Worldvision Q4-2024

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 4 - 2024 was the 9th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q3-2024 contest with the song "Ruin Me" by Elevator Boys. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster Kan. The contest was held TBA arena, and consisted of a semi-finals on 23 February 2025, and a final on 7 March 2025.

Worldvision Q4-2024
Dates
Semi-final 1	23 February 2025
Semi-final 2	23 February 2025
Final	7 March 2025
Host
Venue	TBA, Tel Aviv, Israel
Executive supervisor	Mark Solovyov
Executive producer	Nikolay Serb
Host broadcaster	Kan
Participants
Number of entries	36
Debuting countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cuba
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Belgium Ireland Russia
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.
Winning song	Australia "Abracadabra"

Thirty-six countries will participate in the contest, with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba participating for the first time. It was announced that Belgium, Ireland and Russia would not be taking part due to various reasons. While Russian membership was kept active, the Irish membership were frozen on-request, which makes it unlikely to see the country returning in the nearest future. Belgium however was suspended for this episode due to the breach of the rules.

The winner was Australia with the song "Abracadabra", performed by Lady Gaga. Spain (best result), Italy (best result), Norway and Japan rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the final for the first time. It was the first time that Sweden, Iceland, Cuba (the debuting country), Azerbaijan, New Zealand, North Macedonia and Thailand failed to make it to the final.

Location

After the victory in the previous edition in Hanoi, Vietnam at the 8th edition, Israel has received the rights to host the contest. Due to the hosting of Special Melody Q4-2024 in Haifa, the organization boarding committee and the Broadcaster had less venues to accept for the hosting. Bidding process was very quick and almost instant. On January 28, the competition organizers announced that Tel Aviv would host the competition in Israel.

Production

Ocean theme rendered flair for Q4-24 edition

Format

Two semi-finals has stayed with the same rules in this episode.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Italy Netherlands United States	Albania Canada Kazakhstan San Marino Sweden Vietnam	Japan North Macedonia Portugal South Korea Spain Thailand	Armenia Australia Croatia Cuba Iceland Serbia	Brazil Cyprus Denmark Lebanon New Zealand Switzerland

Participating Countries

Thirty-six countries have confirmed participation this season. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba was set to participate for the very first time this edition. Belgium, San Marino and Russia has not appear in the final list of the participants broadcaster.

On February 9, it became known that Ireland would not be able to take part in this and the next few seasons of the competition. This reduced the number of participating countries to thirty-five. But a day later, San Marino confirmed their participation, which brought the total number back to thirty-six.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place on 23 February 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries along with Germany, Norway and Poland will vote and perform in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Netherlands	Metejoor	Groot	Dutch	10	124
02	Sweden	Mykayla Geier	Dance Of The Trees	English	11	111
03	United States	Ray Dalton	Do It Again	English	7	166
04	Serbia	The Knocks & Sofi Tukker	One On One	English, Portuguese	5	168
05	Portugal	Meduza & Hozier	Tell It To My Heart	English	6	166
06	Japan	AleXa	Under The Armor	English	2	219
07	Switzerland	Jeff Satur	Ride or Die	English	3	181
08	Vietnam	Thorsteinn Einarsson	Echo	English	8	142
09	Kazakhstan	Green Apelsin	The Curse Of A Mermaid	Russian	14	59
10	Cuba	Sexxy Red & Bruno Mars	Fat Juicy & Wet	English	15	45
11	Italy	Virginio	Amarenas	Spanish	1	236
12	South Korea	Jennie	Zen	English	12	108
13	Iceland	Ivana Spagna & Nizelle	T’amo T’amo	Italian	13	60
14	Brazil	Josh Alexander	Hurricane	English	4	168
15	Cyprus	Kiki, F & Bess	Jos Sul Ei Oo Mua	Finnish	9	135

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, Norway and Poland. 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 Netherlands Sweden United States Serbia Portugal Japan Switzerland Vietnam Kazakhstan Cuba Italy South Korea Iceland Brazil Cyprus Germany Norway Poland Contestants Netherlands 124 76 12 12 5 3 6 4 5 1 Sweden 111 45 3 10 8 5 6 10 4 3 7 2 8 United States 166 80 7 10 4 4 1 7 10 10 10 4 1 4 3 7 4 Serbia 168 98 7 6 6 6 7 8 12 10 2 6 Portugal 166 85 3 4 3 5 12 7 12 5 6 8 10 6 Japan 219 107 5 7 10 8 12 2 1 5 7 2 7 3 12 8 10 6 7 Switzerland 181 116 6 1 2 7 7 4 3 12 1 8 5 2 5 2 Vietnam 142 67 4 12 6 1 8 8 4 4 12 8 1 4 3 Kazakhstan 59 13 10 5 2 10 2 8 4 5 Cuba 45 18 2 1 8 1 5 5 5 Italy 236 129 8 5 8 10 5 3 7 10 12 7 1 3 4 12 12 South Korea 108 45 2 6 1 12 5 5 2 3 6 7 12 1 1 Iceland 60 36 1 3 1 4 6 3 6 Brazil 168 71 12 8 2 10 7 12 1 2 1 2 10 10 7 3 10 Cyprus 135 58 2 6 4 3 6 8 3 4 3 6 2 8 12 2 8

Split results (First Semi-Final) Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 Italy 236 Japan 112 Italy 129 2 Japan 219 Italy 107 Switzerland 116 3 Switzerland 181 Brazil 97 Japan 107 4 Brazil 168 United States 86 Serbia 98 5 Serbia 168 Portugal 81 Portugal 85 6 Portugal 166 Cyprus 77 United States 80 7 United States 166 Vietnam 75 Netherlands 76 8 Vietnam 142 Serbia 70 Brazil 71 9 Cyprus 135 Sweden 66 Vietnam 67 10 Netherlands 124 Switzerland 65 Cyprus 58 11 Sweden 111 South Korea 63 Sweden 45 12 South Korea 108 Netherlands 48 South Korea 45 13 Iceland 60 Kazakhstan 46 Iceland 36 14 Kazakhstan 59 Cuba 27 Cuba 18 15 Cuba 45 Iceland 24 Kazakhstan 13

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
2	Italy	Norway, South Korea
	Japan	Brazil, Portugal
	Brazil	Netherlands, Switzerland
	Portugal	Cuba, Vietnam
	Vietnam	Italy, Sweden
	Netherlands	Serbia, United States
	South Korea	Cyprus, Japan
1	Switzerland	Kazakhstan
	Serbia	Iceland
	Cyprus	Germany

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 23 February 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries along with France, Israel and United Kingdom will vote and perform in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	North Macedonia	Ari Hicks	Tilt	English	11	95
02	Azerbaijan	Tunzale	Zalim	Azerbaijani	15	64
03	New Zealand	Doechii	Denial Is A River	English	12	80
04	Albania	Lea & Dhurata Dora	Chaos	German, Albanian	8	135
05	Armenia	Sona Yesayan	Chem Havatum	Armenian	10	104
06	San Marino	Spiritbox	Too Close	English	4	174
07	Croatia	Instasamka	Juicy	Russian, English	14	69
08	Canada	Henry Moodie	Drunk Text	English	6	144
09	Spain	Sofia Martin	Vamos A Bailar	Spanish	1	263
10	Hungary	Rose May & Raul	Trojan War	English, Hungarian	5	166
11	Australia	Lady Gaga	Abracadabra	English	2	261
12	Thailand	Porter Robinson	Cheerleader	English	13	70
13	Denmark	Minnie	Blind Eyes Red	English	7	136
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Teodora	Dijamanti	Serbian	3	211
15	Lebanon	Leigh-Anne feat. Ayra Starr	My Love	English	9	114

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 15 countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside France, Israel and United Kingdom. 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 North Macedonia Azerbaijan New Zealand Albania Armenia San Marino Croatia Canada Spain Hungary Australia Thailand Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Lebanon France United Kingdom Israel Contestants North Macrdonia 95 32 2 1 6 5 7 1 2 4 3 6 10 2 7 6 1 Azerbaijan 64 32 2 4 2 7 4 5 7 1 New Zealand 80 52 3 5 10 10 Albania 135 52 1 10 4 3 8 4 6 8 5 2 7 5 10 3 7 Armenia 104 60 8 3 2 1 1 8 3 1 1 8 8 San Marino 174 96 1 5 10 2 8 7 6 6 8 8 3 10 2 2 Croatia 69 44 7 3 7 1 3 4 Canada 144 56 3 4 3 8 4 6 5 12 7 12 1 12 3 8 Spain 263 133 10 8 12 12 2 10 3 10 10 5 10 2 12 12 12 Hungary 104 72 12 5 10 5 6 5 6 4 12 4 7 4 4 10 Australia 261 157 4 12 2 1 10 12 12 12 10 3 7 2 6 5 5 1 Thailand 70 32 7 1 10 2 5 7 6 Denmark 136 60 8 6 12 1 4 3 7 3 8 1 6 2 12 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 211 100 5 6 7 2 8 10 8 4 12 6 12 3 4 8 6 5 5 Lebanon 114 64 6 7 6 5 1 7 2 8 4 4

Split results (Second Semi-Final) Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1 Spain 263 Spain 130 Australia 157 2 Australia 261 Bosnia and Herzegovina 111 Spain 133 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 211 Australia 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 4 San Marino 174 Hungary 94 San Marino 96 5 Hungary 166 Canada 88 Hungary 72 6 Canada 144 Albania 83 Lebanon 64 7 Denmark 136 San Marino 78 Armenia 60 8 Albania 135 Denmark 76 Denmark 60 9 Lebanon 114 North Macedonia 63 Canada 56 10 Armenia 104 Lebanon 50 New Zealand 52 11 North Macedonia 95 Armenia 44 Albania 52 12 New Zealand 80 Thailand 38 Croatia 44 13 Thailand 70 Azerbaijan 32 North Macedonia 32 14 Croatia 69 New Zealand 28 Azerbaijan 32 15 Azerbaijan 64 Croatia 25 Thailand 32

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
5	Spain	Armenia, France, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand
4	Australia	Azerbaijan, Canada, Croatia, San Marino
3	Canada	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Thailand
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Australia, Spain
	Hungary	Denmark, North Macedonia
	Denmark	Albania, United Kingdom

Grand Final

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Vietnam	Thorsteinn Einarsson	Echo	English	14	131
02	Denmark	Minnie	Blind Eyes Red	English	12	145
03	France	Soprano	3615 Bonheur	French	15	129
04	Norway	Lusaint	Remember Me	English	4	216
05	Germany	Bvndit	Venom	English, Korean	16	127
06	Canada	Henry Moodie	Drunk Text	English	8	193
07	Lebanon	Leigh-Anne feat. Ayra Starr	My Love	English	25	83
08	Armenia	Sona Yesayan	Chem Havatum	Armenian	24	87
09	Japan	AleXa	Under The Armor	English	5	201
10	Netherlands	Metejoor	Groot	Dutch	21	101
11	Hungary	Rose May & Raul	Trojan War	English, Hungarian	20	106
12	San Marino	Spiritbox	Too Close	English	22	96
13	Italy	Virginio	Amarenas	Spanish	3	253
14	Serbia	The Knocks & Sofi Tukker	One On One	English, Portuguese	19	115
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Teodora	Dijamanti	Serbian	10	165
16	Portugal	Meduza & Hozier	Tell It To My Heart	English	13	132
17	Israel	Nasrin Kadri	Don't Contact Me	Habrew	18	116
18	Poland	Nick Shoulders	Rather Low	English	26	17
19	United Kingdom	YUQI	Bonnie & Clyde	English	6	200
20	Cyprus	Kiki, F & Bess	Jos Sul Ei Oo Mua	Finnish	11	149
21	Switzerland	Jeff Satur	Ride or Die	English	23	88
22	Australia	Lady Gaga	Abracadabra	English	1	449
23	Brazil	Josh Alexander	Hurricane	English	7	196
24	Albania	Lea & Dhurata Dora	Chaos	German, Albanian	9	187
25	United States	Ray Dalton	Do It Again	English	17	117
26	Spain	Sofia Martin	Vamos A Bailar	Spanish	2	377

Voting in the Grand Final

Grand Final voting results (jury)

		Total score	Televoting score	Vietnam	Denmark	France	Norway	Germany	Canada	Lebanon	Armenia	Japan	Netherlands	Hungary	San Marino	Italy	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	Israel	Poland	United Kingdom	Cyprus	Suitzerland	Australia	Brazil	Albania	United States	Spain	Azerbaijan	Croatia	Cuba	Iceland	Kazakhstan	New Zealand	North Macedonia	South Korea	Sweden	Thailand
Contestants	Vietnam	131	27
	Denmark	145	89
	France	129	94
	Norway	216	151
	Germany	127	80
	Canada	193	94
	Lebanon	83	36
	Armenia	87	49
	Japan	201	94
	Netherlands	101	45
	Hungary	106	13
	San Marino	96	45
	Italy	253	120
	Serbia	115	40
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	165	85
	Portugal	132	54
	Israel	116	71
	Poland	17	0
	United Kingdom	200	94
	Cyprus	149	54
	Switzerland	88	40
	Australia	449	263
	Brazil	196	62
	Albania	187	76
	United States	117	71
	Spain	377	241

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
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12 points

12 points awarded by the juries # Recipient Countries giving 12 points 4 3 2 1

12 points awarded by the televoting # Recipient Countries giving 12 points 3 2 1

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	TBA	ROTW	TBA	ROTW	TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	TBA		TBA		TBA
	AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)		AI (GPT-4o)