It's the event that many music fans look forward to every single year and the Eurovision Song Contest is back this week with a whole host countries aiming for glory in Switzerland, including the 16 who are performing in Thursday's second semi final.
After Swiss act Nemo triumphed 12 months ago in Malmo with their song The Code, its Basel that has taken on hosting duties for 2025 and, after months of preparation and national finals and internal selections, all eyes will fall on the city as this year's event got going with the first semi final on Tuesday evening, with a line-up that included current favourites to win, Sweden's KAJ with their track Bara Bada Bastu.
This will be followed by a second semi on Thursday, when hotly tipped Austria, Malta and Finland will perform, with 10 acts advancing from each to join the big 5 countries - UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy and host nation Switzerland, who all have a guaranteed place in Saturday's Eurovision final, which like the semis will air live in the UK on BBC One.
If you are ready to get firmly in the grip of Eurovision fever, here is the lowdown on how many countries you can expect to see in action over the course of the week and who will be representing them.
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 countries, acts and songs
A total of 37 countries will compete at Eurovision 2025 and they are:
The Big 5
UK: Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened?
Spain: Melody - Esa Diva
France: Louane - Maman
Germany: Abor & Tynna - Baller
Italy: Lucio Corsi - Volevo essere un duro
Host nation
Switzerland: Zoe - Voyage
Semi final 1
Iceland: VÆB – RÓA
Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – GAJA
Slovenia: Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left
Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
Sweden: KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu
Portugal: NAPA – Deslocado
Norway: Kyle Alessandro – Lighter
Belgium: Red Sebastian – Strobe Lights
Azerbaijan: Mamagama - Run With U
San Marino: Gabry Ponte – Tutta L’Italia
Albania: Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm
Netherlands: Claude – C’est La Vie
Croatia: Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake
Cyprus: Theo Evan – Shh
Semi final 2
Australia: Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
Montenegro: Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
Ireland: EMMY – Laika Party
Latvia: Tautumeitas – Bur Man Laimi
Armenia: PARG – SURVIVOR
Austria: JJ – Wasted Love
Greece: Klavdia – Asteromáta
Lithuania: Katarsis – Tavo Akys
Malta: Miriana Conte – SERVING
Georgia: Mariam Shengelia – Freedom
Denmark: Sissal – Hallucination
Czechia: ADONXS – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
Luxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son
Israel: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
Serbia: Princ – Mila
Finland: Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME
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