Four cities in the running to host Eurovision 2025

The Swiss broadcaster SRF has confirmed that four cities are set to submit official bids to host the competition before the deadline on Friday.

This will be Switzerland’s first Eurovision Song Contest since 1989 following Celine Dion’s victory.

The cities that have bid to host the competition are:

Basel

Basel had already confirmed that it was intending to bid for the competition, so their inclusion on the final list comes as no surprise. What is perhaps a surprise is the potential venues that have been proposed by the city. The obvious choice is the St-Jakobskalle indoor arena which hold 12,000 people but the city has reportedly also suggested that it could use the 40,000 St. Jakob-Park as football stadium that hosts Swiss super league side FC Basel. The larger stadium does not currently meet EBU requirements due to it not having a roof meaning that the stadium hosting would be subject to EBU approval or a temporary roof being constructed.

Bern and Biel

Initially, it was reported that the Swiss capital of Bern would not bid to host the competition but SRF is now reporting that they are expected to go for a joint bid with Biel, the hometown of the 2024 winner Nemo. It is thought that the most likely arrangement if this bid were to win would see the contest hosted at the Bern Festhalle while the Tissot Arena in Biel would likely hold events such as the opening ceremony. SRF has also reported that they could construct a new 9,000 capacity arena on the site of the Bernexpo.

Geneva

Geneva is also set to bid to host the competition if this was to happen then the contest would be going very close to home, with the EBU headquarters located within the city. The city has already announced its bid and has a taskforce working on bringing the competition to Geneva. If successful the competition would be hosted in the 15,000-capacity Palexpo.

Zurich

The final city thought to be bidding for the competition is Zurich. Originally the city stated that it was only going to bid after it had received some clarifications from the EBU but SRF is reporting that they will now go ahead with their bid. There are two potential venues within the city that could host the competition those being the Hallenstadion which could hold 15,000 people or the smaller but newer 12,000-capacity stadium the Swiss Life Arena.

So we now have limited our options down to four it is time for you to have your say!.

Who do you want to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025?

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