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Season 16 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined was hosted in Seoul, South Korea. The winning country was Canada, represented by Kiesza with their song "Dancing and Crying". They scored 209 points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was Italy with 158 points.

Location

This edition of Melodia Song Contest was held in Jamsil Arena, an arena with a capacity of 11.069 people.

Participating Countries

43 countries participated this season.

Country		Broadcaster	Song	Artist	Language
Åland Islands	haepuff	ÅRTV	"Daisy"	Ronia	English
Albania	skanyone	RTSH	"DO IT YOURSELF"	ILIRA	English
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	drehspiessfleisch_im_brot	KVZK-TV	"12 ROUNDS"	Callie Young	English
Error creating thumbnail: Andorra	kasvi004	RTVA	"Lau Korapilo"	SÜNE	Basque
Belgium	twan7047	VRT	"Atlas"	Pommelien Thijs	Dutch
Brazil	ralphstuffz	TV Brasil	"Lua Cheia"	Marina Sena	Portuguese
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	whothehellisorestis	BNT	"Voodoo Doll"	ALMA	English
File:Flag of Cabo Verde.svg Cabo Verde	zakrusta	RTC	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES	Portuguese, French^[1]
Canada	jita26televisi	CBC	"Dancing and Crying"	Kiesza	English
China	ctys0n	CGTN	"flip phone"	PIAO	English
Cyprus	msgomes219	CyBC	"In Salamis"	Arrayan Path	English
Denmark	wither2706	DR	"Hvor Var Jeg Endt"	CHRISTOPHER, Thor Farlov	Danish
Egypt	womansworld	ERTU	"5arbanin" (خربانين)	ALMAS, amadio	Arabic^[2]
France	pinguini	France Télévisions	"Suffocate"	LANDMVRKS, Bertrand Poncet	English
Gabon	toniaczka	RTG	"Formule"	Dancy
Germany	valentinomore	NDR	"Flowers"	Alle Farben, Graham Candy, Lahos	English
Gibraltar	suppacoo	GBC	"Multiply"	POESY	English
Guam	itsme_notme	KGTF	"Crimson & Violet"	Anastasia Elliot	English
Iceland	esclorenzo	RÚV	"Tea"	Salka Valsdóttir	English
India	aenthology	Doordarshan	"Moonchild"	The F16s	English
Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	hailflax	TVRI	"Pelangi"	HIVI!	Indonesian
Italy	randomguy213	RAI	"Figlia d' 'a Tempesta"	LA NIÑA	Neapolitan
Japan	blueythesharkie	NHK	"Just Wanna xxxx With You"	Phantom Siita	English, Japanese
Lithuania	riardukas	LRT	"Į Venesuelą"	Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys	Lithuanian
Moldova	moldovanlatifi	TRM	"Look into my eyes"	Andreea Bostanica	English
North Korea	szszofi06	KCTV	"Birth"	ARTMS
Error creating thumbnail: Northern Mariana Islands	chalenn	PBS	"Sleepyhead"	Jutes	English
Norway	chromiliaghaztic	NRK	"MVH"	Synne Vo	Norwegian
Palestine	paldosreal.sss	PBC	"Asli Ana" (أصلي أنا)	zeyne	Arabic^[3]
Peru	randomongolian	IRTP	"DA DA DA"	mad tsai	English
Philippines	jceurovisionfan1996	ABS-CBN	"Maria"	1621	Tagalog
Portugal	sandoli.112	RTP	"Amor de Ferro"	Diogo Piçarra, Pedro Abrunhosa	Portuguese
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	thejendyz	TVR	"E marfa tare"	Alex Velea	Romanian
File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon	jesuisunepoubelle	SPM-LP	"Thelma et Louise"	Poupie	French^[1]
South Korea	stevenesc.	KBS	"without u here"	nixxiu, Eternal Rin	English
Spain	dodgefulartist3	RTVE	"Just Can't Stay Away"	Hard Rock Sofa, DJ Squire, Max'C	English
Sweden	eurofan98	SVT	"På måndag"	Miss Li	Swedish
Switzerland	eternal2	SRG SSR	"New Waters"	CLARK S	English
Taiwan	tng8394	PTS	"Sword"	"Wisp"	English
Thailand	meuw2202	TPBS	"Hot & Cold"	4MIX	English, Thai
United Kingdom	.ds25_	BBC	"Ritual"	Jason Kwan	English
United States	sandernl	NBC	"your apartment"	dreamfone	English
US Virgin Islands	moliesmosh	WSVI	"I hope you hate me."	Dead Poet Society	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 22nd May 2025. The 39^[4] participants were spread across 5 pots based off of their delegates voting history. Pot 1 acted as a 'newcomer & wildcard' pot, for miscellaneous and new participants.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Armenia Cyprus Iceland India Error creating thumbnail: Northern Mariana Islands Peru Thailand United Kingdom	Canada China Egypt Gabon Guam North Korea Palestine US Virgin Islands	Albania File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa Belgium Germany Lithuania Philippines Sweden United States	Brazil File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Gibraltar Norway Italy Japan File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Switzerland	File:Flag of Cabo Verde.svg Cabo Verde France Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia Moldova Portugal File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon Spain

Semi-Final 1

20 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Åland Islands and Denmark voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Brazil moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
01	North Korea	"Birth"	ARTMS	8	59
02	United States	"your apartment"	dreamfone	14	38
03	Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	"Pelangi"	HIVI!	15	36
04	~~Armenia~~	—	—	—	—
05	Brazil	"Lua Cheia"	Marina Sena	11	48
06	Philippines	"Maria"	1621	19	16
07	Iceland	"Tea"	Salka Valsdóttir	16	36
08	China	"flip phone"	PIAO	9	50
09	Sweden	"På måndag"	Miss Li	5	85
10	France	"Suffocate"	LANDMVRKS, Bertrand Poncet	7	76
11	Norway	"MVH"	Synne Vo	2	111
12	Peru	"DA DA DA"	mad tsai	12	44
13	Canada	"Dancing and Crying"	Kiesza	1	145
14	Spain	"Just Can't Stay Away"	Hard Rock Sofa, DJ Squire, Max'C	18	26
15	Portugal	"Amor de Ferro"	Diogo Piçarra, Pedro Abrunhosa	17	28
16	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	"Voodoo Doll"	ALMA	6	85
17	File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon	"Thelma et Louise"	Poupie	10	50
18	Cyprus	"In Salamis"	Arrayan Path	4	89
19	Gibraltar	"Multiply"	POESY	3	94
20	Thailand	"Hot & Cold"	4MIX	13	44

Semi-Final 2

19 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Andorra, South Korea and Taiwan voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Cabo Verde moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
01	File:Flag of Cabo Verde.svg Cabo Verde	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES	11	59
02	Gabon	"Formule"	Dancy	15	40
03	Albania	"DO IT YOURSELF"	ILIRA	14	40
04	File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	"12 ROUNDS"	Callie Young	7	70
05	Egypt	"5arbanin"	ALMAS, amadio	4	91
06	Switzerland	"New Waters"	CLARK S	16	39
07	Japan	"Just Wanna xxxx With You"	Phantom Siita	9	69
08	Moldova	"Look into my eyes"	Andreea Bostanica	8	70
09	Guam	"Crimson & Violet"	Anastasia Elliot	10	60
10	Palestine	"Asli Ana"	zeyne	1	130
11	India	"Moonchild"	The F16s	17	39
12	US Virgin Islands	"I hope you hate me."	Dead Poet Society	5	78
13	Lithuania	"Į Venesuelą"	Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys	12	58
14	United Kingdom	"Ritual"	Jason Kwan	18	28
15	Italy	"Figlia d' 'a Tempesta"	LA NIÑA	2	104
16	Germany	"Flowers"	Alle Farben, Graham Candy, Lahos	13	53
17	Belgium	"Atlas"	Pommelien Thijs	3	97
18	Error creating thumbnail: Northern Mariana Islands	"Sleepyhead"	Jutes	6	71
19	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	"E marfa tare"	Alex Velea	19	22

Wildcard Round

The wildcard round voting finished on June 2nd. Cabo Verde was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.

Country	Song	Artist	%	Result
Brazil	"Lua Cheia"	Marina Sena	28.6%	Eliminated
File:Flag of Cabo Verde.svg Cabo Verde	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES	71.4%	Grand Final

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. Canada was the winner with 209 points, followed by Italy with 158 points and Palestine with 147 points. St. Pierre and Miquelon ended in the last place with 18 points.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
01	Italy	"Figlia d' 'a Tempesta"	LA NIÑA	2	158
02	Error creating thumbnail: Northern Mariana Islands	"Sleepyhead"	Jutes	11	94
03	Palestine	"Asli Ana" (أصلي أنا)	zeyne	3	147
04	Gibraltar	"Multiply"	POESY	9	101
05	Sweden	"På måndag"	Miss Li	23	50
06	File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	"12 ROUNDS"	Callie Young	24	46
07	Norway	"MVH"	Synne Vo	19	70
08	File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon	"Thelma et Louise"	Poupie	26	18
09	Error creating thumbnail: Andorra	"Lau Korapilo"	SÜNE	10	100
10	Belgium	"Atlas"	Pommelien Thijs	7	106
11	South Korea	"without u here"	nixxiu, Eternal Rin	5	122
12	File:Flag of Cabo Verde.svg Cabo Verde	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES	14	86
13	China	"flip phone"	PIAO	22	53
14	Guam	"Crimson & Violet"	Anastasia Elliot	21	60
15	Japan	"Just Wanna xxxx With You"	Phantom Siita	16	78
16	Moldova	"Look into my eyes"	Andreea Bostanica	17	77
17	US Virgin Islands	"I hope you hate me."	Dead Poet Society	13	89
18	Taiwan	"Sword"	Wisp	4	126
19	Åland Islands	"Daisy"	Ronia	6	121
20	Canada	"Dancing and Crying"	Kiesza	1	209
21	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	"Voodoo Doll"	ALMA	20	69
22	Egypt	"5arbanin" (خربانين)	ALMAS, amadio	15	85
23	Denmark	"Hvor Var Jeg Endt"	CHRISTOPHER, Thor Farlov	25	40
24	North Korea	"Birth"	ARTMS	18	77
25	France	"Suffocate"	LANDMVRKS, Bertrand Poncet	8	105
26	Cyprus	"In Salamis"	Arrayan Path	12	92

References

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