Eurovision Song Contest 2025
69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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".
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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.[7] 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
Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final took place on 15 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST.[9] 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
Final
The final took place on 17 May 2025 at 21:00 CEST.[11] 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.
Spokespersons
The spokespersons were announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:
Sweden – Keyyo
Azerbaijan – Safura
Malta – Ingrid Sammut
Netherlands – Chantal Janzen
Slovenia – Lorella Flego]
Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
Luxembourg – Fabienne Zwally
San Marino – Senhit
Ukraine – Jerry Heil
Norway – Tom Hugo
Austria – Philipp Hansa
France – Émilie Mazoyer
Italy – Topo Gigio
Portugal – Iolanda
Denmark – Sara Bro
Croatia – Doris Pinčić
Latvia – Dons
Ireland – Nicky Byrne
Poland – Aleksandra Budka
Montenegro – Neonoen|Marko Vukčević
Greece – Jenny Theona
Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
Czechia – Radka Rosická
United Kingdom – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Spain – Chanel
Finland – Jasmin Beloued
Australia – Silia Kapsis
Germany – Michael Schulte
Belgium – Manu Van Acker
Israel – Eden Golan
Albania – Andri Xhahu
Lithuania – Silvester Belt
Iceland – Hera Björk
Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
Estonia – Kristjan Jakobson
Georgia – Nutsa Buzaladze
Switzerland – Mélanie Freymond and Sven Epiney
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Detailed voting results
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Final
12 Points
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References
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