Season 17
Season 17 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined was hosted in 
Montreal, Canada. The winning country was 
Portugal, represented by Beatriz Rosario with their song "Madalena". They scored 140 points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was .svg){kind=small}
United Kingdom with 131 points.
Location
This edition of Melodia Song Contest was held in Centre Bell, an arena with a capacity of 21.000 people.
Participating Countries
39 countries initially declared interest in participation this season. Poland withdrew shortly after the allocation draw, without ever submitting an entry, while Mexico and Sri Lanka were disqualified from Semi-Final 1, after their delegations failed to submit a vote.
| Country | Broadcaster | Song | Artist | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Åland Islands
|
wither2706 | ÅRTV | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | English |
 American Samoa
|
valentinomore | KVZK-TV | "STYLE" | DANGER TWINS | English |
 Anguilla
|
haepuff | ABC/CBU | "Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | English |
 Australia
|
twan7047 | SBS | "Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | English |
 Austria
|
randomguy213 | ORF | "Still Alive" | Felicia Lu | English |
| Canada
|
jita26televisi | CBC | "L'Amerique Pleure" | Les Cowboys Fringants | French |
 China
|
tng8394 | CGTN | "The Eye" | BaishaJaws | English |
 Croatia
|
drehspiessfleisch_im_brot | HRT | "Druga Osoba" | Selestia | Croatian |
 Finland
|
kasvi004 | Yle | "Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | Finnish |
 Gabon
|
toniaczka | RTG | "GINANU (DANSEZ)" | QUEEN KOUMB | French |
 Germany
|
skanyone | NDR | "GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | English |
 Ghana
|
stevenesc | GTV | "Heaven" | dark0wa & Spr1te | English |
 Greece
|
whothehellisorestis | ERT | "SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | English, Greek |
 Guam
|
itsme_notme | KGTF | "take it" | EMELINE. | English |
 Hungary
|
hailflax | MTV | "Hideg az ej" | KISS KEVIN | Hungarian |
 Iceland
|
meow2202 | RÚV | "Cold Feet" | BRIET | English |
 India
|
aenthology | Doordarshan | "Hold Me Down" | Kayan | English |
 Ireland
|
sanderNL | RTÉ | "Us" | modernlove. | English |
 Lithuania
|
Riardukas | LRT | "Išprotėjome" | EveBei | Lithuanian |
 Luxembourg
|
flixr | RTL | "spiel mit mir" | TJARK | German |
 Mexico
|
ricardcm | TV Azteca | "DELE ALLI" | Kevis & Maykyy, Chans | Spanish |
 Nepal
|
suppacoo | PBSN | "Khoj" | The Act | Nepali |
 New Zealand
|
dodgefulartist3 | TVNZ | "The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | English |
 North Korea
|
szszofi06 | KCTV | "TILT" | IRENE & SEULGI | Korean |
 Norway
|
eurofan98 | NRK | "The Flute Song" | YNGA | English |
 Philippines
|
jceurovisionfan1996 | ABS-CBN | "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban" | G22 | Filipino |
| Portugal
|
msgomes219 | RTP | "Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | Portuguese |
 Réunion
|
jesuisunepoubelle | Réunion la 1ère | "Vrai bonhomme" | Louisadonna | French |
 Romania
|
justa1exxxx | TVR | "Aseară ți-am luat basma" | UDDI | Romanian |
 Russia
|
ctys0n | C1R | "circumstance" | Sabu | Russian |
 Singapore
|
zakrusta | SBC | "Medieval" | Shazza | English |
 South Korea
|
lozzol | KBS | "Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | Korean |
 Sri Lanka
|
mother_mikayla | SLBC | "Stormrider" | Jacqueline Frenandez | English |
 Switzerland
|
eternal2 | SRG SSR | "BLUE LAGOON" | STEVANS | English |
 Taiwan
|
pinguini | PTS | "Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | Mandarin |
| United Kingdom
|
chromiliaghaztic | BBC | "Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | English |
 United States
|
paldosreal.sss | NBC | "Salvation" | Rebecca Black | English |
 US Virgin Islands
|
blueythesharkie | WSVI | "The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | English |
Contest Overview
Semi-Final allocation draw
The draw to determine which semi-finals each non-automatic qualifier country would compete in took place on the 21st June 2025. The 39[1] participants were spread across 5 pots based off of their delegates voting history. The pot allocation was made internally, thus the Pots are currently unavailiable.
Semi-Final 1
16 countries competed in the first semi-final (excluding Poland). Those countries plus Austria, China and Ghana voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with New Zealand moving into the wildcard stage.
Mexico and Sri Lanka failed to vote, thus they were disqualified. Initially, Sri Lanka was set to qualify as 5th in the Semi-Final, however, after their disqualification, every other country gained a place in the ranking, awarding Taiwan a qualification spot, and New Zealand a Wildcard ticket.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | New Zealand
|
"The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | 11 | 50 |
| 02 | Russia
|
"circumstance" | Sabu | 9 | 61 |
| Mexico |
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| 04 | Switzerland
|
"BLUE LAGOON" | STEVANS | 13 | 35 |
| 05 | Greece
|
"SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | 5 | 73 |
| 06 | Croatia
|
"Druga Osoba" | Selestia | 8 | 61 |
| 07 | Germany
|
"GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | 2 | 79 |
| 08 | Romania
|
"Aseara ti-am luat basma" | UDDI | 12 | 38 |
| 09 | South Korea
|
"Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | 6 | 72 |
| 10 | Taiwan
|
"Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | 10 | 56 |
| 11 | Guam
|
"take it" | EMELINE. | 3 | 77 |
| 12 | India
|
"Hold Me Down" | Kayan | 4 | 76 |
| Sri Lanka |
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| 14 | Hungary
|
"Hideg az ej" | KISS KEVIN | 14 | 31 |
| 15 | United Kingdom
|
"Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | 1 | 93 |
| 16 | Australia
|
"Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | 7 | 68 |
Semi-Final 2
17 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Canada and United States voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Nepal moving into the wildcard stage.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Philippines
|
"Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban" | G22 | 15 | 37 |
| 02 | Lithuania
|
"Išprotėjome" | EveBei | 7 | 74 |
| 03 | US Virgin Islands
|
"The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 8 | 68 |
| 04 | Réunion
|
"Vrai bonhomme" | Louisadonna | 17 | 13 |
| 05 | Luxembourg
|
"spiel mit mir" | TJARK | 2 | 95 |
| 06 | Iceland
|
"Cold Feet" | BRIET | 14 | 38 |
| 07 | Norway
|
"The Flute Song" | YNGA | 10 | 61 |
| 08 | Finland
|
"Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | 9 | 64 |
| 09 | Portugal
|
"Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | 1 | 120 |
| 10 | Gabon
|
"GINANU (DANSEZ)" | QUEEN KOUMB | 13 | 56 |
| 11 | North Korea
|
"TILT" | IRENE & SEULGI | 12 | 57 |
| 12 | Åland Islands
|
"Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 3 | 94 |
| 13 | Singapore
|
"Medieval" | Shazza | 4 | 88 |
| 14 | Anguilla
|
"Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | 5 | 81 |
| 15 | Nepal
|
"Khoj" | The Act | 11 | 58 |
| 16 | American Samoa
|
"STYLE" | DANGER TWINS | 16 | 22 |
| 17 | Ireland
|
"Us" | modernlove. | 6 | 76 |
Wildcard Round
The wildcard round voting finished on July 7th. Nepal was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.
| Country | Song | Artist | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
"The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | 33.3% | Eliminated |
| Nepal
|
"Khoj" | The Act | 66.6% | Grand Final |
Grand Final
26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. Portugal was the winner with 140 points, followed by United Kingdom with 131 points and Singapore with 128 points. China ended in the last place with 23 points, losing the tiebreak to 25th United States.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Croatia
|
"Druga Osoba" | Selestia | 17 | 71 |
| 02 | Anguilla
|
"Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | 5 | 109 |
| 03 | United Kingdom
|
"Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | 2 | 131 |
| 04 | China
|
"The Eye" | BaishaJaws | 26 | 23 |
| 05 | Canada
|
"L'Amerique Pleure" | Les Cowboys Fringants | 24 | 32 |
| 06 | Finland
|
"Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | 23 | 40 |
| 07 | Austria
|
"Still Alive" | Felicia Lu | 10 | 91 |
| 08 | Lithuania
|
"Išprotėjome" | EveBei | 14 | 80 |
| 09 | South Korea
|
"Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | 7 | 100 |
| 10 | Portugal
|
"Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | 1 | 140 |
| 11 | Singapore
|
"Medieval" | Shazza | 3 | 128 |
| 12 | Luxembourg
|
"spiel mit mir" | TJARK | 6 | 101 |
| 13 | Guam
|
"take it" | EMELINE. | 4 | 119 |
| 14 | Taiwan
|
"Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | 20 | 64 |
| 15 | India
|
"Hold Me Down" | Kayan | 9 | 96 |
| 16 | Germany
|
"GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | 13 | 81 |
| 17 | Nepal
|
"Khoj" | The Act | 8 | 97 |
| 18 | Ireland
|
"Us" | modernlove. | 15 | 79 |
| 19 | Greece
|
"SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA, KOUNAVIA | 18 | 71 |
| 20 | United States
|
"Salvation" | Rebecca Black | 25 | 23 |
| 21 | Australia
|
"Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | 16 | 75 |
| 22 | Ghana
|
"Heaven" | dark0wa & Spr1te | 12 | 82 |
| 23 | Norway
|
"The Flute Song" | YNGA | 21 | 52 |
| 24 | Åland Islands
|
"Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 11 | 87 |
| 25 | US Virgin Islands
|
"The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 19 | 69 |
| 26 | Russia
|
"circumstance" | Sabu | 22 | 47 |
References
- ↑ Poland was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.