Eurovision 2025: First Semi-Final Results

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

The Eurovision 2025 first Semi-final show is over and we have our first 10 qualifiers for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Following last evening's Jury rehearsal show for the Semi Final 1 competing acts, tonight the Semi-final 1 LIve show took place St's Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland determining the first set of 10 qualifying entries to Saturday's Grand final show.

From the 37 participating coutries the first 15 countries competed in this evening's first semi-final live show. The rest 16 coutries will compete in the Semi-final 2 on Thursday while the Big-5 countries ( Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom) along with the hosting nation Switzerland have pre-qualified for the Grand final.

The Live Semi-Final One Show was hosted by Swiss-American poet, comedian and presenter Hazel Brugger alongside with TV host Sandra Studer who represented the hosting nation at Eurovision 1991 finishing fifth with the song "Canzone per te" ("A song for you").

Opening Act

The Opening Act of this evening's show was the titled act 'Raw Nature'.

Competing Performances

The competing part of the show unfolded in the following running order:

Iceland – VÆB – RÓA

Poland – Justyna Steczkowska – GAJA

Slovenia – Klemen – How much time do we have left

Estonia – Tommy Cash – Espresso macchiato

Ukraine – Ziferblat – Bird of pray

Sweden – KAJ – Bara bada bastu

Portugal – NAPA – Deslocado

Norway – Kyle Alessandro – Lighter

Belgium – Red Sebastian – Strobe lights

Azerbaijan – Mamagama – Run with U

San Marino – Gabry Ponte – Tutta l’Italia

Albania – Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

Netherlands – Claude – C’est la vie

Croatia – Marko Bošnjak – Poison cake

Cyprus – Theo Evan – Shh

Big-5 and Swiss performances

Notably the two of the Big-5 countries the Spain and Italy along with the hosting nation Switzerland performed live on stage tonight their performances a change that has been introduced in last year's edition. Spain performed after the 4th competing act, Italy at .... positiion while the Swiss delegate got on stage just before the last 15th competing act.

Spain - Melody - Esa Diva

Italy - Lucio Corsi - Volvevo Essere Un Duro

Switzerland - Zoe Me - Voyage

Interval Act

Once the performances were completed the show featured as interval act a special tribute to Celine Dion and her iconic victory back in 1988 with her addressing a special message to the audience. A very emotional moment hit the screen with Jerry Heil (Ukraine), Marina Satti (Greece), Iolanda (Portugal), and Silvester Belt (Lithuania) delivering on stage united Celine's song Ne partez pas sans moi.

In addition with the contribution of the iconic former iconic Eurovision Petra Mede a special interval act unfolded on stage present the famous things Switzerland has invented over history. A very catchy and joyful act as we were watitng for the votes to come in.

Rest of the World Voting

Int this year's edition the Rest of the World fans will have a say in the outcome of the show. In order to sychronize the different time zones, the Rest of the World online vote opened from the end of the Jury Show the previous evening from the live show. The vote wias open until the end of the voting window during the live broadcast of Semi-Final One.

Fans from non participating countries had the chance to cast their votes once they prewatched a clip of all of the cometing entries.

The results

A total of 10 qualifiers made it to Saturday's Grand final show they are:

The analytical results of the semifinals will be released after the Grand final show late Saturday night. On Thursday the second semi-final follows with 16 countries taking the stage to compete for the last 10 spots in the Grand final.

News Source/ Videos: Eurovision.tv

Eurovision 2025: First Semi-Final Results

AUTHORS

Angelos D.