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Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcasterRTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL)
Country Luxembourg
National selection
Selection processLuxembourg Song Contest 2025
Selection date(s)25 January 2025
Selected artist(s)Laura Thorn
Selected song"La poupée monte le son"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Julien Salvia
  • Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2024 • 2025

Luxembourg will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "La poupée monte le son", written by Julien Salvia and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal, and performed by Laura Thorn. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), organised the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

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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

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Luxembourg Song Contest 2025

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Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 was the competition organised by RTL to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition featured seven acts and took place on 25 January 2025 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette. The show was hosted by Loïc Juchem, Raoul Roos and Conchita Wurst, the latter of whom won Eurovision for Austria in 2014.[3] The show was broadcast on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg [lb], and Today Radio with Luxembourgish language commentary, as well as streamed online on RTL Infos with French language commentary, RTL Play with English language commentary and the broadcaster's website rtl.lu (with the original audio).[4][5][6]

Competing entries

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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.[7][8] 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.[9] 79 entries were received by the end of the deadline.[8][10]

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.[11][12] 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).[13] 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 [lb], Today Radio as well as online on RTL Infos and the broadcaster's website rtl.lu.[14][15]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Laura Thorn "La poupée monte le son"
  • Julien Salvia
  • Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal
Luzac "Je danse"
Mäna "Human Eyes"
  • Mattias Skantze
  • Robin Larsson
One Last Time "Gambler's Song"
Rafa Ela "No Thank You"
  • Christoffer Jonsson
  • Johan Jämtberg
  • Rafaela Teixeira Fernandes
Rhythmic Soulwave "Stronger"
Zero Point Five [lb] "Ride"
  • Federico Menichetti
  • Gilles Saracini
  • Chris Reitz
  • Nathalie Haas
  • Sander Janssen
  • Dan Thiltges
  • Jonas Holteberg Jensen

Final

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The televised final took place on 25 January 2025. The winner was selected through a singular round of voting, in which a 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and public online voting on the RTL website, which also accepted votes worldwide, selected "La poupée monte le son" performed by Laura Thorn as the winner.[16][17][18] The viewers and the juries each awarded a total of 336 points in the first round and 240 points in the superfinal, with each jury group distributing 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points in the first round and 8, 10 and 12 points in the superfinal. The viewer vote was awarded proportionally, based on the percentage of votes each song achieved. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote in the first round, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 336 points rounded to the nearest integer: 34 points.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, interval acts included DJ Nosi, as well as Marie Myriam (who won Eurovision for France in 1977), and co-host Conchita Wurst. Tali, who represented Luxembourg in 2024, also performed her latest single, "Dear Parents".[19]

Final – 25 January 2025[20][19]
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Rafa Ela "No Thank You" 36 17 53 7
2 Rhythmic Soulwave "Stronger" 52 29 81 4
3 Luzac "Je danse" 62 31 93 3
4 One Last Time "Gambler's Song" 40 39 79 5
5 Mäna "Human Eyes" 36 20 56 6
6 Laura Thorn "La poupée monte le son" 94 90 184 1
7 Zero Point Five "Ride" 16 110 126 2
Detailed international jury votes[19]
Draw Song Total
1 "No Thank You" 6 6 6 2 2 4 8 2 36
2 "Stronger" 2 4 8 8 10 6 4 10 52
3 "Je danse" 8 10 10 6 10 12 6 62
4 "Gambler's Song" 8 2 2 6 4 8 6 4 40
5 "Human Eyes" 4 10 4 8 2 8 36
6 "La poupée monte le son" 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12 94
7 "Ride" 10 4 2 16
International jury spokespersons

References

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  15. ^ "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.
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  18. ^ "Laura Thorn will represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest this year". Eurovision.rtl.lu. RTL Luxembourg. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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