It’s September 1 and the Eurovision New Year has ARRIVED. Songs that are released from today can be submitted for Eurovision 2025.
So we have to ask: What do you hope to see at the song contest in 2025 and on the road to Basel?
Perhaps you want a country to win for the very first time. Albania, Armenia, Australia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia….they’re all waiting for their moment!
Two of the past four winners — Måneskin from Italy and Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine — sang in their native language. Perhaps you want to see another language represented at the top of the podium. If so, which one?
Maybe you’re a member of the press and dream of a slightly beefed up press centre, one that is actually open during the first week. Or maybe you simply want to do your work in peace, noting that “work” in the digital age includes things like livestreams…
Do you dream of a scandal-free voting segment? A controversy-free year? Maybe you want countries to actually be able to deliver their points rather than experiencing supposed technical difficulties?
Whatever your wish, we want to hear it. Shout out your Eurovision wishes below and let’s dream together!
I wouldnt mind if there were a mass pull out of Western nations for 2025…just to let EBU see that many of us are not happy with the current situation. Same rules for everyone, and not separate rules for separate nations..
I would love to see Turkey, Monaco and… Celine Dion back! While the first one seems less likely, the two latter seem to be achievable. I think Luxembourg proved that there is a big appetite for returning smaller countries to be back at ESC. Monaco should take it into account. And having the queen Celine as an interval act would be a huge moment. After her performance at the Olympics I am sure she is in great vocal shape. I also hope that she has great memories from her 1988 Eurovision appearance and no doubt that the Swiss broadcasters would… Read more »
Dion probably wouldn’t dirty her feet now with this, just like ABBA and Maneskin. Be grateful ?
All rehearsal footage on You Tube not on TikTok
Oh so many wishes for 2025!
Most important one is a country that never won before to win. Bring back live vocals. Celine Dion as interval act. A good song to win. No drama like last year.
But imagine there are weaker songs next year and the contest being cancelled
A bit unfair towards countries who won before, why would they participate again, If they don’t deserve to win again? The best song should win always.
Axe Bailey’s as a sponsor
Wish #1: M. Ö. G O N E !!!
Wish #2: Just, only and exclusively LIVE SINGING.
Wish #3: Joost Klein winning. (That’ how you shut the EBU down!)
My additional wish: EJ & RC gone!
Return of Turkey
A heated opinion/wish, but the contest’s future is uncertain as long as Israel competes. In 2023 reports, Gen-Z dominated viewership, and their strong support for Palestine and anti-Zionist views will lead to growing controversy in future editions.
If Israel remains in the competition, this could destabilise the event even further. To preserve the contest we love, the EBU must act if KAN/Israel continues to break rules.
How come nobody really cared that Israel were in the Olympics this year?
I observed that and I actually view it as something that proves that the Eurofan community is more principled and caring than the sporting one 🙂 (even if I myself watch a lot of sport)
I was wondering if it was because Palestine were participating too, perhaps… or something. Maybe sport is so sacrosanct that it is above criticism. Sad.
It’s also perhaps the fact that even if Israel participated at the Olympics, it didn’t stay a lot in the spotlight there. In Eurovision it was a whole different issue: their enormous advertising campaign proves that they were seriously invested in winning the thing (for their own purposes).
That does make sense, if they were to top the medal table or something it probably woulda been different.
Difficult for them to try buy victory
Not really, doping is a thing
The Olympics focus on athletic competition, where politics often take a backseat. Eurovision, on the other hand, is a cultural event where politics, public sentiment & opinion are more front and centre. That’s probably why you see more attention on Israel’s participation at Eurovision.
I kinda disagree that politics take a backseat. Like Qatar and Russia hosting the World Cup, or Russia hosting the Winter and Summer Olympics, or dare I say it Hitler hosting the 1936 Olympics. Much propaganda is involved. Also doping.
Because you don’t have to vote for ISR at the Olympics, because they are not using it as propaganda, because they are not singing songs with a political content. Because right wing politicians kept their mouths shot
Axe the ‘United by Music’ slogan. Different slogans/artworks created an Olympic-like spirit for Eurovision, which is something we didn’t have in 2024. It felt more like a season of a reality show instead of the Olympics of Music – which is another issue to be fixed.
I want to see a solo presenter, the last time we had one was in Malmo 2013. Also, an international mega star performing during the voting break! Celine Dion, you busy?
Could we stop comparing Eurovision to the Olympics? Other than being multinational they have absolutely nothing in common.
I respectfully disagree. The Olympics set the standard for international competitions, and it’s natural to draw comparisons with other major events like Eurovision.
Art was once an Olympic event. Painters could win gold medals. True story.
They should also axe Royal Caribbean and EasyJet, like what happened to My Heritage.
Celine returning, performing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi for the first time in 38 years.
I saw her at the Olympics, she was amazing, so why not…
Fewer “returnees”
The Swedish act to be accused of attacking a camera person and disqualified, ideally before semi-final
Fans accept the winner, even if it wasn’t their favourite.
And no one shouting “rigged!!” when there’s a result they don’t agree with.
Jojo Siwa competing, Netherlands pulling out a few years
I don’t want to let Jojo Siwa competing for god sake. I also expect Iceland and Ireland to be pulled out for 5 years.
Remove EasyJet, Royal Caribbean and Bailey’s as sponsors
Cancellation
Just don’t let antisemites ruin the contest with their drama like they did last year.
Israel should be free to commit g3nocide!
A country winning for the first time… or my country (Spain) winning after 55 years (which is been so long, it can almost be considered first time).
I’d like to see the time allocated to reading the jury points shortened, simply 20 seconds for 1 to 10 to appear automatically and for the representative to read “and the 12 points go to…”. There is too much repetition of “thank you for a wonderful show” and other “filling” that spokespersons do, it slows the pace of the show and makes the voting feel much longer than it needs to be.
I agree, I would much rather hear the spokesperson read the 8,10 and 12 points in the same time span that all that repetitive congratulations and, not funny jokes.
Yes, it’s such a waste of time for the sake of celebrity culture. In Malmö there was also a time lag of 2-3 seconds after Petra established the link. I would like to see a return to the 2015 system of scoring.
I wish for commentators to stop referring to artists as “joke acts”. It’s very degrading and comedy, if done well, deserves to be respected as much as other genres.
That’s why I watch the Malta feed- no commentary at all, especially that awful Graham Norton.
the televote winner winning the whole thing
Or the jury and vote agree on a winner for once
Well, that happened with Salvador Sobral in 2017 and still many eurofans say it was not fair…
Yes, it is true that 2017 was the last time the winner was agreed on but it’s also been the only instance of that since we’ve had the jury -televote split from 2016 onwards.
Happy new year, everybody. I have a wishlist for Eurovision 2025: –A first time winner. Come 2025 it will be eight years since we last had a country win Eurovision for the very first time and we are long overdue for it. We almost had Croatia win, but they still got their very best result ever finishing 2nd overall and let’s hope they can do one better in the future. –More countries bettering their best results. Until Croatia’s silver medal this year, we hadn’t seen countries get their highest results since 2019 when North Macedonia and San Marino finished 7th… Read more »
Also axe Royal Caribbean
I want Joost to return with a sarcastic song about the EBU board and their Israeli Morrocan Oil connection. Seeing him win the whole damn thing and him giving Martin O and his EBU gang two fingers before singing his winning song again. That would make my day!
Royal Caribbean, Bailey’s and EasyJet need to be kicked out due to using Israeli money and MyHeritage already kicked out in 2020 with Israeli connection.
The same as I wanted last year, some sort of consistency in approach from the corrupt EBU. Dump “Moroccan” Oil, as sponsor,don’t allow government propaganda and stick up for humanity or this contest is going to be over for good.
Also dump MyHeritage, Easyjet, Bailey’s Idealista, Booking and Royal Caribbean
I would be screaming and throwing up if My Heritage becomes a sponsor again for Eurovision
Honestly hoping the Netherlands does make this decision to withdraw, just so the EBU has at least SOME form of consequence for their actions, because I doubt there’d be much budge to make a lot of changes for the better.
I was so disappointed that so many countries who said they would boycott didn’t and the Israeli state was allowed to use the contest for propaganda. This year we all know better and a boycott is the only way.
And to cancel the event if Israel’s lyrics approved once again
I wish for ESC not being degraded to a pre-pride event.
How dare gay people show their faces before June
I wouldn’t mind a hard reset from the glut of mindless dance acts in favor of acts bringing traditional music from their countries/region.
Celine Dion singing as an interval act would be EPIC. Hopefully, she’ll be honoured in one way or another.
My bet is still on a video message. It was rumoured Celine was paid USD 4 million for her Olympics appearance, and Swiss TV aren’t going to be shelling out that. And she’s not going to do it for free – Celine doesn’t owe Eurovision anything, had she finished second, 14th or 21st that night in Dublin, she would still have been the megastar she is. Unlike Abba, winning Eurovision made no difference to her career.
Personally, I’m hopefully for a role for Roger Federer, Basel’s most famous son.
The thing is she wasn’t paid all that money for her performance, it was confirmed by the organizers not long time ago.
My dream is to see Celine one more time on the ESC stage.
Ban g3nocidal t3rrorist states from competing.
Do you realize that genocidal acts have been committed for many centuries and that most countries have committed them somewhere in their history? So, a contest with — who?
Oh that makes the mass murd3r of thousands of men, women and children completely ok, good to know.
Wow, reading comprehension really isn’t your thing. . .. There was no statement of approval just a statement of historical fact.
We’ll be perfectly fine with the country in question competing when the madness comes to an end and they take accountability for their actions. Just like how Germany has condemned their past actions and now get along perfectly fine with the rest of Europe, while Russia is currently out and has (almost) nobody’s support in the near future. Doesn’t mean that they can’t turn things around and make a return to Eurovision in the future, it just means that nobody wants to be around them right now.
1. Live vocals
2. Diversity of entries (that’s what makes Eurovision Eurovision): quality acts, joke acts, dancing-queen bangers, risky acts…
3. A colorful visual identity (forget the Benettonian “United By Music”)
4. Maybe more countries returning
5. Caucasus countries not revealing their entries until the very, very, very last minute
6. Wonderful national finals!
7. Last but not least: a country winning for the first time!!!
Just cancel the 2025 event already
I know a return to all live vocals is not going to happen, but I’m still going to advocate for it at every opportunity.
A big dream of mine is to see Gjon’s Tears host Eurovision!!! Some people have predicted that as well so who knows…
I hope Finland sends a descent song, qualifies and has a Top 10 song in competition. Wait, I hope the same for the UK as well…
That Deban starts his own independant channel.
How come?
I’ve decided that I’d love to see Gojira or Lucky Love in Eurovision 2025 for France, but Yseult and Indila remains in my head. Now if the french team wants to remake a National Final I would be very happy too. I’d love to see an edition without dramas but it can’t exist apparently. The Ebu has to change things for sure but the eurofans in general have to change too imo, the last edition was too toxic because of some of them too. I’d love to see a general consensus and global support on the winning act, but it… Read more »
No more joke acts, please. Käärijä failed, Baby Lasagna failed, quality always wins. Happy new season everyone!
Well, Nemo won, so atleast one joke act won. Quality hasn’t won since 2021!
In which dimension was The Code act?
Is everything except generic pop a joke act?
Baby Lasagnas song was about emigration and leaving everything behind
Käärijäs song was about being alone
If you’re looking for a joke song, go back to 2007 and 2008.
No need to go back that far.
Bring the juries back in the semi’s! Make it 50/50 again or however it was. Small states especially island states like Malta are going to struggle.
Absolutely. We are getting acts through that barely sing at all in favor of pre-recorded ‘backing’ tracks and what little they do sing is garbage. Juries would blunt the scores enough to keep the worst offenders out.
Let the Eurovision 2025 season begin! May the contest find a way to get its peaceful and fair-play atmosphere that capted me almost ten years ago! An aniversary I wish to celebrate in style by trying to travel there live for the first time, with Switzerland being a close neighbour to my country. For next season, I hope for France to find an ambitious national selection: as the whole world has been able to see in recent weeks, our country has the voices and the plumes for it! Finally, I wish Céline Dion will be there too, to sing her… Read more »
I need Eurovision 2025 to be cancelled
No more artists from western countries thinking it’s their job to get involved in middle eastern geopolitics.
hoped for a change, but clearly they don’t care so it just won’t happen…
folks say songs need revamp, i think the contest needs that too…
Say what you mean, you don’t want change, you just want to ban the worlds only jewish state and are frustrated the EBU does not share your anti semit ism
did i say anything about israel? you people are back on delulu mode already
What’s the point of a thin veil if its completely see through?
to keep the class and beauty, and those i have in surplus
xoxo
MyHeritage. My only word to say about it.
Once again, profits and EBU interests shouldn’t be more important than the values, artists and fans of the contest. In addition, artistry and diversity must be encouraged. These include, but are not limited to: i) More things going on during the weeks that lead up to the contest. For fans, Eurovision isn’t just the 3 live shows but also the lead-up to the contest. Since the TikTok partnership, the excitement that used to exist during the rehearsal days seems to have decreased a lot these last few years after Covid. At the same time though, the artists’ desire to be… Read more »
Happy New Year!!! I wish for a contest without drama. I’m looking at both the fans AND the contestants right now.
Lol coming from you….. so funny
I would look for the EBU to apply rules equally to ALL artists. I hope that in 2025 people stop blaming drama on fans and artists.
I only wish the EBU to cancel the 2025 event
I wish Michelle Hunziker as host
Less songs/countries in the grand final – more quality than fillers.
Apart from hoping there’s no drama this year, I hope to see more power to the people, Juries had too much power the last 2 contests.
My wish is for JOJO SIWA TO COMPETE FOR POLAND AND BREAK THE INTERNET.Her polish is getting better and better.
Shut up, or else many countries will withdraw. Poles don’t want her
I’d like Monaco, North Macedonia and Bulgaria back – especially when there’s a slight chance that all 3 might comeback. I’d also love there to be less toxicity around the fandom and less drama in the contest. I sometimes miss the contest and the vibe from the pre-2019 contests, even though Eurovision is kind of at its popularity peak now.
I also want some 2019 artists to return
My country (Bulgaria) to return
I feel the Estonian win in the air
It will be 24 years since their first victory, it’s about time they win Eurovision again with a much better song. I am still hoping for Lithuania to get their first victory so we can complete the Baltic region.
The dark clouds over the 2024 contest need to go for the 2025 edition. I didn’t enjoy 2024 nearly as much as previous years, because of the drama and tension surrounding it.
With that being said I’d also like:
A Welsh song would be refreshing!
I have also said before that the UK needs to remember there are other countries in the UK besides England.
The cancellation should be the option of Eurovision 2025