SRG SSR, the Swiss national broadcaster and the European Broadcasting Union, have revealed the shortlisted host city bids for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

Basle or Geneva will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025. Key to the assessment of the bids submitted were criteria such as arena concept, public transport links, sustainability, available hotel accommodation, security and waste disposal concepts, investment, event experience, and support and motivation from the city as a whole, as well as many other factors. 

The bids submitted by the cities Basel, Geneva, Zurich and Berne/Biel have been carefully reviewed by a Eurovision Song Contest core team working group over the last few weeks and further expanded on in on-site meetings with delegations from the cities. The careful assessment of the submitted bids was supervised by the accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The ESC 2025 Steering Committee headed up by SRG Director General Gilles Marchand followed the recommendation of the core team and opted for the two city bids that performed best and will now be further consolidated: Basel and Geneva.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: eurovision.tv