Season 18
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. (information below this to be updated soon)
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 |
| File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | toniaczka | EBIS | "Okondana" | Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini | Siswati |
 France
|
yvourstruly | France Télévisions | "hot shit" | Cil | French |
| Error creating thumbnail: Georgia | haepuff | GPB | "Over and Over" | Tatia Darsalia | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg 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 |
| Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
| Error creating thumbnail: Malaysia | szszofi06 | RTM | "MWA!" | DOLLA | English, Malay |
| Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands | suppacoo | AVROTROS | "Cicada" | Blackbriar | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: North Korea | ctys0n | KCTV | "Famous" | AllDay Project | English, Korean |
 Peru
|
jita26televisi | IRTP | "Kutimuni" | LENIN | Quechua |
| Error creating thumbnail: Philippines | chromiliaghaztic | ABS-CBN | "Saranggola" | Ben&Ben | Filipino |
 Poland
|
hailflax | TVP | "Ziemia mi sie pali" | BOVSKA | Polish |
| Portugal
|
msgomes219 | RTP | "Aguarela" | VSP AST | Portuguese |
| File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion | jesuisunepoubelle | Réunion La Première | "Dependance affective" | Gwennili | French |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | devil666132020 | TVR | "Toata Lumea Danseaza" | MIRA | Romanian |
 South Korea
|
paldosreal.sss | KBS | "Sparkling" | CHUNG HA | English, Korean |
| File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | eternal2 | SRG-SSR | "Strawberry Lemonade" | Marlin | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: Uganda | blueythesharkie | UBC | "I Cry" | Sabina Ddumba | English |
| File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea
|
"Sparkling" | CHUNG HA | ||
| 2 | Kosovo
|
"Si Ai" | Tayna | ||
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Uganda | "I Cry" | Sabina Ddumba | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg
|
"Real Love" | Francis of Delirium | ||
| 5 | File:Flag of Cocos Islands.svg Cocos Islands | "Stained Glass Love" | Telenova | ||
| 6 | Lithuania
|
"Mylėjau Kažkada" | GJan | ||
| 7 | File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini | "Okondana" | Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini | ||
| 8 | Poland
|
"Ziemia mi się pali" | BOVSKA | ||
| 9 | France
|
"hot shit" | Cil | ||
| 10 | Error creating thumbnail: Malaysia | "MWA!" | DOLLA | ||
| 11 | Guernsey
|
"Bus Stop" | Amber Van Day | ||
| 12 | American Samoa
|
"Tired Boy" | Sunday (1994) | ||
| 13 | Australia
|
"Astronaut" | Jaguar Jonze | ||
| 14 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | "Toată Lumea Dansează" | MIRA | ||
| 15 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | "Strawberry Lemonade" | Marlin | ||
| 16 | Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands | "Cicada" | Blackbriar |
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 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | "Idegen" | Itinera | ||
| 02 | Belgium
|
"On Met La Patate" | Omdat Het Kan & Average Rob | ||
| 03 | File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | "Miss Me Now" | Brooke Combe | ||
| 04 | India
|
"Beparwai" | Jonita | ||
| 05 | Bangladesh
|
"Feet Don’t Fail Me Now" | Joy Crookes | ||
| 06 | Peru
|
"Kutimuni" | LENIN | ||
| 07 | Gibraltar
|
"Something’s Wrong" | James Marriott | ||
| 08 | Brazil
|
"Velho Fusca" | Xama | ||
| 09 | Denmark
|
"ItBotGGBtSSiaDWoD" | Volbeat | ||
| 10 | Error creating thumbnail: Liechtenstein | "Little Numbers" | BOY | ||
| 11 | United States
|
"Sad Boiii" | BENEE | ||
| 12 | Error creating thumbnail: Germany | "Sawdust" | Lina Mariah | ||
| 13 | Error creating thumbnail: North Korea | "Famous" | AllDay Project | ||
| 14 | File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion | "Dependance affective" | Gwennili | ||
| 15 | Cayman Islands
|
"Footprints" | Tom Gregory | ||
| 16 | Italy
|
"Rumore bianco" | chiamamifaro |
Wildcard Round
The wildcard round voting finished on July 7th. Cabo Verde was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.
| Country | Song | Artist | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
"The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | 33.3% | Eliminated |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | "Khoj" | The Act | 66.6% | Grand Final |
Grand Final
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.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | "Druga Osoba" | Selestia | 17 | 71 |
| 2 |  Anguilla
|
"Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | 5 | 109 |
| 3 | File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | "Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | 2 | 131 |
| 4 |  China
|
"The Eye" | BaishaJaws | 26 | 23 |
| 5 | Canada
|
"L'Amerique Pleure" | Les Cowboys Fringants | 24 | 32 |
| 6 |  Finland
|
"Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | 23 | 40 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | "Still Alive" | Felicia Lu | 10 | 91 |
| 8 | Lithuania
|
"Išprotėjome" | EveBei | 14 | 80 |
| 9 | South Korea
|
"Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | 7 | 100 |
| 10 | Portugal
|
"Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | 1 | 140 |
| 11 | Error creating thumbnail: Singapore | "Medieval" | Shazza | 3 | 128 |
| 12 | Luxembourg
|
"spiel mit mir" | TJARK | 6 | 101 |
| 13 | Guam
|
"take it" | EMELINE. | 4 | 119 |
| 14 |  Taiwan
|
"Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | 20 | 64 |
| 15 | India
|
"Hold Me Down" | Kayan | 9 | 96 |
| 16 | Error creating thumbnail: Germany | "GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | 13 | 81 |
| 17 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | "Khoj" | The Act | 8 | 97 |
| 18 |  Ireland
|
"Us" | modernlove. | 15 | 79 |
| 19 |  Greece
|
"SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | 18 | 71 |
| 20 | United States
|
"Salvation" | Rebecca Black | 25 | 23 |
| 21 | Australia
|
"Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | 16 | 75 |
| 22 |  Ghana
|
"Heaven" | dark0wa & Spr1te | 12 | 82 |
| 23 | Error creating thumbnail: Norway | "The Flute Song" | YNGA | 21 | 52 |
| 24 | File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 11 | 87 |
| 25 | Error creating thumbnail: United States Virgin Islands | "The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 19 | 69 |
| 26 |  Russia
|
"circumstance" | Sabu | 22 | 47 |
- ↑ Actual song title; "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom"