Following Luxembourg’s successful return to Eurovision via the Luxembourg Song Contest, RTL have announced more details about the contest’s return next year.
Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 Rules
Luxembourg’s RTL have revealed that the second iteration of the contest will be held on the 25th of January, with submissions open until the 6th of October. The contest will once again be a live national selection held in the Rockhal arena; with tickets to go on sale at the end of the year. The final will be decided by an public televote and a professional jury.
RTL have also announced their criteria for the songs and artists competings.
Artists
To participate all singers or band members will need to be over the age of 16 at the time of the contest in January, as well as having the ability to sing live on stage. The artist of artists must hold Luxembourgish citizenship, have lived in the country for at least three consecutive years, or be “anchored” in the music scene of Luxembourg. No further explanation on the final point was provided by RTL.
Entries
In addition to the standard Eurovision rules of having not been publicly performed prior to the first of September, and being no more than 3 minutes long, and being an original composition, RTL have put further stipulations on the entries that can be submitted. There is no requirements on language that the entries may be performed in. Anyone submitting entries are limited to a maximum of five songs that be entered.
What is the Luxembourg Song Contest
The Luxembourg Song Contest debuted in 2024 with the country’s return to Eurovision. In 2024, the show featured eight artists and took place on one night. To determine the winner, there were two rounds of voting. The first round used a 50/50 combination of a jury and televote to determine the three superfinalists. The second round of voting followed the same format, though just containing the three super finalists.
Luxembourg’s Eurovision Journey
Luxembourg first made its debut in the first edition of the Contest in 1956, with their first entries being “Ne crois pas” and “Les Amants de minuit”, both performed by Michèle Arnaud. Since the first Contest, Luxembourg has competed a total of 38 times. Their best result was finishing in 1st place five times – in 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1983 respectively.
Luxembourg returned to the contest for the first time in 31 years in 2024. Tali, represented Luxembourg in Malmö, with the song “Fighter”. At the close of voting in the first semi-final, it was announced Tali had qualified for the Grand Final. In the Grand Final, “Fighter” received 103 points. 83 points were from the national juries, while 20 points were from the televoters.
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News Source: RTL
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