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Worldvision Q1-2025

From IECO - International Eurofan's Countries Organisation

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 1 - 2025 was the 10th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Hobart, Australia, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q4-2024 contest with the song "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster SBS. The contest was held MyState Bank Arena, and consisted of a semi-finals on TBA June 2025, and a final on TBA June 2025.

Worldvision Q1-2025
Dates
Semi-final 1TBA June 2025
Semi-final 2TBA June 2025
FinalTBA June 2025
Host
VenueMyState Bank Arena, Hobart, Australia
Executive supervisor Mark Solovyov
Host broadcaster SBS
Participants
Number of entries37
Returning Countries Belgium
China
Ireland
Non-returning Countries Iceland
Poland
Participation map
Vote
Voting systemEach country's Jury awards one set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs as 50% of the votes, while Televote matches the result with another 50% of the points awarded percentage-wise proportionally.
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Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest. It was announced that Belgium, China and Ireland returning after one-episodes absences respectively. While Iceland and Poland announced that they would not be taking part.

Location

 
MyState Bank Arena, host venue of the Q1-2025 contest.

The Q1-2025 contest took place in Hobart, Australia, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. It was the second time that Australia hosts the contest (after the Q2-2023 contest). The selected venue is the 5,500-seat MyState Bank Arena.

City bidding process

After the final of the previous season, the organizers began preparing for the competition by searching for a host city. A total of 9 cities submitted their applications for consideration for the host city of the anniversary season of the competition. On March 14, four cities were announced as contenders for victory: Sydney, Adelaide, Cairns, Hobart. On March 15, Hobart was announced as the host city, and the competition itself will take place at MyState Bank Arena.

Format

Two semi-finals has stayed with the same rules in this episode.

Voting changes

After the end of the Q4-2024 contest, many delegations of participating countries expressed their dissatisfaction with the ability of television viewers to vote for their country. In April 2025, the contest supervisor Mark Solovyov announced that each country could now only involve one viewer in the voting and without the right to vote for their country.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

On May 25, the organizers of the contest presented the composition of the baskets for the draw. Thus, 31 countries were distributed into 6 countries in 4 baskets and 7 countries in 1 basket. This was the second time that the allocation of the Autofinalist countries to the semi-finals was determined by a pictogram lottery: each semi-final was assigned three specific emojis (dolphin, starfish, yacht, sunglasses, palm tree and deck chair). The heads of delegation of the Autofinalist countries chose one of the pictograms and received one of the two semi-finals. The draw for the semi-finals was broadcast at 20:30 CET on 1 June. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Australia and "Top-5" countries from the previous edition (Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan and ranking best Israel) – would vote in and be required to broadcast.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Participating Countries

On April 26, the organizers of the competition announced thirty-seven participating countries in Hobart. Among the participants in the competition were Belgium, China and Ireland. Iceland and Poland canceled the competition in this season. On April 29, the organizers named the 6 auto-finalists of the season: the top 5 of the previous competition (Australia, Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan) and the country leading in the overall standings over the past three seasons - Israel.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place on XX June 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries along with   Italy,   Japan and   Norway will vote and perform in this semi-final.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   China Lexie Liu Pop Girl English
02   Hungary Benjamin x BESS Paremmin ku kukaan muu Finish
03   Armenia Pierre Garnier, M. Pokora Chaque seconde French
04   Thailand ALALA Bored Game Thai, English
05   Lebanon Snow Wife Crazy English
06   North Macedonia Ava Della Pietra Marionette English
07   France Jade FUFN French
08   Cuba Camilla Cabello Godspeed English
09   Croatia Tea Tairovic Kucke i Demoni Serbian
10   Portugal Tommee Profitt x Sam Tinnesz x Brooke Forbidden Fruit English
11   South Korea Annete Pfab Midnight English
12   Vietnam Audioiko, Redemm, Arely Vega Porque te vas Spanish
13   Kazakhstan Marina Cuntissimo English
14   Belgium Pierre de Maere Enfant de French
15   Brazil Faouzia Porcelain English

Voting in the 1st Semi-Final

Each country had a televoting who awarded 12, 10, 8 - 1 point(s) to their top seven songs. All 15 countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Italy, Japan and Norway. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.

The 1st Semi-Final voting results
Total score
Televoting score
China
Hungary
Armenia
Thauland
Lebanon
North Macedonia
France
Cuba
Croatia
Portugal
South Korea
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Belgium
Brazil
Italy
Japan
Norway
Contestants
China
Hungary
Armenia
Thailand
Lebanon
North Macedonia
France
Cuba
Croatia
Portugal
South Korea
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Belgium
Brazil
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Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on XX June 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the second semi-final. Those countries along with   Australia,   Israel and   Spain will vote and perform in this semi-final.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   Canada David Kushner Humankind English
02   San Marino Willow Curious/Furious English
03   Ireland Teddy Swims Bad Dreams English
04   Cyprus Rebecca Black Trust English
05   New Zealand Tam Samo Ne Ovde Serbian
06   Azerbaijan Ed Sheeran Azizam English
07   Serbia Sophie and the Giants & Purple Disco Machine Paradise English
08   Netherlands Di-rect Wastelands English
09   United States Hanna Ferm, Junie Välkommen Åter Swedish
10   Denmark Felicia Lu Wish You Well English
11   Albania Jemina Ihmishirviö Finish
12   Switzerland Key Another Life English
13   Sweden Molly Sandén Hålla mig Swedish
14   Germany Flore Monster English
15   Bosnia & Herzegovina Breskvica Turbo I Folk Serbian
16   United Kingdom Calum Scott Lighthouse English

Voting in the 2nd Semi-Final

Each country had a televoting who awarded 12, 10, 8 - 1 point(s) to their top seven songs. All 16 countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Australia, Israel and Spain. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.

The 1st Semi-Final voting results
Total score
Televoting score
Canada
San Marino
Ireland
Cyprus
New Zealand
Azerbaijan
Serbia
Netherlands
United States
Denmark
Albania
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Kingdom
Australia
Israel
Spain
Contestants
Canada
San Marino
Ireland
Cyprus
New Zealand
Azerbaijan
Serbia
Netherlands
United States
Denmark
Albania
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Kingdom
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Grand Final

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
04   Australia Alesso, Becky Hill Surrender English
  Italy Alfa Il filo rosso Italian
  Israel Angelo St-Ange Si j'y arrive pas ( If I can't ) French
  Japan Jeon Somi Ice Cream English
  Norway Alexander Eder Julia & Romeo German
  Spain Grant Knoche Talk English

Public voting representatives of participating countries

The viewers of the participating countries could be other members of the organization or other invited persons. Each competing participating country could invite up to one spectator.


Grand Final (TBA: 0) First Semi-Final (TBA: 9) Second Semi-Final (TBA: 7)
Country Name & Origin Country Name & Origin Country Name & Origin
  ROTW   TBA   ROTW   TBA   ROTW   TBA
  Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas   Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas   Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas
  Kiran Sebastian   Kiran Sebastian   Kiran Sebastian
  TBA   TBA   TBA
  TBA   TBA   TBA
  AI (GPT-4o)   AI (GPT-4o)   AI (GPT-4o)
  Japan   TBA   Australia   TBA
  TBA   TBA
  TBA   TBA

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