Season 18
Season 18 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in File:Flag of Portugal.svg 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 Centre Bell, an arena with a capacity of 21.000 people.
Participating Countries
39 countries initially declared interest in participation this season. Poland withdrew shortly after the allocation draw, without ever submitting an entry, while Mexico and Sri Lanka were disqualified from Semi-Final 1, after their delegations failed to submit a vote.
| Country | Broadcaster | Song | Artist | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands | wither2706 | ÅRTV | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | English |
 American Samoa
|
valentinomore | KVZK-TV | "STYLE" | DANGER TWINS | English |
 Anguilla
|
haepuff | ABC/CBU | "Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | English |
 Australia
|
twan7047 | SBS | "Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | English |
| File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | randomguy213 | ORF | "Still Alive" | Felicia Lu | English |
 Canada
|
jita26televisi | CBC | "L'Amerique Pleure" | Les Cowboys Fringants | French |
| File:Flag of China.svg China | tng8394 | CGTN | "The Eye" | BaishaJaws | English |
 Croatia
|
drehspiessfleisch_im_brot | HRT | "Druga Osoba" | Selestia | Croatian |
| Error creating thumbnail: Finland | kasvi004 | Yle | "Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | Finnish |
 Gabon
|
toniaczka | RTG | "GINANU (DANSEZ)" | QUEEN KOUMB | French |
 Germany
|
skanyone | NDR | "GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | English |
| File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | stevenesc | GTV | "Heaven" | dark0wa & Spr1te | English |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | whothehellisorestis | ERT | "SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | English, Greek |
 Guam
|
itsme_notme | KGTF | "take it" | EMELINE. | English |
 Hungary
|
hailflax | MTV | "Hideg az ej" | KISS KEVIN | Hungarian |
 Iceland
|
meow2202 | RÚV | "Cold Feet" | BRIET | English |
 India
|
aenthology | Doordarshan | "Hold Me Down" | Kayan | English |
 Ireland
|
sanderNL | RTÉ | "Us" | modernlove. | English |
 Lithuania
|
Riardukas | LRT | "Išprotėjome" | EveBei | Lithuanian |
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | flixr | RTL | "spiel mit mir" | TJARK | German |
| File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | ricardcm | TV Azteca | "DELE ALLI" | Kevis & Maykyy, Chans | Spanish |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | suppacoo | PBSN | "Khoj" | The Act | Nepali |
 New Zealand
|
dodgefulartist3 | TVNZ | "The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | English |
| File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | szszofi06 | KCTV | "TILT" | IRENE & SEULGI | Korean |
| File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | eurofan98 | NRK | "The Flute Song" | YNGA | English |
| File:Flag of Philippines.svg Philippines | jceurovisionfan1996 | ABS-CBN | "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban" | G22 | Filipino |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | msgomes219 | RTP | "Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | Portuguese |
| File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion | jesuisunepoubelle | Réunion la 1ère | "Vrai bonhomme" | Louisadonna | French |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | justa1exxxx | TVR | "Aseară ți-am luat basma" | UDDI | Romanian |
 Russia
|
ctys0n | C1R | "circumstance" | Sabu | Russian |
| File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | zakrusta | SBC | "Medieval" | Shazza | English |
 South Korea
|
lozzol | KBS | "Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | Korean |
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | mother_mikayla | SLBC | "Stormrider" | Jacqueline Frenandez | English |
| File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | eternal2 | SRG SSR | "BLUE LAGOON" | STEVANS | English |
 Taiwan
|
pinguini | PTS | "Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | Mandarin |
| File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | chromiliaghaztic | BBC | "Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | English |
| Error creating thumbnail: United States | paldosreal.sss | NBC | "Salvation" | Rebecca Black | English |
| File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands | blueythesharkie | WSVI | "The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 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 21st June 2025. The 39[1] 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 (excluding Poland). Those countries plus Austria, China and Ghana voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with New Zealand moving into the wildcard stage.
Mexico and Sri Lanka failed to vote, thus they were disqualified. Initially, Sri Lanka was set to qualify as 5th in the Semi-Final, however, after their disqualification, every other country gained a place in the ranking, awarding Taiwan a qualification spot, and New Zealand a Wildcard ticket.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | New Zealand
|
"The Devil Inside" | Like A Storm | 11 | 50 |
| 02 | Russia
|
"circumstance" | Sabu | 9 | 61 |
| 04 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | "BLUE LAGOON" | STEVANS | 13 | 35 |
| 05 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | "SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | 5 | 73 |
| 06 | Croatia
|
"Druga Osoba" | Selestia | 8 | 61 |
| 07 | Germany
|
"GERMANY GERMANY" | BLACKOUT PROBLEMS | 2 | 79 |
| 08 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | "Aseara ti-am luat basma" | UDDI | 12 | 38 |
| 09 | South Korea
|
"Mikael" | Meaningful Stone | 6 | 72 |
| 10 | Taiwan
|
"Damn" | No Party For Cao Dong | 10 | 56 |
| 11 | Guam
|
"take it" | EMELINE. | 3 | 77 |
| 12 | India
|
"Hold Me Down" | Kayan | 4 | 76 |
| 14 | Hungary
|
"Hideg az ej" | KISS KEVIN | 14 | 31 |
| 15 | File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | "Never Far From Paradise" | Florrie | 1 | 93 |
| 16 | Australia
|
"Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | 7 | 68 |
Semi-Final 2
17 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Canada and United States voted. 10 countries qualified for the final, with Nepal moving into the wildcard stage.
| Draw | Country | Song | Artist | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | File:Flag of Philippines.svg Philippines | "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban" | G22 | 15 | 37 |
| 02 | Lithuania
|
"Išprotėjome" | EveBei | 7 | 74 |
| 03 | File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands | "The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 8 | 68 |
| 04 | File:ReunionRadiantVolcanoFlag.png Réunion | "Vrai bonhomme" | Louisadonna | 17 | 13 |
| 05 | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | "spiel mit mir" | TJARK | 2 | 95 |
| 06 | Iceland
|
"Cold Feet" | BRIET | 14 | 38 |
| 07 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | "The Flute Song" | YNGA | 10 | 61 |
| 08 | Error creating thumbnail: Finland | "Reiviluola" | Haloo Helsinki | 9 | 64 |
| 09 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | "Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | 1 | 120 |
| 10 | Gabon
|
"GINANU (DANSEZ)" | QUEEN KOUMB | 13 | 56 |
| 11 | File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | "TILT" | IRENE & SEULGI | 12 | 57 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 3 | 94 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | "Medieval" | Shazza | 4 | 88 |
| 14 | Anguilla
|
"Death Grips" | Etta Marcus | 5 | 81 |
| 15 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | "Khoj" | The Act | 11 | 58 |
| 16 | American Samoa
|
"STYLE" | DANGER TWINS | 16 | 22 |
| 17 | Ireland
|
"Us" | modernlove. | 6 | 76 |
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 | 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 | File:Flag of China.svg China | "The Eye" | BaishaJaws | 26 | 23 |
| 5 | Canada
|
"L'Amerique Pleure" | Les Cowboys Fringants | 24 | 32 |
| 6 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | "Madalena" | Beatriz Rosario | 1 | 140 |
| 11 | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | "Medieval" | Shazza | 3 | 128 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg 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 | 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 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | "SYRTAKI 2.0" | EMMANOUELA x KOUNAVIA | 18 | 71 |
| 20 | Error creating thumbnail: United States | "Salvation" | Rebecca Black | 25 | 23 |
| 21 | Australia
|
"Bird Cage" | Lara Buchanan | 16 | 75 |
| 22 | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | "Heaven" | dark0wa & Spr1te | 12 | 82 |
| 23 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | "The Flute Song" | YNGA | 21 | 52 |
| 24 | File:Flag of Åland Islands.svg Åland Islands | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 11 | 87 |
| 25 | File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands | "The Drought" | Ok Goodnight | 19 | 69 |
| 26 | Russia
|
"circumstance" | Sabu | 22 | 47 |
- ↑ Poland was previously included before being disqualified for failing to submit an entry on time.