Worldvision Q2-2025

Worldvision Q2-2025
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Dates
Semi-final 1	31 August 2025
Semi-final 2	31 August 2025
Final	7 September 2025
Host
Venue	Accor Arena, Paris, France
Executive supervisor	Mark Solovyov
Executive producer	Bahdan Hrymalyuk
Host broadcaster	FTV
Participants
Number of entries	35
Debuting countries	Czechia Ukraine
Returning Countries	Greece
Non-returning Countries	Azerbaijan Belgium Cyprus Switzerland United States
Participation map
Vote
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.
Winning song	Japan "Messy"

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 2 - 2025 was the 11th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q1-2025 contest with the song "FUFN" by Jade. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster France Télévisions (FTV). The contest was held Accor Arena, and consisted of a semi-finals on 31 August 2025, and a final on 7 September 2025.

Thirty-five countries participated in the contest. Czechia and Ukraine participating in the contest first time and Greece returning after three-episodes absences respectively. While Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus Switzerland and the United States withdrew from the competition.

The winner was Japan with the song "Messy", performed by Rose. Spain, the Netherlands (best result), Greece and North Macedonia (best result) rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Czechia and Ukraine (both countries are debutants). Czechia qualified for the final for the first time. It was the first time that Ukraine failed to make it to the final. According to the IECO, the television audience for the final of the contest was 40 viewers.

Location

After the victory in the previous edition in Hobart, Australia at the 10th edition, France has received the rights to host the contest.

City bidding process

The following cities and their proposed arenas have expressed interest in hosting the competition: Paris (La Defense Arena, Accor Arena and Adidas Arena) and Marseille. On July 19, it was announced that Paris would host the eleventh season of the competition at the Paris Accor Arena.

Production

Spiral geometry featured in flair for Q2-25 edition

Format

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

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

On August 16, the organizers of the contest presented the contents for the pots that will be used in the allocation draw. Thus, 29 countries were distributed into 5 pots, with four pots containing 6 countries, and the last one - five. This was the third time that the allocation of the pre-qualified countries for voting in the semi-finals was determined by a pictogram lottery: each of the semi-final were assigned with three specific emojis (dolphin, starfish, yacht, sunglasses, palm tree and deck chair). The heads of the resepctive delegations of the pre-qualified countries have chosen one of the proposed pictures and have determined their way to vote in one of the semi-finals. The draw for the semi-finals was broadcasted at 20:30 CET on 17 August.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Armenia Cuba Czechia New Zealand Ukraine United Kingdom	Canada Italy Kazakhstan San Marino Serbia Vietnam	Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Greece Ireland Netherlands	Brazil Denmark Hungary Israel Lebanon Thailand	North Macedonia Norway Portugal South Korea Spain

Participating Countries

Belgium (second time) and Azerbaijan were removed from the competition of this season due to a low assessment of activity in Iko in the last seasons, but their return is possible for the season Q3-2025. Greece with the new leadership returned to the competition after three seasons of not participation. The final was directly held: France (the host of the country), Sweden, China, Germany and Japan. The sixth autophinal will become known later, who to thin the amount of points scored in the finals of the last three seasons.

On July 28, the organizers of the competition announced that thirty -five countries would take part in the competition in Paris and that Switzerland and the United States would miss the competition.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place on 31 August 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries along with Germany, Japan and Sweden voted and performed in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	South Korea	Naomi Larein	Stranger	English	4	177
02	North Macedonia	Dove Cameron	Romeo	English	1	217
03	Ireland	Dean Lewis	I Hate That It's True	English	3	191
04	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Teodora & Jala Brat	101 Zmija	Serbian	11	121
05	Thailand	Johnny Huynh	Red Rose	English	5	158
06	Croatia	Lexie Liu	Dance Dance	English	15	57
07	San Marino	Alternosfera & Delia	Frig De Mor	Romanian	12	93
08	Serbia	Roya	Dawn/Day	English	10	131
09	United Kingdom	Belen Aguilera	Laberinto	Spanish	2	197
10	Brazil	Say Now	Can't Keep A Beat	English	6	157
11	Ukraine	Dorofeeva & Positiff	Taste-Sadness	Ukrainian	13	88
12	Portugal	Neoni	Levitate	English	9	136
13	Lebanon	Meesha Shafi	Rajkumari	Punjabi, Urdu, English	8	142
14	Cuba	Chase Icon	Job Application	English	14	76
15	Vietnam	Grossstadtgefluster	Ich Kundige	German	7	142

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 Germany, Japan and Sweden. 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 South Korea North Macedonia Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina Thailand Croatia San Marino Serbia United Kingdom Brazil Ukraine Portugal Lebanon Cuba Vietnam Germany Japan Sweden Contestants South Korea North Macedonia Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina Thailand Croatia San Marino Serbia United Kingdom Brazil Ukraine Portugal Lebanon Cuba Vietnam

Split results (First Semi-Final) Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 North Macedonia 217 South Korea 103 North Macedonia 115 2 United Kingdom 197 North Macedonia 102 Ireland 113 3 Ireland 191 Portugal 94 United Kingdom 108 4 South Korea 177 United Kingdom 89 Vietnam 82 5 Thailand 158 Brazil 85 Thailand 75 6 Brazil 157 Thailand 83 South Korea 74 7 Vietnam 147 Serbia 80 Brazil 72 8 Lebanon 142 Ireland 78 Lebanon 67 9 Portugal 136 Lebanon 75 Bosnia & Herzegovina 64 10 Serbia 131 Vietnam 65 San Marino 60 11 Bosnia & Herzegovina 121 Bosnia & Herzegovina 57 Serbia 51 12 San Marino 93 Ukraine 41 Ukraine 47 13 Ukraine 88 Cuba 35 Portugal 42 14 Cuba 76 San Marino 33 Cuba 41 15 Croatia 57 Croatia 24 Croatia 33

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
3	North Macedonia	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cuba, South Korea
2	United Kingdom	Ireland, Sweden
	South Korea	Croatia, Vietnam
	Brazil	Ukraine, Germany
	Vietnam	San Marino, Thailand
	Portugal	United Kingdom, Japan
	Serbia	North Macedonia, Portugal
1	Ireland	Serbia
	Thailand	Brazil
	Cuba	Lebanon

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 31 August 2025. Fourteen countries took part in the second semi-final. Those countries along with Australia, China and France voted and performed in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Italy	Fabio Rovazzi, Paola Iezzi & Dani Faiv	Red Flag	Italian	11	112
02	Israel	Sevdaliza	Messiah	English	10	114
03	Kazakhstan	Moya Mishel, Dose	Birdie	Russian	7	117
04	Czechia	Nicolina	Situations	English	5	147
05	Hungary	Adam Woods	Okay	English	12	109
06	Norway	Linh	J'avoue	French	6	133
07	Netherlands	Megan Woods	I Believe You	English	1	246
08	Armenia	MDMC	Kill the Light	English	9	115
09	Spain	Gran Error, Elvana Gjata	Besame En Rio	English, Spanish	3	216
10	Greece	Zoe Wees	Traitor	English	2	234
11	Denmark	Elley Duhe	Body Talk	English	13	82
12	Canada	The Hardkiss	Lighthouse	Ukrainian	4	158
13	New Zealand	Alaina Castillo	Hookah Envenena	Spanish	8	117
14	Albania	Holden	Solo Stanotte	Italian	14	72

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 14 countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside Australia, China and France. 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 2nd Semi-Final voting results Total score Televoting score Italy Israel Kazakhstan Czechia Hungary Norway Netherlands Armenia Spain Greece Denmark Canada New Zealand Albania Australia China France Contestants Italy Israel Kazakhstan Czechia Hungary Norway Netherlands Armenia Spain Greece Denmark Canada New Zealand Albania

Split results (Second Semi-Final) Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 Netherlands 246 Greece 115 Spain 146 2 Greece 234 Netherlands 108 Netherlands 138 3 Spain 216 Czechia 103 Greece 119 4 Canada 158 Canada 98 Norway 66 5 Czechia 147 Spain 70 Armenia 65 6 Norway 133 New Zealand 69 Israel 61 7 Kazakhstan 117 Hungary 68 Italy 61 8 New Zealand 117 Norway 67 Kazakhstan 61 9 Armenia 115 Kazakhstan 56 Canada 60 10 Israel 114 Israel 53 New Zealand 48 11 Italy 112 Italy 51 Czechia 44 12 Hungary 109 Armenia 50 Hungary 41 13 Denmark 82 Denmark 43 Denmark 39 14 Albania 72 Albania 35 Albania 37

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
5	Netherlands	Albania, Canada, Czechia, Kazakhstan, Albania
3	Spain	Armenia, Greece, France
	Canada	Italy, Netherlands, Norway
2	Greece	Denmark, New Zealand
	Czechia	Hungary, Spain
1	New Zealand	China
	Italy	Israel

Grand Final

Twenty-six countries took part in the final, composed of the host country France, another five countries with its best result from the previous edition, and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. The broadcast of the Grand Final took place on 7 September, 2025, at 18:20 (GMT +3). All thirty-five participating countries with jury and televote will vote in the final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Spain	Gran Error, Elvana Gjata	Besame En Rio	English, Spanish	2	293
02	Czechia	Nicolina	Situations	English	13	153
03	Kazakhstan	Moya Mishel, Dose	Birdie	Russian	14	148
04	China	Wonho	Better Than Me	English	26	49
05	Vietnam	Grossstadtgefluster	Ich Kundige	German	12	158
06	Norway	Linh	J'avoue	French	16	138
07	Brazil	Say Now	Can't Keep A Beat	English	9	160
08	Thailand	Johnny Huynh	Red Rose	English	8	174
09	United Kingdom	Belen Aguilera	Laberinto	Spanish	7	190
10	Germany	Rani	Set Me Free	English	19	123
11	Lebanon	Meesha Shafi	Rajkumari	Punjabi, Urdu, English	10	160
12	Israel	Sevdaliza	Messiah	English	15	147
13	Ireland	Dean Lewis	I Hate That It's True	English	6	201
14	Serbia	Roya	Dawn/Day	English	21	86
15	Japan	Rose	Messy	English	1	305
16	South Korea	Naomi Larein	Stranger	English	23	66
17	Netherlands	Megan Woods	I Believe You	English	3	282
18	Greece	Zoe Wees	Traitor	English	4	263
19	North Macedonia	Dove Cameron	Romeo	English	5	242
20	France	Stromae	Mauvaise Journee	French	18	124
21	Australia	Confidence Man	I Can't Lose You	English	20	115
22	Canada	The Hardkiss	Lighthouse	Ukrainian	11	159
23	Sweden	Empara Mi	Closer to Heaven	English	25	55
24	Portugal	Neoni	Levitate	English	24	59
25	New Zealand	Alaina Castillo	Hookah Envenena	Spanish	22	75
26	Armenia	MDMC	Kill the Light	English	17	135

Voting in the Grand Final

Grand Final voting results (jury)

		Total score	Televoting score	Spain	Czechia	Kazakhstan	China	Vietnam	Norway	Brazil	Thailand	United Kingdom	Germany	Lebanon	Israel	Ireland	Serbia	Japan	South Korea	Netherlands	Greece	North Macedonia	France	Australia	Canada	Sweden	Portugal	New Zealand	Armenia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cuba	Albania	Italy	Hungary	Ukraine	Croatia	Denmark	San Marino
Contestants	Spain	293	194					7	6				4	8			3				10		12					1	12	8	6			10		12
	Czechia	153	41	12			4		4		12		8	4	7			8	1	7		7	7			2	1		6	2	5	1		12	2
	Kazakhstan	148	70					12	7		1		7	10	5		6			4	3				2										7	8		6
	China	49	9								3	4					2				5		6					2							8	10
	Vietnam	158	91						12		6				10				2			4					4		7	3	8		7				4
	Norway	138	94	1	1			3				2								10			1	4	3	6		6	1							6
	Brazil	160	88	4	6		8						12				5	4	3							10		7		1							12
	Thailand	174	77		2		12	10		12		10			8				8	5		3		3	7					6		4			1		3	3
	United Kingdom	190	91			1				2	2		6	7		12		2			7	5		6	10	8	5	8						7		4	7
	Germany	123	35	7	5	4		2	3	3						2		3		8	4	6	3		5	3		3				10	4	5			6	2
	Lebanon	160	77			12		6		7			2		12	5	4	6	5					2		1							3				8	10
	Israel	147	50			3		8	8	5			10	12				1	4				5	1	1	5			5	4	10		5		3		2	5
	Ireland	201	112					1				12			4		12		7	2		2			4		8	5					8	8	4			12
	Serbia	86	32					5			4			5		10						12					10					8
	Japan	305	188		8		2			6	8	7	3			6			6	1	12			10	6		6			5	12	12				2	5
	South Korea	66	24		3		3	4		4	7		5	1		7											3									5
	Netherlands	282	165	8	12	10						5			1			5			1	1	10	12	8		2		4	7		5	6	6	6			8
	Greece	263	127	10		6	10		2	10	5		1	6		3	8		12					7		12		10		12	4	7					10	1
	North Macedonia	242	124	6		7	7			8		3					7	10	10				2	8		4		12	2	10	3	2	10					7
	France	124	65	5					5			6			3	4				3					12				8		1				12
	Australia	115	38	3	4		6			1				3	6		10				6						7	4	3		7	6		3		7	1
	Canada	159	52		10	5	1		10		10									12	8		4			7			10				12	4	10			4
	Sweden	55	18		7	8														6		8											2	1	5
	Portugal	59	30									8					1	7				10												2		1
	New Zealand	75	56	2		2	5					1		2		1																3				3
	Armenia	135	82						1						2	8		12			2		8	5			12				2		1

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Japan	305	Greece	136	Spain	194
2	Spain	293	North Macedonia	118	Japan	188
3	Netherlands	282	Netherlands	117	Netherlands	165
4	Greece	263	Japan	117	Greece	127
5	North Macedonia	242	Czechia	112	North Macedonia	124
6	Ireland	201	Canada	107	Ireland	112
7	United Kingdom	190	United Kingdom	99	Norway	94
8	Thailand	174	Spain	99	Vietnam	91
9	Lebanon	160	Thailand	97	United Kingdom	91
10	Brazil	160	Israel	97	Brazil	88
11	Canada	159	Ireland	89	Armenia	82
12	Vietnam	158	Germany	88	Lebanon	77
13	Czechia	153	Lebanon	83	Thailand	77
14	Kazakhstan	148	Kazakhstan	78	Kazakhstan	70
15	Israel	147	Australia	77	France	65
16	Norway	138	Brazil	72	New Zealand	56
17	Armenia	135	Vietnam	67	Canada	52
18	France	124	France	59	Israel	50
19	Germany	123	Serbia	54	Czechia	41
20	Australia	115	Armenia	53	Australia	38
21	Serbia	86	Norway	44	Germany	35
22	New Zealand	75	South Korea	42	Serbia	32
23	South Korea	66	China	40	Portugal	30
24	Portugal	59	Sweden	37	South Korea	24
25	Sweden	55	Portugal	29	Sweden	18
26	China	49	New Zealand	19	China	9

12 points

12 points awarded by the juries

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
3	Japan	Albania, Greece, Cuba
	Spain	Armenia, Croatia, France
	Greece	Sweden, Bosnia & Herzegovina, South Korea
	Ireland	United Kingdom, San Marino, Serbia
	Czechia	Hungary, Thailand, Spain
2	Netherlands	Australia, Czechia
	Thailand	China, Brazil
	Lebanon	Kazakhstan, Israel
	Brazil	Germany, Denmark
	Canada	Italy, Netherlands
	Armenia	Portugal, Japan
	France	Ukraine, Canada
1	North Macedonia	New Zealand
	United Kingdom	Ireland
	Vietnam	Norway
	Kazakhstan	Vietnam
	Israel	Lebanon
	Serbia	North Macedonia

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 two spectators.

This was the first season for the participation of viewers from Malaysia and Pakistan.

Grand Final (TBA)		First Semi-Final (11)		Second Semi-Final (10)
Country	Name & Origin	Country	Name & Origin	Country	Name & Origin
ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel	ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel	ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel
	Chan Cheng		Chan Cheng		Chan Cheng
	Zohaib Chottani		Zohaib Chottani		Zohaib Chottani
	Kiran Sebastian		Kiran Sebastian		Kiran Sebastian
	Valeria Guzheva		Valeria Guzheva		Valeria Guzheva
	AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)
IECO	TBA	IECO	TBA	IECO	TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA