ESC 2025 – Selezioni Nazionali – 1ª Semi-Finale

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La selezione dei partecipanti all’Eurovision Song Contest spetta alle emittenti televisive competenti dei singoli stati. A loro spetta la scelta del metodo di selezione: una selezione interna (quindi cantante e/o brano vengono scelti dall’emittente stessa), come accade solitamente per San Marino o Australia, oppure può organizzare un festival musicale (il pubblico sceglie un vincitore che viene invitato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest), come accade in Norvegia (Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), Svezia (Melodifestivalen), Italia (Festival di Sanremo), Grecia (Ellinikós Telikós) e molti altri. Il vincitore dell’eventuale festival però non è obbligato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest né tanto meno è obbligato ad esibirsi con la canzone vincitrice, ad esempio Iva Zanicchi ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 1969, in coppia con Bobby Solo, con la canzone “Zingara”, ma all’Eurovision Song Contest si presentò da sola con il brano “Due grosse lacrime bianche”. Con il tempo buona parte delle emittenti sta abbandonando la selezione interna in favore del festival musicale.

I partecipanti non devono obbligatoriamente avere vincoli di nazionalità (ad esempio nel 1988 la Svizzera vinse con la cantante canadese Céline Dion) e le canzoni non hanno restrizioni riguardanti la lingua (anche se nelle prime edizioni vigeva un obbligo di cantare in una delle lingue ufficiali del proprio paese).

L’Eurovision Song Contest 2025 sarà la 69ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro. Il concorso si svolgerà presso la St. Jakobshalle a Basilea, in Svizzera, dal 13 al 17 maggio 2025, in seguito alla vittoria di Nemo con la canzone The Code nell’edizione precedente; sarà la terza edizione della manifestazione a svolgersi in Svizzera, dopo quelle del 1956 e 1989. Il concorso si articolerà, come dal 2008, in due semifinali e una finale.

In seguito ad alcune controversie avvenute durante l’edizione 2024, relative all’organizzazione generale dell’evento, l’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER) ha annunciato la creazione di due nuovi posizioni che si affiancheranno a quella del superiore esecutivo: il direttore esecutivo del concorso, ricoperta dal britannico Martin Green, e dal responsabile del marchio e commerciale dell’evento. Il 4 giugno 2024 sono stati annunciati i due produttori esecutivi dell’evento: Reto Peritz (responsabile del dipartimento dell’intrattenimento della SRF) e Moritz Stadler (responsabile del dipartimento delle operazioni della RTS), mentre la regia sarà affidata a Yves Schifferle (capodelegazione della Svizzera all’Eurovision Song Contest). Rimangono invariate le posizioni di Christer Björkman (capodelegazione svedese dal 2002 al 2021, nonché produttore dell’edizione 2013 e 2016) come direttore artistico e Tobias Åberg (produttore tecnico della manifestazione dal 2016) come produttore tecnico; ad essi si aggiungono anche Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol come responsabile dell’evento, Manfred Winz come responsabile delle finanze, Aurore Chatard come responsabile della sicurezza e Kevin Stuber come responsabile legale.

All’indomani della vittoria svizzera all’edizione 2024, ospitata dalla città svedese di Malmö, la delegazione svizzera ha espresso l’interesse dell’emittente pubblica SRG SSR a organizzare la manifestazione musicale. A stretto giro ha seguito l’interesse a ospitare l’evento di diverse città tra cui Basilea (St. Jakob-Park e St. Jakobshalle), Bienne-Berna (Festhalle Bern), Friburgo (BCF Arena), Ginevra (Palexpo), San Gallo (Olma Hall) e Zurigo (Hallenstadion).

Il 27 maggio 2024 la SRG SSR ha annunciato e presentato il bando per ospitare la manifestazione, tramite il quale tutte le città interessate avrebbero potuto presentare ufficialmente la propria candidatura entro la fine di giugno. Le prime città a confermare le proprie candidature per ospitare l’evento sono state Basilea e Zurigo, seguite da Bienne-Berna e Ginevra, mentre San Gallo ha ritirato la sua candidatura poiché non rispetta i criteri per ospitare l’evento.

Il 19 luglio 2024 la SRG SSR ha comunicato che la scelta è stata ristretta alle città di Ginevra e Basilea, che rispettano tutte le necessità del concorso, scartando di conseguenza Zurigo e Berna. Il successivo 30 agosto, sul canale YouTube ufficiale della manifestazione canora, è stato confermato che la sede dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2025 sarebbe stata la St. Jakobshalle di Basilea.

Articolazione del processo. Il processo di selezione della scelta si è articolato nel seguente modo: le città interessate hanno preso visione dei criteri fondamentali per ospitare la manifestazione; alle stesse città sono state poi concesse quattro settimane per preparare i propri piani e progetti per ospitare l’evento; nel mese di giugno l’emittente organizzatrice ha valutato le candidature in base ai criteri fondamentali; entro la metà di luglio l’emittente organizzatrice ha visitato le città selezionate e i progetti preparati sono stati inviati all’Unione europea di radiodiffusione che ha decretato, di concerto con le emittenti organizzatrici ed entro il mese di agosto, la città ospitante.

Criteri fondamentali: la sede deve essere al coperto, dotata di aria condizionata secondo gli standard vigenti, e inoltre ben perimetrabile; la sede deve avere una capacità al 70% della capienza massima compresa tra gli 8 000 e i 10 000 spettatori; la sede deve essere dotata di un’area principale che consenta la realizzazione di un allestimento di alto livello con altezze disponibili di almeno 18 metri, buone capacità di carico sul tetto e facile accesso al carico; la sede deve essere disponibile per sei settimane prima dell’evento, le due settimane dello show e quella successiva per il disallestimento; la sede deve avere a disposizione una vicina sala stampa che possa accogliere almeno 1 000 giornalisti; la sede deve avere aree a raso e di facile accesso, contigue e integrate nel perimetro dell’infrastruttura per il supporto tecnico-logistico di 5 000 metri quadrati; la città deve avere a disposizione oltre 2 000 camere d’albergo nelle aree contigue all’evento; la città deve avere un aeroporto internazionale non più lontano di un’ora e mezza dalla sede dell’evento.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024 ← Eurovision Song Contest 2025 → Eurovision Song Contest 2026

🇪🇪 Estonia • 🇮🇸 Iceland • 🇵🇱 Poland • 🇵🇹 Portugal • 🇸🇮 Slovenia • 🇸🇪 Sweden • 🇺🇦 Ukraine • 🇦🇱 Albania • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan • 🇧🇪 Belgium • 🇭🇷 Croatia • 🇨🇾 Cyprus • 🇳🇱 Netherlands • 🇳🇴 Norway • 🇸🇲 San Marino

  • Country: 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • National selection – Selection process: Eesti Laul 2025
  • Selection date(s): 15 February 2025
  • Host venue: Unibet Arena
  • Presenter(s): Ines & Korea
  • Host broadcaster: Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 16
  • Voting system: –
  • Selection entrant: Tommy Cash (Tomas Tammemets; TOMM¥ €A$H, Kanye East)
  • Selection song: “Espresso macchiato“
  • Selected songwriter(s): Tomas Tammemets, Johannes Naukkarinen
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 4º SF 1: Qualified (5th, 113 points)
  • Final result: 3º FI: 3rd, 356 points

Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Espresso Macchiato“, written by Tomas Tammemets and Johannes Naukkarinen, and performed by Tammemets himself under his stage name Tommy Cash. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), organised the national final Eesti Laul 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the  2025 contest, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) until 2007, and Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) since 2008, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Estonia twenty-nine times since ETV’s first entry in 1994, winning the contest in 2001 with the song “Everybody” performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Estonia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on ten occasions, including in 2024, when “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” performed by 5miinust and Puuluup ultimately placed 20th in the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ERR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since its debut, the Estonian broadcaster had organised national finals that featured a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest. The Eesti Laul competition has been organised since 2009, and on 16 September 2024, ERR revealed the rules and regulations of the 2025 edition.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Eesti Laul 2025. Eesti Laul2025 was the 17th edition of the national selection Eesti Laul, organised by ERR to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition consisted of a 16-song final on 15 February 2025 at the Unibet Arena in Tallinn, and was hosted by Eda-Ines Etti and Karl “Korea” Kivastik. The show was broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV), on ETV2 with Estonian sign language translation and on ETV+ with Russian commentary by Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda, via radio on Raadio 2, as well as online at the broadcaster’s streaming platform Jupiter and official website err.ee.

2.2.Competing entries. On 16 September 2024, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 21 October 2024 through an online upload platform. Each artist and songwriter was only able to submit a maximum of five entries. Foreign collaborations were allowed as long as one of the songwriters was Estonian. A fee was also imposed on songs being submitted to the competition, with €50 for songs in the Estonian language and €100 for songs in other languages; both of the fees were doubled for entries submitted from 19 October 2024. 175 submissions were received by the deadline, of which 65 were in Estonian and the remaining 110 were in English, Italian, German and French. A 34-member jury panel selected 15 finalists and an additional 20 songs for an online wildcard selection from the submissions. Prior to selecting the 20 wildcard entries, ERR requested permission from artists who had submitted songs to participate in the wildcard round, of which 137 (out of 160) submissions agreed to. The rejected 117 submissions were uploaded to the Raadio 2 website on 15 December 2024.

One of the finalists, Räpina Jack featuring Kaisa Ling, was announced during the ETV entertainment program Ringvaade on 1 November 2024, while an additional finalist, Tuuli Rand, was announced on 4 November 2024 during the Raadio 2 program R2 hommik. The remaining selected finalists were subsequently announced on 4 and 5 November 2024 during Ringvaade. For the online wildcard, the public was able to vote for their favourite entry on the Raadio 2 website between 28 December 2024 and 5 January 2024. The winner, “Tantsin veel” performed by Marta Lotta [et], was announced on 6 January 2025 during R2 hommik.

Among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrants Anna Sahlene, who represented Estonia in 2002, as a finalist as well as Gerli Padar, who represented Estonia in 2007, and Laura Põldvere, who represented Estonia in 2005 and 2017, as online wildcard entrants. An-Marlen, Andrei Zevakin, Elysa, Frants Tikerpuu, Hain Hoppe (member of Räpina Jack), Janek, Joelle, Minimal Wind and Tuuli Rand have all competed in previous editions of Eesti Laul. Janek’s entry was written by Kjetil Mørland, who represented Norway in 2015 with Debrah Scarlett.

Selection jury members

Alice Aleksandridi, Alika, Allan Roosileht, Andi Aus, Andry Padar, Anneli Pilpak, Gita Siimpoeg, Heini Vaikmaa, Henri Laumets, Indrek Sarrap, Jana Hallas, Johanna Mängel, Jürgen Pärnsalu, Jüri Pootsmann, Karl-Ander Reismann, Kohver, Kristo Veinberg, Maian Kärmas, Magnus Müürsepp, Maris Järva, Maris Kõrvits, Mihkel Mattisen, Owe Petersell, Pille-Riin Karro, Piret Krumm, Raivo Tafenau, Robert Kõrvits, Saara Pius, Siim Aimla, Sven Lõhmus, Tanja Mihhailova-Saar, Tarvo Mölder, Ülar-Johannes Palm
Online wildcard – 6 January 2025
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place
AG ja Laura Põldvere

(Silver Orissaar Ja Laura Põldvere)

 “Pimepäev“

Carl Deion Jõekallas, Mario Järvet, Silver Orissaar, Vahur Valgmaa

 2
Antsud Metal Project “Ei enam“

Aile Alveus, Antsud, Emmanouil Tselepis

 10
Bel-Etage Swingorkester “Mind kõikjal näed“ Mart Sander —
Carol Suurevälja “Purpose”

Carol Suurevälja, Claus Pener

 9
Cecilia “Rollercoaster”

Cecilia-Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam

 4
Ela “Südamés“ Triin Kadaja —
Elina Martinson “Sinitihane“ Tuuli Pruul —
Everfall “Stories We Hold”

Claus Pener, Martin Vist

 5
Felix Enghult “More than Innocent”

Felix Enghult, Mattias Athlei, Stig Rästa, Teven Aavik

 —
Gerli Padar “Võõraks jääd“

Peter Põder, Allan Kasuk, Stella Seim, Gerli Padar

 —
Horror Dance Squad “The Rebel Reborn”

Henri Kuusk, Ian Robert Karell, Indrek Ulp, Karl Mesipuu, Mikk Peetrimägi

 3
Kozy “Jääb nii (tahan, et tead)“

Erkki Reeman, Kaarel Kose

 —
Marianne Leibur “Pluto and Mars”

Ann Mäekivi, Robert Rebane

 —
Marta Lotta “Tantsin veel“

Johannes Pihlak, Marta Lotta Kukk, Taavi-Peeter Liiv

 1
Merwis “Aknal langevaid pisaraid“ Peter Põder 7
Mick Pedaja “Sound of Pines”

Mick Pedaja, Sergio Llopis

 8
Sarah Murray “High on Myself”

Liis Hainla, Sander Sadam, Sarah Murray

 —
Silver Jusilo “Turn Back Time”

Markus Palo, Silver Jusilo

 —
Sten-Olle “Noorex” Sten-Olle Moldau —
Synne Valtri  “Butterflies & Bees”

Johannes Lõhmus, Synne Valtri

 6
Eesti Laul 2025 participating entries
Artist Song Songwriter(s)
An-Marlen “Külm“

Frederik Mustonen, Ingel Marlen Mikk, Maria Vainumägi
Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita “Ma ei tea sind“

Andrei Zevakin, Liina Ariadne Pedanik, Martti Hallik
Anna Sahlene “Love Me Low”

David Lindgren Zacharias, Bobby Ljunggren, Michaela Stridbeck, Anna Sahlin, Dagmar Oja, Kaire Vilgats
Ant “Tomorrow Never Comes”

Ant Nurhan, Kim Wennerström, Merili Käsper
Elysa  “The Last to Know”

Simon Peyron, Angelino Markenhorn, Julie Aagaard, Elisa Kolk
Felin  “Solo Anthem”

Paul Rey, Gevin Niglas, Johanna Ekholm, Elin Blom Etoall
Frants Tikerpuu “Trouble”

Frants Tikerpuu
Gem98 “Psycho”

Richard Sepajõe, Gevin Niglas, Karl Birnbaum, Frederik Küüts
Janek “Frozen”

Janek Valgepea, Kjetil Mørland
Johanna Elise “Eyes Don’t Lie”

Timo Vendt, Johanna-Elise Kabe
Marta Lotta  “Tantsin veel“

Johannes Pihlak, Marta Lotta Kukk, Taavi-Peeter Liiv
Minimal Wind “Armageddon”

Elisabeth Tiffany Lepik, Taavi-Hans Kõlar, Paula Pajusaar, Velle Tamme, Robin Kiisholts, Katri Merily Reimand
Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling  “Tule“

Kill Kaare, Kaisa Ling
Stereo Terror “Prty Till the End of the World”

Lauri Hämäläinen, Heigo Anto
Tommy Cash “Espresso macchiato“

Tomas Tammemets, Johannes Naukkarinen
Tuuli Rand “REM”

Cecilia-Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam

2.3.Final. The final took place on 15 February 2025. Sixteen songs competed during the show and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. In the superfinal, “Espresso Macchiato” performed by Tommy Cash was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote. The jury panel that voted in the first round of the final consisted of Regína Ósk (Icelandic singer), William Lee Adams (American journalist, founder of Wiwibloggs), Juris Matuzelis (Latvian television and entertainment director), Ramūnas Zilnys (pop music director and journalist at the Lithuanian National Broadcasting), Marvin Dietmann (Austrian television and entertainment director), Ene Rämmeld (Estonian actress), Alexandra Rotan (Norwegian singer) and Victor Crone (Swedish musician). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, host Eda-Ines Etti (who represented Estonia in 2000), 5miinust and Puuluup (both of which represented Estonia in 2024) with Florian Wahl [et], singer Kitty Florentine, and the bands Cartoon, Dagö and Nordic Pulse performed as interval acts.

Final – 15 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Votes Points
1 Ant  “Tomorrow Never Comes” 32 11 2,887 14 25 5
2 Stereo Terror “Prty Till the End of the World” 17 6 257 2 8 15
3 Janek “Frozen” 58 14 1,393 12 26 4
4 Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling “Tule“ 6 2 576 7 9 13
5 Johanna Elise “Eyes Don’t Lie” 16 5 455 5 10 12
6 Felin “Solo Anthem” 34 12 626 9 21 6
7 Elysa “The Last to Know” 25 9 600 8 17 8
8 Gem98 “Psycho” 28 10 356 3 13 11
9 An-Marlen “Külm“ 68 15 1,811 13 28 3
10 Frants Tikerpuu “Trouble” 20 7 1,389 11 18 7
11 Anna Sahlene “Love Me Low” 15 4 365 4 8 14
12 Tuuli Rand “REM” 3 1 223 1 2 16
13 Minimal Wind “Armageddon” 23 8 462 6 14 9
14 Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita “Ma ei tea sind“ 35 13 5,233 15 28 2
15 Tommy Cash “Espresso macchiato“ 75 16 23,625 16 32 1
16 Marta Lotta “Tantsin veel“ 9 3 1,132 10 13 10
Superfinal – 15 February 2025
Artist Song Televote Place
An-Marlen “Külm“ 3,634 (7.3%) 3
Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita “Ma ei tea sind“ 4,334 (8.8%) 2
Tommy Cash “Espresso macchiato“ 41,414 (83.9%) 1
Detailed jury votes 
Draw Song
R. Ósk
W. L. Adams
J. Matuzelis
R. Zilnys
M. Dietmann
E. Rämmeld
A. Rotan
V. Crone
 Total
1 “Tomorrow Never Comes” 2 3 6 7 7 7 32
2 “Prty Till the End of the World” 6 6 5 17
3 “Frozen” 10 8 10 10 4 7 8 1 58
4 “Tule“ 1 2 3 6
5 “Eyes Don’t Lie” 5 4 7 16
6 “Solo Anthem” 12 4 5 6 2 5 34
7 “The Last to Know” 2 2 1 3 5 6 6 25
8 “Psycho” 12 6 10 28
9 “Külm“ 4 7 7 8 12 12 10 8 68
10 “Trouble” 1 1 4 1 10 3 20
11 “Love Me Low” 5 5 3 2 15
12 “REM” 3 3
13 “Armageddon” 4 3 2 8 1 1 4 23
14 “Ma ei tea sind“ 8 5 8 6 8 35
15 “Espresso macchiato“ 7 10 12 12 10 12 12 75
16 “Tantsin veel“ 3 2 4 9

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May, and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Estonia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show.

Estonia qualified for the final, finishing in 5th place with 113 points. During the final, Estonia performed in the 3rd position, following Luxembourg and preceding Israel. In the end Estonia finished in 3rd place with 356 points, finishing in 9th place in the jury voting with 98 points and in 2nd place in the televote with 258 points, their best result since 2002.

4.Voting. 

4.3.1.Points awarded to Estonia.

4.3.2.Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final1).

Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Croatia
10 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  San Marino[a]
8 points
  •  Albania
  •  Cyprus
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
7 points
6 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Portugal
  •  Sweden
5 points
4 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Rest of the World
  •  Spain
3 points
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
2 points
1 point  Slovenia

4.3.3.Points awarded to Estonia (Final).

Points awarded to Estonia (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
  •  Armenia
  •  Croatia
  •  Latvia
  •  Malta
  •  Serbia
10 points
  •  Israel
  •  Lithuania
  •  Montenegro
  •  Poland
  •  Belgium
  •  Italy
8 points
  •  Austria
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Finland
  •  Georgia
  •  Greece
  •  Netherlands
  •  Sweden
7 points
  •  Cyprus
  •  Iceland
  •  Italy
  •  Norway
  •  San Marino
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Lithuania
  •  San Marino
  •  Slovenia
6 points
  •  Australia
  •  Czechia
  •  Denmark
  •  Ireland
  •  United Kingdom
5 points
  •  Albania
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Croatia
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
4 points  Germany
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
3 points
  •  Australia
  •  Austria
  •  Iceland
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Malta
  •  Portugal
  •  Serbia
  •  United Kingdom
2 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Rest of the World
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  Armenia
1 point  Portugal  Latvia

 

Points awarded by Estonia. 

Points awarded by Estonia (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Estonia (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Sweden
10 points  Netherlands
8 points  Ukraine
7 points  Iceland
6 points  Portugal
5 points  Norway
4 points  San Marino
3 points  Slovenia
2 points  Albania
1 point  Belgium

Points awarded by Estonia (Final)

Points awarded by Estonia (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Sweden   Switzerland
10 points  Finland  Finland
8 points  Latvia  Sweden
7 points  Italy  Austria
6 points  Ukraine  France
5 points  Iceland  United Kingdom
4 points  Netherlands  Italy
3 points  Germany  Latvia
2 points  Israel  Poland
1 point  Lithuania  Netherlands

4.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Estonian jury:

  • Indrek Sarrap
  • Ott Lepland (represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012)
  • Owe Petersell
  • Elina Nechayeva (represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018)

Alika was initially supposed to be a juror but her ranking was reportedly removed due to her sharing opinions on several songs online, contravening the rules.

Detailed voting results from Estonia (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 4 7
02  Poland 13
03  Slovenia 8 3
04  Estonia
05  Ukraine 3 8
06  Sweden 1 12
07  Portugal 5 6
08  Norway 6 5
09  Belgium 10 1
10  Azerbaijan 11
11  San Marino 7 4
12  Albania 9 2
13  Netherlands 2 10
14  Croatia 12
15  Cyprus 14
Detailed voting results from Estonia (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 10 16 23 22 22 12
02  Luxembourg 3 17 25 23 13 18
03  Estonia
04  Israel 5 18 7 11 11 9 2
05  Lithuania 24 21 8 10 16 10 1
06  Spain 23 10 22 19 23 21
07  Ukraine 12 20 4 20 14 5 6
08  United Kingdom 8 7 20 3 6 5 19
09  Austria 7 2 5 14 4 7 11
10  Iceland 17 15 24 21 24 6 5
11  Latvia 18 9 15 2 8 3 3 8
12  Netherlands 6 11 6 15 10 1 7 4
13  Finland 4 1 13 4 2 10 2 10
14  Italy 11 22 3 7 7 4 4 7
15  Poland 16 3 11 12 9 2 23
16  Germany 9 13 16 24 17 8 3
17  Greece 22 19 19 8 18 25
18  Armenia 13 4 17 17 12 17
19   Switzerland 2 5 1 5 1 12 14
20  Malta 20 14 12 16 21 24
21  Portugal 15 24 9 6 15 15
22  Denmark 19 8 18 25 19 22
23  Sweden 1 12 14 1 3 8 1 12
24  France 14 6 2 9 5 6 13
25  San Marino 21 23 10 13 20 16
26  Albania 25 25 21 18 25 20

Notes

  • a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • National selection – Selection process: Söngvakeppnin 2025
  • Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 8 February 2025, 15 February 2025 Ι Final: 22 February 2025
  • Host venue: RVK Studios, Gufunesi, Reykjavík
  • Presenter(s): Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir og Fannar Sveinsson
  • Host broadcaster: Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 10
  • Voting system: –
  • Selection entrant: VÆB (Matthías Davíð Matthíasson og Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson)
  • Selection song: “RÓA” (ROW)
  • Selected songwriter(s): Gunnar Björn Gunnarsson, Matthías Davíð Matthíasson, Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson, Ingi Þór Garðarsson
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 1º SF 1: Qualified (6th, 97 points)
  • Final result: 10º FI: 25th, 33 points

Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Róa“, written by Gunnar Björn Gunnarsson, Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson, Ingi Þór Garðarsson, and Matthías Davíð Matthíasson, and performed by Hálfdán Helgi and Matthías Davíð as Væb. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), organised the national final Söngvakeppnin 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Iceland forty times since its first entry in 1986. Its best placing in the contest to this point was second, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1999 with the song “All Out of Luck” performed by Selma and in 2009 with the song “Is It True?” performed by Yohanna. It also reached two more top-5 positions: in 1990 with the song “Eitt lag enn” performed by Stjórnin and in 2021 with the song “10 Years” performed by Daði og Gagnamagnið, ending fourth on both occasions. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it had failed to qualify to the final nine times, including in 2024, when the song “Scared of Heights” performed by Hera Björk placed last in the first semi-final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RÚV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. From 2006 to 2020 and again since 2022, it selected its entry through Söngvakeppnin, a televised national competition. Initially, RÚV was supposed to decide on its participation in the 2025 contest on 5 September 2024. However, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, Iceland’s head of delegation, stated that RÚV postponed its decision. A week later, RÚV confirmed its intention to participate in the contest, subsequently announcing that its entry would again be selected through Söngvakeppnin.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Söngvakeppnin 2025. Söngvakeppnin 2025 is the national final organised by RÚV in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It consists of two semi-finals on 8 and 15 February 2025 and a final on 22 February at RVK Studios located in northern Reykjavík. The shows are presented by Benedikt Valsson, Fannar Sveinsson, and Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir. The semi-final qualifiers are determined by televoting, while a combination of seven international juries and public votes will be used to determine the results of the final.[7] There will be no superfinal round in the final for the first time since 2013.

2.2.Competing entries. On 20 September 2024, RÚV opened the period for interested songwriters to submit their entries, lasting until 13 October. At the closing of the submission window, 110 entries had been received. The selected entries were taken into consideration by the contest’s advisory selection committee, made up of representatives from the Icelandic Association of Composers and Lyricists, the Union of Icelandic Musicians, and RÚV. The ten selected entries were revealed on 17 January 2025 in the programme Lögin í Söngvakeppninni.

Prior to the event, Icelandic online newspaper DV reported that the song “Róa” by Væb was accused of resembling the song “HaTunat HaShana” by Israeli singers Itay Levi and Eyal Golan. A video was then posted on the online platform TikTok comparing the two songs. The duo denied the allegations, and the Söngvakeppnin board of directors sought advice from the Composers Rights Society of Iceland (STEF) to determine the similarity of the two songs. RÚV later concluded that the song in question did not exhibit sufficient substantive similarity to constitute plagiarism.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Icelandic title English title
Ágúst “Eins og þú“ “Like You”

Ágúst Þór Brynjarsson, Hákon Guðni Hjartarson, Halldór Gunnar Pálsson
Bára Katrín “Rísum upp“ “Rise Above”

Heiðar Kristjánsson, Lára Ómarsdóttir, Seinunn Ása Þorvaldsdóttir, Valgeir Magnússon
Bia “Norðurljós“ “Northern Lights”

Beatriz Aleixo, Jóhannes Ágúst, Jón Arnór Styrmisson, Kolbeinn Egill Þrastarson, Kristrún Jóhannesdóttir
Birgo “Ég flýg í storminn“ “Stormchaser”

Birgitta Ólafsdóttir, Helga Þórdís Guðmundsdóttir, Jonas Gladnikoff, Shawn Myers
Bjarni Arason “Aðeins lengur“ —

Björn Björnsson, Jóhann Helgason
Dagur Sig “Flugdrekar“ “Carousel”

Andreas Lindbergh, Einar Lövdahl, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Thorsteinn Einarsson
Júlí and Dísa “Eldur“ “Fire”

Andri Þór Jónsson, Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Júlí Heiðar Halldórsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson
Stebbi Jak “Frelsið mitt“ “Set Me Free”

Alda B. Lilliendahl Ólafsdóttir, Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Stefán Jakobsson, Will Taylor
Tinna “Þrá“ “Words”

Guðný Ósk Karlsdóttir, Rob Price, Tinna Óðinsdóttir
Væb “Róa“ —

Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson, Ingi Þór Garðarsson, Matthías Davíð Matthíasson

2.3.Semi-finals. Two semi-finals took place on 8 and 15 February 2025. Five entries performed in each, with three qualifying for the final. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, a number of guest performances were also featured during the two shows. The first semi-final was opened by Aron Can performing his songs “Monní” and “Poppstirni”, while the second semi-final was opened by Yohanna (who represented Iceland in 2009) performing “Ne partez pas sans moi” by Celine Dion and her Eurovision entry “Is It True?”. Helgi Björnsson and GDRN performed “Think About Things” by Daði og Gagnamagnið alongside the presenters.

Semi-final 1 – 8 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Stebbi Jak “Frelsið mitt“ 8,853 3
2 Birgo “Ég flýg í storminn“ 5,089 4
3 Ágúst “Eins og þú“ 10,069 2
4 Bia “Norðurljós“ 4,945 5
5 Væb “Róa“ 12,649 1

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Semi-final 2 – 15 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Dagur Sig “Flugdrekar“ 7,400 4
2 Júlí and Dísa “Eldur“ 9,469 2
3 Bára Katrín “Rísum upp“ 6,218 5
4 Bjarni Arason “Aðeins lengur“ 9,323 3
5 Tinna “Þrá“ 9,846 1

2.4.Final. The  final took place on 22 February 2025 and featured the six qualifiers from the semi-finals. While in the semi-finals all competing entries are required to be performed in Icelandic, in the final they have to be presented in the language they would be performed in at the Eurovision Song Contest: Væb and Bjarni Arason opted for the Icelandic version, while the other four entrants opted for the English one. In addition to the competing entries, Herra Hnetusmjör opened the show, while Hera Björk (who represented Iceland in 2010 and 2024), and Käärijä (who represented Finland in 2023) together with Swedish electronic duo Hooja performed as interval acts.

For the first time since 2012, there was no superfinal round in the final. The winner, “Róa” performed by Væb, was determined by votes from a seven-member international jury panel (50%) and public voting (50%). The international jury panel that voted consisted of Sietse Bakker (executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands), Saba (who represented Denmark in 2024), Ersin Parlak (Turkish music agent, head of press for the Sammarinese Eurovision delegation), Maria Sur (Ukrainian singer), Peter Fenner (British Eurovision expert), Niamh Kavanagh (who won Eurovision for Ireland in 1993 as well as represented Ireland in 2010) and Damir Kedžo (who was selected to represent Croatia in 2020).

Final – 22 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Percentage Points
1 Ágúst “Like You” 45 9,104 6.9% 23 68 6
2 Bjarni Arason “Aðeins lengur“ 44 15,266 11.6% 39 83 4
3 Júlí and Dísa “Fire” 63 29,010 22.0% 74 137 3
4 Væb “Róa“ 74 36,535 27.7% 93 167 1
5 Tinna “Words” 53 8,839 6.7% 22 75 5
6 Stebbi Jak “Set Me Free” 57 33,202 25.2% 85 142 2
Detailed international jury votes
Draw Song
S. Bakker
Saba
E. Parlak
M. Sur
P. Fenner
N. Kavanagh
D. Kedžo
 Total
1 “Like You” 7 5 5 6 7 7 8 45
2 “Aðeins lengur“ 6 6 6 5 10 5 6 44
3 “Fire” 10 10 10 8 8 12 5 63
4 “Róa“ 8 12 12 10 12 10 10 74
5 “Words” 5 7 8 12 6 8 7 53
6 “Set Me Free” 12 8 7 7 5 6 12 57

3.Official album. Söngvakeppnin 2025 is the official compilation album of the contest. It was compiled by RÚV and was digitally released by Alda Music under the former’s exclusive license on 17 January 2025. The album features both the Icelandic and English versions of the entries.

Weekly chart performance for Söngvakeppnin 2025
Chart (2025) Peak position
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) 4

4.Controversies. 

4.1.Plagiarism allegations. On 21 January 2025, it was reported by the Icelandic online newspaper DV that the song „RÓA“ by VÆB was accused of resembling the song “HaTunat HaShana” (חתונת השנה) by Israeli singers Itay Levi and Eyal Golan (איתי לוי ואייל גולן). A video was then posted on the online platform TikTok comparing the two songs. The duo denied the allegations, stating that they never heard the song, also adding that they never listen to Israeli music and only listen to Icelandic rap and pop. The Söngvakeppninn board of directors sought advice from the Composers Rights Society of Iceland (STEF) to determine the similarity of the two songs.

5.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Iceland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. Iceland was then scheduled by the producers of the contest to open the first semi-final, performing first.

Iceland qualified for the Grand Final, finishing 6th out of 15 participants with 97 points.

In the Grand Final, Iceland were 10th in the running order, after eventual winner Austria and before Latvia. Iceland received no points from any of the juries, and received 33 points in the televote. In the televote, VÆB received 10 points from Denmark, 6 points from Finland, 5 points from Estonia and Sweden, 3 points from Norway, and 1 point from Austria, Croatia, Germany and Slovenia. They finished 25th out of 26 participants.

6.Voting. 

6.3.1.Points awarded to Iceland.

Points awarded to Iceland (Semi-final 1)

Score Televote
12 points  Sweden
10 points  Netherlands
8 points
  •  Norway
  •  Rest of the World
7 points
  •  Croatia
  •  Cyprus
  •  Estonia
6 points  Poland
5 points
  •  Albania
  •  Belgium
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
4 points
  •  Italy
  •   Switzerland
3 points
2 points
  •  Portugal
  •  Ukraine
1 point  

Points awarded to Iceland (Final)

Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points  Denmark
8 points
7 points
6 points  Finland
5 points
  •  Estonia
  •  Sweden
4 points
3 points  Norway
2 points
1 point
  •  Austria
  •  Croatia
  •  Germany
  •  Slovenia

6.3.2.Points awarded by Iceland.

Points awarded by Iceland (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Iceland (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Sweden
10 points  Norway
8 points  Netherlands
7 points  Poland
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Belgium
4 points  Ukraine
3 points  San Marino
2 points  Albania
1 point  Portugal

Points awarded by Iceland (Final)

Points awarded by Iceland (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Poland  Sweden
10 points  Sweden  Netherlands
8 points  Norway  Austria
7 points  Estonia   Switzerland
6 points  Netherlands  Norway
5 points  Finland  United Kingdom
4 points  Israel  France
3 points  Austria  Estonia
2 points  Denmark  Italy
1 point  Germany  Finland

6.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Icelandic jury:

  • Andri Þór Jónsson
  • Bjarni Arason
  • Sindri Ástmarsson
  • Anita Rós Þorsteinsdóttir
  • Hulda Geirsdóttir
Detailed voting results from Iceland (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland
02  Poland 4 7
03  Slovenia 13
04  Estonia 5 6
05  Ukraine 7 4
06  Sweden 1 12
07  Portugal 10 1
08  Norway 2 10
09  Belgium 6 5
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 8 3
12  Albania 9 2
13  Netherlands 3 8
14  Croatia 12
15  Cyprus 11
Detailed voting results from Iceland (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 7 7 13 3 10 5 6 3 8
02  Luxembourg 16 20 19 12 13 19 22
03  Estonia 9 6 10 9 7 8 3 4 7
04  Israel 15 19 23 8 11 16 7 4
05  Lithuania 13 24 20 18 24 23 12
06  Spain 17 12 5 17 17 14 15
07  Ukraine 22 22 21 15 21 25 16
08  United Kingdom 3 18 25 7 5 6 5 18
09  Austria 1 1 3 11 19 3 8 8 3
10  Iceland
11  Latvia 24 10 16 24 25 20 14
12  Netherlands 4 3 1 2 3 2 10 5 6
13  Finland 20 16 6 16 4 10 1 6 5
14  Italy 6 23 7 6 12 9 2 11
15  Poland 25 9 22 4 20 13 1 12
16  Germany 10 13 15 22 18 18 10 1
17  Greece 14 15 18 23 22 21 21
18  Armenia 21 11 11 20 15 17 25
19   Switzerland 12 4 8 5 2 4 7 17
20  Malta 5 14 9 21 14 12 23
21  Portugal 19 25 14 25 16 22 24
22  Denmark 8 8 17 19 6 11 9 2
23  Sweden 2 2 2 1 1 1 12 2 10
24  France 18 5 4 10 8 7 4 13
25  San Marino 11 17 12 14 9 15 20
26  Albania 23 21 24 13 23 24 19

  • Country: 🇵🇱 Poland
  • National selection – Selection process: Wielki Finał Polskich Kwalifikacji do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2025
  • Selection date(s): 14 February 2025
  • Host venue: Sede centrale della TVP in ul. Woronicza 17, Varsavia (Polonia)
  • Presenter(s): Artur Orzech, Michał Szpak, Grzegorz Dobek, Aleksandra Budka
  • Host broadcaster: Telewizja Polska (TVP)
  • Participants – Number of entries: –
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: Justyna Steczkowska (Justyna Maria Steczkowska)
  • Selection song: “Gaja“
  • Selected songwriter(s): Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Emilian Waluchowski, Justyna Steczkowska, Patryk Kumór
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 2º SF 1: Qualified (7th, 85 points)
  • Final result: 15º FI: 14th, 156 points

Poland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Gaja“, written by Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Emilian Waluchowski, Justyna Steczkowska, and Patryk Kumór, and performed by Steczkowska herself. The Polish participating broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), organised the national final Wielki finał polskich kwalifikacji in order to select its entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Telewizja Polska (TVP) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland twenty-six times since its first entry in 1994. Its highest placement in the contest, to this point, had been second place, achieved with its debut entry in 1994, “To nie ja!” performed by Edyta Górniak. It had only reached the top ten on two other occasions, when “Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic” performed Ich Troje finished seventh in 2003, and when “Color of Your Life” performed by Michał Szpak finished eighth in 2016. In 2024, “The Tower” performed by Luna failed to qualify for the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. In 2022 and 2023, the broadcaster selected its entry for the contest through a national final show titled Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!, while in 2024 its entry was selected internally. TVP confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 8 November 2024, announcing that it would select its entry through a televised final.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Wielki Finał Polskich Kwalifikacji do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2025.  Wielki finał polskich kwalifikacji (“The grand final of the Polish qualifications”) was the national final format developed by TVP to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place on 14 February 2025 at the TVP Headquarters in Warsaw, hosted by Artur Orzech and 2016 Polish entrant Michał Szpak, with Aleksandra Budka and Grzegorz Dobek acting as the green room hosts. The show was broadcast on TVP2, TVP Polonia and TVP Wilno, as well as online via the streaming platform TVP VOD [pl] and internationally with English voice-over translation via the Eurovision Song Contest’s official YouTube channel.

2.2.Format. The selection of the competing entries for the national final took place over two stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters could apply for the competition through an online submission form. In the second stage, a fifteen-member selection committee with members appointed by TVP among music industry professionals, journalists and Eurovision fans was in charge of reviewing the received submissions and selecting a shortlist of 25 participants based on the ten favourites of each member. The third stage consisted of all but five of the shortlisted entries – the three highest scoring entries in the previous stage and two artists deemed by the selection committee to have “established musical careers” – being additionally performed at an audition round held on 19 December 2024 in Warsaw, after which ten finalists (plus two backups) were unanimously selected from these by the committee and announced on 14 January 2025. TVP reserved the option to select up to three wildcards among artists who did not pass the previous phase, which was later invoked to include an eleventh finalist, who was announced on 3 February 2025. The eleven selected artists took part in a final on 14 February 2025, where the winner was determined exclusively by public votes cast through SMS messages.

2.3.Competing entries. On 8 November 2024, TVP opened a submission period where artists and composers would be able to submit their entries for the competition until 4 December 2024; shortly before the closing, the deadline was extended until the following 8 December. Applicants were required to hold Polish citizenship for their entries to qualify to compete. At the closing of the window, 224 entries had been submitted.

The selection committee consisted of Piotr Klatt (chairperson), Anna Ceynowa, Anna Karna, Barbara Popiołek, Grzegorz Frątczak, Kamil Kozbuch, Karol Paciorek, Konrad Szczęsny, Maciej Kancerek, Małgorzata Kosturkiewicz, Marcin Wojciechowski, Paulina Sawicka, Paweł Karpiński, Tomasz Sołowiński and Tycjana Acquasanta. Sara James withdrew her participation before the scheduled announcement of the finalists and was replaced by Janusz Radek (who was the first backup), while Teo, who had previously made the shortlist of acts but failed to advance due to citizenship requirements, was later awarded a wildcard. Among the selected competing artists was Justyna Steczkowska, who represented Poland in 1995.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Chrust “Tempo“

Dariusz Mrozek, Karol Konop, Krzysztof Falkowski, Małgorzata Oleszczuk
Daria Marx “Let It Burn”

Fredrik Moller, Maria Broberg, Peter Boström
Dominik Dudek “Hold the Light”

Dominik Dudek, Teodora Špirić, Tom Oehler
Janusz Radek

[Replacement entry]

 “In Cosmic Mist” Janusz Radek
Justyna Steczkowska “Gaja“

Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Emilian Waluchowski, Justyna Steczkowska, Patryk Kumór
Kuba Szmajkowski “Pray”

Angelino Markenhorn, Joakim Andersson, Tom Martensson, William Naesh
Marien  “Can’t Hide”

Amelia Komosińska, Magdalena Wójcik, Maria Nieszpaur
Sara James

[Entry withdrawn]

 “Tiny Heart”

Michael Burek, René Miller, Sara James
Sonia Maselik “Rumours”

Adam Związek, Aleksandra Smoczyńska, Juliusz Kamil Kuźnik, Paweł Tetłak, Sonia Maselik, Susie Jakubowski
Swada x Niczos “Lusterka”

Nika Jurczuk, Wiktor Szczygieł
Teo “Immortal”

Jakub Krupski, Jeremi Sikorski, Teo Tomczuk
Tynsky “Miracle”

Chloe Copoloff, Francis Karel, Riddick, Tynsky

2.4.Final. The final took place on 14 February 2025. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included 2024 Croatian entrant Baby Lasagna with “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, “Don’t Hate Yourself but Don’t Love Yourself Too Much” and “Biggie Boom Boom”, and host Michał Szpak with “Color of Your Life” and “Bondage”. Justyna Steczkowska was declared the winner with “Gaja“.

Final – 14 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
Votes Percentage
1 Chrust “Tempo“ 4,755 5.92% 4
2 Kuba Szmajkowski “Pray” 3,199 3.98% 5
3 Justyna Steczkowska “Gaja“ 31,574 39.32% 1
4 Tynsky “Miracle” 1,173 1.46% 9
5 Daria Marx “Let It Burn” 647 0.80% 11
6 Swada x Niczos “Lusterka” 19,022 23.69% 2
7 Janusz Radek “In Cosmic Mist” 3,087 3.84% 7
8 Marien “Can’t Hide” 1,121 1.39% 10
9 Teo “Immortal” 3,144 3.91% 6
10 Sonia Maselik “Rumours” 1,368 1.70% 8
11 Dominik Dudek “Hold the Light” 11,194 13.94% 3

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show.

Poland qualified for the Grand Final.

4.Voting. 

4.3.1.Points awarded to Poland.

Points awarded to Poland (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Poland (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Netherlands
10 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Spain
8 points
7 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
6 points
  •  Rest of the World
  •   Switzerland
5 points  Ukraine
4 points
  •  Cyprus
  •  Portugal
3 points  Italy
2 points  Albania
1 point
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Croatia

Points awarded to Poland (Final)

Points awarded to Poland (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
10 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Netherlands
  •  United Kingdom
8 points
  •  Czechia
  •  Norway
  •  Spain
7 points
  •  Denmark
  •  France
  •  Germany
6 points
  •  San Marino
  •  Sweden
5 points  Austria  Australia
4 points
  •  Rest of the World
  •  Cyprus
  Azerbaijan
3 points
  •  Italy
  •  Luxembourg
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
2 points  Malta
  •  Belgium
  •  Estonia
  •  Germany
1 point  Australia
  •  France
  •  Israel

4.3.2.Points awarded by Poland.

Points awarded by Poland (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Poland (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Ukraine
10 points  Albania
8 points  Estonia
7 points  Sweden
6 points  Iceland
5 points  Norway
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  Portugal
2 points  Croatia
1 point  San Marino

Points awarded by Poland (Final)

Points awarded by Poland (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Ukraine   Switzerland
10 points  Estonia  Netherlands
8 points  Sweden  Italy
7 points  Austria  Austria
6 points  Lithuania  Lithuania
5 points  Germany  Albania
4 points  Albania  Greece
3 points  Norway  France
2 points  Latvia  Norway
1 point  Finland  United Kingdom

4.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Polish jury:

  • Jan Stokłosa
  • Krystian Ochman
  • Anna Jurksztowicz
  • Katarzyna Walczak
  • Tycjana Acquasanta
Detailed voting results from Poland (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 5 6
02  Poland
03  Slovenia 12
04  Estonia 3 8
05  Ukraine 1 12
06  Sweden 4 7
07  Portugal 8 3
08  Norway 6 5
09  Belgium 11
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 10 1
12  Albania 2 10
13  Netherlands 7 4
14  Croatia 9 2
15  Cyprus 13
Detailed voting results from Poland (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 15 5 12 8 20 9 2 8 3
02  Luxembourg 14 15 5 24 21 19 24
03  Estonia 10 11 18 6 23 15 2 10
04  Israel 4 20 21 25 18 18 12
05  Lithuania 11 18 17 2 6 5 6 5 6
06  Spain 6 24 20 22 14 21 20
07  Ukraine 8 17 8 14 17 17 1 12
08  United Kingdom 13 12 13 17 4 10 1 25
09  Austria 7 3 10 4 3 4 7 4 7
10  Iceland 9 14 16 23 19 23 13
11  Latvia 16 7 6 21 12 11 9 2
12  Netherlands 1 2 14 3 2 2 10 14
13  Finland 17 21 25 19 13 24 10 1
14  Italy 5 8 2 1 10 3 8 11
15  Poland
16  Germany 18 13 22 5 9 13 6 5
17  Greece 12 16 3 12 15 7 4 17
18  Armenia 19 25 23 18 24 25 15
19   Switzerland 2 1 1 7 1 1 12 18
20  Malta 20 19 24 9 7 20 22
21  Portugal 22 23 19 10 8 22 19
22  Denmark 21 10 11 20 5 12 21
23  Sweden 24 9 7 11 22 16 3 8
24  France 23 4 9 15 11 8 3 16
25  San Marino 3 22 15 16 25 14 23
26  Albania 25 6 4 13 16 6 5 7 4
  • Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • National selection – Selection process: Festival da Cançao (59ª Festival RTP da Canção) 2025
  • Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 22 February 2025, 1 March 2025 Ι Final: 8 March 2025
  • Host venue: Estúdios RTP, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Presenter(s): Semi-Final 1: Jorge Gabriel e José Carlos Malato Ι Semi-Final 2: Tânia Ribas de Oliveira e Sónia Araújo Ι Final: Filomena Cautela e Vasco Palmeirim Ι Green Room: Alexandre Guimarães e Catarina Maia Ι Redes Sociais: Wandson Lisboa
  • Host broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Antena 1, RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África, RTP Play
  • Participants – Number of entries: 20
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: NAPA (Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, João Guilherme Gomes, João Lourenço Gomes, João Rodrigues)
  • Selection song: “Deslocado“
  • Selected songwriter(s): João Lourenço Gomes, João Rodrigues, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, André Santos, Guilherme Gomes
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 7º SF 1: Qualified (9th, 56 points)
  • Final result: 21º FI: 21st, 50 points

Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Deslocado“, performed by Napa and written by its members João Lourenço Gomes, João Rodrigues, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, André Santos, and Guilherme Gomes. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Portugal successfully qualified for the Grand Final during the first semi-final on 13 May with 56 points, placing ninth. Performing in position 21, Portugal placed twenty-first out of the 26 performing countries with 50 points, obtaining 13 points from the Public and 37 points from the Jury.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) until 2003, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) since 2004, have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Portugal fifty-five times since their first entry in 1964. They had won the contest on one occasion: in 2017 with the song “Amar pelos dois” performed by Salvador Sobral. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Portugal has thus far managed to qualify to the final on eight occasions, the latest being in 2024, when “Grito” performed by Iolanda ultimately placed 10th in the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTP organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had traditionally selected its entry for the contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with exceptions in 1988 and 2005 when the entries were internally selected. RTP confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 14 August 2024, announcing the organisation of the 59th Festival da Canção in order to select its 2025 entry

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Festival da Canção 2025. Festival da Canção 2025 was the 59th edition of Festival da Canção organised by RTP to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. 20 entries competed in the selection that consisted of two semi-finals held on 22 February and 1 March 2025 leading to a 12-song final on 8 March 2025. All three shows were broadcast on RTP1, RTP África, and RTP Internacional as well as on radio via Antena 1 and online via RTP Play. 

2.2.Format. The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Each semi-final featured 10 competing entries from which six advanced from each show to complete the 12-song lineup in the final. Results during the semi-finals were determined by the votes from a jury panel appointed by RTP and public televoting; the first five qualifiers were based on the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting where both streams of voting assigned points from 1–8, 10 and 12 based on ranking, while the sixth qualifier was determined by a second round of public televoting from the remaining entries. Results during the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from seven regional juries and public televoting. Both the public televote and the juries assigned points from 1–8, 10, and 12 based on the ranking developed by both streams of voting.

2.3.Competing entries. 20 composers were selected by RTP through two methods: 14 invited by RTP for the competition and six selected from 633 submissions received through an open call for songs between 14 August and 15 October 2024. The composers, which both created the songs and selected its performers, were required to submit the demo and final versions of their entries by 31 October and 30 November 2024, respectively. Songs could be submitted in any language. The selected composers were revealed on 5 November 2024, while the competing artists were revealed on 23 January 2025.

Artist Song Songwriter(s) Selection
A Cantadeira “Responso à mulher“ Joana Negrão Invited by RTP
Bluay “Ninguém“

José Carlos Coelho Almeida Tavares, Francisco Murta
Bombazine “Apago tudo“

Filipe Andrade, Manuel Figueiredo, Manuel Granate, Manuel Protásio, Vasco Granate
Capital da Bulgária “Lisboa“ Sofia Reis Open call winner
Diana Vilarinho “Cotovia“

Diana Vilarinho, Joana Alegre, Ricardo Ribeiro
Du Nothin “Sobre nós“

Bruno “Beato” Vasconcelos, Jorge Ferreira

 Invited by RTP
Emmy Curl “Rapsódia da paz“

Catarina Miranda, Marília Miranda
Fernando Daniel “Medo“

Diana Lima, Fernando Daniel
Henka “I Wanna Destroy U”

Cat Pereira, Jon Cassidy, Meyrick de la Fuente, Mirza Radonjica

 Open call winner
Inês Marques Lucas “Quantos queres“ Inês Marques Lucas
Jéssica Pina “Calafrio“ Jéssica Pina Invited by RTP
Josh “Tristeza“

João Duarte, João Gaspar

 Open call winner
Luca Argel feat. Pri Azevedo “Quem foi?“ Luca Argel Invited by RTP
Marco Rodrigues “A minha casa“

Marco Rodrigues, Tiago Machado
Margarida Campelo “Eu sei que o amor“

Ana Cláudia, Beatriz Pessoa, Margarida Campelo
Napa “Deslocado“

João Lourenço Gomes, João Rodrigues, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, André Santos, Guilherme Gomes
Peculiar “Adamastor“ João Nicolau Quintela
Rita Sampaio “Voltas“

Rita Sampaio, Tiago Sampaio
Tota “Á-tê-xis“

Euclides Gomes, Jónatas “Tota” Pereira
Xico Gaiato “Ai senhor!“

Constantino Matos, Tiago Matos, Xico Gaiato

 Open call winner

2.4.Semi-finals. The semi-finals will take place on 22 February and 1 March 2025. In each show, ten entries will compete, with six advancing to the final. The voting will occur in two rounds: a 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury and a public televote will determine the first five qualifiers, and a second round of televoting will determine the sixth and final qualifier.

2.4.1.Semi-final 1. *Jury and televote round qualifier  **Televote-only round qualifier

Semi-final 1 – First round – 22 February 2025
raw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Xico Gaiato “Ai senhor!“ 5 12.24% 7 12 8
2 Rita Sampaio “Voltas“ 1 2.89% 1 2 10
3 Du Nothin “Sobre nós“ 4 6.83% 2 6 9
4 Marco Rodrigues* “A minha casa“ 2 13.63% 12 14 4 
5 Margarida Campelo* “Eu sei que o amor“ 12 7.34% 3 15 1
6 Josh* “Tristeza“ 7 11.97% 6 13 5
7 Capital da Bulgária “Lisboa“ 8 8.34% 4 12 7
8 Bluay* “Ninguém“ 10 10.89% 5 15 2
9 Jéssica Pina* “Calafrio“ 6 12.59% 8 14 3
10 Peculiar “Adamastor“ 3 13.28% 10 13 6
Semi-final 1 – Second round – 22 February 2025
Artist Song Televote Place
Capital da Bulgária “Lisboa“ 15.11% 3
Du Nothin “Sobre nós“ 14.90% 4
Peculiar** “Adamastor“ 43.63% 1
Rita Sampaio “Voltas“ 7.27% 5
Xico Gaiato “Ai senhor!“ 19.07% 2

2.4.2.Semi-final 2. *Jury and televote round qualifier  **Televote-only round qualifier

Semi-final 2 – First round – 1 March 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 A Cantadeira “Responso à mulher“ 1 5.32% 5 6 10
2 Tota “Á-tê-xis“ 6 2.07% 1 7 8
3 Bombazine “Apago tudo“ 7 13.6% 7 14 3
4 Emmy Curl “Rapsódia da paz“ 10 2.61% 3 13 4
5 Inês Marques Lucas “Quantos queres“ 5 3.76% 4 9 7
6 Fernando Daniel “Medo“ 3 18.88% 10 13 5
7 Luca Argel feat. Pri Azevedo “Quem foi?“ 4 2.50% 2 6 9
8 Napa “Deslocado“ 8 25.70% 12 20 1
9 Diana Vilarinho “Cotovia“ 12 7.66% 6 18 2
10 Henka “I Wanna Destroy U” 2 18.23% 8 10 6
Semi-final 2 – Second round – 1 March 2025
Artist Song Televote Place
A Cantadeira “Responso à mulher“ 17.82% 2
Henka “I Wanna Destroy U” 53.58% 1
Inês Marques Lucas “Quantos queres“ 12.44% 3
Luca Argel feat. Pri Azevedo “Quem foi?“ 9.51% 4
Tota “Á-tê-xis“ 6.65% 5

2.4.3.Final. The final took place on 8 March 2025. The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven three-member regional juries (one for each of the regions of Portugal) and from a public televote open throughout the week preceding the show; in the event of a tie, the public voting would take precedence.

Final – 8 March 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Percentage Points
1 Bombazine “Apago tudo“ 27 2 5.98% 6 8 7
2 Margarida Campelo “Eu sei que o amor“ 37 6 1.00% 0 6 9
3 Henka “I Wanna Destroy U” 18 0 29.83% 12 12 4
4 Bluay “Ninguém“ 16 0 1.82% 1 1 12
5 Jéssica Pina “Calafrio“ 52 10 2.19% 2 12 6
6 Marco Rodrigues “A minha casa“ 28 3 3.24% 4 7 8
7 Napa “Deslocado“ 38 7 21.14% 10 17 1
8 Peculiar “Adamastor“ 26 1 2.78% 3 4 10
9 Fernando Daniel “Medo“ 42 8 15.57% 8 16 3
10 Emmy Curl “Rapsódia da paz“ 31 4 1.80% 0 4 11
11 Josh “Tristeza“ 34 5 8.74% 7 12 5
12 Diana Vilarinho “Cotovia“ 57 12 5.91% 5 17 2
Detailed regional jury votes
Draw Song
North
Central
Lisbon Area
Alentejo
Algarve
Madeira
Azores
 Total
1 “Apago tudo“ 1 3 4 6 1 12 27
2 “Eu sei que o amor“ 8 2 6 4 4 7 6 37
3 “I Wanna Destroy U” 10 5 1 2 18
4 “Ninguém“ 4 1 3 3 1 4 16
5 “Calafrio“ 3 6 7 12 8 8 8 52
6 “A minha casa“ 12 7 2 6 1 28
7 “Deslocado“ 2 7 5 5 12 7 38
8 “Adamastor“ 12 12 2 26
9 “Medo“ 7 10 8 8 6 3 42
10 “Rapsódia da paz“ 5 1 3 2 5 5 10 31
11 “Tristeza“ 6 12 2 7 4 3 34
12 “Cotovia“ 4 8 10 10 10 10 5 57

3.Official album. Festival da Canção 2025 is the official compilation album of the contest. It was compiled by Sony Music Entertainment Portugal and was digitally released by the former on 23 January 2025. The album features the twenty participating entries of the contest.

Weekly chart performance for Festival da Canção 2025
Chart (2025) Peak position
Portuguese Albums (AFP) 19

4.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. Napa was later drawn to perform 7th, ahead of Sweden’s KAJ and before Norway’s Kyle Alessandro.

After placing ninth with 56 points, Portugal qualified for the Grand Final. This was despite predictions that they would not qualify, with most bookmakers giving them 6/1 odds and an overall qualifying chance of 14%, placing them last (fifteenth) in the rankings. Performing twenty-first out of 26 performances in the Grand Final, Napa’s ‘Deslocado’ received 13 points from the Public and 37 points from the Jury, placing Portugal twenty-first overall.

Portugal’s Eurovision 2025 Spokesperson was announced on 15 May 2025 as Iolanda, who announced Portugal’s jury votes in the Grand Final of the contest. Iolanda, who represented Portugal in Eurovision 2024 with her song ‘grito’, also performed a rendition of Céline Dion’s 1988 Swiss winning entry “Ne partez pas sans moi” as a guest performer during the first semi-final, alongside former Eurovision contestants Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2024), Marina Satti (Greece 2024) and Silvester Belt (Lithuania 2024).

5.3.Voting. 

5.3.1.Points awarded to Portugal.

Points awarded to Portugal (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Portugal (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points
10 points
8 points   Switzerland
7 points
  •  Spain
  •  Ukraine
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Rest of the World
4 points  San Marino[a]
3 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Poland
  •  Slovenia
2 points  Sweden
1 point
  •  Iceland
  •  Italy

Points awarded to Portugal (Final)

Points awarded to Portugal (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
  •  Luxembourg
7 points  Netherlands
6 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Lithuania
  •  San Marino
5 points
  •  France
4 points
  •  Czechia
  •  Ukraine
3 points
2 points   Switzerland
1 point
  •  Albania
  •  Slovenia

5.3.2.Points awarded by Portugal.

Points awarded by Portugal (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Portugal (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Ukraine
10 points  Netherlands
8 points  Albania
7 points  Sweden
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Cyprus
4 points  Poland
3 points  Norway
2 points  Iceland
1 point  San Marino

Points awarded by Portugal (Final)

Points awarded by Portugal (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Israel  Italy
10 points  Ukraine   Switzerland
8 points  Italy  Ukraine
7 points  Austria  Latvia
6 points  Spain  Austria
5 points  France  Netherlands
4 points  Sweden  Albania
3 points  Netherlands  Estonia
2 points  Albania  United Kingdom
1 point  Estonia  Greece

5.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Portuguese jury:

  • Alberto Hernández Seruca
  • Alexandre Manuel Valério Mesquita Guimarães
  • Luís Oliveira Nunes
  • Lia Isabel Pereira
  • Nádia Lima Pereira
Detailed voting results from Portugal (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 9 2
02  Poland 7 4
03  Slovenia 11
04  Estonia 5 6
05  Ukraine 1 12
06  Sweden 4 7
07  Portugal
08  Norway 8 3
09  Belgium 12
10  Azerbaijan 13
11  San Marino 10 1
12  Albania 3 8
13  Netherlands 2 10
14  Croatia 14
15  Cyprus 6 5
Detailed voting results from Portugal (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 11 20 17 23 12 18 17
02  Luxembourg 9 13 21 18 6 15 20
03  Estonia 12 2 8 19 11 8 3 10 1
04  Israel 13 18 25 22 25 23 1 12
05  Lithuania 15 11 7 13 7 13 14
06  Spain 19 16 18 14 13 19 5 6
07  Ukraine 2 5 4 3 9 3 8 2 10
08  United Kingdom 16 10 19 5 5 9 2 22
09  Austria 10 4 6 15 3 5 6 4 7
10  Iceland 18 25 24 25 17 24 19
11  Latvia 7 7 3 2 14 4 7 16
12  Netherlands 4 9 11 6 8 6 5 8 3
13  Finland 20 15 22 11 23 20 13
14  Italy 3 1 2 1 1 1 12 3 8
15  Poland 5 23 20 20 24 16 12
16  Germany 21 22 15 7 15 17 15
17  Greece 6 19 14 16 4 10 1 18
18  Armenia 22 17 5 8 16 14 21
19   Switzerland 8 6 1 4 2 2 10 11
20  Malta 25 14 16 21 18 22 24
21  Portugal
22  Denmark 23 21 12 17 19 21 23
23  Sweden 24 3 10 12 20 11 7 4
24  France 14 8 9 9 10 12 6 5
25  San Marino 17 24 23 24 22 25 25
26  Albania 1 12 13 10 21 7 4 9 2

Notes

a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  • National selection – Selection process: EMA (Evrovizijska MelodijA) 2025
  • Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 1 February 2025
  • Host venue:
  • Presenter(s): Raiven in Gregor Strasbergar – Štras
  • Host broadcaster:Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO)
  • Participants – Number of entries:
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: Klemen (Klemen Slakonja) 
  • Selection song: “How Much Time Do We Have Left”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Klemen Slakonja, Maja Slatinšek, Ryan Small
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 3º SF 1: Failed to qualify (13th, 23 points)
  • Final result: –

Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “How Much Time Do We Have Left”, written and performed by Klemen Slakonja. The Slovenian participating broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO), organised the national final EMA 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Slovenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 3, “How Much Time Do We Have Left” was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed thirteenth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 23 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Slovenia twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1993. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, achieved on two occasions: in 1995 with the song “Prisluhni mi” performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with the song “Energy” performed by Nuša Derenda. Its only other top ten result was achieved in 1997 when Tanja Ribič performing “Zbudi se” placed tenth. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Slovenia has thus far managed to qualify to the final on eight occasions, the latest being in 2024, when “Veronika” performed by Raiven ultimately placed 23rd in the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVSLO organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had usually selected its entry through a national final entitled Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), which has been produced with variable formats, with the exceptions of 2013, 2021, 2023, and 2024, when the entries were internally selected. On 12 September 2024, RTVSLO announced that it would not take a decision on participation in the 2025 contest until October 2024, having been granted an extension by the EBU. However, on 16 September 2024, RTVSLO confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest; plans regarding the selection were announced on 28 October 2024, with EMA returning as the national final format.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.EMA 2025. EMA 2025 was the twenty-fifth edition of EMA, the format used by RTVSLO to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place on 1 February 2025 at the RTVSLO Studio 1 in Ljubljana, hosted by Gregor Štrasbergar and Raiven, the latter of whom represented Slovenia in 2024. The show was broadcast on TV SLO 1, Radio Val 202, and Radio Maribor, as well as online via the streaming platform RTV 4D. The show was watched by an average of 206,500 viewers, equating to an average viewing share of 24%. 514,000 viewers watched for at least one minute, with a peak of 267,900 viewers. This marked a reduction of 28,300 viewers since the previous edition in 2022.

2.2.Competing entries. A submission period for interested artists and composers was open between 29 October and 25 November 2024. In order to qualify to compete, the main performer of an entry was required to hold temporary or permanent residence in Slovenia. RTVSLO also directly invited artists and composers from the national music scene. At the closing of the window, 114 entries had been submitted. An expert committee consisting of 2018 and 2022 Slovenian representatives Lea Sirk and Filip Vidušin (the latter as part of the group LPS), as well as singer Alenka Godec, Radio Val 202 editor Neja Jerant and composer Martin Bezjak selected twelve contestants, which were announced on 13 December 2024.

The entries were presented to the public in an introduction show, entitled Ema pred Emo (“EMA before EMA”), on 25 January 2025, hosted by Bernarda Žarn and Jože Robežnik, and broadcast on TV SLO 1. The introduction show included guest appearances from Miša Molk and Denis Živčec as well as multiple past Slovenian entrants: Josip-Cole Moretti (1993 as part of 1X Band), Nuša Derenda (2001), Omar Naber (2005 and 2017), Maja Keuc (2011), Eva Boto (2012) and Lea Sirk. Each entry was presented during the show with a thirty second clip, and all 12 entries were later released in full on RTVSLO’s RTV 360 online platform.

Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Anna “Čau“ Slovene

Krešimir Tomec, Špela Tomec
Astrid and the Scandals “Touché“ English

Astrid Ana Kljun, Luka Flegar, Tomaž Zupančič
Eva Pavli “Niti“ Slovene

Eva Pavli, Hugo Smeh
Jon Vitezič “Vse ti dam“ Slovene

Jon Vitezič, Peter Dekleva
July Jones “New Religion” English

Bardo, Gracey, July Jones, Kiris Houston, Neave Applebaum
Kiki “O-ou!” Slovene

Blaž Mikl, Jovica Novkovič, Laetitia “Kiki” Pohl
Klemen “How Much Time Do We Have Left” English
  • Klemen Slakonja, Maja Slatinšek, Ryan Small
PolarAce “Kind” English

Aleksej Ivačič Kolar, Peter Penko
Rai “Frederick’s Dead” English

Lara Gregorčič, Vanja Rok Vrtovec
Trine “Grace” English

Jernej Kržič, Trine Slabe
Žan Videc “Pusti da gori“ Slovene

Goran Sarjaš, Žan Videc
Zven “Divja“ Slovene

Luka Jamnik, Zvezdana Novakovič

2.3.Final. The final took place on 1 February 2025 at 20:00 CET. The winner, “How Much Time Do We Have Left” performed by Klemen, was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, five thematic jury panels, each composed of five members, each distributed their points following the same pattern used in the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. 1–8, 10 and 12 points and selected two entries to proceed to the second round; these panels consisted of music performers, songwriters and producers, radio and television personalities, members of OGAE Slovenia, and international Eurovision influencers and journalists. In the superfinal, televoting exclusively determined the winner

In addition to the competing entries, guests included Urban Koritnik, lead singer of Jet Black Diamonds, and past Slovenian Eurovision entrants Josip-Cole Moretti, Darja Švajger, Nuša Derenda, Maja Keuc, Lea Sirk, Ana Soklič, Bojan Cvjetićanin, and Filip Vidušin. Soklič, who previously represented Slovenia in 2021, performed Magnifico’s “Silvija“. Vidušin, Koritnik and Sirk performed 1X Band’s “Tih deževen dan“, which represented Slovenia in 1993. Raiven also performed her new single “Hedonista“, and Gregor Štrasbergar, as a member of Mrfy, performed “Helo“. The two hosts also performed a medley of their respective hits.

Final – 1 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Anna “Čau“ 15 9
2 Zven “Divja“ 21 5
3 PolarAce “Kind” 15 10
4 Astrid and the Scandals “Touché“ 32 3
5 Jon Vitezič “Vse ti dam“ 20 7
6 Kiki “O-ou!” 31 4
7 Eva Pavli “Niti“ 18 8
8 Klemen “How Much Time Do We Have Left” 51 1
9 July Jones “New Religion” 50 2
10 Žan Videc “Pusti da gori“ 8 11
11 Trine “Grace” 8 12
12 Rai “Frederick’s Dead” 21 6
Superfinal – 1 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Klemen “How Much Time Do We Have Left” 8,895 1
2 July Jones “New Religion” 4,400 2
Detailed jury votes
Draw Song
Fans
Performers
Television
Radio
Influencers
 Total
1 “Čau“ 6 2 7 15
2 “Divja“ 8 1 2 4 6 21
3 “Kind” 2 6 7 15
4 “Touché“ 10 10 3 6 3 32
5 “Vse ti dam“ 4 4 2 10 20
6 “O-ou!” 1 7 10 8 5 31
7 “Niti“ 5 5 1 7 18
8 “How Much Time Do We Have Left” 7 12 12 12 8 51
9 “New Religion” 12 8 8 10 12 50
10 “Pusti da gori“ 4 3 1 8
11 “Grace” 3 1 4 8
12 “Frederick’s Dead” 3 6 5 5 2 21
Jury members
Jury Members
Members of OGAE Slovenia Jan Vehar (spokesperson), Metka Dolanc, Rene Dopler, David Sopotnik, Boštjan Smrekar
Producers, performers, songwriters Gregor Ravnik (spokesperson), Kris Guštin, Rok Lunaček, Karin Zemljič, Neža Buh
Television personalities Leila Aleksandra Jelić (spokesperson), Dajana Makovec, Juš Hrastnik, Rok Smolej, Anže Škrube
Radio personalities Melani Mekicar (spokesperson), Jernej Sobočan, Gregor Stermecki, Urša Mravlje, Jana Morelj
International Eurovision influencers William Lee Adams (spokesperson), Adam McCallig, Sanja Daić, Alesia Michelle, Jan Bors

3.Calls for exclusion of Israel. Israel’s continuing participation in the contest was one of the topics discussed by the management board of RTVSLO in December 2024, in light of the controversies relating to the country’s participation in the 2024 edition amidst the Gaza war. The board voted to initiate a request within the European Broadcasting Union for Israel not to compete in 2025, and to keep the Slovenian public informed about these efforts. Similar to the previous year, several Slovenian politicians, musicians, and cultural figures called for Israel’s exclusion.

4.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 28 January 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Slovenia was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Slovenia was set to perform in position 3.

In Slovenia, RTVSLO broadcast the semi-finals on TV SLO 2 and the final on TV SLO 1, all with live commentary from Ljubljana by Mojca Mavec, as well as the first semi-final and the final on Radio Val 202 with commentary by Maj Valerij, who was joined by Igor Bračič for the final. An average of 144,700 viewers were recorded for the first semi-final on TV SLO 2, equating a viewing share of 7.5%. The second semi-final, also broadcast on TV SLO 2, saw 49,700 viewers (2.6% share). For the show’s live broadcast on TV SLO 1, the final was watched by an average audience of 150,400 viewers, with a share of 7.8%. This marked a reduction of 45% from the 2024 contest. The audience peaked at 260,100 viewers for Klemen’s performance of “How Much Time Do We Have Left”, and 742,300 viewers watched at least one minute of the contest.

5.1.Performance. Klemen took part in technical rehearsals on 3 and 7 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 12 and 13 May. On 2 May 2025, he revealed that the performance would include a stunt of himself being suspended upside-down, retaining the climax of the national final. Klemen was joined on stage by his wife, Mojca Fatur, and dancers Miha Furlan and Matic Zadravec. The director for the performance was Nejc Levstik, the lighting was directed by Črt Birsa, the content designer for the LED screens was Žiga Radulj, the technical execution of the acrobatics was led by Filip Kržišnik, the choreographer was Erik Bukovnik, and the costume designer was Vesna Mirtelj.

5.2.Semi-final. Slovenia performed in position 3, following the entry from Poland and before the entry from Estonia. At the end of the show, the country was not announced as a qualifier for the final, marking the first time since 2022 that Slovenia failed to qualify for the final. It was later revealed that Slovenia placed thirteenth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 23 points.

5.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Slovenia in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Slovenian jury consisted of Gregor Strasbergar, Jon Vitezič, Urban Koritnik, Ana Soklič, who represented Slovenia in 2021, and Eva Boto, who represented Slovenia in 2012. In the first semi-final, Slovenia placed 13th with 23 points, which marked the country’s first non-qualification to the final since 2022. Over the course of the contest, Slovenia awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the first semi-final, and to Italy in both the jury vote and televote in the final.

RTVSLO appointed Lorella Flego as its spokesperson to announce the Slovenian jury’s votes in the final.

5.3.1.Points awarded to Slovenia.

Points awarded to Slovenia (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points
10 points
8 points San Marino[a]
7 points
6 points Croatia
5 points
4 points
3 points Estonia
2 points Azerbaijan
1 point
  • Albania
  • Cyprus
  • Norway
  • Ukraine

5.3.2.Points awarded by Slovenia.

Points awarded by Slovenia (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Slovenia (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Croatia
10 points  Cyprus
8 points  Ukraine
7 points  Albania
6 points  Netherlands
5 points  Iceland
4 points  Sweden
3 points  Portugal
2 points  Norway
1 point  Estonia

Points awarded by Slovenia (Final)

Points awarded by Slovenia (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Italy  Italy
10 points  Austria  Austria
8 points  Albania   Switzerland
7 points  Estonia  Estonia
6 points  Israel  Sweden
5 points  Sweden  Ukraine
4 points  Luxembourg  Netherlands
3 points  Ukraine  France
2 points  Norway  Norway
1 point  Iceland  Portugal

5.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Slovenian jury:

  • Gregor Strasbergar – singer-songwriter, guitarist
  • Jon Vitezič – singer
  • Urban Koritnik – musician
  • Ana Soklič – singer-songwriter, represented Slovenia in 2021
  • Eva Boto – singer, broadcaster, represented Slovenia in 2012
Detailed voting results from Slovenia (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 6 5
02  Poland 12
03  Slovenia
04  Estonia 10 1
05  Ukraine 3 8
06  Sweden 7 4
07  Portugal 8 3
08  Norway 9 2
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 11
12  Albania 4 7
13  Netherlands 5 6
14  Croatia 1 12
15  Cyprus 2 10
Detailed voting results from Slovenia (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 14 14 14 10 4 9 2 9 2
02  Luxembourg 23 17 23 25 18 25 7 4
03  Estonia 5 11 4 4 5 4 7 4 7
04  Israel 9 9 18 22 10 12 5 6
05  Lithuania 26 10 5 23 21 11 14
06  Spain 16 23 20 18 16 24 21
07  Ukraine 10 3 3 9 20 6 5 8 3
08  United Kingdom 11 18 22 16 17 21 24
09  Austria 1 1 6 5 2 2 10 2 10
10  Iceland 18 22 21 14 7 18 10 1
11  Latvia 19 15 11 19 8 16 19
12  Netherlands 3 12 9 6 9 7 4 13
13  Finland 24 26 8 7 25 15 11
14  Italy 4 2 1 1 1 1 12 1 12
15  Poland 12 21 15 11 22 20 16
16  Germany 17 19 10 8 26 17 12
17  Greece 15 7 16 12 14 14 17
18  Armenia 13 25 13 15 13 19 25
19   Switzerland 7 6 2 3 3 3 8 20
20  Malta 20 16 24 13 24 22 23
21  Portugal 21 4 17 20 15 10 1 18
22  Denmark 22 13 19 21 19 23 26
23  Sweden 2 20 12 2 11 5 6 6 5
24  France 6 5 7 17 6 8 3 15
25  San Marino 25 24 26 26 23 26 22
26  Albania 8 8 25 24 12 13 3 8

Notes

a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden
  • National selection – Selection process: Melodifestivalen 2025
  • Selection date(s): Heats: Heat 1 (1 February 2025), Heat 2 (8 February 2025), Heat 3 (15 February 2025), Heat 4 (22 February 2025), Semi-final (1 March 2025) Ι Final (8 March 2025)
  • Host venue: Coop Norrbotten Arena, Scandinavium, ABB Arena, Malmö Arena, Husqvarna Garden, Strawberry Arena.
  • Presenter(s): Edvin Törnblom (Edvin Arne Valdemar Törnblom), Kristina “Keyyo” Petrushina
  • Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT) 
  • Participants – Number of entries: 30 (Finalists 12)
  • Voting system: Heats and final qualification: 100% public vote Ι Final: 50% public vote, 50% jury vote
  • Selection entrant: KAJ (Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård)
  • Selection song: “Bara bada bastu”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristofer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 6º SF 1: Qualified (4th, 118 points)
  • Final result: 23º FI: 4th, 321 points

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Bara bada bastu“, written by Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristofer Strandberg, and Robert Skowronski, and performed by Åhman, Norrgård, and Holmström as KAJ. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), organised Melodifestivalen 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final which took place on 13 May 2025 . Performing during the show in position 6, Sweden was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 17 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed 4th out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 118 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 23 and placed 4th out of the 26 participating countries, with 321 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Sveriges Radio (SR) until 1979, and Sveriges Television (SVT) since 1980, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden sixty-three times since SR’s first entry in 1958. They have won the contest on seven occasions (tying with Ireland for the most wins): in 1974 with the song “Waterloo” performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song “Fångad av en stormvind” performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song “Take Me to Your Heaven” performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song “Euphoria” performed by Loreen, in 2015 with the song “Heroes” performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, and in 2023 with “Tattoo” again performed by Loreen, who became the second artist (after Ireland’s Johnny Logan), as well as the first female artist, to win the contest more than once. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, the Swedish entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for 2010. As hosts in 2024, Sweden placed ninth with “Unforgettable” performed by Marcus & Martinus.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SVT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Melodifestivalen 2025. The 2025 edition of Melodifestivalen took place between 1 February and 8 March 2025 across six Swedish cities, and consisted of five heats and a final. A submission period was open between 23 August and 14 September 2024 to select 30 competing entries.

Melodifestivalen 2025 was the 65th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 8 March 2025, hosted by Edvin Törnblom and Kristina “Keyyo” Petrushina. The winners of the competition, KAJ with the song “Bara bada bastu“, represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, where they finished fourth.

2.2. Format: Melodifestivalen 2025 had six weekly shows held in six Swedish cities (Luleå, Gothenburg, Västerås, Malmö, Jönköping and Stockholm). Edvin Törnblom and Kristina Petrushina were announced as the hosts of the competition on 7 November 2024.

Changes to the format were announced on 22 August 2024. A total of 30 entries took part in the competition across five heats. Each heat consisted of six songs, with the top two songs directly qualifying for the final. In a change from previous editions, where the qualifier from the first voting round was determined solely by raw votes and the second round used the age group points system, in 2025 it was the opposite: the first round used the points system, and the second round used raw vote totals. Unlike in the previous edition, only the third-placing song proceeded to a final qualification round at the end of the fifth heat, which featured five songs instead of ten. The top two songs in the final qualification then progressed to the final, which comprised 12 songs. The winner of the final was determined by the usual 50/50 combination of votes from the public and an international jury.

For the first time since the multi-show Melodifestivalen format was introduced in 2002, the competing entries were released on streaming platforms on the day preceding their respective heat. Previously, the entries which had qualified directly to the final could not be released before the conclusion of the last heat, while those qualifying for the repechage (known over the years under different names) and the eliminated entries could be released following the broadcast of the heat they competed in.

Competition schedule
Show Date City Venue
Heat 1 1 February 2025 Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena
Heat 2 8 February 2025 Gothenburg Scandinavium
Heat 3 15 February 2025 Västerås ABB Arena
Heat 4 22 February 2025 Malmö Malmö Arena
Heat 5 1 March 2025 Jönköping Husqvarna Garden
Final 8 March 2025 Stockholm Strawberry Arena

2.3.Competing entries. A public submission window was open between 23 August and 14 September 2024 to select the competing entries. Upon closing the submission period, SVT announced that 2,794 applications had been received, from which 15 competing entries were then selected by a professional jury chaired by Melodifestivalen producer and artistic director Karin Gunnarsson; the second set of 15 contestants were selected by a dedicated SVT board both from the received submissions and by direct invitation of artists. The selected entries were announced on 26 November 2024.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Adrian Macéus

(Adrian Antoni Macéus)

 “Vår första gång“

Adam ”Rymdpojken” Englund, Adrian Björklund, Adrian Macéus, Hugo Geijer Persson, William Pärlenskog
Albin Johnsén feat. Pa

(Albin Johnsén feat. Pa Modou Badjie)

 “Upp i luften“

Albin Johnsén, Christoffer Balazik, FERNAND MP, Mattias Andréasson, Pa Modou
AmenA “Do Good Be Better” AmenA, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn
Andreas Lundstedt 

(Björn Helge Andreas Lundstedt)

 “Vicious” Andreas Lundstedt, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, LIAMOO
Angelino 

(Angelino Gabriel Markenhorn)

 “Teardrops” Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Tusse Chiza
Annika Wickihalder

(Annika Viktoria Wickihalder Pettersson)

 “Life Again” Annika Wickihalder, Herman Gardarfve, Patrik Jean
Arvingarna 

(Casper Janebrink, Kim Carlsson, Tommy Carlsson och Lars “Lasseman” Larsson)

 “Ring baby ring” Stefan Brunzell, Thomas G:son
Arwin 

(Arwin Saman Ismail Osman)

 “This Dream of Mine”

Anderz Wrethov, Arwin Ismail, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie ”Kill J” Aagaard, Peter Boström
Björn Holmgren 

(Björn Holger Holmgren)

 “Rädda mig“

Björn Holmgren, David Lindgren Zacharias, Jens Hult
Dolly Style

(Holly (Vilma Davidsson), Polly (Caroline Aronsson), Molly (Annie Moreau), Yolly (Mikaela Samuelsson))

 “YIHAA” Caroline Aronsson, David Lindgren Zacharias, Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Mikaela Samuelsson, Patrik Jean
Ella Tiritiello

(Ella Nellie Tiritiello)

 “Bara du är där“ Adam ”Rymdpojken” Englund, David Björk, Loreen Talhaoui
Erik Segerstedt

(Mats Erik Segerstedt)

 “Show Me What Love Is”

Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson, Pontus Söderman
Fredrik Lundman

(Fredrik Karl Olof Lundman)

 “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy”

Erik Bernholm, Maja Francis, Thomas G:son
Greczula

(Kristofer Greczula)

 “Believe Me” Amanda Nordelius, John Russel, Kristofer Greczula
John Lundvik

(John Hassim Lundvik)

 “Voice of the Silent”

Jimmy Jansson, John Lundvik, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
KAJ

(Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman och Jakob Norrgård)

 “Bara bada bastu“

Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristoffer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski
Kaliffa

(Kaliffa Olle Karlsson)

 “Salute”

Anderz Wrethov, Jakob ”Big Brain” Malmlöf, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Kaliffa Karlsson, Robert Skowronski
Klara Hammarström

(Klara Lovisa Hammarström)

 “On and On and On”

Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy Jansson, Klara Hammarström, Moa ”Cazzi Opeia” Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
Linnea Henriksson

(Ellen Linnea Petrea Henriksson)

 “Den känslan”

David Lindgren Zacharias, Linnea Henriksson, Sebastian Atas
Maja Ivarsson

(Maja Hanna Maria Ivarsson)

 “Kamikaze Life”

Andreas ”Giri” Lindbergh, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Maja Ivarsson
Malou Prytz

(Ellen Eivor Malou Traste Prytz)

 “24K Gold”

Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Julie ”Kill J” Aagaard, Malou Prytz
Måns Zelmerlöw 

(Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw)

 “Revolution” David Lindgren Zacharias, Måns Zelmerlöw, Ola Svensson, Sebastian Atas
Meira Omar “Hush Hush”

Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Laurell Barker, Meira Omar
Nomi Tales

(Nomi Bontegard)

 “Funniest Thing”

Adam Breitholtz, Herman Gardarfve, Jacob Lundahl, Nomi Bontegard, Simon Weidersjö
Saga Ludvigsson

(Saga Alice Ludvigsson)

 “Hate You So Much” Herman Gardarfve, Lisa Desmond, Saga Ludvigsson
SCARLET (Scarlet Hunts, Thirsty) “Sweet n’ Psycho”

Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt, Scarlet Hunts, Thirsty
SCHLAGERZ (Sandra Estberg, Maria Persson, Maria Rolf) “Don Juan“

Anna Engh, Mikael Karlsson
Tennessee Tears

(Tilda Feuk, Jonas Hermansson)

 “Yours” Gavin Jones, Jonas Hermansson, Pär Westerlund, Tilda Feuk
Victoria Silvstedt (Karin Victoria Silvstedt) “Love It!” Jimmy Jansson, Thomas G:son
Vilhelm Buchaus “I’m Yours” Elias Edman, Jonatan Lahti, Simon Alexander Ward, Vilhelm Buchaus

3.Contest overview:

Heats: 

  • The first heat took place on 1 February 2025 at Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå. “Voice of the Silent” performed by John Lundvik and “Kamikaze Life” performed by Maja Ivarsson qualified directly to the final, while “Hush Hush” performed by Meira Omar advanced to the final qualification round. “Upp i luften” performed by Albin Johnsén feat. Pa, “Vår första gång” performed by Adrian Macéus, and “Den känslan” performed by Linnea Henriksson were eliminated from the contest.
  • The second heat took place on 8 February 2025 at Scandinavium in Gothenburg. “Show Me What Love Is” performed by Erik Segerstedt and “On and On and On” performed by Klara Hammarström qualified directly to the final, while “Salute” performed by Kaliffa advanced to the final qualification round. “Funniest Thing” performed by Nomi Tales, “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy” performed by Fredrik Lundman, and “Don Juan” performed by Schlagerz were eliminated from the contest.
  • The third heat took place on 15 February 2025 at ABB Arena in Västerås. “Believe Me” performed by Greczula and “Life Again” performed by Annika Wickihalder qualified directly to the final, while “Yihaa” performed by Dolly Style advanced to the final qualification round. “24K Gold” performed by Malou Prytz, “Teardrops” performed by Angelino, and “Rädda mig” performed by Björn Holmgren were eliminated from the contest.
  • The fourth heat took place on 22 February 2025 at Malmö Arena in Malmö. “Revolution” performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and “Bara bada bastu” performed by KAJ qualified directly to the final, while “Bara du är där” performed by Ella Tiritiello advanced to the final qualification round. “Vicious” performed by Andreas Lundstedt, “Yours” by Tennessee Tears, and “Do Good Be Better” performed by AmenA were eliminated from the contest.
  • The fifth heat took place on 1 March 2025 at the Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. “Hate You So Much” performed by Saga Ludvigsson and “Sweet n’ Psycho” performed by Scarlet qualified directly to the final, while “This Dream of Mine” performed by Arwin advanced to the final qualification round. “I’m Yours” performed by Vilhelm Buchaus, “Ring Baby Ring” performed by Arvingarna, and “Love It!” performed by Victoria Silvstedt were eliminated from the contest.
  • Immediately following the fifth heat, a final qualification round took place. All of the songs competed against each other, with each song’s votes from their individual heats converted into a new set of points that determined one qualifier for the final, while a new round of voting, held during the final qualification round, had its points combined with those from the previous heats to select the remaining qualifier. “Yihaa” performed by Dolly Style and “Hush Hush” performed by Meira Omar qualified to the final, while “Bara du är där” performed by Ella Tiritiello, “Salute” performed by Kaliffa, and “This Dream of Mine” performed by Arwin were eliminated from the contest.

3.1.Heat 1 (Deltävling 1). The first heat took place on 1 February 2025 at the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå. A total of 8,894,468 votes were cast using 528,263 devices, with SEK 405,655 collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result
Votes Points Place Votes Total votes Place
1 Albin Johnsén feat. Pa “Upp i luften“ 1,089,032 45 4 596,636 1,685,668 3 Out
2 Maja Ivarsson “Kamikaze Life” 1,115,693 67 2 683,513 1,799,206 1 Final
3 John Lundvik “Voice of the Silent” 1,355,309 86 1 — Final
4 Meira Omar “Hush Hush” 1,068,752 58 3 647,625 1,716,377 2 Final qual.
5 Adrian Macéus “Vår första gång“ 879,946 30 5 455,470 1,335,416 4 Out
6 Linnea Henriksson “Den känslan“ 660,354 26 6 342,138 1,002,492 5 Out
Round 1 detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel.
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Upp i luften“ 12 10 8 5 5 1 1 3
2 “Kamikaze Life” 3 3 3 12 12 12 10 12
3 “Voice of the Silent” 10 12 12 10 10 10 12 10
4 “Hush Hush” 8 8 10 8 8 5 3 8
5 “Vår första gång“ 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 1
6 “Den känslan“ 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 5

3.2.Heat 2 (Deltävling 2). The second heat took place on 8 February 2025 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. A total of 9,309,031 votes were cast using 551,178 devices, with SEK 339,383 collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result
Votes Points Place Votes Total votes Place
1 Nomi Tales “Funniest Thing” 987,656 30 5 516,379 1,504,035 3 Out
2 Schlagerz “Don Juan“ 544,789 19 6 193,691 738,480 5 Out
3 Erik Segerstedt “Show Me What Love Is” 1,339,899 86 1 — Final
4 Klara Hammarström “On and On and On” 1,528,183 83 2 1,053,759 2,581,942 1 Final
5 Fredrik Lundman “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy” 945,235 52 3 514,404 1,459,639 4 Out
6 Kaliffa “Salute” 1,072,881 42 4 612,155 1,685,036 2 Final qual.
Round 1 detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel.
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Funniest Thing” 8 8 3 3 3 3 1 1
2 “Don Juan“ 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 8
3 “Show Me What Love Is” 10 10 12 10 10 12 12 10
4 “On and On and On” 12 12 10 12 12 10 10 5
5 “The Heart of a Swedish Cowboy” 3 3 5 5 8 8 8 12
6 “Salute” 5 5 8 8 5 5 3 3

3.3.Heat 3 (Deltävling 3). The third heat took place on 15 February 2025 at the ABB Arena in Västerås. A total of 8,224,411 votes were cast using 497,032 devices, with SEK 258,943 collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result
Votes Points Place Votes Total votes Place
1 Greczula “Believe Me” 1,069,958 74 1 — Final
2 Malou Prytz “24K Gold” 935,017 42 5 448,986 1,384,003 3 Out
3 Björn Holmgren “Rädda mig“ 798,822 21 6 338,552 1,137,374 5 Out
4 Dolly Style “Yihaa” 1,057,492 54 3 600,798 1,658,290 2 Final qual.
5 Angelino “Teardrops” 883,140 48 4 416,917 1,300,057 4 Out
6 Annika Wickihalder “Life Again” 1,054,647 73 2 620,082 1,674,729 1 Final
Round 1 detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel.
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Believe Me” 5 3 12 12 12 10 10 10
2 “24K Gold” 10 10 3 5 5 3 5 1
3 “Rädda mig“ 3 1 8 1 1 1 1 5
4 “Yihaa” 12 12 1 10 3 5 3 8
5 “Teardrops” 8 5 5 3 8 8 8 3
6 “Life Again” 1 8 10 8 10 12 12 12

3.4.Heat 4 (Deltävling 4). The fourth heat took place on 22 February 2025 at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. A total of 9,123,856 votes were cast using 562,798 devices, with SEK 362,752 collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result
Votes Points Place Votes Total votes Place
1 Andreas Lundstedt “Vicious” 925,304 48 3 597,985 1,523,289 3 Out
2 Ella Tiritiello “Bara du är där“ 967,458 46 4 634,115 1,601,573 2 Final qual.
3 Tennessee Tears “Yours” 773,258 36 5 436,047 1,209,305 4 Out
4 KAJ “Bara bada bastu“ 1,238,511 76 2 954,961 2,193,472 1 Final
5 AmenA “Do Good Be Better” 629,574 10 6 333,799 963,373 5 Out
6 Måns Zelmerlöw “Revolution” 1,632,844 96 1 — Final
Round 1 detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel.
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Vicious” 5 5 5 5 8 10 5 5
2 “Bara du är där“ 10 8 8 8 3 3 3 3
3 “Yours” 3 3 1 3 5 5 8 8
4 “Bara bada bastu“ 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 10
5 “Do Good Be Better” 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
6 “Revolution” 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

3.5. Heat 5 (Deltävling 5). The fifth heat took place on 1 March 2025 at the Husqvarna Garden in Jönköping. A total of 7,997,463 votes were cast using 517,435 devices, with SEK 509,661 collected for Radiohjälpen.

R/O Artist Song Round 1 Round 2 Result
Votes Points Place Votes Total votes Place
1 Arvingarna “Ring Baby Ring” 680,012 20 5 320,987 1,000,999 4 Out
2 Arwin “This Dream of Mine” 1,006,048 58 4 552,450 1,558,498 2 Final qual.
3 Saga Ludvigsson “Hate You So Much” 1,106,111 80 1 — Final
4 Victoria Silvstedt “Love It!” 575,878 16 6 258,921 834,799 5 Out
5 Vilhelm Buchaus “I’m Yours” 948,581 72 2 606,022 1,554,603 3 Out
6 Scarlet “Sweet n’ Psycho” 1,117,434 66 3 825,019 1,942,453 1 Final
Round 1 detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel.
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Ring Baby Ring” 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3
2 “This Dream of Mine” 12 10 5 5 5 8 8 5
3 “Hate You So Much” 8 12 10 10 10 12 10 8
4 “Love It!” 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 1
5 “I’m Yours” 5 5 12 8 8 10 12 12
6 “Sweet n’ Psycho” 10 8 8 12 12 5 1 10

3.6.Final qualification. At the end of the fifth heat, a final qualification round took place consisting of the third-placing songs of each heat. The two most voted songs qualified for the final; the age group system was not used for this vote, but the results from the heats were added to it to determine the result of the final qualification. More specifically, for the heat points, the total number of votes for each song in each show was divided by the total number of voters (devices) in each show. Then 1,000 points were distributed amongst the songs based on those ratios. The song with the most points immediately advanced to the final. Once the voting had ended, an additional 800 points were distributed among the four remaining entries, based on how viewers had voted during the final qualification round. A total of 2,852,755 votes were cast using 403,642 devices, with a total of SEK 204,303 collected for Radiohjälpen.

Code Artist Song Heat Finalqual. Total Place Result
Votes V/V Points Place Votes Points
11 Meira Omar “Hush Hush” 1,716,377 3.25 210 2 1,087,480 306 516 1 Final
12 Kaliffa “Salute” 1,685,036 3.06 197 3 540,096 150 347 3 Out
13 Dolly Style “Yihaa” 1,658,290 3.34 215 1 — Final
14 Ella Tiritiello “Bara du är där“ 1,601,573 2.85 184 5 693,518 195 379 2 Out
15 Arwin “This Dream of Mine” 1,558,498 3.01 194 4 531,661 149 343 4 Out

3.7.Final. The final took place on 8 March 2025 at the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm. A total of 26,072,328 votes were cast using 1,152,754 devices, with SEK 1,589,515 collected for Radiohjälpen.[16] SVT Play also provided a stream of the final with English commentary by William Lee Adams and Bella Qvist.

R/O Artist Song Jury Public Total Place
Votes Points
1 John Lundvik “Voice of the Silent” 49 1,578,564 25 74 6
2 Dolly Style “Yihaa” 48 2,011,149 27 75 5
3 Greczula “Believe Me” 47 2,696,753 56 103 3
4 Klara Hammarström “On and On and On” 34 2,461,721 43 77 4
5 Scarlet “Sweet n’ Psycho” 31 1,943,638 33 64 7
6 Erik Segerstedt “Show Me What Love Is” 24 1,615,974 27 51 9
7 Maja Ivarsson “Kamikaze Life” 2 1,435,634 30 32 11
8 Meira Omar “Hush Hush” 26 1,901,356 24 50 10
9 Måns Zelmerlöw “Revolution” 76 3,278,385 81 157 2
10 Saga Ludvigsson “Hate You So Much” 17 1,472,693 10 27 12
11 Annika Wickihalder “Life Again” 36 1,370,687 18 54 8
12 KAJ “Bara bada bastu“ 74 4,305,774 90 164 1
Detailed international jury votes
R/O Song Total
1 “Voice of the Silent” 8 7 8 5 6 5 4 6 49
2 “Yihaa” 10 10 4 6 1 6 8 3 48
3 “Believe Me” 3 8 7 4 7 3 5 10 47
4 “On and On and On” 1 3 3 8 8 7 4 34
5 “Sweet n’ Psycho” 6 4 2 4 7 8 31
6 “Show Me What Love Is” 5 2 1 8 2 2 2 2 24
7 “Kamikaze Life” 2 2
8 “Hush Hush” 6 10 3 4 3 26
9 “Revolution” 7 6 12 7 12 10 10 12 76
10 “Hate You So Much” 1 3 10 1 1 1 17
11 “Life Again” 12 5 2 1 5 6 5 36
12 “Bara bada bastu“ 4 12 5 12 10 12 12 7 74
International jury spokespersons
  • LithuaniaLithuania – None[a]
  • ItalyItaly – Mariangela Borneo
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland – Sandra Studer
  • IrelandIreland – Neil Doherty
  • FranceFrance – Alexandra Redde-Amiel
  • NorwayNorway – Mads Tørklep
  • GreeceGreece – Alexandra Pascalidou
  • SerbiaSerbia – None[b]
Detailed televoting results
R/O Song Age groups Tel. Total
3‑9 10‑15 16‑29 30‑44 45‑59 60‑74 75+
1 “Voice of the Silent” 2 2 1 2 3 5 7 3 25
2 “Yihaa” 10 7 4 5 1 27
3 “Believe Me” 3 5 10 8 8 8 6 8 56
4 “On and On and On” 8 8 7 6 7 2 3 2 43
5 “Sweet n’ Psycho” 6 4 2 7 6 3 5 33
6 “Show Me What Love Is” 1 1 3 1 4 6 5 6 27
7 “Kamikaze Life” 3 5 7 8 7 30
8 “Hush Hush” 5 6 6 4 2 1 24
9 “Revolution” 7 10 8 10 12 12 12 10 81
10 “Hate You So Much” 4 3 1 2 10
11 “Life Again” 5 1 4 4 4 18
12 “Bara bada bastu“ 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 90

Notes

  • a^ Vaidotas Valiukevičius was supposed to announce the points from the Lithuanian jury, but connection with him was lost and a technical glitch caused the Irish spokesperson Neil Doherty to briefly appear; host Edvin Törnblom read out the Lithuanian points instead.
  • b^ Princ was supposed to announce the points from the Serbian jury, but audio connection with him was lost; hosts Edvin Törnblom and Kristina Petrushina read out the points instead. Princ was still seen trying to connect to the broadcast.

4.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May, and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show.

Sweden qualified for the final finishing in 4th place with 118 points. During the final, Sweden performed in 23th position following Denmark and preceding France. In the end, Sweden finished in 4th place with 321 points, finishing in 6th place in the jury voting with 126 points and in 3th place of the televoting with 195 points.

5.1.Voting. 

5.3.1.Points awarded to Sweden.

Points awarded to Sweden (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Sweden (Semi-final 1)

Score Televote
12 points
  •  Estonia
  •  Iceland
  •  Norway
10 points
8 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Croatia
7 points
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Rest of the World
  •   Switzerland
6 points
  •  Albania
  •  Italy
5 points  Cyprus
4 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Slovenia
  •  Ukraine
3 points
2 points  Spain
1 point

Points awarded to Sweden (Final)

Points awarded to Sweden (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
  •  Denmark
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
  Iceland
10 points  Iceland
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
  •   Switzerland
8 points
  •  Australia
  •  Croatia
  •  Latvia
  •  Poland
  •  Estonia
  •  Netherlands
7 points
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Netherlands
  •  Serbia
  •  United Kingdom
  •  Denmark
  •  Greece
6 points
  •  Armenia
  •  Rest of the World
  •  Armenia
  •  Australia
  •  Belgium
  •  Slovenia
5 points
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Montenegro
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •   Switzerland
  •  Austria
  •  Ireland
  •  Luxembourg
4 points
  •  Austria
  •  Belgium
  •  Lithuania
  •  Portugal
  •  Ukraine
  •  Albania
  •  Germany
3 points  Azerbaijan  Croatia
2 points
  •  Albania
  •  Ireland
  •  Israel
  •  Luxembourg
  Cyprus
1 point
  •  Georgia
  •  Greece
  •  Malta
  •  San Marino
  •  Lithuania
  •  Malta

5.3.2.Points awarded by Sweden.

Points awarded by Sweden (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Sweden (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Iceland
10 points  Albania
8 points  Netherlands
7 points  Poland
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Norway
4 points  Ukraine
3 points  San Marino
2 points  Portugal
1 point  Croatia

Points awarded by Sweden (Final)

Points awarded by Sweden (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Israel  Austria
10 points  Finland   Switzerland
8 points  Estonia  Netherlands
7 points  Albania  France
6 points  Poland  Finland
5 points  Iceland  Ukraine
4 points  Ukraine  Norway
3 points  Greece  Albania
2 points  Netherlands  Spain
1 point  Italy  Malta

5.3.3.Detailed final results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Swedish jury:

  • Kenny Lantz
  • Micke Cederberg
  • Theoz
  • Amanda Nordelius
  • Anna Charlotta Gunnarson
Detailed voting results from Sweden (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 1 12
02  Poland 4 7
03  Slovenia 13
04  Estonia 5 6
05  Ukraine 7 4
06  Sweden
07  Portugal 9 2
08  Norway 6 5
09  Belgium 11
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 8 3
12  Albania 2 10
13  Netherlands 3 8
14  Croatia 10 1
15  Cyprus 12
Detailed voting results from Sweden (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 8 22 5 3 10 7 4 14
02  Luxembourg 16 15 4 19 14 14 19
03  Estonia 9 20 6 15 6 11 3 8
04  Israel 3 23 15 17 12 12 1 12
05  Lithuania 24 6 24 23 25 19 15
06  Spain 2 18 11 10 9 9 2 18
07  Ukraine 19 3 3 6 21 6 5 7 4
08  United Kingdom 21 25 19 25 13 25 24
09  Austria 18 16 2 1 3 1 12 11
10  Iceland 12 9 23 20 18 20 6 5
11  Latvia 25 5 10 11 23 13 16
12  Netherlands 1 17 16 2 4 3 8 9 2
13  Finland 10 11 1 9 5 5 6 2 10
14  Italy 15 8 14 7 19 15 10 1
15  Poland 13 10 17 16 22 21 5 6
16  Germany 7 12 21 24 17 18 12
17  Greece 22 4 22 18 20 16 8 3
18  Armenia 17 24 9 13 8 17 20
19   Switzerland 4 7 7 4 2 2 10 21
20  Malta 5 19 8 8 7 10 1 25
21  Portugal 23 14 20 12 16 24 23
22  Denmark 20 21 12 14 11 22 13
23  Sweden
24  France 14 2 18 5 1 4 7 17
25  San Marino 11 13 25 21 15 23 22
26  Albania 6 1 13 22 24 8 3 4 7

  • Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  • National selection – Selection process: Vidbir 2025 / Євробачення. Національний відбір 2025 (Yevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir, Євробачення. Національний відбір 2025, Eurovision. National Selection)
  • Selection date(s): 8 February 2025
  • Host venue: –
  • Presenter(s): Timur Miroschnytschenko, Marija Jefrossynina, Wassyl Bajdak
    Anna Tulewa (Green Room)
  • Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy (Suspilne Ukraine (Суспільне Мовлення, Public, НСТУ, UA:PBC)
  • Participants – Number of entries: –
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: Ziferblat (Циферблат: Danyil Leshchynskyi, Valentyn Leshchynskyi, Fedir Khodakov / Даниїла Лещинського, Валентина Лещинського, Федора Ходакова)
  • Selection song: “Bird of Pray” (Хижий птах)
  • Selected songwriter(s): Valentyn Leshchynskyi, Danylo Leshchynskyi, Fedir Khodakov (Валентин Лещинський, Даниїл Лещинський, Федір Ходаков)
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 5º SF 1: Qualified (1st, 137 points)
  • Final result: 7º FI: 9th, 218 points

Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Bird of Pray”, written by Danylo Leshchynskyi, Fedir Khodakov and Valentyn Leshchynskyi, and performed by themselves as Ziferblat. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, Suspilne, organised the national final Vidbir 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) until 2016, and Suspilne since 2017, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine 19 times since NTU’s first entry in 2003.[1] It had won the contest on three occasions: in 2004 with the song “Wild Dances” performed by Ruslana, in 2016 with “1944” by Jamala, and in 2022 with the song “Stefania” performed by Kalush Orchestra. It had been the runner-up in the contest on two occasions: in 2007 with the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” performed by Verka Serduchka and in 2008 with the song “Shady Lady” performed by Ani Lorak. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Ukraine had managed to qualify to final in every contest it participated in thus far. Its least successful result had been 24th place, which was achieved in 2017 with the song “Time” performed by O.Torvald. In 2024, “Teresa & Maria” performed by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil placed third.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Suspilne organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Suspilne confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 10 September 2024. In the past, the broadcaster had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select its entry. Between 2022 and 2024, Suspilne had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. The method was continued to select its 2025 entry.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.1.Vidbir 2025.Vidbir 2025 was the ninth edition of Vidbir which selected the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition consisted of a final 8 February 2025 and took place in Kyiv.

2.2.Format. The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over three stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition either through an online submission form. Twenty acts were longlisted and announced on 11 December 2024. The second stage will involve the longlisted artists attending a scheduled audition. Up to nine acts will be selected, while an additional act will be selected from an online selection. The third stage was the televised final, which took place in February 2025 and featured the acts vying to represent Ukraine in Basel. The winner was selected via the combination of votes from a public vote and an expert jury, the latter of which its members will be selected by the public.

2.3.Competing entries. Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries via an online submission form which accepted entries between 17 September 2024 and 10 November 2024. Only artists that had not performed in events organized by/located in the territory of “the aggressor state” (referring to Russia) or illegally entered the territory of Crimea since 15 March 2014 were allowed to apply for the competition, and songs performed in the “language of the aggressor state” (referring to the Russian language) were prohibited. Tina Karol, who represented Ukraine in 2006, was assigned as the new music producer of the competition and was the lead in reviewing the 374 received submissions. 20 entries were longlisted, of which their artists were announced on 11 December 2024. Auditions were held in late December 2024 where nine entries were shortlisted to compete in the national final. On 20 December 2024, the nine selected competing acts were announced. A public online vote among the non-qualifying entries from the auditions will be held by 17 January 2025 to determine an additional competing act

2.3.1.Longlisted artists:

  • BRYKULETS
  • ENLEO (Микита Олексійович Леонтьєв)
  • FIЇNKA (Ірина Ярославівна Білак / Ірина Ярославівна Вихованець)
  • Future Culture
  • GRISANA
  • KHAYAT (Андрій Олександрович Хайат)
  • KRYLATA
  • MOLODI
  • MON FIA
  • Ranrawi
  • Starykova Hrystyna
  • TESLENKO
  • YAGÓDY (Зоряна Дибовська, Василина Волошин, Тетяна Войтів, Надія Паращук, Вадим Войнович, Теімураз Гогітідзе, Василь Паращук)
  • Ziferblat (Даніїла Лещинського (Даніїл Лещинський), Валентина Лещинського (Валентин Лещинський), Федора Ходакова (Федір Ходаков))
  • Абіє (Abiye)
  • «ДК Енергетик»
  • Маша Кондратенко (Марія Ігорівна Кондратенко)
  • МУАЯД (Muayard)
  • «Слухай Сашу» (Slukhay Sashu)
  • Влад Шериф (Vlad Sherif)
Online wildcard – 13-17 January 2025
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place
1 Enleo (Микита Олексійович Леонтьєв) “Supernova”

Oleksandr Biliak, Mykyta Leontiev

 41,649 2
2 Muayad “Amnesia”

Evhen Zapoteev, Muayad Abdelrakhim

 28,157 4
3 Brykulets “Kryshtali” (Кришталi)

Ivan Ischenko

 10,528 8
4 Ranrawi “Anymore”

Kuzianna Fidelska

 3,431 10
5 Grisana “Kohoney”

Ivan Klymenko, Stanyslav Chornyi, Anastasiia Hritsun, Storm

 13,637 7
6 Slukhai Sashu “Zhyvy” (Живи)

Oleksandra Blyzniukova, Oleksandra Honcharuk

 19,646 6
7 Mon Fia “Dive Inside”

Hannes Volz, Michael C. Fischer, Sofiia Semeniuk

 24,095 5
8 Yagódy (Вероніка Позняк, Валерія Мочарська-Люльчик, Марія Малярчук, Марія Витрикуш, Софія Лешишак) “BramaYa” (БрамаЯ)

Viktoriia Solovyiuk, Serhii Svirskyi, Teymuraz Gogitidze

 31,676 3
9 Starykova Hrystyna “Rise”

Hrystyna Starykova

 9,652 9
10 Fiїnka (Ірина Ярославівна Білак / Ірина Ярославівна Вихованець) “Kultura” (Культура)

Iryna Vyhovanets, Oles Mykhailovych

 79,699 1
Vidbir 2025 participating entries
Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Abiye “Dim” (Дім)

Nataliya Shevchenko-Korovina
DK Enerhetyk “Sil‘” (Cіль)

Vsevolod Shutka, Oleksandr Folyanskyi, Yakiv Marnyi
Fiїnka “Kultura” (Культура)

Iryna Vyhovanets, Oles Mykhailovych
Future Culture “Waste My Time”

Andrii Lytvynenko, Andrii Shulakov, Daria Remez, Oleksii Rudenko, Oleksii Savienkov
Khayat “Honor”

Andrii Khayat
Krylata “Stay True”

Anastasiia Zavadska, Vladyslav Malyi
Masha Kondratenko “No Time to Cry”

Masha Kondratenko, Roman Grisiuk, Stanyslav Malikov
Molodi “My Sea”

Kyrylo Rohovyi, Andrii Parfenov, Anton Chilibi, Ivan Stepanishchev
Vlad Sheryf “Wind of Change”

Vlad Sheriff, Nikita Shkuropat
Ziferblat “Bird of Pray”

Valentyn Leshchynskyi, Danylo Leshchynskyi, Fedir Khodakov

2.3.2.Jury members selection. The three members of the expert jury for Vidbir 2025 were selected among nine candidates via a public online vote on the Diia application, open to all Ukrainian citizens from 16 to 23 December 2024. A total of 442,374 votes were cast, with Jamala, Serhiy Tanchynets [uk] and Kateryna Pavlenko being determined as the jurors.

Jury member selection – 16-23 December 2024
Candidate Occupation(s) Score Result
Andrii Hutsuliak (Андрій Гуцуляк) Winner of Vidbir 2023 and Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 as part of Tvorchi 3.07% Not selected
Anna Svyrydova (Анна Свиридова) Television and radio presenter 1.88% Not selected
Dmytro Shurov (Дмитро Шуров) Musician, music producer of 2023 and 2024 editions of Vidbir 11.48% Not selected
Dymtro Zezyulin (Дмитро Зезюлін) Lead singer and composer of the band Latexfauna 2.91% Not selected
Jamala (Джамала) Winner of Vidbir 2016 and of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 35.28% Selected
Kateryna Pavlenko (Катерина Павленко) Winner of Vidbir 2020 and Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 as part of Go_A 11.84% Selected
Katya Tsaryk (Катерина Царик) Film director and screenwriter 3.31% Not selected
Oleh Psiuk (Олег Псюк) Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as part of Kalush Orchestra 7.12% Not selected
Sasha Chemerov (Олександр Чемеров) Musician, singer and producer 2.88% Not selected
Serhiy Tanchynets (Сергій Танчинець) Music producer, singer and musician 20.24% Selected

.4.Final. The final took place on 8 February 2025. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Alyona Alyona, Jamala, Jerry Heil, Kateryna Pavlenko, Mélovin, Ruslana, Tymofii Muzychuk, Tina Karol and Tvorchi with “Usmikhnysia meni“, Ruslana with “Zakrutyla“, Badstreet Boys with “Eurosong”, and Artem Kotenko and Svitlana Tarabarova with “Hear Me Now”. Ziferblat were declared the winners with the song “Bird of Pray”.

Final – 8 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Vlad Sheryf “Wind of Change” 1 2,302 1 2 10
2 Abiye “Dim“ 2 5,595 3 5 9
3 Molodi “My Sea” 7 70,885 9 16 2
4 Future Culture “Waste My Time” 5 2,338 2 7 8
5 Masha Kondratenko “No Time to Cry” 8 62,439 8 16 3
6 Khayat “Honor” 10 44,299 6 16 4
7 Fiїnka “Kultura“ 6 52,858 7 13 5
8 Krylata “Stay True” 4 11,726 4 8 7
9 Ziferblat “Bird of Pray” 9 90,390 10 19 1
10 DK Enerhetyk “Sil“ 3 19,556 5 8 6

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. Ukraine performed in position 5, following Estonia and preceding Sweden.

Ukraine qualified for the Grand Final, finishing 1st out of 15 participants with 137 points.

In the final, Ukraine performed 7th in the running order, following Spain and preceding United Kingdom. In the final, Ukraine placed 9th with 218 points, finishing in 14th place in the jury voting with 60 points and in 6th place in the televote with 158 points.  While Ukraine and Albania received the same total amount of 218 points, Albania placed higher due to receiving a higher televoting score.

4.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Ukraine in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Ukrainian jury consisted of Dmytro Shurov, Kostiantyn Bocharov, Natela Zatsarynna, Olena Shoptenko-Ivanova and Tetiana Reshetniak. In the first semi-final, Ukraine placed 1st with 137 points, receiving 12 points from Cyprus, Poland, Portugal and Spain. In the final, Ukraine placed 9th with 218 points, receiving 12 points in the televote from Czechia, Poland and Israel. Over the course of the contest, Ukraine awarded 12 points to Norway in the first semi-final, and to Germany (jury) and Lithuania (televote) in the final.

Suspilne appointed Jerry Heil, who together with alyona alyona represented Ukraine in 2024, as its spokesperson to announce the Ukrainian jury’s votes in the final.

4.4.3.1.Points awarded to Ukraine.

Points awarded to Ukraine (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Ukraine (Final)

Points awarded to Ukraine (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Israel
  •  Poland
10 points
  •  Georgia
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
8 points
  •  Cyprus
  •  Rest of the World
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Portugal
7 points
  •  Ireland
  •  Lithuania
6 points
  •  Estonia
  •  France
  •  Italy
  •  Latvia
  •  Montenegro
  •  Georgia
5 points
  •  Slovenia
  •  Sweden
4 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Denmark
  •  Netherlands
  •  San Marino
  •  Sweden
  •  Armenia
  •  Israel
  •  San Marino
  •  Serbia
3 points
  •  Germany
  •  Slovenia
2 points
  •  Croatia
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
  •  Croatia
  •  Denmark
  •  Italy
  •  Lithuania
  •  Spain
1 point
  •  Norway
  •   Switzerland

4.4.3.2.Points awarded by Ukraine.

Points awarded by Ukraine (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Ukraine (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Norway
10 points  Albania
8 points  Croatia
7 points  Portugal
6 points  Netherlands
5 points  Poland
4 points  Sweden
3 points  Estonia
2 points  Iceland
1 point  Slovenia

Points awarded by Ukraine (Final)

Points awarded by Ukraine (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Lithuania  Germany
10 points  Norway  United Kingdom
8 points  Latvia  Italy
7 points  Italy   Switzerland
6 points  Austria  Latvia
5 points  Germany  Estonia
4 points  Sweden  Portugal
3 points  Poland  Luxembourg
2 points  Estonia  Israel
1 point  Israel  Austria

4.4.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Ukrainian jury:

  • Dmytro Shurov
  • Mélovin
  • Natela Zatsarynna
  • Olena Shoptenko-Ivanova
  • Tetiana Reshetniak
Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 9 2
02  Poland 6 5
03  Slovenia 10 1
04  Estonia 8 3
05  Ukraine
06  Sweden 7 4
07  Portugal 4 7
08  Norway 1 12
09  Belgium 11
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 13
12  Albania 2 10
13  Netherlands 5 6
14  Croatia 3 8
15  Cyprus 12
Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 21 13 14 21 8 16 2 10
02  Luxembourg 13 3 7 10 19 8 3 18
03  Estonia 6 2 15 5 17 6 5 9 2
04  Israel 10 15 6 7 10 9 2 10 1
05  Lithuania 12 17 11 12 24 17 1 12
06  Spain 20 20 19 17 22 23 25
07  Ukraine
08  United Kingdom 2 8 1 8 2 2 10 21
09  Austria 7 10 8 11 12 10 1 5 6
10  Iceland 25 21 17 24 25 24 16
11  Latvia 5 4 3 6 6 5 6 3 8
12  Netherlands 11 14 16 16 18 18 12
13  Finland 15 5 23 15 20 14 14
14  Italy 1 7 4 1 9 3 8 4 7
15  Poland 19 22 12 20 16 22 8 3
16  Germany 4 1 5 2 1 1 12 6 5
17  Greece 22 25 9 22 21 20 24
18  Armenia 18 12 10 13 14 15 19
19   Switzerland 3 6 2 3 5 4 7 20
20  Malta 16 11 25 23 15 19 15
21  Portugal 9 9 13 4 7 7 4 13
22  Denmark 17 18 18 18 13 21 22
23  Sweden 8 16 22 9 11 13 7 4
24  France 14 19 20 14 4 11 17
25  San Marino 24 23 24 25 23 25 23
26  Albania 23 24 21 19 3 12 11

Notes.

  1. a^ Teslenko withdrew from the competition before the online voting round was opened.
  2. b^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇦🇱 Albania
  • National selection – Selection process: Festivali i Këngës 63 (Festivali i Këngës në RTSH 2024)
  • Selection date(s): Semi-finals: SF 1, 19 December 2024; SF 2, 20 December 2024; SF 3, 21 December 2024 (nostalgia night) Ι Final: 22 December 2024
  • Host venue: Palace of Congresses, Tirana, Albania
  • Presenter(s): Enkel Demi, Ornela Bregu
  • Musical director:  Ι Artistic director: Elhaida Dani Ι Directed by:  Ι Executive supervisor: 
  • Host broadcaster: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 30 – 30
  • Voting system: Semi-finals: 100% jury vote Ι Final:approx. 73% jury vote, 14% diaspora’s votes, 13% SMS voting
  • Selection entrant: Shkodra Elektronike
  • Selection song: “Zjerm” (Heart)
  • Selected songwriter(s): Beatriçe Gjergji, Lekë Gjeloshi
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 12º SF 1: Qualified (2nd, 122 points)
  • Final result: 26º FI: 8th, 218 points

Albania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Zjerm“, written by Beatriçe Gjergji, Kolë Laca, and Lekë Gjeloshi, and performed by Gjergji and Laca as Shkodra Elektronike. The Albanian participating broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), selected its entry through its traditional national selection competition. Festivali i Këngës.

Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2025 and was later selected to perform in position 12. At the end of the show, ” Zjerm” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Albania placed second out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 122 points. In the final, Albania closed the show in position 26 and placed eighth out of the 26 participating, scoring a total of 218 points. This marked Albania’s highest point total since its debut.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Albania 20 times since its first entry in 2004. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been the fifth place, which was achieved in 2012 with the song “Suus” performed by Rona Nishliu. It accomplished its second-highest placing when first participating in 2004, with the song “The Image of You” performed by Anjeza Shahini, finishing in seventh place. During its tenure in the contest, it failed to qualify for the final eight times. In 2024, it failed to qualify for the final, ultimately placing fifteenth in the semi-finalwith the song “Titan” performed by Besa.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTSH broadcasts the event in the country and organises Festivali i Këngës, an annual music competition which has been consistently used as its national selection format for the contest since its 2004 debut. On 30 September 2024, RTSH confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest, and that Festivali i Këngës would select its entry.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Festivali i Këngës 63. The Albanian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was selected during the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, an annual music competition in Albania organised by RTSH at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana. The event took place between 19 and 22 December 2024 and was hosted by Enkel Demi and Ornela Bregu. The festival featured one category, which also selected Albania’s entry for Eurovision. The broadcaster opened an application period for interested artists and composers to submit their applications on 27 September 2024, lasting until 29 September 2024, and ultimately selected 30 contestants. After the entries were announced, Olsi Bylyku withdrew, but Klea Dina was designated as his replacement. The jury selected 15 finalists, with the final result determined by a combination of votes from a professional jury, votes from abroad cast through an online platform (entitled the “diaspora’s votes”) and SMS voting in Albania and Kosovo.

Festivali i Këngës 63 was the 63rd edition of the annual Albanian music competition Festivali i Këngës, organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). It was held between 19 and 22 December 2024 at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, and it was hosted by Enkel Demi and Ornela Bregu. The winner was Shkodra Elektronike with “Zjerm“, therefore becoming the contestant that will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

2.2.Format. The 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës was organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) took place from 19 to 22 December 2024. The contest consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 20 December, followed by a nostalgia night on 21 December and conclude in the grand final on 22 December. The four live shows were hosted by Enkel Demi and Ornela Bregu, and held at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, Albania.

In June 2024, Albanian singer Elhaida Dani, who won the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, was announced as the artistic director of the contest

2.3.Voting. For the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, a professional jury chaired by Zana Çela, with members Ylljet Aliçka, Alma Bektashi, Florent Boshnjaku, Jonida Maliqi, Merita Rexha Tërshana, and Ramona Tullumani, assessed 30 contestants over the two semi-finals. The jury selected the 15 finalists for the grand final, with the final result determined by both a jury and televoting. After the finalists were announced during the nostalgia night, voters from abroad were able to vote through an online platform, with the votes cast there being entitled the “diaspora’s votes”. In addition to the diaspora’s votes, voters from Albania and Kosovo cast their votes via SMS, with each voter allowed to vote up to five times for their preferred artist’s code. In the final, all 7 members of the jury awarded 12, 10 and 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs, with SMS voting and online voting proportionally awarding 80 and 70 points, respectively.

2.4.Contestants / Competing entries. RTSH initiated an application period for artists and composers interested in participating in the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës from 27 September to 29 September 2024. At the closing of the submission period, 85 entries had been received. A total of 30 artists appeared on the provisional list of artists selected to compete in the festival, which was published on 7 October. The titles of their songs were revealed in batches between 21 October and 15 November.

On 19 November 2024, Olsi Bylyku announced his withdrawal from the contest. Klea Dina was designated as his replacement.

Artist(s) Song Songwriter(s)
Algert Sala “Bosh” Algert Sala
Alis Kallacej “Mjegull” Alis Kallacej, Alban Kondi
Ardit Çuni “Amane” Ardit Çuni, Stivi Ushe
Devis Xherahu “Ka momente” Devis Xherahu, Ertemiona Mejdani, Marly & Santi
Djemtë e Detit “Larg” Timo Flloko, Valentin Markvukaj
Elvana Gjata “Karnaval” Elvana Gjata, Lira Blakaj
Endrik Beba “Ishe ti” Endrik Beba
Epos Grup “Kurajo dhe Zjarr” Algert Kashari
Erma Mici “Mbaje” Kledi Bahiti, Erma Mici, Rozana Radi
Frensi Revania “Rreziko” Frensi Revania, Alban Male
Gjergj Kaçinari “Larg jetës pa ty” Gjergj Kaçinari
Gresa Gjocera “E vërteta” Gresa Gjocera, Endrit Shani
Jet “Gjallë” Elios Shuli, Inis Neziri
Kejsi Jazxhi “Kur bota hesht” Sardi Strugaj, Briz Musaraj
Kleansa Susaj “Ta dija” Pejana Elezi, Kledi Bahiti, Kleansa Susaj
Laurjan Ejlli ft. Adelina Corraj “A thu” Melita Vjerdha, Laorjan Ejlli
Lorenc Hasrama “Frymë” Petro Xhori
Luna Çausholli “Qiell apo ferr” Ermira Çausholli, Luna Çausholli
Mal Retkoceri “Antihero” Mal Retkoceri
Martina Serreqi “Nese qaj” Sardi Strugaj
Mihallaq Andrea “Porositë e babait“ Ardiana Dragoj, Mihallaq Andrea
Nita Latifi “Zemrës“ Nita Latifi, Lorenc Hasrama
Klea Dina (Replacement)

Olsi Bylyku (Withdrawn)

 “Dashuri ndiej“

“Tupanët“

 Drenusha Zajmi, Klea Dina, Agron Dina

Olsi Bylyku
Orgesa Zaimi “I parë“ Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
Rea Nuhu “Sot“ Rea Nuhu
Ronaldo Mesuli “N’zemër“ Ronaldo Mesuli
Santino De Bartolo “Kur nata vjen si bora“ Santino de Bartolo
Shkodra Elektronike “Zjerm“ Beatriçe Gjergji, Lekë Gjeloshi
Stine “E kishim nis“ Stine
Vesa Smolica “Lutem“ Eriona Rushiti

2.5.Shows.

2.5.1.Semi-finals. The semi-finals of Festivali i Këngës took place on 19 and 20 December 2024. The opening of the first semi-final was marked by a performance of the song “Fëmija e parë” by Albanian singer Vaçe Zela interpreted by Elhaida Dani and an accompanying children choir. Albanian rapper Noizy and French singer Slimane were the special guests of the first semi-final. Albanian dancer Klaudia Pepa and singer Aleksandër Gjoka were the special guests of the second semi-final. It further included a performance of K’cimi i Tropojës, which was recently inscribed on the UNESCOIntangible Cultural Heritage list for its cultural significance. 15 contestants competed in each semi-final, with 15 advancing to the grand final.

2.5.1.1.Semi-final 1. 

2.5.1.2.Semi-final 2. 

  • ^a:ab Kleansa Susaj was initially scheduled to perform in the 13th position but ultimately performed after Shkodra Elektronike.

2.5.1.3.Semi-final 3 (Nostalgia night). The nostalgia night of Festivali i Këngës took place on 21 December 2024 at 21:00 CET. The show began with the poem “Mall” by internationally acclaimed Albanian poet Ismail Kadare, interpreted by actor Viktor Zhusti and accompanied by piano music performed by singer Redon Makashi. For the show, the contestants were paired up to perform songs that have competed in previous editions of the contest.

Nostalgia Night–21 December 2024
Draw Artist(s) Song
1
 Martina Sereqi and Stine “E rë pranverore“
2
 Kejsi Jazxhi and Mihallaq Andrea “Mora shoqezën përkrah“
3
 Ardit Çuni and Frensi Revania “Eja“
4
 Elvana Gjata and Shkodra Elektronike “Margjelo“
5
 Gresa Gjocera and Ronaldo Mesuli “Askush s’do ta besojë“
6
 Santino de Bartolo and Djemtë e Detit “Zemër e plagosur“
7
 Luna Çausholli and Nita Latifi “Udhëtoj i menduar“
8
 Endrik Beba and Lorenc Hasrama “Humba pranverën“
9
 Jet, Laurjan Ejlli and Adelina Corraj “Në çdo zemër një herë troket“
10
 Klea Dina and Rea Nuhu “Grurë dhe Këngë“
11
 Gjergj Kaçinari and Kleansa Susaj “Dëshirë dhe heshtje“
12
 Alis Kallacej and Erma Mici “Suus“
13
 Algert Sala and Vesa Smolica “Mirësia dhe e vërteta“
14
 Epos and Mal Retkoceri “Jetoj“
15
 Devis Xherahu and Orgesa Zaimi “Shqipëri o vendi im“

2.1.5.4.Final. The grand final of Festivali i Këngës took place on 22 December 2024 at 21:00 (CET). Kosovo-Albanian rapper MC Kresha with the song “Era” opened the show of the grand final. Xhevdet Ferri’s daughter and Arta Dade were featured with speaking roles during the grand final, while Elhaida Dani spoke and performed a song.Shkodra Elektronike won with the song “Zjerm“, winning both the jury and the televoting. Elvana Gjata with the song “Karnaval” finished second, and Alis Kallaçi with the song “Mjegull” finished third. Additionally, “Zjerm” by Shkodra Elektronike received the Critic’s Choice award, while “Lutem” by Vesa Smolica received the Best Lyrics award.

Final – 22 December 2024
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Online SMS
1
 Jet “Gjallë“ 10 0 1 11 9
2
 Kejsi Jazxhi “Kur bota hesht“ 5 0 0 5 12
3
 Vesa Smolica “Lutem“ 51 0 3 54 4
4
 Stine “E kishim nis“ 0 0 0 0 15
5
 Djemtë e Detit “Larg“ 35 0 2 37 6
6
 Nita Latifi “Zemrës“ 1 0 0 1 14
7
 Gjergj Kaçinari “Larg jetës pa ty“ 11 0 0 11 9
8
 Orgesa Zaimi “I parë“ 20 0 1 21 8
9
 Ardit Çuni “Amane“ 22 2 2 26 7
10
 Algert Sala “Bosh“ 7 0 0 7 11
11
 Shkodra Elektronike “Zjerm“ 78 23 42 143 1
12
 Lorenc Hasrama “Frymë“ 36 1 4 41 5
13
 Elvana Gjata “Karnaval“ 74 42 19 135 2
14
 Mal Retkoceri “Antihero“ 4 1 0 5 12
15
 Alis Kallaçi “Mjegull“ 52 1 6 59 3
Detailed jury results
Draw Song R. Tullumani M. R. Tërshana Y. Aliçka J. Maliqi A. Bektashi F. Boshnjaku Z. Çela Total
1 “Gjallë“ 5 4 1 10
2 “Kur bota hesht“ 5 5
3 “Lutem“ 6 8 7 7 7 8 8 51
4 “E kishim nis“ 0
5 “Larg“ 1 5 8 6 5 6 4 35
6 “Zemrës“ 1 1
7 “Larg jetës pa ty“ 3 2 1 5 11
8 “I parë“ 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 20
9 “Amane“ 2 2 4 4 2 3 5 22
10 “Bosh“ 1 3 3 7
11 “Zjerm“ 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 78
12 “Frymë“ 8 6 1 5 6 4 6 36
13 “Karnaval“ 12 10 10 8 10 12 12 74
14 “Antihero“ 3 1 4
15 “Mjegull“ 7 7 6 10 8 7 7 52

Notes. a^Specifically Gheg Albanian

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 28 January 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Albania was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Albania was set to perform in position 12.

In Albania, all shows were broadcast on RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë and Radio Tirana, with commentary provided by Andri Xhahu live from Tirana.

4.1.Semi-final. Albania performed in position 12, following the entry from San Marino and before the entry from the Netherlands. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Albania placed second out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 122 points, matching its highest ever placing in a semi-final, which was previously achieved in 2012.

4.2.Final. Following the semi-final, Albania was drawn to perform in the second half of the final. The country was later chosen by producers to close the show in position 26, following the entry from San Marino. Shkodra Elektronike once again took part in dress rehearsals on 16 and 17 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 16 May. The duo performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 17 May. Albania placed 8th in the final, scoring 218 points; 173 points from the public televoting and 45 points from the juries. This marked the most amount of points ever scored by an Albanian entry in the contest.

4.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Albania in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Albanian jury consisted of Alfred Kaçinari, Shpëtim Saraçi, Ylljet Aliçka, Blerta Ristani and Mikaela Minga. In the first semi-final, Albania placed 2nd with 122 points, receiving maximum twelve points from the Rest of the World vote. In the final, Albania placed eighth with 218 points, receiving maximum twelve points in the jury vote from France and twelve points in the televote from Greece and Montenegro. This marked the most amount of points ever scored by an Albanian entry in the contest. Over the course of the contest, Albania awarded its 12 points to Cyprus in the first semi-final, and to France (jury) and Greece (televote) in the final.

RTSH appointed Andri Xhahu as its spokesperson to announce the Albanian jury’s votes in the final, marking the thirteenth consecutive contest in which Xhahu served as both commentator and spokesperson.

4.4.3.Voting.

4.4.3.1.Points awarded to Albania.

Points awarded to Albania (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Albania (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Rest of the World
10 points
  •  Croatia
  •  Italy
  •  Poland
  •  Sweden
  •   Switzerland

 Ukraine
8 points  Portugal
7 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Slovenia
6 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Spain
5 points
4 points
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
3 points  Cyprus
2 points
  •  Estonia
  •  Iceland
1 point  San Marino[a]

Points awarded to Albania (Final)

Points awarded to Albania (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
  •  Greece
  •  Montenegro
  France
10 points
  •  Croatia
  •  France
  •  Italy
  •  Rest of the World
  •   Switzerland
  Montenegro
8 points
  •  Germany
  •  San Marino
  •  Slovenia
7 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belgium
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Sweden
6 points  Austria
5 points
  •  Czechia
  •  United Kingdom
  Poland
4 points
  •  Australia
  •  Finland
  •  Malta
  •  Poland
  •  Serbia
  •  Cyprus
  •  Portugal
3 points
  •  Armenia
  •  Georgia
  •  Spain
  •  Italy
  •  Sweden
2 points  Portugal  Greece
1 point
  •  Netherlands
  •  Spain

Points awarded by Albania (Final)

Points awarded by Albania (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Albania (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Cyprus
10 points  Ukraine
8 points  Estonia
7 points  Netherlands
6 points  Sweden
5 points  Iceland
4 points  San Marino
3 points  Norway
2 points  Poland
1 point  Slovenia

Points awarded by Albania (Final)

Points awarded by Albania (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Greece  France
10 points  Italy  Spain
8 points  Luxembourg   Switzerland
7 points  Israel  Austria
6 points  Austria  Greece
5 points  Estonia  Israel
4 points  Germany  Sweden
3 points  San Marino  Netherlands
2 points  Sweden  San Marino
1 point  Netherlands  Portugal

4.4.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Albanian jury:

  • Alfred Kaçinari
  • Shpëtim Saraçi
  • Ylljet Aliçka
  • Blerta Ristani
  • Mikaela Minga
Detailed voting results from Albania (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 6 5
02  Poland 9 2
03  Slovenia 10 1
04  Estonia 3 8
05  Ukraine 2 10
06  Sweden 5 6
07  Portugal 12
08  Norway 8 3
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 7 4
12  Albania
13  Netherlands 4 7
14  Croatia 11
15  Cyprus 1 12
Detailed voting results from Albania (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 24 15 13 20 21 20 12
02  Luxembourg 6 8 20 22 16 16 3 8
03  Estonia 11 14 23 18 25 18 6 5
04  Israel 2 3 8 8 12 6 5 4 7
05  Lithuania 16 25 24 25 15 24 17
06  Spain 5 2 5 7 4 2 10 21
07  Ukraine 19 21 21 12 18 19 14
08  United Kingdom 21 9 12 5 17 15 25
09  Austria 1 4 4 11 14 4 7 5 6
10  Iceland 23 17 19 23 13 22 15
11  Latvia 20 19 14 17 1 11 19
12  Netherlands 8 10 7 4 10 8 3 10 1
13  Finland 18 24 22 24 11 21 13
14  Italy 13 16 10 9 5 13 2 10
15  Poland 14 23 25 19 24 25 16
16  Germany 22 20 2 21 8 12 7 4
17  Greece 3 5 9 3 9 5 6 1 12
18  Armenia 17 13 11 16 22 17 18
19   Switzerland 4 6 18 1 6 3 8 20
20  Malta 25 22 16 15 23 23 22
21  Portugal 7 18 15 14 2 10 1 23
22  Denmark 15 7 6 10 19 14 24
23  Sweden 10 12 1 13 7 7 4 9 2
24  France 9 1 3 2 20 1 12 11
25  San Marino 12 11 17 6 3 9 2 8 3
26  Albania

Notes

  • a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2025
  • Selection date(s): Artist: 4 February 2025 Ι Song: 19 February 2025
  • Host venue: – 
  • Presenter(s): – 
  • Host broadcaster: İctimai Televiziya (İTV)
  • Participants: –
  • Participants – Number of entries: –
  • Voting system: –
  • Selection entrant: Mamagama (Asəf Mişiyev / Asaf Mishiyev (Saphael Mishi), Həsən Heydər / Hasan Heydar (KHVS) və Roman Zilianevə (Roman Zee)
  • Selection song: “Run with U”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Hasan Hayadar, Roman Zee, Sefael Mishiyev
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 10º SF 1: Failed to qualify (15th, 7 points)
  • Final result: –

Azerbaijan was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Run with U”, written by Hasan Hayadar, Roman Zee, and Sefael Mishiyev, and performed by the band Mamagama. The Azerbaijani participating broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya (İTV), internally selected its entry for the contest. Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 10, Azerbaijan was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed last out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final, with 7 points, marking Azerbaijan’s worst result in the contest to date.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, İctimai Televiziya (İTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Azerbaijan sixteen times since its first entry in 2008.[1] It had won the contest on one occasion in 2011 with the song “Running Scared” performed by Ell and Nikki. Since its debut in 2008, it had had a string of successful results, qualifying to the final in every contest until in 2018 when it failed to qualify with the song “X My Heart” performed by Aisel. It had placed in the top ten seven times, including a third-place result in 2009 with the song “Always” performed by AySel and Arash, and a second-place result in 2013 with the song “Hold Me” performed by Farid Mammadov. In 2024, it failed to qualify to the final with the song “Özünlə apar” performed by Fahree featuring Ilkin Dovlatov.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, İTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 3 August 2024. İTV had used various methods to select its entry in the past, including internal selections of both the artist and song, as well as national finals to select its artist followed by an internal selection to determine the song. Between 2011 and 2013, İTV organized a national final titled Milli seçim turu to select the performer, song or both for Eurovision. In 2014, the broadcaster utilised an existing talent show format titled Böyük səhnə where the winning performer would subsequently be given an internally selected song. Since 2015, İTV had internally selected both the artist and song, a procedure which continued for the selection of its 2025 entry.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. On 4 August 2024, İTV announced that both the artist and song that would represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 would be selected internally. Their announcement called for interested artists and songwriters were called upon to submit their applications and entries by 15 September 2024. Songwriters could be of any nationality. 154 submissions were received at the closing of the deadline (49% of which were from local songwriters), from which 12 were selected to proceed to the next stage. Potential performers reported by Azerbaijani media to have been shortlisted by İTV included Mehin Humbatova, Nataone and Murad Arif.

On 4 February 2025, İTV announced that the band Mamagama would represent Azerbaijan. The selection of Mamagama as the Azerbaijani Eurovision contestant was based on the decision of a jury panel consisting of national and international music industry experts; the national members were Elşad Xose (rapper), Diana Hajiyeva (who represented Azerbaijan in 2017), Aysel Teymurzadeh (who represented Azerbaijan in 2009), Heyder (DJ and producer), Faig Sujaddinov (composer), Rain Sultanov (musician), DJ Fateh (presenter and director of İctimai Radio) and Balakishi Gasimov (General Director of İTV). The song to be performed by Mamagama, “Run with U”, was written by Hasan Hayadar, Roman Zee, and band member Sefael Mishiyev, and was presented on 19 February 2025 through the release of the official music video via the official Eurovision Song Contest’s YouTube channel.

3.At Eurovision. Azerbaijan was drawn into the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, performing 10th.

4.1.Voting. 

4.4.3.1.Points awarded to Azerbaijan.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points  San Marino[a]
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

4.4.3.2.Points awarded by Azerbaijan.

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Cyprus
10 points  Estonia
8 points  Norway
7 points  Ukraine
6 points  Albania
5 points  San Marino
4 points  Sweden
3 points  Netherlands
2 points  Slovenia
1 point  Poland

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Final)

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Israel  Israel
10 points  Austria  Italy
8 points  Estonia  Ukraine
7 points  Albania  Estonia
6 points  Norway  Portugal
5 points  Finland  Spain
4 points  Ukraine  Poland
3 points  Sweden  Netherlands
2 points  France  Germany
1 point  Malta   Switzerland

4.4.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry pr:ofessionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Azerbaijani jury:

  • Azer Rauf Aydemir
  • Ramil Adigozal Gasimov
  • Tural Isa Bagmanov
  • Ulviyya Firudin Babirli
  • Ulviyya Ogtay Kerimova
Detailed voting results from Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 12
02  Poland 10 1
03  Slovenia 9 2
04  Estonia 2 10
05  Ukraine 4 7
06  Sweden 7 4
07  Portugal 11
08  Norway 3 8
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan
11  San Marino 6 5
12  Albania 5 6
13  Netherlands 8 3
14  Croatia 14
15  Cyprus 1 12
Detailed voting results from Azerbaijan (Final) 
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 18 21 19 14 22 22 5 6
02  Luxembourg 13 20 14 16 25 20 22
03  Estonia 2 3 22 4 8 4 7 3 8
04  Israel 1 2 1 1 7 1 12 1 12
05  Lithuania 21 12 21 18 17 21 14
06  Spain 4 5 5 13 19 6 5 25
07  Ukraine 3 1 9 6 4 3 8 7 4
08  United Kingdom 24 10 23 5 6 11 23
09  Austria 10 9 15 15 11 15 2 10
10  Iceland 23 24 18 17 15 23 19
11  Latvia 11 8 16 8 10 14 17
12  Netherlands 5 7 17 7 12 8 3 13
13  Finland 17 17 13 11 24 18 6 5
14  Italy 7 4 2 2 1 2 10 15
15  Poland 16 23 4 3 21 7 4 11
16  Germany 9 6 6 10 13 9 2 12
17  Greece 20 22 20 22 18 24 16
18  Armenia 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
19   Switzerland 12 13 7 19 3 10 1 24
20  Malta 14 18 12 12 14 16 10 1
21  Portugal 6 11 8 20 2 5 6 18
22  Denmark 8 15 25 23 16 17 21
23  Sweden 15 25 3 25 9 12 8 3
24  France 25 19 24 24 23 25 9 2
25  San Marino 19 14 11 21 20 19 20
26  Albania 22 16 10 9 5 13 4 7

Notes.

  1. a^ San Marino used a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • National selection – Selection process: Eurosong 2025
  • Selection date(s): 1 February 2025
  • Host venue:
  • Presenter(s):
  • Host broadcaster:  Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT)
  • Participants:
  • Participants – Number of entries:
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: Red Sebastian (Seppe Guido Yvonne Herreman)
  • Selection song: “Strobe Lights”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Astrid Roelants, Billie Bentein, Seppe Herreman, Willem Vanderstichele
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 9º SF 1: Failed to qualify (14th, 23 points)
  • Final result: –

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Strobe Lights”, written by Astrid Roelants, Billie Bentein, Seppe Herreman, and Willem Vanderstichele, and performed by Herreman himself under his stage name Red Sebastian. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), organised the national final Eurosong 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 9, Belgium was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final on 17 May. It was later revealed that Belgium placed 14th out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 23 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Belgium had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-five times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956, only missing the 1994, 1997, and 2001 editions.[1] Since then, the country has won the contest on one occasion in 1986 with the song “J’aime la vie“, performed by Sandra Kim. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Belgium had featured in nine finals. In 2024, “Before the Party’s Over” by Mustii failed to qualify for the final.

The Belgian participation in the contest alternates between two broadcasters: Flemish Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) and French-speaking Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), with both broadcasters sharing broadcasting rights. Both broadcasters and their predecessors had selected the Belgian entries using national finals and internal selections in the past. In 2023, VRT organised the national final Eurosong in order to select the Belgian entry, while in 2024, RTBF opted for an internal selection. On 8 May 2024, VRT confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest and announced that it would select its entry through the national final Eurosong 2025.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Eurosong 2025. Eurosong 2025 was the national final developed by VRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition consisted of two pre-recorded showcase shows on 18 and 25 January 2025, followed by a live final on 1 February 2025. All three shows were hosted by Peter Van de Veire and broadcast on VRT 1, as well as on the broadcaster’s online streaming platform VRT Max and internationally via the Eurovision Song Contest’s official YouTube channel.

2.2.Format. Eight artists were sought to compete in Eurosong. The competition included two non-competitive showcase shows that were broadcast on 18 and 25 January 2025. Each shows featured four of the eight artists presenting their candidate Eurovision song without any staging and a cover version of a past Eurovision Song Contest song. The final took place on 1 February 2025, where the winner was chosen by an expert jury and public televoting.

The jury panel consisted of:

  • Gustaph – singer and vocal coach, represented Belgium in 2023
  • Bart Cannaerts – television presenter and comedian
  • Merol – Dutch singer and actress
  • Emmelie de Forest – Danish singer-songwriter, winner of the 2013 contest
  • André Vermeulen – journalist and Eurovision specialist
  • Els Germonpré – music coordinator for VRT 1
  • Leslie Cable – Eurovision Head of Delegation for Wallonian broadcaster RTBF
  • Stephan Monsieur – chairman of OGAE Belgium
  • Jasper van Biesen – author of 65 Years of Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest
  • Indy van Cauwenbergh – choreographer
  • Kim Debrie – presenter at Radio 2
  • Anja Daems – presenter at Radio 2
  • Laura Govaerts – presenter at MNM
  • Imane Boudadi – director and presenter at MNM
  • Nona Van Braeckel – digital creative at Studio Brussel

2.3.Competing entries. An application period for record labels, artist managers and producers to propose artists was opened in May 2024, and an A&R Team (Arts and Repertoire) consisting of music and media experts from VRT, which among its members included editor-in-chief Cliff Vrancken and general music coordinator Gerrit Kerremans, shortlisted several artists to submit two songs by September 2024. A jury panel consisting of radio, television and music experts selected eight artists for the competition following several auditions rounds at the Reyerstoren in Brussels, with their candidate Eurovision songs being selected together with VRT. The names of the eight acts were announced on 11 November 2024. The candidate Eurovision songs to be performed by the artists were announced on 13 January 2025, along with 18-second snippets of each entry.

Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Grace “Pull Up” English, Lingala
  • Ameerah A. Roelants
  • Grace Khuabi
  • Willem Vanderstichele
Jelle van Dael “Monster” English
  • Jelle van Dael
  • Lindi Konings
  • Udo Mechels
  • Willem Vanderstichele
Le Manou “Fille à papa“ French
  • Manou Maerten
  • Willem Vanderstichele
Leez “Perfectly Imperfect” English
  • Lisa van Rossem
  • Loek van der Grinten
  • Philipine Nancy Corporaal
  • Will Knox
Lenn “Air Balloon” English
  • Len Neefs
  • Willem Vanderstichele
Mentissa “Désolée“ French
  • Lili Louise Musique/La Passée Editions
  • Mentissa Mpatha Ngandu
  • Vianney Bureau
Red Sebastian “Strobe Lights” English
  • Ameerah A. Roelants
  • Billie Bentein 
  • Seppe Herreman
  • Willem Vanderstichele
Stefanie Callebaut “Gloria” English
  • Jeroen Swinnen
  • Stefanie Callebaut

2.4.Shows.

2.4.1.Showcases. The two showcase shows were filmed on 10 and 14 December 2024 at the VRT Studio 5 in Brussels and aired on 18 and 25 January 2025. In each show, four competing artists performed their candidate song for Eurovision without any staging and a cover version of a past Eurovision song.

Show 1 – 18 January 2025
Draw Artist Song Cover (Original artist)
1 Grace “Pull Up” “Voilà” (Barbara Pravi)
2 Leez “Perfectly Imperfect” “Heroes” (Måns Zelmerlöw)
3 Le Manou “Fille à papa“ “J’aime la vie” (Sandra Kim)
4 Lenn “Air Balloon” “Ik heb zorgen” / “Jennifer Jennings” (Louis Neefs)
Show 2 – 25 January 2025
Draw Artist Song Cover (Original artist)
1 Jelle van Dael “Monster” “City Lights” (Blanche)
2 Mentissa “Désolée“ “Rise Like a Phoenix” (Conchita Wurst)
3 Stefanie Callebaut “Gloria” “Tattoo” (Loreen)
4 Red Sebastian “Strobe Lights” “Arcade” (Duncan Laurence)

2.4.2.Final. The final took place on 1 February 2025 at the EMG Studio 7 in Vilvoorde.Each artist performed their candidate Eurovision song and the winner, “Strobe Lights” performed by Red Sebastian, was selected by the combination of results from an expert jury and a public televote. The public and the jury each had a total of 585 points to award. Each member of the jury awarded points from 1-7, 8 and 10, while the televote awarded points based on the percentage of votes each song achieved. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 585 points rounded to the nearest integer: 59 points. Four of the jury members also provided commentary and feedback on the songs during the show: Gustaph, Bart Cannaerts, Merol, and Emmelie de Forest.

In addition to the competing entries, the show was opened by jury member Gustaph who performed his 2023 entry “Because of You”. Interval acts were Tom Dice performing his 2010 entry “Me and My Guitar”, and jury member Emmelie de Forest performing her 2013 winning song “Only Teardrops”.

Final – 1 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Leez “Perfectly Imperfect” 72 72 144 2
2 Le Manou “Fille à papa“ 54 21 75 8
3 Jelle van Dael “Monster” 68 47 115 4
4 Mentissa “Désolée“ 73 58 131 3
5 Lenn “Air Balloon” 55 27 82 7
6 Stefanie Callebaut “Gloria” 70 41 111 5
7 Red Sebastian “Strobe Lights” 132 291 423 1
8 Grace “Pull Up” 61 28 89 6

3.Ratings. 

Viewing figures by show
Show Date Viewers
Showcase show 1 18 January 2025 528,705
Showcase show 2 25 January 2025 417,628
Final 1 February 2025 683,547

4.At Eurovision. Red Sebastian competed for Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. He competed in the First Semi-Final on the May 13th, competing 9th in the running order. Despite Red Sebastian having an 88% chance of qualification and being 5th in the overall odds to win Eurovision, he finished 14th with 23 points, meaning that he failed to qualify for the Grand Final.

Belgium received 23 points in total during Semi-Final 1, tied in points with Slovenia. However, due to Slovenia receiving points from more countries than Belgium, they finished ahead of Belgium.

5.4.3.Voting.

5.4.3.1.Points awarded to Belgium.

Points awarded to Belgium (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Belgium (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  San Marino[a]
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Netherlands
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point  Estonia

5.4.3.2.Points awarded by Belgium.

Points awarded by Belgium (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Belgium (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Netherlands
10 points  Poland
8 points  Sweden
7 points  Albania
6 points  Ukraine
5 points  Iceland
4 points  Estonia
3 points  Portugal
2 points  Norway
1 point  San Marino

Points awarded by Belgium (Final)

Points awarded by Belgium (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Israel  Austria
10 points  Poland  Estonia
8 points  France   Switzerland
7 points  Albania  Latvia
6 points  Greece  Sweden
5 points  Netherlands  Italy
4 points  Sweden  Finland
3 points  Austria  Netherlands
2 points  Estonia  Poland
1 point  Italy  Germany

5.4.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Belgian jury:

  • Hans Francken
  • Indy Van Cauwenberg
  • Xavier Taveirne
  • Billie Leyers
  • Noémie Wolfs
Detailed voting results from Belgium (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 6 5
02  Poland 2 10
03  Slovenia 12
04  Estonia 7 4
05  Ukraine 5 6
06  Sweden 3 8
07  Portugal 8 3
08  Norway 9 2
09  Belgium
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 10 1
12  Albania 4 7
13  Netherlands 1 12
14  Croatia 13
15  Cyprus 11
Detailed voting results from Belgium (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 17 21 16 14 17 18 21
02  Luxembourg 26 25 13 20 18 22 13
03  Estonia 4 7 3 4 3 2 10 9 2
04  Israel 21 26 12 24 8 15 1 12
05  Lithuania 9 11 20 11 15 12 16
06  Spain 18 18 14 22 22 21 14
07  Ukraine 8 15 23 12 12 13 11
08  United Kingdom 22 14 22 23 10 17 26
09  Austria 5 1 4 1 1 1 12 8 3
10  Iceland 16 17 24 21 25 24 17
11  Latvia 10 3 11 2 2 4 7 19
12  Netherlands 3 6 7 7 9 8 3 6 5
13  Finland 2 4 5 18 11 7 4 12
14  Italy 13 10 2 6 4 6 5 10 1
15  Poland 14 12 6 8 6 9 2 2 10
16  Germany 6 9 10 17 7 10 1 15
17  Greece 23 13 15 10 26 16 5 6
18  Armenia 20 22 19 15 19 23 18
19   Switzerland 12 5 1 3 5 3 8 23
20  Malta 25 16 17 13 23 19 25
21  Portugal 24 23 25 25 20 26 20
22  Denmark 7 8 9 9 16 11 22
23  Sweden 1 2 18 5 14 5 6 7 4
24  France 11 19 8 16 21 14 3 8
25  San Marino 15 24 26 26 24 25 24
26  Albania 19 20 21 19 13 20 4 7

Notes

  • a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • National selection – Selection process: DORA 2025. (Hrvatski izbor za pjesmu Eurovizije)
  • Selection date(s) – Semi-finals: February 2025, February 2025 Ι Final: 2 March 2025
  • Host venue: Sportska dvorana “Marino Cvetković”, Opatija, 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • Presenter(s):
  • Host broadcaster: Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)
  • Participants: 24 (16)
  • Participants – Number of entries:
  • Voting system: Semi-finals: 100% Televote Ι Final: 50% Jury
    50% Televote
  • Selection entrant: Marko Bošnjak
  • Selection song: “Poison Cake”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Bas Wissink, Ben Pyne, Emma Gale, Filip Majdak, Marko Bošnjak
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 14º SF 1: Failed to qualify (12th, 28 points)
  • Final result: –

Croatia  was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Poison Cake”, written by Bas Wissink, Ben Pyne, Emma Gale, Filip Majdak and Marko Bošnjak, and performed by Bošnjak himself. The Croatian participating broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), organised the national final Dora 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Croatia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, which took place on 13 May 2025 and was later selected to perform in position 14. At the end of the show, Croatia was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Croatia placed 12th out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final, with 28 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Croatia 29 times since its first entry in 1993. Its best result in the contest was second, achieved in 2024 with the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” performed by Baby Lasagna. This was also its first top-five finish since “Marija Magdalena” by Doris Dragović in 1999. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Croatia had thus far featured in nine finals.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, HRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest on 20 September 2024. Between 1993 and 2011, HRT organised the national final Dora in order to select its entry, while it opted to internally select its entry in 2012 and 2013. After missing the contest in 2014 and 2015, HRT continued the internal selection procedure between 2016 and 2018. Since 2019, it has used Dora to select its entry, a method that was continued for its 2025 participation.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Dora 2025. Dora 2025 was the twenty-sixth edition of the national selection Dora organised by HRT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 27 and 28 February 2025 and a final on 2 March 2025, all taking place at the Marino Cvetković Sports Hall in Opatija and hosted by Duško Čurlić and Barbara Kolar with Zlata Mück Sušec hosting segments from the green room. All shows were broadcast on HRT 1, via radio on HR 2, and online via the streaming service HRTi as well as via Dora‘s official YouTube channel and the broadcaster’s website hrt.hr.

2.1.1.Format. Twelve entries performed in each semi-final, with eight qualifying for the final based on the results of a public televote. The winner of the final was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from the public and a jury composed of four national panels – Osijek, Rijeka, Split and Zagreb – and four international panels – Helsinki, Ljubljana, Madrid and Yerevan; each of these panels consisted of three music industry professionals. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 464 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points following the same pattern used in the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through telephone and SMS voting; for example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 464 points rounded to the nearest integer: 46 points.

2.1.2.Competing entries. On 20 September 2024, HRT opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster with the deadline on 15 November 2024. 221 entries were received by the broadcaster during the submission period, a new record since Dora was relaunched in 2019. A seven-member expert committee consisting of Željen Klašterka (musician and composer), Tihomir Preradović (composer and music producer), Monika Lelas (radio host and editor), Ivan Pešut (musician, music producer, composer and guitarist), Jelena Balent (music editor and singer), Davor Medaković (music editor) and Luka Grgić (stage director) reviewed the received submissions and selected twenty-four artists and songs as well as four backup entries for the competition. HRT announced the competing entries on 5 December 2024 and among the competing artists were Magazin, who represented Croatia in 1995, and Marko Škugor, who represented Croatia in 2013 as a member of Klapa s Mora.

On 24 December 2024, HRT announced that Lara feat. LSQ had withdrawn from the contest, and that they would be replaced by Swingers. On 7 January 2025, HRT announced that Natalie Balmix was disqualified due to submitting a finalised version of her entry that was “more than 50 percent musically and lyrically changed”, and that she would be replaced by Fenksta.   

Dora 2025 contestants
Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Ananda “Lies Lay Cold”

Ananda Đuranović, Andreas Björkman, Jonas Ekdahl
EoT “Bye Bye Bye”

Boris Kolarić, Goran Glavač, Maja Kolarić
Fenksta 

Replacement entry

 “Extra“

Bill Cole, Saša Stević
Filomena “Strong”

Filomena Puljiz, Domagoj Perišić
Irma “Enigma”

Ananda Đuranović, Andreas Björkman
Ivxn “Monopol“

Ananda Đuranović, Ivan Milić, Andreas Björkman, Jonas Ekdahl
Jelena Radan “Salut!“

Anita Valo, Matej Zec, Meri Jaman, Robster Martin
Lara feat. LSQ

Entry withdrawn/disqualified

 “Mama“

Miroslav Lesić, Lea Dekleva
Laurakojapjeva [hr] “NPC”

Laura Sučec, Matej Magdić
Lelek “The Soul of My Soul”

Filip Lacković, Tomislav Roso
Luka Nižetić “Južina“

Luka Nižetić
Magazin “AaAaA”

Ivan Huljić, Tonči Huljić
Marin Jurić Čivro “Gorjelo je“

Ivan Dečak
Marko Bošnjak “Poison Cake”

Bas Wissink, Ben Pyne, Emma Gale, Filip Majdak, Marko Bošnjak
Marko Škugor “Šta da Boga molim ja“

Hrvoje Domazet, Marko Škugor
Marko Tolja “Through the Dark”

Ivan Popeskić, Marko Tolja, Mia Dimšić
Martha May “Running to the Light”

Cormac Todd, Marta Ivić, Matteo Depares
Matt Shaft “Welcome to the Circus”

Laura Sučec, Matej Magdić
Natalie Balmix 

Entry withdrawn/disqualified

 “Život ide dalje“

Darko Dimitrov, Natali Rajko ,vićAida Baraku
Natalli “Dom si srcu mom“

Alka Vuica, Hrvoje Domazet, Marija Mirković 
Nipplepeople “Znak“

Nipplepeople
Ogenj “Daj, daj“

Andrija Bricelj, Benjamin Fabić, Leonardo Ivačić, Neven Žnidar, Petar Šimčić, Tomislav Mihac Kovačic
Petar Brkljačić “Kraj“

Hrvoje Domazet, Ivona Zgrabljić, Petar Brkljačić
Supersonic Trio “Animal”

Leo Anđelković, Luka Banić, Mario Huljev
Swingers 

Replacement entry

 “Ful kul (Full Cool)”

Robert Mareković, Swingers
Teenah “Aurora”

Charlie Mason, Linda Persson, Siniša Reljić, Valentina Gyerek, Ylva Persson, Silvia Steiner
Backup entries
# Artist Song Songwriter(s)
1 Swingers “Ful kul“

Robert Mareković, Swingers
2 Fenksta “Extra“

Bill Cole, Saša Stević
3 Patricia Gasparini “Karma“

Đivo Bjelančić, Ervin Bešić, Patricia Gašparini
4 llyricum “Tananai“

Aleksandar Valenčić, Andrej Babić, Davor Lovrinić

Semi-finals. The two semi-finals took place on 27 and 28 February 2025. The eight qualifiers for the final from each semi-final were determined exclusively by a public televote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Nina Badrić, who represented Croatia in 2012, performed as an interval act during the first semi-final, while Alessandra Mele, who represented Norway in 2023, performed as an interval act during the second semi-final.

Semi-final 1 – 27 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
Phone SMS Total
1 Matt Shaft “Welcome to the Circus” 2,876 2,602 5,478 5
2 Jelena Radan “Salut“ 1,508 768 2,276 10
3 Nipplepeople “Znak“ 2,127 2,432 4,559 6
4 Swingers “Ful kul” 1,093 507 1,600 11
5 Martha May “Running to the Light” 1,203 341 1,544 12
6 Lelek “The Soul of My Soul” 2,842 2,752 5,594 4
7 Teenah “Aurora” 1,576 889 2,465 9
8 Ivxn “Monopol“ 2,043 1,850 3,893 7
9 Marko Tolja “Through the Dark” 4,197 1,673 5,870 2
10 Magazin “AaAaA” 4,349 2,111 6,460 1
11 Natalli “Dom si srcu mom“ 1,725 787 2,512 8
12 EoT “Bye Bye Bye” 2,723 2,903 5,626 3
Semi-final 2 – 28 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
Phone SMS Total
1 Laurakojapjeva “NPC” 2,188 1,732 3,920 5
2 Marko Škugor “Šta da Boga molim ja“ 2,986 1,023 4,009 4
3 Fenksta “Extra“ 1,738 1,942 3,680 6
4 Marin Jurić Čivro “Gorjelo je“ 1,441 634 2,075 12
5 Filomena “Strong” 1,916 770 2,686 7
6 Supersonic Trio “Animal” 1,272 1,064 2,336 10
7 Irma “Enigma” 1,417 915 2,332 11
8 Luka Nižetić “Južina“ 3,512 2,204 5,716 3
9 Ananda “Lies Lay Cold” 1,531 918 2,449 9
10 Marko Bošnjak “Poison Cake” 3,487 2,932 6,419 2
11 Petar Brkljačić “Kraj“ 1,751 895 2,646 8
12 Ogenj “Daj, daj“ 6,798 7,314 14,112 1

Final. The final took place on 2 March 2025 and featured the 16 qualifiers from the preceding two semi-finals. The winner, “Poison Cake” performed by Marko Bošnjak, was decided by a combination of votes from a professional jury and the Croatian public via televoting.

Final – 2 March 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Phone SMS Total Points
1 EoT “Bye Bye Bye” 30 4,488 4,844 9,332 21 51 8
2 Natalli “Dom si srcu mom“ 2 2,549 987 3,536 8 10 15
3 Ivxn “Monopol“ 19 2,470 2,610 5,080 11 30 10
4 Filomena “Strong” 0 2,549 1,480 4,029 9 9 16
5 Fenksta “Extra“ 16 2,924 3,672 6,596 15 31 9
6 Laurakojapjeva “NPC” 12 3,519 3,626 7,145 16 28 12
7 Nipplepeople “Znak“ 52 3,738 4,843 8,581 19 71 7
8 Ogenj “Daj, daj“ 42 15,071 19,990 35,061 78 120 2
9 Petar Brkljačić “Kraj“ 14 2,071 1,392 3,463 8 22 14
10 Matt Shaft “Welcome to the Circus” 2 5,069 6,537 11,606 26 28 11
11 Marko Škugor “Šta da Boga molim ja“ 10 5,241 2,289 7,530 17 27 13
12 Magazin “AaAaA” 62 14,339 7,607 21,946 49 111 3
13 Marko Bošnjak “Poison Cake” 83 8,537 12,633 21,170 47 130 1
14 Marko Tolja “Through the Dark” 42 9,492 4,714 14,206 32 74 6
15 Lelek “The Soul of My Soul” 33 12,299 18,424 30,723 69 102 4
16 Luka Nižetić “Južina“ 45 8,925 8,388 17,313 39 84 5
Detailed jury votes
Draw Song
Ljubljana
Rijeka
Madrid
Split
Yerevan
Osijek
Helsinki
Zagreb
 Total
1 “Bye Bye Bye” 4 6 6 5 5 4 30
2 “Dom si srcu mom“ 1 1 2
3 “Monopol“ 1 12 1 5 19
4 “Strong” 0
5 “Extra” 8 7 1 16
6 “NPC” 2 3 3 3 1 12
7 “Znak“ 7 5 7 4 6 8 10 5 52
8 “Daj, daj“ 10 3 7 4 6 6 6 42
9 “Kraj“ 1 3 8 2 14
10 “Welcome to the Circus” 2 2
11 “Šta da Boga molim ja“ 3 2 1 4 10
12 “AaAaA“ 2 4 10 12 8 7 7 12 62
13 “Poison Cake” 12 10 12 8 10 12 12 7 83
14 “Through the Dark” 5 12 8 5 2 2 8 42
15 “The Soul of My Soul” 6 8 5 7 4 3 33
16 “Južina“ 6 4 10 2 10 3 10 45
Members of the Jury
Jury Members
Ljubljana Aleksander Radić, Filip Vidušin, Lea Sirk
Rijeka Albert Petrović, Mia Negovetić, Tina Vukov
Madrid César Vallejo, Alberto Jiménez, Irene Mahía
Split Eduard Gracin, Antonia Dora Pleško, Vinko Didović
Yerevan David Tserunyan, Anushik Ter-Ghukasyan, Arthur Manukyan
Osijek Marina Ban, Zvonimir Husnjak, Dora Vestić
Helsinki Jaakko Oleander-Turja, Eva Frantz, Juulia Haverinen
Zagreb Đurđica Ivanković, Bojan Šalamon Shalla, Antonela Đinđić

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 28 January 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Croatia was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final.[23] The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Croatia was set to perform in position 14.

In Croatia, all shows were broadcast on HRT 1 and HR 2.

3.1.Semi-final. Croatia performed in position 14, following the entry from Netherlands and before the entry from the Cyprus. At the end of the show, the country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.

3.2.Voting. 

3.2.1.Points awarded to Croatia.

Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Croatia (Semi-final 1)
Points Televote
12 points  Slovenia
10 points
8 points  Ukraine
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
  •  Poland
  •  Rest of the World
  •  San Marino[a]
1 point
  •  Netherlands
  •  Sweden

3.2.2.Points awarded by Croatia.

Points awarded by Croatia (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Croatia (Semi-final 1)
Points Televote
12 points  Estonia
10 points  Albania
8 points  Sweden
7 points  Iceland
6 points  Slovenia
5 points  Norway
4 points  Ukraine
3 points  Netherlands
2 points  San Marino
1 point  Poland

Points awarded by Croatia (Final)

Points awarded by Croatia (Final)
Points Televote Jury
12 points  Estonia  Italy
10 points  Albania  Austria
8 points  Sweden   Switzerland
7 points  Finland  Latvia
6 points  Italy  Israel
5 points  Austria  Estonia
4 points  Norway  Greece
3 points  Germany  Sweden
2 points  Ukraine  Ukraine
1 point  Iceland  Norway

3.2.3.Detailed voting results. The members of the Croatian jury were:

  • Miroslav Lesić
  • Tihomir Preradović
  • Antonela Doko 
  • Mia Negovetić
  • Monika Lelas Halambek
Detailed voting results from Croatia (Semi-final 1)
R/O Country Jury 
Rank Points
01  Iceland 4 7
02  Poland 10 1
03  Slovenia 5 6
04  Estonia 1 12
05  Ukraine 7 4
06  Sweden 3 8
07  Portugal 12
08  Norway 6 5
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 9 2
12  Albania 2 10
13  Netherlands 8 3
14  Croatia
15  Cyprus 11
Detailed voting by Croatia
R/O Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 9 16 19 15 4 10 1 7 4
02  Luxembourg 22 23 18 19 15 22 22
03  Estonia 7 6 2 2 17 6 5 1 12
04  Israel 5 10 4 4 3 5 6 12
05  Lithuania 18 24 23 18 14 21 14
06  Spain 17 15 9 8 13 11 19
07  Ukraine 11 17 6 9 8 9 2 9 2
08  United Kingdom 19 22 20 17 19 23 24
09  Austria 2 1 5 6 2 2 10 6 5
10  Iceland 20 18 25 16 26 24 10 1
11  Latvia 4 4 7 1 20 4 7 17
12  Netherlands 13 11 15 14 22 17 11
13  Finland 21 19 21 12 5 12 4 7
14  Italy 1 2 1 5 1 1 12 5 6
15  Poland 12 21 24 21 9 18 13
16  Germany 24 8 12 24 21 15 8 3
17  Greece 6 5 14 10 7 7 4 15
18  Armenia 14 12 16 23 11 16 23
19   Switzerland 3 3 3 3 6 3 8 21
20  Malta 23 20 22 26 16 25 18
21  Portugal 10 13 11 11 23 13 25
22  Denmark 16 25 17 20 10 20 26
23  Sweden 8 7 8 7 18 8 3 3 8
24  France 15 14 10 13 12 14 16
25  San Marino 26 26 26 25 25 26 20
26  Albania 25 9 13 22 24 19 2 10

Notes.

  1. a^San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2025
  • Selection date(s): Artist: 2 September 2024 Ι Song: 11 March 2025
  • Host venue: RVK Studios, Reykjavík
  • Presenter(s): Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir og Fannar Sveinsson
  • Host broadcaster: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου, Radiofonikó Ídryma Kýprou; Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu) (CyBC, ΡΙΚ, RIK, KRYK)
  • Participants – Number of entries: –
  • Voting system: –
  • Selection entrant: Theo Evan (Θεο Έβαν; Evangelos Theodorou,  Ευάγγελος Θεοδώρου)
  • Selection song: “Shh”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Dimitris Kontopoulos, Elke Tiel, Elsa Søllesvik, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 15º SF 1: Failed to qualify (11th, 44 points)
  • Final result: –

Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Shh”, written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Elke Tiel, Elsa Søllesvik, Lasse Nymann, and Linda Dale, and performed by Theo Evan. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 15, Cyprus was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed 11th out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 44 points, missing the qualification by just 2 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Cyprus forty times since its debut in the 1981 contest. Its best placing was at the 2018 contest where Eleni Foureira placed second with “Fuego“. Before that, its best result was fifth, achieved three times: in the 1982 competition with the song “Mono i agapi” performed by Anna Vissi, in the 1997 edition with “Mana mou” performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the 2004 contest with “Stronger Every Minute” performed by Lisa Andreas. Its least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song “Tora zo” by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with “Tha’ne erotas” by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points. After returning to the contest in 2015 following its absence in the 2014 edition due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster’s budget restrictions, it has qualified for the final of all the contests except in 2022, when “Ela” performed by Andromache failed to advance from the semi-finals. In 2024, “Liar” performed by Silia Kapsis qualified for the final, where it ultimately placed 15th. 

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, CyBC organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. It had used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Since 2016, the broadcaster had opted to select the entry internally without input from the public; in 2024, Fame Story, the Greek version of the talent show Star Academy, was initially announced as the Cypriot national final, however, the plans were later abandoned due to a dispute with the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT).

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. In July 2024, it was reported that the search for the Cypriot representative for the 2025 contest was underway, and that CyBC intended to select an entrant who – unlike the country’s representatives in 2023 (Andrew Lambrou) and 2024 (Silia Kapsis) – was based in Cyprus. The selection was to be carried out by a focus group composed of music professionals and Eurovision experts. By late August 2024, the artist and song had reportedly been selected, with the entrant, Theo Evan, announced on 2 September.[10] The song, titled “Shh”, was released on 11 March; it was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Elke Tiel, Elsie Bay, Lasse Nymann, and Linda Dale. 

3.At Eurovision.

3.1.Voting. 

3.1.1.Points awarded to Cyprus.

Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 1)
Points Televote
12 points
  •  Albania
  •  Azerbaijan
10 points  Slovenia
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
  •  Portugal
  •  San Marino[a]
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

3.1.2.Points awarded by Cyprus.

Points awarded by Cyprus (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Cyprus (Semi-final 1)
Points Televote
12 points  Ukraine
10 points  Netherlands
8 points  Estonia
7 points  Iceland
6 points  Norway
5 points  Sweden
4 points  Poland
3 points  Albania
2 points  San Marino
1 point  Slovenia

Points awarded by Cyprus (Final)

Points awarded by Cyprus (Final)
Points Televote Jury
12 points  Greece  Greece
10 points  Israel  France
8 points  Ukraine  Netherlands
7 points  Estonia  Austria
6 points  Austria   Switzerland
5 points  Norway  Israel
4 points  Poland  Albania
3 points  France  Italy
2 points  Armenia  Sweden
1 point  Netherlands  San Marino

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Cypriot jury:

  • Charis Savva
  • Michael Messios
  • Chariklia Strouthou
  • Helena Olympiou
  • Maria Hari
Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 4 7
02  Poland 7 4
03  Slovenia 10 1
04  Estonia 3 8
05  Ukraine 1 12
06  Sweden 6 5
07  Portugal 11
08  Norway 5 6
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 9 2
12  Albania 8 3
13  Netherlands 2 10
14  Croatia 12
15  Cyprus
Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 18 17 18 15 16 22 6 5
02  Luxembourg 14 15 7 13 21 12 21
03  Estonia 12 16 20 14 10 16 4 7
04  Israel 9 6 6 4 26 6 5 2 10
05  Lithuania 21 18 21 22 15 24 14
06  Spain 22 8 19 12 13 13 17
07  Ukraine 20 25 13 25 18 23 3 8
08  United Kingdom 23 24 26 9 17 21 22
09  Austria 11 2 4 6 3 4 7 5 6
10  Iceland 24 11 12 21 12 17 20
11  Latvia 17 21 17 18 25 25 19
12  Netherlands 4 7 3 3 6 3 8 10 1
13  Finland 15 10 22 20 9 15 15
14  Italy 6 12 11 8 7 8 3 12
15  Poland 26 19 25 26 19 26 7 4
16  Germany 25 22 9 23 11 18 13
17  Greece 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 12
18  Armenia 8 9 24 24 23 14 9 2
19   Switzerland 3 13 5 5 4 5 6 24
20  Malta 19 14 15 17 14 20 16
21  Portugal 13 26 10 7 20 11 23
22  Denmark 16 20 14 10 24 19 26
23  Sweden 7 23 8 11 8 9 2 11
24  France 2 3 2 2 2 2 10 8 3
25  San Marino 10 4 16 19 22 10 1 25
26  Albania 5 5 23 16 5 7 4 18

Notes.

  • a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
  • National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2025
  • Selection date(s): Artist: 19 December 2024 Ι Song: March 2025
  • Host venue: –
  • Presenter(s): –
  • Host broadcaster:  Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) – AVROTROS
  • Participants – Number of entries: –
  • Voting system: –
  • Selection entrant: Claude
  • Selection song: “C’est la vie”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Claude Kiambe, Léon Palmen, Arno Krabman, Joren van der Voort
  • Final performance:  
  • Semi-final result: 13º SF 1: Qualified (3rd, 121 points)
  • Final result: 12th, 175 points

The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “C’est la vie“, written by Arno Krabman, Claude Kiambe, Joren van der Voort, and Léon Paul Palmen, and performed by Claude himself. The Dutch participating broadcaster, AVROTROS, internally selected its entry for the contest. Claude’s appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 19 December 2024, while the song, “C’est la vie“, was presented to the public on 27 February 2025.

The Netherlands was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 13, “C’est la vie” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 17 May. It was later revealed that the Netherlands placed third out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 121 points. In the final, the Netherlands performed in position 12 and placed twelfth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 175 points

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, AVROTROS and its predecessor national broadcasters had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the Netherlands sixty-four times since NTS’s debut in the inaugural contest in 1956. Since then, they had won the event five times: in 1957 with the song “Net als toen” performed by Corry Brokken, in 1959 with the song “‘n Beetje” by Teddy Scholten, in 1969 as one of four countries to tie for first place with “De troubadour” by Lenny Kuhr, in 1975 with “Ding-a-dong” by the group Teach-In, and in 2019 with “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, they had featured in nine finals. They ended last on five occasions, most recently in the second semi-final of the 2011 contest. In 2024, “Europapa” by Joost Klein placed second in its semi-final and qualified for the final, but was disqualified due to a backstage incident involving Klein and a production staff member. This incident was subsequently investigated by Swedish prosecutors, who later dropped the case after concluding that no criminal conduct could be proven.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, AVROTROS organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has used various methods to select the Dutch entry in the past, such as the Nationaal Songfestival, a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Internal selections have also been held on occasion, including every year since 2013. On 23 October 2024, AVROTROS confirmed its participation in the 2025 contest, announcing that it would continue to internally select its entry after Klein declined its offer to represent the Netherlands for a second consecutive time.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. A submission period was opened by AVROTROS on 23 October 2024 where artists and composers were able to submit their entries until 22 November 2024. Artists had to be affiliated with a record company or label and have recent stage experience, while songwriters were not required to indicate a performer for their song, who would be selected afterwards; however, precedence would be given to complete submissions. Each artist and songwriter was able to submit a maximum of three songs.331 submissions were received by the broadcaster at the closing of the deadline, and among the artists involved included former Dutch Eurovision entrants Gerard Joling (1988), Anouk (2013) and Douwe Bob (2016).

On 19 December 2024, AVROTROS announced that it had selected Claude to represent the Netherlands at the 2025 contest. The selection of Claude as the Dutch representative was carried out by a committee consisting of singers Jacqueline Govaert and Jaap Reesema, radio DJs Carolien Borgers, Hila Noorzai and Sander Lantinga, and television host and author Cornald Maas, following a final audition round featuring a shortlist of six acts, including singers Judith van Hirtum and Paul Morris, that took place on 9 December 2024. During an interview on the NPO 1 talk show Eva  the same day the artist announcement occurred, Claude revealed that his Eurovision song was written by himself together with Arno Krabman, Joren van der Voort and Léon Paul Palmen. The song, titled “C’est la vie“, was released on 27 February 2025 but was leaked online in its entirety the day prior to the reveal.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 28 January 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The Netherlands was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the second half of the show. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; the Netherlands was set to perform in position 13.

In the Netherlands, all the shows were broadcast on NPO 1, with commentary provided by Cornald Maas, and the final on NPO Radio 2, with commentary by Carolien Borgers. NPO also broadcast the contest internationally on BVN.

3.1.Semi-final. The Netherlands performed in position 13, following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Croatia. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that it had placed third out of 16 countries in the semi-final, receiving 121 points.

Following the semi-final, the Netherlands drew “producer’s choice” for the final, meaning that the country would perform in the half decided by the contest’s producers.[23] The Netherlands was set to perform in position 12, following the entry from Latvia and before the entry from Finland.

3.2.Final. Claude once again took part in dress rehearsals on 16 and 17 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. He performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 17 May. The Netherlands placed twelfth in the final, scoring 175 points: 42 points from the televoting and 133 points from the juries.

3.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by the Netherlands in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Dutch jury consisted of Dennis van Leeuwen, Frits Ritmeester, Ronald de Bas, Gaia Aikman, Quinty Mesiedjan. Over the course of the contest, the Netherlands awarded its 12 points to Poland in the first semi-final, and to Austria (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

AVROTROS appointed Chantal Janzen, who had previously co-hosted the 2021 contest, as its spokesperson to announce the Dutch jury’s votes in the final.

3.3.1.Points awarded to The Netherlands.

Points awarded to Netherlands (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Netherlands (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points
  •  Belgium
  •   Switzerland
10 points
  •  Cyprus
  •  Estonia
  •  Norway
  •  Portugal
8 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Sweden
7 points  Albania
6 points
  •  Slovenia
  •  Ukraine
5 points  Italy
4 points  Poland
3 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Croatia
  •  San Marino[a]
  •  Spain
2 points
1 point  Rest of the World

Points awarded to Netherlands (Final)

Points awarded to Netherlands (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Poland
  •  Spain
8 points
  •  Cyprus
  •  Greece
  •  Lithuania
  •  Sweden
7 points
  •  Czechia
  •  Georgia
  •  Luxembourg
6 points
  •  Greece
  •  Iceland
   Switzerland
5 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Norway
  •  Norway
  •  Portugal
4 points  Estonia  Slovenia
3 points
  •  Austria
  •  Portugal
  •  Albania
  •  Armenia
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belgium
  •  France
2 points
  •  Armenia
  •  San Marino
  •  Sweden
  •  Austria
  •  Montenegro
1 point
  •  Albania
  •  Cyprus
  •  Lithuania
  •   Switzerland
  Estonia

3.3.2.Points awarded by The Netherlands.

Points awarded by Netherlands (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Netherlands (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Poland
10 points  Iceland
8 points  Ukraine
7 points  Sweden
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Belgium
4 points  Albania
3 points  Portugal
2 points  Norway
1 point  Croatia

Points awarded by Netherlands (Final)

Points awarded by Netherlands (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Israel  Austria
10 points  Poland   Switzerland
8 points  Estonia  Sweden
7 points  Sweden  Portugal
6 points  Finland  Luxembourg
5 points  Greece  Israel
4 points  Ukraine  Lithuania
3 points  Austria  Latvia
2 points  Italy  France
1 point  Germany  Albania

3.3.3.Detailed voting results.Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Dutch jury:

  • Dennis van Leeuwen
  • Frits Ritmeester
  • Ronald de Bas
  • Gaia Aikman
  • Quinty Mesiedjan
Detailed voting results from Netherlands (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 2 10
02  Poland 1 12
03  Slovenia 11
04  Estonia 5 6
05  Ukraine 3 8
06  Sweden 4 7
07  Portugal 8 3
08  Norway 9 2
09  Belgium 6 5
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 12
12  Albania 7 4
13  Netherlands
14  Croatia 10 1
15  Cyprus 13
Detailed voting results from Netherlands (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 11 22 5 19 8 14 20
02  Luxembourg 5 6 3 4 13 5 6 21
03  Estonia 10 13 8 18 20 17 3 8
04  Israel 1 21 6 21 10 6 5 1 12
05  Lithuania 12 25 15 6 2 7 4 13
06  Spain 20 19 16 17 9 19 18
07  Ukraine 19 9 18 25 21 20 7 4
08  United Kingdom 7 10 10 14 16 16 24
09  Austria 4 8 1 1 1 1 12 8 3
10  Iceland 13 17 4 12 14 15 15
11  Latvia 14 5 20 5 12 8 3 14
12  Netherlands
13  Finland 24 23 25 20 24 25 5 6
14  Italy 6 11 7 9 18 11 9 2
15  Poland 15 16 19 8 4 13 2 10
16  Germany 16 4 9 11 17 12 10 1
17  Greece 21 15 12 10 11 18 6 5
18  Armenia 18 24 23 22 22 23 19
19   Switzerland 2 3 13 3 5 2 10 16
20  Malta 23 20 17 24 23 22 23
21  Portugal 8 2 14 2 6 4 7 17
22  Denmark 22 14 21 15 19 21 22
23  Sweden 3 1 2 13 15 3 8 4 7
24  France 9 12 11 7 7 9 2 12
25  San Marino 25 18 22 23 25 24 25
26  Albania 17 7 24 16 3 10 1 11

Notes.

  • a^ San Marino uses a jury in the semi-finals.

  • Country: 🇳🇴 Norway
  • National selection – Selection process: ‘Norsk’ Melodi Grand Prix – MGP 2025 (Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix)
  • Selection date(s): 15 February 2025
  • Host venue: Semi-finals: Studio 1 og 2 – NRK studios, Marienlyst, Oslo Ι Final: Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
  • Presenter(s): Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom og Markus Neby
  • Host broadcaster: Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
  • Participants – Number of entries:
  • Voting system: 
  • Selection entrant: Kyle Alessandro
  • Selection song: “Lighter”
  • Selected songwriter(s): Kyle Alessandro, Adam Woods
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 8º SF 1: Qualified (8th, 82 points)
  • Final result: 18th, 89 points

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Lighter”, written by Kyle Alessandro and Adam Woods, and performed by Alessandro himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-three times since its first entry in 1960.[1] It had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song “La det swinge” performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song “Nocturne” performed by Secret Garden, and in 2009 with the song “Fairytale” performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final twelve times, more than any other country, including in 2024 with the song “Ulveham” performed by Gåte,[1] and for having received nul points (zero points) four times, the latter being a record shared with Austria. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, it had finished in the top ten ten times.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. NRK confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 3 July 2024, announcing on 6 August that its representative would continue to be selected through the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which had selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of its participations.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.0.Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP) and selected Norway’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Markus Neby, Marte Stokstad and Tete Lidbom. The show was televised on NRK1 and with sign language interpretation on NRK Tegnspråk as well as streamed online on NRK TV. The national final was watched by 832,000 viewers in Norway.

2.0.1.Competing entries. A submission period was opened by NRK between 6 August 2024 and 1 September 2024. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit a maximum of three songs, however, NRK encouraged entries to have at least one Norwegian songwriter. In addition to the public call for submissions, NRK directly invited certain artists and composers to compete, while songwriting camps (the earliest of which was held between 26 and 30 June 2024 in Rena) were held to create potential entries for the competition. Ten songs were selected from all of the received submissions by then-MGP project manager and music producer Stig Karlsen [no] by October 2024, however, two of the artists were later withdrawn from the competition: Angelina Jordan (due to the wildfires around Los Angeles where she is based) and Lavrans Svendsen. Sondrey was subsequently selected as a replacement act. The nine competing acts and songs were revealed on 16 January 2025 during a press conference at NRK’s Studio 1, presented by Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom and Markus Neby. Short clips of the competing entries were released during the press conference, while the songs in their entirety were premiered on 24 January.

Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Bobbysocks!, which won the contest for Norway in 1985, and Wig Wam which represented the country in 2005. The two members of Bobbysocks!, Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh, have also competed in the contest separately: Andreassen representing Sweden in 1982 (as a member of the group Chips), as well as representing Norway in 1994 (alongside Jan Werner Danielsen) and in 1996; and Krogh representing Norway in 1991 as a member of the group Just 4 Fun. Other past MGP participants included Kyle Alessandro, Nora Jabri, Tone Damli, and Sondrey.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Bobbysocks! “Joyful”

Elisabeth Andreassen, Hanne Krogh
Kyle Alessandro “Lighter”

Kyle Alessandro, Adam Woods
Ladybug “Hot as Hell in Paradise”

Iris Severine Mikalsen, Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Anderz Wrethov, Thomas Stengaard
LLL “Parasite”

Olli Äkräs, Nora Foss al-Jabri, Ben Adams, Jim Bergsted
Nataleen “The Game”

Madeleine “Nataleen” Tverberg, Julie Aagaard, Henning Olerud, Stanley Ferdinandez, Kjersti Sleveland
Nora Jabri “Sulale“

Emma Louise Gale, Ovidiu Jacobsen, Ola Frøyen, Nora Foss al-Jabri
Sondrey [no] “Vagabond”

Sondre Mulongo Nystrøm, Magnus Emaka Einang
Tone Damli “Last Song”

Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons, Kristoffer Tømmerbakke, Erik Smaaland, Yoshi Breen
Wig Wam “Human Fire”

Åge Sten Nilsen, Trond Holter, Bernt Jansen

2.1.1.Final. Nine songs competed during the final on 15 February 2025. The winner, “Lighter” performed by Kyle Alessandro, was selected by a combination of a public vote (60%) and votes from ten international juries (40%). The viewers had a total of 645 points to award, while the juries had a total of 430 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: app and online voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 645 points rounded to the nearest integer: 65 points.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Gåte, who represented Norway in 2024, performing their Eurovision entry “Ulveham“. Interval acts featured performances from host Markus Neby, as well as Gåte members Gunnhild Sundli and John Stenersen, former MGP competing artists Reidun Sæther and Kim Wigaard, Marcus and Martinus (who represented Sweden in 2024), and Sissel Kyrkjebø as part of a tribute to Rolf Løvland, who won Eurovision 1995 as part of Secret Garden, and wrote four Norwegian Eurovision entries and two Eurovision winners for Norway: “La det swinge” (1985, Eurovision winning song performed by Bobbysocks); “Mitt liv” (1987, performed by Kate Gulbrandsen); “Duett” (1994, performed by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen); and “Nocturne” (1995, Eurovision winning song performed by Secret Garden).

Final – 15 February 2025
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Tone Damli “Last Song” 24 63 87 5
2 Sondrey “Vagabond” 38 17 55 7
3 Nora Jabri “Sulale“ 55 19 74 6
4 Wig Wam “Human Fire” 25 68 93 4
5 LLL “Parasite” 36 18 54 8
6 Kyle Alessandro “Lighter” 118 189 307 1
7 Nataleen “The Game” 86 104 190 2
8 Ladybug “Hot as Hell in Paradise” 19 32 51 9
9 Bobbysocks “Joyful” 29 135 164 3
Detailed international jury votes 
Draw Song Total
1 “Last Song” 8 2 6 8 24
2 “Vagabond” 2 8 10 2 6 4 4 2 38
3 “Sulale“ 8 2 8 6 10 10 1 6 4 55
4 “Human Fire” 1 4 6 1 1 2 4 6 25
5 “Parasite” 4 2 4 4 1 10 1 8 2 36
6 “Lighter” 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12 118
7 “The Game” 10 10 10 2 6 8 8 10 12 10 86
8 “Hot As Hell in Paradise” 1 4 4 2 8 19
9 “Joyful” 6 6 1 8 6 1 1 29
International jury spokespersons
  •  Denmark – Molly Plank
  •  Georgia – Natia Uznadze
  •  Luxembourg – Eric Lehmann
  •  Finland – Katri Norrlin
  •  Iceland – Felix Bergsson
  •  Croatia – Zlata Mück Susec
  •  Australia – Danny Estrin
  •  Sweden – Natalie Carrion
  •  Ukraine – Oksana Skybinska
  •  United Kingdom – Scott Ross
International jury members
Country Jury members
 Australia Angela Downing, Damian McDermott, Emily Griggs, Paul Clarke
 Croatia Davor Medaković, Jelena Balent, Luka Grgić, Maja Tokić (jury leader), Tihomir Preradović
 Denmark

Anders Ugilt Andersen, Bryan Rice, Christian Ellegaard, Molly Plank (jury leader), Tilde Vinther
 Finland

Aija Puurtinen, Enni Koistinen, Eva Frantz, Jenni Lambert , Matti Myllyaho
 Georgia Lasha Kapanadze, Manana Morchiladze, Natia Uznadze (jury leader), Salome Bakuradze, Zaza Orashvili
 Iceland Andrea Sigríður Jónsdóttir, Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir, Felix Bergsson  (jury leader), Kolbrún María Másdóttir, Vilhjálmur Ósk Vilhjálmsson
 Luxembourg Eric Lehmann (jury leader), Lucas Zagdoudi, Naomi Ayé Vajdovics Suárez, Rafaela Teixeira Fernandes, Romain Heck
 Sweden

Helene Wigren, Mathias Bridfelt, Natalie Carrion (jury leader), Natasha Azarmi, Robert Sehlberg
 Ukraine

Herman Nenov, Ievgen Garbarenko, Oksana Skybinska (jury leader), Oleg Tsukrenko, Svitlana Tarabarova
 United Kingdom

Andrew Cartmell (non-voting jury leader), Chris Chilvers, Harry Kersley, Kojo Samuel, Leila Al-Mitwally, Victoria Needs

Calls to excluse Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest. On 6 May 2025, Norwegian singer-songwriter Charlotte Qvale and 17 other Norwegian artists wrote an open letter urging NRK to advocate for Israel’s exclusion from the contest due to the ongoing war in Gaza. The letter argued that Norway “failed to utilize its influence, despite extensive documentation of alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed by Israel in Gaza”, and compared NRK’s current stance with its support for the exclusion of Russia from the contest following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In response, NRK executives Vibeke Fürst Haugen, Camilla Bjørn, and Charlo Halvorsen issued a joint statement explaining that as an independent public broadcaster, NRK cannot act as a political entity and “therefore will not call for a cultural boycott of Israel in Eurovision”. They emphasized NRK’s role in impartial news reporting and noted that participation in the contest is governed by European Broadcasting Union (EBU) membership criteria, to which they argue is the reason why Israel continues to participate while Russia was excluded.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Norway was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.

Norway qualified for the Grand Final.

3.2.Voting.

3.2.1.Points awarded to Norway.

Points awarded to Norway (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to Norway (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Ukraine
10 points  Iceland
8 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Spain
7 points
6 points  Cyprus
5 points
  •  Croatia
  •  Estonia
  •  Poland
  •  Sweden
4 points
3 points
  •  Albania
  •  Portugal
  •  Rest of the World
2 points
  •  Belgium
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Slovenia
1 point   Switzerland

Points awarded to Norway (Final)

Points awarded to Norway (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points  Ukraine
8 points  Iceland
7 points
6 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Malta
  •  Czechia
  •  Iceland
5 points  Cyprus
4 points
  •  Armenia
  •  Croatia
  •  Georgia
  •  Greece
  Sweden
3 points
  •  Poland
  •  Serbia
2 points
  •  Czechia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •  Poland
  •  Slovenia
1 point
  •  Italy
  •  Latvia
  •  Croatia
  •  Germany

3.2.2.Points awarded by Norway.

Points awarded by Norway (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by Norway (Semi-final 1)
Score Televote
12 points  Sweden
10 points  Netherlands
8 points  Iceland
7 points  Poland
6 points  Estonia
5 points  Ukraine
4 points  Albania
3 points  Portugal
2 points  San Marino
1 point  Slovenia

Points awarded by Norway (Final)

Points awarded by Norway (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Sweden  Austria
10 points  Israel  Sweden
8 points  Poland  Finland
7 points  Estonia  United Kingdom
6 points  Finland  Latvia
5 points  Netherlands  Netherlands
4 points  Lithuania  Estonia
3 points  Iceland   Switzerland
2 points  Ukraine  France
1 point  Austria  Ukraine

3.2.3.Detailed voting results. Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Norwegian jury:

  • Kristian Kristensen
  • Stian Tangerud
  • Iris Mikalsen
  • Reidun Sæther
  • Vanessa Hütel Kure
Detailed voting results from Norway (Semi-final 1) 
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Iceland 3 8
02  Poland 4 7
03  Slovenia 10 1
04  Estonia 5 6
05  Ukraine 6 5
06  Sweden 1 12
07  Portugal 8 3
08  Norway
09  Belgium 13
10  Azerbaijan 14
11  San Marino 9 2
12  Albania 7 4
13  Netherlands 2 10
14  Croatia 11
15  Cyprus 12
Detailed voting results from Norway (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway
02  Luxembourg 18 12 24 15 23 21 22
03  Estonia 9 7 16 3 8 7 4 4 7
04  Israel 13 13 8 19 21 18 2 10
05  Lithuania 19 18 23 24 20 24 7 4
06  Spain 11 3 15 14 17 13 18
07  Ukraine 4 9 17 21 4 10 1 9 2
08  United Kingdom 3 8 7 5 18 4 7 21
09  Austria 1 6 1 11 1 1 12 10 1
10  Iceland 22 23 18 13 24 22 8 3
11  Latvia 15 20 3 20 2 5 6 14
12  Netherlands 12 5 14 4 7 6 5 6 5
13  Finland 10 1 5 12 3 3 8 5 6
14  Italy 14 21 13 8 16 17 12
15  Poland 17 22 20 25 19 23 3 8
16  Germany 5 25 21 6 22 14 16
17  Greece 24 11 2 17 11 12 15
18  Armenia 25 14 12 18 13 20 24
19   Switzerland 20 17 11 2 5 8 3 19
20  Malta 16 19 22 10 12 19 23
21  Portugal 8 16 10 23 14 16 20
22  Denmark 7 10 6 9 10 11 13
23  Sweden 2 4 4 1 6 2 10 1 12
24  France 23 2 9 7 15 9 2 17
25  San Marino 21 24 25 16 25 25 25
26  Albania 6 15 19 22 9 15 11

  • Country: 🇸🇲 San Marino
  • National selection:
  • Selection process: San Marino Song Contest 2025
  • Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 22 February 2025, 23 February 2025, 25 February 2025, 26 February 2025, 27 February 2025, 28 February 2025 Ι Second chance: 28 February 2025 Ι Final: 8 March 2025
  • Host venue: Semifinali: Auditorium Little Tony, Dogana, San Marino Ι Finale:Teatro Nuovo, Dogana, San Marino
  • Presenter(s): Semifinali: Mate, Camilla Spinelli Ι Finale: Flora Canto, Francesco Facchinetti
  • Host broadcaster: San Marino RTV (SMRTV), Rai Radio 2 Visual
    Rai Italia, Radio San Marino, Rai Radio 2, San Marino RTV, RaiPlay
  • Participants – Number of entries: 223[N 1]
  • Voting system:
  • Selection entrant: Gabry Ponte[a]  feat. Andrea Bonomo & Edwyn Roberts 
  • Selection song: “Tutta l’Italia“
  • Selected songwriter(s): Andrea Bonomo, Edwyn Roberts, Gabry Ponte
  • Final performance: 
  • Semi-final result: 11º SF 1: Qualified (10th, 46 points)
  • Final result: 25º FI: 26th, 27 points

San Marino was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Tutta l’Italia“, written by Andrea Bonomo, Edwyn Roberts, and Gabry Ponte, and performed by Ponte with uncredited vocals by Bonomo and Roberts. The Sammarinese participating broadcaster, San Marino RTV (SMRTV), organised the national final format San Marino Song Contest to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2025 contest, San Marino RTV (SMRTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing San Marino fourteen times since its first entry in 2008. Its debut entry, “Complice” performed by Miodio, failed to qualify for the final and placed last in the semi-final. SMRTV subsequently did not take part in both the 2009 and 2010 contests, returning in 2011 with “Stand By” by Italian singer Senit, which also failed to take the nation to the final. Between 2012 and 2014, they sent Valentina Monetta to the contest on three consecutive occasions. The singer only managed to qualify for the final in 2014 with “Maybe”, ultimately placing 24th. Following four consecutive non-qualifying years, San Marino qualified in 2019 with “Say Na Na Na” by Serhat and finishing in 19th place. For the 2020 contest Senit, now known as Senhit, and her song “Freaky!” were to represent the nation; following the cancellation of the event, SMRTV re-appointed Senhit for 2021. Her 2021 song, “Adrenalina“, performed alongside American rapper Flo Rida, qualified for the final, eventually placing 22nd. The Sammarinese 2022, 2023, and 2024 entries, “Stripper” by Achille Lauro, “Like an Animal” by Piqued Jacks, and “11:11” by Megara, all failed to qualify for the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SMRTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has internally selected its entries for most of its history in the contest, with four exceptions: in 2018, the national final format 1in360 was used; in 2020, the entrant was selected internally but the song was chosen through an online poll; since 2022, a competition titled Una voce per San Marino (“A voice for San Marino”) has been held to select the entry. In July 2024, SMRTV initially confirmed that the selection event would continue to be used for the 2025 contest. However, in December 2024, the national final was rebranded to “San Marino Song Contest 2025”.

Before Eurovision.

San Marino Song Contest 2025. San arino Song Contest 2025 was the fourth edition of the national selection format developed by SMRTV to determine the Sammarinese entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first under the new title. The final took place on 8 March 2025 and was hosted by Flora Canto and Francesco Facchinetti.

Changes were planned to be applied to the previous format, including a rebranding, new logo, and changes in the format and rules in order to create a wider international appeal. Despite these changes, the semi-finals were still broadcast under the old name “Una voce per San Marino“.

Competing finalists. The final featured nine prequalified entries and eleven entries that qualified from the semi-finals and a second chance round. All twenty finalists were announced by SMRTV on 25 February 2025, before the semi-finals had finished airing.

San Marino Song Contest 2025 finalists
Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Angy Sciacqua “I”

Angela Sciacqua, Eva Parmakova, Martin Kleveland
Besa “Tiki”

Flavius Filipescu, Oana Mihaela Cercel, Serban Cazan
Bianca Atzei “Testacoda“

Antonella Sgobio, Bianca Atzei, Diego Calvetti, Gianni Pollex, Oscar Angiuli, Roberto Guglielmi
Boosta “BTW” Davide ‘Boosta’ Dileo
Curli “Juliet”

Adriana Pupavac, Andreas Björkman, Boris René, David Lindgren, Gregory Curtis, Kalle Persson
Elasi “Lorella”

Elisa Massara, Leonardo Beccafichi 
Gabry Ponte[a] “Tutta l’Italia“

Andrea Bonomo, Edwyn Roberts, Gabry Ponte
Giacomo Voli “Ave Maria“

Emanuela Bongiorni, Giacomo Voli, Luca Sala
Haymara “Tómame las manos“

Christian Tipaldi, Haymara Gavillucci, Simone Bacchini
King Foo “The Edge of the World” Rok Golob
Luisa Corna “Il giorno giusto“

Lorenzo Cilembrini, Luisa Corna, Riccardo Brizi
Marco Carta “Solo fantasia“

Alessandro Gemelli, Marco Rettani, Matteo Chirivì, Simone Giacomini, Tony Maiello
Paco “Until the End”

Giovanni Ghioldi, Paco Zafferani
Pierdavide Carone “Mi vuoi sposare?“ Pierdavide Carone
Questo e Quello “Bella balla“

Francesco Mannella Vardè, Lorenzo Di Blasi, Stefano D’Angelo
Silvia Salemi “Coralli“

Daniele Monellini, Enrico Palmosi, Marco Rettani, Silvia Salemi
Taoma “NPC”

Fabiomassimo Barelli, Tommaso Gimignani
Teslenko “Storm”

Oleksandr Kryzhevych, Oleksandr Slinchenko, Oleksandr Teslenko
The Rumpled “You Get Me So High”

Davide Butturini, Federico Fava, Giacomo Merigo, Luca Tasin, Patrizia Vaccari, Tommaso Zamboni
Vincenzo Capua “Sei sempre tu“ Vincenzo Capua

Semi-finals. The selection of semi-finalists first consisted of an audition phase, where 221 entries qualified for the semi-finals from among over 1200 applicants. The list of participants in each of the seven semi-finals was revealed over the course of three days, from 29 January to 31 January 2025. Among the acts are Besa, who represented Albania in 2024, and Serafín Zubiri, who represented Spain in 1992 and 2000.

On 6 February 2025, Zubiri announced his withdrawal from the contest due to scheduling conflicts. On 9 February 2025, Grisana withdrew in order to “focus on new music and upcoming projects” instead. On 12 February 2025, the organisers announced that 13 artists withdrew prior to the filming of the semi-finals and were replaced by 10 artists. Additionally, four artists failed to show up for their semi-final and one withdrew after performing, bringing the final total of artists participating in the broadcast of the semi-finals down to 214.

Semi-final 1 – 22 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 Alessio’s Mind  Italy “Carpe Diem“ – Eliminated
2 Vincenzo Bles  Italy “Hola“ – Eliminated
3 Vimoksha  Bosnia and Herzegovina “Find You” – Eliminated
4 Atwood  Italy “Evil” – Eliminated
5 Valis & Polczi  Czech Republic “Never Alone” – Eliminated
6 Timo  Italy “Suena“ – Eliminated
7 Carson Coma   Hungary “Daddy Said No” 3 Second chance
8 Timea  Germany “Born to Be Free” – Eliminated
9 Catch the Giant!  Italy “Eclipse” – Eliminated
10 The Unknown Voices  Italy “My Name Was Hamilton” – Eliminated
11 Chazza  United Kingdom “Protagonist” – Eliminated
12 Cecilia Herrera  Italy “Bandida“ – Eliminated
13 The Leaf  Italy “I Ching” – Eliminated
14 Natalia  Italy “Uomo cosmico“ – Eliminated
15 Cristina Macchiavelli feat. Nymos  Italy “Psiche e amore“ – Eliminated
16 Narbera  Italy “Credere in me“ – Eliminated
17 Dramalove  United Kingdom “Supernatural” – Eliminated
18 Max Lain  Italy “Linee parallele“ – Eliminated
19 Edea  United Kingdom “L’amore non si giudica“ – Eliminated
20 Marco Urbinati  Italy “X Agosto“ – Eliminated
21 Effemme  Italy “Fuori di me“ 4 Second chance
22 Lenni-Kalle Taipale & Andrea Brosio  Finland “I’m on Fire” – Eliminated
23 Evdokia Moisidou  Greece “A Dream Come True” – Eliminated
24 LeBlond  Spain “Di go go” – Eliminated
25 Fabio Imperatrice feat. Cambra  Italy “Serate incerte“ – Eliminated
26 Latente  Italy “Più grandi“ – Eliminated
27 Galen Borson  United States “Medicine Man” – Eliminated
28 King Foo   Slovenia “The Edge of the World” 1 Finalist
29 Il Solito Dandy  Italy “Millennial” 2 Second chance
30 Kian Butler  United Kingdom “If You Dare” – Eliminated
31 Iuna  Italy “Non mi bagno mai“ – Eliminated
32 Justine Mayer  France “Love Me” – Eliminated
33 Joanna  Italy “I Wish to Be Me” – Eliminated
34 Jannike  Finland “Goldylicious” – Eliminated
— Alis Ray  Italy — – Absent
— Barak  United States — – Absent
Semi-final 2 – 23 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 Alexis Strum  United Kingdom “If You Think I’m Too Much (You Should Go Find Less)” – Eliminated
2 Unico  Italy “Scusa se ti voglio amare” – Eliminated
3 Davide  Italy “Solo” – Eliminated
4 Tadeni  Italy “Quicksand” 4 Second chance
5 Artemis  Greece “Melody” – Eliminated
6 Sonia Nawri  Spain “Gato negro” – Eliminated
7 Asia  Italy “Magika” – Eliminated
8 Sofia Zaros  Ireland “Broken Porcelain” – Eliminated
9 Astrid Nicole  Finland “Dancing Without My Shadow” 3 Second chance
10 Snap-Out  Italy “Noi diversi” – Eliminated
11 Beatriz Gouveia  Portugal “The Voice” – Eliminated
12 Sergio Gómez  Spain “Mejor así” – Eliminated
13 Blitz Union  Czech Republic “Mr. Guilty” – Eliminated
14 Salva Ortega  Spain “Solo por sus besos” – Eliminated
15 Claudia F  United Kingdom “Still Here” – Eliminated
16 Romeo Zaharia  Romania “Ci troveremo ancora” – Eliminated
17 Curli  Sweden “Juliet” 1 Finalist
18 Phera  Italy “Wild Woman” – Eliminated
19 Aniel  Poland “777” 2 Second chance
20 Myky  Italy “Walking on the Sea” – Eliminated
21 Deneb  Italy “Sing It Louder” – Eliminated
22 Miguel Escobar  United States “Polaroid” – Eliminated
23 Mhora  Italy “Tornado” – Eliminated
24 Erisu  Italy “The Mighty Walls of Uruk” – Eliminated
25 Libra  Italy “Come ti pare” – Eliminated
26 Giovanni Brugnoli  Italy “Read Me” – Eliminated
27 Leonor  Italy “Fiori da ricostruire” – Eliminated
28 Giulia de Sisti  Italy “Strana” – Eliminated
29 Léon the Singer  Germany “When We’ll Belong” – Eliminated
30 Giuliette Kris  Italy “Respiro” – Eliminated
31 LD (Le Distanze)  Italy “Nothing Could Be Better” – Eliminated
32 Ibla  Italy “Sangue degli dei” – Eliminated
33 Ines  Italy “Zero assoluto” – Eliminated
34 Artemiz  Spain “Por eso brillo” – Eliminated
35 Jack Costanzo  Italy “Musa” – Eliminated
— Dima  Italy — – Absent
Semi-final 3 – 25 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 XSkull8  Slovenia “Voices out of Silence” – Eliminated
2 Agnieszka Śpiewa  Poland “Destiny” – Eliminated
3 Vicky Navarro  Spain “Distopia” – Eliminated
4 Alien Cut feat. Zighi  Italy “Vattene” – Eliminated
5 Ubi  Italy “Incoerente” – Eliminated
6 Aria  Italy “Life” – Eliminated
7 The Scurbats  Italy “Breakdown” – Eliminated
8 Angy Sciacqua  Belgium “I” 1 Finalist
9 TBO & Co.  Italy “Musetta in sol minore” – Eliminated
10 Cucco  Italy “Meraviglia (Alice)” – Eliminated
11 Taoma  Italy “NPC” 4 Second chance
12 Delma & Mary Wild  Italy “El paraiso” – Eliminated
13 Superguepardo  Spain “Baila la la” – Eliminated
14 Eleonora Gangi  Italy “E’ un attimo morire” – Eliminated
15 Stavros Salabasopoulos  Greece “Fire in My Heart” – Eliminated
16 Space Particles  Italy “Resta?” – Eliminated
17 Federico Martello  Italy “Voices of Freedom” – Eliminated
18 Sopratenore  Switzerland “Aria e musica” – Eliminated
19 Francesca De Braco  Italy “Saturday Night Show” – Eliminated
20 Silver feat. Skorie  Italy “The Flow” – Eliminated
21 GiambattiSta  Italy “Tutta colpa della luna” – Eliminated
22 Sick N’ Beautiful  Italy “Hate Manifesto” – Eliminated
23 Kaotika  Italy “Ti guardo” – Eliminated
24 Questo e Quello  Italy “Bella balla” 2 Second chance
25 Magenta#9  Italy “Vittoria” 3 Second chance
26 Polarnova  Spain “Alpha Road” – Eliminated
27 Mario Nucci  Italy “Mali di giugno” – Eliminated
28 Nicky Mushin Soda  Italy “Just Your Queen” – Eliminated
29 Mescalina  Italy “Eccezionale” – Eliminated
30 Naike  Switzerland “Who Am I?” – Eliminated
31 Milad Fatouleh  Italy “Humanity Calls” – Eliminated
32 Nadine Randle  Sweden “Down” – Eliminated
33 Mmara  Italy “Impazzire” – Eliminated
34 Mr&Mrs  Italy “Altalena” – Eliminated
35 Ermal Demiri  Albania “Moonlight” – Eliminated
— Adasat  Spain — – Absent
— Carlotta — — – Withdrew
— Emheart — — – Withdrew
Semi-final 4 – 26 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 Alexander Doghmani  Germany “Music (-Is My Babe)” – Eliminated
2 Vee Jeck  Italy “Ragazzo triste” – Eliminated
3 Aliens Agree  Belgium “Digital Collapse” – Eliminated
4 Valleria  France “A picture of myself” – Eliminated
5 Andrea Costa  Italy “Una lettera spedirò” – Eliminated
6 Timothy Cavicchini  Italy “May Day” – Eliminated
7 Andromeda  Italy “Rumore” – Eliminated
8 Stefano Ganci  Panama “Ritorna a me” – Eliminated
9 Sara  Italy “Radici” – Eliminated
10 Romina Falconi  Italy “Nessuno ti ama” – Eliminated
11 Denny Music  Italy “Io sto bene (Tu?)” – Eliminated
12 Plånet  Netherlands “San Marino” 2 Second chance
13 Eleonora Lorenzato  Italy “Tears of the Rain” – Eliminated
14 Araen  Morocco “Bleeding Out Love” – Eliminated
15 PierC  Italy “Grattacieli” – Eliminated
16 Elisa De Panicis  Italy “All for You” – Eliminated
17 Side74  Italy “Tutto quello che mi hai dato” – Eliminated
18 Erika Leto  Italy “Niente” – Eliminated
19 D’Amico  Italy “Stardust” – Eliminated
20 Flyzir  Italy “Mondi paralleli” – Eliminated
21 Mrtina  Italy “Temporale” – Eliminated
22 Francesca Pichierri  Germany “Sperarci due eroi” – Eliminated
23 Marti Puerto  Spain “Fuera de ti” – Eliminated
24 Gianluca Amore  Italy “Pray” – Eliminated
25 Rumore  Italy “Ora no” – Eliminated
26 Giorgina  Italy “Madrid-Barcellona” – Eliminated
27 Mansutti  Italy “Più di così” – Eliminated
28 Haymara  Italy “Tómame las manos” 1 Finalist
29 Lowbrano  Italy “Mio padre” 4 Second chance
30 Héctor Mira  Spain “Soy como tú” – Eliminated
31 Lomas  Italy “Give Me a Reason” – Eliminated
32 Il Greco  Greece “Lo specchio dell’anima” – Eliminated
33 Kophra  Italy “Luci di Milano” – Eliminated
34 Inciso  Italy “Rockstar” – Eliminated
— Ann & Dom  United Kingdom — 3 Withdrew[b]
— Maddalena — — – Withdrew
— Magadan — — – Withdrew
— Nina Blóm — — – Withdrew
— Nexis — — – Withdrew
Semi-final 5 – 26 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 Alma  Italy “Due fiamme” – Eliminated
2 Zell  Italy “Filo di Arianna” – Eliminated
3 Angy – Angelica De Carolis  Italy “Amore e veleno (Venere) – Eliminated
4 The Rumpled  Italy “You Get Me So High” 3 Second chance
5 Siriaz y Malo  Italy “Almas en el aire” – Eliminated
6 Besa  Albania “Tiki” 1 Finalist
7 Bradley Jay  United Kingdom “Tongue-Tied” – Eliminated
8 Agata  Germany “Flashback” – Eliminated
9 Daniela Fiorentino  Canada “Todas somos flores” – Eliminated
10 Rosetta  Italy “Tutto cambia tutto” – Eliminated
11 Delilah Earnshaw  Italy “The Price” – Eliminated
12 Park  Italy “Amore che sei verità” – Eliminated
13 Niscetas  Italy “Unbreakable” – Eliminated
14 Neshe  Turkey “Fallin'” – Eliminated
15 Emanuel  Italy “Ragazzo padre (Di me stesso)” – Eliminated
16 Mi La Band  Italy “Sayonara” – Eliminated
17 Farmacy  Hungary “Bæd” – Eliminated
18 Me gustas Fer  Spain “Corazón bellissimo” – Eliminated
19 Gaia Belletti  Italy “A volte meglio io” – Eliminated
20 Manuè  Italy “Fare l’amore” – Eliminated
21 Geisha  Italy “Bella donna” – Eliminated
22 Macclesfield  Germany “Mr. Analogue” – Eliminated
23 Pep Miller  Spain “Bongo” – Eliminated
24 Giacomo Voli  Italy “Ave Maria” 2 Second chance
25 Ludovica  Italy “Maracujo” – Eliminated
26 Luca Grillo Live Band  Italy “Sogno” – Eliminated
27 GioGala  Italy “Dalì” – Eliminated
28 Lorenzo Amore  Germany “Idee confuse” – Eliminated
29 Giorgia Pastori  Italy “Mykonos” – Eliminated
30 Letizia Crincoli  Italy “Running in the Circle” – Eliminated
31 Giuliana  Italy “Avanti” – Eliminated
32 Leonardo Amor  Norway “Calling for You” 4 Second chance
33 Ida Elena  Italy “Children of the Stars” – Eliminated
34 LaRed  Italy “Amore al veleno” – Eliminated
35 JB  Italy “Come sei” – Eliminated
— Elektrokarma — — – Withdrew
— Gerónimo Rauch — — – Withdrew
— Serafín Zubiri — — – Withdrew
Semi-final 6 – 27 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place Result
1 Allegra  Italy “OMG” – Eliminated
2 Beatriz Villar  Spain “Hasta perder la voz” – Eliminated
3 Stad  Spain “Show Me Hate” – Eliminated
4 Ciro Maddaluno  Italy “Ancora qui” – Eliminated
5 Sedona  Italy “Bonsai” – Eliminated
6 Dana  Italy “Cuore libero” – Eliminated
7 Ri-Style  Netherlands “Always” – Eliminated
8 Despaux  Italy “The Show” 4 Second chance
9 Paula Madero  Spain “In My Dreams” – Eliminated
10 Energia  United Kingdom “Sad Rags” – Eliminated
11 Onyra  Italy “Out of Air” – Eliminated
12 Erjona Qellimi  Italy “Mille pezzi” – Eliminated
13 Olya V  United States “We Ride at Dawn” – Eliminated
14 Francesco Scagliarini  Italy “Io voglio parlare d’amore” – Eliminated
15 Gelida  Italy “Tevere” – Eliminated
16 Mynd  Italy “Eclissi” – Eliminated
17 Golden Salt  Italy “Step Down” – Eliminated
18 Mirjam  Estonia “Eternity” – Eliminated
19 Grace George  United Kingdom “Worship You” 2 Second chance
20 Matteo De Angelis  Italy “Liberatemi” – Eliminated
21 Sola Avis  Poland “Hope” – Eliminated
22 Francesca Lina  Italy “Sempre con me” – Eliminated
23 Il Cremlino  Italy “Amami” – Eliminated
24 Mariva  Italy “Baba Vanga” – Eliminated
25 Ilenya  Italy “Silenzi di vetro” 3 Second chance
26 Marco Di Pinto  Italy “Out of Time” – Eliminated
27 Jorge Del Hierro  Spain “No estoy pa’ ti” – Eliminated
28 Maidomo  Germany “Gli amori” – Eliminated
29 Juliusz Kamil  Poland “Under the Blue Sky” – Eliminated
30 Luca Breuza  Italy “Quello che conta” – Eliminated
31 Kyma  Italy “Dracula” – Eliminated
32 Teslenko  Ukraine “Storm” 1 Finalist
33 Leimannoia  Italy “Virginia” – Eliminated
— Atle Pettersen — — – Withdrew
— Grisana — — – Withdrew
— Matilde — — – Withdrew
— Nush Unbrushed — — – Withdrew
Semi-final 7 (Sammarinese Artists) – 28 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Result
1 AlleBasi  San Marino “Rotta verso il sole” Eliminated
2 Why Xes  San Marino “Fire It Up” Eliminated
3 Folksonic  San Marino “O visione, terra mia” Eliminated
4 La Mafy  San Marino “Different Shape” Eliminated
5 Kida  San Marino “Holywood Show” Eliminated
6 Paco  San Marino “Until the End” Finalist
7 Kikka  San Marino “Dimmi che mi amerai” Eliminated
8 The Reagents  San Marino “Echoes of Freedom” Eliminated

Second chance. The second chance round was aired on 28 February 2025, with four more artists advancing to the final.

Second chance round – 28 February 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Result
1 Carson Coma  Hungary “Daddy Said No” Eliminated
2 Magenta#9  Italy “Vittoria” Eliminated
3 Plånet  Netherlands “San Marino” Eliminated
4 The Rumpled  Italy “You Get Me So High” Finalist
5 Aniel  Poland “777” Eliminated
6 Astrid Nicole  Finland “Dancing Without My Shadow” Eliminated
7 Despaux  Italy “The Show” Eliminated
8 Effemme  Italy “Fuori di me“ Eliminated
9 Giacomo Voli  Italy “Ave Maria” Finalist
10 Grace George  United Kingdom “Worship You” Eliminated
11 Il Solito Dandy  Italy “Millennial” Eliminated
12 Ilenya  Italy “Silenzi di vetro” Eliminated
13 Leonardo Amor  Norway “Calling for You” Eliminated
14 Lowbrano  Italy “Mio padre” Eliminated
15 Questo e Quello  Italy “Bella balla” Finalist
16 Tadeni  Italy “Quicksand” Eliminated
17 Taoma  Italy “NPC” Finalist

Final.

Final – 8 March 2025
R/O Artist Country Song Place
1 The Rumpled  Italy “You Get Me So High” 2
2 Angy Sciacqua  Belgium “I” 13
3 Haymara  Italy “Tómame las manos“ 13
4 Curli[c]  Sweden “Juliet” 7
5 Elasi  Italy “Lorella” 4
6 Besa  Albania “Tiki” 6
7 Silvia Salemi  Italy “Coralli“ 15
8 Giacomo Voli   Italy “Ave Maria“ 8
9 Teslenko  Ukraine “Storm” 3
10 Vincenzo Capua  Italy “Sei sempre tu“ 17
11 Marco Carta  Italy “Solo fantasia“ 12
12 Bianca Atzei  Italy “Testacoda“ 16
13 King Foo  Slovenia “The Edge of the World” 18
14 Questo e Quello  Italy “Bella balla“ 9
15 Pierdavide Carone  Italy “Mi vuoi sposare?“ 11
16 Gabry Ponte[a]  Italy “Tutta l’Italia“ 1
17 Luisa Corna  Italy “Il giorno giusto“ 20
18 Boosta  Italy “BTW” 5
19 Paco  San Marino “Until the End” 10
20 Taoma  Italy “NPC” 19

Notes. 

  1. a ^a b c Performance contains uncredited vocals by Andrea Bonomo  and Edwyn Roberts 
  2. b ^ Despite placing third in semi-final 4 and qualifying for the second chance round, Ann & Dom decided to withdraw from the competition by leaving San Marino before their semifinal was due to be filmed.
  3. c ^ Credited as CRL in the final.

3.At Eurovision.San Marino qualified from the first semi-final in 10th place with 46 points. In the final, they performed second-last in the running order, after France and before Albania.

3.1.Voting.

3.1.1.Points awarded to San Marino.

Points awarded to San Marino (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded to San Marino (Semi-final 1)
points Televote
12 points  Italy
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
  •  Azerbaijan
  •   Switzerland
4 points
  •  Albania
  •  Estonia
3 points
  •  Iceland
  •  Sweden
2 points
  •  Croatia
  •  Cyprus
  •  Norway
1 point
  •  Belgium
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain

Points awarded to San Marino (Final)

Points awarded to San Marino (Final)
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Italy
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points  Italy
5 points
4 points
3 points
  •  Albania
  •  Malta
2 points  Albania
1 point  Cyprus

3.1.2.Points awarded by San Marino.

Points awarded by San Marino (Semi-final 1)

Points awarded by San Marino (Semi-final 1)
Points Jury
12 points  Belgium
10 points  Estonia
8 points  Slovenia
7 points  Azerbaijan
6 points  Ukraine
5 points  Cyprus
4 points  Portugal
3 points  Netherlands
2 points  Croatia
1 point  Albania

Points awarded by San Marino (Final)

Points awarded by San Marino (Final)
Points Aggregated televote Jury
12 points  Greece  Italy
10 points  Israel   Switzerland
8 points  Albania  Latvia
7 points  Estonia  Estonia
6 points  Poland  Portugal
5 points  Austria  France
4 points  Ukraine  Ukraine
3 points  Italy  Lithuania
2 points  Netherlands  United Kingdom
1 point  Sweden  Malta

3.2.3.Detailed final results. The members of the Sammarinese jury were:

  • Alessandro Riccardi
  • Fabrizio Raggi
  • Piermatteo Carattoni
  • Olivia Marani
  • Sofia Toccaceli
Detailed voting results from San Marino (Semi-final 1)
R/O Country Jury
Rank Points
01  Iceland 11
02  Poland 14
03  Slovenia 3 8
04  Estonia 2 10
05  Ukraine 5 6
06  Sweden 13
07  Portugal 7 4
08  Norway 12
09  Belgium 1 12
10  Azerbaijan 4 7
11  San Marino
12  Albania 10 1
13  Netherlands 8 3
14  Croatia 9 2
15  Cyprus 6 5
Detailed voting by San Marino
R/O Country Jury Aggregated televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 23 14 17 18 18 22 11
02  Luxembourg 24 9 20 24 21 20 23
03  Estonia 6 6 4 9 9 4 7 4 7
04  Israel 25 23 9 25 15 19 2 10
05  Lithuania 11 3 8 12 13 8 3 14
06  Spain 15 20 15 19 11 17 15
07  Ukraine 9 22 3 5 17 7 4 7 4
08  United Kingdom 10 5 13 14 5 9 2 22
09  Austria 14 12 7 15 4 13 6 5
10  Iceland 22 8 24 17 22 16 19
11  Latvia 13 2 14 6 3 3 8 17
12  Netherlands 18 17 11 16 19 18 9 2
13  Finland 19 24 23 13 24 23 12
14  Italy 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 8 3
15  Poland 21 21 22 21 23 25 5 6
16  Germany 12 13 10 4 8 11 16
17  Greece 7 15 5 22 7 12 1 12
18  Armenia 20 11 19 23 20 21 18
19   Switzerland 2 7 2 2 2 2 10 20
20  Malta 5 16 25 7 6 10 1 21
21  Portugal 4 10 12 3 16 5 6 25
22  Denmark 16 25 16 8 14 15 24
23  Sweden 17 18 18 20 25 24 10 1
24  France 3 19 6 10 10 6 5 13
25  San Marino
26  Albania 8 4 21 11 12 14 3 8

Notes.

  • a ^ a b c Performance contains uncredited vocals by Andrea Bonomo and Edwyn Roberts 
  • b ^ Despite placing third in semi-final 4 and qualifying for the second chance round, Ann & Dom decided to withdraw from the competition by leaving San Marino before their semifinal was due to be broadcast.
  • c ^ Credited as CRL in the final.