Basel Selected to Host Eurovision 2025

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be hosted in Basel, Switzerland, following Swiss singer Nemo's victory in the 2024 contest in Malmö with his song 'The Code'. The event is scheduled for May 13 and 15 for the semi-finals, and the grand final on May 17, to be held at St Jakobshalle, which can accommodate 12,400 attendees. This will mark the first time the contest is held in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, with the last Swiss hosting in 1989. Martin Österdahl, executive supervisor of the contest, expressed excitement about returning to Switzerland, the birthplace of Eurovision. The selection process featured multiple cities, with Basel and Geneva as the final contenders, emphasizing a trend of hosting in non-capital cities. Nemo's win represents Switzerland's first contest victory since 1988, and he is noted as the competition's first non-binary winner.