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.

[14][15] On the same day, the president of the Basel-Stadt government, Conradin Cramer, also expressed interest in Basel hosting the 2025 event.

[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 February 2025[update], the contest is set to feature two returning artists: Poland's Justyna Steczkowska previously represented the country in 1995,[47] and Montenegro's Nina Žižić provided uncredited live vocals for Who See in 2013.

The core team will consist of Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler as executive producers,[111] 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.

[120] 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.

The following spokespersons have been announced: 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.