It will be, as expected, Swiss Basel that hosts the Eurovision Song Contest next year.
On Sunday, the preliminary figures in the referendum showed that the voters said yes. Now that the result is fully counted, 66.6 percent of the voters support the use of tax money to finance the contest.
Swiss Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö in May.
The canton has already approved economic guarantees of 37.5 million Swiss francs, equivalent to approximately 450 million Swedish kronor. But the Christian right-wing party EDU had requested a referendum to stop the economic support, which would mean that the arrangement would have to be significantly reduced.
