Season 11

From Melodia

Season 11 of Melodia Song Contest was hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The winning country was Portugal, represented by Sofia Camara with their song "Who Do I Call Now?". They scored a total of 132 points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was India with 127 points.

Information

Due to an influx of new members, it was decided to raise the participant limit to 37 and introduce Semi-Finals to the contest.

The Top 5 from each edition would automatically qualify to the Grand Final of the next edition. The other 32 participants would be split in half between two Semi-Finals. The top 10 in each final would qualify, whilst the 11th-placed countries would face off in a public vote to be the wildcard selected to qualify.

Participating Countries

A total of 37 countries participated this edition.

Country Broadcaster Song Artist Language
Åland Islands wither2706 ÅRTV "Jericho" Normandie English
Albania skanyone RTSH "Secrets" Regard, RAYE English
American Samoa moliesmosh KVZK-TV "Unspoken" Blackcode, 9Lives, Charlie Miller English
Argentina lozzol TVP "10percs" Saramalacara, Hatsune Miku Spanish
Bosnia & Herzegovina erminofernandes BHRT "Uloga" Maya Berović Bosnian
Brazil twan7047 TV Globo "Hold On" Alexia Evellyn English
Bulgaria olympiaevergreen BNT "POLUDYAL" INA GAYARDI Bulgarian
Croatia olagusia HRT "Tempo" Miach Croatian
Cuba suppacoo ICRT "Please Be Rude" Gigi Perez English
Czechia it.domca.69 ČT "Dřevo" Xindl X Czech
Estonia tng8394 ERR "LONER" NIGHT TAPES English
Finland dajciemispokoj. Yle "Humalahuilu" Vilma Jää Finnish
France eurofan98 France Télévisions "Immortel" Jeck French
Gabon toniaczka RTG "Zambédaka" Laurianne Ekondo French, Tsogo[1]
Germany voilavoila NDR "YOUR SHOW" DAFINA, RINOR English[2]
Guam spiritsarehere KGTF "Past Lives" BØRNS English
Guernsey ghozy2081 BBC "HUMAN" Selin English
India paldosreal.sss Doordarshan "Therapy" W.i.S.H English, Hindi
Indonesia chromiliaghaztic TVRI "right where you left me" eaJ, Hindia English
Japan blueythesharkie NHK "Be A Flower" Ryokuoushoku Shakai Japanese
Lithuania riardukas LRT "Žvaigždės" Jessica Shy Lithuanian
Moldova moldovanlatifi TRM "Dudadu" Irina Rimes Romanian
North Korea stevenesc. KCTV "JUSTICE" Dreamcatcher Korean, English
Philippines jceurovisionfan1996 ABS-CBN "Maharani" ALAMAT Tagalog, English
Portugal haepuff RTP "Who Do I Call Now?" Sofia Camara English
Romania .ouannnn TVR "trop tard" donni French
Slovakia kasvi004 RTVS "Do Everything" Mairee, Lara Koll English
Somalia thejendyz SNTV "Ma Ihi" Imenella, Sharma Boy Arabic, French
South Korea rossoreo KBS "Azalea" ROLLING QUARTZ Korean
St. Pierre & Miquelon jesuisunepoubelle SPM-LP "Écoute chérie" Vendredi sur Mer French
Sri Lanka ctys0n SLBC "HUSH" Rhea Raj English
Sweden sandernl SVT "Borderline" Tove Lo English
Switzerland eternal2 SRG SSR "NEW FRIENDS" Skyler Wind English
Thailand womansworld TPBS "Complicated" MATCHA English, Thai
United Kingdom esclorenzo BBC "That Song" NIIVA English
United States whothehellisorestis NBC "Throw Some Ass" SOFI TUKKER English
US Virgin Islands valentinomore WSVI "It's A Feeling" Sigala, Trevor Daniel, 24kGoldn English

Contest Overview

Semi-final allocation draw

Semi-Final 1

16 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Brazil, Cuba and Indonesia voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with the United States moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 Lithuania "Žvaigždės" Jessica Shy 12 55
02 Åland Islands "Jericho" Normandie 8 79
03 Czechia "Dřevo" Xindl X 16 0
04 Bosnia & Herzegovina "Uloga" Maya Berović 14 47
05 United Kingdom "That Song" NIIVA 5 83
06 Estonia "LONER" NIGHT TAPES 4 90
07 India "Therapy" W.i.S.H 3 97
08 Romania "trop tard" donni 15 14
09 Guam "Past Lives" BØRNS 10 72
10 Finland "Humalahuilu" Vilma Jää 7 80
11 Albania "Secrets" Regard, RAYE 6 80
12 United States "Throw Some Ass" SOFI TUKKER 11 63
13 US Virgin Islands "It's A Feeling" Sigala, Trevor Daniel, 24kGoldn 9 72
14 North Korea "JUSTICE" Dreamcatcher 2 98
15 Gabon "Zambédaka" Laurianne Ekondo 13 50
16 Croatia "Tempo" Miach 1 110

Semi-Final 2

16 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Argentina and Slovakia voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with the Moldova moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 Bulgaria "POLUDYAL" INA GAYARDI 2 89
02 Somalia "Ma Ihi" Imenella, Sharma Boy 16 23
03 St. Pierre & Miquelon "Écoute chérie" Vendredi sur Mer 9 62
04 Moldova "Dudadu" Irina Rimes 11 58
05 American Samoa "Unspoken" Blackcode, 9Lives, Charlie Miller 13 54
06 Sri Lanka "HUSH" Rhea Raj 7 67
07 Japan "Be A Flower" Ryokuoushoku Shakai 4 86
08 Switzerland "NEW FRIENDS" Skyler Wind 5 74
09 Philippines "Maharani" ALAMAT 12 55
10 Guernsey "HUMAN" Selin 15 49
11 Sweden "Borderline" Tove Lo 8 64
12 Germany "YOUR SHOW" DAFINA, RINOR 14 52
13 Portugal "Who Do I Call Now?" Sofia Camara 1 92
14 South Korea "Azalea" ROLLING QUARTZ 10 60
15 Thailand "Complicated" MATCHA 6 72
16 France "Immortel" Jeck 3 87

Wildcard Round

The United States was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.

Country Song Artist % Result
United States "Throw Some Ass" SOFI TUKKER 63.2% Grand Final
Moldova "Dudadu" Irina Rimes 36.8% Eliminated

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. Portugal was the winner with 132 points, followed by India with 127 points and North Korea with 126 points. Guam ended in the last place with 21 points.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 India "Therapy" W.i.S.H 2 127
02 Brazil "Hold On" Alexia Evellyn 10 96
03 North Korea "JUSTICE" Dreamcatcher 3 126
04 Japan "Be A Flower" Ryokuoushoku Shakai 5 118
05 Albania "Secrets" Regard, RAYE 19 67
06 Slovakia "Do Everything" Mairee, Lara Koll 13 82
07 Argentina "10percs" Saramalacara, Hatsune Miku 25 27
08 South Korea "Azalea" ROLLING QUARTZ 15 76
09 Cuba "Please Be Rude" Gigi Perez 24 33
10 Thailand "Complicated" MATCHA 21 62
11 France "Immortel" Jeck 9 97
12 Bulgaria "POLUDYAL" INA GAYARDI 12 85
13 United States "Throw Some Ass" SOFI TUKKER 18 68
14 Estonia "LONER" NIGHT TAPES 4 123
15 Indonesia "right where you left me" eaJ, Hindia 7 110
16 St. Pierre & Miquelon "Écoute chérie" Vendredi sur Mer 11 87
17 Portugal "Who Do I Call Now?" Sofia Camara 1 132
18 Guam "Past Lives" BØRNS 26 21
19 Finland "Humalahuilu" Vilma Jää 16 76
20 Sri Lanka "HUSH" Rhea Raj 22 61
21 Åland Islands "Jericho" Normandie 17 75
22 United Kingdom "That Song" NIIVA 23 40
23 Switzerland "NEW FRIENDS" Skyler Wind 14 77
24 US Virgin Islands "It's A Feeling" Sigala, Trevor Daniel, 24kGoldn 20 67
25 Sweden "Borderline" Tove Lo 8 101
26 Croatia "Tempo" Miach 6 112
  1. Uncertain as of now; Could also be in Basaa.
  2. Contains some lines in Albanian.