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{{Infobox melodia|name=Melodia: Season 18|logo=MLD18.png|year-held=2025|slogan=No Coração da Tradição|venue=Estádio da Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra|participatingamount=37|debutants=|winnerartist=[[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] TBA|winnersong=[[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] "TBA"|next=[[Season 19]]|previous=[[Season 17]]}}
{{Infobox melodia|name=Melodia: Season 18|logo=MLD18.png|year-held=2025|slogan=No Coração da Tradição|venue=Estádio da Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra|participatingamount=37|debutants=|winnerartist=[[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] TBA|winnersong=[[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] "TBA"|next=[[Season 19]]|previous=[[Season 17]]}}
'''Season 18''' of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in [[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px|border]] '''Coimbra, Portugal'''. The winning country was [[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] '''TBA''', represented by '''TBA''' with their song '''"TBA"'''. They scored '''TBA''' points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was [[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] '''TBA''' with '''TBA''' points.
'''Season 18''' of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in [[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px|border]] '''Coimbra, Portugal'''. The winning country was [[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] '''TBA''', represented by '''TBA''' with their song '''"TBA"'''. They scored '''TBA''' points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was [[File: Flag_of_None.svg|20px|border]] '''TBA''' with '''TBA''' 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.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Country
!Broadcaster
!Song
!Artist
!Language
|-
|[[File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Åland Islands]]
| wither2706
| ÅRTV
| "Fingers Crossed"
| Agnes
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of American Samoa.svg|border|20x20px]] [[American Samoa]]
| valentinomore
| KVZK-TV
| "STYLE"
| DANGER TWINS
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Anguilla.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Anguilla]]
| haepuff
| ABC/CBU
| "Death Grips"
| Etta Marcus
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Australia]]
| twan7047
| SBS
| "Bird Cage"
| Lara Buchanan
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Austria]]
| randomguy213
| ORF
| "Still Alive"
| Felicia Lu
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Canada]]
| jita26televisi
| CBC
| "L'Amerique Pleure"
| Les Cowboys Fringants
| French
|-
|[[File:Flag of China.svg|border|20x20px]] [[China]]
| tng8394
| CGTN
| "The Eye"
| BaishaJaws
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Croatia]]
| drehspiessfleisch_im_brot
| HRT
| "Druga Osoba"
| Selestia
| Croatian
|-
|[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Finland]]
| kasvi004
| Yle
| "Reiviluola"
| Haloo Helsinki
| Finnish
|-
|[[File:Flag of Gabon.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Gabon]]
| toniaczka
| RTG
| "GINANU (DANSEZ)"
| QUEEN KOUMB
| French
|-
|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Germany]]
| skanyone
| NDR
| "GERMANY GERMANY"
| BLACKOUT PROBLEMS
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ghana]]
| stevenesc
| GTV
| "Heaven"
| dark0wa & Spr1te
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Greece]]
| whothehellisorestis
| ERT
| "SYRTAKI 2.0"
| EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA
| English, Greek
|-
|[[File:Flag of Guam.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Guam]]
| itsme_notme
| KGTF
| "take it"
| EMELINE.
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Hungary]]
| hailflax
| MTV
| "Hideg az ej"
| KISS KEVIN
| Hungarian
|-
|[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Iceland]]
| meow2202
| RÚV
| "Cold Feet"
| BRIET
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|border|20x20px]] [[India]]
| aenthology
| Doordarshan
| "Hold Me Down"
| Kayan
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ireland]]
| sanderNL
| RTÉ
| "Us"
| modernlove.
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lithuania]]
| Riardukas
| LRT
| "Išprotėjome"
| EveBei
| Lithuanian
|-
|[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Luxembourg]]
| flixr
| RTL
| "spiel mit mir"
| TJARK
| German
|-
|[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mexico]]
| ricardcm
| TV Azteca
| "DELE ALLI"
| Kevis & Maykyy, Chans
| Spanish
|-
|[[File:Flag of Nepal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Nepal]]
| suppacoo
| PBSN
| "Khoj"
| The Act
| Nepali
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New Zealand]]
| dodgefulartist3
| TVNZ
| "The Devil Inside"
| Like A Storm
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[North Korea]]
| szszofi06
| KCTV
| "TILT"
| IRENE & SEULGI
| Korean
|-
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Norway]]
| eurofan98
| NRK
| "The Flute Song"
| YNGA
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Philippines.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Philippines]]
| jceurovisionfan1996
| ABS-CBN
| "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban"
| G22
| Filipino
|-
|[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Portugal]]
| msgomes219
| RTP
| "Madalena"
| Beatriz Rosario
| Portuguese
|-
|[[File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png|border|20x20px]] [[Réunion]]
| jesuisunepoubelle
| Réunion la 1ère
| "Vrai bonhomme"
| Louisadonna
| French
|-
|[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Romania]]
| justa1exxxx
| TVR
| "Aseară ți-am luat basma"
| UDDI
| Romanian
|-
|[[File:Flag_of_Russia_Democratic.png|border|20x20px]] [[Russia]]
| ctys0n
| C1R
| "circumstance"
| Sabu
| Russian
|-
|[[File:Flag of Singapore.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Singapore]]
| zakrusta
| SBC
| "Medieval"
| Shazza
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[South Korea]]
| lozzol
| KBS
| "Mikael"
| Meaningful Stone
| Korean
|-
|[[File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Sri Lanka]]
| mother_mikayla
| SLBC
| "Stormrider"
| Jacqueline Frenandez
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Switzerland]]
| eternal2
| SRG SSR
| "BLUE LAGOON"
| STEVANS
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of Taiwan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Taiwan]]
| pinguini
| PTS
| "Damn"
| No Party For Cao Dong
| Mandarin
|-
|[[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United Kingdom]]
| chromiliaghaztic
| BBC
| "Never Far From Paradise"
| Florrie
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of United States.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States]]
| paldosreal.sss
| NBC
| "Salvation"
| Rebecca Black
| English
|-
|[[File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States 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<ref>Poland was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.</ref> 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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="text-align:center;" |Draw
!Country
!Song
!Artist
!Place
!Points
|- style="background:#CED4F2;"
| style="text-align:center;" |01
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New Zealand]]
| "The Devil Inside"
| Like A Storm
| 11
| 50
|-  style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |02
|[[File:Flag_of_Russia_Democratic.png|border|20x20px]] [[Russia]]
| "circumstance"
| Sabu
| 9
| 61
|-class="sortbottom" style="background: #D97966;"
| style="text-align:center;" |<s>03</s>
|<s>[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mexico]]</s>
| <s> "DELE ALLI" </s>
| <s> Kevis & Maykyy, Chans </s>
| <s>DQ</s>
| <s>41</s>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |04
|[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Switzerland]]
| "BLUE LAGOON"
| STEVANS
| 13
| 35
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |05
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Greece]]
| "SYRTAKI 2.0"
| EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA
| 5
| 73
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |06
|[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Croatia]]
| "Druga Osoba"
| Selestia
| 8
| 61
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |07
|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Germany]]
| "GERMANY GERMANY"
| BLACKOUT PROBLEMS
| 2
| 79
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |08
|[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Romania]]
| "Aseara ti-am luat basma"
| UDDI
| 12
| 38
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |09
|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[South Korea]]
| "Mikael"
| Meaningful Stone
| 6
| 72
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|[[File:Flag of Taiwan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Taiwan]]
| "Damn"
| No Party For Cao Dong
| 10
| 56
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |11
|[[File:Flag of Guam.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Guam]]
| "take it"
| EMELINE.
| 3
| 77
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|border|20x20px]] [[India]]
| "Hold Me Down"
| Kayan
| 4
| 76
|-class="sortbottom" style="background: #D97966;"
| style="text-align:center;" |<s>13</s>
|<s>[[File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Sri Lanka]]</s>
|<s> "Stormrider"</s>
|<s> Jacqueline Frenandez</s>
|<s>DQ</s>
|<s>75</s>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|[[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Hungary]]
| "Hideg az ej"
| KISS KEVIN
| 14
| 31
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|[[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United Kingdom]]
| "Never Far From Paradise"
| Florrie
| 1
| 93
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="text-align:center;" |Draw
!Country
!Song
!Artist
!Place
!Points
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |01
|[[File:Flag of Philippines.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Philippines]]
| "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban"
| G22
| 15
| 37
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |02
|[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lithuania]]
| "Išprotėjome"
| EveBei
| 7
| 74
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |03
|[[File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States Virgin Islands]]
| "The Drought"
| Ok Goodnight
| 8
| 68
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |04
|[[File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png|border|20x20px]] [[Réunion]]
| "Vrai bonhomme"
| Louisadonna
| 17
| 13
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |05
|[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Luxembourg]]
| "spiel mit mir"
| TJARK
| 2
| 95
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |06
|[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Iceland]]
| "Cold Feet"
| BRIET
| 14
| 38
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |07
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Norway]]
| "The Flute Song"
| YNGA
| 10
| 61
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |08
|[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Finland]]
| "Reiviluola"
| Haloo Helsinki
| 9
| 64
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |09
|[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Portugal]]
| "Madalena"
| Beatriz Rosario
| 1
| 120
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|[[File:Flag of Gabon.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Gabon]]
| "GINANU (DANSEZ)"
| QUEEN KOUMB
| 13
| 56
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |11
|[[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[North Korea]]
| "TILT"
| IRENE & SEULGI
| 12
| 57
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|[[File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Åland Islands]]
| "Fingers Crossed"
| Agnes
| 3
| 94
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |13
|[[File:Flag of Singapore.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Singapore]]
| "Medieval"
| Shazza
| 4
| 88
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|[[File:Flag of Anguilla.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Anguilla]]
| "Death Grips"
| Etta Marcus
| 5
| 81
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#CED4F2;"
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|[[File:Flag of Nepal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Nepal]]
| "Khoj"
| The Act
| 11
| 58
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|[[File:Flag of American Samoa.svg|border|20x20px]] [[American Samoa]]
| "STYLE"
| DANGER TWINS
| 16
| 22
|-style="font-weight: bold; background:#ffdc97;"
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ireland]]
| "Us"
| modernlove.
| 6
| 76
|}
=== Wildcard Round ===
The wildcard round voting finished on July 7th. Cabo Verde was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Song
!Artist
!%
!Result
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New Zealand]]
| "The Devil Inside"
| Like A Storm
|33.3%
|Eliminated
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
|[[File:Flag of Nepal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[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]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="text-align:center;" |Draw
!Country
!Song
!Artist
!Place
!Points
|-
|1
|[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Croatia]]
|"Druga Osoba"
|Selestia
| 17
| 71
|-
|2
|[[File:Flag of Anguilla.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Anguilla]]
|"Death Grips"
|Etta Marcus
| 5
| 109
|-style="background: silver;"
|3
|[[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United Kingdom]]
|"Never Far From Paradise"
|Florrie
| 2
| 131
|-style="background:#fe8080;" red
|4
|[[File:Flag of China.svg|border|20x20px]] [[China]]
|"The Eye"
|BaishaJaws
| 26
| 23
|-
|5
|[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Canada]]
|"L'Amerique Pleure"
|Les Cowboys Fringants
| 24
| 32
|-
|6
|[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Finland]]
|"Reiviluola"
|Haloo Helsinki
| 23
| 40
|-
|7
|[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Austria]]
|"Still Alive"
|Felicia Lu
| 10
| 91
|-
|8
|[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lithuania]]
|"Išprotėjome"
|EveBei
| 14
| 80
|-
|9
|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[South Korea]]
|"Mikael"
|Meaningful Stone
| 7
| 100
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: gold;"
|10
|[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Portugal]]
|"Madalena"
|Beatriz Rosario
| 1
| 140
|-style="background: #c96;" bronze
|11
|[[File:Flag of Singapore.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Singapore]]
|"Medieval"
|Shazza
| 3
| 128
|-
|12
|[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Luxembourg]]
|"spiel mit mir"
|TJARK
| 6
| 101
|-
|13
|[[File:Flag of Guam.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Guam]]
|"take it"
|EMELINE.
| 4
| 119
|-
|14
|[[File:Flag of Taiwan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Taiwan]]
|"Damn"
|No Party For Cao Dong
| 20
| 64
|-
|15
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|border|20x20px]] [[India]]
|"Hold Me Down"
|Kayan
| 9
| 96
|-
|16
|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Germany]]
|"GERMANY GERMANY"
|BLACKOUT PROBLEMS
| 13
| 81
|-
|17
|[[File:Flag of Nepal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Nepal]]
|"Khoj"
|The Act
| 8
| 97
|-
|18
|[[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ireland]]
|"Us"
|modernlove.
| 15
| 79
|-
|19
|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Greece]]
|"SYRTAKI 2.0"
|EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA
| 18
| 71
|-
|20
|[[File:Flag of United States.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States]]
|"Salvation"
|Rebecca Black
| 25
| 23
|-
|21
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Australia]]
|"Bird Cage"
|Lara Buchanan
| 16
| 75
|-
|22
|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ghana]]
|"Heaven"
|dark0wa & Spr1te
| 12
| 82
|-
|23
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Norway]]
|"The Flute Song"
|YNGA
| 21
| 52
|-
|24
|[[File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Åland Islands]]
|"Fingers Crossed"
|Agnes
| 11
| 87
|-
|25
|[[File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States Virgin Islands]]
|"The Drought"
|Ok Goodnight
| 19
| 69
|-
|26
|[[File:Flag_of_Russia_Democratic.png|border|20x20px]] [[Russia]]
|"circumstance"
|Sabu
| 22
| 47
|}

Revision as of 08:29, 7 August 2025

Season 18 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in Error creating thumbnail: Coimbra, Portugal. The winning country was TBA, represented by TBA with their song "TBA". They scored TBA points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was TBA with TBA 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
File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands wither2706 ÅRTV "Fingers Crossed" Agnes English
Error creating thumbnail: American Samoa valentinomore KVZK-TV "STYLE" DANGER TWINS English
File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla haepuff ABC/CBU "Death Grips" Etta Marcus English
Error creating thumbnail: Australia twan7047 SBS "Bird Cage" Lara Buchanan English
Austria randomguy213 ORF "Still Alive" Felicia Lu English
File:Flag of Canada.svg 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
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland kasvi004 Yle "Reiviluola" Haloo Helsinki Finnish
Gabon toniaczka RTG "GINANU (DANSEZ)" QUEEN KOUMB French
Germany skanyone NDR "GERMANY GERMANY" BLACKOUT PROBLEMS English
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana stevenesc GTV "Heaven" dark0wa & Spr1te English
File:Flag of Greece.svg 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
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal suppacoo PBSN "Khoj" The Act Nepali
New Zealand dodgefulartist3 TVNZ "The Devil Inside" Like A Storm English
File:Flag of North Korea.svg 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
File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion jesuisunepoubelle Réunion la 1ère "Vrai bonhomme" Louisadonna French
File:Flag of Romania.svg 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
Error creating thumbnail: United Kingdom chromiliaghaztic BBC "Never Far From Paradise" Florrie English
Error creating thumbnail: United States paldosreal.sss NBC "Salvation" Rebecca Black English
United States 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
03 Mexico "DELE ALLI" Kevis & Maykyy, Chans DQ 41
04 Switzerland "BLUE LAGOON" STEVANS 13 35
05 File:Flag of Greece.svg 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 File:Flag of Romania.svg 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
13 Sri Lanka "Stormrider" Jacqueline Frenandez DQ 75
14 Hungary "Hideg az ej" KISS KEVIN 14 31
15 Error creating thumbnail: United Kingdom "Never Far From Paradise" Florrie 1 93
16 Error creating thumbnail: 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 United States Virgin Islands "The Drought" Ok Goodnight 8 68
04 File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png 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 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland "Reiviluola" Haloo Helsinki 9 64
09 Portugal "Madalena" Beatriz Rosario 1 120
10 Gabon "GINANU (DANSEZ)" QUEEN KOUMB 13 56
11 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea "TILT" IRENE & SEULGI 12 57
12 File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands "Fingers Crossed" Agnes 3 94
13 Singapore "Medieval" Shazza 4 88
14 File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla "Death Grips" Etta Marcus 5 81
15 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal "Khoj" The Act 11 58
16 Error creating thumbnail: American Samoa "STYLE" DANGER TWINS 16 22
17 Ireland "Us" modernlove. 6 76

Wildcard Round

The wildcard round voting finished on July 7th. Cabo Verde 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
File:Flag of Nepal.svg 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
1 Croatia "Druga Osoba" Selestia 17 71
2 File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla "Death Grips" Etta Marcus 5 109
3 Error creating thumbnail: United Kingdom "Never Far From Paradise" Florrie 2 131
4 China "The Eye" BaishaJaws 26 23
5 File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada "L'Amerique Pleure" Les Cowboys Fringants 24 32
6 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland "Reiviluola" Haloo Helsinki 23 40
7 Austria "Still Alive" Felicia Lu 10 91
8 Lithuania "Išprotėjome" EveBei 14 80
9 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 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal "Khoj" The Act 8 97
18 Ireland "Us" modernlove. 15 79
19 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece "SYRTAKI 2.0" EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA 18 71
20 Error creating thumbnail: United States "Salvation" Rebecca Black 25 23
21 Error creating thumbnail: Australia "Bird Cage" Lara Buchanan 16 75
22 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana "Heaven" dark0wa & Spr1te 12 82
23 Norway "The Flute Song" YNGA 21 52
24 File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands "Fingers Crossed" Agnes 11 87
25 United States Virgin Islands "The Drought" Ok Goodnight 19 69
26 Russia "circumstance" Sabu 22 47
  1. ↑ Poland was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.
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