In a surprise twist, the computers of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel last night were hacked, and first and second place went to a multinational band that was not even on the program: the Niko Seibold Elfton Ensemble, which was performing at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel, rather than the St. Jakob Halle. In second place was "Gonda", a Rhaeto-Romance poem Seibold arranged for his multinational seventeen-piece jazz band (including string quartet and harp) with Song Yi Jeon on vocals. In first was Seibold's "Pünktchen", the first instrumental to win the ESC, with brilliant solos by Simon Spiess on soprano saxophone and Fabio Gouvea on electric guitar. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 18 May2025)
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