We are about to enjoy an exciting night of national selection for Eurovision 2025. 5 countries will broadcast live shows tonight: Iceland will select their entry for Basel, while Sweden, Germany, Portugal, and San Marino will broadcast the semi-finals of their national selections.
“Söngvakeppnin 2025″ – Final
When
20:45 – 23:05 CET
How To Watch?
Eurovision Song Contest YouTube
RUV
The Songs
6 artists will perform tonight in the following running order:
- Ágúst – Like You (English version)
- Bjarni Arason – Aðeins lengur (Icelandic version)
- Júlí & Dísa – Eldur / Fire (Iceland and English version combined)
- VÆB – RÓA (Icelandic version)
- Tinna – Words (English version)
- Stebbi JAK – Set Me Free (English version)
Playlists
Spotify
AppleMusic
YouTube
YouTube (English Versions)
The Format
- Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Fannar Sveinsso will host the shows.
- 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.
- The international; jury members will be:
- Niamh Kavanagh (Ireland 1993, 2010)
- Saba (Denmark 2024)
- Sietse Bakker (Eurovision 2021 Executive Producer, The Netherlands)
- Maria Sur (“Melodifestivalen” 2023, 2024 Participants, Sweden/Ukraine)
- Damir Kedžo (Croatia 2020)
- Ersin Parlak (Head of Press, San Marino Eurovision Delegation)
- Peter Fenner (Eurovision Expert, the UK)
Käärijä (Finland 2023) and Hera Björk (Iceland 2010, 2024) will perform as special guests
“Melodifestivalen 2025” – Semi-Final 4
When
20:00- 21:30 CET
How To Watch?
SVT Play
The Songs
- Andreas Lundstedt – “Vicious”
- Ella Tiritiello – “Bara du är där”
- Tennessee Tears – “Yours”
- KAJ – ”Bara bada bastu”
- AmenA – “Do Good, Be Better”
- Måns Zelmerlöw – “Revolution”
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.
“Chefsache ESC 2025” – Semi-Final
When
20:15 – 23:20 CET
How To Watch?
RTV Plus
The Lineup
14 artists will perform their Eurovision 2025 songs:
- Feuerschwanz – “Knightclub“
- Benjamin Braatz – “Like You Love Me“
- Cloudy June – “If Jesus Saw What We Did Last Night“
- COSBY – “I’m Still Here“
- JALN – “Weg von dir”
- From Fall to Spring – “Take the Pain Away”
- JJonathan Henrich – “Golden Child“
- Abor & Tynna – “Baller”
- LEONORA – “This Bliss”
- Julika – “Empress“
- Lyza – “Lovers on Mars“
- Moss Kena – “Nothing Can Stop Love“
- Cage – “Golden Hour“
- The Great Leslie – “These Days”
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.
- Max Geisinger will join as a special guest jury.
“Festival da Canção 2025” – Semi-Final 1
When
22:05 – 00:50 CET
How To Watch?
RTP
The Lineup
10 artists will perform their songs in the following running order:
- Xico Gaiato – Ai Senhor!
- Rita Sampaio – Voltas
- Du Nothin – Sobre Nós
- Marco Rodrigues – A Minha Casa
- Margarida Campelo – Eu sei que o amor
- JOSH – Tristeza
- Capital da Bulgária – Lisboa
- Bluay – Ninguém
- Jéssica Pina – Calafrio
- Peculiar – Adamastor
Playlists
YouTube
Spotify
AppleMusic
The Format
- The festival will feature 2 semi-finals and a final:
- 10 artists will compete in each semi-final, 6 qualifying from each semi-final to the final.
- The semi-final results will be determined in 2 rounds:
- First round – a 50% national jury and a 50% public vote. The 5 songs with the highest combined ranking will advance to the final.
- The second round will be determined solely by the public vote. One additional song will earn a ticket to the final.
- The grand final results will be based on a 50% national jury vote and a 50% public vote.
- The national jury for tonight’s show will be:
- Iolanda (Eurovision 2024)
- Kady (Festival da Canção 2020)
- Miguel Ribeiro (Festival da Canção 2023)
- Tiago Nacarato (Festival da Canção composer)
- Fábia Rebordão (Festival da Canção composer)
- Martim Sousa Tavares (TV host)
- Margarida Pinto Correia (Journalist)
“Una Voce Per San Marino 2025” – Semi-Final 1
When
23:00 – 01:30 CET
How To Watch?
San Marino RTV
The Lineup
36 artists will perform their songs in the following running order:
- Alis Ray (Italy)
- Alessio’s Mind (Italy)
- Atwood (Italy)
- BARAK (USA)
- Carson Coma (Hungary)
- Catch the Giant! (Italy)
- Cecilia Herrera (Italy)
- Chazza (UK)
- Cristina Macchiavelli feat. Nymos (Italy)
- Dramalove (UK)
- Edea (UK)
- Effemme (Spain)
- Evdokia Moisidou (Greece)
- Fabio Imperatrice feat. Cambra
- Galen Borson (USA)
- Il Solito Dandy (Italy)
- UNA (Italy)
- Jannike (Finland)
- Joanna (Italy)
- Justine Mayer (France)
- KiNG FOO (Italy)
- Kian Butler (UK)
- Latente (Italy)
- LeBlond (Spain)
- Lenni-Kalle Taipale & Andrea Brosio (Finland)
- Marco Urbinati (Italy)
- Max Lain (Italy)
- NARBERA (Italy)
- Natalia (Italy)
- TIMO (Italy)
- The Leaf (Italy)
- The Unknown Voices
- Timea (Germany)
- VALIS & POLCZI (Czechia)
- Vimoksha (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Vincenzo Bles (Italy)
The Format
- The selection for Eurovision 2025 will be composed of 2 different television production:
- The semi-finals – “Una Voce Per San Marino 2025”
- The final – “San Marino Song Contest 2025”
- The 7 semi-finals were recorded between the 13th and 15th of February, 2025. The shows will be broadcast at a later date. The shows will be broadcast daily between February 22nd and February 28th 2025, at 23:00 CET.
- The grand final (“San Marino Song Contest 2025“) is scheduled to take place on March 8th, 2025
- On the 25th of February 2025, San Marino RTV will hold a special press conference in Rome. In the press conference. We will get to know Established Artists who got a direct path to the final. They will join the semi-final qualifiers
- Massimo Bonelli will be the artistic director of the selection, while Cristiano D’Alisera will take the production lead.
- The new format will suggestively bring more transparency to the voting.
- The jury panel for the semi-finals:
- Lia Fiorio (San Marino Eurovision Commentator)
- Emilio Munda (Songwriter and composer)
- Mimmo Paganelli (Music Producer)
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025.
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