Iceland - VÆB - RÓA

25 - 33 pts / 6 - 97 pts in semi 1

RÓA - VÆB

- ESC album version starts in lower key

RÓA
- digital single 17-1

RÓA - AXMO remix

- digital 4-7

RÓA - Karaoke (of ESC album version)

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

Even though most Söngvakeppnin entries also have an English version VÆB's RÓA has not.

Söngvakeppnin 2025 at ESCHistory

Eurovision 2025: Basel Basics

Eurovision 2025 is happening in Basel.

For many years you have been able to read everything about each Eurovision’s songs, releases and other goings on.

This year I will only be listing the very basics, just the versions and releases. Basically what I would keep as my own info. I decided that I don’t want to spend so much of my precious time on the computer.

I will be adding to the pages in the coming weeks, please be patient.

Let's get Physical - Official CD/LP dates
Austria - Wasted Love Wins Eurovision 2025, remix

Iceland - VÆB - Keychange, remix

Switzërland - Zoë Më - Voyage Voyage, duet with Louanë

Norway - Kyle Alessandro, Acoustic version, remix, updated versions

United Kingdom - What the heck? Vinyl single, Remixes

Germany - Bittersweet duo, album on CD, cdsingle out in May, Hungarian version, English

Luxembourg - La Poupée qui fait Oui, Electrique

Spain - New Diva, promo 12"inch

Lithuania - All eyes on Katarsis, Choir version

Serbia - The artists currently known as Princ, new version, album

Finland - Erika's komming, Erikavision CD & Vinyl

Ireland - Party for the dog that died in space, remix, acoustic

Israel - Yavo yom, tiny lyrical difference version

France - Louane's mum Vinyl single, Best Of 2CD, 7"back up, now coloured vinyl. English version, Acoustique

The Netherlands - C'est la Vinyl Single Out Now

Belgium - Red Alert, Red Vinyl Single Out Now

Azerbaijan - Run With U, remix

Latvia - Tautumeitas, Acoustic

Sweden - It's getting hot in herre, Sauna Collection CD and LPs

Croatia - Poison Cake To Bake, Acoustic version out now

Poland - Justyna's back, CD, Gromee remix

Ukraine - Religious bird II, acoustic

Albania - Ëlëctronic 
Armenia - Survivor
Australia - All the boys to the yard
Cyprus - Shh, Theo wir fahr'n nach Basel
Czechia - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Denmark - Hallucination or real?
Estonia - Diluted Coffee Comedy
Georgia - Freedom
Greece - Starry Eyed Klavdia, Remixes
Italy - Olly's silly nostalgic cassette single, 19 Sanremo singles, Olly not going to Basel
Malta - Serving Kant Kan't but Conte still Serving
Moldova stays home
Montenegro - Nina's back
Portugal - Deslocada Portuguesa
San Marino - The whole of Italy represents San Marino
Slovenia - The clock is ticking

 

Here are the Other Eurovision Collections and some other links you might find helpful or interesting.

1956 - 2020 Eurovision Collectors Guide (via FB)

Find out how you can get your own (inbetweenish) Eurovision Collectors Guide 1956-2020 via our Facebook page or download it here at ESC History. (Thanks Rick!)

The document features all Eurovision entries from 1956 to 2020 with points, places, versions, release details etc. 

Something updated and more userfriendly is under construction to be released after Liverpool.

We have a Facebook for the news bits, odd and ends. Find out more here.

On Spotify we have a playlist with the latest new versions, re-recordings and other discoveries of the tunes of Eurovision Past. Just search for Eurovision Collectors Guide Playlist and follow.

Eurocovers, the original website for Eurovision coverversions, Est. 2006.

And the other Collections (below) have all the details on releases, versions, charts, and other trivia you didn't know you needed. But you do!

Some of you may have some of these lying about

2009 Moscow
2010 Oslo
2011 Düsseldorf
2012 Baku
2013 Malmö
2014 Copenhagen
2015 Vienna
2016 Stockholm
2017 Kyiv
2018 Lisbon
2019 Tel Aviv
2020 Rotterdam (cancelled)
2021 Rotterdam 2.1

2022 Torino / Turin

2023 Liverpool

2024 Malmö Again
 

Switzerland - Zoë Më - Voyage

10 - 214 pts,  not in semi

Voyage - Zoë Më

- digital single 10-3

Voyage - feat Louane

- digital 20-6

Voyage - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital)

Austria - JJ - Wasted Love

Winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest

1 - 436 pts / 5 - 104 pts in semi 2

Wasted Love - JJ
- digital single 6-3

Wasted Love - Cyril remix

- digital 13-5

Wasted Love - Karaoke

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

An extended version is a youtube lyric video

United Kingdom - Remember Monday - What the hell just happened?

19 - 88 pts, not in semi

What The Hell Just Happened? - Remember Monday

- Official Basel album
What The Hell Just Happened? - original single version

- digital single 7-3, pink vinyl single (Sold out)

- There is a tiny difference between the two versions, read about it in the comments

- a vinyl 7"single is on the way, not sure which version is on it.

What The Hell Just Happened? - Live Acoustic at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

- digital bundle available here for a while

What The Hell Just Happened? - Karaoke of ESC version

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

What The Hell Just Happened? - Karaoke of original version

- b-side 7"single

Remixes

An EP of remixes from digital sources

- Journey by a DJ remix

- Dougal McGregor remix

- Marcus Wiles remix

- Warren Meyers remix

- (first) single version

radio edit, extended and instrumental versions of the Marcus Wiley mix have been made.

pre-release image

The vinyl single is available at Remember Monday's Merch shop. Out 16-5

Spain - Melody - Esa Diva

24 - 37 pts , not in semi 

Esa Diva - (new ESC version) - Melody

- digital single 14-3, promo 12"inch

Esa Diva (original a.k.a. Benidorm Fest edit) 
- CD Benidormfest 2025
- digital single 20-12-2024

Esa Diva - versión Sinfónica

- promo 12"inch

Esa Diva - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital)

A promo 12"inch was issued

it includes the Eurovision version, the versión sinfonica 

on the B- side it has Vuelve Conmigo, the 1995 Spanish entry by Anabel Conde

All pre-song from Benidormfest were released on below CD

promo 12" inch

Benidormfest 2025 at ESCHistory
Benidormfest Shopping

Lithuania - Katarsis - Tavo Akys

16 - 96 pts / 6 - 103 pts in semi 2

Tavo Akys - Katarsis
- digital single 31-1

Tavo Akys - Choir version

- digital 14-5

Tavo Akys - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital) 

Eurovizija.lt 2025 at ESCHistory

Serbia - Princ - Mila

14 - 28 pts in semi 2

Mila (new version) - Princ

- Youtube, digital replaced original on 22-3 also on CD Mila
Mila (first studio version)

- digital single 27-1

Mila - Live (at Pesma za Euroviziju)

- digital 26-2

Mila - Acoustic

- CD Mila (digital 2-5)

Mila - Alternative karaoke, also named instrumental on a 5-5 issue

- CD Mila (digital 2-5)

Mila - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital)

the album

NOTE: The Mila album currently does not show up in Princ's list in Spotify unless you search for Princ Mila Album. But it's also out on CD via Croatia records

Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025 at ESCHistory 

Let's get physical

It's gonna hurt but it's time for your yearly physicals

pre-release image

Singles
Netherlands - 7"inch yellow vinyl
France - 7"inch vinyl

Belgium - 7"inch red vinyl

Germany - cdsingle

Finland - Erikavision 6-track

U.K. - Pink vinyl 7"

A promo 12"inch has been spotted for Spain

The Officials

The official 2CD with 37 songs is expected on April 25.

A 3 LP vinyl set is expected "End of May".

Karaoke only digital out on April 18

Preselection albums

Sweden

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Artist albums

Italy - Lucio has an LP/CD album out in April

Poland - Justyna's Witch album has the original Gaja

France - Louanes Best Of on CD in May

Germany - Bittersüß album on CD in April, Deluxe in May

Sweden - Sauna Collection Best Of CD

Latvia - Tautumeitas' CD album includes Bur Man Laimi

Finland - Erika Vikman - Ich Komme

11 - 196 pts / 3 - 115 pts in semi 2

Ich Komme - Erika Vikman
- digital single 16-1

Ich Komme (ROOS & BERG remix)

- digital 18-4

- Original and remix both on CD/Vinyl EP Erikavision

Ich Komme - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital)

Erikavision is an EP with 6 tracks including Ich Komme and the remix.

Available here

Also includes Cicciolina from the 2020 UMK

UMK 2025 at ESCHistory

Germany - Abor & Tynna - Baller

15 - 151 pts, not in semi

Baller (Eurovision version) - Abor & Tynna

- also on original CD Bittersüß 

- pre orderable here, It's called remix EP, Postage is very high

- Also available at JPC, with much lower postage

pre-release image

Baller - original first version (album version)
- digital 24-1, as second track to single Songs Gehasst.

- also on digital album Bittersüß. Out on CD on April 4 and deluxe edition

- on cdsingle out on May 16 (Jive/Sony), see full tracklist below

Baller - Acoustic Hungarian version

- digital 25-4, also on Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe) edition

Baller - Nowifi remix

- digital 8-5

Baller - Abor remix

- on Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe) edition and cdsingle

Baller - English edit

- digital 6-6

Baller - Karaoke of ESC version

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

Baller - Karaoke of Album version

- cdsingle, on Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe) edition

The cdsingle has:

Baller (original album version)

Acoustic version

Acoustic Hungarian version

Karaoke (of album version)

Abor remix

- orderable here, It's called remix EP, more details later, Postage is very high

- Also available at JPC, with much lower postage

The  Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe) edition CD/2LP has all versions except one of the karaokes. (don't know which one yet)

A CD and clear vinyl 2LP will be released May 16, Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe), with 9 bonus tracks. (see comments)

A DJ service has the Feier und Eis remix of Baller (DJ Pool)

DJ Pool's Baller 138 is the original album version

DJ Pool link (for verification, service is members only)

Chefsache ESC 2025, (German NF) at Wiki, & ESCHistory (later...)

Israel - Yuval Raphael - New day will rise

2 - 357 pts / 1 - 203 pts in semi 2

New Day Will Rise - Yuval Raphael / יובל רפאל 

- New "Uneharot" version, see below

- digital 9-3

New Day Will Rise (original "Veneharot" version)

- digital 9-3

There is actually an alternative version of the song due to a mis-pronunciation of the a Hebrew conjunctive "Vav" (meaning "and") in the original version of the song that was published on March 9th. A new corrected version was released a few days later, and now can be found on the Official CD as well as on Spotify (but again, not on the videos). You can read more about it on the following article https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-845491.

New Day Will Rise - Karaoke = Instrumental

On the official karaoke album (digital)

France - Louane - Maman

7 - 230 pts , not in semi

Maman - Louane
- digital single 15-3

- Vinyl 7"inch single available here, first edition was Sold Out but a new one (coloured vinyl) is up there now. release date 9-5 (Island/Def Jam)

- Also on fortcoming CD Tiens Mon Best Of, expected May 9.

Maman - Acoustique

- digital 18-4

Maman - English version

- CD Tiens Mon Best Of, expected May 9. (digital May 8)

Maman - Live from Stade de France

- digital 1-5

Maman - instrumental 

- digital 25-4, Vinyl 7"inch single b-side

Maman - Karaoke

On the official karaoke album (digital)

Not be confused with her 2014 single Maman from her album Chambre 12. 

Latvia - Tautumeitas - Bur Man Laimi

13 - 158 pts / 2 - 130 pts in semi 2

Bur Man Laimi - Tautumeitas
- digital single 4-12-2024, CD album

Bur Man Laimi (Acoustic)

- digital 4-4

Bur Man Laimi - Karaoke

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

A CD album Zem Saules / Under The Solar Spell includes the Eurovision entry.

Available here

Latvia's Supernova at ESCHistory

Netherlands - Claude - C'est La Vie

12 - 175 pts / 3 - 121 pts in semi 1

C'est la vie - Claude
- digital single 27-2

- 7"inch vinyl 28-3 11-4 Yellow vinyl

C'est la vie (Instrumental)

- 7"inch vinyl 28-3 11-4 b-side

C'est La Vie (karaoke)

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Vinyl single pre-orderable here & here