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Austrian performer Johannes Pietsch won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night while Israel’s Yuval Raphael came second after a tense showdown at the Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland.

Pietsch, an Austrian-Filipino opera singer who was raised in Dubai — and performs professionally under the name of JJ — sang the operatic ballad “Wasted Love” in a ramshackle dingy amid strobe lighting on stage, and earned 436 points. He beat Israeli entrant Raphael as she finished second with 357 points, while also winning the public vote section of the competition.

The top five in a competition voted on via a combination of national music industry juries and the global public included Estonia coming third with 356 points, Sweden with 321 points and Italy with 256 points.

The Grand Final included Raphael singing her power ballad, “New Day Will Rise.” During her performance, a man and a woman attempted to rush the stage. A spokesman for...

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is happening so soon, and we can finally hear all of the entries!

The 69th edition of the annual song contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland, following the country’s win at the Eurovision 2024 contest with the song “The Code” by Nemo.

This year’s contest is taking place at St. Jakobshalle, and consisting of two semi-finals on May 13 and May 15, with the final on May 17, 2025.

The three live shows are being presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker also appearing for the final.

37 countries will participate in the contest. Montenegro will be returning to the competition after a two-year absence from the competition. Moldova withdrew from the contest due to economic reasons.

With just a few more weeks to go, all of the countries have already declared their entrants.

Click through to hear all of the finalist songs from the participating countries…...

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is coming soon!

The 69th edition of the annual song contest is taking place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country’s win at the Eurovision 2024 contest with the song “The Code” by Nemo.

This year’s contest will be held at the venue St. Jakobshalle, and will consist of two semi-finals on May 13 and May 15, with the final on May 17, 2025.

The three live shows will be presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker also appearing for the final.

37 countries will participate in the contest. Montenegro will return after a two-year absence from the competition. Moldova withdrew due to economic reasons.

With two months to go, several of the countries have already declared their entrants.

Click through to hear the songs confirmed by participating countries so far…...

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is coming!

The 69th edition of the annual song contest is set to take place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country’s win at the 2024 contest with the song “The Code” by Nemo.

The contest will be held at the venue St. Jakobshalle, and will consist of two semi-finals on May 13 and May 15, and the final on May 17, 2025.

The three live shows will be presented by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer, with Michelle Hunziker also appearing for the final.

37 countries will participate in the contest. Montenegro will return after a two-year absence from the competition. Moldova withdrew due to economic reasons.

While many countries have not yet publicly announced their representatives, some of the countries have already declared their entrants early.

Click through to hear the songs confirmed by participating countries so far…...

Lining up to attend yet another award show, a host of stars paid a visit to the Die Goldene Kamera 2014 Awards at Flughafen Tempelhof on Saturday (February 1).

"Dallas Buyers Club" stud Matthew McConaughey swaggered into the affair in a silky blue suit, alongside his lovely wife, Camila Alves, who wore a fiery red gown.

Also in attendance were Diane Keaton, who showed up all in black leather, while "Cedar Cove" beauty Andie MacDowell made her way in wearing a ruby red dress.

Finally, Gwyneth Paltrow gleamed as she made her way into the event, sporting a breathtaking maroon gown and flashing her gorgeous pearly whites.

The event's host, Michelle Hunziker, said, "I have had the pleasure of experiencing Hape before in a couple of other shows and let me tell you – this is going to be an extremely entertaining evening and we’re going to have a few little surprises in store.

It’s the second week of the annual Bikini Awards, and you’d think we’d run out of sexy men and women to objectify in their tiny triangles of fabric. But though we’ve thoroughly covered the supermodels, pop singers, Disney alums, reality-tv stars, Hollywood stunners and, of course, the boys of summer, we have one more category of bikini greatness to share with you. Only we have no idea what to call them, as these ladies kind of defy simple categorizations. We have the likes of Maria Menounos, TV presenter and now an expert ballroom dancer. There are foreign hotties like Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, Swiss-Italian TV hostess Michelle Hunziker and Miss Finland, Sara Chafak. Ufc Octogon girl Arianny Celeste basically dons bikinis for a living, but that doesn’t mean she minds wearing them on her days off too. Courtney Stodden demonstrated earlier this week that she...

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As she brings an end to her overseas holiday, Michelle Hunziker spent the day at the beach with her daughter, Aurora, and a friend in Miami, Florida on Sunday (April 12).

Clad in a sexy rainbow-colored bikini, the 23-year-old Swiss beauty and her gal pal played around in the crystal clear waters before joining the rest of the family in a comfy seaside perch.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, Miss Hunziker has been vacationing in the southern Florida hotspot with her family since April 1st.

The blonde babe has been a mainstay on the beach, sporting an array of sexy swimwear while also enjoying the shopping and dining offerings in Miami during the course of her Stateside stay.

As she brings an end to her overseas holiday, Michelle Hunziker spent the day at the beach with her daughter, Aurora, and a friend in Miami, Florida on Sunday (April 12).

Clad in a sexy rainbow-colored bikini, the 23-year-old Swiss beauty and her gal pal played around in the crystal clear waters before joining the rest of the family in a comfy seaside perch.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, Miss Hunziker has been vacationing in the southern Florida hotspot with her family since April 1st.

The blonde babe has been a mainstay on the beach, sporting an array of sexy swimwear while also enjoying the shopping and dining offerings in Miami during the course of her Stateside stay.

After Kim Kardashian's amazing bikini body shot all the other bikini'd starlets out of the water, we had to start looking for new bikini-wearing babes from other, non-Kim countries. Enter Michelle Hunziker, a Swiss model and actress who may be Europe's best kept bikini secret. Now, factor in the fact that she has a teenage daughter and you have a woman who may have magical bikini powers. Click here for more photos and don't forget to check out all of our bikini coverage at Celeb Bikini Safari.

Continuing along with her relaxing sunshine state holiday, Michelle Hunziker was back on the beach in Miami, Florida on Wednesday afternoon (April 7).

The Swiss actress/model looked fabulous in a skimpy red bikini as she cooled down in the water after working on her tan while perched in a shoreside lounge chair.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, Miss Hunziker has been vacationing in the southern Florida hotspot with her family since April 1st.

The blonde babe took the beach over the past few days, as well, also going shopping with her mom and precious daughter, Aurora.

Bringing her sex appeal to the sunshine state, Michelle Hunziker was spotted romping around the beach in Miami, Florida on Sunday afternoon (April 4).

Clad in a skimpy bikini, the 33-year-old Swiss actress smiled for paparazzi as she went to test the water temperature during her Stateside holiday.

For those unfamiliar with Miss Hunziker, she's an A-list celebrity in several countries including Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was previously married to Italian singer, Eros Ramazzotti.

The trip to the States comes after the 33-year-old blonde beauty finished up promotional work with a recent appearance on the German TV show "Wetten Dass..."...