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Season 15 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined was hosted in Gibraltar, Gibraltar. The winning country was South Korea, represented by Love x Stereo ft. Da1sy Doom with their song "< 끌어당김 @traction >". They scored 151 points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was Guernsey with 150 points, just one point behind the winner.

Location

This edition of Melodia Song Contest was held in Vicotoria Stadium, a stadium with a capacity of 5.000 people. Fun fact; this is the only stadium existing in the entirety of the country, while it's also squeezed right next to the country's airport.

Participating Countries

40 countries participated this season.

Country		Broadcaster	Song	Artist	Language
Åland Islands	chromiliaghaztic	ÅRTV	"Varningsklocka"	estraden	Swedish
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	toniaczka	TPA	"Lua"	IVANDRO	Portuguese
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	twan7047	KVZK-TV	"God Loves You"	Stela Cole	English
Australia	thejendyz	SBS	"Blind & Falling"	Outloved	English
Canada	lozzol	CBC	"Cours, Cora, cours"	Lou-Adriane Cassidy	French
Error creating thumbnail: China	szszofi06	CGTN	"I'mma be"	XLOV	English
File:Flag of Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	skanyone	KVF	"Vero Min"	Eivor	Faroese
File:Flag of France.svg France	sandoli.112	France Télévisions	"J’ai changé"	Kendji Girac	French
Germany	drehspiessfleisch_im_brot	NDR	"Walk With Me"	Felix Jaehn, Shouse	English
Gibraltar	moliesmosh	GBC	"Champion"	Bishop Briggs	English
Greece	randomguy213	ERT	"Ola I Tipota"	Mariza Rizou	Greek
Guernsey	kasvi004	BBC	"Say"	Fred Roberts	English
Error creating thumbnail: Hong Kong	whothehellisorestis	TVB	"711"	Emei	English
Indonesia	hailflax	TVRI	"Tunggu Apa Lagi"	Nyoman Paul	Indonesian
Error creating thumbnail: Italy	esclorenzo	RAI	"Gocce di Limone"	Alex Wyse	Italian
Japan	itsme_notme	NHK	"Honeycrash"	SASAMI	English
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	dodgefulartist3	KBC	"Violation"	Last Year's Tragedy	English
Lithuania	riardukas	LRT	"Šitaip Isimylėt"	Ieva Narkutė	Lithuanian
Luxembourg	TheSchemingTurtle	RTL	"The Place We Used To Call Home"	District 7	English
Malaysia	Zakrusta	RTM	"SUTERA"	Aisha Retno	Malay
Malta	moldovanlatifi	PBS	"Devil"	Red Electric	English
Moldova	.ouannnn	TRM	"MOFT.LOFT"	geeko!, Trap House Moldova, Gorby	Romanian
Netherlands	haepuff	AVROTROS	"Set Me Free"	RANI	English
Norway	suppacoo	NRK	"Operahuset"	Gabrielle	Norwegian
File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands	pinguini	PBS	"Obsession"	Joywave	English
Philippines	wither2706	ABS-CBN	"40-40"	Vetta Borne	English
Error creating thumbnail: Poland	tng8394	TVP	"Caly Czas"	Oskar Cyms	Polish
Portugal	msgomes219	RTP	"Mountains"	Carolina Deslandes, Agir	English
Romania	valentinomore	TVR	"Hasta Luego"	ANTONIA	English^[1]
South Korea	stevenesc.	KBS	"Attraction"	Love x Stereo, Daisy Doom	English
Spain	meuw2202	RTVE	"A 200"	LARA TAYLOR	Spanish
File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon	jesuisunepoubelle	SPM La Première	"Laisse-moi t'aimer"	Laurie Darmon	French
Sweden	eurofan98	SVT	"Valkommen Ater"	Hanna Ferm, Junie	Swedish
Switzerland	eternal2	SRG SSR	"Heavy Heart"	Paula Dalla Corte	English
File:Flag of Taiwan.svg Taiwan	ctys0n	TTV	"Act Like That"	GENBLUE	English
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	jita26televisi	El Hiwar Ettounsi	"Rassi El Foug"	Balti	Arabic^[2]
United Kingdom	paldosreal.sss	BBC	"Jungle"	Sugababes	English
United States	sandernl	NBC	"Infinitely Falling"	Fly By Midnight	English
US Virgin Islands	blueythesharkie	WSVI	"Its Not Your Fault"	Maggie Lindemann	English
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	chalenn	VTV	"When The Night Ends"	Johnny Huynh	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 March 2025. The 36^[3] participants were spread across 5 pots based off of their delegates voting history. Pot 5 acted as a 'newcomer & wildcard' pot, for miscellaneous and new participants.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands Canada Error creating thumbnail: China Japan South Korea Spain File:Flag of Taiwan.svg Taiwan United Kingdom	File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa File:Flag of Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands Germany Guernsey Sweden Switzerland United States	Australia Greece Error creating thumbnail: Hong Kong Malaysia Moldova Error creating thumbnail: Poland Romania	Error creating thumbnail: Denmark Error creating thumbnail: Italy File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Lithuania Luxembourg Philippines	File:Flag of France.svg France Indonesia Portugal File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia US Virgin Islands File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam

Semi-Final 1

18 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Angola, Gibraltar and Norway voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Japan moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
1	Spain	"A 200"	LARA TAYLOR	8	58
2	Germany	"Walk With Me"	Felix Jaehn, Shouse	13	40
3	Switzerland	"Heavy Heart"	Paula Dalla Corte	1	124
4	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	"Violation"	Last Year's Tragedy	17	18
5	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	"Rassi El Foug"	Balti	14	38
6	File:Flag of Taiwan.svg Taiwan	"Act Like That"	GENBLUE	12	48
7	Sweden	"Valkommen Ater"	Hanna Ferm, Junie	5	86
8	Malaysia	"SUTERA"	Aisha Retno	7	66
9	Canada	"Cours, Cora, cours"	Lou-Adriane Cassidy	6	73
10	Japan	"Honeycrash"	SASAMI	11	48
11	Error creating thumbnail: Poland	"Caly Czas"	Oskar Cyms	2	105
12	File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands	"Obsession"	Joywave	3	99
13	Portugal	"Mountains"	Carolina Deslandes, Agir	15	37
14	Romania	"Hasta Luego"	ANTONIA	4	98
15	Lithuania	"Šitaip Isimylėt"	Ieva Narkutė	16	33
16	File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon	"Laisse-moi t'aimer"	Laurie Darmon	9	56
17	File:Flag of Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	"Vero Min"	Eivor	10	51
18	Moldova	"MOFT.LOFT"	geeko!, Trap House Moldova, Gorby	18	18

Semi-Final 2

17 countries competed (as Denmark was disqualified) in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Malta, and Netherlands voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with American Samoa moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
1	Australia	Blind & Falling	Outloved	16	34
2	File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands	Varningsklocka	estraden	7	76
3	~~Error creating thumbnail: Denmark~~	—	—	—	—
4	Indonesia	Tunggu Apa Lagi	Nyoman Paul	17	25
5	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	When The Night Ends	Johnny Huynh	5	78
6	Guernsey	Say	Fred Roberts	1	124
7	United States Virgin Islands	Its Not Your Fault	Maggie Lindemann	6	77
8	Greece	Ola I Tipota	Mariza Rizou	13	48
9	File:Flag of France.svg France	J’ai changé	Kendji Girac	15	37
10	Error creating thumbnail: Hong Kong	711	Emei	10	63
11	File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	God Loves You	Stela Cole	11	58
12	South Korea	Attraction	Love x Stereo, Daisy Doom	2	92
13	Philippines	40-40	Vetta Borne	3	90
14	United States	Infinitely Falling	Fly By Midnight	4	79
15	Error creating thumbnail: China	I'mma be	XLOV	14	42
16	United Kingdom	Jungle	Sugababes	9	64
17	Luxembourg	The Place We Used To Call Home	District 7	12	43
18	Error creating thumbnail: Italy	Gocce di Limone	Alex Wyse	8	72

Wildcard Round

The wildcard round voting finished on April 14th. Japan was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.

Country	Song	Artist	%	Result
Japan	"Honeycrash"	Sasami	56.3%	Grand Final
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa	"God Loves You"	Stela Cole	43.8%	Eliminated

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. South Korea was the winner with 151 points, followed by Guernsey with 150 points and Poland with 135 points. Norway ended in the last place with 25 points.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
1	Error creating thumbnail: Poland	"Caly Czas"	Oskar Cyms	3	135
2	Philippines	"40-40"	Vetta Borne	5	129
3	Gibraltar	"Champion"	Bishop Briggs	23	46
4	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	"When The Night Ends"	Johnny Huynh	10	101
5	Norway	"Operahuset"	Gabrielle	26	25
6	Error creating thumbnail: Italy	"Gocce di Limone"	Alex Wyse	8	118
7	South Korea	"Attraction"	Love x Stereo, Daisy Doom	1	151
8	Netherlands	"Set Me Free"	RANI	4	134
9	Åland Islands	"Varningsklocka"	estraden	7	119
10	Romania	"Hasta Luego"	ANTONIA	18	73
11	Spain	"A 200"	LARA TAYLOR	25	37
12	File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon	"Laisse-moi t'aimer"	Laurie Darmon	24	40
13	Malaysia	"SUTERA"	Aisha Retno	9	102
14	US Virgin Islands	"Its Not Your Fault"	Maggie Lindemann	11	96
15	Guernsey	"Say"	Fred Roberts	2	150
16	File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	"Vero Min"	Eivor	14	79
17	Switzerland	"Heavy Heart"	Paula Dalla Corte	6	128
18	United States	"Infinitely Falling"	Fly By Midnight	19	66
19	Malta	"Devil"	Red Electric	15	76
20	Error creating thumbnail: Hong Kong	"711"	Emei	13	89
21	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	"Lua"	IVANDRO	22	60
22	Sweden	"Valkommen Ater"	Hanna Ferm, Junie	17	73
23	Japan	"Honeycrash"	SASAMI	16	76
24	Canada	"Cours, Cora, cours"	Lou-Adriane Cassidy	21	60
25	File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands	"Obsession"	Joywave	20	63
26	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	"Jungle"	Sugababes	12	95

References

↑ Includes a phrase in Spanish.
↑ In the Tunisian dialect.
↑ Denmark was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.

[1] Includes a phrase in Spanish.

[2] In the Tunisian dialect.

[3] Denmark was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.

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