The show is back and a total of 37 countries are competing in the 2025 edition - but there are some who are banned from taking part in the spectacle ...

Friends Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele are the first all-female multi-person act since 1999.

UK act Remember Monday have said that the UK is “not bad” at the Eurovision Song Contest, despite the general pessimism that other European countries do not vote for them.