Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 15, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 15, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up When is Eurovision 2025 final and who is in it? This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">EPA-EFE/Shutterstock *** entry Remember Monday perform during a Eurovision dress rehearsal The Eurovision Song Contest is back – this time in Basel, Switzerland. The ***’s entry this year is Remember Monday – a country-pop trio who will perform their song What The Hell Just Happened. What is the Eurovision Song Contest? This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up is an annual televised competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The theme for the 2025 edition is “Welcome Home”, as the first contest was held in Switzerland in 1956. Songs must be original and no more than three minutes long. They cannot have been released or publicly performed before 1 September 2024. Lead vocals must be live, with no lip-syncing or auto-tuning allowed and a maximum of six singers and dancers. How to watch the Eurovision final This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The French contestant is Louane, who gave a heartfelt performance in dress rehearsals The grand final of the contest will take place in St Jakobshalle, an indoor arena in Basel, on Saturday 17 May. It will be broadcast This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , hosted by Graham Norton. You can also listen on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , hosted by Scott Mills and Rylan Clark. Inside the arena, the international Eurovision coverage will be hosted by presenters Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer and Michelle Hunziker. Which countries take part in Eurovision? This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Czech Republic’s Adonxs performs as part of preparations for Eurovision 2025 A total of 37 countries are taking part in Eurovision 2025 – all but one took part in last year’s contest in Malmö, Sweden. Montenegro returns to the competition this year for the first time since 2022, replacing Moldova – which withdrew because of financial and logistical challenges. Most Eurovision countries are European, but Australia takes part every year, after being invited to join Eurovision’s 60th anniversary celebrations in 2015. Australia, however, cannot host if it ever wins. Other non-European countries including Israel participate because they are members of the EBU. Russia has been banned since 2022, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Why is the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland? Switzerland is playing host to Eurovision 2025 after contestant Nemo won the 2024 contest with the song The Code. Nemo is due to appear as a guest performer this year too, despite accusing the contest of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up enough in 2024. This is the third time that Switzerland has hosted Eurovision. Its contestant this year is Zoë Më, with the song Voyage. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Swiss Eurovision entry Zoë Më Who is in the Eurovision final? The “big five” nations who provide extra financial support to Eurovision get an automatic qualification for the final. These are the ***, Italy, Spain, France and Germany. Switzerland also gets a golden ticket to honour last year’s victory. In the first semi-final on 13 May, Céline Dion, who won the contest for Switzerland in 1988, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up celebrating the “beautiful” return of the contest to Basel. These countries qualified from This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up : Norway: Kyle Alessandro – LighterAlbania: Shkodra Elektronike – ZjermSweden: KAJ – Bara Bada BastuIceland: VÆB – RÓANetherlands: Claude – C’est La ViePoland: Justyna Steczkowska – GAJASan Marino: Gabry Ponte – Tutta L’ItaliaEstonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso MacchiatoPortugal: NAPA – DeslocadoUkraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray These countries were knocked out: Slovenia: Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have LeftBelgium: Red Sebastian – Strobe LightsAzerbaijan: Mamagama – Run With UCyprus: Theo Evan – ShhCroatia: Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake Who joins them will be decided at the second-semi final. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Australia’s Go-Jo performs the song ‘Milkshake Man’ in Eurovision rehearsals When is the second Eurovision semi-final? This takes place on Thursday 15 May. It is being broadcast on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . You can also watch it on the BBC News website live stream. This is the running order: Australia: Go-Jo – Milkshake ManMontenegro: Nina Žižić – DobrodošliIreland: EMMY – Laika PartyLatvia: Tautumeitas – Bur Man LaimiArmenia: PARG – SURVIVORAustria: JJ – Wasted LoveUnited Kingdom: Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?Greece: Klavdia – AsteromátaLithuania: Katarsis – Tavo AkysMalta: Miriana Conte – SERVINGGeorgia: Mariam Shengelia – FreedomFrance: Louane – mamanDenmark: Sissal – HallucinationCzechia: ADONXS – Kiss Kiss GoodbyeLuxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le SonIsrael: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will RiseGermany: Abor & Tynna – BallerSerbia: Princ – MilaFinland: Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME Who is the *** entry Remember Monday? This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">Reuters Two of the three members of Remember Monday during a dress rehearsal Girl band Remember Monday are made up of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele. They will be performing a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , full of harmonies and pop melodies. The band formed at school in Farnborough, Hampshire, and appeared on TV talent show The Voice, in 2019. Lauren and Holly-Anne have also appeared in West End shows like Phantom of the Opera and Six: The Musical. They’ll be hoping to turn around the ***’s fortunes, after the last two contestants Olly Alexander and Mae Muller both finished at the bottom end of the table in 2024 and 2023 respectively. Why is Israel’s Eurovision entry controversial? More than 70 former Eurovision contestants, including Britain’s Mae Muller, have signed an open letter demanding that Israel’s public broadcaster KAN be banned from the contest, alleging that it was “complicit in Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza”. Eurovision, which has always billed itself as non-political, has resisted calls for Israel to be excluded. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , told BBC News she was “expecting” to be booed during her performance. The inclusion of Israel sparked controversy last year, when its contestant Eden Golan also faced boos during a rehearsal and thousands of pro-************ protesters gathered outside the venue. Golan was also forced to change the lyrics of her entry, titled Hurricane, to remove references to the deadly attacks by ****** on Israel, on 7 October 2023. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Israel’s entry Yuval Raphael performs during rehearsals The last major music event Raphael attended was the Nova festival, in Israel, when it came under attack by ****** gunmen during the 7 October attacks and more than 360 people were killed. Around 1,200 people were killed in Israel by gunmen led by ****** that day, and 251 were taken hostage. During Israel’s ensuing military campaign in Gaza more than 53,000 people have been killed, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry. How does Eurovision voting work? In the final, every participating country is awarded two sets of scores – one from a jury of music experts and one from fans around Europe. Fans get a maximum of 20 votes, cast via phone call, SMS or via the official Eurovision app. They can vote for as many different acts as they like, but votes for your home country are banned. Once the lines close, each country will have chosen a “Top 10” of their favourite songs. The most popular song gets 12 points, the second choice gets 10, and the rest are scored from eight to one. Viewers from countries that don’t participate in Eurovision also get a say. Their choices are bundled into a single bloc known as the “rest of the world vote”. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Eurovision #final This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/250256-when-is-eurovision-2025-final-and-who-is-in-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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