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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Basel Bulletin: the videos of yesterday’s rehearsals

📷 EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett Here are the videos of yesterday’s rehearsals. Later than you are used from us; the videos were uploaded a little bit later. Today we will have the opening ceremony at the turquoise carpet. You can all watch this live! Have a lot of fun today! 🇩🇪

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Basel Bulletin: the big five and Switzerland

📷 EBU/Corinne Cumming/Sarah Louise Bennett/Alma Bengtsson The Big Five and Switzerland have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. We also have pictures. 🇩🇪 Germany Germany’s Abor & Tynna have been riding the positive wave on social media. The

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Basel Bulletin: today’s video update

📷 EBU/Alma Bengtsson Today’s video update contains the last few songs of the semifinals. Now we have seen all the songs, apart from the big 5 and Switzerland. We of Eurovision Universe put all of today’s performances in one line. Enjoy! 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇮🇱

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Basel Bulletin: odds, opinions and social media

Odds, opinions and social media; that is what we talk about these days. The last seven participants of the second semifinal have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. We also have pictures. 🇬🇪 Georgia Georgian representative Mariam Shengelia

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Basel Bulletin: we have another video update!

📷 EBU/Alma Bengtsson We have another video update! The 30 seconds fragments of 9 countries for the 2nd semifinal have been published. We are delighted to share them with you, so that you can have your own opinion on the songs. 🇦🇺 Australia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇦🇲

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Basel Bulletin: The Big 5 and Switzerland

The Big 5 and Switzerland are on today. We haven’t seen or heard anything so far about them but here they are! They rehearsed today! EBU has decided to release photo’s of it only the day after. But still we can show you (if available) the national final performance or

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Basel Bulletin: of milkshakes and a diva not down

Today was the day of milkshakes and a diva not down. Many participants of the second semifinal have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. Hopefully they will be faster than yesterday, when they seem to have forgotten about

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Basel Bulletin: the videos of today

📷 EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett Today, a snippet of every rehearsal is released. We want to share those videos with you. Here they are: 🇮🇸 Iceland The performance features a boat prop, silver costumes, and LED visuals depicting seascapes and geometric patterns. 🇵🇱 Poland Justyna performs in a tight catsuit with

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