The city at the crossroads of France, Germany and Switzerland gears up amid global tensions over diversity and inclusion.

Shortly after the conclusion of the exhilarating first semi-final in Basel, Switzerland, the ten successful qualifiers along with the automatic finalists

The countdown is on in Basel as the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 gets underway tonight, promising spectacle, surprises and more than a few sequins.

Israel Eurovision Singer Yuval Raphael has been rehearsing with booing sounds, she was a survivor of the October 7 Hamas attack.

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals will be held on Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15 at Basel’s St Jakobshalle indoor arena. The final, held at the same venue, will take place on Saturday, May 17. Each show will begin at 8pm BST (9pm CEST).

Get ready Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is about to begin. Here's everything you need to know ahead of show week in Basel.

“I support the call for Israel’s exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest,” Nemo, a Swiss artist who won last year’s competition, told the Huffington Post. “Israel’s actions are fundamentally at odds with the values that Eurovision claims to uphold — peace, unity, and respect for human rights.”