🎤 Hosts of Eurovision 2025 to be revealed on January 20

As we enter 2025, the planning for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest continues to take shape, with Host Broadcaster SRG SSR announcing that the hosts of this year’s competition will be revealed in under two week’s time on January 20.

Hosts and much more to be revealed

The broadcaster has announced that a media event will take place on January 20, at 15:00CET, where the hosts will be revealed, as well as an update on ticket sales, and the supporting program’ Arena Plus’, with the event being broadcast on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

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, Reto Peritz, and Moritz Stadler, were announced as the Executive Producers, with the other roles revealed in July 2024.

Basel, Bern & Biel/Bienne, Geneva, and Zurich submitted bids to host next year’s competition, with Basel and Geneva being shortlisted as the final two cities. After the shortlist, it was revealed that Basel will host Eurovision 2025, at St. Jakobshalle with the shows taking place on May 13, 15 and 17.

The visual identity for this year’s contest is “Unity Shapes Love”, which was developed by Art Director Artur Deyneuve, and was inspired by the Swiss tradition of direct democracy, with the message conveyed visually through the iconic Eurovision heart symbol.

Meanwhile, the tickets for Eurovision 2025 will be sold on ticketcorner.ch, and there will be a pre-registration process for the tickets, which will run until January 10. The tickets will be available to purchase from January 29, 2025. One day after the Semi-Final allocation draw.

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News Source: SRG SSR

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