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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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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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This year’s running order known

This year’s running order is known. Both the running order for the first and second semifinal is known. The ‘Big 5’ and Switzerland are included, so that we know where in the semifinals their songs will be performed. 1st semifinal Iceland Poland Slovenia Estonia Ukraine Sweden Portugal Norway Belgium Azerbaijan

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This is the allocation draw 2025

This is the allocation draw 2025! Today, this draw took place. The draw is meant to decide which country will perform in which semifinal. Surprisingly, the key was not hand over from Malmö to Basel. A dress was handed over as a gift from Malmö to the city of Basel.

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The first semifinal

Finally, the moment has arrived: we get to see the full first semifinal. Only now can we truly judge if and how good it is. In the opening of the show, we see ’12 points’ and old footage, after which the cubes rise. This is followed by Eleni Foureira, then

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Winners press conference

Ten countries head to the final. After this there is a winners press conference. The ten winners all answered some questions, and here is a short overview of what was said. Croatia  will perform in the second half of the final. The groups wants to make this world a little

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Semifinal 1: the results

The gauntlet had been thrown. Ten finalists will go through to Saturday’s Grand Final. The happy ten are: Croatia Moldova Switzerland Finland Czechia Israel Portugal Sweden Serbia Norway

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A funny guide through the 1st semifinal

Tonight it’s that time again: the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off with its first semifinal. We cheerfully look at the entries per country. Norway starts the row. Alessandra is ready for it and after the Norwegian entry we are too. Since the starting order is determined by the EBU and

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