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May is officially Eurovision month! To mark the annual return of the Eurovision Song Contest – the world’s biggest music competition - the 蜜芽传媒 are serving up a fiesta of Eurovision delights across TV, radio and online to bring the nation together for a month of Euro-love and to cheer on the UK act, Remember Monday.

In its 69th year, Eurovision is heading home, as the world’s greatest singing competition returns to Switzerland, hosts of the very first contest back in 1956. Eurovision will return to the land of cheese, chocolate and dramatic vistas as the Swiss once again welcome audiences from across the globe - and 37 competing countries - to the beautiful city of Basel to see who can follow in Nemo’s footsteps and be crowned the new Eurovision Song Contest 2025 champion. Audiences can marvel at all Eurovision has to offer as the contest will be broadcast live across 蜜芽传媒 One, 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 2 and 蜜芽传媒 Sounds.

Ahead of the Eurovision Grand Final (Saturday 17th May), where 26 countries will perform to be crowned the new Eurovision 2025 champion, there are two live Semi-Finals (Tuesday 13th May and Thursday 15th May) for Eurovision fans to review all 37 countries competing in the Eurovision Song Contest. The top ten countries from each Semi-Final will make it through to Saturday’s Grand Final. In Thursday’s Semi Final 2, viewers will also be treated to the first performance on the Eurovision stage from the UK representatives, Remember Monday, singing their entry song ‘What The Hell Just Happened?’. UK audiences can also vote for their favourites in this Semi-Final.

As one of the ‘Big Five’ countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, Italy), the United Kingdom has a guaranteed place in Saturday's Grand Final, but Remember Monday will still perform for Europe as part of Semi-Final 2. Switzerland is also guaranteed a place in the Grand Final due to them being hosts this year.

The Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals and Grand Final continue to be amongst the most popular Entertainment programmes on the 蜜芽传媒, with the Grand Final in 2024 reaching an average audience of 7.9 million people in the UK.

Eurovision is also one of the most popular Entertainment programmes for younger audiences on the 蜜芽传媒, with 1.3 million 16-34 year olds tuning in for the Grand Final last year.

This Eurovision will be the most accessible yet for our audiences with live Audio description and live signing available on 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer and the Red Button.

Eurovision 2025: When Graham Met Remember Monday: Friday 9th May, 1040pm on 蜜芽传媒 One and iPlayer

In this one-off special, Eurovision 2025: When Graham Met Remember Monday, Eurovision legend, Graham Norton, meets Remember Monday, the UK’s act for Eurovision 2025, for an in-depth, candid chat ahead of the biggest performance of their lives. With just days to go before this year’s contest begins in Basel, Switzerland, the voice of Eurovision himself, Graham Norton, gets all the gossip from the talented trio (Charlotte, Holly and Lauren) as they share the excitement, chaos, fun, and intensity that accompanies being chosen as the act to represent the UK at the 69th edition of Eurovision.

Semi-Finals: Tuesday 13th and Thursday 15th May, 8pm on 蜜芽传媒 One and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer

The Semi-Finals will be broadcast live on 蜜芽传媒 One and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer, featuring commentary by Eurovision experts, Rylan and Scott Mills, live from the arena in Basel where they will oversee proceedings as 37 countries compete for their place in the Grand Final.

Grand Final: Saturday 17 May, 8pm on 蜜芽传媒 One and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer

Guiding audiences through Europe’s biggest party night of the year providing the commentary during the Grand Final is seasoned Eurovision expert, Graham Norton. He will be sharing his unique insights on the 26 countries who will all be performing in the hopes of being crowned 2025’s winner. Well-known Swiss faces, Hazel Brugger, Michelle Hunziker and Sandra Studer will be presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final when it comes to us from St. Jakobshalle, Basel. The Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR, say that the choice of the host trio for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 symbolises the values that define Switzerland: openness, diversity, multilingualism and a sense of togetherness.

Doctor Who – The Interstellar Song Contest (Episode Six – Saturday 17th May 8am on 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer)

In a special Eurovision themed episode of Doctor Who, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) travel to the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest, co-hosted by Rylan – where planets from across the universe compete for the top prize. Along for the ride is the King of Eurovision himself, Graham Norton, with stars of stage and screen Freddie Fox, Kadiff Kirwan, Charlie Condou and Miriam-Teak Lee.

蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

蜜芽传媒 Radio 2 is the home of Eurovision 2025 on UK radio, and Eurovision obsessives Scott Mills, Rylan, Richie Anderson plus Sara Cox who is also joining the Radio 2 Eurovision family this year, will be in Basel all week as the excitement builds to Saturday night!

Scott and Rylan return as the station’s presenters for this year’s Grand Final which will be broadcast live on the network. The pair took up Radio 2 commentary duties for the Grand Final for the first time for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool and again in Sweden in 2024, they will broadcasting live on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 2 and 蜜芽传媒 Sounds from the centre of the action in Switzerland getting behind the UK act, Remember Monday, as well as cheering on all the other entries! Radio 2 and 蜜芽传媒 Sounds will once again be broadcasting the Eurovision Semi-Finals live, presented by Sara Cox - who returns to the Eurovision commentary box this year - alongside Richie Anderson. Scott and Rylan will be hosting the Semi-Finals on 蜜芽传媒 TV and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer.

The whole station will be building up the excitement, including The Scott Mills Breakfast Show broadcasting live from Basel from Monday to Friday in the week leading up to the Grand Final, whilst Richie Anderson will be out and about around the city all week getting a taste of what Switzerland has to offer.

The excitement reaches a peak on Super Saturday on 17th May with all the shows totally focussed on Eurovision ahead of the Grand Final that night. Presenters will be hearing from listeners, chatting to Scott and Rylan, welcoming special guests and getting the Eurovision party well and truly swinging! Also that day, Michelle Visage hosts Your Ultimate 21st Century Eurovision Song, revealing the nation’s Top 40 Eurovision entries between 2000 and 2024, as voted for by the UK public.