Eurovision in numbers / Photo: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD - AFP
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Eurovision in numbers
The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Basel, Switzerland, with the grand final on Saturday. Here is a snapshot of Eurovision in numbers:
- 0 -
Countries have scored the dreaded zero points in Eurovision finals on 37 occasions.
It was fairly common in the 1960s, happening 19 times, but became rare after semi-finals were introduced in 2004.
The feat became mathematically even more difficult after the voting system changed in 2016. However, Britain's James Newman managed it in 2021.
- 3 -
Basel sits right on the border of three countries: Switzerland, Germany and France. The three countries meet in the River Rhine.
Three presenters will host the final: stand-up comedian Hazel Brugger; entertainer and television presenter Michelle Hunziker; and singer Sandra Studer, who represented Switzerland at Eurovision 1991.
- 5 -
Eurovision's "Big Five" main financial backers -- Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain -- are guaranteed a place in the final.
- 6 -
Dublin has hosted Eurovision six times, a record for any city.
- 7 -
Sweden and Ireland have both won Eurovision a record seven times.
- 9 -
Britain has hosted the competition a record nine times, after its own five outright victories and stepping in for other countries, including when Liverpool hosted in 2023 following war-torn Ukraine's win.
- 13 -
Belgium's Sandra Kim is the youngest Eurovision winner, having triumphed in 1986 with "J'aime la vie" at the age of 13.
- 14 -
Greece, Norway and Ukraine have qualified from the semi-finals a record 14 times.
- 16 -
Britain has finished in second place a record 16 times, way ahead of France at six times and Germany at five.
- 26 -
The number of countries which now compete in the grand final.
- 27 -
Eurovision-winning songs have come from 27 different countries -- Russia being the biggest and Monaco the smallest.
- 30 -
The record number of years between Eurovision appearances, with Poland's Justyna Steczkowska returning in 2025 after competing in 1995.
- 37 -
The number of countries taking part in the 2025 edition across the semi-finals and final.
- 43 -
A record 43 countries participated in 2008, 2011, and 2018.
- 69 -
This year is the 69th edition of Eurovision.
- 95 -
The oldest-ever contestant was Takasa's double bass player Emil Ramsauer, who was 95 when competing for Switzerland in 2013.
- 156 -
Viewers in 156 countries voted in last year's contest.
- 1956 -
The first Eurovision was held in the Swiss city of Lugano in 1956. Seven countries took part.
- 1974 -
ABBA took the 1974 competition in Brighton by storm with "Waterloo", and the Swedish four-piece remain the most successful act ever to have won Eurovision.
- 1988 -
Aged 20, Canadian starlet Celine Dion represented Switzerland at Eurovision 1988 in Dublin, singing "Ne partez pas sans moi". She won, launching her career outside of her homeland.
- 4,500 -
Lighting fixtures in the Basel stage set, using mainly low-energy LED and laser technology.
- 6,500 -
The number of tickets sold at Basel's St. Jakobshalle for each of the nine shows, including six dress rehearsals.
- 14,000 -
The number of people accredited for Eurovision 2025.
- 100,000 -
Organisers' estimate of the crowds lining Sunday's opening parade in Basel.
- 163,000,000 -
The number of people who watched Eurovision 2024 on television or online.
F.Fournier--JdCdC
