Basel, Switzerland, chosen to host song contest

The next edition of the competition will take place in Switzerland, as tradition dictates, after Nemo’s victory on May 11 in Malmö, Sweden, with his song “The Code.”

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Switzerland wins the Eurovision Song Contest on May 11, 2024. It is the country that will host the following year's contest, in 2025. (TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP)

Basel, the major metropolis on the Rhine in Switzerland, was chosen on Friday, August 30, to host the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the biggest singing competition in the world, the European Broadcasting Union announced on Friday. The city beat the city of Geneva, with which it was in competition to organize the 69th edition of Eurovision.

There 68th edition of competition of Eurovision has summer won by the artist Swiss Nemo, Who has I have place THE SATURDAY 11 may has Malmo, in Sweden. L‘artist non-binary of 24 years there carried away with Tea Code, Who tell its research identity. Nemo has summer widely credited by THE jury, Then a big part of audience him has permit of resist has there climb of his rivals.

The city of Basel is the capital of the canton of Basel-Stadt, the smallest state in Switzerland and has fewer than 200,000 German-speaking inhabitants. A major centre of chemistry and pharmacy and a very international city – foreigners represent a third of its population – Basel is also known worldwide for its cultural influence, with its historical and artistic museums and especially its major contemporary art fair (Art Basel).


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