Malta: Listen to the Songs of MESC 2025!

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Just a few moments ago, the press conference concluded where the draw for the two semi-finals of the 24 artists participating in MESC 2025 took place. Eurovision Song Malta announced that the 24 songs competing in the two semi-finals are now available on their YouTube channel.

You can listen to the competing songs in the playlist below by clicking on the song titles:

FIRST SEMI-FINAL

  1. “Hideaway” – Mark Anthony Bartolo (will open the first semi-final)
  2. “Silenced” – Raquela Dalli
  3. “Whistleblower” – Haley Azzopardi
  4. “Heaven Sent” – Kristy Spiteri
  5. “Wildflower” – Marie Claire
  6. “Juno” – Victoria Sciberra
  7. “Festa (No Time for Siesta)” – JVF (Jessika, Victorio, Fabrizio)
  8. “Control” – Matthew Cilia
  9. “Qalb ma’ Qalb” – Adria Twins
  10. “Still I Rise” – Justine Shorfid
  11. “Te Amo” – Dre’ Curmi
  12. “AZIZ/A” – Kurt Calleja (will close the first semi-final)

SECOND SEMI-FINAL

  1. “365” – Kelsey Bellante (will open the second semi-final)
  2. “Unheard” – Krista Šujak
  3. “Love Me Loud” – Kelsy Attard
  4. “Kant” – Miriana Conte
  5. “Lablab (Talk Talk)” – Stefan Galea. 
  6. “Yo Listen” – Martina Borg
  7. “Għażliet” – Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni
  8. “Concrete” – Nathan Psaila
  9. “Miegħek Biss” – Kurt Anthony Cassar
  10. “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum” – Kantera
  11. “Rubble & Stone” – The Alchemists
  12. “Breaking the Cycle” – Miguel Bonello (will close the second semi-final)

MESC 2025 will consist of two semi-final rounds, which will take place on February 4th and 6th, while the grand final will be held on February 8th.

Last year’s winner, Sarah Bonnici with “Loop,” represented the country in Malmö. However, she failed to qualify for the final, finishing in last place in the semi-final.

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Source: TVMNews

Greece’s national final moves forward without Marina Satti

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Marina Satti will not be attending ERT’s national final to select the artist and song that will represent Greece at Eurovision 2025.

MAD TV has already begun preparations for the big night, scheduled to take place on January 30 at the Christmas Theater. According to published reports and our own sources, last year’s Eurovision representative for Greece will not be present at the national final.

It remains unclear whether her absence is due to ERT’s decision not to invite her or her own unavailability due to a packed schedule.

It’s worth recalling that during last year’s competition, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis distanced himself from Marina Satti’s behavior, particularly her infamous yawn during the press conference following the second semifinal. This occurred while Israel’s representative, Eden Golan, was speaking. Political backlash also arose from statements made by two of her dancers, who referred to the minority in Thrace as “Turkish.”

While Marina Satti may not be a guest at this year’s national final, other notable guests are expected to attend. The event will be hosted by Helena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas, with stage direction handled by Fokas Evangelinos.

On Friday, January 10, the announcement of the 12 national final contestants is anticipated, along with the release of their competing songs.

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Israel: HaKokhav Haba Grand Final to take place on January 22!

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After countless auditions and a great number of episodes, the moment when Israel selects its representative for Eurovision 2025, is almost here! Officially, the Grand Final of HaKokhav Haba, will take place on Wednesday, January 22!

As of now, ten young singers are still competing, four of which will advance to the Grand Final. There, the Israeli audience and the jury of the show, will select together the country’s next representative for Eurovision! The jury consists of:

  • Assaf Amdursky
  • Keren Peles
  • Shiri Maimon
  • Eden Hason
  • Ran Danker
  • Itay Levi
  • Nasrin Kadri 

As we’ve previously informed you, after the selection of the representative, a special jury panel will select the song which they will perform on the stage in Basel, as was also the case last year. The submission window will be open until February 2, 2025.

The special professional committee will consist of 7 members:

  • The chairman of the committee – the director of the IPBC music stations.
  • Two representatives of the radio – music editors to be selected by the chairman of the committee.
  • Two representatives of the television – the director of the IPBC entertainment and culture department and one more representative to be selected by her.
  • Two representatives of Keshet

Yet again, the song can be in any language, but it must contain some sentences in Hebrew.

The selected song will be arranged, recorded and a video clip will be created in order to be presented in March 2025 in a special televised show.

The previous winner of HaKokhav Haba and Israel’s representative in Eurovision 2024, was Eden Golan with her song “Hurricane” which ended up in 5th place of the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/K60BWlEhtAA

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Israeli participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, in Basel!

Source: euromix.co.il

Iceland: The first names rumoured for Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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A few days after the official announcements by RÚV, Iceland’s national broadcaster, for this year’s Söngvakeppnin, the national competition through which the country’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected, the first rumours began about the artists who will claim to represent the island in Eurovision 2025.

The first rumoured artists

The well-known Icelandic website Vísir, through two recent articles, publishes the first three names that appear to be on the list of Söngvakeppnin 2025.

The first name is ICEGUYS. This is a boyband that has enjoyed enormous popularity on the Arctic island in recent years with five recent soldout concerts. ICEGUYS consists of Friðrik Dór, Rúrik Gíslason, Jón Jónsson, Herra Hnetusmjör and Aron Can.

The band’s manager Máni Pétursson has already stated in an interview:

“It’s from time to time that the Iceguys are going to participate in Eurovision”

The second name rumored is that of Juli Heiðar Halldórsson. He is one of the most well-known artists in Iceland and already has experience in Söngvakeppnin, having participated in 2017 with Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir and the song “Heim til þín” without much success, however, as they finished in 5th place in the first semi-final and failed to advance to the final of the national competition.

The third name is Ágúst Þór Bjarnason. Ágúst is a young and aspiring musician, living in Akureyri. Last summer, he played for Magnús Kjartansson, the singer of Stuðlaband, and performed with the band at all the biggest outdoor festivals in the country. Ágúst was previously the singer in the band Færibandinu.

On Friday, January 17, the presentation of the artists and songs that will take part in Söngvakeppnin 2025 is scheduled at 20:40 CET through the special TV show “Lögin í Söngvakeppninni 2025”. For this year’s bid for the Icelandic representation, 110 entries were submitted to the Icelandic competition.

Source: Vísir

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest 2025!

Slovenia: The Hosts of EMA 2025!

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Only a few weeks remain until EMA 2025, the night when we will discover which of the 12 competition songs will represent Slovenia in Basel.

The hosts of EMA 2025 in Slovenia will be Raiven and Štras. Raiven is well known for representing Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024, while Štras is a singer from the popular band MRFY. This will be his first experience as a host on Slovenian television.

Excerpts from the competition songs will be presented for the first time on January 25th in the show “EMA Before EMA.”

As a reminder, EMA 2025 will take place on February 1st. The result will be determined through two rounds of voting. In the first round, five juries will vote using the same method as in the Eurovision Song Contest (1-8, 10, and 12 points). Each jury will consist of five members from specific groups of people.

The five juries will be:
  • Music Jury (singers, musicians, producers, songwriters)
  • Television Jury (editors, hosts, directors, choreographers)
  • Radio Jury (radio editors, journalists, presenters)
  • OGAE Slovenia Jury
  • International Eurovision Influencers Jury (bloggers, vloggers, online journalists)

After the juries cast their votes, the two top songs will advance to the superfinal round of EMA. In this final round, the winner will be determined by a public vote from the television audience.

The entries that will compete in EMA 2025 are as follows:
  • Eva Pavli – “Niti”
  • KiKi – “O-ou!”
  • Jon Vitezič – “Vse ti dam”
  • Trine – “Grace”
  • Klemen – “How Much Time Do We Have Left”
  • Žan Videc – “Pusti da gori”
  • ANNA – “Čau”
  • July Jones – “New Religion”
  • ZveN – “Divja”
  • PolarAce – “Kind”
  • Astrid & The Scandals – “Touché”
  • RAI – “Frederick’s Dead”

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates related to Eurovision 2025!

Source: rtvslo

Norway: The rumored names for Melodi Grand Prix 2025!

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As we are at the beginning of the hot Eurovision season, most countries have already started their preparations for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Basel next May. As expected, Norway, one of the countries with the most exciting national finals, is no exception.

The rumored names for Melodi Grand Prix 2025

According to escnorge, this year’s MGP line-up will feature several big names from the Norwegian music scene, as well as the return of many Eurostars and former Melodi Grand Prix contestants!

With a long list, the Norwegian contest website revealed the artists rumored to participate in MGP 2025.

Here they are:

  • Nora Foss Al-Jabri – MGP 2012, Second place
  • Tone Damli – MGP 2009, MGP 2020, and Melodifestivalen 2013
  • Angelina Jordan – Winner of Norway’s Got Talent and participant in America’s Got Talent: The Champions
  • Kyle Alessandro – MGP 2023
  • LLL (Girlllband)
  • Wig Wam – Represented Norway in Eurovision 2005
  • JOWST – Represented Norway in Eurovision 2017
  • Lavrans – Second place in The Voice 2024
  • Mathilde SPZ – MGP 2024
  • Gaute Ormåsen – Represented Norway in Eurovision 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCU2rQyDeY

  • EMMY – MGP 2015 and MGP 2021
  • Tolou
  • Alessandra – Represented Norway in Eurovision 2023
  • Didrik Solli-Tangen – Represented Norway in Eurovision 2010

Finally, all the artists of MGP 2025 will be highly promoted by the country’s public broadcaster, and the producers of MGP promise us a spectacular show with plenty of fireworks and LED displays.

Important dates:
  • January 16, 2025: Artist announcement at 12:00, at Studio 1
  • January 24, 2025: Release of the contest songs
  • February 15, 2025: Grand final at Oslo Spektrum The Gåte, winners of last year’s MGP, represented Norway in Malmö with the song “Ulveham,” finishing in last place.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Eurovision 2025!

Source: escnorge, escnorge

Croatia: Natalie Balmix disqualified from Dora 2025!

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In a recent update from HRT, the Croatian broadcaster confirmed that Natalie Balmix has been disqualified from the 2025 edition of Dora, the national selection for Eurovision. Balmix, who was set to perform her song “Život ide dalje”, was removed from the competition due to a breach of the rules. Subsequently, Fenksta will now take her place at Dora 2025 with the song “Extra”.

Why was Natalie Balmix disqualified?

According to HRT’s official statement, the rules allowed artists to make final changes to their entries until January 5. However, Balmix submitted a new version of her song that was found to be significantly different from the one initially submitted. Following an investigation, independent music producers confirmed that the song’s production, arrangement, and lyrics had been altered so drastically that it could no longer be considered the same work. This breach of competition rules led to her disqualification.

The aforementioned is against Dora’s rules, and that led to HRT disqualifying Natalie Balmix from the selection.

Dora 2025

Twenty-four artists will participate at Dora 2025, claiming the Croatian representation in Basel:

  1. Ananda – “Lies Lay Cold”
  2. EoT – “Bye, Bye, Bye”
  3. Filomena – “Strong”
  4. Fenksta – “Extra”
  5. Irma – “Enigma”
  6. IVXN – “Monopoly”
  7. Jelena Radan – “SALUT!”
  8. Laurakojasong – “NPC”
  9. LELEK – “The Soul of my Soul”
  10. Luka Nižetić – “Južina”
  11. Magazine – “AaAaA”
  12. Marin Jurić Čivro – “It Burned”
  13. Marko Bošnjak – “Poison Cake”
  14. Marko Škugor – “What Should I Ask of God”
  15. Marko Tolja – “Through the dark”
  16. Martha May – “Running to the Light”
  17. Matt Shaft – “Welcome to the circus”
  18. Natally – “Home to My Heart”
  19. NIPPLEPEOPLE – “SIGN”
  20. Fire – “Give, Give”
  21. Petar Brkljačić – “THE END”
  22. Supersonic Trio – “Animal”
  23. Swingers – “Ful Kul”
  24. Teenah – “Aurora”

The competition will take place in two semifinals on February 27 and 28, with the final scheduled for March 2. The finalists will be decided solely by public vote, with the winner determined through an equal combination of the public’s votes and a jury vote.

Last year’s winner was Baby Lasagna with his song “RIM TIM TAGI DIM“. Baby Lasagna managed to bring Croatia’s best placement in the contest, finishing first in public’s voting and second overall.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: HRT

Finland: The Stage for UMK 2025 Revealed!

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This morning, the Finnish broadcaster Yle unveiled the stage for UMK 2025, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2025!

The stage was designed by Ari Levelä and Pekka Martti.

See below photos of the UMK 2025 stage:

 

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The seven artists who will compete in UMK 2025 will be revealed tomorrow evening at 19:00 CET. You can watch the live TV announcement via YouTube or YLE Areena, with English commentary.

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 will take place on February 10th at the Nokia Arena in Tampere. The hosts of UMK 2025 will be the famous singer SANNI and the Yle youth news journalist Jasmin Beloued.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all updates related to Eurovision 2025!

Source: yle

Denmark: The Hosts of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025!

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The Danish public broadcaster, DR, has just announced the hosts of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2025.

Once again, the hosts of the final will be Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro.

Stéphanie Surrugue shared her thoughts about the role of the host:

It is truly a huge joy to be part of Denmark’s biggest ‘party bus’ once again. The sense of community and the joy that surrounds Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is something we all need in these complicated times. At the same time, Grand Prix is deeply rooted in Danish and European traditions, with cultural significance beyond just the music. I am thrilled to be part of this event alongside my ‘work rocket,’ Sara Bro.

Sara Bro added:

Last year’s experience was magical, becoming part of the wonderful Grand Prix family. There’s a special atmosphere with the most passionate and dedicated fans who create an environment full of joy and sparkle. I hope everyone is ready for another celebration with great music and entertainment. I can’t wait to welcome everyone, both at home and at Boxen, together with my idol and partner, Stéphanie Surrugue.

The eight artists and their songs will be revealed on February 6 during a press conference at DR Koncerthuset.

We would like to remind you that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be broadcast live on DR1 and DRTV on Saturday, March 1, with a single final and the participation of eight songs.

Denmark was represented in this year’s competition in Malmö by Saba with the song “Sand“, but unfortunately did not make it to the grand final, finishing in 12th place in the second semi-final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Denmark’s participation in Eurovision 2025!

Source: dr.dk

Norway: When will MGP 2025 songs be released?

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Preparations for the Melodi Grand Prix (MGP) 2025, Norway’s national selection for Eurovision, are well underway, and the reveal date for the competing songs has just been announced. The competition will culminate in the grand final at Oslo Spektrum on Saturday, February 15.

Songs to be released on January 24

The ten songs competing in this year’s Melodi Grand Prix will be released on Friday, January 24. This will give the public their first opportunity to hear the tracks aiming to represent Norway at Eurovision 2025.

Artists announcement on January 16

Before the songs are unveiled, the participating artists will be announced on Thursday, January 16. A press conference will take place at 12:00 CET in Studio 1 at NRK’s Marienlyst headquarters in Oslo. The event will be broadcast live, introducing the ten acts who will compete for the title.

The announcement will be hosted by Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom, and Markus Neby, who will also provide insights into this year’s competition.

This year’s MGP marks a return to Oslo Spektrum, a venue that has hosted many memorable moments in the competition’s history. After six years, the live final will once again take place in this iconic location.

Tickets for the grand final went on sale on Friday, November 22, at 12:00.

Recap: key dates to remember

  • January 16, 2025: Artist announcement at 12:00, Studio 1, Marienlyst
  • January 24, 2025: Release of competing songs
  • February 15, 2025: Grand final at Oslo Spektrum

Last year’s winners, Gåte, represented Norway in Malmö with their song “Ulveham”. Although they did not achieve a high placing, this year’s competition aims to find a strong contender to represent Norway on the Eurovision stage.

As the dates draw closer, excitement is building for MGP 2025.Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the updates on Eurovision 2025!

Sources: ESC Discord/ NRK