Basel, on the River Rhine, is right on the border with France and Germany
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the giant TV extravaganza will go ahead with its customary full-on razzmatazz.
Final results showed 66.6 percent of voters in the Swiss city backed putting taxpayers' cash into staging Eurovision 2025. The turnout was 57 percent.