Eurovision Song Contest
Annual international song competition
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| 2025 | A new tradition of host city 'friendship gifts' is introduced, replacing the previous host city insignia system. These gifts will permanently remain in each host city, marking a significant change in the Eurovision Song Contest host city handover ceremony. |
| 2025 | Gabry Ponte qualifies San Marino to the final for the fourth time with 'Tutta l'Italia', ultimately finishing last (26th) with 27 points. |
| 2025 | Lindsay Cox from Insight Productions acknowledged the complexity of a Canadian competing in Europe and stated the contest would be repitched. |
| June 7 2025 | Filip Púchovský from STVR stated the broadcaster is still considering a potential future return to the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | Eric Lehmann continued to serve as the Head of Delegation for Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| June 6 2025 | The musical number 'Made in Switzerland', written by Christian Knecht and Lukas Hobi, was released as a single following its performance during the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | Claude represented the Netherlands and finished 12th in the final. |
| 2025 | The band Katarsis represented Lithuania with the song 'Tavo akys', securing Lithuania's fifth consecutive qualification to the final. They finished 16th in the grand final, scoring 96 points. |
| 2025 | Edvin Shvarc serves as the Head of Delegation for Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 2025 | Luxembourg continued participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, qualifying to the final. |
| 2025 | Klemen failed to qualify at the Eurovision contest in Basel, finishing thirteenth in the first semi-final. |
| 2025 | Zero points were received in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest through televoting. |
| 2025 | Lucio Corsi, who placed second in the Sanremo Music Festival, represented Italy after the winner Olly declined, ultimately placing fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | Festivali i Këngës 63 is organized with a new format including diaspora voting. The winner represents Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, placing 8th in the competition. |
| 2025 | Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS met with LGBTQ+ advocacy group COC Nederland to discuss flag restrictions and expressed intention to push for policy changes in future contests after criticizing the ban on pride flags for competing artists. |
| 2025 | Remember Monday selected to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'What the Hell Just Happened?' |
| 2025 | Estonia secured third place with 356 total points, receiving 5 sets of 12 points in the televoting round. |
| 2025 | Princ represented Serbia at Eurovision with the song 'Mila', failing to qualify from the semi-finals and finishing 14th with 28 points, marking Serbia's first non-qualification since 2018. |
| 2025 | Cyprus failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | United Kingdom's entry 'Remember Me' by Remember Monday scored zero points. |
| 2025 | Viewers were allowed to vote during the performances. |
| 2025 | Klavdia finished 6th in the Eurovision Song Contest grand final. |
| 2025 | Klavdia achieved a top-ten finish with 'Asteromata'. |
| 2025 | Adonxs did not qualify for the final in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | Austria received the maximum 12 points from eight countries in the jury vote, including Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. |
| 2025 | Israel received 12 points from 13 countries in the televote, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. |
| 2025 | Israel finished second in the competition, receiving 357 total points, including 60 jury points and 297 televote points. |
| 2025 | Armenia received 12 points from Israel and Georgia in the second semi-final. |
| 2025 | Israel received the maximum 12-point score from thirteen countries in the second semi-final, including Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, United Kingdom, and another unspecified country. |
| 2025 | Ukraine emerged as a top performer in the first semi-final, receiving maximum 12-point scores from four countries: Cyprus, Spain, Poland, and Portugal. |
| 2025 | Sweden also performed strongly, receiving 12-point scores from three countries: Estonia, Iceland, and Norway. |
| 2025 | Jurian van der Meer was appointed as the new commercial director of the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) was created. Despite EBU's initial announcement of radio broadcast for the Eurovision Song Contest final, no broadcast materialized on STVR's radio scheduling. |
| 2025 | Ukrainian team TRI.Direction, led by Nataliia Lysenkova, Nataliia Rovenska, and Mariia Hryhorashchenko, designed the staging for Luxembourg's Eurovision Song Contest entry, with choreography by Denys Stulnikov. |
| 2025 | AMPTV reintroduces the national final format. Parg is selected to represent Armenia with 'Survivor' and successfully qualifies through the semi-final. |
| 2025 | Sissal broke Denmark's consecutive non-qualification streak by qualifying for the final with the song 'Hallucination'. |
| 2025 | Azerbaijan failed to advance from the semi-finals in the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | OGAE fan poll conducted for Eurovision Song Contest 2025, with KAJ from Sweden winning the top spot with 421 points for their performance. |
| 2025 | Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM) takes over from LTV as the organization representing Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest following a restructuring. |
| 2025 | Mandatory conduct rules and duty of care guidelines to be codified for all event personnel. |
| 2025 | Planned leadership changes in the Reference Group, with Bordas set to succeed Walden as chairperson, and Claudia van der Pas and Molly Plank joining as elected members from the heads of delegations. |
| 2025 | Planned Eurovision Song Contest participation with commentary to be announced (TBA) on ÄŒT1 |
| 2025 | Justyna Steczkowska will break the record for the longest gap between two participations by the same artist, with a 30-year span since her first Eurovision appearance, surpassing Anna Vissi's previous record of 24 years. |
| 2025 | The Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held in Basel, Switzerland, marking the country's third time hosting the contest, following previous contests in the inaugural year and a later contest. |
| 2025 | New mandatory conduct rules and duty of care guidelines established for all personnel working on the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| 2025 | A new policy implemented banning behind-the-scenes filming of artists without prior approval from their delegation's head of press, in response to the Joost Klein incident from the 2024 contest. |
| 2025 | Nina Žižić was chosen as the Montenegrin entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel after the initial winner Neonoen was withdrawn. |
| 2025 | RTL Deutschland will partner with NDR to select Germany's Eurovision Song Contest entry. |
| 2025 | Expected organisational restructure where the executive supervisor will be overseen by the ESC director, with Martin Green appointed to this new role. |
| 2025 | As of the current date, multiple countries continue to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, with varied participation patterns across different years. |
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