[4] The three live shows will be presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker joining for the final.

Moldova had originally planned to participate, but it later withdrew due to economic reasons and the perceived quality of its national selection.

[8] St. Jakob-Park will hold a screening of the final along with performances by past Eurovision artists, with entry charged for the public; the stadium will also be featured on the live broadcast.

[12][13] After Switzerland's win in the 2024 contest, the local authorities of Geneva expressed interest in hosting the 2025 edition at Palexpo and submitted a formal application.

[30] The host broadcaster SRG SSR launched the bidding process on 27 May 2024, by issuing a list of requirements for interested cities.

[36] On 30 August, the EBU and SRG SSR announced Basel as the host city, with St. Jakobshalle as the chosen venue.

[37][4] A referendum was held in November 2024 within the Basel-Stadt canton to approve the expenditure for organising the contest, which passed with the support of 66.6% of voters.

[7] As of March 2025[update], the contest is set to feature two returning artists for the same country: Justyna Steczkowska previously represented Poland in 1995,[47] and Nina Žižić appeared with Who See for Montenegro in 2013.

The core team will consist of Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler as executive producers,[114] and Yves Schifferle as head of show.

[3] In response to the circumstances that led to the disqualification of the 2024 Dutch entrant Joost Klein from that year's final, from 2025 onwards, no behind-the-scenes filming of the artists would be permitted without prior approval from their delegations' head of press.

[123] Devised for the second year in a row by German production designer Florian Wieder, who had previously designed the sets of seven previous contests, the stage is inspired by Switzerland's mountains and linguistic diversity, highlighted by a central extension that extends into the standing audience area and surrounded by an LED arch.

The public screening of the final at St. Jakob-Park will be hosted by Sven Epiney and Mélanie Freymond [fr], both of whom will also announce the points of the Swiss jury from the stadium.

[2][5] The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place on 28 January 2025 at 12:30 CET, at the Kunstmuseum Basel Auditoriuum.

All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience.

The Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel provides international live streams with no commentary of all shows.