Redditvision Song Contest 25

Redditvision Song Contest 25 is the twenty-fifth ordinary and twenty-seventh overall edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. It was hosted by u/AwesomeJoshua in Stockport, England after their win in the previous edition, with the song "Keeping Your Head Up" by Birdy.

The winner was Saint Lucia with the song "Air is Free" by Johnossi.

Participants
A total of 63 users signed up for the edition, an increase of 5 from last edition. The edition saw 4 new users sign up: u/justlyra, u/malgxxx, u/Musicmonkey02 and u/ScottishHomo. Several countries also made their debut, including Angola, Gabon, Kuwait, Laos, Liberia, Mauritania and Oman.

Many users also returned from long hiatuses: Previous winners u/Lime_Berry and u/IdahoSciGuy returned after a 4-edition hiatus and a 2-edition hiatus respectively, along with u/thomasfan22 who last entered in edition 14. This edition also saw the return of users u/theofficialruar, u/estoniass and u/Ruairiwx who return after missing out on an edtion, along with u/MikoESC, u/buckinghampitheorem and u/daboswinney123 who were all last seen in edition 20, edition 18 and special edition 2 respectively.

Crossvoting system
A survey was conducted regarding the lock-in mechanic that was introduced in edition 23, during the genesis of the crossvoting system altogether. Of the 37 voters, 62,2% voted to remove the lock-in system, 29,7% voted to keep status quo, while 8,1% wished for the removal of crossvoting altogether. Rule §5.7.4 was removed, and an additional rule was added:

§ 5.10.4: Should there be a tie between two songs in the semi-finals, the song that received the greater amount of points from the internal votes will precede.

National finals

 * See also: National Finals in Redditvision Song Contest 25

Automatic qualifiers
A YouTube playlist can be found here, a Spotify playlist can be found here and a recap can be found here.

Semi-final 1
England and Liberia voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Semi-final 2
Micronesia and Oman voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Three countries failed to vote in the semi final, and as a result were disqualified from the next edition: due to u/The_Placemourner being banned from Redditvision, Scotland was unable to vote and was disqualified from the competition. It was revealed by the host that Scotland would have placed 2nd in the semi final.

Two other countries, France and Poland were disqualified as a result of not voting in time. It was revealed by the host that France and Poland would have placed 8th and 9th in the semi final respectively.

Semi-final 3
Denmark and United States voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Grand final
Italy and Malta withdrew.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a Spotify playlist can be found here, a recap can be found here, and a sorter can be found here.

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country:

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country:

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country:

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country: