Eurovision 2025 Organisers Tease a Show Full of Surprises

With just two months to go, organisers of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest have promised an event packed with surprises as excitement builds for the show in Basel, Switzerland.

This year’s competition will take place at the St. Jakobshalle indoor arena, with semi-finals on May 13 and 15, leading up to the grand final on May 17.

Moritz Stadler, co-executive producer of Eurovision 2025, hinted that unexpected moments will be at the heart of the show.

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“Every year, the Eurovision Song Contest is a special and unique experience,” Stadler told AFP. “Eurovision is only about surprises. We started last May with only crazy ideas, turned them into concepts in December, and now we’re working to bring them to life. So it’s all about surprises.”

Eurovision 2025 Organisers Tease a Show Full of Surprises

Swiss singer Nemo’s victory at the 2024 contest in Malmö, Sweden, secured Switzerland’s hosting rights for this year’s event.

The country has won Eurovision twice before—once in the inaugural 1956 contest and again in 1988 when Celine Dion, representing Switzerland, took the title and launched her global career.

Speculation is growing over whether Celine Dion will take part in Eurovision 2025, particularly after her recent show-stopping performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

Organisers are still finalising the arena setup to maximise audience capacity. The first wave of 42,000 tickets sold out in just 20 minutes, with a staggering 250,000 devices in the waiting queue.

Stadler explained that the venue’s stage design is inspired by Switzerland’s mountains and linguistic diversity. The show’s signature music will incorporate elements of Swiss culture, including yodelling, a Basel drum corps, dulcimers, and alphorns.

Basel, located at the crossroads of Switzerland, France, and Germany, is embracing the Eurovision buzz. The city is known for hosting one of Europe’s most famous carnivals, and organisers hope to channel that festive atmosphere into the competition.

Basel has invested 35 million Swiss francs ($39 million) into hosting the event and hopes for a strong economic return. Liverpool, which hosted Eurovision 2023, recouped around 60 million euros ($63 million), and Basel is aiming for similar success.

Security measures are also being prepared following protests against Israeli destruction of Gaza at last year’s contest in Sweden.

Lauchli assured that organisers will do everything possible to ensure a safe and welcoming experience for all attendees.

Israel’s representative for Eurovision 2025, Yuval Raphael, is a survivor of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.

Raphael, who reportedly hid under a pile of bodies to escape the Nova music festival massacre, will be competing in Basel.

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