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The Municipal Council of Zurich has passed two motions in favour of the city submitting a bid to host Eurovision 2025.

On Wednesday, the Municipal Council of Zurich passed two motions by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz– SP) and the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz – GLP) in favour of the city hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. In their proposals, both parties higlighted the positive economic effects as well as the image and advertising effects that Eurovision would bring to the city. Marco Denoth, council member for SP, stated:

“We want to show that the Council is behind the event.”

The Swiss People’s Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei – SVP) opposed the motions, calling…

The Canton and City of Geneva have launched a taskforce with the aim to bring Eurovision 2025 to Geneva.

Work is progressing on Geneva’s bid to host the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Following the announcement from SSR SRG that bid books had been shared with interested host cities, Geneva has created a task force to focus on hosting the competition.

The city of Geneva, Canton of Geneva and the hopeful venue of Palexpo have created a taskforce to work on their bid. Delphine Bachmann, State Councilor for the Economy and Employment told TdG that:

“It would be an incredible showcase! Geneva is ready!”

To date, four cities across Switzerland have publicly shown an interest in hosting Eurovision 2025. They are:

Cities have until the end of June to submit their bids to…