#but also next week is esc week🎉

[bronzebluemind]

It’s been 5 weeks since the World Cup finale, 7 weeks to go until sgp and 29 or 30 weeks to go until next season.

[bettyg196]

Happy New Eurovision Year ! 🥳 🎉🎊

Here are my predictions for Eurovision 2025 no one asked !

Disclaimer : I'm not clairvoyant, so most (if not, not a single one) of my predictions won't come true. Also, please note that I don't mean to offend anyone in this thread, I just like to guess what will happen in the next Eurovision season that may be more chaotic than ever.

- 3 hosts, one woman and two men

- 🇨🇿 will withdraw but 🇳🇱 will participate again

- 🇷🇴 and 🇲🇨 will return, but not 🇲🇰

- 🇽🇰 will try to debut, but it will be unsuccessful because some participants still don't recognise the country as an independent state

- Gjon's Tears will perform as an interval act

- Céline Dion won't physically appear / perform in any of the shows

- "Ne partez pas sans moi" will be covered by one of the last Swiss representatives

- Postcards will include parts of Swiss culture

- The stage design will be decent at best

- A tragic event will happen during the Eurovision week (but mostly not related to the contest itself)

- The grand final closing entry will be second last again

- One of ESC 2024 top 10 countries will open the grand final

- 5th slot will be more cursed than the death slot

- Voting will be open before the 1st performance in all 3 shows

- ROTW televoting will have some changes

- There will be a discussion on the possibility of introducing a ROTW jury

- Producer's Choice will stay in the grand final draw

- In the SFs, the televoting will only qualify the top 9, the juries will pick the 10th qualifier (like in 2008 & 2009)

- Participating countries : 🇦🇱🇦🇲🇦🇹🇦🇺🇦🇿🇧🇪🇨🇭🇨🇾🇩🇪🇩🇰🇪🇦🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇧🇬🇪🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇹🇱🇺🇱🇻🇲🇨🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇷🇸🇸🇪🇸🇮🇸🇲🇺🇦

- No DQ, but a delegation will receive a fine for some reason

- Some NFs will be rigged for contestants least likely to "disrupt" the contest or report unacceptable behaviours from anyone to the EBU.

- The event will lose a sponsor

- A male singer will win with a pop song

- Winning song will receive +600 points and will win the televoting

- 16 points difference between the winner and the runner-up

- At least one country will get 0 points, either from the jury, the televoting, or both

- Glitch during the jury voting results

🇦🇱

- Rigging allegations will happen in FiK

- A female singer will win FiK but another one, who will be a fan favourite, will be chosen as the representative

- Entry will be a ballad in English

- Won't get attention until the rehearsals

- Will qualify but finish in the bottom 5

🇦🇲

- A solo female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an ethnic ballad in English

- Will cause some controversy in 🇦🇿

- Will perform in SF1

- Will qualify and will perform in the first half of the final

🇦🇺

- Internal selection

- Sheppard, Didirri, Charley or Jaguar Jonze will be chosen

- Song will be either indie pop, ballad, pop or indie rock

- Will be a fan favourite

- Will return in the final but will get the 2nd spot in the final

🇦🇹

- A young female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a pop-rock song

- Will be well received in the random

- Will be cancelled following a drama

- Will perform in the second half of her semi-final

🇦🇿

- An unknown female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a lyrical ballad in English

- Will be ignored during the season

- Will be one of the few artists that doesn't speak English

- Shock qualifier

🇧🇪

- Eurosong will be a decent nf

- Gustaph will be part of the jury

- A young artist will win

- The entry will be an art pop song in English

- Will be the underdog of the season

🇭🇷

- Zsa Zsa will be involved in Dora as a contestant and won't withdraw this time

- The nf will be disappointing in terms of quality

- A male singer will win against the odds thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a europop song in English

- Will divide the fandom

🇨🇾

- Internal selection

- A British male singer with Cypriots roots will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will close his semi-final

🇩🇰

- No changes in DMGP

- NF will be ok overall

- A duo will win thanks to the jury

- Big drama following the results and people will call for the withdrawal of the juries for the next DMGP

- Entry will be a Melfest reject in English

🇪🇪

- Format change in Eesti Laul

- Cecilia will return, but Ollie won't

- A male singer and songwriter will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be hated by the fandom

🇫🇮

- 25/75 voting will stay in UMK

- The winner will choose to withdraw less than 48 hours after the nf

- The runner-up will accept to participate in ESC

- Entry will be a bubblegum pop song in English and Finnish

- Will qualify easily, but will flop in the final

🇫🇷

- Another internal selection

- An emerging female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a power ballad in French with electronic touch

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will do worse than expected

🇬🇪

- A female singer will be chosen again

- Entry will be another girl bop in English

- Several foreign songwriters will be involved but are not necessarily from 🇸🇪

- Will be one of the least divisive entries of the year

- The staging will be disappointing

🇩🇪

- New nf with a weird format

- A wild card contestant will be add in the last minute

- A male singer from Munich will win

- Entry will be a radio-friendly pop song in English

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table, but not necessarily in the bottom 5

🇬🇷

- Internal selection

- A male singer signed with Panik Records will be chosen

- Will be cancelled for political reasons

- Entry will sound similar to a popular song released in 2017

- Will compete in SF1

🇮🇸

- No changes in Söngvakeppnin

- All finalists will sing their song in English

- RÚV will let the winner choose to go in ESC or not again

- A female duo will win and will choose to participate anyway

- Entry will be a fun / quirky song on a taboo subject

🇮🇪

- Eurosong will be diverse again but with better quality

- Fan favourite will finish 4th

- A young male singer will win thanks to the international and national juries

- Entry will be a classic pop song

- People will call for withdrawal (not necessarily for political reasons)

🇮🇱

- A planned NF will be cancelled in the last minute

- A well-known male singer will be chosen

- Entry will be either "Dance Forever" with rewritten lyrics or a song similar to Russia 2016

- European far right politicians will promote the song for weeks

- Will finish top 10

🇮🇹

- At least 3 former representatives will compete in Sanremo

- Several dramas will happen during Sanremo week

- A Sicilian male singer will win thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a rap ballad in Italian

- Will finish top 5

🇱🇻

- Markus Riva will return in Supernova, but will be eliminated in the semi-final

- Only 2 songs in Latvian in the nf

- A female singer will win

- Entry will be a love ballad in English

- Will open her semi-final

🇱🇹

- A song inspired by Doomsday Blue will compete in the nf

- A former representative will win and return to ESC

- Entry will be uptempo pop song in English

- Will be well received by the fandom

- Shock NQ, will finish 13th in their semi-final

🇱🇺

- LSC will change its format

- 8 finalists again and only one song in French

- A band will win against the odds

- Entry will be a pop-rock song in English

- Will perform in SF2

🇲🇹

- New format for MESC

- Several contestants from last year edition will return

- A male singer and fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a dance-pop song in English

- Will NQ as usual

🇲🇩

- No format changes in the nf

- A contestant will be DQ for some reason

- A former representative will win

- Entry will be a folk-pop song in English and Romanian

- Will be underrated by the fandom

🇲🇨

- Internal selection

- A French-Monegasque singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a French pop song

- Will get attention from the rehearsals

- Will be in the same semi-final than 🇸🇲

🇲🇪

- A nf will happen

- At least 8 finalists will participate

- A male singer will win

- Entry will sound similar to Rim Tim Tagi Dim but with more balkan elements and will be sung mostly in English with some Montenegrin words

- Will divide the fandom

🇳🇱

- Several people in the country will express anger and disappointment following AVROTROS' decision to compete despite Joost's DQ in Malmö

- Internal selection

- A female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a classic pop song in English

- Will finish 11th in her semi-final

🇳🇴

- Small format changes in MGP

- A finalist will be DQ before the final

- A male singer, who previously compete in the nf, will win

- Entry will be a EDM song originally sumg in Norwegian, but will be revamped in English

- Will end up somewhere in the top 10

🇵🇱

- Internal selection

- A Polish artist living in Western Europe will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be overhated by the fandom

- Will go viral on Tik Tok after the contest

🇵🇹

- FDC will be average

- The main fan favourite will be eliminated in its SF

- The other fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a folktronica song in Portuguese

- Will do better than expected

🇷🇴

- Selecția Națioņala will return with a new format

- Will be a bad nf

- Fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be overrated by the fandom

🇸🇲

- An American youtuber will participate in UVPSM for some reason

- A Sanremo reject artist will win

- Entry will be an urban pop song in Italian

- Won't get much attention until the ESC week

- Shock qualifier and will get its best result in the final

🇷🇸

- PZE will be less good than usual

- The fan favourite will win

- Entry will be an alt-pop song in Serbian

- Will be seen as a contender for the win before the rehearsals

- Shock NQ

🇸🇮

- EMA will return

- New format

- A male duo will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in Slovenian

- Will compete in the first half of their semi-final

🇪🇦

- Benidorm Fest will increase in quality

- A male artist from Madrid will win

- Entry will be a rock ballad in Spanish

- Will come out during the season

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table

🇸🇪

- Melfest will be alright overall

- John Lundvik will compete

- A well-known male singer will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will have a similar fate than Benjamin Ingrosso in 2018

🇨🇭

- A female artist from Zurich will be chosen

- Song will be leaked on the Internet, forcing her to release it earlier than planned

- Entry will be a classic ballad in English

- Won't be well received in the fandom

- Will finish in the bottom 5

🇺🇦

- A tragic event will force Suspilne to postpone Vidbir until the end of February

- A female singer will win thanks to the jury voting

- Entry will be a folk pop song mostly sung in Ukrainian

- Will go viral on Tik Tok

- Will finish at least 5th in the final

🇬🇧

- Internal selection

- A well-known singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an alt-rock song

- Will have one of the best staging of the year

- Will finish in the bottom 5 and possibly last in the final.

And that's it for now.

The post could possibly be updated if countries not mentioned or predicted to withdraw / not return actually confirm their participation.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading this post.

Have a great Eurovision season !