Basel, Switzerland - Sprinkle on sequins or settle down on the couch: It's time to find out who will be crowned champions in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

Acts from more than twenty countries will take place on the stage in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday, fighting for glory with a 3-minute pop song. Millions of people in Europe and beyond will watch and vote for their favorites.

This is how to join them.

In Europe, the finals start at 9 p.m. Central European summer. In the UK, it airs at 8 pm

In the United States and Canada, the finale begins at 3 p.m. ET.

The competition will be aired by the National Broadcasting Corporation in participating countries - the Eurovision website includes a list.

In some areas, it can be watched on the European TV network's YouTube channel.

In the United States, Eurovision will broadcast live on Peacock.

Audiences in participating countries can vote during the competition and about 40 minutes after the phone call, text message or Eurovision app. Each audience can vote up to 20 times, but cannot enter because of their own country.

For audiences in the United States and other non-participating countries, voting is open all day long and they can vote online at www.esc.vote or using the app. The comprehensive vote of “Other World” has earned the weight of a country.

Countries earned points based on audience voting and ranking of juries for music industry professionals. These combined into the total score, with the highest scores.

Easiest, Eurovision is an international pop music competition that represents the actions of European countries, surpassing European countries, competing for championships and crystal microphone trophy on live TV.

Founded in 1956 in 1956 to promote post-World War II solidarity and test new real-time broadcasting technologies, Eurovision has developed into a good celebration of pop music and international unity. It has grown from seven countries to 37 countries, including non-European countries such as Israel and Australia. The number has been lowered to 26 finalists in two semi-finals this week.

Eurovision is known for its current line songs and disco floor fillers, often paired with fine costumes and spectacular performances and steadily mocked Kooky Noverty's performances.

Past winners include ABBA, who won "Waterloo" in 1974; Canada's Chanteuse Celine Dion was Switzerland in 1988; and the Italian rock band Måneskin in 2021.

This year’s favorites include Kaj, representing Sweden’s sauna culture as “Bara Bada Bastu”; Dutch singer Claude and soul’s ballad “c’est la vie”; Austrian singer JJ’s pop song “Wasted Love”; French singer Louane and “Maman”; and Israel’s Yuval Raphael, whose “New Day” will rise.

Israel's participation attracted protests from Palestinians and their supporters, who said the country should be excluded from the game due to the war on Hamas in Gaza.