Friday, November 14, 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
Austria - Wasted Love Wins Eurovision 2025, remix
Italy - Olly's silly nostalgic cassette single, 19 Sanremo singles, Olly not going to Basel. Lucio Corsi LP/CD and Live 2LP/CD
Albania - Ëlëctronic, Vinyl
 Belgium - Red Alert, Red Vinyl Single Out Now, Album out now
Luxembourg - La Poupée qui fait Oui, Electrique, August remixes
Czechia - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, acoustic EP, July 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
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
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
Armenia - Survivor
Australia - All the boys to the yard
Cyprus - Shh, Theo wir fahr'n nach Basel
Denmark - Hallucination or real?
Estonia - Diluted Coffee Comedy
Georgia - Freedom
Greece - Starry Eyed Klavdia, Remixes
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!






Italy - Lucio Corsi - Volevo Essere Un Duro

5 - 256 pts / not in semi
Volevo Essere Un Duro - Lucio Corsi
- digital single 12-2
- also on LP/CD Sanremo 2025 and the Sorrisi TV magazine edition (see below)
- also on CD/LP Volevo Essere Un Duro expected April 11/18
Lucio Corsi's shop has various formats of the album CD and Coloured, Black & Clear vinyl LPs. 
For the official album (2CD/3LP) the end is cut by a few seconds (see comments)
Volevo Essere Un Duro - Karaoke = Instrumental
- On the official karaoke album (digital)

La Chitarra Nella Roccia - Lucio Corsi dal Vivo all'Abbazia di San Galgano
A live 2LP and CD were released on November 14, including the Eurovision song.


pre-release image LP




The Sanremo winner declined participation in Eurovision.
Balorda Nostalgia - Olly (original version)
- digital single 12-2
- cassette single exclusive to Discoteca Laziale
Balorda Nostalgia is added to the digital version of Olly's album Tutta Vita but NOT on the LP or CD version (yet?)
- also on LP/CD Sanremo 2025 and the Sorrisi TV magazine edition (see below)
The 2CD and 2LP with the participating songs of Sanremo 2025 are out now (since 14-2). I think the vinyls have 30 tracks.
 Discoteca Laziale has a coloured vinyl exclusive.The 2CD includes 35 songs including four Young ones and the themesong Tutta l'Italia by Gabry Ponte.

Singles
The following Sanremo entries have single releases, available at DL
Olly – “Balorda nostalgia” (cassette single)
Brunori Sas – “L’albero delle noci” (7” black vinyl)
Giorgia – “La cura per me” (7” Bread white vinyl)
Gaia – “Chiamo io, chiami tu” (7” Black vinyl)
Rocco Hunt – “Mill vot ancor” (7” Orange vinyl)
Noemi – “Se ti innamori, muori” (7” Yellow vinyl))
Bresh – “La tana del granchio” (7” Turqoise vinyl)
Francesca Michielin – “Fango in paradiso” (cdsingle)
Joan Thiele – “Eco” (7” Transparent vinyl)

- Below are the singles available exclusively at Warner, All black vinyl 7"inch except when noted differently.
Clara – “Febbre” 
Achille Lauro – “Incoscienti giovani” 
Irama – “Lentamente” 
Serena Brancale – “Anema e core” 
Massimo Ranieri – “Tra le mani un cuore” 
Sarah Toscano – “Amarcord” 
Rose Villain – “Fuorilegge” 
Fedez – “Battito” 
Coma_Cose – “Cuoricini” (Red heart shaped vinyl)
The Kolors – “Tu con chi fai l’amore?” 

The TV magazine edition Sorrisis has the same 30 tracks + 4 selections from the "young ones" section. It does not have the Gabry Ponte themesong.

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...