What time is the Eurovision 2025 grand final? Where can I watch from Australia?
After two electric semi-finals, we're at the pointy end of the Eurovision Song Contest.
This weekend, 26 countries will battle through ballads, opera, pop and techno, vying to be crowned the winners of Eurovision 2025.
Here's what you need to know ahead of the grand final.
It's being held on Saturday night in Switzerland.
Because of the time difference, it'll be early Sunday morning in Australia.
Want to catch up on the semifinals?
On SBS and SBS on Demand.
We'll also be live blogging all the action on ABC News from 4:30am AEST.
Don't worry if you're not an early riser though. SBS will be broadcasting a repeat of the final at 7:30pm on Sunday.
The broadcast will kick off at:
No, unfortunately not.
Australia's entrant Go-Jo was knocked out after its performance in the second semi-finals earlier this week.
This year, 37 countries entered the contest but only 26 of them are in the grand final.
Twenty countries made it through the publicly voted semi-finals this week. They are:
Then there are the 'big five' countries that automatically gain entry to the grand final due to the financial contributions they make to the competition:
Finally, as the reigning champion, Switzerland gets a free pass into the grand final.
Each participating country gives two sets of points to their top 10 songs:
One set of those points comes from the a public vote of viewers from that country.
The other set is decided by a jury of five music industry professionals from that country.
The act with the most points wins.
Yes.
While people in Europe can vote via text and call, Australian's can only vote online.
The public are allowed up to 20 votes each but, fair warning, it will cost you 65c per vote.
You can access Australia's online voting portal during the Eurovision grand final here.
In short, because Australian broadcaster SBS has been such a big supporter of the event.
It's been covering the contest since 1983 — a whopping four decades — but Australian acts have only been taking the stage for 10 years.
In 2015, Australia was invited to compete as a wildcard entry to align with the 'building bridges' theme of that year.
Given Guy Sebastian's success (coming in fifth place) that year, the SBS struck a deal with the EBU for Australia to stay on the bill until 2023.
In 2024 and 2025, we were invited back to compete again.
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