US EditionEurovision 2025: why can’t UK viewers vote in semi-final tonight? Rules explained
- The first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 13, 2025, live from Basel, Switzerland, featuring 15 competing countries.
- The semi-finals system was created in 2008 to handle more participants, with only the 'Big Five' and prior finalists automatically qualifying for the Grand Final.
- Spain, Italy, and Switzerland performed as pre-qualified countries and voted alongside the competing nations, with public voting deciding the 10 finalists tonight.
- The voting method gives 100% control to the public in the semi-finals, while jury votes only apply in the Grand Final, according to contest rules.
- The UK's absence from semi-final voting explained as it is a 'Big Five' member automatically qualified, with UK voting taking place in the second semi-final on May 15, 2025.
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Eurovision 2025: why can’t UK viewers vote in semi-final tonight? Rules explained
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Eurovision 2025 semi-finals live: Start time, running order and how to vote – UK Times
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The first Eurovision 2025 semi-final is taking place tonight (Tuesday 13 May) in Basel, Switzerland, where some of this year’s most popular contestants will compete for a place in the Grand Final. Sweden’s entry KAJ, a Finnish comedy-music trio, will compete with their song “Bar…
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