RTL, the Luxembourg national broadcaster, has revealed the members of the international jury for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025.
With the audition for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 starting today, RTL has revealed the names of the international jurors who will help the broadcaster in choosing the entries for the final night of the contest.
The five members of the international jury have all been involved with Eurovision before, and they are:
- Diogo Fernandes, from Portugal. TV producer, CEO of a music agency, artist & PR manager, he was also the co-executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon;
- Poli Genova, from Bulgaria. Former Eurovision Song Contest participant for Bulgaria in 2011 and 2016, when she secured the best result for her country. She also hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.
- Niamh Kavanagh, from Ireland. Former Eurovision Song Contest winner of the 1993 edition in Millstreet, Ireland.
- Marie Myriam, from France. Former Eurovision Song Contest winner of the 1977 edition in Wembley, UK.
- Eldar Gasimov, from Azerbaijan. Former Eurovision Song Contest winner of the 2011 edition in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The jury will be assessing potential applicants at the RTL offices between November 8 and 10. 135 artists applied to represent Luxembourg with 53 invited to the auditions, among them they have 79 songs in contention. The participants in the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 will be revealed on November 18.
The Luxembourg Song Contest is entering its second year in 2025, after Luxembourg returned to Eurovision this year for the first time since 1993. The show will be staged once again at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, and the final will be held on January 25 2025.
The first winner of the contest was Tali, who performed “Fighter” and took it to 13th place in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, scoring 103 points overall.
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Luxembourg was one of seven countries to take part in the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Luxembourg participated in the contest a total of 37 times before withdrawing from the contest after 1993. During these 37 years, they won the contest five times, the last of these victories came in 1983. Luxembourg came close to returning to the contest in 2004, however, opted against it due to the financial cost of participating. They eventually returned in 2024, after an absence of 31 years.
