Today is the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final: where to watch and how to vote

17 May 2025 04:10

Today, on May 17, at 21:00, Public Broadcasting platforms will start broadcasting “Pre-show. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025”, and from 22:00, the live broadcast of the final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel (Switzerland). This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Suspilne.

Representatives of 26 countries will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final. A total of 20 participants from the two semifinals made it to the final.

On May 17, they will be joined by representatives of the countries that automatically qualify for the final: this year it is Switzerland as the host country, as well as the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France as the Big Five countries.

Eurovision 2025 final – the order of the participants’ performances:

Norway
Luxembourg
Estonia
Israel
Lithuania
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Austria
Iceland
Latvia
Netherlands
Finland
Italy
Poland
Germany
Greece
Armenia
Switzerland
Malta
Portugal
Denmark
Sweden
France
San Marino
Albania.

Watchthe songs of the participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 here.

Where to watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final

At 21:00, Suspilne Kultura TV channel will start broadcasting “Pre-show. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025”. The final show will be hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and TV presenter and actress Monroe.

The guests of the “Pre-show” before the final will be celebrity guests:

film director Katya Tsaryk;
musician and sound producer Igor Kirilenko
designer Lilia Litkovskaya;
blogger and makeup artist Egor MUA.

We are planning to broadcast live from Basel, Switzerland, showing the backstage, the mood of the participants and the funniest curiosities of Euro Week. Meanwhile, in Kyiv, FIЇNKA will take to the streets to find out what people value most about the Eurovision winners.

At 22:00 , the live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final will start on Suspilne Kultura TV channel.

To ensure inclusivity, the broadcast will be accompanied by sign language interpretation. The sign language performers will be: Lada Sokolyuk, Anfisa Khudashova and Oleksandr Rudyk. Tetyana Zhurkova will translate dialogues into sign language during all broadcasts of the contest

The broadcast of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on Radio Promin will start at 22:00. The final will be hosted by Anna Zakletska and Denys Denysenko

“Pre-show. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025″ and the second semi-final of Eurovision 2025 are available on:

suspilne Kultura website
the website of the Public Broadcasting Company.

Aspecial broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Final with sign language interpretation in full screen format, which will allow people with hearing impairments to comfortably follow the contest without information barriers, is available on the Public Eurovision website. Also available with sign language translation is the “Pre-show. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025” is also available in sign language.

At 21:00, the “Pre-show. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025″. Starting from 22:00, listen and watch the work of Timur Miroshnychenko ‘s commentary studio together with one of Ukraine’s representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – rapper alyona alyona.

How to vote in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final

All 37 countries participating in the contest can vote in the final.

Ukraine has two ways to cast its vote: online via esc.vote or by texting 7576 and indicating the participant from 01 to 26 (the cost of a text message is UAH 8.50), but you cannot vote for a participant from your own country.

Viewers from all over the world, except for those in the participating countries, can now vote for their favorite songs during the 24 hours before the grand final.