Eurovision 2025: Full line up, how to watch, voting and everything you need to know
Eurovision 2025: Full line up, how to watch, voting and everything you need to know
Who are the hosts and can we vote for the UK's act, here are the answers to all your questions.
Hosts Hazel Brugger, left and Sandra Studer, on stage during the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel
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Happy Eurovision day to all who celebrate. If you're anything like me then you've been waiting all year for the big day, and you're ready to dust off your Eurovision score cards for another year of camp performances.
This year's competition is being hosted in Basel after Switzerland's entry, Nemo, won in Malmö in 2024. Following this week's semi-finals, all 20 acts have now been picked to join The Big Five and the host country in tonight's final. So, all that's left to do is prepare yourself for the very long night ahead of you.
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When is it on and how to watch
This year's Eurovision will be broadcast live from Basel on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, and Graham Norton is back to commentate the event with his usual sarcasm. Now, I hope you're prepared for this as I say that the show starts at 8pm and will run until midnight.
That's a whopping 4 hours of camp performances and technical difficulties. So, I hope you have plenty of snacks and some good company, because you are in for a long, long, longgggg night.
Presenters
Tonight, we'll be guided by a new line-up of hosts, and a few familiar faces.
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Our ears will be graced by the national treasure and commentator extraordinaire Graham Norton who will be leading us through the night. Inevitably he will be making witty jokes about the contestants, and raising a toast to former Eurovision presenter, the late Terry Wogan.
As Switzerland are hosting the competition this year, the main hosts of the show will be Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer and Michelle Hunziker live from Basel.
Hazel is an award-winning stand-up comedian and presenter, who was originally born in the USA, but grew up near Zurich. Our second host Sandra is already fairly acquainted with the Eurovision Song Contest and knows how stressful it can be for the contestants, because in 1991 she even competed herself. She finished in fifth place whilst performing and since then, she has made her name as an actress, singer and presenter, which includes many various Eurovision cameos in a full circle moment.
The final host, Michelle, grew up in Ostermundigen near Bern and is one of Switzerland's best-known international personalities as she is one of Europe's most beloved entertainers. She is best known for numerous shows on German and Italian television which many Eurovision fans may already be familiar with. .
Voting
Following last year's changes to voting, at the Grand Final the vote will now open just before the first song begins. It will remain open throughout the evening and then up to 40 minutes after the final song is performed.
You can vote for your favourite performance via the app, which is available for iOS, Android or Windows devices. By voting on the app, you may also receive a special little message from your favourite act.
You can also vote by phone and SMS, and the details will be available on screen during the contest or online through the Eurovision website.
Out of fairness, you can't vote for your own country. This means you can't vote for the UK's entry, Remember Monday, even if you're enjoying their song, What the Hell Just Happened? Read more about our entry here.
50% of the total vote is made up by the public's vote, and the other half is then determined by the professional jury in each participating country.
First, the jury vote will be announced by spokespeople from each country. This will then be followed by the audience vote, which can change everything.
Full line up
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
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The Eurovision Song Contest grand final will be available to watch on BBC and BBC iPlayer from 8pm on tonight, May 17.
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