The Rockvision Song Contest 2025 was the eight edition of the Rockvision Song Contest. It took place in Boston, Massachussetts, United States . It was organized by Master Rock and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), which staged the event after winning the 2024 contest for the United States with the song "Cure" by Erra. It was sponsored by Krafgeist, Superprom, Xcelerate and Magnum Opus Nutrition. The contest was held at the TD Arena and will consist of two semi finals, and a Grand Final spectacle on 27 September, with 38 participants, featuring the debut of Cyprus, Portugal and Romania, as well as the return of Georgia, after 6 years from their last participation in 2019.
Participants[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Artist | Song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
SBS | Thornhill | "Obsession" | English |
 Austria
|
ORF | All Faces Down | "Dead To Me" | English |
 Azerbaijan
|
İTV | Cyclopia | "Enviromental Collapse" | English |
 Belgium
|
VRT | No Kings Allowed | "The Day of Reckoning" | English |
 Canada
|
CBC | Starset | "Silos" | English |
 Croatia
|
HRT | Kryn | "The Deceiver" | English |
 Cyprus
|
CyBC | Speak In Whispers | "Hollow" | English |
 Czechia
|
ČT | Abbie Falls | "Hellbound" | English |
 Denmark
|
DR | Djerv | "Reignbreaker" | English |
 Estonia
|
ERR | One Morning Left | "Neon Inferno (Paradise)" | English |
 Finland
|
Yle | Balance Breach | "Maniacs" | English |
 France
|
TF1 | Landmvrks | "Blood Red" | English, French |
 Georgia
|
ERT | Quemmekh | "მალე მივლენ არსაით" Male mivlen arsait They will soon arrive somewhere |
Georgian |
 Germany
|
NDR | ACCVSED | "Killer of Minds" | English |
 Greece
|
ERT | Herta | "Eyes of Sorrow" | English |
 Hungary
|
MTVA | Thy Catafalque | "Mindenevő" Omnivore |
Hungarian |
 Iceland
|
RÚV | Orbit Culture | "The Tales of the War" | English |
 India
|
DD Bharati | Underside | "Love Hate Love" | English |
 Ireland
|
RTVÉ | Our Chronicle | "Remedy" | English |
 Italy
|
Rai | Moonlight Haze | "Tame The Storm" | English |
 Japan
|
NHK | Coldrain | "Chasing Shadows" | English |
 Latvia
|
LSM | Sever | "Dead & Gone" | English |
 Lithuania
|
LRT | Juodvarnis | "Juodos Akys" Black Eyes |
Lithuanian |
 Netherlands
|
AVROTROS | Textures | "Closer To The Unknown" | English |
 Norway
|
NRK | Halcyon Days | "N.I.T.C" | English |
 Ostland
|
ONL | Monolyth | "Gyroscope" | Ostlandic |
 Poland
|
TVP | My Own Abyss | "Taki Sam" The Same |
Polish |
 Portugal
|
RTP | Spiralist | "God Unknown" | English |
 Romania
|
TVR | Dora Gaitanovici | "Mătrăgună" Curse |
Romanian |
 Serbia
|
RTS | Havarija | "Čekam te" Waiting For You |
Serbian |
 Spain
|
RTVE | Against the Waves | "The Sound" | English |
 Sweden
|
SVT | Imminence | "God Fearing Man" | English |
 Switzerland
|
SRG SSR | Final Story | "Duality" | German, English |
 Taiwan
|
PTS | NiNi | "Feel The Fright" | Chinese, English |
 Turkey
|
TRT | Chainwind Ritual | "Used, Disposed" | English |
 Ukraine
|
Suspilne | Burned Time Machine | "Ритуал" Ritual |
Ukrainian |
 United Kingdom
|
ITV1 | Caskets | "The Only Heaven You'll Know" | English |
 United States
|
NBC | We Came As Romans | "Where did you go?" | English |
Contest overview[]
The following leaderboard unifies the results from First and Second Semi Final and Grand Final to rank all 38 countries.
| Grand Final | Semi-Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Country | Points | Place | Points | # |
| 1 | Sweden
|
1077 | 1st | 335 | 2nd |
| 2 | Spain
|
870 | 1st | 330 | 1st |
| 3 | Germany
|
837 | 2nd | 313 | 2nd |
| 4 | Canada
|
672 | 2nd | 278 | 1st |
| 5 | Poland
|
545 | 4th | 212 | 1st |
| 6 | Lithuania
|
490 | 3rd | 234 | 2nd |
| 7 | Iceland
|
462 | 5th | 198 | 2nd |
| 8 | Serbia
|
441 | 7th | 153 | 1st |
| 9 | United Kingdom
|
415 | 5th | 210 | 1st |
| 10 | Portugal
|
388 | 11th | 75 | 1st |
| 11 | Australia
|
381 | 3rd | 243 | 1st |
| 12 | Romania
|
287 | 6th | 141 | 2nd |
| 13 | France
|
266 | 9th | 114 | 1st |
| 14 | Estonia
|
187 | 4th | 204 | 2nd |
| 15 | Norway
|
180 | 8th | 120 | 1st |
| 16 | Latvia
|
177 | 6th | 180 | 1st |
| 17 | Cyprus
|
174 | 10th | 98 | 1st |
| 18 | Ostland
|
160 | Automatic qualifier | 1st | |
| 19 | United States
|
156 | Automatic qualifier | 2nd | |
| 20 | Czechia
|
148 | 8th | 132 | 2nd |
| 21 | Ukraine
|
120 | 7th | 139 | 2nd |
| 22 | Italy
|
100 | 9th | 126 | 2nd |
| 23 | Japan
|
14 | 10th | 96 | 2nd |
| 24 | Turkey
|
Did not qualify | 11th | 70 | 2nd |
| 25 | Azerbaijan
|
12th | 66 | 1st | |
| 26 | Finland
|
12th | 64 | 2nd | |
| 27 | Ireland
|
13th | 54 | 1st | |
| 28 | Austria
|
13th | 52 | 2nd | |
| 29 | Netherlands
|
14th | 38 | 2nd | |
| 30 | Belgium
|
15th | 34 | 2nd | |
| 31 | Georgia
|
14th | 32 | 1st | |
| 32 | Croatia
|
16th | 22 | 2nd | |
| 33 | Hungary
|
15th | 20 | 1st | |
| 34 | India
|
16th | 14 | 1st | |
| 35 | Taiwan
|
17th | 12 | 2nd | |
| 36 | Switzerland
|
17th | 12 | 1st | |
| 37 | Denmark
|
18th | 10 | 1st | |
| 38 | Greece
|
18th | 8 | 2nd | |
Semi-final 1[]
The First Semi Final of the Rockvision Song Contest took place in 23 September 2025, with 18 contestant countries vying for 10 spots in the final. The host country, the United States, and Ostland, both automatic-qualifiers, were allowed to decide in which Semi-final they will perform, one per Semi, with Ostland deciding to perform in the First and the United States in the Second.
On July 30, Master Rock announced that the additional "Lucky Finalist", which will be the Non-qualifier with the most points (the country who placed 11th in its semi final who got the most points), will still be chosen this year, rising the amount of performing countries in the final to 23. Nevertheless, Master Rock emphasized on that this was temporary and that they were working on a Qualifying system to help other countries access to the final.
Cyprus and Portugal earned their first qualification to the Grand Final, joining Ukraine, Croatia, Greece and India as the only countries to do so in their debut year.
Unlike in the previous edition, it was never announced which country from the First Semi-final was fighting to be the "Lucky Finalist". After the final, Master Rock posted the results of the Second Semi-final and was revealed that Turkey was Portugal's competence for this place. Portugal won by getting the most points, 73, over Turkey, who got 70 points. It is the first time that the "Lucky Finalist" is a country from the First Semi-final.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India
|
Underside | "Love Hate Love" | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Poland
|
My Own Abyss | "Taki Sam" | 212 | 4 |
| 3 | Denmark
|
Djerv | "Reignbreaker" | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Georgia
|
Quemmekh | "Male mivlen arsait" | 32 | 14 |
| 5 | United Kingdom
|
Caskets | "The Only Heaven You'll Know" | 210 | 5 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan
|
Cyclopia | "Enviromental Collapse" | 66 | 12 |
| 7 | Latvia
|
Sever | "Dead & Gone" | 180 | 6 |
| 8 | Cyprus
|
Speak In Whispers | "Hollow" | 98 | 10 |
| 9 | Hungary
|
Thy Catafalque | "Mindenevő" | 20 | 15 |
| 10 | Norway
|
Halcyon Days | "N.I.T.C" | 120 | 8 |
| 11 | Spain
|
Against the Waves | "The Sound" | 330 | 1 |
| 12 | Switzerland
|
Final Story | "Duality" | 12 | 17 |
| 13 | Australia
|
Thornhill | "Obsession" | 242 | 3 |
| 14 | Portugal
|
Spiralist | "God Unknown" | 73 | 11 |
| 15 | France
|
Landmvrks | "Blood Red" | 114 | 9 |
| 16 | Serbia
|
Havarija | "Čekam te" | 153 | 7 |
| 17 | Canada
|
Starset | "Silos" | 278 | 2 |
| 18 | Ireland
|
Our Chronicle | "Remedy" | 54 | 13 |
Semi-final 2[]
The Second Semi-final of the Rockvision Song Contest took place in 25 September 2025, with 18 contestant countries vying for 10 spots in the final.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia
|
Abbie Falls | "Hellbound" | 132 | 8 |
| 2 | Finland
|
Balance Breach | "Just To Loose It All" | 64 | 12 |
| 3 | Croatia
|
Kryn | "The Deceiver" | 22 | 16 |
| 4 | Netherlands
|
Textures | "Closer To The Unknown" | 38 | 14 |
| 5 | Turkey
|
Chainwind Ritual | "Used, Disposed" | 70 | 11 |
| 6 | Lithuania
|
Juodvarnis | "Juodos Akys" | 234 | 3 |
| 7 | Taiwan
|
NiNi | "Feel The Fright" | 12 | 17 |
| 8 | Germany
|
ACCVSED | "Killer of Minds" | 313 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan
|
Coldrain | "Chasing Shadows" | 96 | 10 |
| 10 | Austria
|
All Faces Down | "Dead To Me" | 52 | 13 |
| 11 | Ukraine
|
Burned Time Machine | "Ritual" | 139 | 7 |
| 12 | Iceland
|
Orbit Culture | "The Tales of the War" | 198 | 5 |
| 13 | Sweden
|
Imminence | "God Fearing Man" | 335 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania
|
Dora Gaitanovici | "Mătrăgună" | 141 | 6 |
| 15 | Greece
|
Herta | "Eyes of Sorrow" | 8 | 18 |
| 16 | Belgium
|
No Kings Allowed | "The Day of Reckoning" | 34 | 15 |
| 17 | Estonia
|
One Morning Left | "Neon Inferno (Paradise)" | 206 | 4 |
| 18 | Italy
|
Moonlight Haze | "Tame The Storm" | 126 | 9 |
Grand Final[]
The final took place on 27 September 2025 and was won by Sweden. Ostland, the biggest contributor to the contest, and the host country, the United States, automatically qualified to the final. 23 countries participated in the final, with the 15 non-qualifying participating countries eligible to vote as well. It is the first final since the introduction of the qualifying rounds to feature more than 22 countries, due to the keeping of the "Lucky Finalist", who was introduced in 2024 to raise the amount of finalists to 22 when the host country was Ostland. The reason to mantain this special finalist was due to 'popular demand', according to Master Rock. The running order for the Grand Final was revealed after the Second semi final during a press conference with all the finalists.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
|
Coldrain | "Chasing Shadows" | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Latvia
|
Sever | "Dead & Gone" | 185 | 16 |
| 3 | France
|
Landmvrks | "Blood Red" | 272 | 13 |
| 4 | Canada
|
Starset | "Silos" | 672 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway
|
Halcyon Days | "N.I.T.C" | 188 | 15 |
| 6 | United Kingdom
|
Caskets | "The Only Heaven You'll Know" | 409 | 9 |
| 7 | Czechia
|
Abbie Falls | "Hellbound" | 148 | 19 |
| 8 | Iceland
|
Orbit Culture | "The Tales of the War" | 462 | 7 |
| 9 | Italy
|
Moonlight Haze | "Tame The Storm" | 100 | 22 |
| 10 | Australia
|
Thornhill | "Obsession" | 381 | 11 |
| 11 | Ukraine
|
Burned Time Machine | "Ritual" | 120 | 20 |
| 12 | United States
|
We Came As Romans | "Where did you go?" | 104 | 21 |
| 13 | Spain
|
Against the Waves | "The Sound" | 870 | 2 |
| 14 | Romania
|
Dora Gaitanovici | "Mătrăgună" | 287 | 12 |
| 15 | Ostland
|
Monolyth | "Gyroscope" | 160 | 18 |
| 16 | Germany
|
ACCVSED | "Killer of Minds" | 845 | 3 |
| 17 | Lithuania
|
Juodvarnis | "Juodos Akys" | 490 | 6 |
| 18 | Portugal
|
Spiralist | "God Unknown" | 308 | 10 |
| 19 | Poland
|
My Own Abyss | "Taki Sam" | 557 | 5 |
| 20 | Cyprus
|
Speak In Whispers | "Hollow" | 176 | 17 |
| 21 | Sweden
|
Imminence | "God Fearing Man" | 1071 | 1 |
| 22 | Serbia
|
Havarija | "Čekam te" | 441 | 8 |
| 23 | Estonia
|
One Morning Left | "Neon Inferno (Paradise)" | 207 | 14 |
Detailed voting results[]
| Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Sweden
|
1077 | Sweden
|
499 | Sweden
|
578 |
| 2 | Spain
|
870 | Germany
|
444 | Spain
|
499 |
| 3 | Germany
|
837 | Spain
|
371 | Germany
|
393 |
| 4 | Canada
|
672 | Canada
|
338 | Canada
|
334 |
| 5 | Poland
|
545 | United Kingdom
|
285 | Poland
|
323 |
| 6 | Lithuania
|
490 | Portugal
|
280 | Iceland
|
293 |
| 7 | Iceland
|
462 | Lithuania
|
246 | Lithuania
|
244 |
| 8 | Serbia
|
441 | Poland
|
222 | Serbia
|
228 |
| 9 | United Kingdom
|
415 | Australia
|
214 | Australia
|
167 |
| 10 | Portugal
|
388 | Serbia
|
213 | Romania
|
143 |
| 11 | Australia
|
381 | Iceland
|
169 | Estonia
|
137 |
| 12 | Romania
|
287 | France
|
160 | United Kingdom
|
130 |
| 13 | France
|
266 | Romania
|
144 | Norway
|
122 |
| 14 | Estonia
|
187 | Cyprus
|
104 | Portugal
|
108 |
| 15 | Norway
|
180 | Czechia
|
94 | France
|
106 |
| 16 | Latvia
|
177 | Latvia
|
93 | Ukraine
|
98 |
| 17 | Cyprus
|
174 | Ostland
|
78 | Latvia
|
88 |
| 18 | Ostland
|
160 | United States
|
78 | Ostland
|
82 |
| 19 | United States
|
156 | Norway
|
62 | United States
|
78 |
| 20 | Czechia
|
148 | Estonia
|
50 | Cyprus
|
70 |
| 21 | Ukraine
|
120 | Italy
|
46 | Czechia
|
54 |
| 22 | Italy
|
100 | Ukraine
|
22 | Italy
|
54 |
| 23 | Japan
|
14 | Japan
|
6 | Japan
|
8 |
21 points[]
Below is a summary of the maximum 21 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote. Countries in bold gave the maximum 42 points (21 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 21 points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Sweden |
Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Ostland, Taiwan
|
| 7 | Spain |
Azerbaijan, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom
|
| 6 | Germany |
Austria, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
|
| 4 | Portugal |
Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine
|
| 2 | Australia |
Canada, Hungary
|
| Canada |
Australia, India
| |
| Lithuania |
Latvia, Poland
| |
| Poland |
Czechia, Serbia
| |
| 1 | Iceland |
Georgia
|
| Latvia |
Lithuania
| |
| Serbia |
Croatia
| |
| United Kingdom |
Japan
|
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 21 points |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sweden |
Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Ostland, Spain
|
| 7 | Spain |
Azerbaijan, Cyprus, France, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Sweden
|
| 5 | Germany |
Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey
|
| 4 | Canada |
India, Italy, United States, United Kingdom
|
| 3 | Iceland |
Georgia, Hungary, Ireland
|
| Poland |
Czechia, Serbia, Ukraine
| |
| 2 | Lithuania |
Estonia, Latvia
|
| Serbia |
Croatia, Poland
| |
| 1 | Australia |
Taiwan
|
| Estonia |
Lithuania
| |
| Romania |
Japan
|
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