td>RTÉ</td><td>Emmy</td><td>"Laika Party"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Israel</td><td>IPBC</td><td>Yuval Raphael</td><td>"New Day Will Rise"</td><td>English, French, Hebrew</td><td>Keren Peles</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Italy</td><td>RAI</td><td>Lucio Corsi</td><td>"Volevo essere un duro"</td><td>Italian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Latvia</td><td>LSM</td><td>Tautumeitas</td><td>"Bur man laimi"</td><td>Latvian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Lithuania</td><td>LRT</td><td>Katarsis</td><td>"Tavo akys"</td><td>Lithuanian</td><td>Lukas Radzevičius</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Luxembourg</td><td>RTL</td><td>Laura Thorn</td><td>"La poupée monte le son"</td><td>French</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Malta</td><td>PBS</td><td>Miriana Conte</td><td>"Serving"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Montenegro</td><td>RTCG</td><td>Nina Žižić</td><td>"Dobrodošli" (Добродошли)</td><td>Montenegrin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Netherlands</td><td>AVROTROS</td><td>Claude</td><td>"C'est la vie"</td><td>French, English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Norway</td><td>NRK</td><td>Kyle Alessandro</td><td>"Lighter"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Poland</td><td>TVP</td><td>Justyna Steczkowska</td><td>"Gaja"</td><td>Polish, English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Portugal</td><td>RTP</td><td>Napa</td><td>"Deslocado"</td><td>Portuguese</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> San Marino</td><td>SMRTV</td><td>Gabry Ponte</td><td>"Tutta l'Italia"</td><td>Italian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Serbia</td><td>RTS</td><td>Princ</td><td>"Mila" (Мила)</td><td>Serbian</td><td>Dušan Bačić</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Slovenia</td><td>RTVSLO</td><td>Klemen</td><td>"How Much Time Do We Have Left"</td><td>English</td><td>Klemen Slakonja</td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Spain</td><td>RTVE</td><td>Melody</td><td>"Esa diva"</td><td>Spanish</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Sweden</td><td>SVT</td><td>KAJ</td><td>"Bara bada bastu"</td><td>Swedish, Finnish</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>  Switzerland</td><td>SRG SSR</td><td>Zoë Më</td><td>"Voyage"</td><td>French</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Ukraine</td><td>Suspilne</td><td>Ziferblat</td><td>"Bird of Pray"</td><td>Ukrainian, English</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> United Kingdom</td><td>BBC</td><td>Remember Monday</td><td>"What the Hell Just Happened?"</td><td>English</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

Production and format

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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

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 allocated budget was 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). CHF 1.7 million was ultimately left unspent by the Basel-Stadt canton.

Visual, sound, and stage design

The stage in the arena

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 halftone pixelation 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. 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.

Lumo, mascot of the 2025 contest

On 26 February 2025, SRG SSR unveiled a mascot for the 2025 contest, in a first for the event since (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1992). 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.

Postcards

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 produced by the Zurich-based company Dynamic Frame, with creative direction by Jen Ries and Luca Zurfluh, the postcards featured the competing artists taking part in local activities across Switzerland. The following locations were used for each participating country:

Presenters

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

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.

Semi-final allocation draw

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

The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 28 January 2025 at 12:30 CET, at the auditorium of the Kunstmuseum Basel. 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) – would 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 (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2007), was replaced by a dress gifted by Nilsson to Cramer, the first "friendship gift" that would replace the host city insignia from this year.

Flag policy

The flag policy was updated for 2025, with competing artists allowed to display only the flag of the country they represent 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.

Contest overview

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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

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 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" ((/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2023)), "Arcade" ((/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2019)), "Waterloo" ((/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1974)), and "The Code" ((/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2024)). 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, written by Christian Knecht and Lukas Hobi, with an appearance by Petra Mede, who had previously hosted the contest in (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2013), (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2016), 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, Céline 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".

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

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. 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 (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1990) Italian winning entry, "Insieme: 1992", after the qualifiers were announced.

<table><thead><tr><th>R/O</th><th>Country</th><th>Artist</th><th>Song</th><th>Points</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td> Australia</td><td>Go-Jo</td><td>"Milkshake Man"</td><td>41</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Montenegro</td><td>Nina Žižić</td><td>"Dobrodošli"</td><td>12</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Ireland</td><td>Emmy</td><td>"Laika Party"</td><td>28</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> Latvia</td><td>Tautumeitas</td><td>"Bur man laimi"</td><td>130</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> Armenia</td><td>Parg</td><td>"Survivor"</td><td>51</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Austria</td><td>JJ</td><td>"Wasted Love"</td><td>104</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Greece</td><td>Klavdia</td><td>"Asteromata"</td><td>112</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Lithuania</td><td>Katarsis</td><td>"Tavo akys"</td><td>103</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Malta</td><td>Miriana Conte</td><td>"Serving"</td><td>53</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Georgia</td><td>Mariam Shengelia</td><td>"Freedom"</td><td>28</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Denmark</td><td>Sissal</td><td>"Hallucination"</td><td>61</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Czechia</td><td>Adonxs</td><td>"Kiss Kiss Goodbye"</td><td>29</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> Luxembourg</td><td>Laura Thorn</td><td>"La poupée monte le son"</td><td>62</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Israel</td><td>Yuval Raphael</td><td>"New Day Will Rise"</td><td>203</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> Serbia</td><td>Princ</td><td>"Mila"</td><td>28</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Finland</td><td>Erika Vikman</td><td>"Ich komme"</td><td>115</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table>

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 (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1966) and (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest2014). 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 (/wiki/SwitzerlandintheEurovisionSongContest1981) entry "Io senza te", Paola with her (/wiki/SwitzerlandintheEurovisionSongContest1980) entry "Cinéma", Luca Hänni with his (/wiki/SwitzerlandintheEurovisionSongContest2019) entry "She Got Me", and Gjon's Tears with his (/wiki/SwitzerlandintheEurovisionSongContest2021) 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". French newspaper Le Parisien reported that Céline Dion was also slated to perform her winning song for Switzerland in 1988, "Ne partez pas sans moi", but she withdrew at the last minute due to health issues; this was denied by her management.

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

Spokespersons

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

Detailed voting results

Semi-final 1

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.

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting  100% Jury vote	Total score	Iceland	Poland	Slovenia	Estonia	Ukraine	Sweden	Portugal	Norway	Belgium	Azerbaijan	San Marino	Albania	Netherlands	Croatia	Cyprus	Italy	Spain	Switzerland	Rest of the World
Contestants	Iceland	97		6	5	7	2	12	2	8	5			5	10	7	7	4	5	4	8
Poland	85	7				5	7	4	7	10	1		2	12	1	4	3	10	6	6
Slovenia	23				3	1			1		2	8	1		6	1
Estonia	113	6	8	1		3	6	6	6	4	10	10	8	6	12	8	8	4	3	4
Ukraine	137	4	12	8	8		4	12	5	6	7	6	10	8	4	12	7	12	2	10
Sweden	118	12	7	4	12	4		7	12	8	4		6	7	8	5	6	2	7	7
Portugal	56	1	3	3	6	7	2		3	3		4		3			1	7	8	5
Norway	82	10	5	2	5	12	5	3		2	8		3	2	5	6	2	8	1	3
Belgium	23	5			1							12		5
Azerbaijan	7											7
San Marino	46	3	1		4		3	1	2	1	5		4		2	2	12	1	5
Albania	122	2	10	7	2	10	10	8	4	7	6	1		4	10	3	10	6	10	12
Netherlands	121	8	4	6	10	6	8	10	10	12	3	3	7		3	10	5	3	12	1
Croatia	28		2	12		8	1					2		1						2
Cyprus	44			10				5			12	5	12

12 points

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 the Netherlands received two sets of 12 points, while Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Norway, Poland and San Marino received one each.

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
4	Ukraine	Cyprus,  Spain,  Poland,  Portugal
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

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.

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting	Total score	Australia	Montenegro	Ireland	Latvia	Armenia	Austria	Greece	Lithuania	Malta	Georgia	Denmark	Czechia	Luxembourg	Israel	Serbia	Finland	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Rest of the World
Contestants	Australia	41			3	6		2		6	5	1	3	1				5		2	5	2
Montenegro	12															12
Ireland	28	2			4				2	6		2		2			2			7	1
Latvia	130	7	3	8		4	8	3	12	3	7	8	10	7	4	4	10	6	8	8	10
Armenia	51				1			8	5	1	12		3		12	1		8
Austria	104	3	7	6	7	8		10	8	7	6	7	6	4	6	6	7	1	5
Greece	112	5	10	1		12	7			8	5	4	4	10	8	10	1	7	10	3	7
Lithuania	103	1	5	10	12	1		4		2	8	6	8	8		5	6	5	7	10	5
Malta	53	8	4	4		7	1	6			2	1	2	3	5	2	3			2	3
Georgia	28				3	10		5	3						7
Denmark	61	6	2	5	2	3	3		4	4			5	1	1		8	3	4	6	4
Czechia	29					5	5				3			5	3						8
Luxembourg	62	4	1	2	5		6	7	1			5			10	3	4	10	3	1
Israel	203	12	8	12	10	2	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	12		7	12	12	12	12	12
Serbia	28		12				10	1										4	1
Finland	115	10	6	7	8	6	4	2	7	10	4	10	7	6	2	8		2	6	4	6

12 points

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.

#	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 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.

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	United Kingdom	0
26	San Marino	27	Iceland	0	Switzerland	0

	Total score	Jury vote score	Televoting score	Jury vote
Sweden	Azerbaijan	Malta	Netherlands	Slovenia	Armenia	Luxembourg	San Marino	Ukraine	Norway	Austria	France	Italy	Portugal	Denmark	Croatia	Latvia	Ireland	Poland	Montenegro	Greece	Serbia	Czechia	United Kingdom	Spain	Finland	Australia	Germany	Belgium	Israel	Albania	Lithuania	Iceland	Georgia	Cyprus	Estonia	Switzerland
Contestants	Norway	89	22	67	4				2											1			2				6					1					6
Luxembourg	47	23	24				6					3		1						3			4				4						2
Estonia	356	98	258		7	3		7	2	3	7	5	4	3		10	3		5	1					3		3		4	3		10			7	3				5
Israel	357	60	297		12		5			1		2			7			3	6		7			1					2		3			5			1	5
Lithuania	96	34	62				4				3									7		6	3			5	6
Spain	37	27	10	2	5	5									5																			10
Ukraine	218	60	158	5	8			5	4		4		1			2	8	2	2						4			2					4		2		6			1
United Kingdom	88	88	0							6	2	10	7	7		12	2	4			2	1				10		6	5							5			5	4
Austria	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
Iceland	33	0	33
Latvia	158	116	42				3		1	2	8	6	6	4			7	12	7						1		12			10		7	7		12		8		3
Netherlands	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
Finland	196	88	108	6		6			10				8	12		1		6		10	4						5			2		4				1			10	3
Italy	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
Poland	156	17	139		4										1															5	2	2	1						2
Germany	151	77	74		2					4		12				8				2				5	10	12		3	1			1	10		5		2
Greece	231	105	126			10									8		1		4		3	4	12		6		1		3	12	6		12	6			5	12
Armenia	72	42	30			12									10			1		4	1		1	3	2								5				3
Switzerland	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
Malta	91	83	8	1					5		1			10		5				5	6		5			2	7	5	7	8	8		8
Portugal	50	37	13		6		7	1			6	4														4								1	6					2
Denmark	47	45	2											8		7									5	1	10			4							10
Sweden	321	126	195			1	8	6	6	5			10	5				7	3		5			7					10	6	4	6		4	1	12		2	8	10
France	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
San Marino	27	9	18													6																		2				1
Albania	218	45	173	3			1								12	3	4					5	10	2				1										4

	Total score	Jury vote score	Televoting score	Televoting vote
Sweden	Azerbaijan	Malta	Netherlands	Slovenia	Armenia	Luxembourg	San Marino	Ukraine	Norway	Austria	France	Italy	Portugal	Denmark	Croatia	Latvia	Ireland	Poland	Montenegro	Greece	Serbia	Czechia	United Kingdom	Spain	Finland	Australia	Germany	Belgium	Israel	Albania	Lithuania	Iceland	Georgia	Cyprus	Estonia	Switzerland	Rest of the World
Contestants	Norway	89	22	67		6	6		2	4			10				1			4	1		3		4	3	2		2							2	8	4	5
Luxembourg	47	23	24					4							1								8										3	8
Estonia	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
Israel	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
Lithuania	96	34	62							4		12	4					2		10	8	6					8		1								6		1
Spain	37	27	10														6				1																				3
Ukraine	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
United Kingdom	88	88	0
Austria	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
Iceland	33	0	33	5				1					3	1				10	1										6		1								5
Latvia	158	116	42							1		8									3	2					3		3	2					12				8
Netherlands	175	133	42	2					2		2		5	3			3							6								5		1	1	6		1	4	1
Finland	196	88	108	10	5	7	6		1				6	2				5	7	3	5	1			6	3	4	6		10			1			5			10		5
Italy	256	159	97	1		8	2	12			3	7		10	3		8		6	2			1								2	1		10	6				7	8
Poland	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
Germany	151	77	74				1		5			5		12				1	3	5		5		3	5	1			5				5	4	8	1	2		3
Greece	231	105	126	3			5		8	10	12				4	2							4		8		2			7	10	6	7	12				12		7	7
Armenia	72	42	30												8									2									6				12	2
Switzerland	214	214	0
Malta	91	83	8		1																				1		1			5
Portugal	50	37	13							8					5
Denmark	47	45	2																																	2
Sweden	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
France	230	180	50		2				10	6							5						2	5				1				8	4					3		4
San Marino	27	9	18			3										12																		3
Albania	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

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.

#	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

#	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
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

Broadcasts

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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. The table below details the broadcasting plans and commentators for the countries that aired the contest. 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.

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Albania	RTSH	RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	All shows	Andri Xhahu
Armenia	AMPTV	Armenia 1	All shows	Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan
Australia	SBS	SBS	All shows	Courtney Act and Tony Armstrong
Austria	ORF	ORF 1	All shows	Andi Knoll
FM4	Final	Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
Azerbaijan	İTV	All shows	Elnara Khalilova and Aga Nadirov
Belgium	VRT	VRT 1	All shows	Dutch: Peter Van de Veire
Radio 2	Final	Unknown
RTBF	La Une	SF1/Final	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Joëlle Scoriels
Tipik	SF2
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1	All shows	Duško Ćurlić
HR 2
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK 1, RIK Sat	All shows	Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas
RIK Trito
Czechia	ČT	ČT1	Semi-finals	Ondřej Cikán
Final	Ondřej Cikán and Aiko
Denmark	DR	DR1	All shows	Ole Tøpholm
Estonia	ERR	ETV	All shows	Estonian: Marko Reikop
ETV+	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	Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen
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 2	Final	Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini
Georgia	GPB	First Channel	All shows	Unknown
Germany	ARD/NDR	One	Semi-finals	Thorsten Schorn
Das Erste	Final
ARD/RBB	Radio Eins	Final	Amelie Ernst and Max Spallek
Greece	ERT	ERT1	All shows	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Deftero Programma	Dimitris Meidanis
Iceland	RÚV	RÚV	All shows	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir
RÚV 2	SF1/Final	Icelandic Sign Language interpretation
Rás 2	SF1	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir
Final	Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Gunnar Birgisson
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ2	Semi-finals	Marty Whelan
RTÉ One	Final
Israel	IPBC	Kan 11, Kan 88	Semi-finals	Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
Final	Asaf Liberman, Akiva Novick and Keren Peles
Italy	RAI	Rai 2	Semi-finals	Gabriele Corsi and BigMama
Rai 1	Final
Rai Radio 2	Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso
Latvia	LSM	LTV1	Semi-finals	Toms Grēviņš
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	French: Fabien Rodrigues and Jérôme Didelot
Malta	PBS	TVM	All shows	No commentary
Montenegro	RTCG	TVCG 1	All shows	Dražen Bauković
Netherlands	AVROTROS	NPO 1, BVN	All shows	Cornald Maas
NPO Radio 2	Final	Carolien Borgers
Norway	NRK	NRK1	All shows	Marte Stokstad
NRK P1	Final	Jon Marius Hyttebakk
Poland	TVP	TVP1, TVP Polonia	All shows	Artur Orzech
Portugal	RTP	RTP1, RTP Internacional	All shows	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
Radio Belgrade 1	SF2, Final	Nikoleta Dojčinović and Katarina Tošić
Slovenia	RTVSLO	TV SLO 2	Semi-finals	Mojca Mavec
TV SLO 1	Final
Radio Val 202	SF1	Maj Valerij
Final	Maj Valerij and Igor Bračič
Spain	RTVE	La 2	SF2	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
La 1	SF1
Final	Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar Catalan: 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	Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
Sweden	SVT	SVT1	Semi-finals	Edward af Sillén
Final	Edward af Sillén and Petra Mede
SVT Play	Final	Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen
SR	Sveriges Radio P4	All shows	Carolina Norén
Switzerland	SRG SSR	RSI La 1	All shows	Italian: Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa
RTS 1	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
SF2	Timur Miroshnychenko and Vlad Kuran
Final	Timur Miroshnychenko and Alyona Alyona
All shows	Ukrainian Sign Language: Tetiana Zhurkova, Anfisa Boldusieva, Oleksandr Rudyk and Lada Sokoliuk
Radio Promin	Semi-finals	Dmytro Zakharchenko and Lesia Antypenko
Final	Anna Zakletska and Denys Denysenko
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC One	Semi-finals	Scott Mills and Rylan
Final	Graham Norton
BBC Red Button	All shows	British Sign Language interpretation
BBC Radio 2	Semi-finals	Sara Cox and Richie Anderson
Final	Scott Mills and Rylan

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
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
Moldova	TRM	Moldova 1	All shows	Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu
North Macedonia	MRT	MRT 1, Radio Skopje	All shows	Aleksandra Jovanovska
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 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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Category</th><th>Country</th><th>Song</th><th>Artist</th><th>Songwriter(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Composers Award</td><td>  Switzerland</td><td>"Voyage"</td><td>Zoë Më</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Artistic Award</td><td> France</td><td>"Maman"</td><td>Louane</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Press Award</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Song</th><th>Artist</th><th>Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Sweden</td><td>"Bara bada bastu"</td><td>KAJ</td><td>421</td></tr><tr><td> Austria</td><td>"Wasted Love"</td><td>JJ</td><td>382</td></tr><tr><td> Netherlands</td><td>"C'est la vie"</td><td>Claude</td><td>278</td></tr><tr><td> Finland</td><td>"Ich komme"</td><td>Erika Vikman</td><td>253</td></tr><tr><td> Malta</td><td>"Serving"</td><td>Miriana Conte</td><td>164</td></tr></tbody></table>

The You're a Vision Award, which had been awarded by Songfestival.be since 2022 following the discontinuation of the Barbara Dex Award, was not organised in the months following the contest; no announcements have been made since regarding its status. This was the first time since (/wiki/EurovisionSongContest1996) that no award was given out based on the outfits worn by the competing artists during the live shows.

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. Additionally, the "Made in Switzerland" interval act from the first semi-final was released as a single on 6 June 2025, and peaked at number 16 on the Swiss Hitparade.

Controversies on Israeli participation

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

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 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 members 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 and this edition's winner JJ later publicly joined calls to exclude Israel.

During the introductory postcard preceding Israel's performance in the second semi-final, RTVE's commentators Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela mentioned the number of Palestinian casualties of the war. Following a complaint filed by the Israeli broadcaster Kan, the EBU warned RTVE it would be fined if its commentators "mention the Gaza conflict again". 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 booing by the audience; the Swiss host broadcaster SRG SSR replaced this in the television broadcast with pre-recorded applause.

Israel ultimately won the televote and finished in second place overall, prompting a number of participating broadcasters, including RTVE, VRT, RÚV, Belgium's French-speaking RTBF, Finland's Yle, Norway's NRK, RTÉ, and the Netherlands' AVROTROS and NPO, to call for a rework of the televoting system while also highlighting concerns over Israel's participation. RTVE, VRT, and RTÉ additionally called for an independent audit of their countries' televoting results; the Spanish and Belgian televote awarded 12 points to Israel, while the Irish televote awarded 10. Eurovision News Spotlight, a fact-checking and open-source intelligence initiative by the EBU, published an investigation on 19 May 2025 which found evidence that the Israel Government Advertising Agency had conducted a cross-platform advertising campaign and utilised official state social media accounts to encourage public support for Israel's entry in the contest, specifically providing instructions on how voters could cast all 20 of their allowed votes for Israel. The advertisements received over 68 million total impressions. The Israeli government had previously admitted to deploying the same strategy during the 2024 contest.

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Cover art of the 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.

Weekly charts

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 (IFPI Norge)	5
Polish Physical Albums (ZPAV)	20
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	4
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)	1
US Top Compilation Albums (Billboard)	9

Year-end charts

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	4
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	5
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)	5
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	9