It's time to put up your best flag decorations, clean your scoreboards, and stock up on snacks for one of the most significant television events of the year.
Yes, Eurovision Here we are once again, and regardless of whether you're an ardent fan or consider it your version of television torment, there’s no avoiding the international Song Contest during this season.
The 2025 event is happening this evening in Basel , Switzerland If you're going to a Eurovision watch party and wish to appear as somewhat of an expert (even though you've largely ignored the competition for the past 364 days), you may be pondering about where to begin.
Sure, this spot will do just fine. Since 1980, I haven’t missed a second of any competition, and I've attended the entire event four times now, not to mention. covered it from Vienna and Lisbon Sure, I'm that person who spends Saturday evenings in February glued to the TV for the nationals, all while sneakily checking out Airbnbs in possible host locations even before the competition dates are confirmed.
If your aim is to appear as a leading authority on Eurovision comparable to Graham Norton and Rylan By Saturday evening, have no worry — I'm here to assist.
The basics
- When is Eurovision 2025? The Grand Finale of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest starts on Saturday, May 17 at 8 pm.
- Where is Eurovision 2025? The competition is happening in the city of Basel, afterwards Swiss act Nemo won the trophy last year.
- Who is expected to come out as the winner this year? Having won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times already, Sweden have once again become the favorites of the bookies.
- Who is representing the UK ? The Voice features Remember Monday will enter their song "What the Hell Just Happened?" for the UK.
- How to view Eurovision 2025: The finale will air on BBC One and iPlayer starting at 8 pm BST. Additionally, the event will be live-streamed on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
- Where can one tune in to watch Eurovision 2025? BBC Radio 2 along with BBC Sounds will provide live coverage of tonight’s finale starting at 8 pm.
The preferred song is entirely focused on saunas.
As cliché as this may seem — considering they've won it seven times before — Sweden looks set to secure another win. In Basel. It turns out, though, that it isn’t the anticipated track.
Previously expected to represent Sweden at Eurovision was former winner Mans Zelmerlow with his track "Revolution." However, he was upstaged when the group KAJ secured an unexpected win with their lively entry "Bara Bada Bastu," which celebrates the pleasure of using a sauna.
KAJ’s prospects of clinching the title are as hot as their favorite sauna, according to bookies who estimate their odds at 42%. Should they secure first place, Sweden would become the nation with the highest number of victories in Eurovision history, surpassing Ireland who have also claimed victory seven times.
Oh, and by the way, the band themselves are actually from Finland , specifically Ostrobothnia, a Finnish region where Swedish is more widely spoken.
And speaking of Finland…
They are also the first female group from the UK to perform since Precious in 1999, and the first non-solo artist since Joe and Jake in 2016.
Should they emerge victorious, it would mark the sixth triumph for the UK, their most recent success coming when Katrina and The Waves won in 1997. Nonetheless, the nation hasn't fared particularly well recently.
Though Liverpool had the privilege of hosting the 2023 event on behalf of Ukraine , after Sam Ryder In 2022, we secured the second position, but unfortunately, we've also ended up last on five occasions since the year 2000: specifically in 2003, 2008, 2010, 2019, and 2021. Moreover, in 2003 and 2021, we failed to earn any points whatsoever.
Here’s hoping none of us wakes up on Sunday morning pondering 'What On Earth Just Occurred...'
The article was initially posted on May 14.
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