Season 18

From Melodia

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
Eswatini toniaczka EBIS "Okondana" Sarnilo & Sibu Manzini Siswati
France yvourstruly France Télévisions "hot shit" Cil French
Georgia haepuff GPB "Over and Over" Tatia Darsalia English
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
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
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
Malaysia szszofi06 RTM "MWA!" DOLLA English, Malay
Netherlands suppacoo AVROTROS "Cicada" Blackbriar English
North Korea ctys0n KCTV "Famous" AllDay Project English, Korean
Peru jita26televisi IRTP "Kutimuni" LENIN Quechua
Philippines chromiliaghaztic ABS-CBN "Saranggola" Ben&Ben Filipino
Poland hailflax TVP "Ziemia mi sie pali" BOVSKA Polish
Portugal msgomes219 RTP "Aguarela" VSP AST Portuguese
Réunion jesuisunepoubelle Réunion La Première "Dependance affective" Gwennili French
Romania devil666132020 TVR "Toata Lumea Danseaza" MIRA Romanian
South Korea paldosreal.sss KBS "Sparkling" CHUNG HA English, Korean
Switzerland eternal2 SRG-SSR "Strawberry Lemonade" Marlin English
Uganda blueythesharkie UBC "I Cry" Sabina Ddumba English
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 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
03 Mexico "DELE ALLI" Kevis & Maykyy, Chans DQ 41
04 Switzerland "BLUE LAGOON" STEVANS 13 35
05 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 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
13 Sri Lanka "Stormrider" Jacqueline Frenandez DQ 75
14 Hungary "Hideg az ej" KISS KEVIN 14 31
15 United Kingdom "Never Far From Paradise" Florrie 1 93
16 Australia "Bird Cage" Lara Buchanan 7 68

Semi-Final 2

16 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 Philippines "Pa-Pa-Pa-Palaban" G22 15 37
02 Lithuania "Išprotėjome" EveBei 7 74
03 United States Virgin Islands "The Drought" Ok Goodnight 8 68
04 Réunion "Vrai bonhomme" Louisadonna 17 13
05 Luxembourg "spiel mit mir" TJARK 2 95
06 Iceland "Cold Feet" BRIET 14 38
07 Norway "The Flute Song" YNGA 10 61
08 Finland "Reiviluola" Haloo Helsinki 9 64
09 Portugal "Madalena" Beatriz Rosario 1 120
10 Gabon "GINANU (DANSEZ)" QUEEN KOUMB 13 56
11 North Korea "TILT" IRENE & SEULGI 12 57
12 Åland Islands "Fingers Crossed" Agnes 3 94
13 Singapore "Medieval" Shazza 4 88
14 Anguilla "Death Grips" Etta Marcus 5 81
15 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
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 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 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 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 Germany "GERMANY GERMANY" BLACKOUT PROBLEMS 13 81
17 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 Norway "The Flute Song" YNGA 21 52
24 Åland Islands "Fingers Crossed" Agnes 11 87
25 United States Virgin Islands "The Drought" Ok Goodnight 19 69
26 Russia "circumstance" Sabu 22 47
  1. Actual song title; "In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom"