Eurovision 2025: All about the Grand Final

The 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest culminates tonight. 26 songs will be performed, and after four hours of music, performances, entertainment and excitement, we'll know the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

The show starts at 21:00 CEST, broadcast live from St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and can be streamed on YouTube. The hosts are Hazel Brugger, Michelle Hunziker, and Sandra Studer. The running order has been decided by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) based on an allocation draw.

The qualified countries are:

• Top-10 from Semi-final 1
• Top-10 from Semi-final 2
• Big-5 (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy)
• Last year's winner (Switzerland)

Lineup Eurovision 2025 Grand Final

Opening: Nemo and Flag Parade

The opening sequence of the Eurovision 2025 Final is focused on the search for the trophy. In it, the hosts are the agents looking for it. The segment is complemented with scenes that could be taken from an action movie with Eurovision references and funny moments, of course.

The trophy ends up in the arena where last year's Eurovision winner, Nemo, attempts to take it. They end up not doing it. Instead Nemo proceeds to perform their winning song, "The Code."

The Opening Flag Parade now takes place. All of the 26 finalists walk on stage.

Welcome to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

The hosts go through the formal "how to vote" part in both English and French. Shortly after, the countdown starts:

Start voting now!

Commercial Breaks

After song number 7 (Ukraine), the evening's first commercial break takes place.

For the viewers without commercials the first break discusses a few topics, but is mostly focused on a performance from Sandra Studer, who sings her 1991 Eurovision song, "Canzone per te." Michelle Hunziker also gets to pay homage to Italy's classic of 1958, "Nel blu, dipinto di blu."

After song number 16 (Germany), the second commercial break takes place. The moment is reserved to highlight all of the work done backstage. It's dedicated to the props that need to go on stage for each performance. The segment is conducted by Hazel, who gets to speak to some members of the staff.

After song number 23 (Sweden), the third commercial break takes place. A connection to what seems to be "across the street" is made to show the public and an outside viewing party of the Eurovision Song Contest. The next segment takes place on the streets of Basel, where a moving karaoke bicycle goes around the streets asking people to sing Eurovision songs.

Interval Acts: Swiss Eurovision Legacy, winners of our hearts

The presenters are back on the main stage to explain the voting rules followed by the first recap of all 26 performances.

Interval 1: Swiss Eurovision Legacy

The first interval act of the night is a series of performances from previous Swiss representatives in Eurovision. Peter, Sue & Marc (even if not in its original lineup) perform "Io senza te," Paola performs "Cinéma," and Luca Hänni his "She Got Me." At last, Gjon's Tears sang his 2021 song, "Tout l'univers."

Lys Assia (Switzerland 1956) and Celine Dion (Switzerland 1988) were also remembered... Even if Celine's moment was the same video played during Semi-final 1 (🫣 Will she be present in Basel tonight?).

After that, another recap takes place.

Interval 2: Baby Lasagna and Käärijä

The second interval act is dedicated to the previous two winners of the televote in Eurovision: Baby Lasagna and Käärijä.

The duo perform a mashup of "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" and "Cha Cha Cha" and their collaboration, "#eurodab."

Once that's a wrap, in the green room, Michelle introduces the audience to the Swiss music instrument alphorn. This leads to a compilation of unusual instruments used in Eurovision history.

Before the final recap (in reverse order), Nemo is back on stage to perform a new song, "Unexplainable."

The last recap is shown...

Stop voting now!

The voting lines are now closed. Michelle is now in the green room and speaks to a few of the contestants just before the results.

Results

We're back on the main stage where Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer are ready for the big voting sequence. But first, let's hear from the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Martin Österdahl, to find out if the votes have been counted and verified... You're good to go!

Jury Results

Each of the 37 countries participating in Eurovision 2025 has a jury that decides half of the result. The juries' points are given by a spokesperson from each country, where only the 12 points will be announced orally.

Televoting Results

All televotes from the 37 countries, as well as the online votes from "rest of the world," are bundled and announced for each receiving country. Starting with the country with the least points from the juries.

AND THE WINNER OF EUROVISION 2025 IS...

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Voting

The voting procedure follows the same recipe as the last two years.

Each participating country will have two sets of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points to give. One set for each country's jury, and one set for each country's televoting. The "rest of the world" online votes will have the same weight as one participating country.

• Each of the 37 countries participating in this year's Eurovision will vote.
• Each country has a national jury who gave one set of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.
• Each country will have televoting, which also results in a set of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.
• Online voting "rest of the world" has the same weight as one participating country: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.
• First, the juries' points will be presented individually by a spokesperson from each country.
• Secondly, the points from televoting will be bundled and given combined.
• The national juries voted yesterday evening (Friday, 16 May) during the second dress-rehearsal.
• If two countries have the same points, a combined national televoting and jury result will be calculated only for the purpose of solving tie situations. The best of the two is the song which has obtained points from the highest number of countries from the combined national televoting and jury calculation.

Shortly after the Grand Final, the detailed results, voting and points will be revealed.