Eurovision 2025: Where will the 69th Song Contest be held?

Dionysias Zapatina

And if we have not yet closed a week since the victory of Switzerland in Eurovision with the Nemo and ‘The Code’, the host city debate is already in full swing.

Despite the fact that between now and September, when the location of the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is expected to be announced, more than 4 months pass, already three Swiss cities have declared their candidacy, two have already refused and one is…thinking about it.

And let’s start with those who have already declared that they will not contest the event. The first is a historic and beautiful city, Lugano. Where in 1956 the first year of the Eurovision Contest was hosted. But then only 7 countries participated and proportionately much less people compared to when the participations this year were 37, Turkey announced that it is coming back next year and we still don’t know if we will also see returns of Balkan countries that have been away for the last few years.

So with a heavy heart the Mayor Roberto Badaracco announced neither more nor less that they would like it but they cannot support it since there are no venues with a capacity of more than 15,000 spectators in the wider area of ​​the canton of Ticino. Something like, the spirit is willing, the flesh is sick…

The attitude of the Mayor of Lausanne, Grégoire Junod, was similarwho despite the fact that his city has hosted the event once, in 1989 after the victory of Switzerland with Celine Dion, stated that unfortunately they have similar problems, not only for the venue but also for the press center.

So the three who are interested are Genevathe second most populous city in Switzerland, the Reignthe third most populous with the strategic location that unites three states (Switzerland, France and Germany) and by far the smallest Saint Gallen you call it a surprise because it is a city of about 75,000 inhabitants with limited accommodation and those who have been involved in the Competition for years and know people and things do not think that it has a high chance of being selected.

How much more so if finally the biggest city of Switzerland, Zurich, which is thinking about whether it wants to enter the race to claim the organization of Eurovision 2025, declares its participation.

See you in September for the announcement.