Friday, April 4, 2025

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
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
Norway - Kyle Alessandro, Acoustic version
Belgium - Red Alert, Red Vinyl
Ukraine - Religious bird II, acoustic
France - Louane's mum Vinyl single, Best Of 2CD
The Netherlands - C'est la Vinyl single
Germany - Bittersweet duo, album on CD
Albania - Ëlëctronic 
Armenia - Survivor
Australia - All the boys to the yard
Austria - Wasted love
Azerbaijan - Run With U
Cyprus - Shh, Theo wir fahr'n nach Basel
Czechia - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Denmark - Hallucination or real?
Estonia - Diluted Coffee Comedy
Finland - Erika's komming
Georgia - Freedom
Greece - Starry Eyed Klavdia, Remixes
Iceland - VÆB
Ireland - Party for the dog that died in space
Israel - Yavo yom
Italy - Olly's silly nostalgic cassette single, 19 Sanremo singles, Olly not going to Basel
Latvia - Tautumeitas
Lithuania - All eyes on Katarsis
Luxembourg - La Poupée qui fait Oui
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
Serbia - The artists currently known as Princ, new version
Slovenia - The clock is ticking
Spain - New Diva
Switzërland - Zoë Më - Voyage Voyage
United Kingdom - What the heck?

 

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!






Let's get physical

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

Singles

Netherlands - 7"inch vinyl
France - 7"inch vinyl
Belgium - 7"inch vinyl

The Officials
The official 2CD with 37 songs is expected on April 25.
A 3 LP vinyl set is expected "End of May".

Preselection albums


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 2CD in May
Germany - Bittersüß album on CD in April
Sweden - Sauna Collection Best Of CD


Sweden - KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu

Bara Bada Bastu - KAJ
- digital single 21-2
- "Best of" CD/LP Sauna Collection Out May 16, Available here* & here
Bara Bada Bastu - karaoke
- CD/LP Sauna Collection Out May 16, Available here* & here
*RecordshopX has a bonus exclusive card with the CD, the also have a brown vinyl LP, and Orange vinyl LP (limited). 
I'm not sure if the vinyl also has the karaoke version.


The 2CD with all 2025 Melodifestivalen entries is out on 28-2

History of Melodifestivalen in the charts is here (Malmö24, scroll down)

Melodifestivalen 2025 at ESCHistory

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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 ot...