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All you need to know about the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Monday performing with the Eurovision 2025 logo behind them. EBU / Getty

Get ready for glitter, catchy tunes, and a whole lot of excitement - Eurovision 2025 is almost here.

Whether you're a superfan or just love music, here's everything you need to know about the world's biggest song contest.

We'd love to know if you'll be watching by telling us in the comments, or perhaps you're going to a Eurovision themed party? Let us know below.

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When is the Eurovision Song Contest 2025?

A calendar showing May 17.Getty Images

This year's Eurovision Grand Final will take place on Saturday 17 May.

It'll be shown on BBC One and iPlayer from 8pm, with millions of people watching in the UK and all over the world.

Ahead of the Eurovision Grand Final on Saturday 17 May, where 26 countries will perform to be crowned the new Eurovision 2025 champion, there are two live semi-finals (Tuesday 13 May and Thursday 15 May) for Eurovision fans to review all 37 countries competing in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Where is the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025?

Eurovision logo displaying Basel as the host city for Eurovision 2025.EBU

Basel is the host city for Eurovision 2025

The 2025 contest will be held in Basel, a city in Switzerland. It's the first time Basel has ever hosted Eurovision.

The show will happen in a huge arena called the Jakobshalle, which can fit more than 12,000 fans inside.

Switzerland is hosting this year because a Swiss singer named Nemo won Eurovision in 2024 with a song called The Code.

It's a Eurovision tradition for the winner's country to host the following year.

A recent exception to that rule was when Liverpool in the UK was the host city in 2023, after Sam Ryder finished second in the 2022 contest.

That was because although Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won the contest that year, the country was unable to host due to the ongoing war with Russia.

Who is representing the UK at Eurovision 2025?

Female trio Monday.

Say hello to Monday.

They're a country-pop girl band made up of three friends: Lauren Burne, Holly Anne-Hull, and Charlotte Steel.

The trio met when they were in sixth form in Farnborough, Hampshire, and some of you might them from the TV show The Voice in 2019.

On the show, they were mentored by American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.

As one of the Big Five countries (United Kingdom, Spain, , , Italy), the United Kingdom has a guaranteed place in the Grand Final on 17 May, but Monday will still perform for Europe as part of semi-final 2.

Monday: What's the UK's Eurovision song?

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