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

Silent’ pro-Palestinian protest set for streets of Basel during Eurovision - Organisers are in ‘close contact’ with Celine Dion amid speculation she would make a stage return during the final on Saturday.

The Eurovision Song Contest is here! The 69th annual music competition event features nearly 40 countries starting on Tuesday, May 13. Want to watch Eurovision 2025? Here’s what you need to know. When Is Eurovision Song Contest 2025?

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

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.

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.

Eurovision 2025 starts on Tuesday, May 13, at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT for fans in the U.S. The contest runs through the Grand Final on Saturday, May 17, also starting at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. Here’s the schedule:

The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, on Saturday 17 May with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May, after it was selected by Host Broadcaster SRG SSR and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU ...

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).

Dances in costume perform during an interval during the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Melody from Spain performs the song “ESA DIVA” during the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest,

“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.”

Celine Dion made a cameo during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 tonight in a video message amid speculation she will return for the grand final