The cities of Bern and Biel/Bienne have officially confirmed their joint bid to host Eurovision 2025.
Bid Confirmed
Bern, the country’s de facto capital, and Biel/Bienne – hometown of Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo, officially confirmed their joint bid to host the 2025 Eurovision song contest in a joint press release, this comes after it was revealed that four cities were to launch a bid to host the contest.
They become the second confirmed bid, following on from Basel’s confirmation earlier this month.
About Bern & Biel/Bienne
Bern is the Swiss de facto capital, and is Switzerland’s fifth most populous city. The city plan on hosting the contest at the newly opened BernExpo.
Biel/Bienne is a bilingual German/French city around 35 minutes north of Bern, and lies on a lake of the same name. It is the home town of Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo.
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.
The following cities have confirmed that they will be bidding to host Eurovision 2025:
- Basel
- Biel/Bienne
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.
Switzerland’s Eurovision Journey
Switzerland both hosted and debuted in the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Their first participation was successful, as they won with Lys Assia’s “Refrain”. Since then, they have participated on 63 occasions, making the Grand Final 52 times.
Switzerland’s most recent participation saw them being represented by Nemo with their song “The Code”. Performing in the second semi-final, they qualified for the Grand Final for a fifth consecutive participation. At the end of voting in the final, it was revealed Switzerland had won the Contest. Nemo scored 365 points with the national juries, as well as 226 points with the televote. The overall winning score for “The Code” was 591 points. This win marks Switzerland’s third win in the contest following on from Lys Assia in 1956 and Celine Dion in 1988.
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News Source: Stadt Bern
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