Contest year
2025 Eurovision Song Contest
- Host City
- Basel, Switzerland
- Venue
- St. Jakobshalle
- Final Date
- May 1, 2025
- Entries
- 37
- Notable for reforms after 2024’s controversies, the EBU restructured the contest’s leadership, codified mandatory conduct and duty-of-care rules, and banned behind-the-scenes filming of artists without delegation approval.
- Montenegro returned while Moldova withdrew, and Poland’s Justyna Steczkowska set a record for the longest gap between appearances (30 years).
- Israel’s participation amid the Gaza war drew broadcaster and artist calls for exclusion, an on-air clash with RTVE over commentary, and booing reportedly masked with canned applause; Israel’s televote win sparked renewed demands to overhaul and audit televoting.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Hazel Brugger, Michelle Hunzike, Sandra Studer
Austria – Wasted Love 
Switzerland 
