Shkodra Elektronike from Albania performs the song "Zjerm" during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Eurovision Song Contest Rehearsal

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

Claude from the Netherlands performs the song “C’est La Vie” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A fan in the audience looks round ahead of the start of the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Justyna Steczkowska from Poland performs the song “GAJA” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Justyna Steczkowska from Poland performs the song “GAJA” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Ziferblat from Ukraine performs the song “Bird of Pray” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Ziferblat from Ukraine performs the song “Bird of Pray” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Swiss traditional musicians open the show at the start of the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Tommy Cash from Estonia performs the song “Espresso Macchiato” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Tommy Cash from Estonia performs the song “Espresso Macchiato” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Melody from Spain performs the song “ESA DIVA” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
VAEB from Iceland performs the song “ROA” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Lucio Corsi from Italy performs the song “Volevo Essere Un Duro” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Lucio Corsi from Italy performs the song “Volevo Essere Un Duro” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
KAJ from Sweden performs the song “Bara Bada Bastu” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
KAJ from Sweden performs the song “Bara Bada Bastu” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Kyle Alessandro from Norway performs the song ‘Lighter’ during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Kyle Alessandro from Norway performs the song ‘Lighter’ during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Red Sebastian from Belgium performs the song “Strobe Lights” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Red Sebastian from Belgium performs the song “Strobe Lights” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Gabry Ponte from San Marino performs the song “Tutta L’Italia” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Zoe Me from Switzerland performs the song “Voyage” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
The crowd holds up phones using them as light as Zoe Me from Switzerland performs the song “Voyage” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Theo Evan from Cyprus performs the song “Shh” during the dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A Eurovision flag blows in the wind beside a memorial with Swiss national personification Helvetia at the start of the Eurovision Song Contest week in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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