The bad news is that Eurovision is two-thirds over, but the good news is that the ESC 2025 second semifinal recap is live.
That’s right: Both semifinals of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland are now complete. The first one took place on Tuesday, 13 May, and on Thursday, 15 May was the second. Just the Grand Final on Saturday, 17 May remains, and by the end of that, we will know who is the winner of Eurovision 2025, and the probable host country of Eurovision 2026. (We say probable because if it’s a tiny country like Malta, or a repeat winner like Switzerland, then no, they most likely will not host next year.)
In our latest video, recorded directly after the action in Basel concluded, we go into the big winners and losers, and how we would have scored the contenders.
ESC 2025 Second Semifinal Recap: The Video
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The format was very similar to the first recap on Tuesday, but (1) this was not recorded in a sauna, even though Finland’s presence would have given us cause, and (2) there were 16 new entries to consider.
Who Qualified for Saturday’s Grand Final?
In alphabetical order, the 10 songs which qualified through to the final were:
- Armenia
- Austria
- Denmark
- Finland
- Greece
- Israel
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
Failing to qualify were Australia, Czechia, Georgia, Ireland, Montenegro, and Serbia. One of these latter countries named was a surprise, and by watching the video, you will enhance your education on this subject.
ESC 2025 Second Semifinal: Who Won the Semifinal?
We will not know the answer to that until early on Sunday. The European Broadcasting Union does not publish the semifinal results until after the Grand Final is over. This is so the viewers and juries do not have any conclusive preconceived notions of who is ahead and who is behind in the voting.
