A referendum on the approval of expenditure for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was held in the Basel-Stadt canton in Switzerland on 24 November 2024.
In August 2024, Basel was announced as the host city of Eurovision 2025, with the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt approving a CHF 37.4 million[a] expenditure in September.
On 30 August 2024, the European Broadcasting Union selected Basel as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, with the event to be held at St.
[3] The Federal Democratic Union (EDU) had promised to launch referenda to potentially block funding proposals in any city that agreed to host the song contest prior to the August announcement.
[10] With a 57% turnout, 66.6% of voters supported the proposal, allowing the funding to be spent on financing the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.