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Special Melody Q1-2025
Special Melody Q1-2025
Contest Favorites
Dates
Final	14 Juny 2025
Host
Venue	OVO Hydro Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Igor Kapsharin
Host broadcaster	BBC
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Cuba
Returning Countries	Canada; Thailand
Non-returning Countries	Spain
	Participation map
Vote
Winning song	Lebanon; "Deja Vu"
	Q4-24 ← Special Melody Q1-2025 → Q2-25

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The Special Melody Contest Q1-2025 - was the 7th edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It took place in the city of Glasgow, the United Kingdom. The contest was organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and the host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The contest was held at the OVO Hydro Arena and consisted of a single show (Grand Final), and was consisted a final on 14 Juny 2025.

Twenty countruies participated in the competition, with Cuba debuting to the competition and Canada and Thailand to return. Spain withdrawal from the competition.

The winner was the Lebanon with the song "Deja Vu", performed by Noa Kirel. Canada, Cuba (best result), Thailand and Switzerland rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: North Macedonia.

Location

City Bidding Process

The city was Glasgow, who was chosen by the organizers immediately without bidding between cities, and the venue of the OVO Hydro Arena became the site.

Format

Season's Rules

This season was dedicated to compositions from Eurovision participants. There were no restrictions on the choice of the composition, but there were a rule according to which more than three participants could not put out performers from one and also more than three participants could not exhibit performers from the same year of their participation in Eurovision. The same performer can not imagine two or more countries.

Participating Countries

Twenty countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when Cuba participated in the contest. Canada and Thailand returning to the competition, but Spain is left from the competition.

Grand Final

#	Country	ESC Entrant	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Norway	ITA '24	Angelina Mango	Melodrama	Italian	6	78
02	France	UKR '14	Mariya Yaremchuk	You Are In Me	Ukrainian	15	38
03	Netherlands	GBR '22	Sam Ryder	More	English	20	17
04	Germany	ALB '22	Ronela Hajati	Aventura	Albanian	16	37
05	Australia	FRA '25	Louane	La Pluie	French	10	56
06	Israel	ISR '17	Imri	Imrico	Hebrew	17	27
07	Cuba	FIN '23 & '25	Kaarija & Erika Vikman	Ruoska	Finnish	3	109
08	Thailand	ARM '20	Athena Manoukian	XO	English	4	83
09	Denmark	ITA '22	Blanco	Ladro Di Fiori	Italian	9	58
10	Japan	SRB '13, '19	Nevena Bozovic	Bal	Serbian	14	51
11	Switzerland	AUT '23, CZE '24	Aiko & Teya	Hunger	English	5	81
12	Lebanon	ISR '23	Noa Kirel	Deja Vu	Hebrew	1	135
13	South Korea	HRV '24	Baby Lasagna	Biggie Boom Boom	English	7	67
14	Albania	GRC '25	Klavdia	Torture	Greek	12	54
15	Hungary	ROU '22	WRS	Dalia	English	18	21
16	United Kingdom	IRL '24	Alina Pash & Bambie Thug	Bad Witch	English	19	21
17	Italy	ESP '24	Nebulossa & Monica Naranjo	Venenosa	Spanish	11	55
18	Canada	ITA '21	Damiano David	Born With a Broken Heart	English	2	115
19	North Macedonia	GRC '22	Amanda Tenfjord	Kill The Lonely	English	8	61
20	Portugal	RUS '07	Serebro	Mama Luba	Russian	13	54

Voting

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.

Grand Final voting results
		Total score	Norway	France	Netherlands	Germany	Australia	Israel	Cuba	Thailand	Denmark	Japan	Switzerland	Lebanon	South Korea	Albania	Hungary	United Kingdom	Italy	Canada	North Macedonia	Portugal	Rest of the World

Contestants	Norway	78
	France	38
	Netherlands	17
	Germany	37
	Australia	56
	Israel	27
	Cuba	109
	Thailand	83
	Denmark	58
	Japan	51
	Switzerland	81
	Lebanon	135
	South Korea	67
	Albania	54
	Hungary	21
	United Kingdom	21
	Italy	55
	Canada	115
	North Macedonia	61
	Portugal	54

Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place	Country	Points
1	{{}}	12
2	{{}}	10
3	{{}}	8
4	{{}}	7
5	{{}}	6
6	{{}}	5
7	{{}}	4
8	{{}}	3
9	{{}}	2
10	{{}}	1
11	{{}}
12	{{}}
13	{{}}
14	{{}}
15	{{}}
16	{{}}
17	{{}}
18	{{}}
19	{{}}
20	{{}}

12 Points

12 points awarded by the jury
#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
5	Lebanon	Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, The Rest Of The World
2	Canada	Italy, Thailand
	Cuba	Canada, France
	Denmark	Germany, Switzerland
	North Macedonia	Netherlands, United Kingdom
	Portugal	Cuba, Lebanon
	Switzerland	Albania, Germany
1	Germany	Norway
	Italy	North Macedonia
	Thailand	Portugal
	United Kingdom	Denmark

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 | [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] '''ITA''' '24
-| Angelina Mango
+| [[:en:Angelina Mango|Angelina Mango]]
 | Melodrama
 | Italian
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 | [[File:Fra-icon.png|20px]] [[France in the Special Melody|France]]
 | [[File:Ukr-icon.png|20px]] '''UKR''' '14
-| Mariya Yaremchuk
+| [[:en:Mariya Yaremchuk|Mariya Yaremchuk]]
 | You Are In Me
 | Ukrainian
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 | [[File:Nld-icon.png|20px]] [[Netherlands in the Special Melody|Netherlands]]
 | [[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] '''GBR''' '22
-| Sam Ryder
+| [[:en:Sam Ryder|Sam Ryder]]
 | More
 | English
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 | [[File:Deu-icon.png|20px]] [[Germany in the Special Melody|Germany]]
 | [[File:Alb-icon.png|20px]] '''ALB''' '22
-| Ronela Hajati
+| [[:en:Ronela Hajati|Ronela Hajati]]
 | Aventura
 | Albanian
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 | [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[Australia in the Special Melody|Australia]]
 | [[File:Fra-icon.png|20px]] '''FRA''' '25
-| Louane
+| [[:en:Louane (singer)|Louane]]
 | La Pluie
 | French
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 | [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] [[Israel in the Special Melody|Israel]]
 | [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] '''ISR''' '17
-| Imri
+| [[:en:Imri Ziv|Imri]]
 | Imrico
 | Hebrew
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 | [[File:Cub-icon.png|20px]] [[Cuba in the Special Melody|Cuba]]
 | [[File:Fin-icon.png|20px]] '''FIN''' '23 & '25
-| Kaarija & Erika Vikman
+| [[:en:Käärijä|Kaarija]] & [[:en:Erika Vikman|Erika Vikman]]
 | Ruoska
 | Finnish
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 | [[File:Tha-icon.png|20px]] [[Thailand in the Special Melody|Thailand]]
 | [[File:Arm-icon.png|20px]] '''ARM''' '20
-| Athena Manoukian
+| [[:en:Athena Manoukian|Athena Manoukian]]
 | XO
 | English
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 | [[File:Dnk-icon.png|20px]] [[Denmark in the Special Melody|Denmark]]
 | [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] '''ITA''' '22
-| Blanco
+| [[:en:Blanco (singer)|Blanco]]
 | Ladro Di Fiori
 | Italian
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 | [[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] [[Japan in the Special Melody|Japan]]
 | [[File:Srb-icon.png|20px]] '''SRB''' '13, '19
-| Nevena Bozovic
+| [[:en:Nevena Božović|Nevena Bozovic]]
 | Bal
 | Serbian
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 | [[File:Che-icon.png|20px]] [[Switzerland in the Special Melody|Switzerland]]
 | [[File:Aut-icon.png|20px]] '''AUT''' '23, [[File:Cze-icon.png|20px]] '''CZE''' '24
-| Aiko & Teya
+| [[:en:Aiko (Czech singer)|Aiko]] & [[:en:Teya (singer)|Teya]]
 | Hunger
 | English
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 | [[File:Lbn-icon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon in the Special Melody|Lebanon]]
 | [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] '''ISR''' '23
-| Noa Kirel
+| [[:en:Noa Kirel|Noa Kirel]]
 | Deja Vu
 | Hebrew
@@ Line 162: / Line 162: @@
 | [[File:Kor-icon.png|20px]] [[South Korea in the Special Melody|South Korea]]
 | [[File:Hrv-icon.png|20px]] '''HRV''' '24
-| Baby Lasagna
+| [[:en:Baby Lasagna|Baby Lasagna]]
 | Biggie Boom Boom
 | English
@@ Line 171: / Line 171: @@
 | [[File:Alb-icon.png|20px]] [[Albania in the Special Melody|Albania]]
 | [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] '''GRC''' '25
-| Klavdia
+| [[:en:Klavdia (singer)|Klavdia]]
 | Torture
 | Greek
@@ Line 180: / Line 180: @@
 | [[File:Hun-icon.png|20px]] [[Hungary in the Special Melody|Hungary]]
 | [[File:Rou-icon.png|20px]] '''ROU''' '22
-| WRS
+| [[:en:Andrei Ursu|WRS]]
 | Dalia
 | English
@@ Line 189: / Line 189: @@
 | [[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] [[United Kingdom in the Special Melody|United Kingdom]]
 | [[File:Irl-icon.png|20px]] '''IRL''' '24
-| Alina Pash & Bambie Thug
+| [[:en:Alina Pash|Alina Pash]] & [[:en:Bambie Thug|Bambie Thug]]
 | Bad Witch
 | English
@@ Line 198: / Line 198: @@
 | [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] [[Italy in the Special Melody|Italy]]
 | [[File:Esp-icon.png|20px]] '''ESP''' '24
-| Nebulossa & Monica Naranjo
+| [[:en:Nebulossa|Nebulossa]] & [[:en:Mónica Naranjo|Monica Naranjo]]
 | Venenosa
 | Spanish
@@ Line 207: / Line 207: @@
 | [[File:Can-icon.png|20px]] [[Canada in the Special Melody|Canada]]
 | [[File:Ita-icon.png|20px]] '''ITA''' '21
-| Damiano David
+| [[:en:Damiano David|Damiano David]]
 | Born With a Broken Heart
 | English
@@ Line 216: / Line 216: @@
 | [[File:Mkd-icon.png|20px]] [[North Macedonia in the Special Melody|North Macedonia]]
 | [[File:Grc-icon.png|20px]] '''GRC''' '22
-| Amanda Tenfjord
+| [[:en:Amanda Tenfjord|Amanda Tenfjord]]
 | Kill The Lonely
 | English
@@ Line 225: / Line 225: @@
 | [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[Portugal in the Special Melody|Portugal]]
 | [[File:Rus-icon.png|20px]] '''RUS''' '07
-| Serebro
+| [[:en:Serebro|Serebro]]
 | Mama Luba
 | Russian