The town in northern Switzerland's bid was helped thanks to 2024 entrant Nemo, who sang about gender identity journey in "The Code."
How the Swiss pop artist became a global star with their groundbreaking anthem to gender nonconformity, “The Code."
It was a battle between Croatia and Switzerland right to the very last moment.
Also making it into the final are Armenia, Austria, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Netherlands & Norway.
Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia & Ukraine also move past Tuesday's semifinal, while Australia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Moldova & Poland are out.
Mayim Bialik, Helen Mirren, Scooter Braun, Selma Blair and more than 380 others also lent their names to open letter.
The 22-year-old singer is the first female artist to win the song contest in 10 years.
The petition's initiator reportedly referred to Israel violating human rights during the now-four month battle with Hamas militants following their Oct. 7 attack.
Sweden won the annual continental competition, sending the artist into the top 10 of the Global Excl. U.S. survey.
An estimated TV audience of 160 million watched the 67th edition of the contest, held in Liverpool, U.K., on behalf of war-torn Ukraine.
