Protesters with Palestinian flags and banners took part in a "silent" march along one of the city's main streets to demonstrate against Israel’s participation in the pan-continental pop competition.

The grand final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday, May 17, in Basel, Switzerland. It’s an annual celebration of melody, rhythm, fabulousness and glitter.

Most contestants at the Eurovision Song Contest are seeking as much publicity as possible. Israel’s Yuval Raphael is keeping a low profile. The 24-year-old singer has done few media interviews or appearances during Eurovision week,

Eurovision band Ziferblat of Ukraine sings their national anthem with Ukrainian people during a family meeting in a park in Basel as part of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest week, in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, May 15, 2025. Credit: AP/Martin Meissner BASEL, Switzerland — Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Australia’s Eurovision hopes have been dashed after singer Marty Zambotto, known by the stage name Go-Jo, was ousted from the competition in a shock finish to a hotly contested second semi-final in Basel,

The 26 countries set to dazzle at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 have been unveiled, gearing up for this weekend's much-anticipated Grand Final.

Finnish politicians have long used saunas, relaxed but exposing, as an ideal setting for hard talks, a practice known as “sauna diplomacy.” KAJ wear drab suits onstage in tribute to Urho Kekkonen, a long-serving Finnish president who famously deployed the technique in talks with Finland’s overbearing neighbor the Soviet Union.

Israel and Malta have qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, as Ireland and Australia lost out in the 2025 competition. Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen, 24, did not get Ireland through to the next stage in Basel on Thursday night with her entry Laika Party, which imagines the Soviet space dog as alive.

JJ is representing Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and is tipped to do very well with his song Wasted Love

KAJ, the bookies’ favorite to win the pan-continental music contest this week with their track “Bara Bada Bastu,” talk the inspiration behind them wearing suits in saunas and cooking sausages on stage.