#basel 2025

[theladysilvermoon]

Wishlist for Eurovision 2025:

Israel banned from participating

EBU apologising to the Netherlands and Joost Klein

Martin Österdal resigning/fired

Celine Dion performing "Ne partez pas sans moi" at the grand final (and if not, Nemo performing it)

Denmark qualifying for the grand final

Basel doing a better turquoise carpet then Malmö.

[artnuuk]

My logo idea for

///////// Eurovision Song Contest

🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND // Basel

2025

///////// UNITED BY MUSIC

[bettyg196]

Happy New Eurovision Year ! 🥳 🎉🎊

Here are my predictions for Eurovision 2025 no one asked !

Disclaimer : I'm not clairvoyant, so most (if not, not a single one) of my predictions won't come true. Also, please note that I don't mean to offend anyone in this thread, I just like to guess what will happen in the next Eurovision season that may be more chaotic than ever.

- 3 hosts, one woman and two men

- 🇨🇿 will withdraw but 🇳🇱 will participate again

- 🇷🇴 and 🇲🇨 will return, but not 🇲🇰

- 🇽🇰 will try to debut, but it will be unsuccessful because some participants still don't recognise the country as an independent state

- Gjon's Tears will perform as an interval act

- Céline Dion won't physically appear / perform in any of the shows

- "Ne partez pas sans moi" will be covered by one of the last Swiss representatives

- Postcards will include parts of Swiss culture

- The stage design will be decent at best

- A tragic event will happen during the Eurovision week (but mostly not related to the contest itself)

- The grand final closing entry will be second last again

- One of ESC 2024 top 10 countries will open the grand final

- 5th slot will be more cursed than the death slot

- Voting will be open before the 1st performance in all 3 shows

- ROTW televoting will have some changes

- There will be a discussion on the possibility of introducing a ROTW jury

- Producer's Choice will stay in the grand final draw

- In the SFs, the televoting will only qualify the top 9, the juries will pick the 10th qualifier (like in 2008 & 2009)

- Participating countries : 🇦🇱🇦🇲🇦🇹🇦🇺🇦🇿🇧🇪🇨🇭🇨🇾🇩🇪🇩🇰🇪🇦🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇧🇬🇪🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇹🇱🇺🇱🇻🇲🇨🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇷🇸🇸🇪🇸🇮🇸🇲🇺🇦

- No DQ, but a delegation will receive a fine for some reason

- Some NFs will be rigged for contestants least likely to "disrupt" the contest or report unacceptable behaviours from anyone to the EBU.

- The event will lose a sponsor

- A male singer will win with a pop song

- Winning song will receive +600 points and will win the televoting

- 16 points difference between the winner and the runner-up

- At least one country will get 0 points, either from the jury, the televoting, or both

- Glitch during the jury voting results

🇦🇱

- Rigging allegations will happen in FiK

- A female singer will win FiK but another one, who will be a fan favourite, will be chosen as the representative

- Entry will be a ballad in English

- Won't get attention until the rehearsals

- Will qualify but finish in the bottom 5

🇦🇲

- A solo female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an ethnic ballad in English

- Will cause some controversy in 🇦🇿

- Will perform in SF1

- Will qualify and will perform in the first half of the final

🇦🇺

- Internal selection

- Sheppard, Didirri, Charley or Jaguar Jonze will be chosen

- Song will be either indie pop, ballad, pop or indie rock

- Will be a fan favourite

- Will return in the final but will get the 2nd spot in the final

🇦🇹

- A young female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a pop-rock song

- Will be well received in the random

- Will be cancelled following a drama

- Will perform in the second half of her semi-final

🇦🇿

- An unknown female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a lyrical ballad in English

- Will be ignored during the season

- Will be one of the few artists that doesn't speak English

- Shock qualifier

🇧🇪

- Eurosong will be a decent nf

- Gustaph will be part of the jury

- A young artist will win

- The entry will be an art pop song in English

- Will be the underdog of the season

🇭🇷

- Zsa Zsa will be involved in Dora as a contestant and won't withdraw this time

- The nf will be disappointing in terms of quality

- A male singer will win against the odds thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a europop song in English

- Will divide the fandom

🇨🇾

- Internal selection

- A British male singer with Cypriots roots will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will close his semi-final

🇩🇰

- No changes in DMGP

- NF will be ok overall

- A duo will win thanks to the jury

- Big drama following the results and people will call for the withdrawal of the juries for the next DMGP

- Entry will be a Melfest reject in English

🇪🇪

- Format change in Eesti Laul

- Cecilia will return, but Ollie won't

- A male singer and songwriter will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be hated by the fandom

🇫🇮

- 25/75 voting will stay in UMK

- The winner will choose to withdraw less than 48 hours after the nf

- The runner-up will accept to participate in ESC

- Entry will be a bubblegum pop song in English and Finnish

- Will qualify easily, but will flop in the final

🇫🇷

- Another internal selection

- An emerging female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a power ballad in French with electronic touch

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will do worse than expected

🇬🇪

- A female singer will be chosen again

- Entry will be another girl bop in English

- Several foreign songwriters will be involved but are not necessarily from 🇸🇪

- Will be one of the least divisive entries of the year

- The staging will be disappointing

🇩🇪

- New nf with a weird format

- A wild card contestant will be add in the last minute

- A male singer from Munich will win

- Entry will be a radio-friendly pop song in English

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table, but not necessarily in the bottom 5

🇬🇷

- Internal selection

- A male singer signed with Panik Records will be chosen

- Will be cancelled for political reasons

- Entry will sound similar to a popular song released in 2017

- Will compete in SF1

🇮🇸

- No changes in Söngvakeppnin

- All finalists will sing their song in English

- RÚV will let the winner choose to go in ESC or not again

- A female duo will win and will choose to participate anyway

- Entry will be a fun / quirky song on a taboo subject

🇮🇪

- Eurosong will be diverse again but with better quality

- Fan favourite will finish 4th

- A young male singer will win thanks to the international and national juries

- Entry will be a classic pop song

- People will call for withdrawal (not necessarily for political reasons)

🇮🇱

- A planned NF will be cancelled in the last minute

- A well-known male singer will be chosen

- Entry will be either "Dance Forever" with rewritten lyrics or a song similar to Russia 2016

- European far right politicians will promote the song for weeks

- Will finish top 10

🇮🇹

- At least 3 former representatives will compete in Sanremo

- Several dramas will happen during Sanremo week

- A Sicilian male singer will win thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a rap ballad in Italian

- Will finish top 5

🇱🇻

- Markus Riva will return in Supernova, but will be eliminated in the semi-final

- Only 2 songs in Latvian in the nf

- A female singer will win

- Entry will be a love ballad in English

- Will open her semi-final

🇱🇹

- A song inspired by Doomsday Blue will compete in the nf

- A former representative will win and return to ESC

- Entry will be uptempo pop song in English

- Will be well received by the fandom

- Shock NQ, will finish 13th in their semi-final

🇱🇺

- LSC will change its format

- 8 finalists again and only one song in French

- A band will win against the odds

- Entry will be a pop-rock song in English

- Will perform in SF2

🇲🇹

- New format for MESC

- Several contestants from last year edition will return

- A male singer and fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a dance-pop song in English

- Will NQ as usual

🇲🇩

- No format changes in the nf

- A contestant will be DQ for some reason

- A former representative will win

- Entry will be a folk-pop song in English and Romanian

- Will be underrated by the fandom

🇲🇨

- Internal selection

- A French-Monegasque singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a French pop song

- Will get attention from the rehearsals

- Will be in the same semi-final than 🇸🇲

🇲🇪

- A nf will happen

- At least 8 finalists will participate

- A male singer will win

- Entry will sound similar to Rim Tim Tagi Dim but with more balkan elements and will be sung mostly in English with some Montenegrin words

- Will divide the fandom

🇳🇱

- Several people in the country will express anger and disappointment following AVROTROS' decision to compete despite Joost's DQ in Malmö

- Internal selection

- A female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a classic pop song in English

- Will finish 11th in her semi-final

🇳🇴

- Small format changes in MGP

- A finalist will be DQ before the final

- A male singer, who previously compete in the nf, will win

- Entry will be a EDM song originally sumg in Norwegian, but will be revamped in English

- Will end up somewhere in the top 10

🇵🇱

- Internal selection

- A Polish artist living in Western Europe will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be overhated by the fandom

- Will go viral on Tik Tok after the contest

🇵🇹

- FDC will be average

- The main fan favourite will be eliminated in its SF

- The other fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a folktronica song in Portuguese

- Will do better than expected

🇷🇴

- Selecția Națioņala will return with a new format

- Will be a bad nf

- Fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be overrated by the fandom

🇸🇲

- An American youtuber will participate in UVPSM for some reason

- A Sanremo reject artist will win

- Entry will be an urban pop song in Italian

- Won't get much attention until the ESC week

- Shock qualifier and will get its best result in the final

🇷🇸

- PZE will be less good than usual

- The fan favourite will win

- Entry will be an alt-pop song in Serbian

- Will be seen as a contender for the win before the rehearsals

- Shock NQ

🇸🇮

- EMA will return

- New format

- A male duo will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in Slovenian

- Will compete in the first half of their semi-final

🇪🇦

- Benidorm Fest will increase in quality

- A male artist from Madrid will win

- Entry will be a rock ballad in Spanish

- Will come out during the season

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table

🇸🇪

- Melfest will be alright overall

- John Lundvik will compete

- A well-known male singer will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will have a similar fate than Benjamin Ingrosso in 2018

🇨🇭

- A female artist from Zurich will be chosen

- Song will be leaked on the Internet, forcing her to release it earlier than planned

- Entry will be a classic ballad in English

- Won't be well received in the fandom

- Will finish in the bottom 5

🇺🇦

- A tragic event will force Suspilne to postpone Vidbir until the end of February

- A female singer will win thanks to the jury voting

- Entry will be a folk pop song mostly sung in Ukrainian

- Will go viral on Tik Tok

- Will finish at least 5th in the final

🇬🇧

- Internal selection

- A well-known singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an alt-rock song

- Will have one of the best staging of the year

- Will finish in the bottom 5 and possibly last in the final.

And that's it for now.

The post could possibly be updated if countries not mentioned or predicted to withdraw / not return actually confirm their participation.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading this post.

Have a great Eurovision season !

[rydersayz]

if it means getting rId of israhell, PLEASE JOOST WE NEED YOU!!!

[only-when-i-write]

I‘m thinking about planning a vacation right before Eurovision next year bc I really wanted watch the evening preview live in Basel as I did in Malmö this year and then head home to watch the finale on my couch BUT THERES NO FUCKING HOTEL ROOM LEFT in all over Basel and the very few you can still book want an insultingly high price and might as well not be available at all.

[aijamisespava]

BREAKING: The Host City Is Decided!

This morning (pardon my lateness as it was 4am when the announcement came in and pardon my typos I'm writing this on my phone before packing for ✨️college✨️) we got our host city for this year's Eurovision.

The host city is...Basel! And the dates are as follows:

Semi Final 1: May 13

Semi Final 2: May 15

Grand Final: May 17

This is the third time Switzerland had hosting honors after Lugano in 1956 and Lausanne in 1989.

[anotherescsite]

[eurovision]

Basilea alojará Eurovision 2025

[3cosmicfrogs]

they say it's because of "antisemitism, anticipated bad image due to pro-palestine protests, and spread of satanic and occult imagery" and this is the hardest decision ive ever had to make in my life

[footballmanageraddict]

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[kreuzfahrttester]

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[georgehandmusic]

Hooray for Basel

We now know the location of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Switzerland and whilst I won't be able to watch it live I am absolutely delighted for Basel and I believe that the right city has been chosen

[whatodoo-austria]

Bolero - Basel, Switzerland | 22 Jan, 2025.

Find out more / Find Tickets.

[whatodoo-switzerland]

Bolero - Basel, Switzerland | 22 Jan, 2025.

Find out more / Tickets are here.

[operafantomet]

NATIONS HOSTING BOTH REPLICA AND NON-REPLICA POTO

United Kingdom: The UK saw the world premiere of ALW's POTO in 1986. They've also since seen the RAH staging (2011), the original UK Tours (1993-2000), the UK Tour Revival (2000), and the West End Revival (2021). It was also in the UK the new Restaged Tour was first launched (2012-2013).

United States: The US was the first opening outside the UK, premiering in 1988, and also had three national tours (1989-2010) and the Las Vegas Spectacular (2006-2012). They furthermore hosted the Restaged Tour (2013-2020).

Austria: Austria was the fourth country to host the original staging (1988-1993). In 2024 they welcomed back the musical, this time as the Restaged Tour.

Canada: Canada was the fifth country to host the original staging, in 1989. The production ran for a whopping ten years, closing in 1999. There were also various Canadian tours (1991-1998), touring nationally and internationally. They later hosted multiple visits of both US Tour and the Restaged Tour.

Australia: Australia was the eight country to host the original staging, opening in Melbourne in 1990 and later turning into a Australian and NZ Tour (until 1998). The musical would return many times as a leg of the World Tour. Uniquely, they also hosted the first out-door version at Sydney Harbour in 2022, as well as staging the Restaged Tour in Sydney and Melbourne (2022-2023).

Spain: The original Madrid production ran from 2002-2004. When POTO returned in 2023 it was in the form of the new "Mediterranean" version opening in Trieste in Italy the same year. The production also visited Bilbao, before returning to Madrid.

Dubai: The first POTO production to hit Dubai was the World Tour in 2019. In 2024 POTO returned, this time as a part of the Middle East Tour, presenting the Romanian/Norwegian production.

Switzerland: The original Basel production ran from 1995-1997. This year POTO returned in the form of the Romanian/Norwegian production, touring the Middle East and Europe.

Sweden: Sweden was the sixth country to host the original staging, in Stockholm for an impressive six years (1989-1995). They also later did a revival (2016-2017). They furthermore hosted the Finnish/Swedish version in Gothenburg (2017-2018), as well as a unique new staging in Kristianstad (2000-2003).

Soon to be added: Belgium (1999-2000 / 2025). Ireland was also meant to host the UK Tour Revival in May 2020, but for obvious reasons that was cancelled. They had previously hosted the Restaged Tour in 2012-2013. (Also, I have not included concert versions)

[phantomchristinesuk]

European tour Christines

The Christines for the next stops of the tour have been revealed this week.

Georgia Wilkinson & Bridget Costello will share the role of Christine.

Maria Conneely will be 1st cover Christine, performing in the ensemble as part of the chorus and as a Confidante.

Freya Eliza Perrins will be 2nd cover Christine, performing in the ensemble as part of the chorus and also being 1st cover Confidante.

The next stops for the tour are Sofia - Bulgaria, Lisbon - Portugal, Basel - Switzerland, Antwerp - Belgium & Prague - Czechia. Dates listed below.

2024

София, България - 29 август - 5 септември

Lisboa, Portugal - 15 a 27 de outubro

Basel (Bâle/Basilea) , Schweiz (Suisse/Svizzera) - 6. November - 22. Dezember (6 novembre - 22 décembre/6 novembre - 22 dicembre)

2025

Antwerpen (Anvers), België (Belgique) - 6 februari - 2 maart (6 février - 2 mars)

Praha, Česko - 19. až 27. března

Pictures: Georgia Wilkinson (Katesyourmate), Bridget Costello (michaelshelford), Maria Conneely (kimhardyphotography), Freya Eliza Perrins (andybrown.photography) & Daniel George-Wright instagrams

Headshot credits in brackets