I love the international feel." For fans like Mr Speirs, Eurovision is more than a one-night event. "The music, the artists, the community

According to its organizers, the Eurovision Song Contest is the world's biggest live music event. 160 million people tune into the annual TV shows, and the songs are streamed billions of times online.

The 16 competitors in the Eurovision Song Contest's second semi-final went through a last dress rehearsal marked by protests Thursday ahead of a show when six of them will crash

Yuval Raphael previously said she was expecting boos during her performance, as Israel's presence at the Basel contest has drawn controversy amid the war in Gaza.

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest final will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. (3 p.m. E.S.T.) from the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland. You can watch it from pretty much anywhere on a variety of platforms.

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. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)