Thursday’s second semi-final marks the first time in Basel that UK audiences at home can vote under Eurovision rules.
Ireland and the UK have performed in the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
British group Remember Monday harmonised their song What The Hell Just Happened with Bridgerton-inspired outfits, and are already through to the grand final in Basel, Switzerland, as “one of the big five”.
Their performance kicked off with Lauren Byrne in the middle as they moved in synch with a collapsed chandelier, calling back to a line in their song.
Her along with Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele, strutted down the stage, and looked for camera angles to showcase the dramatic moments in the song, before ending in a group hug.
Thursday’s second semi-final marks the first time in Basel that UK audiences at home can vote under Eurovision rules.
Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen is hoping on Thursday to get to Ireland through to the next stage with Laika Party, which imagines the Soviet space dog as alive, despite its tragic end.
In a silvery outfit, she danced on a small stage as below the singer, her keyboardist brother Erlend Kristiansen moved only his arm to the beat of the song.
She ended saying “thank you so much”, as the crowd cheered.
The 24-year-old hopes to replicate Bambie Thug, who at Malmo 2024 was the first Irish entrant to make the final since Ryan O’Shaughnessy in Lisbon in 2018.
Before Remember Monday was Australia’s Go-Jo (Marty Zambotto) with the tongue-in-cheek Milkshake Man and Austria’s JJ (Johannes Pietsch), who is among the competition favourites with song Wasted Love.
Appearing to echo 1960s TV advertisements, Go-Jo started with a segment promoting a blender, before going into a cubicle to transform into a blue sparkly jumpsuit, which saw a part of it dramatically taken off.
Later, JJ opted for a black and white staging, which looked like a disastrous boat trip as he sung about someone they cared about being overwhelmed.
