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Season 18 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in 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 Estádio da Cidade de Coimbra, a stadium with a capacity of 29.622 people. (information below this to be updated soon)

Participating Countries

37 countries initially declared interest in participation this season.

Country		Broadcaster	Song	Artist	Language
Error creating thumbnail: American Samoa	tng8394	KVZK-TV	"Tired Boy"	Sunday (1994)	English
Australia	randomguy213	SBS	"Astronaut"	Jaguar Jones	English
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	chalenn	BTV	"Feet Don’t Fail Me Now"	Joy Crookes	English
File:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium	kasvi004	VRT	"On Met La Patate"	Omdat Het Kan & Average Rob	English, Flemish
Brazil	zyroutx	TV Brasil	"Velho Fusca"	Xama	Portuguese
Canada	zakrusta	CBC	"Biblical Love"	Flower Face	English
File:Flag of Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands	thejendyz	Radio Cayman	"Footprints"	Tom Gregory	English
File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg Cocos Islands	wither2706	SBS	"Stained Glass Love"	Telenova	English
Denmark	dodgefulartist3	DR	"ItBotGGBtSSiaDWoD" ^[1]	Volbeat	English
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	toniaczka	EBIS	"Okondana"	Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini	Siswati
France	yvourstruly	France Télévisions	"hot shit"	Cil	French
Error creating thumbnail: Georgia	haepuff	GPB	"Over and Over"	Tatia Darsalia	English
Germany	whothehellisorestis	ARD	"Sawdust"	Lina Mariah	English
File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar	pinguini	GBC	"Something’s Wrong"	James Marriott	English
Error creating thumbnail: Guam	itsme_notme	KGTF	"I CANT QUIT"	MEL 4EVER	English
Guernsey	valentinomore	BBC	"Bus Stop"	Amber Van Day	English
Error creating thumbnail: Hungary	stevenesc.	MTV	"Idegen"	Itinera	Hungarian
India	aenthology	Doordarshan	"Beparwai"	Jonita	Hindi
Italy	meuw2202	RAI	"Rumore bianco"	chiamamifaro	Italian
Kosovo	twan7047	RTK	"Si Ai"	Tayna	Albanian
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein	drehspiessfleisch_im_brot	Radio L	"Little Numbers"	BOY	English
Lithuania	Riardukas	LRT	"Mylėjau Kažkada"	GJan	Lithuanian
Error creating thumbnail: Luxembourg	spiritsarehere	RTL	"Real Love"	Francis of Delirium	English
Malaysia	szszofi06	RTM	"MWA!"	DOLLA	English, Malay
Netherlands	suppacoo	AVROTROS	"Cicada"	Blackbriar	English
North Korea	ctys0n	KCTV	"Famous"	AllDay Project	English, Korean
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	jita26televisi	IRTP	"Kutimuni"	LENIN	Quechua
Philippines	chromiliaghaztic	ABS-CBN	"Saranggola"	Ben&Ben	Filipino
Poland	hailflax	TVP	"Ziemia mi sie pali"	BOVSKA	Polish
Portugal	msgomes219	RTP	"Aguarela"	VSP AST	Portuguese
File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion	jesuisunepoubelle	Réunion La Première	"Dependance affective"	Gwennili	French
Error creating thumbnail: Romania	devil666132020	TVR	"Toata Lumea Danseaza"	MIRA	Romanian
South Korea	paldosreal.sss	KBS	"Sparkling"	CHUNG HA	English, Korean
Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	eternal2	SRG-SSR	"Strawberry Lemonade"	Marlin	English
Uganda	blueythesharkie	UBC	"I Cry"	Sabina Ddumba	English
United Kingdom	skanyone	BBC	"Miss Me Now"	Brooke Combe	English
United States	sandernl	NBC	"Sad Boiii"	BENEE	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 24th July 2025. The 32 semi final 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. Those countries plus Canada, Georgia and Philippines voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with TBA moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist
01	South Korea	"Sparkling"	CHUNG HA
02	Kosovo	"Si Ai"	Tayna
03	Uganda	"I Cry"	Sabina Ddumba
04	Error creating thumbnail: Luxembourg	"Real Love"	Francis of Delirium
05	File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg Cocos Islands	"Stained Glass Love"	Telenova
06	Lithuania	"Mylėjau Kažkada"	GJan
07	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	"Okondana"	Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini
08	Poland	"Ziemia mi się pali"	BOVSKA
09	France	"hot shit"	Cil
10	Malaysia	"MWA!"	DOLLA
11	Guernsey	"Bus Stop"	Amber Van Day
12	Error creating thumbnail: American Samoa	"Tired Boy"	Sunday (1994)
13	Australia	"Astronaut"	Jaguar Jonze
14	Error creating thumbnail: Romania	"Toată Lumea Dansează"	MIRA
15	Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	"Strawberry Lemonade"	Marlin
16	Netherlands	"Cicada"	Blackbriar

Semi-Final 2

16 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Guam and Portugal voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with TBA moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist
01	Error creating thumbnail: Hungary	"Idegen"	Itinera
02	File:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium	"On Met La Patate"	Omdat Het Kan & Average Rob
03	United Kingdom	"Miss Me Now"	Brooke Combe
04	India	"Beparwai"	Jonita
05	File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	"Feet Don’t Fail Me Now"	Joy Crookes
06	File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	"Kutimuni"	LENIN
07	File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar	"Something’s Wrong"	James Marriott
08	Brazil	"Velho Fusca"	Xama
09	Denmark	"ItBotGGBtSSiaDWoD"	Volbeat
10	File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein	"Little Numbers"	BOY
11	United States	"Sad Boiii"	BENEE
12	Germany	"Sawdust"	Lina Mariah
13	North Korea	"Famous"	AllDay Project
14	File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion	"Dependance affective"	Gwennili
15	File:Flag of Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands	"Footprints"	Tom Gregory
16	Italy	"Rumore bianco"	chiamamifaro

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	United Kingdom	"Never Far From Paradise"	Florrie	2	131
4	China	"The Eye"	BaishaJaws	26	23
5	Canada	"L'Amerique Pleure"	Les Cowboys Fringants	24	32
6	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	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	"Medieval"	Shazza	3	128
12	Error creating thumbnail: Luxembourg	"spiel mit mir"	TJARK	6	101
13	Error creating thumbnail: Guam	"take it"	EMELINE.	4	119
14	File:Flag of Taiwan.svg 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	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	"Us"	modernlove.	15	79
19	Greece	"SYRTAKI 2.0"	EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA	18	71
20	United States	"Salvation"	Rebecca Black	25	23
21	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	Error creating thumbnail: United States Virgin Islands	"The Drought"	Ok Goodnight	19	69
26	Russia	"circumstance"	Sabu	22	47

↑ Actual song title; "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom"

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