The final of the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest next year will be held on May 17 in the arena of St. Jakobshalle in Basel, while the two semi-final nights are scheduled for May 13 and 15.
This is the third time Switzerland has organized the Eurovision Song Contest, and that country also hosted the first edition of the festival in 1956, when their representative won. Lis Asia. It was also the only Eurosong when contestants performed two songs each.
Asia won with the song "Refrain", and it is not known how her second track "Das alte Karussell" was placed, because at that time the votes of the jury were not announced.
The next victory was won by Switzerland in Dublin in 1988, when the then still unknown Canadian Celine Dion won with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi".
Until the next victory, the Swiss waited 36 years - in May he won Nemo with the song "The Code".
As recently announced by the RTCG, Montenegro will have its own representative in Switzerland in 2025, because after a two-year break, a competition was announced. The song will be chosen at the "Montesong 2025" festival, and the decision on the best will be made by an expert jury and audience votes. Applications for the competition last until October 1st, and the musicians who will participate in Montesong will be announced later.
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