February 8, 2025

🇲🇹 Tonight: Malta Eurovision Song Contest

Tonight is the night of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. It is the national selection for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. The show starts at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. The song will be selected out of 16 finalists by public voting and a jury. These are the participants: nr Adria Twins Qalb ma’ Qalb Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni Għażliet Justine Shorfid Still I Rise JVF Festa (No Time For Siesta) Kantera LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum Krista Šujak Unheard Kristy Spiteri Heaven Sent Kurt Calleja Aziz/a Mark Anthony Bartolo Hideaway Martina Borg Yo Listen Miriana Conte Kant Nathan Concrete Raquela Silenced Stefan Galea Lablab (Talk Talk) The Alchemists Rubble & Stone Victoria Juno Mark Anthony Bartolo: Participated in X-Factor Malta 2019 (auditions), 2022 (11th), 2023 (semifinal) and 2024 (quarter final)Raquela: Competed in 2009 (10th), 2010 (semifinal), 2011 (5th), 2013 (semifinal) and 2017 (8th)Victoria: Participated in X-Factor Malta 2019 (live shows).Jessika Muscat (JVF): Represented San Marino in Eurovision 2018 with “Who We Are.” along with Jenifer Brening. She also participated in Maltese national selections in 2008 (semifinal), 2009 (semifinal), 2011 (15th), 2012 (semifinal), 2014 (8th), 2022 (semifinal) and 2023 (quarter final).Fabrizio Faniello: Took part in 1998 (2nd), 1999 (8th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (1st), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1th), 2006 (1st), 2011 (4th), 2012 (6th), 2014 (semifinal) and 2023 (8th). He represented Malta in Eurovision 2001 with “Another Summer Night” and in 2006 with “I Do.”Justine Shorfid: Known for her participation in “X Factor Malta.”, where she was the runner up.Kurt Calleja: Participated in 2011 (3rd), 2012 (1st) and 2024 (quarter final). Represented Malta in Eurovision 2012 with “This Is The Night.”Dario Bezzina took part in 2009 (semifinals), 2010 (semifinals), 2023 (semifinal).Miriana Conte participated in MESC 2017 (16th), 2018 (12th), X-Factor Malta 2019 (auditions), X-Factor Malta. 2020 (auditions), MESC 2022 (6th), MESC 2024 (9th).Nathan participated in MESC 2023 (11th) and MESC 2024 (10th).Stefan Galea competed in MESC 2016 (semifinal), X-Factor Malta 2019 (auditions), MESC 2023 (16th) and MESC 2024 (quarter finals).

🇱🇻 Latvian Supernova will have its final

Latvian Supernova will have its final. That means Latvia will have their Eurovision entry tonight. The show starts at 20:10 CET tonight and you will be able to see it here. Ten songs will compete. 50/50 jury and televoting will decide who will represent Latvia. nr 1 Chris Noah Romance isn’t Dead 2 Palú Delusional 3 Sinerģija Bound by the Light 4 Citi Zēni Ramtai 5 Tepat Sadzejot 6 The Ludvig Līgo 7 Markus Riva Bigger Than This 8 Tautumeitas Bur man laimi 9 Bel Tempo x Legzdina The Water 10 Emilija Heartbeat Chris Noah co-wrote the Latvian Eurovision entries of 2023 and 2024.Citi Zēni won Supernova in 2022 and represented Latvia with the song “Eat Your Salad”.The Ludvig was the runner up in Supernova 2017.Markus Riva is a real diehard. He took part in 2014 (11th), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (semifinal), 2017 (quarter final), 2018 (5th), 2019 (2nd), 2022 (semifinal) and 2023 (4th).

🇫🇮 UMK is the Finnish national selection tonight

UMK is the Finnish national selection tonight. Out of 6 songs, it will be decided which one will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest. The show starts at 20.00 and you can watch it here or here with English comments. These are the 6 contestants: nr 1 Costee Sekaisin 2 Neea River Nightmares 3 Goldielocks Made of 4 Viivi Aina 5 Nelli Matula Hitaammin hautaan 6 Erika Vikman Ich Komme Erika Vikman was 2nd in 2020.

🇺🇦 Ukraine selects a song tonight

Ukraine selects a song tonight. They will do that through the annual national final Vidbir. That show will start at 17.30 CET. You can watch it on Youtube, on Youtube with English comments, on Facebook and here. Ten songs will compete. A 50/50 jury and televote will select the winning song: nr 1 Vlad Sheryf Wind of Change 2 Abiye Dim 3 Molodi My Sea 4 Future Culture Waste My Time 5 Masha Kondratenko No Time To Cry 6 Khayat Honor 7 Fiïnka Cultura 8 Krylata Stay True 9 Ziferblat Bird Of Pray 10 DK Enerhetyk Sil Khayat was 5th in Vidbir 2019 and 2nd in 2020.Last year, Ziferblat was the Vidbir-runner up. Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2003 and has won three times: in 2004 with Ruslana’s Wild Dances, in 2016 with Jamala’s 1944, and in 2022 with Kalush Orchestra’s Stefania. The country has never failed to qualify for the final. Ukraine’s entries often feature a mix of contemporary and traditional elements. The national selection process, Vidbir, determines its representatives. Due to the ongoing war, the 2023 contest was hosted in the United Kingdom instead of Ukraine. Ukraine frequently places in the top ten and receives strong support from both the jury and public votes.

🇮🇸 Söngvaképpnin starts tonight

Söngvaképpnin starts tonight. It’s the Icelandic national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Two weeks in a row, 5 songs will be presented, 3 of which will go to the final. Different from previous years is that there is no wild card. The show starts at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. These are the participants: Stebbi Jak, “Frelsið Mitt” Birgo, “Ég flýg í storminn” Águst, “Eins og þú” Bia, “Norðurljós” Væb, “Róa” Væb was 4th in the national final last year.

🇱🇹 Lithuania finishes their heats

Lithuania finishes their heats. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. It’s the last out of 5 heats. Each heat contains out of 9 songs. Two songs will head to the final next week. Donata, “Empower” Matas Ligeika, “Saule” Ieva Zasimauskaitė, “Don’t You Ever Leave Me” Matt Len, “Not Alone” Ofelija, “Širdelė” Sun Francisco, “Atsimerkt” Justinas, “Alright” Sophie Ali, “The Bluest Bell” Lion Ceccah, “Drobė” Donata participated in 2012 (heats), 2018 (heats), 2019 (quarter final), 2020 (heats), 2021 (heats) and 2023 (semifinal).Matas Ligeika took part in 2019’s quarter final.Ieva Zasimauskaitė was 3rd in 2013, 4th in 2016, had a wildcard in 2017, won in 2018, was 7th in 2022. She represented Lithuania in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with “When We’re Old”.Matt Len reached the semifinals two years ago.Ofelija took part in the 2018 heats.Sun Francisco took part in the heats of 2022 and 2024.Justinas was involved in the 2020 heats.

🇸🇪 Second heat of Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen continues tonight with a second heat. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. The all famous Swedish national selection will have 5 heats and a final. Two songs out of each heat will go to the final, one to a ‘final qual’ competition. Here are tonight’s participating songs: Nomi Tales, “Funniest Thing” Schlagerz, “Don Juan” Erik Segerstedt, “Show Me What Love Is” Klara Hammarström, “On and On and On” Fredrik Lundman, “The Heart of A Swedish Cowboy” Kaliffa, “Salute” Erik Segerstedt was a member of E.M.D. when he took part in 2009 (3rd) and solo he was involved in 2013 (Andra Chancen).Klara Hammarström participated in Melodifestivalen 2020 (5th), 2021 (6th) and 2022 (6th).

🇮🇪 Emmy wins Eurosong 2025

Emmy has won the Irish selection Eurosong 2025 with her song “Laika Party”! She will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, and will perform at the second Semi-Final. Her song about the famous astronaut dog placed first with both the National jury and the public. Emmy is no newcomer as it comes to Eurovision. In 2021 she participated in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix with “Witch Woods” where she reached the final. These are the full results of Eurosong 2025: