Season 21

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Season 21 of Melodia Song Contest Reimagined is hosted in Kaunas, Lithuania. The winning country was Spain, represented by María de Juan, with their song "ME ENVENENO". They scored 137 points in the Grand Finale. The runner-up was Jersey with a total of 137 points.

Location

Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, is a vibrant cultural and academic center situated at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers. Known for its beautifully preserved interwar modernist architecture—much of which earned the city recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site—Kaunas blends historic charm with a youthful, creative energy fueled by its universities, arts festivals, and thriving café culture. The Old Town features medieval landmarks like Kaunas Castle and Town Hall Square, while the New Town showcases elegant boulevards, museums, and street art. With lush riverfront spaces, a strong basketball tradition, and a dynamic mix of history and modern innovation, Kaunas stands as one of the Baltics’ most distinctive and lively urban centers.

Žalgirio Arena, the venue where the 21st Melodia Song Contest will be held, is a modern multi-purpose indoor venue in Kaunas, built on an island in the Nemunas River and opened in 2011. The largest indoor arena in the Baltic States, it seats about 15,000 for basketball and up to 20,000 for concerts. It serves as the home of Žalgiris Kaunas in the EuroLeague and regularly hosts major sports events, concerts, exhibitions, and conferences. Known for its advanced audiovisual systems, flexible event layouts, and high attendance records, the arena has become a key cultural and entertainment hub for both Kaunas and the wider Baltics region.

Participating Countries

43 countries originally declared their interest in participating this edition, however, North Korea and Puerto Rico were disqualified shortly after the allocation draw, for failing to submit an entry in a timely manner, thus bringing the participation count to 41.

Country Broadcaster Song Artist Language
File:Flag of Aland Islands.svg Åland Islands chromiliaghaztic SVT "Ihmishirviö" Jemina Finnish
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa twan7047 KVZK-TV "MARTYR" Britton English
Error creating thumbnail: Belgium dajciemispokoj. VRT/RTBF "Mrs. Impatience" Tsar B English
Bermuda pinguini BBC/CBU "Ritchie Sacramento" Mogwai English
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil andrezzapaquita TV Brasil "Mar" Bea Duarte Portugeuse
Error creating thumbnail: Canada valentinomore CBC "Out of Sight" Tyler Shaw English
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile ctys0n TVN "Pala" Q_Ala Spanish, English
Error creating thumbnail: China lyall.thormod CGTN "Scent" XLOV English, Korean
Error creating thumbnail: Denmark tng8394 DR "Days Of Thunder" Spleen United English
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia randomguy213 RTL "Melancholy" Gram-Of-Fun English
Finland moliemosh YLE "Miten Typerä Syy" Saga Mast Finnish
France jesuisunepoubelle France Télévisions "Chamboule tout" Paola French
Gabon toniaczka RTG "Coco Rico" Cj Tell'm, Tar1q
Germany hannestheluser NDR "Aschenbecher" maïa German
Error creating thumbnail: Gibraltar suppacoo GBC "I Just Don't Know You Yet" Absolutely English
Iceland msgomes219 RÚV "Milli stjarnanna" Álfgrímur Icelandic
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia zakrusta TVRI "loved by You" Hindia Indonesian, English
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy szszofi06 RAI "IL BUIO (MI CALMA)" Enula Italian
Jamaica paldosreal.sss JBC/CBU "last night's mascara" Griff English
Error creating thumbnail: Japan vasco.dot NHK "Love Sick" AiNA THE END Japanese[1]
Jersey lentavakasvi BBC "Lights" Charlotte Plank, Hybrid Minds English
Error creating thumbnail: Kazakhstan itsme_notme KZ1 "Näin on" Aizhan Sultan Finnish, Kazakh
Error creating thumbnail: Liberia skanyone LBS "isaac's insects" Isaac Dunbar English
Lithuania riardukas LRT "Uz Antana" Antanas Nedzinskas Lithuanian
Maldives dodgefulartist3 TVM "Sins Of Our Creations" Nothnegal English
Error creating thumbnail: Malta eurofan98 TVM "Divine" Luke Vella English
Mexico aenthology TV Azteca "El lugar correcto" Natalia Lafourcade Spanish[2]
File:Flag of Netherlands.svg Netherlands wither2706 AVROTROS "Spark a Fire" Danny Vera English
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine jita26televisi PBC "SKODA SODA" Kokym Arabic
Paraguay hailflax SNT "El Negocio De Ser Vulnerables" Luigi Manzoni, Willian Spanish
Philippines jceurovisionfan1996 ABS-CBN "Don't Ask Me Why" DNA English
Portugal some_random_goober RTP "Deixem o Morto Morrer" Ana Lua Caiano Portugeuse
St. Pierre and Miquelon drehspiessfleisch_im_brot SPM-LP "Hi!" Madeon English
San Marino thejendyz SMRTV "Non Andare" Diego Lazzari Italian
South Korea meuw2202 KBS "Blue Valentine" NMIXX English, Korean
Spain haepuff RTVE "ME ENVENENO" Maria de Juan Spanish
Switzerland eternal2 SRG SSR "HEELS" LUM French[3]
File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom whothehellisorestis BBC "Safety Net" Bea and her Business English
United States sander.nl NBC "lucid dreaming" joan English
File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands blueythesharkie WSVI "Crawling" Diva Bleach English
Vietnam stevenesc. VTV "CINDERELLA ÐI BAR" LIZ KIM CƯONG Vietnamese

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 9th of November, 2025. The 38 semi final participants were spread across 5 pots based on their delegates voting history. The pot allocation was made internally, thus the Pots are currently unavailable.

Semi-Final 1

After the disqualification of North Korea, 18 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Lithuania, Netherlands, and Spain, will cast their votes in this semi. 10 countries will qualify for the finale, with Vietnam moving on to the wildcard round.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 Jamaica "last night's mascara" Griff
02 Vietnam "CINDERELLA ÐI BAR" LIZ KIM CƯONG
03 Error creating thumbnail: Canada "Out Of Sight" Tyler Shaw
04 Portugal "Deixem o Morto Morrer" Ana Lua Caiano
05 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia "Melancholy" Gram-Of-Fun
06 File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa "MARTYR" Britton
07 North Korea
08 Error creating thumbnail: Gibraltar "I Just Don't Know You Yet" Absolutely
09 Error creating thumbnail: Denmark "Days of Thunder" Spleen United
10 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil "Mar" Bea Duarte
11 Iceland "Milli stjarnanna" Álfgrímur
12 Error creating thumbnail: Malta "Divine" Luke Vella
13 Error creating thumbnail: China "Scent" XLOV
14 St. Pierre and Miquelon "Hi" Madeon
15 France "Chamboule tout" Paola
16 Finland "Miten Typerä Syy" Saga Mast
17 Bermuda "Ritchie Sacramento" Mogwai
18 Error creating thumbnail: Belgium "Mrs. Impatience" Tsar B
19 Error creating thumbnail: Kazakhstan "Näin on" Aizhan Sultan

Semi-Final 2

Due to the disqualification of Puerto Rico, only 18 countries competed in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Indonesia, and United States, will cast their votes in this semi. 10 countries will qualify for the finale, with Palestine moving on to the wildcard round.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 San Marino "Santa subito" chiamamifaro
02 Mexico "El lugar correcto" Natalia Lafourcade
03 Maldives "Sins Of Our Creation" Nothnegal
04 Switzerland "HEELS" LUM
05 Error creating thumbnail: Liberia "isaac's insects" Isaac Dunbar
06 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile "Pala" Q_Ala
07 Error creating thumbnail: Puerto Rico
08 File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom "Safety Net" Bea and her Business
09 South Korea "Blue Valentine" NMIXX
10 Germany "Aschenbecher" maïa
11 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy "IL BUIO (MI CALMA)" Enula
12 Gabon "Coco Rico" Cj Tell'm, Tar1q
13 Paraguay "El Negocio De Ser Vulnerables" Luigi Manzoni
14 Philippines "Don't Ask Me Why" DNA
15 File:Flag of Aland Islands.svg Åland Islands "Ihmishirviö" Jemina
16 Jersey "Lights" Charlotte Plank, Hybrid Minds
17 Error creating thumbnail: Japan "Love Sick" AiNA THE END
18 File:Flag of United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands "Crawling" Diva Bleach
19 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine "SKODA SODA" Kokym

Wildcard Round

The wildcard round voting finished on October 27th. United States was declared the winner after earning the higher percentage of votes to progress.

Country Song Artist % Result
Error creating thumbnail: Vietnam "CINDERELLA ÐI BAR" LIZ KIM CƯONG 60% Grand Final
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine "SKODA SODA" Kokym 40% Eliminated

Grand Final

26 countries participated in the Grand Final. Maldives was the only country whom failed to vote in this round. Spain ended up as the winner with 137 points, proceeded by Jersey with 137 points in 2nd, and with Kazakhstan ending up in 3rd place with 125 points. Lithuania ended up last with 29 points.

Draw Country Song Artist Place Points
01 File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
02 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
03 Germany
04 File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa
05 Switzerland
06 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
07 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
08 Error creating thumbnail: Liberia
09 Jersey "Lights" Charlotte Planks, Hybrid Minds 2[4] 137
10 File:Flag of Netherlands.svg Netherlands
11 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
12 Iceland
13 Vietnam
14 Error creating thumbnail: Japan "Love Sick" AiNA THE END 5 121
15 United States
16 Gabon "Coco Rico" CJ Tell'm, Tar1q 17 81
17 Lithuania
18 St. Pierre and Miquelon
19 Error creating thumbnail: Gibraltar
20 Finland
21 Jamaica "last night's mascara" Griff 19 78
22 Portugal
23 Error creating thumbnail: Kazakhstan
24 Error creating thumbnail: Belgium
25 Error creating thumbnail: Åland Islands "Ihmishirviö" Jemina 15 89
26 Spain
  1. Repeats the same English phrase throughout the song.
  2. The outro, sung by Adán Jodorowsky, was done in French.
  3. There's lines in English, terms in Spanish, and a line in both Korean and Japanese.
  4. Lost the tiebreaker against Spain.