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| year = Q3-2025
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| logo = [[File:Q3-25.jpg|300px]]
| host = [[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:NHK|NHK]]
| host = [[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:NHK|NHK]]
| venue = TBA, TBA, Japan
| venue = Pia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan
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| exsupervisor = [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[Australia|Mark Solovyov]]
| exsupervisor = [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[Australia|Mark Solovyov]]
| winner =  
| winner =  
| entries = 25 (to date)
| entries = 31
| debut =  
| debut = {{MEX}}<br>{{MYS}}
| return = {{CHE}}
| return = {{CHE}}<br>{{RUS}}
| nonreturn = {{BIH}}<br>{{GRC}}<br>{{SMR}}
| nonreturn = {{ARM}}<br>{{BIH}}<br>{{HRV}}<br>{{GRC}}<br>{{NZL}}<br>{{SMR}}<br>{{SWE}}<br>{{UKR}}
| Participation map =  
| Participation map =  
| vote = 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.
| vote = 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.
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The <strong>Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 3 - 2025</strong> was the 12th edition of the [[Worldvision Song Contest]]. It is set to take place in TBA, [[:en:Japan|Japan]], following the country's victory at the [[Worldvision Q2-2025|WorldVision Song Contest Q2-2025]] contest with the song "Messy" by [[:en:Rosé (singer)|Rose]]. Organised by the [[Main Page|International Eurofan's Countries Organisation]] (IECO) and host broadcaster [[:en:NHK|Japan Broadcasting Corporation]] (NHK). The contest was held TBA, and consisted of a semi-finals on TBA October 2025, and a final on TBA October 2025.
The <strong>Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 3 - 2025</strong> was the 12th edition of the [[Worldvision Song Contest]]. It is set to take place in [[:en:Yokohama|Yokohama]], [[:en:Japan|Japan]], following the country's victory at the [[Worldvision Q2-2025|WorldVision Song Contest Q2-2025]] contest with the song "Messy" by [[:en:Rosé (singer)|Rose]]. Organised by the [[Main Page|International Eurofan's Countries Organisation]] (IECO) and host broadcaster [[:en:NHK|Japan Broadcasting Corporation]] (NHK). The contest was held [[:en:Pia Arena MM|Pia Arena MM]], and consisted of a semi-finals on TBA October 2025, and a final on TBA October 2025.


At the moment, [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[Greece]] have withdrawn from participation in the contest in Japan, and [[San Marino]] has been disqualified for the season.<!--Thirty-five countries participated in the contest. [[]] and [[]] participating in the contest first time and [[]] returning after three-episodes absences respectively. While [[]], [[]], [[]] [[]] and [[]] withdrew from the competition.-->
Thirty-one countries participated in the competition, the lowest number for the 2024 and 2025 competitions. [[Armenia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Greece]], [[Sweden]] and [[Ukraine]] withdrew from participation in the contest and [[San Marino]] has been disqualified for the season. [[Switzerland]] returned to participation after a seasonal absence, and [[Malaysia]] was also invited to the competition as an IECO associate member at the invitation of the host country.


== Location ==
== Location ==
Japan won the right to host the season after winning the contest in Paris. The host city must be announced by the end of September 2025.
[[File:PIA ARENA MM 01.jpg|left|thumb|[[:en:Pia Arena MM|Pia Arena MM]], host venue of the Q3-2025 contest.]]
Japan won the right to host the season after winning the contest in Paris. On September 28, it was announced that [[:en:Yokohama|Yokohama]] would host the 12th season of the competition at [[:en:Pia Arena MM|Pia Arena MM]].


=== City bidding process ===
=== City bidding process ===
The host city is expected to be determined through a city competition. At the moment, eleven cities has expressed its desire to host the competition.
On September 14, it was announced that 11 candidate cities had expressed their desire to host the competition. The host broadcaster also announced that the city selection process would be conducted in two stages: in the first stage, all participating broadcasters could rate each city with a "like" or "dislike" sign. Four cities advanced to the second stage: Okinawa, Saitama, Tokyo, and Yokohama. In the second stage, the host city was determined by a reference group, which at the time of selecting the host city of the competition included: Japan (host of the competition), Australia (supervisor of the competition), Denmark, Israel, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.


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'''Key:'''<br/>
|+ Shortlist of candidate cities
{|
|-style="background:#CEDFF2"
|†
| Host city
|-style="background:#D0F0C0"
|#D0F0C0|*
| Shortlisted
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
|^
| Submitted a bid
|}
 
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of the venue candidates
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |City/town
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |City/town
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Venue
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Venue
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Capacity
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Capacity
! colspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |First Stage
! colspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Public Bids Stage
! colspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Second Stage
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Final Stage
|-
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Yes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Yes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |No
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |No
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |1st
|-style="background:#D0F0C0"
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |2nd
| [[:en:Okinawa|Okinawa]]*
|-
| [[:en:Okinawa Arena|Okinawa Arena]]
| [[:en:Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 5
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 0
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 2
|-style="background:#D0F0C0"
| [[:en:Saitama (city)|Saitama]]*
| [[:en:Saitama Super Arena|Saitama Super Arena]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 36,500
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 6
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 1
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 1
|-style="background:#D0F0C0"
| [[:en:Tokyo|Tokyo]]*
| [[:en:Ariake Arena|Ariake Arena]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 15,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 6
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 0
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 0
|-style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''[[:en:Yokohama|Yokohama]]'''†
| '''[[:en:Pia Arena MM|Pia Arena MM]]'''
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | '''12,150'''
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | '''5'''
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | '''0'''
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | '''3'''
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]^
| [[:en:Fukuoka Convention Center|Marine Messe Fukuoka]]
| [[:en:Fukuoka Convention Center|Marine Messe Fukuoka]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 15,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="4" rowspan="11" | TBA
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 5
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 4
| [[:en:Funabashi|Funabashi]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="2" rowspan="7" | Eliminated
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Funabashi|Funabashi]]^
| [[:en:LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay|LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay]]
| [[:en:LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay|LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 2
| [[:en:Hiroshima|Hiroshima]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 5
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Hiroshima|Hiroshima]]^
| [[:en:Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center|Hiroshima Green Arena]]
| [[:en:Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center|Hiroshima Green Arena]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 5
| [[:en:Kobe|Kobe]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 2
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Kobe|Kobe]]^
| [[:en:World Memorial Hall|World Memorial Hall]]
| [[:en:World Memorial Hall|World Memorial Hall]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 8,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 8,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 3
| [[:en:Maebashi|Maebashi]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 3
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Maebashi|Maebashi]]^
| [[:en:Yamada Green Dome Maebashi|Yamada Green Dome Maebashi]]
| [[:en:Yamada Green Dome Maebashi|Yamada Green Dome Maebashi]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 20,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 20,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 5
| [[:en:Nagano|Nagano]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 0
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| [[:en:Nagano|Nagano]]^
| [[:en:Big Hat|Big Hat]]
| [[:en:Big Hat|Big Hat]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,100
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,100
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 1
| [[:en:Okinawa|Okinawa]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 4
| [[:en:Okinawa Arena|Okinawa Arena]]
|-style="background:#F2E0CE"
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 10,000
| [[:en:Osaka|Osaka]]^
|-
| [[:en:Osaka|Osaka]]
| [[:en:Osaka-jō Hall|Osaka-jō Hall]]
| [[:en:Osaka-jō Hall|Osaka-jō Hall]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 16,000
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 16,000
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 1
| [[:en:Saitama (city)|Saitama]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 2
| [[:en:Saitama Super Arena|Saitama Super Arena]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 36,500
|-
| [[:en:Tokyo|Tokyo]]
| [[:en:Ariake Arena|Ariake Arena]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 15,000
|-
| [[:en:Yokohama|Yokohama]]
| [[:en:Pia Arena MM|Pia Arena MM]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 12,150
|}
|}
== Production ==
[[File:Worldvision-2025.png|thumb|left|Generic logo of the contest since Q3-2025]]
Following the rebranding trend around contests, the [[Worldvision Q3-2025|Q3-25]] contest became the first to feature the new rebranded logo of Worldvision. This is the first time since 2016 the logo was changed. The previous logo was created for the predecessor of Worldvision IECO which was organized in 2016-2021 and got inherited for the first edition [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-22]] in [[Spain]].


== Format ==
== Format ==
The Paris [[Worldvision Q3-2025|Worldvision Song Contest]] featured 35 countries. It is expected that the final number of participants at the contest in Japan may be smaller than at the contest in France, which may lead to the organization of only one semi-final instead of two.
Thirty-five countries participated in the Worldvision Song Contest in Paris. It was expected that the final number of participants at the contest in Japan might be smaller than at the contest in France, which could lead to only one semi-final instead of two. On October 21, it was announced that 31 countries would participate in the contest in Japan, changing the format from two semi-finals to one. Twenty-six countries will also participate in the final, 16 of which qualify automatically: the top 16 countries from the previous season. The remaining 15 countries will compete for the remaining 10 spots in the final.
 
=== List of restricted artists ===
On September 28, the competition's organizers announced that starting with the 12th season of the Eurovision Song Contest, they would ban the use of highly renowned performers. This would eliminate any obvious differences between the various countries' entries due to the boosts provided by renowned international performers. The initial list included 150 performers and bands and is subject to change.


== Participating Countries ==
== Participating Countries ==
[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[Greece]] withdrew from the competition, while [[San Marino]] was disqualified from the season due to a lack of voting activity at the contest in France.
On September 22, it was announced that 30 countries would participate in the contest in Japan. [[Armenia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Greece]], [[Sweden]] and [[Ukraine]] withdrew from participation in the contest and [[San Marino]] has been disqualified for the season. [[Switzerland]] returned to participation after a seasonal absence, and [[Malaysia]] was also invited to the competition as an IECO associate member at the invitation of the host country.
 
On September 24, at the request of the Croatian delegation to reconsider the decision to disqualify her by the reference group, she was reinstated to participate, but after voting as a member of the jury from ROTW, where a tendency towards biased and unjust voting was revealed, she was disqualified from participating in the season on October 16.


===Semi-Finals===
On October 21, it was announced that thirty-one countries would participate in the contest in Yokohama. [[New Zealand]] withdrew from the original list and was replaced by debuting [[Mexico]], while [[Russia]] returned after several seasons.
 
===Semi-Final===
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{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | #
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! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Points
|-
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
|  
| 01
| {{ALB}}
| {{MEX}}
|  
| [[:en:Ana Mena|Ana Mena]] & [[:en:Belinda Peregrín|Belinda]]
| Las 12
| Spanish
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 02
| {{MYS}}
| [[:en:IShowSpeed|IShowSpeed]]
| Higher
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 03
| {{ALB}}
| [[:en:Senidah|Senidah]]
| Moj Si High
| Slovenian
|  
|  
| {{AUS}}
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 04
| {{DEU}}
| [[:en:Sophie and the Giants|Sophie and the Giants]]
| Red Light
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 05
| {{CUB}}
| Wiktoria Kida & Ksiega Zywiolow
| Oj, dziewczyno!
| Polish
|  
|  
|
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 06
| {{HUN}}
| Connor Kauffman
| Cry
| English
|  
|  
|-
|  
|  
| {{CAN}}
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 07
| {{DNK}}
| Gwennili
| Dependance Affective
| French
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 08
| {{SRB}}
| Noisy
| Desire
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
|-
| 09
|  
| {{RUS}}
| {{CUB}}
| [[:ru:Монеточка|Monetochka]]
| This Was In Russia
| Russian
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 10
| {{KOR}}
| Annette Pfab
| No Way Out
| English
|  
|  
|
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 11
| {{PRT}}
| Chris Grey
| Make The Angels Cry
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 12
| {{AUS}}
| [[:en:Muna (band)|Muna]]
| What I Want
| English
|  
|  
| {{CZE}}
|  
|  
|-style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;"
| 13
| {{ITA}}
| Ruggero
| Notti Italiane
| Italian
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 14
| {{CHN}}
| Hannah Bahng
| Pomegranate
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 15
| {{DNK}}
| {{CHE}}
|  
| Wild Wild
|  
| Boiler Room
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|}
===Grand Final===
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language(s)
! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Points
|-
| 01
| {{GBR}}
| [[:en:For King & Country (band)|For King+Country]] & Taylor Hill
| World On Fire
| English
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 02
| {{FRA}}
| {{CAN}}
|  
| [[:en:Chrissy Costanza|Chrissy Costanza]] & Voila
|  
| 7 Minutes in Hell
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 03
| {{DEU}}
| {{KAZ}}
|  
| Daricorn
|  
| Sóz
|  
| Kazakh
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 04
| {{ESP}}
| [[:en:Belén Aguilera|Belen Aguilera]] & [[:es:Julieta (cantante)|Julieta]]
| Thelma & Louise
| Spanish
|  
|  
| {{HUN}}
|
|
|
|
|
|  
|-
|-
| 05
| {{NLD}}
| [[:en:Seafret|Seafret]]
| Wait
| English
|  
|  
| {{ITA}}
|
|
|
|
|
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 06
| {{KAZ}}
| {{ISR}}
|  
| [[:en:Agnes (singer)|Agnes]]
|  
| Ego
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 07
| {{LBN}}
| {{LBN}}
| [[:en:Cara (singer)|Cara]] & [[:en:Chadia Rodríguez|Chadia Rodriguez]]
| Preferisco Te
| Italian
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 08
| {{HUN}}
| Connor Kauffman
| Cry
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 09
| {{NZL}}
| {{RUS}}
|  
| [[:ru:Монеточка|Monetochka]]
| This Was In Russia
| Russian
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 10
| {{JPN}}
| [[:en:Jeon Somi|Jeon Somi]]
| Closer
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 11
| {{NOR}}
| {{SRB}}
|  
| Noisy
|  
| Desire
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
| 12
| {{CUB}}
| Wiktoria Kida & Ksiega Zywiolow
| Oj, dziewczyno!
| Polish
|  
|  
| {{PRT}}
|
|
|
|
|
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 13
| {{KOR}}
| {{KOR}}
| Annette Pfab
| No Way Out
| English
|  
|  
|
|
|
|
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 14
| {{CHE}}
| {{IRL}}
|  
| Zeyne
|  
| Kollo Lena
|  
| Arabic
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 15
| {{THA}}
| {{FRA}}
|  
| Szabo & Joe Maffia
|  
| On My Own
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 16
| {{GBR}}
| {{BRA}}
|  
| Lexxe
|  
| Santa Sangre
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 17
| {{VNM}}
| {{VNM}}
| [[:en:Mika (singer)|Mika]]
| YoYo
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 18
| {{CZE}}
| [[:en:Epica (band)|Epica]]
| Arcana
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|
|}
===Grand Final===
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language(s)
! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Points
|-
|-
| 19
| {{DNK}}
| Gwennili
| Dependance Affective
| French
|  
|  
| {{IRL}}
|  
|  
|-
| 20
| {{ITA}}
| Ruggero
| Notti Italiane
| Italian
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 21
| {{NOR}}
| [[:en:Alexandra Stan|Alexandra Stan]]
| Ya Halmi
| English, Arabic
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 22
| {{JPN}}
| {{THA}}
|  
| Felizz
|  
| Abracadabra
|  
| Thai, English, Imaginary
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 23
| {{NLD}}
| {{DEU}}
|  
| [[:en:Sophie and the Giants|Sophie and the Giants]]
|  
| Red Light
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 24
| {{MKD}}
| {{MKD}}
| Iluka
| Hard to Love Me
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| 25
| {{MEX}}
| [[:en:Ana Mena|Ana Mena]] & [[:en:Belinda Peregrín|Belinda]]
| Las 12
| Spanish
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
|  
| 26
| {{ESP}}
| {{PRT}}
|  
| Chris Grey
|  
| Make The Angels Cry
|  
| English
|  
|  
|  
|  
|}
|}


===Those who took part in the previous season===
==Televoting Observers==
{|style="width: 100%;"
With this edition, the televotiong has been reverted to strict appointing of one representative from each participating country. Each Head Of Delegtion have to invite one Observer, who would cast a full ranking as their televote representative. Along with all participating countries Observers, one additional set of points would be produced by an International Televoting which would include five members from around the world. These five rankings would be combined with the exponential weights system to create one set of points. This was the first season for the participation of viewers from [[:en:Morocco|Morocco]].
|style="width: 25%;"|
* {{BRA}}
* {{CHN}}
|style="width: 25%;"|
* {{HRV}}
* {{ISR}}
|style="width: 25%;"|
* {{SRB}}
* {{SWE}}
|style="width: 25%;"|
* {{UKR}}
|}
 
===Possible refusal===
{|style="width: 100%;"
|style="width: 25%;"|
* {{ARM}}
|style="width: 25%;"|
|style="width: 25%;"|
|style="width: 25%;"|
|}
 
===Possible return===
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Latest revision as of 22:28, 23 November 2025

Worldvision Q3-2025
Dates
Semi-final 1TBA October 2025
Semi-final 2TBA October 2025
FinalTBA October 2025
Host
VenuePia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan
Executive supervisor Mark Solovyov
Executive producer Pavel Kulik
Host broadcaster NHK
Participants
Number of entries31
Debuting countries Mexico
Malaysia
Returning Countries Switzerland
Russia
Non-returning Countries Armenia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
New Zealand
San Marino
Sweden
Ukraine
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.
Q2-25 ← Worldvision Q3-2025 → Q4-25

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 3 - 2025 was the 12th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Yokohama, Japan, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q2-2025 contest with the song "Messy" by Rose. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). The contest was held Pia Arena MM, and consisted of a semi-finals on TBA October 2025, and a final on TBA October 2025.

Thirty-one countries participated in the competition, the lowest number for the 2024 and 2025 competitions. Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Sweden and Ukraine withdrew from participation in the contest and San Marino has been disqualified for the season. Switzerland returned to participation after a seasonal absence, and Malaysia was also invited to the competition as an IECO associate member at the invitation of the host country.

Location

Pia Arena MM, host venue of the Q3-2025 contest.

Japan won the right to host the season after winning the contest in Paris. On September 28, it was announced that Yokohama would host the 12th season of the competition at Pia Arena MM.

City bidding process

On September 14, it was announced that 11 candidate cities had expressed their desire to host the competition. The host broadcaster also announced that the city selection process would be conducted in two stages: in the first stage, all participating broadcasters could rate each city with a "like" or "dislike" sign. Four cities advanced to the second stage: Okinawa, Saitama, Tokyo, and Yokohama. In the second stage, the host city was determined by a reference group, which at the time of selecting the host city of the competition included: Japan (host of the competition), Australia (supervisor of the competition), Denmark, Israel, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.

Key:

† Host city
* Shortlisted
^ Submitted a bid
List of the venue candidates
City/town Venue Capacity Public Bids Stage Final Stage
Yes No
Okinawa* Okinawa Arena 10,000 5 0 2
Saitama* Saitama Super Arena 36,500 6 1 1
Tokyo* Ariake Arena 15,000 6 0 0
Yokohama† Pia Arena MM 12,150 5 0 3
Fukuoka^ Marine Messe Fukuoka 15,000 5 4 Eliminated
Funabashi^ LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay 10,000 2 5
Hiroshima^ Hiroshima Green Arena 10,000 5 2
Kobe^ World Memorial Hall 8,000 3 3
Maebashi^ Yamada Green Dome Maebashi 20,000 5 0
Nagano^ Big Hat 10,100 1 4
Osaka^ Osaka-jō Hall 16,000 1 2

Production

Generic logo of the contest since Q3-2025

Following the rebranding trend around contests, the Q3-25 contest became the first to feature the new rebranded logo of Worldvision. This is the first time since 2016 the logo was changed. The previous logo was created for the predecessor of Worldvision IECO which was organized in 2016-2021 and got inherited for the first edition Q4-22 in Spain.

Format

Thirty-five countries participated in the Worldvision Song Contest in Paris. It was expected that the final number of participants at the contest in Japan might be smaller than at the contest in France, which could lead to only one semi-final instead of two. On October 21, it was announced that 31 countries would participate in the contest in Japan, changing the format from two semi-finals to one. Twenty-six countries will also participate in the final, 16 of which qualify automatically: the top 16 countries from the previous season. The remaining 15 countries will compete for the remaining 10 spots in the final.

List of restricted artists

On September 28, the competition's organizers announced that starting with the 12th season of the Eurovision Song Contest, they would ban the use of highly renowned performers. This would eliminate any obvious differences between the various countries' entries due to the boosts provided by renowned international performers. The initial list included 150 performers and bands and is subject to change.

Participating Countries

On September 22, it was announced that 30 countries would participate in the contest in Japan. Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Sweden and Ukraine withdrew from participation in the contest and San Marino has been disqualified for the season. Switzerland returned to participation after a seasonal absence, and Malaysia was also invited to the competition as an IECO associate member at the invitation of the host country.

On September 24, at the request of the Croatian delegation to reconsider the decision to disqualify her by the reference group, she was reinstated to participate, but after voting as a member of the jury from ROTW, where a tendency towards biased and unjust voting was revealed, she was disqualified from participating in the season on October 16.

On October 21, it was announced that thirty-one countries would participate in the contest in Yokohama. New Zealand withdrew from the original list and was replaced by debuting Mexico, while Russia returned after several seasons.

Semi-Final

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01 Mexico Ana Mena & Belinda Las 12 Spanish
02 Malaysia IShowSpeed Higher English
03 Albania Senidah Moj Si High Slovenian
04 Germany Sophie and the Giants Red Light English
05 Cuba Wiktoria Kida & Ksiega Zywiolow Oj, dziewczyno! Polish
06 Hungary Connor Kauffman Cry English
07 Denmark Gwennili Dependance Affective French
08 Serbia Noisy Desire English
09 Russia Monetochka This Was In Russia Russian
10 South Korea Annette Pfab No Way Out English
11 Portugal Chris Grey Make The Angels Cry English
12 Australia Muna What I Want English
13 Italy Ruggero Notti Italiane Italian
14 China Hannah Bahng Pomegranate English
15 Switzerland Wild Wild Boiler Room English

Grand Final

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01 United Kingdom For King+Country & Taylor Hill World On Fire English
02 Canada Chrissy Costanza & Voila 7 Minutes in Hell English
03 Kazakhstan Daricorn Sóz Kazakh
04 Spain Belen Aguilera & Julieta Thelma & Louise Spanish
05 Netherlands Seafret Wait English
06 Israel Agnes Ego English
07 Lebanon Cara & Chadia Rodriguez Preferisco Te Italian
08 Hungary Connor Kauffman Cry English
09 Russia Monetochka This Was In Russia Russian
10 Japan Jeon Somi Closer English
11 Serbia Noisy Desire English
12 Cuba Wiktoria Kida & Ksiega Zywiolow Oj, dziewczyno! Polish
13 South Korea Annette Pfab No Way Out English
14 Ireland Zeyne Kollo Lena Arabic
15 France Szabo & Joe Maffia On My Own English
16 Brazil Lexxe Santa Sangre English
17 Vietnam Mika YoYo English
18 Czechia Epica Arcana English
19 Denmark Gwennili Dependance Affective French
20 Italy Ruggero Notti Italiane Italian
21 Norway Alexandra Stan Ya Halmi English, Arabic
22 Thailand Felizz Abracadabra Thai, English, Imaginary
23 Germany Sophie and the Giants Red Light English
24 North Macedonia Iluka Hard to Love Me English
25 Mexico Ana Mena & Belinda Las 12 Spanish
26 Portugal Chris Grey Make The Angels Cry English

Televoting Observers

With this edition, the televotiong has been reverted to strict appointing of one representative from each participating country. Each Head Of Delegtion have to invite one Observer, who would cast a full ranking as their televote representative. Along with all participating countries Observers, one additional set of points would be produced by an International Televoting which would include five members from around the world. These five rankings would be combined with the exponential weights system to create one set of points. This was the first season for the participation of viewers from Morocco.

Country Full Name & Origin IECO Membership
ROTW Mehdi Jamal
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Albania TBA
Australia TBA
Brazil TBA
Canada TBA
China TBA
Cuba TBA
Czechia TBA
Denmark TBA
France TBA
Germany TBA
Hungary TBA
Ireland TBA
Israel TBA
Italy TBA
Japan TBA
Kazakhstan TBA
Lebanon TBA
Malaysia TBA
Mexico TBA
Netherlands TBA
North Macedonia TBA
Norway TBA
Portugal TBA
Serbia TBA
South Korea TBA
Spain TBA
Switzerland TBA
Thailand TBA
Vietnam TBA
United Kingdom TBA

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