Eurovision 2025 Acts & Running Order Confirmed

The first Eurovision Song Contest since the American and U.K. elections were held is only a few weeks away, and it feels like the contest is trying to treble down on the dream of a unified Europe. Technically, "peace through the universal language of music" is the point of Eurovision, something the European Broadcast Union, which runs the event, has been over-emphasizing since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2023, freezing the Eurovision slogan at "Unified by Music" until further notice. But 2025 has done things one better, with a new mascot, "Lumo," which is an animated heart with a big mop of hair ready to sing its.... something out. (Um, do hearts have hearts?)

As we've noted in previous years, Eurovision contestants are chosen in many different ways, which boil down into two general umbrellas: public-voted and jury-voted. The U.K. uses one of the jury-voted methods, allowing both its act and song to arrive nice and early. However, those countries that use public voting methods tend to take longer, especially those that select their contestants using an Idol-like format of 8-12 weeks of television that begins in early January. Those contests have finally concluded, and all 37 participating countries have debuted their acts and the songs those acts will perform.

As always, Eurovision has put together a medley of the 37 acts in a single video so fans can get an idea of which ones hold promise and which are never making it out of the semi-finals.