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 |
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| Venue | TBA, TBA, Japan |
| Executive supervisor |  Mark Solovyov |
| Executive producer |  Pavel Kulik |
| Host broadcaster | NHK |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 25 (to date) |
| Returning Countries |  Switzerland |
| Non-returning Countries |  Bosnia & Herzegovina Greece San Marino |
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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. |
At the moment, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece have withdrawn from participation in the contest in Japan, and San Marino has been disqualified for the season.
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, eleven cities has expressed its desire to host the competition.
| City/town | Venue | Capacity | First Stage | Second Stage | ||
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| Fukuoka | Marine Messe Fukuoka | 15,000 | 5 | 4 | TBA | |
| 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 | ||||
| Nagano | Big Hat | 10,100 | ||||
| Okinawa | Okinawa Arena | 10,000 | ||||
| Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall | 16,000 | ||||
| Saitama | Saitama Super Arena | 36,500 | ||||
| Tokyo | Ariake Arena | 15,000 | ||||
| Yokohama | Pia Arena MM | 12,150 | ||||
Format
The Paris 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.
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.
Semi-Finals
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Grand Final
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Those who took part in the previous season
Possible refusal
Possible return
Possible debut
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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