Everything you need to know about Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Warm up your vocal chords.
The nights are getting lighter and spring is getting nearer – which means we’re not far away from the Eurovision Song Contest for 2025.
Eurovision is a legendary event in the TV calendar of any pop fan, when the continent shows off its musical brightest and best on the worldwide stage.
In 2024, the competition was hosted by Sweden after 2023 saw them land their seventh Eurovision win, thanks to Loreen’s Tattoo giving her the crown for the second time.
Last year, it was Switzerland’s Nemo, with their song The Code, who reigned supreme over the continent, giving the country its first Eurovision win since Celine Dion’s victory in 1988.
The UK’s Olly Alexander finished in 18th place, despite receiving zero points from the voting public – he finished 13th in the jury’s voting round.
Here’s everything you need to know about the contest this year.
When is Eurovision 2025? Full calendar Sweden were the hosts in 2024 after their win in 2023 (Picture: Alamy/PA)The Eurovision Song Contest for 2025 will take place between May 13 and May 17, 2025, giving music fans almost a full week of live musical action.
Semi-final number one will take place on May 13 and the second semi-final will take place on May 15, before the Eurovision Song Contest final goes out live on Saturday, May 17.
Now, of course, the UK qualifies for the Eurovision final every year because we’re one of the ‘Big Five’ – five countries who get to the final every year because they pay significant amounts of money to Eurovision.
The UK are in the Big Five alongside France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, meaning they don’t have to go through the semi-finals every single year.
Every other country that enters Eurovision has to qualify for the final via the semi-finals – the shows on May 13 and May 15 will be dedicated to those countries trying to reach Saturday’s live final.
Who is the UK’s Eurovision entry for 2025?The UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry for 2025 is yet to be confirmed, with several big names mentioned amid speculation over who it might be.
BBC radio DJ Scott Mills confirmed in January that the UK’s act had been chosen, but as of March 2025 the British public is still nonethewiser.
‘By the way, I’m probably not supposed to say this – I heard our Eurovision song yesterday. Can’t say who it’s by, I can’t say… they locked me in a room,’ he said earlier this year.
He promised fans, however, that the song was ‘good’ with millions hoping it will perform better than Olly Alexander’s Dizzy, which finished 18th in 2024.
The UK came close to winning the competition in 2022 when Sam Ryder’s Spaceman was only beaten to the crown by Ukraine, ultimately finishing as runner-up.
Which European countries have confirmed their Eurovision entries for 2025? Covers your ears! But not for the reason you think… (Picture: @mirianaconte)Several countries have already confirmed their entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the contest just over two months away now.
Among those to have already put their songs forward are Estonia, Iceland, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, and Norway all ready to compete in semi-final one.
Portugal, Sweden, Cyprus, and San Marino are also competing in semi-final one but have not yet registered their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
In semi-final two, submissions have been made by Armenia, Australia (guest), Austria, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, and Serbia.
From the semi-final two line-up, the only country yet to confirm their entry is Georgia, with a full announcement expected later this month.
The entry already catching the eye of the European public is Malta’s – their entrant Miriana Conte has a song called Kant, which translates literally to ‘Singing’ in English.
But in the song Miriana bends her pronunciation of the word “Kant” in order to make it sound like a rather rude word that wouldn’t usually be broadcast on TV.
We’ll leave you to work out what it is.
Eurovision 2025 odds Nemo will be handing the trophy over to the winner in 2025 (Picture: REUTERS)Having won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times already, Sweden are once again the bookmakers’ favourites to take home the trophy in 2025.
Many bookmakers are giving them a 19% percent chance of victory despite the fact that they haven’t even announced their entry for 2025 yet.
Closest to them in the bookmakers’ leaderboard are France and Finland, with a respective 13% and 8% chance of winning according to those watching closely.
No odds have been released on the UK’s chances of winning yet, but that will change when our entrant is officially announced in the near future.
Watch Eurovision across the BBC between May 13 and May 17, 2025.
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