The Eurovision Song Contest returned tonight for the first semi-final of the competition but things didn't seem to go to plan for host Switzerland's act Zoë Më in a performance

Pro-Palestinian protesters have planned to walk the streets of Basel “silently” to demonstrate against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.Local group Basel for Palestine urged its marchers not to make any “chants or slogans” as they walk across the Swiss host city on Wednesday on the anniversary of Israel’s creation as a state on May 14 1948.

Sweden’s Eurovision Song Contest act KAJ said they were “really nervous” before learning they had won a place in Saturday’s final.Touted as the favourites to win, the comedy trio, made up of Kevin Holmstrom,

The Eurovision party is officially underway. Welcome to a week of power pop, outrageous outfits and, inevitably, protests.

As an Israeli who spent several years living in Switzerland, I resonate deeply with Yuval Raphael, our Eurovision representative for 2025. Like Yuval, who spent part of her life in Geneva, my own journey involved leaving the Hasidic community in Jerusalem to embark on my first adventure away from home to study in Lucerne,

Pro-Palestinian protesters have planned to walk the streets of Basel "silently" to demonstrate against Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision fans are convinced that Celine Dion is set to appear at the competition’s grand final after making a ‘red herring’ cameo in the first semi-final. The legendary Canadian singer rose to fame in 1988, when she won the annual event in Dublin for Switzerland in Dublin with her song Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.