Fans will be able to watch Eurovision’s 69th Grand Final this evening. There are 26 countries gearing up to compete in the singing contest, in a bid to become champions of the world’s biggest music competition.
The song contest action will unfold in Basel, Switzerland this year. The country will be hosting the song contest after Nemo was victorious in last year’s competition.
The theme for the 2025 edition is “Welcome Home”, as the first contest was held in Switzerland in 1956. There are many rules for artists, to make it a more enjoyable competition.
Songs must be original and no more than three minutes long. They cannot have been released or publicly performed before September 1 2024. Lead vocals must be live, with no lip-syncing or auto-tuning allowed and a maximum of six singers and dancers.
The “Big Five” are the group of countries who make the biggest financial contributions to the European Broadcasting Union, these countries automatically make it through to the final, they are UK, Spain, France, Italy and Germany. Switzerland also gets a golden ticket to honour last year’s victory.
The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest this year are Hazel Brugger, Michelle Hunziker and Sandra Studer, they will be presenting live from Basel. According to Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR, the choice of the hosts for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 symbolises the values that define Switzerland.
Two more hosts, Mélanie Freymond and Sven Epiney, will be presenting the pre-show party and public viewing in the Arena plus, the repurposed St. Jakob-Park football stadium.
The highly-anticipated event will be broadcast live on TV on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8pm and hosted by Graham Norton. You can also listen on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, hosted by Scott Mills and Rylan Clark.
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor will present the UK’s jury result live on the night, after actor Ncuti Gatwa pulled out from the role. The UK’s entry this year is Remember Monday – a country-pop trio who will perform their song What The Hell Just Happened.
Who will be performing in the grand final?
Countries, artist, and songs that will be heard in the grand final and the confirmed running order:
- Norway – Kyle Alessandro – Lighter
- Luxembourg – Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son
- Estonia – Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
- Israel – Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
- Lithuania – Katarsis – Tavo Akys
- Spain – Melody – ESA DIVA
- Ukraine – Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
- United Kingdom – Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?
- Austria – JJ – Wasted Love
- Iceland – VÆB – RÓA
- Latvia – Tautumeitas – Bur Man Laimi
- Netherlands – Claude – C’est La Vie
- Finland – Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME
- Italy – Lucio Corsi – Volevo Essere Un Duro
- Poland – Justyna Steczkowska – GAJA
- Germany – Abor & Tynna – Baller
- Greece – Klavdia – Asteromáta
- Armenia – PARG – SURVIVOR
- Switzerland – Zoë Më – Voyage
- Malta – Miriana Conte – SERVING
- Portugal – NAPA – Deslocado
- Denmark – Sissal – Hallucination
- Sweden – KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu
- France – Louane – maman
- San Marino – Gabry Ponte – Tutta L’Italia
- Albania – Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm