Season 16

Season 16 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined was hosted in TBD, South Korea. The winning country was TBD, represented by TBD with their song "TBD". They scored TBD points in the Grand Final. The runner-up was TBD with TBD points.

Location

Participating Countries

43 countries participated this season.

Country		Broadcaster	Song	Artist	Language
Åland Islands	haepuff	ÅRTV	"Daisy"	Ronia
Albania	skanyone	RTSH	"DO IT YOURSELF"	ILIRA
American Samoa	drehspiessfleisch_im_brot	KVZK-TV	"12 ROUNDS"	Callie Young	English
Andorra	kasvi004	RTVA	"Lau Korapilo"	SÜNE	Basque
Belgium	twan7047	VRT	"Atlas"	Pommelien Thijs	Dutch
Brazil	ralphstuffz	TV Brasil	"Lua Cheia"	Marina Sena
Bulgaria	whothehellisorestis	BNT	"Voodoo Doll"	ALMA	English
Cabo Verde	zakrusta	RTC	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES	Portuguese, French^[1]
Canada	jita26televisi	CBC	"Dancing and Crying"	Kiesza	English
China	ctys0n	CGTN	"flip phone"	PIAO	English
Cyprus	msgomes219	CyBC	"In Salamis"	Arrayan Path
Denmark	wither2706	DR	"Hvor Var Jeg Endt"	CHRISTOPHER, Thor Farlov	Danish
Egypt	womansworld	ERTU	"5arbanin" (خربانين)	ALMAS, amadio	Arabic^[2]
France	pinguini	France Télévisions	"Suffocate"	LANDMVRKS, Bertrand Poncet	English
Gabon	toniaczka	RTG	"Formule"	Dancy
Germany	valentinomore	NDR	"Flowers"	Alle Farben, Graham Candy, Lahos	English
Gibraltar	suppacoo	GBC	"Multiply"	POESY
Guam	itsme_notme	KGTF	"Crimson & Violet"	Anastasia Elliot
Iceland	esclorenzo	RÚV	"Tea"	Salka Valsdóttir
India	aenthology	Doordarshan	"Moonchild"	The F16s	English
Indonesia	hailflax	TVRI	"Pelangi"	HIVI!	Indonesian
Error creating thumbnail: Italy	randomguy213	RAI	"Figlia d' 'a Tempesta"	LA NIÑA
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	blueythesharkie	NHK	"Just Wanna xxxx With You"	Phantom Siita
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	riardukas	LRT	"Į Venesuelą"	Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys	Lithuanian
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	moldovanlatifi	TRM	"Look into my eyes"	Andreea Bostanica	English
North Korea	szszofi06	KCTV	"Birth"	ARTMS
File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands	chalenn	PBS	"Sleepyhead"	Jutes	English
Error creating thumbnail: Norway	chromiliaghaztic	NRK	"MVH"	Synne Vo
Palestine	paldosreal.sss	PBC	"Asli Ana" (أصلي أنا)	zeyne	Arabic^[3]
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	randomongolian	IRTP	"DA DA DA"	mad tsai
Philippines	jceurovisionfan1996	ABS-CBN	"Maria"	1621	Tagalog
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	sandoli.112	RTP	"Amor de Ferro"	Diogo Piçarra, Pedro Abrunhosa
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	thejendyz	TVR	"E marfa tare"	Alex Velea
File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon	jesuisunepoubelle	SPM-LP	"Thelma et Louise"	Poupie	French^[1]
South Korea	stevenesc.	KBS	"without u here"	nixxiu, Eternal Rin	English
Spain	dodgefulartist3	RTVE	"Just Can't Stay Away"	Hard Rock Sofa, DJ Squire, Max'C	English
Error creating thumbnail: Sweden	eurofan98	SVT	"På måndag"	Miss Li
Switzerland	eternal2	SRG SSR	"New Waters"	CLARK S
Error creating thumbnail: Taiwan	tng8394	PTS	"Sword"	"Wisp"
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand	meuw2202	TPBS	"Hot & Cold"	4MIX
United Kingdom	.ds25_	BBC	"Ritual"	Jason Kwan
Error creating thumbnail: United States	sandernl	NBC	"your apartment"	dreamfone	English
File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands	moliesmosh	WSVI	"I hope you hate me."	Dead Poet Society	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 22nd May 2025. The 39^[4] 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
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Cyprus Iceland India File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand United Kingdom	Canada China Egypt Gabon Guam North Korea Palestine File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands	Albania American Samoa Belgium Germany File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Philippines Error creating thumbnail: Sweden Error creating thumbnail: United States	Brazil Bulgaria Gibraltar Error creating thumbnail: Norway Error creating thumbnail: Italy File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Switzerland	Cabo Verde France Indonesia File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon Spain

Semi-Final 1

20 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Åland Islands and Denmark voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with X moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
01	North Korea	"Birth"	ARTMS
02	Error creating thumbnail: United States	"your apartment"	dreamfone
03	Indonesia	"Pelangi"	HIVI!
04	~~File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia~~	—	—	—	—
05	Brazil	"Lua Cheia"	Marina Sena
06	Philippines	"Maria"	1621
07	Iceland	"Tea"	Salka Valsdóttir
08	China	"flip phone"	PIAO
09	Error creating thumbnail: Sweden	"På måndag"	Miss Li
10	France	"Suffocate"	LANDMVRKS, Bertrand Poncet
11	Error creating thumbnail: Norway	"MVH"	Synne Vo
12	File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	"DA DA DA"	mad tsai
13	Canada	"Dancing and Crying"	Kiesza
14	Spain	"Just Can't Stay Away"	Hard Rock Sofa, DJ Squire, Max'C
15	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	"Amor de Ferro"	Diogo Piçarra, Pedro Abrunhosa
16	Bulgaria	"Voodoo Doll"	ALMA
17	File:Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.svg St. Pierre & Miquelon	"Thelma et Louise"	Poupie
18	Cyprus	"In Salamis"	Arrayan Path
19	Gibraltar	"Multiply"	POESY
20	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand	"Hot & Cold"	4MIX

Semi-Final 2

19 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Andorra, South Korea and Taiwan voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with X moving into the wildcard stage.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist
01	Cabo Verde	"Gravidade 0"	EU.CLIDES
02	Gabon	"Formule"	Dancy
03	Albania	"DO IT YOURSELF"	ILIRA
04	American Samoa	"12 ROUNDS"	Callie Young
05	Egypt	"5arbanin"	ALMAS, amadio
06	Switzerland	"New Waters"	CLARK S
07	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	"Just Wanna xxxx With You"	Phantom Siita
08	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	"Look into my eyes"	Andreea Bostanica
09	Guam	"Crimson & Violet"	Anastasia Elliot
10	Palestine	"Asli Ana"	zeyne
11	India	"Moonchild"	The F16s
12	File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands	"I hope you hate me."	Dead Poet Society
13	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	"Į Venesuelą"	Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys
14	United Kingdom	"Ritual"	Jason Kwan
15	Error creating thumbnail: Italy	"Figlia d' 'a Tempesta"	LA NIÑA
16	Germany	"Flowers"	Alle Farben, Graham Candy, Lahos
17	Belgium	"Atlas"	Pommelien Thijs
18	File:Flag of Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands	"Sleepyhead"	Jutes
19	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	"E marfa tare"	Alex Velea

Wildcard Round

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Every participating country voted in this round.

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