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=== Grand Final ===
=== Grand Final ===
'''''(information below this to be updated soon)'''''
26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. [[Uganda]] was the winner with '''173''' points, followed by [[Réunion]] with '''171''' points and [[Italy]] with '''166''' points. [[Germany]] ended in the last place with '''31''' points, making them the first Wildcard winner ending in the last place.
 
 
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]].
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!Points
|-
|-
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Croatia]]
| [[File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cocos Islands]]
|"Druga Osoba"
| "Stained Glass Love"
|Selestia
| Telenova
| 4
| 154
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| [[File:Flag of Guernsey.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Guernsey]]
| "Bus Stop"
| Amber Van Day
| 16
| 58
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| [[File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Gibraltar]]
| "Something’s Wrong"
| James Marriott
| 12
| 74
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| [[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[North Korea]]
| "Famous"
| AllDay Project
| 17
| 17
| 71
| 57
|-
|-
|2
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|[[File:Flag of Anguilla.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Anguilla]]
| [[File:Flag of Hungary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Hungary]]
|"Death Grips"
| "Idegen"
|Etta Marcus
| Itinera
| 5
| 8
| 109
| 96
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| [[File:Flag of Philippines.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Philippines]]
| "Saranggola"
| Ben&Ben
| 19
| 56
|-style="background: #c96;" bronze
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| [[File:Flag of Italy.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Italy]]
| "Rumore bianco"
| chiamamifaro
| 3
| 166
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
| [[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[South Korea]]
| "Sparkling"
| CHUNG HA
| 22
| 51
|-style="background: silver;"
|-style="background: silver;"
|3
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|[[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United Kingdom]]
| [[File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png|border|20x20px]] [[Réunion]]
|"Never Far From Paradise"
| "Dependance affective"
|Florrie
| Gwennili
| 2
| 2
| 131
| 171
|-style="background:#fe8080;" red
|-
|4
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|[[File:Flag of China.svg|border|20x20px]] [[China]]
| [[File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Bangladesh]]
|"The Eye"
| "Feet Don’t Fail Me Now"
|BaishaJaws
| Joy Crookes
| 26
| 11
| 23
| 81
|-
|-
|5
| style="text-align:center;" |11
|[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Canada]]
| [[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Portugal]]
|"L'Amerique Pleure"
| "Aguarela"
|Les Cowboys Fringants
| VSP AST
| 24
| 24
| 32
| 38
|-
|-
|6
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Finland]]
| [[File:Flag of Guam.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Guam]]
|"Reiviluola"
| "I CANT QUIT"
|Haloo Helsinki
| MEL 4EVER
| 23
| 23
| 40
| 41
|- style="background:#fe8080;"
| style="text-align:center;" |13
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Germany]]
| "Sawdust"
| Lina Mariah
| 26
| 31
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
| [[File:Flag of France.svg|border|20x20px]] [[France]]
| "hot shit"
| Cil
| 18
| 56
|-
|-
|7
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Austria]]
| [[File:Flag of India.svg|border|20x20px]] [[India]]
|"Still Alive"
| "Beparwai"
|Felicia Lu
| Jonita
| 10
| 10
| 91
| 90
|-
|-
|8
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|[[File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lithuania]]
| [[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United Kingdom]]
|"Išprotėjome"
| "Miss Me Now"
|EveBei
| Brooke Combe
| 14
| 80
|-
|9
|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|border|20x20px]] [[South Korea]]
|"Mikael"
|Meaningful Stone
| 7
| 7
| 100
| 103
|-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
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|[[File:Flag of Taiwan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Taiwan]]
| [[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Malaysia]]
|"Damn"
| "MWA!"
|No Party For Cao Dong
| DOLLA
| 20
| 20
| 64
| 55
|-
|-
|15
| style="text-align:center;" |18
|[[File:Flag of India.svg|border|20x20px]] [[India]]
| [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Poland]]
|"Hold Me Down"
| "Ziemia mi sie pali"
|Kayan
| BOVSKA
| 9
| 14
| 96
| 63
|-
|-
|16
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Germany]]
| [[File:Flag of Netherlands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Netherlands]]
|"GERMANY GERMANY"
| "Cicada"
|BLACKOUT PROBLEMS
| Blackbriar
| 13
| 6
| 81
| 107
|-
|-
|17
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|[[File:Flag of Nepal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Nepal]]
| [[File:Flag of Georgia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Georgia]]
|"Khoj"
| "Over and Over"
|The Act
| Tatia Darsalia
| 8
| 5
| 97
| 115
|-
|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
| style="text-align:center;" |21
|[[File:Flag of United States.svg|border|20x20px]] [[United States]]
| [[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Luxembourg]]
|"Salvation"
| "Real Love"
|Rebecca Black
| Francis of Delirium
| 25
| 25
| 23
| 34
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: gold;"
| style="text-align:center;" |22
| [[File:Flag of Uganda.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Uganda]]
| "I Cry"
| Sabina Ddumba
| 1
| 173
|-
|-
|21
| style="text-align:center;" |23
|[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Australia]]
| [[File:Flag of Kosovo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kosovo]]
|"Bird Cage"
| "Si Ai"
|Lara Buchanan
| Tayna
| 16
| 15
| 75
| 60
|-
|-
|22
| style="text-align:center;" |24
|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Ghana]]
| [[File:Flag of Canada.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Canada]]
|"Heaven"
| "Biblical Love"
|dark0wa & Spr1te
| Flower Face
| 12
| 9
| 82
| 94
|-
|-
|23
| style="text-align:center;" |25
|[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Norway]]
| [[File:Flag of Cayman Islands.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cayman Islands]]
|"The Flute Song"
| "Footprints"
|YNGA
| Tom Gregory
| 21
| 13
| 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
| 69
|-
|-
|26
| style="text-align:center;" |26
|[[File:Flag_of_Russia_Democratic.png|border|20x20px]] [[Russia]]
| [[File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Liechtenstein]]
|"circumstance"
| "Little Numbers"
|Sabu
| BOY
| 22
| 21
| 47
| 53
|}
|}

Revision as of 09:16, 7 September 2025

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.

Participating Countries

37 countries initially declared interest in participation this season.

Country Broadcaster Song Artist Language
American Samoa tng8394 KVZK-TV "Tired Boy" Sunday (1994) English
Australia randomguy213 SBS "Astronaut" Jaguar Jones English
Bangladesh chalenn BTV "Feet Don’t Fail Me Now" Joy Crookes English
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
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
Eswatini toniaczka EBIS "Okondana" Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini Siswati
France yvourstruly France Télévisions "hot shit" Cil French
Georgia haepuff GPB "Over and Over" Tatia Darsalia English
Germany whothehellisorestis ARD "Sawdust" Lina Mariah English
Gibraltar pinguini GBC "Something’s Wrong" James Marriott English
Guam itsme_notme KGTF "I CANT QUIT" MEL 4EVER English
Guernsey valentinomore BBC "Bus Stop" Amber Van Day English
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
Liechtenstein drehspiessfleisch_im_brot Radio L "Little Numbers" BOY English
Lithuania Riardukas LRT "Mylėjau Kažkada" GJan Lithuanian
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
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
Réunion jesuisunepoubelle Réunion La Première "Dependance affective" Gwennili French
Romania devil666132020 TVR "Toata Lumea Danseaza" MIRA Romanian
South Korea paldosreal.sss KBS "Sparkling" CHUNG HA English, Korean
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 Place Points
01 South Korea "Sparkling" CHUNG HA 8 64
02 Kosovo "Si Ai" Tayna 7 71
03 Uganda "I Cry" Sabina Ddumba 1 141
04 Luxembourg "Real Love" Francis of Delirium 10 63
05 File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg Cocos Islands "Stained Glass Love" Telenova 3 92
06 Lithuania "Mylėjau Kažkada" GJan 12 47
07 Eswatini "Okondana" Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini 14 42
08 Poland "Ziemia mi się pali" BOVSKA 5 82
09 France "hot shit" Cil 4 86
10 Malaysia "MWA!" DOLLA 9 64
11 Guernsey "Bus Stop" Amber Van Day 6 82
12 American Samoa "Tired Boy" Sunday (1994) 13 43
13 Australia "Astronaut" Jaguar Jonze 15 37
14 Romania "Toată Lumea Dansează" MIRA 11 48
15 Switzerland "Strawberry Lemonade" Marlin 16 36
16 Netherlands "Cicada" Blackbriar 2 104

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 Place Points
01 Hungary "Idegen" Itinera 4 71
02 Belgium "On Met La Patate" Omdat Het Kan & Average Rob 13 43
03 United Kingdom "Miss Me Now" Brooke Combe 3 99
04 India "Beparwai" Jonita 7 69
05 Bangladesh "Feet Don’t Fail Me Now" Joy Crookes 6 69
06 Peru "Kutimuni" LENIN 14 39
07 Gibraltar "Something’s Wrong" James Marriott 8 64
08 Brazil "Velho Fusca" Xama 16 20
09 Denmark "ItBotGGBtSSiaDWoD" Volbeat 12 44
10 Liechtenstein "Little Numbers" BOY 9 61
11 United States "Sad Boiii" BENEE 15 34
12 Germany "Sawdust" Lina Mariah 11 56
13 North Korea "Famous" AllDay Project 10 59
14 Réunion "Dependance affective" Gwennili 1 131
15 Cayman Islands "Footprints" Tom Gregory 5 70
16 Italy "Rumore bianco" chiamamifaro 2 115

Wildcard Round

The wildcard round voting finished on August 11th. Germany was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress. To be noted that Germany won the wildcard on a 1-vote difference!

Country Song Artist % Result
Romania "Toată Lumea Dansează" MIRA 47.1% Eliminated
Germany "Sawdust" Lina Mariah 52.9% Grand Final

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. Uganda was the winner with 173 points, followed by Réunion with 171 points and Italy with 166 points. Germany ended in the last place with 31 points, making them the first Wildcard winner ending in the last place.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
1 File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg Cocos Islands "Stained Glass Love" Telenova 4 154
2 Guernsey "Bus Stop" Amber Van Day 16 58
3 Gibraltar "Something’s Wrong" James Marriott 12 74
4 North Korea "Famous" AllDay Project 17 57
5 Hungary "Idegen" Itinera 8 96
6 Philippines "Saranggola" Ben&Ben 19 56
7 Italy "Rumore bianco" chiamamifaro 3 166
8 South Korea "Sparkling" CHUNG HA 22 51
9 Réunion "Dependance affective" Gwennili 2 171
10 Bangladesh "Feet Don’t Fail Me Now" Joy Crookes 11 81
11 Portugal "Aguarela" VSP AST 24 38
12 Guam "I CANT QUIT" MEL 4EVER 23 41
13 Germany "Sawdust" Lina Mariah 26 31
14 France "hot shit" Cil 18 56
15 India "Beparwai" Jonita 10 90
16 United Kingdom "Miss Me Now" Brooke Combe 7 103
17 Malaysia "MWA!" DOLLA 20 55
18 Poland "Ziemia mi sie pali" BOVSKA 14 63
19 Netherlands "Cicada" Blackbriar 6 107
20 Georgia "Over and Over" Tatia Darsalia 5 115
21 Luxembourg "Real Love" Francis of Delirium 25 34
22 Uganda "I Cry" Sabina Ddumba 1 173
23 Kosovo "Si Ai" Tayna 15 60
24 Canada "Biblical Love" Flower Face 9 94
25 Cayman Islands "Footprints" Tom Gregory 13 69
26 Liechtenstein "Little Numbers" BOY 21 53
  1. ↑ 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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