Worldvision Q2-2025

Worldvision Q2-2025
We Write The Story
Dates
Semi-final 1	31 August 2025
Semi-final 2	31 August 2025
Final	TBA 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.

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 TBA 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.

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)
01	South Korea	Naomi Larein	Stranger	English
02	North Macedonia	Dove Cameron	Romeo	English
03	Ireland	Dean Lewis	I Hate That It's True	English
04	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Teodora & Jala Brat	101 Zmija	Serbian
05	Thailand	Johnny Huynh	Red Rose	English
06	Croatia	Lexie Liu	Dance Dance	English
07	San Marino	Alternosfera & Delia	Frig De Mor	Romanian
08	Serbia	Roya	Dawn/Day	English
09	United Kingdom	Belen Aguilera	Laberinto	Spanish
10	Brazil	Say Now	Can't Keep A Beat	English
11	Ukraine	Dorofeeva & Positiff	Taste-Sadness	Ukrainian
12	Portugal	Neoni	Levitate	English
13	Lebanon	Meesha Shafi	Rajkumari	Punjabi, Urdu, English
14	Cuba	Chase Icon	Job Application	English
15	Vietnam	Grossstadtgefluster	Ich Kundige	German

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

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12 points

12 points awarded by the jury

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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)
01	Italy	Fabio Rovazzi, Paola Iezzi & Dani Faiv	Red Flag	Italian
02	Israel	Sevdaliza	Messiah	English
03	Kazakhstan	Moya Mishel, Dose	Ptashka (Плашка)	Russian
04	Czechia	Nicolina	Situations	English
05	Hungary	Adam Woods	Okay	English
06	Norway	Linh	J'avoue	French
07	Netherlands	Megan Woods	I Believe You	English
08	Armenia	MDMC	Kill the Light	English
09	Spain	Gran Error, Elvana Gjata	Besame En Rio	English, Spanish
10	Greece	Zoe Wees	Traitor	English
11	Denmark	Elley Duhe	Body Talk	English
12	Canada	The Hardkiss	Mayak (Маяк)	Ukrainian
13	New Zealand	Alaina Castillo	Hookah Envenena	Spanish
14	Albania	Holden	Solo Stanotte	Italian

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

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12 points awarded by the jury

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Grand Final

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)
First Half
	Ireland	Dean Lewis	I Hate That It's True	English
	Thailand	Johnny Huynh	Red Rose	English
	United Kingdom	Belen Aguilera	Laberinto	Spanish
Any Half
	Brazil	Say Now	Can't Keep A Beat	English
	Czechia	Nicolina	Situations	English
	Germany	Rani	Set Me Free	English
	Greece	Zoe Wees	Traitor	English
	Japan	Rose	Messy	English
	Kazakhstan	Moya Mishel, Dose	Ptashka (Плашка)	Russian
	Lebanon	Meesha Shafi	Rajkumari	Punjabi, Urdu, English
	Netherlands	Megan Woods	I Believe You	English
	North Macedonia	Dove Cameron	Romeo	English
	Sweden	Empara Mi	Closer to Heaven	English
Second Half
	Australia	Confidence Man	I Can't Lose You	English
20	France	Stromae	Mauvaise Journee	French
	Portugal	Neoni	Levitate	English
	Serbia	Roya	Dawn/Day	English
	South Korea	Naomi Larein	Stranger	English
	Vietnam	Grossstadtgefluster	Ich Kundige	German
TBD Half
	China	Wonho	Better Than Me	English
	Israel	Sevdaliza	Messiah	English
	Norway	Linh	J'avoue	French
	Armenia	MDMC	Kill the Light	English
	Spain	Gran Error, Elvana Gjata	Besame En Rio	English, Spanish
	Canada	The Hardkiss	Mayak (Маяк)	Ukrainian
	New Zealand	Alaina Castillo	Hookah Envenena	Spanish

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.

Grand Final (TBA)		First Semi-Final (TBA)		Second Semi-Final (TBA)
Country	Name & Origin	Country	Name & Origin	Country	Name & Origin
ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel	ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel	ROTW	Adrien Alonso-Dussel
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	AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)