diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.test.tsx
index d00412560ee..69f5c7f439b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Logs/Logs.test.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ jest.mock('../state/query', () => ({
   },
 }));
 
+jest.mock('app/core/context/GrafanaContext', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('app/core/context/GrafanaContext'),
+  useGrafana: () => ({
+    location: {
+      getSearchObject: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+      partial: jest.fn(),
+    },
+  }),
+}));
+
 describe('Logs', () => {
   let originalHref = window.location.href;
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/otel/formats.ts b/public/app/features/logs/components/otel/formats.ts
index c8d7b7e7c9e..23e6ec3559f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/otel/formats.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/otel/formats.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ function getDisplayedFieldsForLanguages(logs: LogListModel[] | LogRowModel[], la
   });
 
   return displayedFields.filter(
-    (field) => field === OTEL_LOG_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD_NAME || logs.some((log) => log.labels[field] !== undefined)
+    (field) =>
+      field === LOG_LINE_BODY_FIELD_NAME ||
+      field === OTEL_LOG_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD_NAME ||
+      logs.some((log) => log.labels[field] !== undefined)
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListContext.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListContext.tsx
index 6533d3e0aa8..45933397b1e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListContext.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/panel/LogListContext.tsx
@@ -308,9 +308,13 @@ export const LogListContextProvider = ({
   // ['Time', 'detected_level', '___LOG_LINE_BODY___', '___OTEL_LOG_ATTRIBUTES___']
   const defaultDisplayedFields = useMemo(() => {
     const orderedFields: string[] = tableDefaultFields;
-    // Always add LOG_LINE_BODY
+
+    // Always add LOG_LINE_BODY before OTel fields
     orderedFields.push(LOG_LINE_BODY_FIELD_NAME);
-    orderedFields.push(...otelDisplayedFields);
+
+    // Add OTel fields, excluding LOG_LINE_BODY_FIELD_NAME if it's already there to avoid duplicates
+    const otelFieldsWithoutBody = otelDisplayedFields.filter((field) => field !== LOG_LINE_BODY_FIELD_NAME);
+    orderedFields.push(...otelFieldsWithoutBody);
 
     return orderedFields;
   }, [tableDefaultFields, otelDisplayedFields]);
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts b/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
index 763f6a3a942..0b1bac0704a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
@@ -156,30 +156,34 @@ export const sortInDescendingOrder = (a: LogRowModel, b: LogRowModel) => {
   return 0;
 };
 
+export function sortLogRows(logRows: LogRowModel[], sortOrder: LogsSortOrder) {
+  return sortOrder === LogsSortOrder.Ascending
+    ? logRows.sort(sortInAscendingOrder)
+    : logRows.sort(sortInDescendingOrder);
+}
+
 export const sortLogsResult = (logsResult: LogsModel | null, sortOrder: LogsSortOrder): LogsModel => {
   const rows = logsResult ? sortLogRows(logsResult.rows, sortOrder) : [];
   return logsResult ? { ...logsResult, rows } : { hasUniqueLabels: false, rows };
 };
 
-export const sortLogRows = (logRows: LogRowModel[], sortOrder: LogsSortOrder) =>
-  sortOrder === LogsSortOrder.Ascending ? logRows.sort(sortInAscendingOrder) : logRows.sort(sortInDescendingOrder);
-
 // Currently supports only error condition in Loki logs
-export const checkLogsError = (logRow: LogRowModel): string | undefined => {
+export function checkLogsError(logRow: LogRowModel): string | undefined {
   return logRow.labels.__error__;
-};
+}
 
-export const checkLogsSampled = (logRow: LogRowModel): string | undefined => {
+export function checkLogsSampled(logRow: LogRowModel): string | undefined {
   if (!logRow.labels.__adaptive_logs_sampled__) {
     return undefined;
   }
   return logRow.labels.__adaptive_logs_sampled__ === 'true'
     ? 'Logs like this one have been dropped by Adaptive Logs'
     : `${logRow.labels.__adaptive_logs_sampled__}% of logs like this one have been dropped by Adaptive Logs`;
-};
+}
 
-export const escapeUnescapedString = (string: string) =>
-  string.replace(/\\r\\n|\\n|\\t|\\r/g, (match: string) => (match.slice(1) === 't' ? '\t' : '\n'));
+export function escapeUnescapedString(string: string) {
+  return string.replace(/\\r\\n|\\n|\\t|\\r/g, (match: string) => (match.slice(1) === 't' ? '\t' : '\n'));
+}
 
 export function logRowsToReadableJson(logs: LogRowModel[], pickFields: string[] = []) {
   return logs.map((log) => {