Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL) | |||
| Country |  Luxembourg | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 25 January 2025 | |||
| Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Luxembourg will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), will organise the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), formerly as Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Luxembourg 38 times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. It had won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with "Nous les amoureux" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" performed by France Gall, in 1972 with "Après toi" performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with "Tu te reconnaîtras" performed by Anne-Marie David, and in 1983 with "Si la vie est cadeau" performed by Corinne Hermès. Following a 31-year absence, Luxembourg under RTL returned to the contest in 2024 where it qualified to the final and placed 13th with the song "Fighter" performed by Tali.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTL organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 1 July 2024.[2] CLT had selected its entries by using both national finals and internal selections in the past, with RTL organising the Luxembourg Song Contest national final to select its 2024 entry. Along with its 2025 participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that it would again select its entry through the Luxembourg Song Contest.[2]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Luxembourg Song Contest 2025
[edit]Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 will be the competition organised by RTL to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition will feature seven acts and will take place on 25 January 2025 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette.[3]
Competing entries
[edit]On 11 July 2024, RTL opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 6 October 2024. Artists (at least one of the members for bands and groups) were required to have Luxembourg nationality, have lived in Luxembourg for three consecutive years, or have a strong link with the Luxembourg cultural scene, and were able to submit up to five entries each.[4][5] A songwriting camp organised by Rocklab took place at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette between 27 and 30 September 2024 where artists were able to collaborate with local and international songwriters and producers to create their songs for the competition.[6] 79 entries were received by the end of the deadline.[5][7]
Auditions were held on 8 and 9 November 2024 at the RTL City in Luxembourg City where an international jury panel evaluated the songs and shortlisted 12 entries for a final audition round on 10 November 2024, where the seven finalists were selected.[8][9] The international jury panel consisted of Diogo Fernandes (Portuguese producer and artist manager), Poli Genova (who represented Bulgaria at Eurovision in 2011 and in 2016), Niamh Kavanagh (who won Eurovision for Ireland in 1993), Marie Myriam (who won Eurovision for France in 1977) and Eldar Gasimov (who won Eurovision for Azerbaijan in 2011).[10] The seven participating acts were announced on 18 November 2024, including One Last Time and Rafa Ela who both competed in the 2024 edition of Luxembourg Song Contest, while their songs were presented on 19 December 2024 on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Today Radio as well as online on RTL Infos and the broadcaster's website rtl.lu.[11][12]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Thorn | "La poupée monte le son" |
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| Luzac | "Je danse" |
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| Mäna | "Human Eyes" |
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| One Last Time | "Gambler’s Song" |
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| Rafa Ela | "No Thank You" |
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| Rhythmic Soulwave | "Stronger" |
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| Zero Point Five | "Ride" |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Luxembourg". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ a b Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (1 July 2024). "Luxembourg: RTL confirms participation at Eurovision 2025". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "LUXEMBOURG SONG CONTEST Rockhal". Rockhal. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Mark your calendars: Luxembourg Song Contest returns on 25 January". eurovision.rtl.lu. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b "79 Songs Compete Luxembourg Song Contest 2025". Chronicle.lu. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Conte, Davide (7 August 2024). "🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Songwriting Camp Organised for Eurovision 2025". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Auditions underway: 79 songs compete in Luxembourg Song Contest 2025". eurovision.rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Luxembourg Song Contest: It's a wrap: the LSC auditions at RTL City are over". eurovision.rtl.lu. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Wéi sinn d'Auditioune gelaf?: Hannert de Kulisse vum Luxembourg Song Contest". eurovision.rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Countdown to Basel: Who is the international jury selecting the Luxembourg Song Contest participants?". eurovision.rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "7 artists announced for 'Luxembourg Song Contest' 2025". eurovision.tv. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "ESC-Liveticker: Net verpassen! Lauschtert vu 6.40 Auer un d'Lidder vun den LSC-Finaliste fir d'alleréischte Kéier". rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 19 December 2024.