Moldova: Is Etapa Națională 2025 canceled?

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A press conference is scheduled for tomorrow where, according to speculations, the national broadcaster of Moldova will announce the cancellation of the Eurovision selection process and proceed with an internal selection, despite the fact that the auditions have already taken place and the list of finalists has been determined.

According to speculations around the internet, tomorrow at 11:00 CET, the national broadcaster of Moldova, TRM, will organize a press conference where it will announce the cancellation of Etapa Națională 2025 and will proceed with an internal selection of Bacho and Carnival Brain with their song “Semafoare” to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel. The broadcaster has already held the auditions where 26 songs took part and the date for the final of Etapa Națională 2025 had already been scheduled on February 22, 2025.

The internal selection of Bacho and Carnival Brain, if true, likely is due to the poor quality of this year’s national competition. The songs of Etapa Națională 2025 are not of high quality and contestants who would normally finish last in the auditions managed to qualify to the Etapa Națională 2025 final (for example, Sasha Bognibov’s song).

The rules of the Etapa Națională 2025 indeed permit the national broadcaster to cancel the entire process and to internally select the contestant for Eurovision 2025. It is also stated that the contestants have no right to claim anything against the TRM.

Additionally, Lidia Isac, who represented the country at Eurovision 2016 and was a member of the Etapa Națională 2025 jury, seems, according to her post, to criticise the low quality of the songs in this year’s process.

Source: Euromix

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Malta: MESC 2025 tickets now on sale!

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Malta is getting ready for Eurovision Song Contest 2025, with its national final taking place in about two weeks, and wanting to return to the Grand Final of the Contest after four years. Earlier today, the tickets for the semi-finals and the final, went on sale!

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This is how Luxembourg’s Eurovision 2025 representative will be decided!

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RTL has revealed the voting system for the upcoming Luxembourg Song Contest 2025, scheduled for January 25. The winner will represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2025 and will be decided through a combination of public televoting and an international jury.

The Voting Format

  • International Jury: Eight international juries will distribute points in the traditional Eurovision style, awarding 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 0 points. This will total 336 jury points.
  • Televoting: The public vote will also account for 336 points, distributed proportionally based on the percentage of votes each act receives.

There will be no superfinal. The winner will be determined by the combined results of the jury and televoting.

Returning to host the show are Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem, who also presented last year’s Luxembourg Song Contest. Their return ensures a familiar and experienced presence on stage.

Additionally, RTL has announced that two Eurovision winners will attend the event, though their names have not been disclosed. Tali, the winner of last year’s Luxembourg Song Contest and Luxembourg’s representative at Eurovision 2024, will also perform.

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Source: RTL

San Marino: GRISANA and Valleria join the San Marino Song Contest!

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Two names from previous Eurovision National finals participants have been added to the San Marino Song Contest’s list of contestants.

The first one is GRISANA who wanted to represent Ukraine in Vidbir 2025. Unfortunately, her Ukraine journey ended when she did not make it in the Wildcard vote but her hopes to go to Eurovision continue. GRISANA is now on the casting list for the San Marino national final:

GRISANA participated in Vidbir 2025 with the song Kohoney.

Another act that follows GRISANA’s steps is Valleria. Valleria was participating in the Moldovan national selection but her candidacy ended abruptly when she was disqualified from Etapa Națională 2025 for being too late. She was competing with the song “A picture of myself”. Now she will try her luck with San Marino and her name has been added to the casting list:

The San Marino Song Contest casting call is currently taking place. For 2025 San Marino has renewed their national final with a new name and format. The final of the San Marino Song Contest will be held on March 8, 2025

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Ireland: This is the second song of Eurosong 2025 by Reylta!

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The second song that is going to compete in Eurosong 2025, the competition through which Ireland is going to select its entry for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest next May in Basel, Switzerland, has been released.

A few hours ago, the second name that is going to take part in Eurosong 2025, which is scheduled to take place on February 7, was announced, and it is Reylta, about whom you can read in the article below.

Ireland: Reylta is the second confirmed artist for Eurosong 2025!

Earlier today, “Fire” was released. It is the song with which Reylta will seek to win the representation of Ireland in the upcoming Eurovision 2025 contest in Basel in May. You can listen to the second entry of Eurosong 2025 below.

The remaining artists of Eurosong 2025 are to be revealed throughout this week.

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EXCLUSIVE: See the Stage for the Greek National Final!

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With less than 10 days to go until the national final at the Christmas Theater, the running order revealed, rehearsals underway with Fokas Evangelinos, and preparations in full swing, it’s time for us to exclusively unveil the stage design for the big night.

In a previous article, we described the stage; now, we present the stage blueprint just days before it is fully set up at the Christmas Theater.

As previously revealed, the stage is designed around a central circular area that focuses attention on the artist. Three large curved LED screens frame the stage, providing a dynamic canvas for live graphics, videos, and visuals tailored to each performance. At the center stands a platform with a glossy, almost reflective surface, enhancing the sense of depth and the impact of the lighting.

On Sunday, January 26, crews will begin assembling the stage at the Christmas Theater. Rehearsals will take place from Monday, January 27, to Wednesday, January 29, ensuring everything is ready for the live show on Thursday, January 30.

Twelve contestants are preparing to shine on stage and compete for the golden ticket to represent Greece in Basel at Eurovision 2025. Here is the running order, determined by a draw:

  1. RIKKI – “Elevator (Up and Down)”
  2. Thanos Lamprou – “Free Love”
  3. Kostas Ageris – “Gi Mou”
  4. Andy Nicolas – “Lost My Way”
  5. Klavdia – “Asteromata”
  6. Konstantinos Christoforou, Kostas Karafotis – “Paradeisos”
  7. Georgina Kalais, John Vlaseros – “High Road”
  8. BARBZ – “Sirens”
  9. Evangelia – “Vále”
  10. Dinamiss – “Odyssey”
  11. Nafsica – “Unhurt Me”
  12. Xannova Xan – “Play It!”

The winner will be determined by a combined vote from the public (50%) and two juries—one domestic and one international (50%).

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Italy: Damiano David to perform as guest act in Sanremo 2025!

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The excitement builds high as we are only three weeks apart from the 75th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Thirty-four artists will compete for the Golden Lion prize and the chance to represent Italy in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Some moments ago, Sanremo’s new creative director, Carlo Conti, announced that the previous lead singer of the Eurovision 2021-winning band Måneskin, Damiano David would perform at Sanremo during its traditional pre-listening press event.

David has recently launched a solo career away from the band, releasing singles like “Silverlines” and “Born With a Broken Heart” as a solo artist in 2024.

In 2021, he and Måneskin won Sanremo, which acts as the Italian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song “Zitti e Buoni” went on to represent Italy at that year’s Eurovision in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where they won the contest for Italy for the first time since 1990.

With David announced to be performing on the second night of the festival, that means he will perform during the show on Wednesday February 12.

Sanremo 2025 – the schedule

  • First Evening: All the artists perform their competing song (top five is revealed in a random order)
  • Second Evening: Half the artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)
  • Third Evening: The remaining half artists perform their song (top five revealed in random order)
  • Fourth Evening: Covers’ Night, the artists will perform in a duet. The results of this semifinal will NOT be included in the main competition
  • Final: All the artists will perform their competing song. The top five in the combined rankings of all semifinals advances in the Superfinal and gets to perform again. Juries and televote will vote again to decide the winner.

Italian representation in Eurovision 2025

If any of the 24 competitors (along with their respective record labels) want to compete in Eurovision 2025, they must complete a special form by the beginning of the festival’s final night on Saturday, February 15.

If the Sanremo 2025 winner has previously signed the interest form, he will be automatically considered Italy’s representative in the Eurovision 2025. Should he decide not to compete in Eurovision 2025, the festival’s organizing committee will select an artist from among those who have signed the interest form based on its own standards, which may or may not include the final score ranking.

Although originally scheduled from February 4 to February 8, eventually the festival was postponed, a week later. Therefore, it will take place from February 11 to February 15 in the small Ligurian town.

The winner of Sanremo’s Music Festival in 2024 was the debutant Angelina Mango with her song “La Noia“, who ultimately gained the right to represent Italy in Eurovision 2024, placing seventh in the Grand Final.

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Source: Rai Radio 1 (X)

Ireland: Reylta is the second confirmed artist for Eurosong 2025!

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The national broadcaster of Ireland, RTÉ, revealed the second name who is going to take part in Eurosong 2025, the national contest through which the country is going to select their entry for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, the coming May, in Basel, Switzerland.

Reylta is the second confirmed name who is going to claim the representation of Ireland in Eurovision 2025, through Eurosong 2025, that is going to be inclued in the The Late Late Eurosong Special” show, scheduled for 7th of February. The title of her entry is “Fire”.

Reylta’s music is described as being “rooted deeply in Irish tradition and heritage”. She has been performing with her band since 2017 and released her debut single, Fools Games, in 2019.

Billed by The Irish Independent as “Galway’s Alt Folk Queen”, Reylta’s debut album, “Everything Unsaved Will Be Lost”, was released last October.

Her entry “Fire” is going to be released later in the day.

The remaining artists of Eurosong 2025 are to be revealed throughout this week.

Source: RTÉ

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Lithuania: The artists and the running order of the fourth semi-final of Eurovizija.LT 2025!

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Yesterday, the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT announced the artists and the running order of the fourth semi-final of Eurovizija.LT 2025!

The nine artists who will compete in the fourth semi-final are as follows: (You can listen to all the songs released by clicking on the song titles)

  • Siga – “Walking With My Shadow”
  • Ustin – “You’re The One”
  • Godo Yorke – “<3 neparodai”
  • Joseph June – “Ko man nesakei?”
  • Amoralu – “Freedom”
  • Katarsis – “Tavo akys”
  • Liepa – “Ar mylétum”
  • Mario Junes – “Bury Me”
  • The Ditties – “Zui Zu Bi”
Eurovizija.LT 2025

Eurovizija.LT 2025 started on January 11 with the first of the five semi-finals. Each semi-final will feature nine artists, of which only two will advance to the grand final, based on the combined votes of the public and the jury.

Thus, the Grand Final will take place with ten entries. After the votes of the public and the jury, the three leading artists will advance to the Super Final, where the Lithuanian public will have the exclusive say in selecting the country’s next representative. The final will be held at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas on February 15.

The fourth semi-final will take place on Saturday, February 1 at 21:00 Greek time!

The previous winner of Eurovizija.LT and Lithuania’s representative at Eurovision 2024 was Silvester Belt with the song “Luktelk”, who finished in 14th place in the Grand Final.

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Source: LRT

Poland: Listen to the revamp of “Gaja” by Justyna Steczkowska for Polskie Kwalifikacje!

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A few days ago, the public broadcaster of Poland, announced the names of the artists and the songs that will take part in the country’s national final for Eurovision 2025. Among them, was the Polish Eurovision 1995 representative, Justyna Steczkowska! Read more