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Eurovision band Ziferblat of Ukraine sings their national anthem with Ukrainian people during a family meeting in a park in Basel as part of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest week, in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, May 15, 2025. Credit: AP/Martin Meissner BASEL, Switzerland — Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The countdown is over, the Eurovision Song Contest is back for another and the eyes of the world will be on Basel as the famous events kicks off with its first semi final on Tuesday night. And there are three people with a very important job to do as the show's hosts.

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Finnish politicians have long used saunas, relaxed but exposing, as an ideal setting for hard talks, a practice known as “sauna diplomacy.” KAJ wear drab suits onstage in tribute to Urho Kekkonen, a long-serving Finnish president who famously deployed the technique in talks with Finland’s overbearing neighbor the Soviet Union.

Big, bold and diplomatically dicey – the Eurovision Song Contest requires some strong personalities to steer its course through a week of semi and grand finals. Switzerland, known for its political neutrality,