Eurovision 2025

🇧🇪 Belgium presents the first songs

photo: VRT Belgium presents the first songs tonight. Four of the eight entries will be presented on Belgian television. There will be no selection or competition yet. Next week, the other four will be presented and on February 1st, the Belgian selection will be held. The show starts at 20:45 CET and you can watch it here. These are the four songs of tonight: Grace sings “Pull up” Leez sings “Perfectly imperfect” Le Manou sings “Fille à papa” Lenn sings “Air Balloon” All four artists are new to Eurovision and the national finals. However, Lenn’s grandfather isn’t: Louis Neefs represented Belgium in the 1967 and 1969 Eurovision Song Contest.

🇱🇹 Eurovizija.LT 2025 continues

Tonight is the night in Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2025 continues. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. It’s the second out of 5 heats. Each heat contains out of 9 songs. However, because Austėja Lukaitė withdrew, there will only be 8 songs tonight. Two songs will head to the final on February 15. These are the 8 contestants of tonight: Halummi, “The Flame” Joy, “Just Take Me on a Date” Jokūbas Jankauskas, “Far Away” Petunija, “Į saldumą“ Freya Alley, “Lalala” Káro, “Love Bug” Vilija, “Liesti negalima” Tomas Dirgėla, “Pašok” Petunija took part in the national selection in 2016 and 2020 (both ended in the heats) and in 2023 (4th).Freya Alley and Káro took part in the 2024 heats.Vilija participated in the national selections in 2005 (7th), 2014 (1st), 2017 (heats), 2021 (heats), 2022 (semifinal) and 2024 (heats).

🇲🇩 Moldova: it’s the day of the auditions

In Moldova it’s the day of the auditions. Every year, around 30 songs take part in the audition round of Etapa Națională. This year, 29 songs will compete. The 30th, the Eblansh Band, withdrew. One of their band members currently stays in hospital. The show starts at 17.00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. Here are the 29 contestants: Annag, “Meet Me In The Dark” Catalina Solomac, “Demons” Chris Cross, “Eu vin” Dan Alexandrov, “Can’t Escape” Diana Elmas, “Fly Away” Katy Rain, “Timpul” Lisa Volk, “O lacrimă, un dor” Lodos, “Sentimental” Lylu, “Pop” Macho & Carnival Brain, “Semafoare” Nadya Crajevschi, “Not a Shadow” Nordika, “Ludmila” Nr. 11, “Bye” Pavel Pașcan, “Alăturea de tine” Poops Ft Zaffi, “Destinul” Predein Cristian, “Moldovian Dance” Priza feat. MC Mike, “Kookoo” Rina, “Dorințele” Royals ST, “Zboară-n sus” Sasha Bognibov, “All-Night Party” Sasha Bognibov, “We Changed Our Gender” Sasha Khanedanyan, “Silent Hills” Sasha Letty, “Haute Couture” Tanya Tudor, “Bring Me Back” Tudor Bumbac, “Pace noi vrem” Vadim Eleni, “Mamă, să fii!” Valleria, “A Picture of Myself” Y-gaga Band, “Alexia” Zelorielle, “Miracle” Diana Elmas took part in the auditions in 2022 and 2023.Katy Rain participated in the 2022 auditions.Lisa Volk was one of the auditioning artists in 2023.Priza took part in the 2016 semifinals.MC Mike was 14th in the 2012 national final.Sasha Bognibov was involved in the 2010 and 2012 internet preselection, as well as the 2022, 2023 and 2024 auditions. He never got through any selection so far.Sasha Letty was 14th in 2020 and 9th in 2024.Tudor Bumbac took part in the 2022 and 2024 auditions.Valleria was involved in last year’s auditions.

🇱🇹 Finalists are known in Lithuania

The two finalists are known in Lithuania. The first round of Eurovizija.LT was held. Anyanya and Justė Baradulinaitė will go to the final on 15 February. Here are the full results: Anyanya, “Running Out Of Time”, 24 Justė Baradulinaitė, “Tired”, 20 Mantas Ben, “Svajonės po 12”, 14 Ewa, “Tell me lie”, 14 Rūta Budreckaitė, “Tai kur namai”, 12 LIT, “You’re not alone”, 10 Viktorija Faith, “Scary beautiful”, 8 Euften, “Goodbye Hell”, 8 Aistay, “Meilę sapnavau”, 4 Winner Anyanya Runner up Justė Baradulinaitė

🇱🇹 Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2025 starts

Tonight is the night in Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2025 starts. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here and on YouTube. It’s the first out of 5 heats. Each heat contains out of 9 songs. Two songs will head to the final on February 15. These are the 9 contestants of tonight: LIT sings “You’re not alone” Mantas Ben sings “Svajonės po 12” Rūta Budreckaitė sings “Tai kur namai” Anyanya sings “Running Out Of Time” Aistay sings “Meilę sapnavau” Ewa sings “Tell me lie” Viktorija Faith sings “Scary beautiful” Justė Baradulinaitė sings “Tired” Euften sings “Goodbye Hell” Anyanya was a backing vocal for Alekseev, ESC 2018 Belarus.Aistay took part in the 2020 and 2024 national heats.Viktorija Faith took part in the 2022 and 2023 national heats.

Shkodra Elektronike represents Albania

The duo Shkodra Elektronike has won the Albanian national selection Festivali i Këngës. So, Shkodra Elektronike represents Albania. After two years of seperated selecions, the winner of this years contest is also the Eurovision participant. Beatriçe Gjergji and Lekë Gjeloshi, who form the duo, also wrote the song. It is not yet known whether the song will be sung in Albanian or in English. Shkodra Elektronike, “Zjerm”, 143 Elvana Gjata, “Karnaval”, 135 Alis, “Mjegull”, 57 Vesa Smolica, “Lutem”, 54 Djemtë e Detit, “Larg”, 37 Lorenc Hasrama, “Frymë”, 37 Ardit Çuni, “Amanë”, 26 Orgesa Zaimi, “I parë”, 21 Jet, “Gjälle”, 11 Gjergj Kaçinari, “Larg Jetës Pa Ty”, 11 Algert Sala, “Bosh”, 7 Kejsi Jazhxhi, “Kur Bota Hesht”, 5 Mal Retkoceri, “Antihero”, 5 Nita Latifi, “Zemrës”, 1 Stine, “E këshim Nis”, 0

🇦🇱 Albania selects: Festivali i Këngës final tonight

Albania selects: the Festivali i Këngës final will be held tonight. After two semifinals, the final with 15 songs will be held. The show will start at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. There is a slight difference from the last two contests: this year, the winner of the contest will also represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest. These are the 15 songs: no. Title Artist 1 Gjallë Jet 2 Kur Bota Hesht Kejsi Jazhxhi 3 Lutem Vesa Smolica 4 E këshim Nis Stine 5 Larg Djemtë e Detit 6 Zemrës Nita Latifi 7 Larg Jetës Pa Ty Gjergj Kaçinari 8 I parë Orgesa Zaimi 9 Amanë Ardit Çuni 10 Bosh Algert Sala 11 Zjerm Shkoadra Elektronike 12 Frymë Lorenc Hasrama 13 Karnaval Elvana Gjata 14 Antihero Mal Retkoceri 15 Mjegull Alis Kallacej Gjergj Kaçinari took part in Festivali i Këngës 2020 (final) and 2021 (final).Orgesa Zaimi participated in 2015 (semifinal), 2017 (final), 2018 (final) and 2020 (final).Elvana Gjata took part in 2003 (semifinal) and 2019 (2nd).Mal Retkoceri was chosen as the winner of Festival i Këngës 2023, but not as the Eurovision participant. Note that every participation was in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest a year later. If it says 2020 it was, for example, for the 2021 Eurovision final. Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest Albania has been part of the Eurovision Song Contest since 2004. Their first entry was “The Image of You” by Anjeza Shahini, which finished in 7th place. The country often chooses its songs through the Festivali i Këngës competition. Albania’s best result came in 2012 when Rona Nishliu sang “Suus” and finished 5th. The songs are usually performed in Albanian, but some are in English. Albania is known for powerful ballads and strong vocal performances.

Singer Claude will represent the Netherlands

Singer Claude will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Songefestival 2025 As is known, the Dutch artist, Joost Klein, was disqualified last year for alleged misconduct against a camerawoman.After that, various talks took place between the EBU and Avro Tros. Finally, at the end of November, it was announced that the Netherlands will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 after all. This afternoon at 1600 PM they announced the artist Claude via Social Media. The 21-year-old singer says he is proud to be on stage on behalf of the Netherlands in Basel in Switzerland. Claude describes his participation as a dream come true: “I feel enormously honored to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest next year and I still can’t believe it. I’m really looking forward to it and can’t wait to let Europe hear the song.” (source AvroTros)

Eurovision 2025 stage & theme reveal

It’s only five more months untill the Eurovision Song Contest is in it’s full swing again! And what’s a Eurovision without some popping colours? Today the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR and the EBU have revealed the theme art and stage design for next year’s competition! Theme art: The theme art which will be visual throughout the show and the city of Basel was created by art director Artur Deyneuve. The project began all the way back in July. It’s inspired by how the Swiss people really tend to listen to each other, and when you listen to each other you will find love. Thus the name of theme art branding being: “Unity Shapes Love”. We can see the heart of Eurovision being the main inspiration, as Artur saw a meme which stated when the ears blend in together, it creates a heart. The Eurovision heart was a perfect fit for this art design. Stage Design: Next year’s Eurovision will have really unique and memorable stage. It’s created, once again, by Florian Wieder who has designed eight Eurovision stages in the past. Florian’s inspiration for the stage was Swiss identity, with the obvious being the mountains. He also took in part to showcase the four languages of Switzerland, as we have four individual parts to the stage. We can see a big frame that’s in the middle of the St. Jakobshalle Arena, combined with a catwalk, an LED screen, and grid lights. One thing we know for sure: there are lots of possibilities with the Basel stage.

🇨🇿 ADONXS will represent Czechia

ADONXS will represent Czechia. That is what ČT (Czech Television) confirmed today. Rumours about ADONXS were going on already a longer time. ADONXS, born Adam Pavlovčin, is a 29-year-old singer from Czechia. He became famous after winning SuperStar Czech-Slovakia in 2021. In 2022, he released his debut album, Age of ADONXS. The same year, he won “Singer of the Year” and “Musical Discovery” awards from Evropa 2 radio. ADONXS lives in Prague and continues to make music. ADONXS will represent Czechia in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s a new challenge in his career. About participating, ADONXS says: “First of all, I am really happy; participating in Eurovision has always been my big dream. At the same time, I feel a great responsibility to represent a country that has a great recent history in the competition, and which is my home.” About the song, he tells us: “I have visualised this moment to a large extent and for the last year I have mainly focused on creating new songs, also with the ambition of Eurovision. I applied with several songs, and I am happy that one of them was ultimately successful. I can’t wait to be able to share the song with you.“ “Moving on”, a hit for ADONXS in 2022. Czechia in the Eurovision Song Contest Czechia has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2007. Although the country struggled in its early years, failing to qualify for the finals in its first three attempts, Czechia made a remarkable comeback in 2015 after a five-year break. Since then, the country has steadily improved its Eurovision record. Czechia achieved its best result in 2018 when Mikolas Josef performed “Lie to Me,” finishing in 6th place. His energetic performance and catchy song brought Czechia international recognition and marked a turning point for the nation in the contest. The country is known for sending diverse acts, showcasing a mix of pop, ballads, and experimental music.