EBU: Heads of delegation meet in Croatia to discuss Eurovision 2025!

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The Heads of Delegation are meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia to discuss about the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

During this week, Heads of Delegation will start shaping next year’s Eurovision to be held in Switzerland.  As the deadline for countries to announce if they are participating in Basel approaches, the HoD reviews the procedures and EBU governance.

The attending broadcasters will find out more about the EBU’s plans for the competition during this week’s meeting.  Last summer a report was released for the delegations on the incidents that took place during the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.  Therefore, the recommendations of this report could be one of the topics of interest for the HoD.

We are looking forward to see what innovations and suggestions this first meeting will bring to the competition.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on May 13, 15 and 17.

Source: Eurovoix.

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Albania: Festivali i Këngës 63 Participants to Be Revealed on October 10

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The participants of the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës are set to be announced in less than a month. The official reveal of the artists taking part in the festival will take place on October 10.

Song submissions for the festival will be accepted from September 27 to 29, with RTSH welcoming entries that meet the contest’s regulations via email at festivali63@rtsh.al.

Festivali i Këngës has traditionally been the selection method for Albania’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest since the country’s debut. This year, the festival will include a “Nostalgia Night” to celebrate 20 years of Albania’s participation in Eurovision.

While it is expected that the festival will again be used to choose Albania’s representative for Eurovision 2025, RTSH has not yet officially confirmed the selection process for the upcoming contest.

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Albania was represented by Besa with the song “Titan,” finishing 14th out of 15 in the first semi-final. Albania scored a total of 15 points, with the highest score (5 points) coming from Greece.

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Source: RTSH

Netherlands: AVROTROS’ commentator believes that the country should compete in Eurovision 2025

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The Dutch entry’s disqualification from the Eurovision final in May of last year, along with the events that unfolded around it, cast doubt on the country’s participation in the upcoming competition. Specifically, the Netherlands‘ public broadcaster officials have stated unequivocally that the country’s participation in Basel requires the adoption of a number of modifications that will deal with the “dysfunctions” of the competition. However in contrast to those remarks, Dutch commentator Cornald Maas declared that he wants the Netherlands to take part in the 2025 competition.

In particular, Cornald Mass, who criticised the European Broadcasting Union and its decisions following Joost Klein’s disqualification and made statements such as “F*ck the EBU”, argued that the Netherlands ought to compete in Eurovision 2025.

“I think the best answer is to participate and to cater for a good entry. That’s a better answer than staying at home, sulking, preaching to the choir, adding to your own annoyance for another year while the caravan moves on.

“I think that you should always take part, because Eurovision isn’t the European Broadcasting Union. That’s what I’m critical about, not about Eurovision itself.”

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Ukraine: Eurovision 2025 participation confirmed!

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Earlier today, one more country confirmed its participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to take place next year in Basel, Switzerland!

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Romania: TVR has not yet decided whether to compete in Eurovision 2025

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Following Montenegro’s return to the Eurovision Song Contest, there are now hopes that other South-Eastern European countries, who withdrew in previous years due to financial difficulties, may return to the competition. One of these countries is Romania, whose participation is still up in the air, as a representative for the country’s public broadcaster stated to Eurovoix.

More precisely, all options are still up for grabs as TVR has not yet decided whether or not Romania will compete in Eurovision 2025.

Until now, we do not have any decision for further participation on Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

The last representative of Romania was Theodor Andrei with the song “D.G.T. (Off and On)”, who did not manage to qualify for the grand final, finishing in last place of the second semi-final with zero points.

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Source: Eurovoix

Greece Officially Confirms Participation in Eurovision 2025: ERT Prepares for Basel

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Greece’s participation in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest is now official, as ERT has confirmed its presence by submitting the required participation form to the EBU.

Despite minor doubts, Greece is now officially among the countries that will take part in Eurovision 2025. According to reliable information, the Greek public broadcaster has completed the process of submitting the participation form, thus reaffirming its commitment to the upcoming contest.

Greece is the 29th country to confirm its participation in the competition, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland, on May 13, 15, and 17, 2025.

At this time, the selection process for the artist and song that will represent Greece remains unclear. The administrative changes at ERT are expected to be completed within the week, and immediately after the presentation of the new program on September 18, the selection method for the Greek entry in Eurovision 2025 will be announced.

ERT emphasizes that the selection process will aim to maintain high viewer interest while ensuring a transparent and objective procedure to avoid any shadows that have appeared in the recent past.

This will be Greece’s 45th participation in the 69-year history of the contest. ERT’s new management aspires to start strong in Eurovision, aiming not only for a smooth year but also for a top-10 placement, three years after Amanda’s 8th place finish, which is Greece’s best result in the past decade.

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Czechia: Internal selection for Eurovision 2025 | Submission window now open!

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Those interested, have until September 30 to submit their entries in the Czech public broadcaster, to represent the country in Eurovision 2025. ČT, announced that after a couple of years of organizing a national final, they’ll once again opt for an internal selection, for the artist that will wave the Czech flag in Eurovision 2025, in Basel! Read more

Iceland: The decision about Eurovision 2025 postponed for next week!

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The decision of Iceland to participate in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025, in Basel, Switzerland, was postponed!

As we informed you in our previous article (here), the decision of Iceland’s national broadcaster, RÚV, regarding participation in Eurovision 2025 and the country’s national festival Söngvakeppnin was initially expected to be published yesterday, the 5th of September.

However, this ultimately did not happen as the decision was postponed until next week. The Head of Delegation of Iceland, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason said:

“We are still reviewing the issues, including a meeting that our representatives and the other nations will attend with the representatives of Eurovision after the weekend. The deadline to confirm participation in Eurovision is September 15th. We will announce our decision before then”

Source: visir.is

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The Netherlands: The majority believes that the country should not participate in Eurovision 2025!

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The thriller of whether the Netherlands will be present at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland goes on, and will probably last until the very last moment, on September 15, the deadline for the countries concerned to register to participate.

The country’s national broadcaster, AVROTROS, has more than a week to decide. However, the Dutch branch of RTL conducted a poll and if the decision to participate or not was in the hands of the public, then the country would be out, as 58% think it should stay away next year.

After the controversial disqualification of the Netherlands despite qualifying for the final, the decision seems to be difficult.

Eric Dekker from AVROTROS commented that:

“At the moment, the talks are still ongoing. We’re taking everything into consideration and we’re not making any statements until a decision is made.”

According to the results of the RTL survey, 58% believe that the country should abstain, 24% believe that it should participate and 18% have no opinion on the matter.

Katja Zwar, eurofan and podcast presenter at Telegraaf, also chooses the abstention.

“As much as it hurts me to say, I hope we won’t participate just to make a statement. It’s not nothing what happened, we were unjustly disqualified, while we had scored high. You can’t undo it, but the EBU has to come up with something right to make up for it.”

On the other hand, media expert Mark Koster believes that the country will eventually take part.

“I’m sure there will be a half-baked lame excuse from the EBU just in time, which is just enough for the AVROTROS to participate anyway. And then the whole riot will have been for nothing.”

In the event that the Netherlands takes part, 47% believe that Joost Klein should be the representative again.

Source: RTL

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Czechia: The search of the next representative for Εurovision 2025 begins!

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Czechia is the next country to officially declare its presence at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to be held in Basel, Switzerland!

In a statement, the country’s national broadcaster, ČT, gave the first information on the process to be followed. Specifically,  the deadline for the interested artists to submit entries is until September 30, 23:59 (CEST). In addition, Czech Television reserves the right to cancel the entire selection process of the Czech representative, if, for any reason, it does not take part in Eurovision 2025.

However, it is noteworthy that in the ČT announcement there is no mention of the ESCZ, the national final through which the participations of this central European country were determined.

In this year’s Eurovision held in Malmö, Aiko represented the country with the song “Pedestal” but, however, it did not make it to the grand final, as it finished in 11th place in the second semi-final.

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Source: ČT

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