42 h. ago Eurovision winner JJ urges Israel to be banned from song contest amid 'rigging' claims

The contest this year was overshadowed by protests against Israel's participation for the second-consecutive year, fuelled by the ongoing war in Gaza

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5 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Austria welcomes JJ back home after winning Eurovision Song Contest

Austrian fans have enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport after he won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Wasted Love.”

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5 d. ago Austria is awaiting JJ's homecoming after he wins Eurovision Song Contest with 'Wasted Love'

Austrians were getting ready to welcome back home and celebrate classically trained countertenor JJ, who has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.”

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 winner crowned as Israel comes second despite protests

Austria has been crowned the winner of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, as the UK was left to reflect on another year of disappointment

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 results and points leaderboard in full as Austria wins

It was a spectacular night in Switzerland as the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest but there was only one winner as the results were revealed

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 winner revealed as Austria beat controversial Israel in final

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 has come to an end with the winner being announced after an entertaining few hours

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 winner announced as Remember Monday dealt crushing final blow

The Eurovision Song Contest took place tonight (May 17) and the 2025 winners have been revealed after viewers across the world cast their votes and had their say

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6 d. ago Eurovision winner says having the best song is not the secret to winning the competition

Cheryl Baker has shared the secret ingredient to winning the Eurovision song contest after taking the crown in 1981.

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6 d. ago Eurovision legend shares secret to winning contest and it's not what you'd expect

EXCLUSIVE: Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker has shared the secret to winning the Eurovision Song Contest - and it has nothing to do with having the best singer or song

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6 d. ago Eurovision 2025 odds: Who are the favourites to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

The Eurovision final is set to kick off this Saturday night and bookies are saying the contest is now a two-horse race.

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6 d. ago Eurovision legend shares secret to winning contest and it's not having best song

EXCLUSIVE: Cheryl Baker opened up at the WhichBingo 2025 Awards about winning the Eurovision Song Contest with Bucks Fizz and let slip the secret move which made them victorious

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8 d. ago Eurovision 2025: Bookies share odds of UK winning song contest ahead of grand final

Remember Monday, representing the UK, will take to the stage in Basel, Switzerland, in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 tomorrow and bookmakers have shared the odds of the UK winning

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8 d. ago ‘I’m a Eurovision winner and this is the main reason no one votes for the UK’

Bucks Fizz are one of the very rare UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest and one member has revealed why she thinks the country have performed so poorly over the years.

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1 week ago Eurovision host Scott Mills makes drastic pledge if Remember Monday succeed

BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has made a promise to fans if the UK's entry Remember Monday wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

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1 week ago We don’t want to host if KAJ’s sauna song wins Eurovision, says Swedish city of Malmö

Officials in the city, where last year’s competition was held, say it is too big an event to do every two yearsThere are still several days to go until the Eurovision final in Switzerland, but the Swedish city of Malmö has already pre-emptively said it does not want to host the event again next year if the country’s hotly tipped sauna-themed entry wins this year’s contest.The song – called Bara bada bastu (Just sauna) – is top of the streaming charts in both Sweden and Finland on Spotify and is a favourite to win Saturday’s final in Basel. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Ich komme!’ The smutty Eurovision songs that dodge the censors

From ensuring your swearwords are in languages other than English to outrageous euphemisms, contestants in the famously camp extravaganza have ways to avoid being toned down When the winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest is announced shortly before midnight next Saturday, it won’t be the first climax of the evening. “I’m coming / I’m coming,” a scantily clad Lithuanian will announce in the chorus of her song. Australia’s male entrant will invite listeners to “sh-sh-shake me good” so they can get “a taste of the milkshake man”. And Malta’s submission is going to prompt the audience to shout the word “Kant” – due to it sounding like a rude English term for female genitalia.After the 2024 edition of the world’s largest live music contest was largely overshadowed by political positioning over the war in Gaza, many artists at this year’s event in the Swiss city of Basel are returning to what they like to do best: celebrating the act of lovemaking in pop songs. Because even though...

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1 week ago Inside America’s attempt to copy Eurovision Song Contest and already famous winner

The Eurovision Song Contest is famous around the world with its annual event bringing together music fans for show-stopping performances and a nail-biting results show

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