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.
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 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.
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.
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 XX 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.
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
Japan
Norway
Contestants
China
Hungary
Armenia
Thailand
Lebanon
North Macedonia
France
Cuba
Croatia
Portugal
South Korea
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Belgium
Brazil
Split results (First Semi-Final)
Place
Combined
Jury
Televoting
Country
Points
Country
Points
Country
Points
1
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
2
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
3
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
4
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
5
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
6
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
7
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
8
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
9
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
10
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
11
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
12
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
13
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
14
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
15
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
12 points
12 points awarded by the jury
#
Recipient
Countries giving 12 points
5
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}, {{}}, {{}}, {{}}
4
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}, {{}}, {{}}
3
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}, {{}}
2
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}
{{}}
{{}}, {{}}
1
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
{{}}
Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final took place on XX 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.
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.
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.
Mark Solovyov
Belgium
China
Ireland
Iceland
Poland
Italy, 
Japan and 
Norway will vote and perform in this semi-final.
Hungary
Armenia
Thailand
Lebanon
North Macedonia
France
Cuba
Croatia
Portugal
South Korea
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Israel and 
Spain will vote and perform in this semi-final.
Canada
San Marino
Cyprus
New Zealand
Azerbaijan
Serbia
Netherlands
United States
Denmark
Albania
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Bosnia & Herzegovina
United Kingdom
ROTW
Carlos Edwardo Rodriguez Rojas
Kiran Sebastian
TBA
TBA
AI (GPT-4o)