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Swiss city of Basel to host Eurovision 2025

Swiss city of Basel to host Eurovision 2025

Basel will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest after the Swiss border city was chosen Friday to stage the 69th edition of the glitzy annual TV extravaganza. Swiss singer Nemo’s 2024 Eurovision victory gave Switzerland the right to host next year’s event, with a huge global audience guaranteed. Right on the borders with France and...

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Swiss cities battle to host Eurovision 2025 – or not

Swiss cities battle to host Eurovision 2025 – or not

Nemo’s victory was only the third time Switzerland has won Eurovision, after victories in 1956 and 1988 – Copyright AFP Tobias SCHWARZ Robin MILLARD Swiss singer Nemo’s 2024 Eurovision victory means Switzerland gets to host the glitzy TV extravaganza next year — though battles are now raging over footing the bill. Zurich, Geneva, Basel, plus...

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Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo’s crochet bonnet and dress made from recycled bananas leaves The One Show viewers and guest Dominic West lost for words

Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo’s crochet bonnet and dress made from recycled bananas leaves The One Show viewers and guest Dominic West lost for words

Eurovision winner Nemo left viewers and guests on The One Show visibly stunned as they showcased their unique sense of style on Friday night.  The Swiss star, 24, became the competition’s first non-binary winner on Saturday  with their song The Code. And Nemo was invited onto Friday’s installment of The One Show to discuss their...

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Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere and more | Entertainment

Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere and more | Entertainment

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging. In a statement dated Sunday,...

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Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere and more | Entertainment

Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Nemo’s Eurovision win fires up Swiss advocates for non-binary rights an more | Entertainment

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98 Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films over six decades and helped launch the careers of acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and...

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Switzerland’s Nemo wins Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland’s Nemo wins Eurovision Song Contest

Malmo, Sweden – Switzerland’s Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, becoming the first artist identifying as nonbinary to claim victory, in a competition marked by controversy over Israel’s participation during the war in Gaza. Twenty-four-year-old Nemo’s “The Code” won the highest score from nations’ juries, and enough of the popular votes to get...

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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with Nemo’s ‘The Code’

Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with Nemo’s ‘The Code’

MALMO, Sweden —  Switzerland won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on Saturday in the Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest was thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded because of its military campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas’...

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Switzerland Wins the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland Wins the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

Nemo. Photo: Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images The Swiss are on a roll! Switzerland has been crowned the winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, with their entry, “The Code” by Nemo, beating out 25 countries in the finals on Saturday, May 11. Switzerland quickly became the frontrunner as the national jury vote came in, during...

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Switzerland wins Eurovision, as Israel-Gaza war casts shadow over contest

Switzerland wins Eurovision, as Israel-Gaza war casts shadow over contest

Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its military...

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