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Worldvision Q1-2025

From IECO - International Eurofan's Countries Organisation

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 1 - 2025 was the 10th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Hobart, Australia, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q4-2024 contest with the song "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster SBS. The contest was held MyState Bank Arena, and consisted of a semi-finals on 17 and 19 June 2025, and a final on 29 June 2025.

Worldvision Q1-2025
Dates
Semi-final 117 June 2025
Semi-final 219 June 2025
Final29 June 2025
Host
VenueMyState Bank Arena, Hobart, Australia
Executive supervisor Mark Solovyov
Host broadcaster SBS
Participants
Number of entries37
Returning Countries Belgium
China
Ireland
Non-returning Countries Iceland
Poland
Participation map
Vote
Voting systemEach 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 France
"FUFN"
Q4-24Worldvision Q1-2025Q2-25

Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest. It was announced that Belgium, China and Ireland returning after one-episodes absences respectively. While Iceland and Poland announced that they would not be taking part.

The winner was France with the song "FUFN", performed by Jade. Sweden, China (best result), Germany and Japan rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Cuba and Kazakhstan. Cuba qualified for the final for the first time. It was the first time that Belgium, San Marino, Serbia and Vietnam failed to make it to the final. It was the first time that Belgium, San Marino, Serbia and Vietnam failed to make it to the final. According to the IECO, the television audience for the final of the contest was 52 viewers.

Location

 
MyState Bank Arena, host venue of the Q1-2025 contest.

The Q1-2025 contest took place in Hobart, Australia, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. It was the second time that Australia hosts the contest (after the Q2-2023 contest). The selected venue is the 5,500-seat MyState Bank Arena.

City bidding process

After the final of the previous season, the organizers began preparing for the competition by searching for a host city. A total of 9 cities submitted their applications for consideration for the host city of the anniversary season of the competition. On March 14, four cities were announced as contenders for victory: Sydney, Adelaide, Cairns, Hobart. On March 15, Hobart was announced as the host city, and the competition itself will take place at MyState Bank Arena.

Format

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

Voting changes

After the end of the Q4-2024 contest, many delegations of participating countries expressed their dissatisfaction with the ability of television viewers to vote for their country. In April 2025, the contest supervisor Mark Solovyov announced that each country could now only involve one viewer in the voting and without the right to vote for their country.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

On May 25, the organizers of the contest presented the composition of the baskets for the draw. Thus, 31 countries were distributed into 6 countries in 4 baskets and 7 countries in 1 basket. This was the second time that the allocation of the Autofinalist countries to the semi-finals was determined by a pictogram lottery: each semi-final was assigned three specific emojis (dolphin, starfish, yacht, sunglasses, palm tree and deck chair). The heads of delegation of the Autofinalist countries chose one of the pictograms and received one of the two semi-finals. The draw for the semi-finals was broadcast at 20:30 CET on 1 June. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Australia and "Top-5" countries from the previous edition (Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan and ranking best Israel) – would vote in and be required to broadcast.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Participating Countries

On April 26, the organizers of the competition announced thirty-seven participating countries in Hobart. Among the participants in the competition were Belgium, China and Ireland. Iceland and Poland canceled the competition in this season. On April 29, the organizers named the 6 auto-finalists of the season: the top 5 of the previous competition (Australia, Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan) and the country leading in the overall standings over the past three seasons - Israel.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place on 17 June 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries along with   Italy,   Japan and   Norway will vote and perform in this semi-final.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   China Lexie Liu Pop Girl English 6 155
02   Hungary Benjamin x BESS Paremmin ku kukaan muu Finnish 7 147
03   Armenia Pierre Garnier, M. Pokora Chaque seconde French 13 90
04   Thailand ALALA Bored Game Thai, English 8 132
05   Lebanon Snow Wife Crazy English 9 132
06   North Macedonia Ava Della Pietra Marionette English 11 106
07   France Jade FUFN French 1 273
08   Cuba Camilla Cabello Godspeed English 10 108
09   Croatia Tea Tairovic Kucke i Demoni Serbian 14 81
10   Portugal Tommee Profitt x Sam Tinnesz x Brooke Forbidden Fruit English 2 185
11   South Korea Annete Pfab Midnight English 3 178
12   Vietnam Audioiko, Redemm, Arely Vega Porque te vas Spanish 15 63
13   Kazakhstan Marina Cuntissimo English 5 162
14   Belgium Pierre de Maere Enfant de French 12 103
15   Brazil Faouzia Porcelain English 4 173

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 Italy, Japan and Norway. 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
China
Hungary
Armenia
Thauland
Lebanon
North Macedonia
France
Cuba
Croatia
Portugal
South Korea
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Belgium
Brazil
Italy
Norway
Japan
Contestants
China 155 76 2 10 6 1 10 12 8 2 7 12 5 4
Hungary 147 66 8 5 5 6 1 7 7 4 4 12 3 10 1 8
Armenia 90 51 12 3 8 2 4 2 1 1 6
Thailand 132 94 3 3 2 6 3 5 8 5 3
Lebanon 132 62 7 6 7 5 1 12 3 8 6 4 6 5
North Macedonia 106 53 1 3 4 7 8 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 12
France 273 159 4 7 10 2 12 8 8 10 10 10 4 7 8 7 7
Cuba 108 73 1 8 5 6 12 3
Croatia 81 27 12 6 5 6 5 12 8
Portugal 185 78 10 10 12 1 12 10 5 1 10 8 2 2 10 4 10
South Korea 178 87 6 6 6 5 10 4 8 1 10 5 10 8 7 4 1
Vietnam 63 28 2 4 4 3 2 7 5 6 2
Kazakhstan 162 76 12 1 2 1 7 5 12 7 7 12 3 7 1 1 2 6
Belgium 103 39 5 5 8 8 4 12 3 5 7 4 3
Brazil 173 75 3 8 7 10 2 4 4 2 6 6 6 1 12 3 2 12 10
Split results (First Semi-Final)
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   France 273   France 114   France 159
2   Portugal 185   Portugal 107   Thailand 94
3   South Korea 178   Brazil 98   South Korea 87
4   Brazil 173   South Korea 91   Portugal 78
5   Kazakhstan 162   Kazakhstan 86   China 76
6   China 155   Hungary 81   Kazakhstan 76
7   Hungary 147   China 79   Brazil 75
8   Thailand 132   Lebanon 70   Cuba 73
9   Lebanon 132   Belgium 64   Hungary 66
10   Cuba 108   Croatia 54   Lebanon 62
11   North Macedonia 106   North Macedonia 53   North Macedonia 53
12   Belgium 103   Armenia 39   Armenia 51
13   Armenia 90   Thailand 38   Belgium 39
14   Croatia 81   Vietnam 35   Vietnam 28
15   Vietnam 63   Cuba 35   Croatia 27

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
3   Kazakhstan   China,   Cuba,   South Korea
2   Portugal   Thailand,   North Macedonia
  Brazil   Kazakhstan,   Norway
  China   Croatia,   Brazil
  Croatia   Armenia,   Italy
1   France   Lebanon
  Hungary   Vietnam
  Lebanon   Portugal
  Cuba   Belgium
  North Macedonia   Japan
  Belgium   France
  Armenia   Hungary

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 19 June 2025. Fifteen countries took part in the second semi-final. Those countries along with   Australia,   Israel and   Spain will vote and perform in this semi-final.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   Canada David Kushner Humankind English 3 196
02   San Marino Willow Curious/Furious English 16 55
03   Ireland Teddy Swims Bad Dreams English 6 145
04   Cyprus Rebecca Black Trust English 5 160
05   New Zealand Tam Samo Ne Ovde Serbian 10 133
06   Azerbaijan Ed Sheeran Azizam English 14 98
07   Serbia Sophie and the Giants & Purple Disco Machine Paradise English 11 130
08   Netherlands Di-rect Wastelands English 15 76
09   United States Hanna Ferm, Junie Välkommen Åter Swedish 4 179
10   Denmark Felicia Lu Wish You Well English 12 113
11   Albania Jemina Ihmishirviö Finnish 8 137
12   Switzerland Key Another Life English 13 104
13   Sweden Molly Sandén Hålla mig Swedish 2 202
14   Germany Flore Monster English 1 203
15   Bosnia & Herzegovina Breskvica Turbo I Folk Serbian 9 134
16   United Kingdom Calum Scott Lighthouse English 7 139

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 16 countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Australia, Israel and Spain. 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
Canada
San Marino
Ireland
Cyprus
New Zealand
Azerbaijan
Serbia
Netherlands
United States
Denmark
Albania
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Kingdom
Israel
Spain
Australia
Contestants
Canada 196 94 6 12 6 12 5 8 3 1 3 8 4 5 8 10 5 6
San Marino 55 32 1 5 1 7 1 2 1 5
Ireland 145 70 3 12 7 10 6 4 6 5 12 10
Cyprus 160 80 1 2 2 8 6 6 10 8 7 10 7 1 12
New Zealand 133 58 8 5 8 2 8 12 4 4 12 6 4 2
Azerbaijan 98 68 1 5 8 8 4 2 2
Serbia 130 59 7 12 8 2 3 3 12 3 6 10 2 3
Netherlands 76 14 10 2 10 1 12 5 2 7 8 5
United States 179 92 2 3 3 7 10 4 5 8 5 7 8 7 8 10
Denmark 113 51 4 10 2 4 2 2 7 2 2 6 3 10 7 1
Albania 137 57 12 5 6 6 10 6 3 12 10 1 2 4 3
Switzerland 104 57 5 10 7 7 1 4 1 3 3 6
Sweden 202 104 3 7 1 7 5 6 5 10 3 10 7 12 5 1 8 8
Germany 203 111 6 4 7 8 4 4 3 12 5 12 1 4 12 6 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 134 89 12 1 2 6 12 4 5 3
United Kingdom 139 66 8 4 4 1 10 7 10 1 3 6 12 7
Split results (Second Semi-Final)
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   Germany 203   Canada 102   Germany 111
2   Sweden 202   Sweden 98   Sweden 104
3   Canada 196   Germany 92   Canada 94
4   United States 179   United States 87   United States 92
5   Cyprus 160   Albania 80   Bosnia & Herzegovina 89
6   Ireland 145   Cyprus 80   Cyprus 80
7   United Kingdom 139   New Zealand 75   Ireland 70
8   Albania 137   Ireland 75   Azerbaijan 68
9   Bosnia & Herzegovina 134   United Kingdom 73   United Kingdom 66
10   New Zealand 133   Serbia 71   Serbia 59
11   Serbia 130   Denmark 62   New Zealand 58
12   Denmark 113   Netherlands 62   Albania 57
13   Switzerland 104   Switzerland 47   Switzerland 57
14   Azerbaijan 98   Bosnia & Herzegovina 45   Denmark 51
15   Netherlands 76   Azerbaijan 30   San Marino 32
16   San Marino 55   San Marino 23   Netherlands 14

12 points

12 points awarded by the jury
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
3   Germany   Denmark,   Switzerland,   Israel
2   Ireland   New Zealand,   United Kingdom
  Albania   Canada,   Netherlands
  Bosnia & Herzegovina   Cyprus,   Sweden
  New Zealand   Albania,   Bosnia & Herzegovina
  Serbia   San Marino,   United States
1   Sweden   Germany
  Canada   Ireland
  Cyprus   Australia
  United Kingdom   Spain
  Netherlands   Serbia

Grand Final

Twenty-six countries took part in the final, composed of the host country Australia, another five countries with its best result from the previous edition, and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. The broadcast of the Grand Final took place on 29 June, 2025, at 21:45 (GMT +3). All thirty-seven participating countries with jury and televote will vote in the final.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   Bosnia & Herzegovina Breskvica Turbo I Folk Serbian 17 143
02   Ireland Teddy Swims Bad Dreams English 6 200
03   United States Hanna Ferm, Junie Välkommen Åter Swedish 15 160
04   Australia Alesso, Becky Hill Surrender English 19 132
05   Norway Alexander Eder Julia & Romeo German 12 170
06   Cuba Camilla Cabello Godspeed English 25 62
07   Albania Jemina Ihmishirviö Finnish 22 123
08   United Kingdom Calum Scott Lighthouse English 13 168
09   Lebanon Snow Wife Crazy English 21 125
10   New Zealand Tam Samo Ne Ovde Serbian 23 100
11   Spain Grant Knoche Talk English 16 151
12   Portugal Tommee Profitt x Sam Tinnesz x Brooke Forbidden Fruit English 7 199
13   Kazakhstan Marina Cuntissimo English 8 194
14   South Korea Annete Pfab Midnight English 10 185
15   Italy Alfa Il filo rosso Italian 26 48
16   China Lexie Liu Pop Girl English 3 223
17   Sweden Molly Sandén Hålla mig Swedish 2 282
18   Brazil Faouzia Porcelain English 9 191
19   Israel Angelo St-Ange Si j'y arrive pas ( If I can't ) French 14 164
20   Japan Jeon Somi Ice Cream English 5 202
21   France Jade FUFN English 1 347
22   Hungary Benjamin x BESS Paremmin ku kukaan muu Finnish 11 174
23   Germany Flore Monster English 4 205
24   Canada David Kushner Humankind English 18 136
25   Thailand ALALA Bored Game Thai, English 24 79
26   Cyprus Rebecca Black Trust English 20 130

Voting in the Grand Final

Grand Final voting results (jury)
Total score
Televoting score
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ireland
United States
Australia
Norway
Cuba
Albania
United Kingdom
Lebanon
New Zealand
Spain
Portugal
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Italy
China
Sweden
Brazil
Israel
Japan
France
Hungary
Germany
Canada
Thailand
Cyprus
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Netherlands
North Macedonia
San Marino
Serbia
Switzerland
Vietnam
Contestants
Bosnia and Herzegovina 143 94 2 8 4 2 7 12 8 6
Ireland 200 115 3 7 10 12 7 4 6 7 8 2 5 4 10
United States 160 118 3 2 4 6 1 5 4 3 2 4 8
Australia 132 68 6 5 3 8 7 3 2 3 7 1 6 5 1 7
Norway 170 72 2 10 3 8 12 10 12 10 10 10 5 6
Cuba 62 39 6 7 3 4 3
Albania 123 56 7 1 1 8 12 5 2 1 2 4 8 10 6
United Kingdom 168 87 4 1 7 4 7 12 5 2 10 7 4 6 1 1 2 2 6
Lebanon 125 59 1 1 5 2 10 6 2 4 8 3 4 3 7 3 7
New Zealand 100 35 12 2 8 10 3 2 10 2 5 4 2 1 3 2 1
Spain 151 52 6 8 8 8 4 10 6 6 6 5 7 7 3 4 3 8
Portugal 199 70 2 1 1 4 4 10 3 2 7 12 1 8 8 12 8 12 1 1 4 10 12 2 4
Kazakhstan 194 100 2 10 12 4 5 12 1 12 4 1 7 10 12 2
South Korea 185 89 2 7 1 1 10 4 5 3 8 8 12 7 10 6 5 7
Italy 48 9 8 5 5 3 3 7 2 6
China 223 135 3 10 2 10 6 8 8 6 7 1 2 4 7 12 1 1
Sweden 282 150 7 12 6 6 7 6 6 2 12 7 12 7 4 8 10 2 8 1 4 5
Brasil 191 94 1 5 12 12 2 3 10 1 6 2 8 5 1 8 3 12 5 1
Israel 164 65 10 12 1 4 10 1 10 7 10 5 10 1 4 8 3 3
Japan 202 124 10 4 4 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 10
France 347 178 5 4 5 7 6 4 3 12 12 8 7 1 10 3 12 7 4 8 12 12 10 5 2 10
Hungary 174 67 6 3 7 2 5 12 10 5 8 2 6 5 5 6 5 8 12
Germany 205 109 10 8 5 8 3 5 12 12 2 3 4 12 12
Canada 136 41 3 12 6 6 3 12 7 1 10 6 7 3 7 5 3 4
Thailand 79 56 3 5 3 1 5 6
Cyprus 130 65 8 4 10 8 5 2 2 3 4 1 5 6 7

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   France 347   France 169   France 178
2   Sweden 282   Sweden 132   Sweden 150
3   China 223   Portugal 129   China 135
4   Germany 205   Hungary 107   Japan 124
5   Japan 202   Spain 99   United States 118
6   Ireland 200   Israel 99   Ireland 115
7   Portugal 199   Norway 98   Germany 109
8   Kazakhstan 194   Brazil 97   Kazakhstan 100
9   Brazil 191   South Korea 96   Bosnia & Herzegovina 94
10   South Korea 185   Germany 96   Brazil 94
11   Hungary 174   Canada 95   South Korea 89
12   Norway 170   Kazakhstan 94   United Kingdom 87
13   United Kingdom 168   China 88   Norway 72
14   Israel 164   Ireland 85   Portugal 70
15   United States 160   United Kingdom 81   Australia 68
16   Spain 151   Japan 78   Hungary 67
17   Bosnia & Herzegovina 143   Albania 67   Israel 65
18   Canada 136   Lebanon 66   Cyprus 65
19   Australia 132   New Zealand 65   Lebanon 59
20   Cyprus 130   Cyprus 65   Thailand 56
21   Lebanon 125   Australia 64   Albania 56
22   Albania 123   Bosnia & Herzegovina 49   Spain 52
23   New Zealand 100   United States 42   Canada 41
24   Thailand 79   Italy 39   Cuba 39
25   Cuba 62   Thailand 23   New Zealand 35
26   Italy 48   Cuba 23   Italy 9

12 points

12 points awarded by the juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
5   France   Lebanon,   Spain,   Germany,   Azerbaijan,   Belgium
4   Portugal   Sweden,   Canada,   Cyprus,   North Macedonia
  Kazakhstan   Cuba,   China,   Brazil,   San Marino
  Germany   Israel,   Japan,   Serbia,   Switzerland
3   Sweden   United States,   South Korea,   Hungary
  Brazil   Australia,   Albania,   Netherlands
2   Norway   France,   Thailand
  Hungary   New Zealand,   Vietnam
  Canada   Ireland,   Kazakhstan
1   Bosnia & Herzegovina   Armenia
  Ireland   United Kingdom
  Albania   Italy
  United Kingdom   Portugal
  New Zealand   Bosnia & Herzegovina
  South Korea   Denmark
  China   Croatia
  Israel   Norway

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 one spectator.

This was the first season for the participation of viewers from Canada, Finland, Honduras and Romania.

Grand Final (20) First Semi-Final (14) Second Semi-Final (15)
Country Name & Origin Country Name & Origin Country Name & Origin
  ROTW   Jimmy Mardigras   ROTW   Jimmy Mardigras   ROTW   Jimmy Mardigras
  Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas   Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas   Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas
  Kiran Sebastian   Kiran Sebastian   Kiran Sebastian
  Jake Anthony   Jake Anthony   Jake Anthony
  Homer Thiago Gomez   Homer Thiago Gomez   Homer Thiago Gomez
  AI (GPT-4o)   AI (GPT-4o)   AI (GPT-4o)
  IECO   Yaroslav Gromov   IECO   Yaroslav Gromov   IECO   Yaroslav Gromov
  Jerry Miettinen   Jerry Miettinen   Jerry Miettinen
  Stefan Danyel   Stefan Danyel   Stefan Danyel
  Jakub Plewiński   Jakub Plewiński   Jakub Plewiński
  Japan   Raphie Coni   Japan   Raphie Coni   Australia   Timothy Algheren
  Australia   Timothy Algheren   United Kingdom   Alena Markelova   Japan   Raphie Coni
  United Kingdom   Alena Markelova   Cuba   Milena Krypczyk   United Kingdom   Alena Markelova
  Cuba   Milena Krypczyk   Germany   Polyna Synevich   Cuba   Milena Krypczyk
  Germany   Polyna Synevich   Bosnia & Herzegovina   Nicholas Katsoulas   Germany   Polyna Synevich
  Bosnia & Herzegovina   Nicholas Katsoulas   Bosnia & Herzegovina   Nicholas Katsoulas
  Israel   Evgenia Serb
  France   Danylo Baryshnyk
  Hungary   Artyom Frolov
  Armenia   Ruslana Savchenko

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