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Portugal: The semi-finals distribution of the composers of Festival da Canção 2025!

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The semi-finals distribution of the composers of Festival da Canção 2025 was announced!

The national broadcaster of the country, RTP, announced the distribution of the 20 composers in the two semi-finals of Festival da Canção for the 2025 edition, the national song contest through which Portugal chooses its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest!

The distribution of the composers is as per below:

First Semi-Final

  1. Margarida Campelo
  2. JOSH
  3. Capital da Bulgária
  4. Xico Gaiato
  5. Jéssica Pina
  6. Beato
  7. Bluay
  8. Marco Rodrigues
  9. Tiago Sampaio
  10. Peculiar

Second Semi-Final

  1. A Cantadeira
  2. Luca Argel
  3. HENKA
  4. Diana Vilarinho
  5. Inês Marques Lucas
  6. EU.CLIDES
  7. Bombazine
  8. Napa
  9. Emmy Curl
  10. Fernando Daniel

Festival da Canção 2025 Dates

Festival da Canção 2025 will follow a familiar format, with two semi-finals leading to the Grand Final. The dates are as follows:

  • First Semi-Final: February 22, 2025
  • Second Semi-Final: March 1, 2025
  • Grand Final: March 8, 2025

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Eurovision 2025: Changes to semi-finals voting procedure and qualifiers announcement

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Speaking on The Euro Trip Podcast, Executive Producers Moritz Stadler and Reto Peritz revealed that exciting updates are being planned for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Hosted by Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR for the first time in 35 years, the event will aim to make the Semi-Finals more engaging for viewers.

The team is rethinking how voting results are revealed in the Semi-Finals. Peritz explained:

“The Grand Final voting is full of emotion, but the Semi-Finals aren’t as exciting. We’re brainstorming ways to make the results more engaging.”

In 2023, the BBC tried a new format where contestants stood on stage to hear if they qualified, but the idea was dropped after a trial run. While Peritz didn’t share details, the Swiss team plans to bring fresh ideas to the process.

The length of the Grand Final is another focus. Recent shows have run over four hours, which SRG SSR sees as the maximum limit.

“At some point, it’s just too long,” Stadler said. “We won’t make it longer in 2025, but we’re looking at ways to streamline it.”

While some parts of the show, like interval acts, could be shortened, other elements are essential and can’t be cut. Stadler emphasized the importance of balance and small adjustments.

More updates about the 2025 contest are expected soon. Peritz revealed that the hosts will be announced in January, and the creative team, led by Yves Schifferle, is working on interval acts for the live shows in May. Details about special guests are yet to be revealed.

What do you think about these potential changes?

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Source: The Eurotrip Podcast 

Eurovision 2025: Stage and visual design revealed | The ticket sale commences now!

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Today marks an exciting milestone for the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. SRG SSR, the host broadcaster, has revealed the first images of the stage, along with the visual design of the upcoming contest!  Meanwhile, the first information on the ticket sale were unveiled and the procedure starts as soon as today.

Take a first look at the stage of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest

The person behind the stage design is no other than Florian Wieder. It is the ninth edition that Florian Wieder designs the stage, with the first being in 2011.

Eurovision 2025 Stage – SRG SSR

The stage is deeply inspired by Swiss elements, reflecting the country’s four distinct language groups and its mountainous landscape. At the same time, the design ensures that the audience is an integral part of the experience, maintaining the connection between performers and viewers throughout the event.

At the same time, SRG SSR also unveiled the visual design of the 2025 Eurovision. Inspired by the Swiss tradition of direct democracy, the “listening” theme is present in the graphic design. Moreover, the classic heart-shaped symbol will be used again in Eurovision, standing for unity.

At the end of the video below, you can also catch a glimpse of the competition stage in action:

The first stage of ticket sale commences today

This year, the ticket sale process will feature a pre-registration phase to assist those interested in purchasing tickets for the event. Interested individuals can register starting today on TicketCorner, with registration open until January 10.

The official ticket sale will begin on January 29, the day after the semi-final allocation draw. Meanwhile, the ticket prices will range from 42 to 373 euros each.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in Basel, Switzerland, from May 13 to 17, following Nemo’s victory in Malmö.

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Source: Eurovision.tv

San Marino: Changes in the name of the national contest and the date of the final!

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Pivotal changes were announced today regarding the process that is followed in San Marino for the selection of their entry in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland!

Despite the fact that the auditions have commenced since September, today the national broadcaster of the Most Serene Republic, RTV, announced through its official account on X, two big changes. The first big change has to do with the rebranding of the national song contest Una Voce per San Marino. The new name of the national contest is San Marino Song Contest! The second change has to do with the date of the final of San Marino Song Contest. Initially, the final was scheduled to take place on 22 February 2025, but it was postponed for 8 March 2025.

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Lithuania: Changes in the lineup of Eurovizija.LT 2025!

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Two days ago, Lithuania’s national broadcaster, LRT, released the list of participants and their songs for Eurovizija.LT 2025, the national song contest through which the Baltic country will select its entry for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland.

However, today LRT announced a change in the list of participants for Eurovizija.LT 2025. Specifically, Evelina Gancewska, who was to perform the song “Aurora”, has been replaced by Austėja Lukaitė, who will perform the song “Kas esu be tavės?”. The reason for this change is that the song “Aurora” was also submitted for the Croatian national contest Dora 2025, where it was accepted, and will be performed by Teenah.

So, the updated lineup in as per below:

  1. Aistay „Meile sapnavau”
  2. Amari „Sirens Call”
  3. Amoralu „Freedom”
  4. Anyanya „Running Out Of Time”
  5. Austėja Lukaitė “Kas esu be tavęs?”
  6. „Black Biceps” „Visaip man reik”
  7. Donata „Empower”
  8. „Euften” „Goodbye Hell”
  9. Ewa „Tell me lie”
  10. Freya Alley „Lalala”
  11. Gebrasy „Whole”
  12. Goya „After Storm”
  13. Godo Yorke „<3 neparodai”
  14. „Halummi” „The Flame”
  15. „Hansanova” „Leilydo”
  16. leva Zasimauskaite „Don’t You Ever Leave Me”
  17. Indre ir Laimonas „Namo”
  18. Jokübas Jankauskas „Far Away”
  19. Joseph June „Ko man nesakei?”
  20. Juste Baradulinaite „Tired”
  21. Justinas „Alright”
  22. Káro „Love Bug”
  23. „Katarsis” „Tavo akys”
  24. Liepa „Ar mylétum”
  25. Lion Ceccah „Drobe”
  26. LIT „You’re Not Alone”
  27. Mantas Ben „Svajones po 12″
  28. Mario Junes „Bury Me”
  29. Matas Ligeika „Saule”
  30. Matt Len „Not Alone”
  31. MeidE „Gyvates”
  32. Noy „Just Take Me On A Date”
  33. Ofelija „Sirdele”
  34. Petunija „l salduma”
  35. „Queens of Roses” “Taip!”
  36. Rüta Budreckaite „Tai kur namai”
  37. Siga ,Walking With My Shadow”
  38. Sophie Ali „The Bluest Bell”
  39. „Sun Francisco” „Atsimerkt”
  40. „The Ditties” „Zui Zu Bi”
  41. Thomas G „Highest Goals”
  42. Tomas Dirgela „Pa§ok”
  43. Ustin „You’re The One”
  44. Viktorija Faith „Scary Beautiful”
  45. Vilija „Liesti negalima”

“Eurovizija.LT” 2025 will kick off on January 11th with the first of five semi-finals, each featuring nine participants. Only two acts from each semi-final will qualify for the Grand Final.

The Grand Final will take place at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas on 15th of February 2025. Unlike the earlier stages, where jury opinions will play a role, the Grand Final winner will be determined solely by public televoting, ensuring that the Lithuanian public has the final say in their Eurovision representative.

Artists have until December 20th to withdraw their participation. After this date, the lineup will be considered final.

Source: LRT

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Eurovision 2025: 38 countries will join the 69th Eurovision Song Contest!

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The Eurovision season has officially kicked off! The European Broadcasting Union has just unveiled the list of participants for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, from May 13-17, 2025.

32 of the 38 participating broadcasters will compete in semi-finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May, while the 10 best from each will qualify for the grand final on Saturday 17 May based on public votes. The draw, which will determine which semi-final they will appear in, will take place in Basel on Tuesday 28 January.

The remaining five broadcasters from France, Germany, Italy, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom qualify for the Grand Final along with Switzerland, which will host the competition.

Each participating broadcaster will select the competing song and artist in the coming months according to the rules of the competition. All songs must be submitted by mid-March 2025.

The complete participants’ list

Eurovision 2025 will see a small increase in participants. A total of 38 countries will compete in what promises to be another exciting edition of Europe’s most-watched music competition.The following countries have confirmed their participation for Eurovision 2025:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Australia – SBS
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Austria – ORF
  • Azerbaijan – İctimai
  • Belgium – RTBF
  • Croatia – HRT
  • Cyprus – CyBC
  • Czech Republic – ČT
  • Denmark – DR
  • Estonia – ERR
  • Finland – YLE
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Greece – ERT
  • Iceland – RÚV
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Israel – IPBC/Kan
  • Italy – RAI
  • Latvia – LTV
  • Lithuania – LRT
  • Luxembourg – RTL
  • Malta – PBS
  • Moldova – TRM
  • Montenegro – RTCG
  • Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Norway – NRK
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – SMRTV
  • Serbia – RTS
  • Slovenia – RTVSLO
  • Spain – TVE
  • Sweden – SVT
  • Switzerland – SRG / SSR
  • Ukraine – UA
  • United Kingdom – BBC

Notable Returns

One of the most notable events is the return of Montenegro to the competition. After two years of absence, Montenegro returns to Eurovision with a sense of optimism. The country opted for a national selection process, Montesong 2024, to choose its entry. The winner, ΝinaŽižić, has been chosen to represent Montenegro with the song “Dobrodošli”.

Meanwhile, The Netherlands have also confirmed their participation in 2025. Earlier, the country had made waves by hinting at a possible withdrawal from the competition. However, following reassurances regarding participant safety and the appointment of Martin Green as the competition’s executive producer, AVROTROS, the Dutch broadcaster, has reversed its decision. Despite this, Joost Klein, who was disqualified just before the Grand Final in Malmö, has declined the opportunity to perform at Eurovision again. Furthermore, the Dutch act for Eurovision 2025 will be chosen internally by AVROTROS.

Countries that remain off the contest

North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania will be sitting out of Eurovision 2025, citing financial reasons as the cause for their absence.

Eurovision is a significant financial commitment for many countries, and the rising costs of participation, including the production of national selections, are undoubtedly a factor in these decisions. It remains to be seen whether these countries will return for future editions of the contest.

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel, Switzerland, following Nemo’s victory in Malmö at Eurovision 2024. The competition is set to take place on May 13-17, 2025, with the Grand Final scheduled for the final night.

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Luxembourg: The songs of Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 to be released on 19th of December!

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RTL announced the date on which the songs of Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 are going to be released!

The national broadcaster of Luxembourg, RTL, revealed today that the seven songs that are going to participate in Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 are scheduled to be released on Thursday 19th of December. More details on the songs will be made available the coming days.

In addition to the above, RTL also announced that the tickets for those who want to attend the big night of Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 are going to go on sale the coming Friday at 16:00 CET. The national song contest is going to take place in the town of Esch-Uelzecht on 25th of January 2025.

The seven artists who are going to claim the representation of the Grand Duchy are as per below:

  1. Laura Thorn
  2. One Last Time
  3. Luzac
  4. MÄNA
  5. Rafa Ela
  6. Rhythmic Soundwave
  7. ZERO POINT FIVE

Source: RTL

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Ukraine: The 20 artists that are going to claim the 10 positions for Vidbir 2025!

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The list of the 20 artists who are going to claim the 10 positions for Vidbir 2025 was published today. Vidbir is the song contest through which Ukraine choose their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, and their are going to do so for Eurovision 2025 as well.

The 20 artists that were announced by the national broadcaster of Ukraine, Suspilne, are going to participate in auditions which are going to determine 9 out of the 10 artist that are going to participate at Vidbir 2025. For the 10th position, an online voting is going to take place for the artists who will not make it throught the auditions. The nine artists of Vidbir are going to be detemrined on 20th of December, while the full list is going to be published on 17th of January 2025.

The 20 artists are as per below:

  1. BRYKULETS
  2. ENLEO
  3. FIЇNKA
  4. Future Culture
  5. GRISANA
  6. KHAYAT
  7. KRYLATA
  8. MOLODI
  9. MON FIA
  10. Ranrawi
  11. Starykova Hrystyna
  12. TESLENKO
  13. YAGODY
  14. Ziferblat
  15. Абіє
  16. ДК Енергетик
  17. Маша Кондратенко
  18. МУАЯД
  19. Слухай Сашу
  20. Влад Шериф

Vidbir 2025 will take place sometime in February and the winner will be decided by the votes of public and the jury.

Source:  Suspilne

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Lithuania: LRT unveils Eurovizija.LT 2025 lineup

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Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has officially revealed the 45 artists who will compete in Eurovizija.LT 2025, Lithuania‘s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The winner will represent Lithuania in Basel, Switzerland, this May.

The line up:

  1. Aistay „Meile sapnavau”
  2. Amari „Sirens Call”
  3. Amoralu „Freedom”
  4. Anyanya „Running Out Of Time”
  5. „Black Biceps” „Visaip man reik”
  6. Donata „Empower”
  7. „Euften” „Goodbye Hell”
  8. Evelina Gancewska „Aurora”
  9. Ewa „Tell me lie”
  10. Freya Alley „Lalala”
  11. Gebrasy „Whole”
  12. Goya „After Storm”
  13. Godo Yorke „<3 neparodai”
  14. „Halummi” „The Flame”
  15. „Hansanova” „Leilydo”
  16. leva Zasimauskaite „Don’t You Ever Leave Me”
  17. Indre ir Laimonas „Namo”
  18. Jokübas Jankauskas „Far Away”
  19. Joseph June „Ko man nesakei?”
  20. Juste Baradulinaite „Tired”
  21. Justinas „Alright”
  22. Káro „Love Bug”
  23. „Katarsis” „Tavo akys”
  24. Liepa „Ar mylétum”
  25. Lion Ceccah „Drobe”
  26. LIT „You’re Not Alone”
  27. Mantas Ben „Svajones po 12″
  28. Mario Junes „Bury Me”
  29. Matas Ligeika „Saule”
  30. Matt Len „Not Alone”
  31. MeidE „Gyvates”
  32. Noy „Just Take Me On A Date”
  33. Ofelija „Sirdele”
  34. Petunija „l salduma”
  35. „Queens of Roses” “Taip!”
  36. Rüta Budreckaite „Tai kur namai”
  37. Siga ,Walking With My Shadow”
  38. Sophie Ali „The Bluest Bell”
  39. „Sun Francisco” „Atsimerkt”
  40. „The Ditties” „Zui Zu Bi”
  41. Thomas G „Highest Goals”
  42. Tomas Dirgela „Pa§ok”
  43. Ustin „You’re The One”
  44. Viktorija Faith „Scary Beautiful”
  45. Vilija „Liesti negalima”

Among the hopefuls are two former Eurovision representatives:

Ieva Zasimauskaitė, who brought Lithuania to the Eurovision Grand Final in 2018 with her emotional ballad “When We’re Old” and Vilija Matačiūnaitė, who performed  “Attention” in 2014.

Three entries have already been released:

Indrė Ananktaitė ir Laimonas Bendaravičius – “Namo”

Sophie Ali – “The Bluest Bell”

VILIJA – “Liesti negalima”

“Eurovizija.LT” 2025 will kick off on January 11th with the first of five semi-finals, each featuring nine participants. Only two acts from each semi-final will qualify for the Grand Final.

The Grand Final will take place at  Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. Unlike the earlier stages, where jury opinions will play a role, the Grand Final winner will be determined solely by public televoting, ensuring that the Lithuanian public has the final say in their Eurovision representative.

Artist Withdrawal Deadline

Artists have until December 20th to withdraw their participation. After this date, the lineup will be considered final.

Last year, Lithuania was represented by Silvester Belt with his track “Luktelk”  finishing 14th in the Eurovision 2024 Grand Final with 90 points.

Will Lithuania’s next representative build on this success?

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Source: LRT

Serbia: These are the contestants of Pesma za Evroviziju 2025!

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The list of the artists who are going to take part in Pesma za Evroviziju 2025 was published today. Pesma za Evroviziju is the song contest through which Serbia choose their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, and their are going to do so for Eurovision 2025 as well.

In the list which was published by the national broadcaster of Serbia, RTS, you can read the names of the 30 artists and the titles of their respective songs.

The 30 acts are as per below:

  • Buč Kesidi – Tužne ljubavi
  • Igor Simić – Ne mogu
  • Tropico band – AI
  • Tam – Durum durum
  • Džet Vega – Rolerkoster
  • Mila – Gaia
  • Dušan Kurtić – Boginja
  • Harem Girls – Aladin
  • Mimi Mercedez – Turbo žurka
  • Dram – Vanja
  • Ivana Štrbac – La La La
  • Milan Nikolić i banda – Storia del amor
  • Bojana x David – Šesto čulo
  • Iskaz – Trendseter
  • Tanja Banjanin – Ja sam bolja
  • Princ – Mila
  • Biber – Da mi se vratiš
  • Nataša Kojić – Up and Down
  • Kruz Roudi – Sve i odmah
  • SEDLAR – Oči boje zemlje
  • Jelena Pajić – Kameleon
  • Nikola Antonijević Anton – U grad
  • AltCtrl – Mamurna jutra
  • Filarri – Meet and Greet
  • GIFTS & ROSES – Do kraja vremena
  • Maja Nikolić – Žali srce moje
  • Ohajo – MaMa
  • Ana & The Changes – Brinem
  • Vukayla – MASK
  • Vampiri – Tebi treba neko kao ja

The list of contestants includes Princ, who finished second in the Serbian national competition in 2023, as well as Filarri, who competed in both 2023 and 2024 editions.

We remind you that Pesma za Evroviziju consists of two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final. The dates of the Semi-Finals and the Final are:

  • First Semi-Final – 25 February
  • Second Semi-Final – 27 February
  • Final – 1 March

Source: RTS

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