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Basel Bulletin: 2nd semifinal preview

2nd semifinal preview: the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 continues! Did you take a deep breath since Tuesday? Did your favourite get through? Well, last night, the 2nd dress rehearsal for the other semifinal took place. We of Eurovision Universe have been looking carefully again to the show and made our

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Basel Bulletin: The day after the first semifinal

Leak Today is the day after the first semifinal. Ten countries, ten artists, know they will be in the final. The show, however, was not completely new to many people. The entire show (except the results) was leaked already. Martin Green (EBU) explained that the Monday evening show has to

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JJ

In the Spotlight: JJ

Tomorrow the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in the St Jakobshalle in Basel. 16 countries compete for a spot in the final. One of them is Austria , represented by JJ. But who is he? Let’s give him a spotlight. Johannes Pietsch, aka JJ, was born

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Ten Semifinalists went through to the final

📷 EBU/Corinne Cummings Ten semifinalists went through to the final. After exciting moments, and a new way of making it public, the die is cast. Tomorrow, the rehearsals for the second semifinal start, so the show will take place on Thursday.   These are the finalists:  Norway  Albania  Sweden  Iceland

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Basel bulletin: Basel becomes the heart of Eurovision 2025

📷 Wikimedia Commons Basel becomes the heart of Eurovision 2025 Basel becomes the heart of Eurovision 2025. The city has fully embraced its role as the host city of Eurovision 2025. Streets, public squares, and venues now display vibrant decorations, including flags, music-themed banners, and the official “United by Music”

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Basel Bulletin: 1st semifinal preview

1st semifinal preview: the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 has begun! Tonight, the 2nd dress rehearsal took place. We of Eurovision Universe have been looking carefully to the show and made our own preview for tonight’s show. The show starts with typical Swiss folklore. Then presenters Sandra Studer and Hazel Brugger

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Basel Bulletin: EBU confirms rumours about the semifinals

The EBU confirms rumours about the semifinals The EBU confirms rumours about the semifinals! What began as an accidental leak has now been officially confirmed. Martin Green, managing director of the Eurovision Song Contest, has stated that a new format for announcing the semi-final qualifiers will be introduced this year

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Basel Bulletin: What the hell just happened?

📷 Eric Salard, Wikimedia Commons What the hell just happened? It is not only a song title. It’s also the question we ask ourselves often while  Céline Dion’s Possible Return to the Eurovision Stage One of the most talked-about possibilities for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel is an

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In the Spotlight: Claude

  Tomorrow the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in the St Jakobshalle in Basel.  15 countries compete for a spot in the final. One of them is the Netherlands, represented by Claude. But who is he? Let’s give him a spotlight.   Childhood. Claude Kiambe was

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