Season 12
Season 12 of Melodia Song Contest was hosted in 
Lisbon, Portugal. The winning country was 
Germany, represented by dArtagnan with their song "Ruf der Freiheit". They scored a total of 151 points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was 
Finland with 148 points.
Location
Participating Countries
A total of 37 countries participated in this edition of Melodia Song Contest.
| Country | Broadcaster | Song | Artist | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
|
olympiaevergreen | RTSH | "Me e Forte" | Xheisara Frisku | Albanian |
 Australia
|
theschemingturtle | SBS | "insubordinate." | alt. | English |
 Bahrain
|
jita26televisi | BRTC | "Waves of Blue" | Majid Jordan | English |
 Belgium
|
suppacoo | VRT | "Loser" | RORI | English |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
erminofernandes | BHRT | "Hollywood" | Jala Brat, Buba Corelli, Rasta | Bosnian[1] |
 Canada
|
sandernl | CBC | "More Than My Mind" | ELIO | English |
 Czechia
|
it.domca.69 | ČT | "I Have No Inspiration" | Thom Artway | English |
 Ecuador
|
valentinomore | EcuadorTV | "Can't Choose" | LARI LUKE, Kiara Nelson | English |
| File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea | thejendyz | TVGE | "Fatiguée" | Anguesomo | French[1] |
| Finland
|
moliesmosh | Yle | "Painava Sydan" | Mirella | Finnish |
 France
|
eurofan98 | France Télévisions | "Celui Qui Part" | Joseph Kamel | French |
| Germany
|
chromiliaghaztic | NDR | "Ruf der Freiheit" | dArtagnan | German |
 Guam
|
twan7047 | KGTV | "dying on the inside" | Nessa Barrett | English |
 Hong Kong
|
meuw2202 | TVB | "Renegade" | LUCAS | English |
 Iceland
|
whothehellisorestis | RÚV | "Hotel Heartache" | Thorsteinn Einarsson | English |
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | pinguini | RTÉ | "These Are The Days" | Inhaler | English |
 Isle of Man
|
kasvi004 | BBC | "Follow Me" | Matrix & Futurebound, Ayak Thiik | English |
 Italy
|
esclorenzo | RAI | "MILLEOCCHI" | nudda | Italian |
| File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey | womansworld | BBC | "Solar" | dearALICE | English |
 Kenya
|
toniaczka | KBC | "Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | English |
 Lithuania
|
riardukas | LRT | "Vakar Vakare" | Rokas Yan | Lithuanian |
 Malaysia
|
zakrusta | RTM | "Tunggu" | Jetcetera | Malay |
 Netherlands
|
wither2706 | AVROTROS | "Work of Art" | RONDE | English |
| File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua | moldovanatifi | TN8 | "UNA" | Stayleave | Spanish[1] |
 North Korea
|
stevenesc. | KCTV | "Girls" | Nature | Korean[1] |
 Norway
|
randomguy213 | NRK | "Forglømmegei" | Hege Bjerk | Norwegian |
 Philippines
|
jceurovisionfan1996 | PTV | "Iba Ka" | Seth Fedelin | Tagalog |
 Poland
|
.ouannnn | TVP | "Alice" | Bassvictim | English |
| Portugal
|
haepuff | RTP | "Rendezvous" | NIKO | English |
| File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon | jesuisunepoubelle | SPM-LP | "C'est la Merde" | NAVA | French |
 South Korea
|
paldosreal.sss | KBS | "Love Attack" | RESCENE | English, Korean |
 Sweden
|
tng8394 | SVT | "Bast i Sverige" | Junior Brielle | Swedish |
| File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | eternal2 | SRG SSR | "Pour de Bon" | Shana Pearson | French |
| File:Flag of Togo.svg Togo | viciiiiiii | TVT | "OMNIPRÉSENCE" | Fyore | French |
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|
bluiethesharkie | BBC | "Stockholm Butterfly" | Jazmin Bean | English |
 United States
|
skanyone | NBC | "Why Do You Love Me" | Charlotte Lawrence | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: Vietnam | ctys0n | VTM | "dear me" | Plumcot Paige | 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 16th November 2024. The 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Bahrain Hong Kong File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Malaysia MaltaFile:Flag of Togo.svg Togo |
Canada Finland Germany Iceland Philippines File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon United States
|
Albania File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea ItalyFile:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey Kenya Poland
|
Belgium Ecuador France Guam File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Error creating thumbnail: Vietnam |
Bosnia & Herzegovina Czechia Isle of Man Lithuania Netherlands File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua |
Semi-Final 1
16 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus North Korea, Sweden and United Kingdom voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Jersey moving into the wildcard stage.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Belgium
|
"Loser" | RORI | 7 | 83 |
| 02 | File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea | "Fatiguee" | Anguesomo | 15 | 24 |
| 03 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | "Pour de Bon" | Shana Pearson | 10 | 52 |
| 04 | Germany
|
"Ruf der Freiheit" | dArtagnan | 1 | 131 |
| 05 | Albania
|
"Me e Forte" | Xheisara Frisku | 9 | 55 |
| 06 | File:Flag of Togo.svg Togo | "Omnipresence" | Fyore | 13 | 43 |
| 07 | Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
"Hollywood" | Jala Brat, Buba Corelli, Rasta | 16 | 17 |
| 08 | Australia
|
"insubordinate." | alt. | 5 | 86 |
| 09 | Isle of Man
|
"Follow Me" | Matrix & Futurebound, Ayak Thiik | 14 | 41 |
| 10 | Finland
|
"Painava Sydan" | Mirella | 2 | 121 |
| 11 | Guam
|
"dying on the inside" | Nessa Barrett | 3 | 113 |
| 12 | Netherlands
|
"Work of Art" | RONDE | 8 | 65 |
| 13 | United States
|
"Why Do You Love Me" | Charlotte Lawrence | 6 | 85 |
| 14 | Hong Kong
|
"Renegade" | LUCAS | 12 | 45 |
| 15 | File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey | "Solar" | dearALICE | 11 | 46 |
| 16 | Malaysia
|
"Tunggu" | Jetcetera | 4 | 95 |
Semi-Final 2
16 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Portugal and South Korea voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with St. Pierre and Miquelon moving into the wildcard stage.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | France
|
"Celui Qui Part" | Joseph Kamel | 5 | 73 |
| 02 | Norway
|
"Forglømmegei" | Hege Bjerk | 6 | 65 |
| 03 | Poland
|
"Alice" | Bassvictim | 14 | 26 |
| 04 | Lithuania
|
"Vakar Vakare" | Rokas Yan | 8 | 61 |
| 05 | File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon | "C'est la Merde" | NAVA | 11 | 46 |
| 06 | Kenya
|
"Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | 6 | 65 |
| 07 | Iceland
|
"Hotel Heartache" | Thorsteinn Einarsson | 4 | 91 |
| 08 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | "These Are The Days" | Inhaler | 10 | 56 |
| 09 | Philippines
|
"Iba Ka" | Seth Fedelin | 14 | 26 |
| 10 | Error creating thumbnail: Vietnam | "dear me" | Plumcot Paige | 9 | 60 |
| 11 | Canada
|
"More Than My Mind" | ELIO | 1 | 114 |
| 12 | Czechia
|
"I Have No Inspiration" | Thom Artway | 13 | 43 |
| 13 | Bahrain
|
"Waves of Blue" | Majid Jordan | 2 | 95 |
| 14 | Italy
|
"MILLEOCCHI" | nudda | 2 | 95 |
| 15 | Ecuador
|
"Can't Choose" | LARI LUKE, Kiara Nelson | 12 | 44 |
| 16 | File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua | "UNA" | Stayleave | 14 | 26 |
Wildcard Round
The wildcard round voting finished on December 3rd. St. Pierre and Miquelon was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.
| Country | Song | Artist | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey | "Solar" | dearALICE | 31.6% | Eliminated |
| File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon | "C'est la Merde" | NAVA | 68.4% | Grand Final |
Grand Final
26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round. Germany was the winner with 151 points, followed by Finland with 148 points and Guam with 142 points. France ended in the last place with 37 points.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Norway
|
"Forglømmegei" | Hege Bjerk | 21 | 53 |
| 02 | Kenya
|
"Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | 6 | 109 |
| 03 | Error creating thumbnail: Vietnam | "dear me" | Plumcot Paige | 13 | 75 |
| 04 | Finland
|
"Painava Sydan" | Mirella | 2 | 148 |
| 05 | Malaysia
|
"Tunggu" | Jetcetera | 11 | 84 |
| 06 | Guam
|
"dying on the inside" | Nessa Barrett | 3 | 142 |
| 07 | North Korea
|
"Girls" | Nature | 10 | 89 |
| 08 | Germany
|
"Ruf der Freiheit" | dArtagnan | 1 | 151 |
| 09 | Netherlands
|
"Work of Art" | RONDE | 24 | 46 |
| 10 | Sweden
|
"Bast i Sverige" | Junior Brielle | 20 | 61 |
| 11 | File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre and Miquelon | "C'est la Merde" | NAVA | 23 | 47 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | "Pour de Bon" | Shana Pearson | 14 | 70 |
| 13 | Portugal
|
"Rendezvous" | NIKO | 7 | 105 |
| 14 | Italy
|
"MILLEOCCHI" | nudda | 5 | 111 |
| 15 | Albania
|
"Me e Forte" | Xheisara Frisku | 19 | 63 |
| 16 | Lithuania
|
"Vakar Vakare" | Rokas Yan | 17 | 67 |
| 17 | Canada
|
"More Than My Mind" | ELIO | 8 | 97 |
| 18 | United Kingdom
|
"Stockholm Butterfly" | Jazmin Bean | 25 | 41 |
| 19 | Australia
|
"insubordinate." | alt. | 9 | 95 |
| 20 | South Korea
|
"Love Attack" | RESCENE | 18 | 66 |
| 21 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | "These Are The Days" | Inhaler | 22 | 49 |
| 22 | United States
|
"Why Do You Love Me" | Charlotte Lawrence | 15 | 69 |
| 23 | Bahrain
|
"Waves of Blue" | Majid Jordan | 12 | 80 |
| 24 | France
|
"Celui Qui Part" | Joseph Kamel | 26 | 37 |
| 25 | Iceland
|
"Hotel Heartache" | Thorsteinn Einarsson | 16 | 68 |
| 26 | Belgium
|
"Loser" | RORI | 4 | 123 |