A semi-final countdown

IF YOU'RE looking for proof that Eurovision has become fashionable again, at least in BBC circles (I don’t suppose you are, but let’s at least pretend, OK?), then take a look at BBCi tonight at 8pm.

- Mike Ward

There you'll find the first EUROVISION SONG CONTEST SEMI-FINAL 2025, coming live from Basel in Switzerland.

“So what?”

Well, so quite a lot, since you ask. My point is, the Eurovision semis never used to be shown on the BBC’s main channel.

For all but two of the 19 years we've had them, they’ve been hidden away on either BBC3 or BBC4, almost as if they were considered a bit rubbish, if you can imagine such a thing.