We’re back to talk to our first artist of the Class of 2025 who is guaranteed a spot in the Grand Final of Eurovision! Not only that, but she was also born in the host city of Basel! This is the first time in six years a host country will send a contestant to compete at Eurovision who was born in the host city!

We are ecstatic to bring you our interview with Zoë Më who will soon represent her country Switzerland at Eurovision with Voyage.

Zoë is a Swiss singer-songwriter who was born in Basel and grew up in Fribourg, just south of Bern. Zoë started writing music and singing around age 10, and is known for her use of French and German in her songs.

As a recently revealed artist for Eurovision 2025, we gave Zoë the opportunity to introduce herself, and she told us the origin story of her unique stage name:

“My artist name is Zoë Më. Zoë in Greek means ‘life’, and Më in Japanese means ‘I’, and I chose this artist name because I’ve just always been, yeah, observing life. I’m someone who listens […] I’m also very sensitive, so everything that I see or hear, I just turn it into a song.”

— Zoë Alina Kressler

Having written Voyage herself, Zoë was able to tell us precisely what deep meaning is embedded in the song, and the songwriter that she is, she was able to do that very poetically:

“For me, it’s like a journey to more humanity. I sing that flowers are more beautiful if we water them instead of cutting them. And I think that we, as people, are just like flowers.”

— Zoë Alina Kressler

Zoë is a big Eurovision fan herself, something that was really evident as we spoke with her. When is comes to her favourite songs from previous Contests, her taste in music became instantly clear:

I mean, one of my all-time favorite winners was Portugal 2017 with ‘Amar pelos dois‘. I especially loved the moment when he brought his sister on stage for the winning performance and they sang it together. I really loved that. But then also, I really loved Barbara Pravi with ‘Voilà‘. I think that’s also a great song. […] But, I mean, there are so many songs—maybe a song that is less talked about, but I also really love the Czech entry ‘My Sister’s Crown‘, especially when they had the staging with, like, the fist that came up in the end against violence. This sign, I thought that was really strong.”

— Zoë Alina Kressler

Be sure to check out our full interview with Zoë Më in the latest episode of Building Bridges (link above)! You’ll hear more about Zoë’s music career thus far and how she was chosen for Eurovision, the deeper meaning behind Voyage and why she wrote it in French, and what we can expect from her after her Eurovision performance in Basel.

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We wish Zoë Më the very best of luck, as we look forward to what’s sure to be an unforgettable performance of Voyage during the Eurovision Grand Final on 17^th May! Let us know what you thought of the interview in the comments and on our social media profiles @buildingbridgespod !

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