With the bidding race for Eurovision 2025 well underway, Zürich could be poised to submit a bid to host the Contest next year.
Zürich “behind the event”
In a motion that was brought by the SP and glp parties before the Council on Wednesday (June 12th) – the local parliament in Zürich approved the suggestions.
Speaking on the decision, Marco Denoth from the SP party said:
Wir wollen zeigen, dass das Parlament hinter dem Anlass steht.
We want to show that parliament is behind the event.
Marco Denoth, Zürich Council member for SP
In the debates about the motion to submit a bid, the Council, which governs the Zürich canton, had agreed that submitting a bid to host the show would help to boost the local economy, and help to put the city on the map, according to 20Minuten.
This was echoed by Zürich’s mayor Corine Mauch, also of the SP, who said that the city itself is “highly motivated” to play host for next year’s Contest. She added that the city has been touched by “Nemo’s magic” and wants to capitalise on it.
However, the SVP was opposed to the bid, saying that the bid was “chauvinistic”. Meanwhile, the Green Party were divided about the issue during the debate and this was reflected in the party’s voting on the motion. The bills were eventually passed, with the joint proposal by the SP and glp being passed by 64 votes to 14, with 26 abstentions.
As a result, Zürich now joins Basel and Bern and Biel/Bienne to formally express an interest in submitting a bid. However, no specific details regarding the details of the bid have been released publicly. All interested cities have until the end of June to send their bid books to broadcasting association SRG SSR.
All About Eurovision 2025
Switzerland will be hosting the 69th edition of the competition following Nemo’s historic win at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. A few weeks after their win, it was already announced that Reto Peritz, and Moritz Stadler will be the Executive Producers of next year’s shows, with the other roles to be filled at a later date.
Meanwhile, the following cities have confirmed that they will be bidding to host Eurovision 2025:
Meanwhile, the following cities have publicly expressed their interest in hosting the competition, but are yet to confirm if they will be submitting a bid to host, and they are:
The interested cities in hosting next year’s competition have now received the requirements they would have to meet in order to host next year’s competition. Cities would have until the end of June to submit their bids, with SRG SSR set to reveal the Eurovision 2025 host city by the end of August.
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News Source: 20Minuten
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