Geneva, home of EBU, is the first to bid for Eurovision 2025

After Switzerland won the Eurovision Song Contest, Geneva wants to host the 2025 edition. The Palexpo exhibition and events complex in the Swiss city has already submitted a bid to the Swiss broadcaster SSR, writes the newspaper Le Temps. Palexpo has coordinated the plans with the city council.

It is tradition that the winning country organizes the next edition. Geneva is the first city to report. Swiss media also takes into account the interest of cities such as Zurich, Basel and Bern. Previous Swiss editions of the Eurovision Song Contest were in Lugano (1956) and Lausanne (1989).

Geneva is located in the far west of Switzerland, on the border with France. It is a very international city, with offices of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the Red Cross, among others.

Home of EBU

Geneva is also home to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), an umbrella organization of public broadcasters and organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU played a leading role in this week’s edition. Due to the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the organization was criticized for the decision to allow Israel to participate, while Russia has been banned since 2022 due to the war in Ukraine.

There was also a lot of dissatisfaction among fans and participants about the decision to disqualify the Dutch entry Joost Klein. At the final last night, there were boos and cheers in the audience when Eurovision boss Österdahl came into view.

Switzerland won the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time yesterday, with the song The Code by Nemo. He is the first non-binary winner of the song festival.

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