Today is the first Super Saturday of the season, with three countries selecting their song throughout the night: Slovenia, Belgium and Spain. Three other selections will take place, with Sweden starting off Melodifestivalen, Lithuania continuing with its 4th heat of Eurovizija, and Latvia holding their unique semi-final of Supernova.
🇸🇮 Slovenia – EMA 2025 – Final
When?
20:00 CET, until 22:10 CET
Where?
- Online, on TV SLO 1
- Physically, in the RTV SLO 1 Studios, in Ljubljiana
Who?
Twelve songs will compete in this single show, in this running order:
- Anna – “Čau“
- ZveN – “Divja“
- PolarAce – “Kind“
- Astrid & The Scandals – “Touché“
- Jon Vitezič – “Vse ti dam“
- KiKi – “O-ou!“
- Eva Pavli – “Niti“
- Klemen – “How Much Time Do We Have Left“
- July Jones – “New Religion“
- Žan Videc – “Pusti, da gori“
- Trine – “Grace“
- RAI – “Frederick’s Dead“
The show will be hosted by Raiven, who represented Slovenia last year (and competed in EMA in 2016, 2017 and 2019), and Štras.
Format
EMA will use a two-round system, where only jurors will vote to choose the two best songs, which will go to an immediate superfinal.
In the superfinal, the show will switch to a full televote format, with the Slovenian televote selecting the winner.
🇧🇪 Belgium – Eurosong 2025 – Final
When?
20:55 CET, until 22:35 CET
Where?
- Online, either on:
- Physically, at the EMG Studios, in Vilvoorde
Who?
Eight songs will compete for the right to represent Belgium at Eurovision in Basel, in the following running order:
- Leez – “Perfectly Imperfect“
- Le Manou – “Fille à papa“
- Jelle van Dael – “Monster“
- Mentissa – “Désolée“
- Lenn – “Air Balloon“
- Stefanie Callebaut – “Gloria“
- Red Sebastian – “Strobe Lights“
- Grace – “Pull Up“
The evening will be hosted by Peter Van de Veire. Several familiar faces will also appear in the jury, including Emmelie de Forest and Gustaph.
Click here for the list of jury members.
- Gustaph (Winner of Eurosong 2023 and finished 7th at Eurovision 2023)
- Emmelie de Forest (Winner of Eurovision 2013 for Denmark)
- Leslie Cable (Head of Delegation for RTBF at Eurovision)
- Bart Cannaerts (Spokesperson at Eurovision 2023)
- Stephan Monsieur (Chairman of OGAE Belgium)
- Jasper Van Biesen (Eurovision expert and author of “65 Years of Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest”)
- Merol (Dutch singer)
- André Vermeulen (Former commentator for VRT between 1991 and 2013)
- Els Germonpré (music coordinator VRT1)
- Indy van Cauwenbergh (Choreographer)
- Kim Debrie (Radio 2)
- Anja Daems (Radio 2)
- Laura Govaerts (MNM)
- Imane Boudadi (MNM)
- Nona Van Braeckel (Studio Brussel)
Format
A classic 50/50 system will be used, with an equal split between the televote and a jury of 15 people. It is understood that the system will be similar to the 2023 edition, where each juror will give points, and where the televote will be split by percentage (20% of the televote would give 20% of the total televote points, the sum of which would be equal to the sum of all jury points).
🇪🇸 Spain – Benidorm Festival 2025 – Final
When?
22:00 CET, until 00:00 CET
Where?
- Online, either on:
- Physically, at the Palau Municipal d’Esports l’Illa de Benidorm, in Benidorm, Valencia
Who?
Eight songs, chosen through the semi-finals earlier this week, will compete in the following running order :
- Daniela Blasco – “U Na Na“
- Kuve – “Loca xti“
- Mawot – “Raggio di sole“
- Lachispa – “Hartita de llorar“
- Mel Ömana – “The Queen“
- J Kbello – “VIP“
- Lucas Bun – “Te escribo en el cielo“
- Melody – “Esa diva“
Like the semi-finals, the show will be hosted by Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014), Paula Vázquez and Inés Hernand.
Format
The system will also be similar to the semi-finals, with 50% of the votes coming from a single jury (made up of four international members and four Spanish members), 25% coming from the traditional calls and text of the televote, and 25% coming from free app voting on the RTVEplay app.
🇱🇻 Latvia – Supernova – Semi-final
When?
20:00 CET, until 21:30 CET
Where?
- Online, on LTV1
- Physically, at the Riga Film Studio
Who?
This will be the biggest show of the night in terms of acts, with nineteen entries competing for ten spots in next week’s final. Twenty songs were first announced, but Grēta, who was due to song “Monster”, withdrew this week, for health reasons.
- Marta – “Lovable“
- Tepat – “Sadzejot“
- Justs – “Fit Right“
- KoBra – “Zelts“
- Adelina – “Electric Love“
- Citi Zēni – “Ramtai“
- Emilija – “Heartbeat“
- Bel Tempo x Legzdina – “The Water“
- Palú – “Delusional“
- The Ludvig – “Līgo“
- Luka – “Stronger“
- Chris Noah – “Romance Isn’t Dead“
- Toms Kalderauskis – “Domāju, tu nāc“
- Julianna – “Something In The Water“
- Tautumeitas – “Bur man laimi“
- Rūta Dūduma – “Chemical“
- Katrīna Gupalo – “Scarlett Challenger“
- Sinerģija – “Bound By The Light“
- Markus Riva – “Bigger Than This“
The evening will be hosted by Ketija Šēnberga and Lauris Reiniks.
Format
A classic split of 50/50 between the jury and the televote will be used to determine who will get to the final.
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Eurovizija – Heat 4
When?
20:00 CET, until 22:00 CET
Where?
- Online, either on:
- Physically, at the LRT studios in Vilnius (where the show was pre-recorded on January 20)
Who?
Nine songs will compete in this fourth heat, competing for two spots in the final. They will perform in the following running order:
- Siga – “Walking with My Shadow“
- Ustin – “You’re the One“
- Godo Yorke – “<3 neparodai“
- Joseph June – “Ko man nesakei?“
- Amoralu – “Freedom“
- Katarsis – “Tavo akys“
- Liepa – “Ar mylėtum?“
- Mario Junes – “Bury Me“
- The Ditties – “Zui Zu Bi“
The evening will be hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian, Nombeko Augustė, and Rimvydas Černiauskas.
Format
As usual, LRT will use a 50/50 split of televote and jury to decide the scores. The rankings of the televote and jury will be turned into the classic Eurovision 2-to-8/10/12p (with nine songs competing, the song coming last for the jury or televote will get 2 points). Both scores will be combined, and any tie will be broken by giving advantage to the entry with the most jury points.
This tiebreaking rule was used to break a three-way-tie last week.
🇸🇪 Sweden – Melodifestivalen – Heat 1
When?
20:00 CET, until 21:30 CET
Where?
- Online, on SVT Play
- Physically, at the Coop Norrbotten Arena, in Luleå
Who?
Six songs will compete in the first heat of Melodifestivalen, competing for two DIRECT spots to the final (“direkt till finalen”).
- Albin Johnsén feat. Pa – “Upp i luften“
- Maja Ivarsson – “Kamikaze Life“
- John Lundvik – “Voice of the Silent“
- Meira Omar – “Hush Hush“
- Adrian Macéus – “Vår första gång“
- Linnea Henriksson – “Den känslan“
The evening will be hosted by Keyyo and Edvin Törnblom.
Format
Melodifestivalen only uses the televote in its heats. The top two entries will qualify directly to the final (in five weeks), and the song coming in third position will go to the “Final qualification” wildcard round (the newest version of the “Andra chansen”/second chance round), which will take part directly after Heat 5, on March 1st.
With six shows spread over four hours, will you try to watch them all? What will you be watching in priority? Which performance do you expect the most? And most importantly, who do you think will win in Slovenia, Belgium and Spain? Tell us more in the comments below or on social media at @escxtra !