Singer, a survivor of the Nova festival massacre, says she managed to spot in the crowd the friends she made in the roadside bomb shelter, and 'it gave me so much strength'

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.

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.

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,

A total of 37 countries took to the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 this week, but only 26 will be battling it out in the Grand Final on Saturday.

Ireland has failed to make it into the grand final of Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It was a nail-biting finish for our entry Emmy and her cosmic song Laika Party, which failed to ignite voters in the second semi-final of the contest held in Basel, Switzerland.

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.

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.

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,