The world’s largest live music event has reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest

So after two semi finals, with 20 countries making it through and 11 sent packing, it all comes down to this - Saturday night is the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. And a huge global audience is expected to tune in as a new winner is crowned in Basel and Sweden remain the ones to beat.

BASEL, Switzerland — There has already been triumph and tears, singing onstage and in the streets, and a touch of political division, as the 69th Eurovision Song Contest approaches its grand final in the Swiss city of Basel .