EPA-EFE / ShutterstockThe Eurovision Song competition is back – this time in Basel, Switzerland.
The entrance to the United Kingdom this year is Remember on Monday-a country-pop trio that will perform its song What the Hell has just happened.
What is the Eurovision Song competition?
The Eurovision SONG competition is an annual television competition organized by the European Union of Radiation (EBU).
The theme of the 2025 edition is “Welcome Home”, because the first competition took place in Switzerland in 1956.
The songs must be original and not more than three minutes. They cannot have been released or interpreted publicly before September 1, 2024.
The main voices must be live, without labial or self-regulating authorized synchronization and a maximum of six singers and dancers.
How to look at the Eurovision final
EPA-EFE / ShutterstockWhat countries participate in Eurovision?
ReutersIn total, 37 countries participate in Eurovision 2025 – all except one participated in the competition last year in Malmö, Sweden.
Montenegro returns to the competition this year for the first time since 2022, replacing Moldova – which has retired due to financial and logistical challenges.
Most of the Eurovision countries are European, but Australia is participating each year, after being invited to join the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Eurovision in 2015. Australia cannot however welcome if it ever wins.
Other non -European countries, including Israel, participate because they are members of the UBU.
Russia has been prohibited since 2022, following its invasion of Ukraine.
Why is the Chanson competition for Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland?
Switzerland hosts Eurovision 2025 after competitor Nemo won the 2024 competition with the song The Code.
Nemo should also appear as a guest artist this year, despite the accusation of the competition not to support enough artists in 2024.
This is the third time that Switzerland has hosted Eurovision. Its competitor this year is Zoë Më, with the song of the song.
Media in PennsylvaniaWho is in the Eurovision final?
The “Big Five” which provide additional financial support for Eurovision obtain an automatic qualification for the final. These are the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France and Germany.
Switzerland also obtains a golden ticket to honor last year’s victory.
During the first semi-final on May 13, Céline Dion, who won the competition for Switzerland in 1988, delivered a pre-recorded message celebrating the “beautiful” return of the competition in Basel.
These countries qualified from the first semi-final:
- Albania: Shkodra Electronic – Zjerm
- Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
- Iceland: Wæb – Calm
- Netherlands: Claude – It’s life
- Norway: Kyle Alessandro – lighter
- Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
- Portugal: Napa – moved
- San Marino: Gabry Ponte – All Italy
- Sweden: Kaj – Just Swim Sauna
- Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
The following countries qualified from the second semi-final:
- Armenia: parg – survivor
- Austria: JJ – Wasted love
- Denmark: Sissal – hallucination
- Finland: Erika Vikman – Ich Kemme
- Greece: piano – asteromat
- Israel: Yuval Raphael – The new day will increase
- Latvia: folk girl – Bur’s happiness
- Lithuania: catharsis – your eyes
- Luxembourg: Laura Thorn – The doll goes up the sound (Pictured Above)
- Malta: MIRIENA Tale – Service
Who is the British entry that you remember on Monday?
ReutersGirl Band Remember Monday is composed of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele.
They will perform a song entitled What The Hell has just happened, full of harmonies and pop melodies.
The group trained in school in Farnborough, Hampshire, and appeared in the TV Talent The Voice show, in 2019. Lauren and Holly-Anne also appeared in West End shows like Phantom of the Opera and Six: The Musical.
They hope to reverse the fortune of the United Kingdom, after the last two competitors Olly Alexander and Mae Muller both finished at the lower end of the table in 2024 and 2023.
Why is the entry into Eurovision of Israel controversial?
More than 70 former candidates for Eurovision, including Mae Muller British, signed an open letter demanding that the public broadcaster of Israel, Kan be prohibited from the competition, alleging that he was “accomplice of the genocide of Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza”.
Eurovision, which has always presented itself as non -political, resisted calls to Israel to be excluded.
Yuval Raphael, Israel’s candidate this year, told BBC News that she “expected” to be hooted during her performance.
The inclusion of Israel aroused controversy last year, when his candidate Eden Golan also faced hoots during a rehearsal and thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the site.
Golan was also forced to change the words of his entry, entitled Hurricane, to remove the references to the murderous attacks of Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.
ReutersThe latest major musical event that Raphael has attended was the Nova festival in Israel when he was attacked by Hamas armed men during the October 7 attacks and more than 360 people were killed.
About 1,200 people were killed in Israel by armed men led by Hamas that day, and 251 were taken hostage. During the military campaign which followed by Israel in Gaza, more than 53,000 people were killed, according to the Hamas Ministry of Hamas in the territory.
How does Eurovision vote work?
In the final, each participating country receives two sets of scores – one of a jury of music experts and one of the fans of Europe.
Fans get a maximum of 20 votes, passing by telephone call, SMS or via the official Eurovision application. They can vote for as many different acts as they wish, but the votes for your country of origin are prohibited.
Once the lines are closed, each country will have chosen a “top 10” of their favorite songs. The most popular song obtains 12 points, the second choice obtains 10 and the rest is noted from eight to one.
Viewers of countries who do not participate in Eurovision also obtain their say. Their choices are grouped in a single block known as “remains of the world vote”.
