And we say Servus!

Welcome to the Kia Metropol Arena in Nuremberg, Bavaria. We can imagine that there is some confusion at this point. Didn't Norfolk Island win and is therefore entitled to host Worldvision? That's correct. Unfortunately, Norfolk Island was unable to raise the financial resources to host such a major event. Fortunately, the runner-up, Bavaria, has agreed to host this contest on behalf of Norfolk Island. We say thank you and will do everything we can to make the next few weeks great. 

To bring everyone up to speed at this point, how does Worldvision work? It's simple. Last year, in 2024, there were numerous songs in various contests. These songs are competing against each other again in this contest to determine which was the best song of 2024. While the winners of the many contests are already set as automatic qualifiers for the final, the runners-ups from all contests and the third-place finishers from EFSC, Asiavision, Afrovision and Amerovision will compete against each other in this pre-round (Sponsored by Deutsche Bahn). This creates a field of 16 regions. The best 8 from this round qualify for the final and complete the field of participants. 

Voting takes place in two systems: the jury vote and the televote. 

Jury vote:

All participants in this pre-round are eligible for the jury vote. The jury casts its votes in the classic ESC mode (12, 10, 8-1 points). Their points are always counted in full. The jurors are not allowed to vote for their own songs! 

The jurors in this round are:

u/ganguru (Suriname)
u/Emi6219 (São Tomé and Príncipe)
u/Ilik2playgames (California & Japan)
u/Nutthawut45 (Belgium)
u/Pac258 (Moldova & Denmark)
u/JesusFuckJustDuck (Kazakhstan & Peru)
u/Feldtaube (Austria)
u/HongjiSongo (Morocco)
u/Felizimo-Navidad (Jersey)
u/Red_Diamond_DaMemer (Ukraine)
u/las_facepalmas (Wisconsin)
u/YourLocalBirdLord (South Africa)
u/doroa123 (Northern Ireland)

Televote:

All voters who are not represented with a song in the pre-round but still want to vote are of course welcome to do so. The classic ESC system (12, 10, 8-1) also applies here. However, votes will only be counted in full if the number of televotes does not exceed the number of jury votes. If this is the case, the votes will be weighted proportionally to the points awarded by the jury. 

The proposed deadline is 9th November at 23:59 (CET).

We hope you enjoy yourselves and wish all participants the best of luck!

Worldvision 2025 - Pre Round