The second Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 2025 sees Emmy represent Ireland, Helen Skelton presents new series Forever Home, Pker Face continues, and there's a documentary about Real Madrid star Vini Jr . . .
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Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 2025, RTÉ2
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The second semi-final, live from Basel in Switzerland, in which Ireland's entry Laika Party, performed by Emmy, takes its place alongside 15 other hopefuls.
Marty Whelan (above, at last year's Eurovision) provides the commentary for the show, which is presented by comedian Hazel Brugger and actress and singer Sandra Studer.
Fingers crossed Ireland make it through to Saturday’s song showdown, though there’s a pretty good chance that someone – either inside or outside the Eurovision camp, maybe even both – demonstrates against the participation of Israel.
Ireland in and Israel out would make a nice double.
New or Returning Shows
Forever Home, 7.00pm, BBC Two
Helen Skelton (below) meets a couple leaving London to build a dream house in their hometown of Powys and provides them with the assistance of an award-winning architect.
Jess and Colin have left London to return to their rural Welsh roots, but the couple soon face the reality of the task ahead as work on their Victorian cottages begins.
They also discover that leaving friends and bustling city life also proves a challenging adjustment for them.
New to Stream
Overcompensating, Prime Video
Created by Benito Skinner, Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the chaotic journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, an outsider on a mission to fit in at all cost.
Promising to be 'deeply funny and personal', the show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while finding out who we really are.
Secrets We Keep, Netflix
Here's a mystery thriller series from Denmark.
When the young Filipino au pair Ruby disappears from one of Denmark's most affluent neighborhoods north of Copenhagen, the neighbour, Cecilie, becomes convinced that something has happened to her.
Cecilie's own au pair, Angel, begins to investigate the rumors circulating among the area’s many au pairs, while suspicions of a crime grow.
However, the case of the missing foreigner is a low priority for the police, and the newly minted investigator Aicha needs all the assistance she can get.
Cecilie and Angel are ready to help, and gradually the power structures and privileges within the beautiful homes start to expose.
Yet, Cecilie's commitment to uncovering the truth is put to the test when Ruby's disappearance reveals connections reaching into Cecilie's own family. She is forced to confront her blind spots and view her family and the environment in which she is raising her children in a whole new light.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Disney+
The scandalous world of Mormon #MomTok is back and promising to be bigger than ever!
When an original swinger from their infamous sex scandal makes a surprise return, friendships threaten to unravel as secrets, lies and allegations explode.
In a battle for the soul of #MomTok, will betrayal shatter the sisterhood, or will the truth set them free?
Don’t Miss
Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son - Imagine, 9.10pm, BBC Four
Here's a good companion piece to the film Brooklyn, which precedes this at 7.30pm.
Another chance to see this episode of Imagine from 2014, where Alan Yentob meets Wexford writer Colm Toibin (below) at his homes in Ireland and Spain.
During their conversation Toibin reveals the origins of his novels, which often return to the dark narrative of his childhood and the complicated relationship between mothers and sons.
In the year that his bestseller Brooklyn was being adapted for the cinema, he also published the novel Nora Webster.
With contributions from Fiona Shaw, Anne Enright and Nick Hornby.
Tonight: Undercover - Skinny Jabs Exposed, 8.30pm, UTV
With demand soaring for the groundbreaking and so-called 'skinny jab' injections marketed as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro.
Rebecca Barry goes undercover to expose the social media sellers purportedly selling syringes of weight-loss drugs that turn out to be illegal - and, in some cases, dangerously contaminated.
Poker Face, 9.00pm, Sky Max
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Following last week’s OTT three-episode start to the second season, it’s back to one show at a time for Natashia Lyonne’s fun procedural that gives a nod back to the 1970s.
This time around, her character Charlie Cale heads to the Florida Panhandle for a tale that revolves around a killing by alligator.
The dead body belongs to a Tiger King-like cop called Gator Joe. What Charlie has to determine is who put the 'ate’ in gator.
Taskmaster, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Contestants Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin are released from the Taskmaster grounds to explore an old abbey, though Fatiha is concerned about the aggressive waterfowl.
Despite Rosie going flying, Stevie attempting art with a duck and Jason finding a new moustache, it's Mathew crawling through a corridor that causes the largest commotion.
Alex Horne supplies the stats so that Taskmaster Greg Davies (above) can make the all-important judgements.
Sport
Vini Jr, Netflix
This sports film looks at the life of Vini Jr, the Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his pace, technique and dribbling ability
By most metrics, he pretty much has it all: talent, resilience and boldness. Follow his dancing, unpredictable feet on his inspiring journey to becoming a global sports star.
And a very wealthy man.
