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The ESC is coming to Basel, and to celebrate, the Research Network Responsible Digital Society, along with the University of Basel’s AI-Initiative are organizing a Eurovision style competition featuring music made entirely by Artificial Intelligence.

We received 49 AI generated songs from University staff and students, the general public, and students from our EUCOR partner universities, all hoping to be crowned the AI-ESC Champion.

At the grand finale event on 12 May at 17:00 in the main auditorium at Kollegienhaus, a selection of these songs will be played and all attendees will be able to vote for their favorite songs. While the votes are being tallied, a panel discussion will be held to address the risks of AI for the music industry.

Registration

Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register now to watch and vote in the competition.

Doors open at 16:30. Bags must be deposited at the (free) manned cloakroom. ID checks may be carried out. Admission to the auditorium will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The organizers reserve the right to deny access/entry to the Aula and to move spectators to an overflow room.

15 Songs Representing 15 ESC Countries

The 15 "competing” countries at the AI-ESC were randomly selected from the particpating countries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. As well as the Big 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and Switzerland as the host, 9 further countries were randomly selected from the two semi-finals as they will appear during the Eurovision Basel 2025.

Songs representing the following countries will participate in the AI-ESC Grand Finale: Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.