Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, this is Basel Calling!The Eurovision 2025 rehearsals will be continuing today in Basel with the second set of countries from the First Semi-final taking the stage for the very first time. 

The first artist individual rehearsals are set to kick off today in Basel. The first and second artist rehearsals of the 37 countries competing at ESC 2025 will be held behind closed doors without the presence of the media.

The second set of countries from the First Semi-final are expected to rehearse today with Iceland being the first country to grace the St.Jakobshalle stage.

Countries rehearsing today:

  • Norway
  • Belgium
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Albania
  • Netherlands
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus

An ‘I’ve Arrived’ video from each competing country will be shared by Eurovision’s Instagram and TiktTok official accounts whilst photographs from today’s rehearsal will be shared tomorrow by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 13, 15, and 17 May at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.