Worldvision Q3-2025
The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 3 - 2025 was the 12th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in TBA, 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 TBA, and consisted of a semi-finals on TBA October 2025, and a final on TBA October 2025.
| Worldvision Q3-2025 | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | TBA October 2025 |
| Semi-final 2 | TBA October 2025 |
| Final | TBA October 2025 |
| Host | |
| Venue | TBA, TBA, Japan |
| Executive supervisor |  Mark Solovyov |
| Executive producer |  Pavel Kulik |
| Host broadcaster | NHK |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 21 (to date) |
| Returning Countries |  Switzerland |
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| 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. |
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.
City bidding process
The host city is expected to be determined through a city competition. At the moment, nine cities has expressed its desire to host the competition.
| City/town | Venue | Capacity |
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| Fukuoka | Marine Messe Fukuoka | 15,000 |
| Funabashi | LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay | 10,000 |
| Hiroshima | Hiroshima Green Arena | 10,000 |
| Kobe | World Memorial Hall | 8,000 |
| Nagano | Big Hat | 10,100 |
| Okinawa | Okinawa Arena | 10,000 |
| Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall | 16,000 |
| Tokyo | Ariake Arena | 15,000 |
| Yokohama | Pia Arena MM | 12,150 |
Format
The Paris Worldvision Song Contest featured 35 countries. With Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba and San Marino likely to withdraw and with an insufficient number of returning or debuting countries, the Eurovision format may revert to a single semi-final, which would see 16 countries qualify for the semi-final: the top 10 from the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest and six more countries based on their rankings from the previous three seasons.
Participating Countries
Semi-Finals
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Grand Final
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Those who took part in the previous season
Possible refusal
Possible return
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.
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