Worldvision Q1-2025
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.
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Semi-final 1 | TBA June 2025 |
Semi-final 2 | TBA June 2025 |
Final | TBA June 2025 |
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Venue | MyState Bank Arena, Hobart, Australia |
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Number of entries | 37 |
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Voting system | Each 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. |
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
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.
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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Grand Final
# | Country | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
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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.
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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 | |||
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AI (GPT-4o) | AI (GPT-4o) | AI (GPT-4o) | |||
Japan | TBA | Australia | TBA | ||
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