Basel, Switzerland, Nov 24, 2024 (AFP) - Basel voters approve funding for Eurovision 2025: early results

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2024-11-24

Voters in the Swiss city of Basel on Sunday comfortably approved putting nearly $40 million into hosting the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, according to intermediate results shortly after the polls closed. According to the partial count -- with most people voting in advance by post -- 66.4 percent of voters in the Basel city region backed putting taxpayers' money into staging next year's Eurovision. Without the host city funding, the TV extravaga......

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