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 |
| File:Flag of Bahrain.svg 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 |
| File:Flag of Czechia.svg Czechia | it.domca.69 | ČT | "I Have No Inspiration" | Thom Artway | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: Ecuador | valentinomore | EcuadorTV | "Can't Choose" | LARI LUKE, Kiara Nelson | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
 Ireland
|
pinguini | RTÉ | "These Are The Days" | Inhaler | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: Isle of Man | kasvi004 | BBC | "Follow Me" | Matrix & Futurebound, Ayak Thiik | English |
 Italy
|
esclorenzo | RAI | "MILLEOCCHI" | nudda | Italian |
 Jersey
|
womansworld | BBC | "Solar" | dearALICE | English |
| File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | toniaczka | KBC | "Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | English |
 Lithuania
|
riardukas | LRT | "Vakar Vakare" | Rokas Yan | Lithuanian |
 Malaysia
|
zakrusta | RTM | "Tunggu" | Jetcetera | Malay |
| Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands | wither2706 | AVROTROS | "Work of Art" | RONDE | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
 St. Pierre and Miquelon
|
jesuisunepoubelle | SPM-LP | "C'est la Merde" | NAVA | French |
| Error creating thumbnail: South Korea | paldosreal.sss | KBS | "Love Attack" | RESCENE | English, Korean |
 Sweden
|
tng8394 | SVT | "Bast i Sverige" | Junior Brielle | Swedish |
 Switzerland
|
eternal2 | SRG SSR | "Pour de Bon" | Shana Pearson | French |
| Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
| File:Flag of Vietnam.svg 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 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Hong Kong Ireland MalaysiaError creating thumbnail: Malta Error creating thumbnail: Togo |
Canada Finland Germany Iceland Philippines St. Pierre & Miquelon United States
|
Albania Error creating thumbnail: Equatorial Guinea Italy JerseyFile:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Poland
|
Belgium Error creating thumbnail: Ecuador France Guam SwitzerlandFile:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam |
Bosnia & Herzegovina File:Flag of Czechia.svg Czechia Error creating thumbnail: Isle of Man LithuaniaError creating thumbnail: Netherlands Error creating thumbnail: 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 | Error creating thumbnail: Equatorial Guinea | "Fatiguee" | Anguesomo | 15 | 24 |
| 03 | 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 | Error creating thumbnail: Togo | "Omnipresence" | Fyore | 13 | 43 |
| 07 | Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
"Hollywood" | Jala Brat, Buba Corelli, Rasta | 16 | 17 |
| 08 | Australia
|
"insubordinate." | alt. | 5 | 86 |
| 09 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 | 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 | St. Pierre and Miquelon
|
"C'est la Merde" | NAVA | 11 | 46 |
| 06 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | "Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | 6 | 65 |
| 07 | Iceland
|
"Hotel Heartache" | Thorsteinn Einarsson | 4 | 91 |
| 08 | Ireland
|
"These Are The Days" | Inhaler | 10 | 56 |
| 09 | Philippines
|
"Iba Ka" | Seth Fedelin | 14 | 26 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam | "dear me" | Plumcot Paige | 9 | 60 |
| 11 | Canada
|
"More Than My Mind" | ELIO | 1 | 114 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Czechia.svg Czechia | "I Have No Inspiration" | Thom Artway | 13 | 43 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain | "Waves of Blue" | Majid Jordan | 2 | 95 |
| 14 | Italy
|
"MILLEOCCHI" | nudda | 2 | 95 |
| 15 | Error creating thumbnail: Ecuador | "Can't Choose" | LARI LUKE, Kiara Nelson | 12 | 44 |
| 16 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey
|
"Solar" | dearALICE | 31.6% | Eliminated |
| 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 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | "Hush" | Xenia Manasseh | 6 | 109 |
| 03 | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg 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 | Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands | "Work of Art" | RONDE | 24 | 46 |
| 10 | Sweden
|
"Bast i Sverige" | Junior Brielle | 20 | 61 |
| 11 | St. Pierre and Miquelon
|
"C'est la Merde" | NAVA | 23 | 47 |
| 12 | 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 | Error creating thumbnail: South Korea | "Love Attack" | RESCENE | 18 | 66 |
| 21 | Ireland
|
"These Are The Days" | Inhaler | 22 | 49 |
| 22 | United States
|
"Why Do You Love Me" | Charlotte Lawrence | 15 | 69 |
| 23 | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg 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 |