We are about to enjoy an exciting night (or Super Saturday) of national selection for Eurovision 2025. 7 countries will broadcast live shows tonight: Estonia, Norway, Lithuania, and Italy will select their entries for Basel, while Sweden, Germany, and Iceland will broadcast the semi-finals of their national selections.
“Eesti Laul 2025” – Final
When
18:15 – 20:00, 20:30 – 21:50 CET
How To Watch?
ERR TV
The Songs
16 artists will perform in the following running order:
- ANT – “Tomorrow Never Comes“
- Stereo Terror – “Prty Till The End of The World“
- Janek – “Frozen“
- Räpina Jack ft. Kaisa Ling – “Tule“ (Eng: Come On)
- Johanne Elise – “Eyes Don’t Lie“
- FELIN – “Solo Anthem“
- Elysa – “The Last to Know“
- Gen 98 – “Psycho”
- An-Marlen – “Külm“ (Eng: Cold)
- Frants Tikerpuu – “Trouble“
- Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low“
- Tuuli Rand – “Rem“
- Minimal Wind – “Armageddon“
- Andrei Zevakin ft. Karita – “Ma ei Tea Sind“ (Eng: I Don’t Know You)
- Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato“
- Marta Lotta – “Tantsin veel” (Eng: I’m Still Dancing)
Playlists
YouTube
Spotify
The Format
- This time, “Eesti Laul” will include one show only. This means the selection won’t feature semi-finals.
- Eda-Ines Etti and Korea will host the final, at Unibet Arena.
- The results of the selection will be determined in 2 rounds:
- The results of the 1st round will be based on a 50% international jury and a 50% public vote. The top 3 songs will qualify for the super-final.
- In the super-final, the results will be based on the public vote only.
You can read Doron’s review here
“Melodi Grand Prix 2025” – Final
When
19:50 – 21:50 CET
How To Watch?
NRK Live
The Songs
9 artists will perform in the final in the following running order:
- Tone Damli – Last Song
- Sondrey – Vagabond
- Nora Jabri – Sulale
- Wig Wam – Human Fire
- LLL – Parasite
- Kyle Alessandro – Lighter
- Nataleen – The Game
- Ladybug – Hot as Hell in Paradise
- Bobbysocks – Joyful
Playlists
YouTube
Spotify
Apple Music
The Format
- Melodi Grand Prix 2025 will be held at the Oslo Spektrum (the same venue where Eurovision 1996 took place)
- 9 artists will compete in the selection.
- Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom, and Markus Neby will host the show. Marte hosted the “Melodi Grand Prix” in 2012.
- The results will be based on 40% international jury votes and 60% public vote.
The special guests performers will be Marcus & Martinus and Gåte
You can read Doron‘s review here:
“Eurovizija.LT 2025” – Final
When
20:30 – 23:00 CET
How To Watch?
The Songs
12 artists will perform in the final in the following running order:
- Noy – Just Take Me On A Date
- Gøya – After Storm
- Liepa – Ar mylėtum
- Gebrasy – Whole
- Amoralu – Freedom
- Anyanya – Running Out of Time
- Justė Baradulinaitė – Tired
- Katarsis – Tavo akys
- Petunija – Į saldumą
- Sophie Ali – The Bluest Bell
- Lion Ceccah – Drobė
- Black Biceps – Visaip man reik
Playlists
YouTube
Spotify
AppleMusic
The Format
- Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė and Rimvydas Černiauskas.
- The final will occur in Lithuania’s largest arena: Kaunas “Žalgiris”.
- The results of the final will be determined in 2 rounds:
- Round 1: The national jury will rank the entries on a scale of 1-8, 10, and 12 points. The 2 lowest scores will get 0. The public vote will be converted to the same scale. The top 3 entries will qualify for the super-final.
- Round 2: The public will vote for their winner out of the top 3 super-finalists.
The special guest performers will be Rokas Jan, Monika Liu, Vaidas Baumila and Silvester Belt
You can read Doron’s review here
“Festival Di Sanremo 2025” – Final
When
20:40 – 02:00 CET
How To Watch?
- RaiPlay will stream all shows without restrictions on
- in Italy, all shows will be broadcast live on Rai 1, Rai 4K, and Rai Radio 2
- Rai Radio 2 features special coverage of the festival
- in Albania, all shows will be broadcast live by RTSH
- in Moldova, all shows will be broadcast live on Moldova 1
- in Montenegro, all shows will be broadcast live on RTCG 2
- in Romania, all shows will be broadcast live on TVR 1
- Internationally, all shows will be broadcast on the cable and satellite channel Rai Italia.
The Songs
29 artists will perform tonight:
- Francesca Michelin – Fango in Paradiso
- Willie Peyote – Grazie ma No Grazie
- Marcella Bella – Pelle di Diamante
- Bresh – La Tana del Granchio
- Modà – Non ti Dimentico
- Rose Villain – Fuori Legge
- Tony Effe – Damme na Mano
- Clara – Febbre
- Serena Brancale – Anema e Core
- Brunori Sas – L’albero delle Noci
- Francesco Gabbani – Viva la Vita
- Noemi – Se t’innamori, Muori
- Rocco Hunt – Mille Vote Ancora
- The Kolors – Tu con chi fai L’Amore
- Olly – Balorda Nostalgia
- Achille Lauro – Incoscienti Giovani
- Coma_Come – Cuoricini
- Giorgia – La Cura per me
- Simone Cristicchi – Quando Sarai Piccola
- Elodie – Dimenticarsi alle 7
- Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
- Irama – Lentamente
- Fedez – Battito
- Shablo f.t. Joshua, Gué and Tormento – La mia parola
- Joan Thiele – Eco
- Massimo Ranieri – Tra le Mani un Cuore
- Gaia – Chiamo io o Chiami tu
- Rkomi – Il ritmo delle Cose
- Sarah Toscano – Amarcord
Playlists
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The Format
- Carlo Conti will be the main host, alongside Alessandro Cattelan and Alessia Marcuzzi.
- All participants will perform their songs.
- The results will be based on the average ranking of the first 3 nights and the final night (based on 100% public votes)
- The Top 5 artists (based on the combined ranking of nights 1-3 and night 5, based on jury and public) will advance to the super final.
- The super-finalists will perform their songs again.
- The results of the super-final will be based on a 34% public vote, a 33% professional jury vote, and a 33% radio jury vote.
Gabry Ponte, Planet Funk, Tedua, Antonella Venditti and Vanessa Scalera will perform as special guests
“Chefsache ESC 2025” – Heat 2
When
20:15 – 22:55 CET
How To Watch?
RTV Plus
The Lineup
12 artists will perform covers
- ADINA
- Cloudy June
- From Fall To Spring
- JALN
- LEONORA
- LYZA
- Moss Kena
- NI-KA
- Noah Levi
- Parallel
- The Great Leslie
- Vincent Varus
The Format
- The selection will feature 4 live-shows
- The dates of the shows:
- Heat 1 (Show 1) : Friday, 14th of February 2025
- Heat 2 (Show 2) : Saturday, 15th of February 2025
- Semi-Final (Show 3) : Saturday, 22nd of February 2025
- Final (Show 4): Saturday, 1st of March 2025 at 20:15 local time.
- 24 acts made it through to the live shows.
- The first 2 shows are the heats. 12 artists will compete in each heat
- 7 artists will qualify from each heat.
- 14 artists will compete in the semi-final (the 3rd show), 9 of them will make it to the final.
- The results of the first 3 shows will be decided by a jury panel, led by Raab.
- The results of the final will be based on the public vote
- Beloved Barbara Schöneberger will host the shows
- The jury members will be: Stefan Raab, Yvonne Catterfeld and Elton.
- Johannes Oerding will join as a special guest jury.
“Melodifestivalen 2025” – Semi-Final 3
When
20:00- 21:30 CET
How To Watch?
SVT Play
The Songs
- Kristofer Greczula– “Believe Me”
- Malou Prytz – “24K Gold”
- Björn Holmgren – “Rädda mig” (Eng: Save Me)
- Dolly Style – “YIHAA”
- Angelino – “Teardrops”
- Annika Wickihalder – “Life Again”
Playlists
YouTube
Spotify
The Format
- The selection will feature 5 semi-finals and a grand final:
- Semi-Final 1: Saturday 1st of February 2025, Luleå (Coop Norrbotten Arena)
- Semi-Final 2: Saturday 8th of February 2025, Gothenburg (Scandinavium)
- Semi-Final 3: Saturday 15th of February 2025, Västerås (Västerås Arena)
- Semi-Final 4: Saturday 22nd of February 2025, Malmö (Malmö Arena)
- Semi-Final 5: Saturday 1st of March 2025, Jönköping (Husqvarna Garden)
- Final: Saturday 8th of March 2025, Stockholm (Strawberry Arena)
- Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom will host the show.
- A public vote will determine the results of the semi-finals
- 6 artists will take part in each semi-final. The top 2 will qualify for the final.
- The artists who finish in the 4th, 5th, and 6th place (in each semi-final) will be eliminated.
- At the end of the 5th semi-final,
- The highest-scoring 3rd-place song (out of a possible 5) will get a ticket to the final
- The remaining 4 artists will face additional voting rounds. The winner will qualify for the final.
Söngvakeppnin 2025″ – Semi-Final 2
When
20:45 – 22:15 CET
How To Watch?
The Songs
5 artists will perform tonight in the following running order:
- Dagur Sig – Flugdrekar / Carousel
- Júlí & Dísa – Eldur / Fire
- Bára Katrín – Rísum upp / Rise Above
- Bjarni Arason – Aðeins lengur
- Tinna – Þrá / Words
Playlists
Spotify
AppleMusic
YouTube
YouTube (English Versions)
The Format
- Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Fannar Sveinsso will host the shows.
- The national selection will feature 3 shows:
- Semi-Final 1: Saturday, February 8th 2025
- Semi-Final 2: Saturday, February 15th 2025
- Grand Final: Saturday, February 22nd 2025
- The shows will be held in RVK Studios in Gufunes.
- 5 artists will perform in each semi-final, 3 of them will qualify (based on 100% public vote)
- In the semi-finals, all artists will perform their songs in Icelandic.
- 6 artists will compete in the final. The grand final results will be determined by one round only, composed of a 50% jury vote (featuring 7 international members) and a 50% public vote.
- The main changes compared to previous years are:
- No wildcards will be given to one of the semi-final non-qualifiers
- The number of finalists increased from 5 to 6
- The “super-final” has been cancelled.
- Thomas Benstem and Selma Björnsdóttir will be the artistic directors of the contest.
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025
