Eurovision 2025 starts on Tuesday, May 13, at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT for fans in the U.S. The contest runs through the Grand Final on Saturday, May 17, also starting at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. Here’s the schedule:

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Competition in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday, with sauna-loving Swedish entry KAJ gaining a place in the final and five countries going home after the first of two semifinals of the pan-continental music extravaganza.

The city at the crossroads of France, Germany and Switzerland gears up amid global tensions over diversity and inclusion.

The countdown is over, the Eurovision Song Contest is back for another and the eyes of the world will be on Basel as the famous events kicks off with its first semi final on Tuesday night. And there are three people with a very important job to do as the show's hosts.

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off on Tuesday with the first of two semi-finals in Basel, Switzerland. Thousands of fans watched the performances at the St Jakobshalle indoor arena for the pan-continental music competition,

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.

Basel is set to host the 2025 contest following Switzerland's Nemo's victory last May in Sweden with their song 'The Code', a reflection on their non-binary identity

The Eurovision Song Contest has brought in lawyers following the leak of rehearsal footage online, after a "potential hack" of an internal broadcast feed.