The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to begin on Tuesday, with the first of two semi-finals taking place this evening. This year's MESC will take place over three days: February 4, 6, and 8, at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali and will be hosted by Pauline Agius, Davide Tucci and Valentina Rossi.

The next British musicians have reportedly been revealed as Eurovision fans gear up for this year's glamorous competition in Switzerland.

The long wait is over - Austria will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 by Austrian-Filipino countertenor JJ aka Johannes Pietsch. He

Russia's love affair with Eurovision reached a peak in 2008, when the singer Dima Bilan was crowned the winner of the competition.

Russia took part in Eurovision 23 times from 1994 but as ties with the West steadily soured it began to consider reviving the Soviet-era Intervision, especially after Conchita Wur

The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision while promoting "traditional values." View on euronews

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Feb. 3 ordering the revival of the Intervision song contest, the Soviet Union's equivalent to Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest banned Russia from participation in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to RIA, the Russian news agency, after being excluded from Eurovision, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, has decided to revive Intervision, a musical competition from the Soviet era. The goal is to promote Russian culture and unite countries sympathetic to Russia.