«Super Saturday» season begins: Everything you need to follow today’s Eurovision selections

This Saturday will be filled with national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025, marking the first «Super Saturday» of the season.

Belgium, Slovenia, and Spain will choose their representatives tonight, while Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden will have semi-finals, with special attention to the start of Melodifestivalen in Sweden.

In this article, we will cover all the details you need to know to follow these shows.

Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT 2025, Heat 4: 20h00, LRT

• Time: 20h00
• Broadcast: LRT (Website, YouTube)
• Format: Heat with nine participants, with votes from the public and the jury (each counting for 50%). The top two advance to the final.
• Additional details: The show was recorded earlier in the week and is now being broadcast. Nombeko Augustė will perform as a guest, singing her song Vaikštai per mane.
• Competing songs (click on song titles to listen; sorted by running order)
  • Siga: Walking With My Shadow
  • Ustin: You’re the One
  • Godo Yorke: <3 neparodai
  • Joseph June: Ko man nesakei?
  • Amoralu: Freedom
  • Katarsis: Tavo akys
  • Liepa: Ar mylėtum
  • Mario Junes: Bury Me
  • The Ditties: Zui zu bi

Slovenia – EMA 2025, Final: 20h00, TV SLO 1

• Time: 20h00
• Broadcast: TV SLO 1
• Format: 12 participating songs. The first round of voting has results 100% decided by the jury. The top two vote-getters advance to the super-final, where the public decides the winner.
• Competing songs (sorted by running order)
  • Anna: Čau
  • Zven: Divja
  • PolarAce: Kind
  • Astrid and the Scandals: Touché
  • Jon Vitezič: Vse ti dam
  • Kiki: O-ou!
  • Eva Pavli: Niti
  • Klemen: How Much Time Do We Have Left
  • July Jones: New Religion
  • Žan Videc: Pusti da gori
  • Trine: Grace
  • Rai: Frederick’s Dead

Sweden – Melodifestivalen 2025, Heat 1: 20h00, SVT 1

• Time: 20h00
• Broadcast: SVT Play
• Format: The contestants perform in a single round, with the results decided solely by the public. The top two qualify for the final, while the third and fourth go to the «final qual», a kind of second-chance round that will take place within the heat 5 show.
• Additional details: As is traditional, Melodifestivalen will visit several Swedish cities. The first heat will take place in Luleå. In this heat, an ex-ESC participant is competing: John Lundvik, who represented Sweden in 2019. Käärija and Hooja are confirmed as interval acts, performing their new song San Francisco Boy.
• Competing songs (click on song titles to listen; sorted by running order)
  • Albin Johnsén feat. Pa: Upp i luften
  • Maja Ivarsson: Kamikaze Life
  • John Lundvik: Voice of Silent
  • Meira Omar: Hush Hush
  • Adrian Macéus: Vår första gång
  • Linnea Henriksson: Den känslan

Latvia – Supernova 2025, Semifinal: 20h10, LTV 1

• Time: 20h10
• Broadcast: LTV 1
• Format: The participants perform in a single round, with 50% of the results decided by the jury and the other 50% by the public. The top ten combined vote-getters advance to the final.
• Additional details: There would be 20 contestants, but Grēta withdrew in the final days due to health issues. Citi Zēni and Justs, who represented Latvia in 2022 and 2016 respectively, are aiming to return to the ESC and are participating in this semi-final.
• Competing songs (click on song titles to listen; sorted by running order)
  • Marta: Lovable
  • Tepat: Sadzejot
  • Justs: Fit Right
  • KoBra: Zelts
  • Adelina: Electric Love
  • Citi Zēni: Ramtai
  • EMILIJA: Heartbeat
  • Bel Tempo x LEGZDINA: The Water
  • PALÚ: Delusional
  • The Ludvig: Līgo
  • LUKA: Stronger
  • Chris Noah: Romance isn’t Dead
  • Toms Kalderauskis: Domāju, tu nāc
  • JULIANNA: Something in the Water
  • Tautumeitas: Bur man laimi
  • Rūta Dūduma: Chemical
  • Katrīna Gupalo: Scarlett Challenger
  • Sinerģija: Bound By The Light
  • Markus Riva: Bigger Than This

Belgium – Eurosong 2025, Final: 21h00, YouTube ESC / VRT MAX

• Time: 21h00
• Broadcast: YouTube ESC / VRT MAX
• Format: Final with a single round of performances, with the results decided by the jury (50%) and the public (50%).
• Competing songs (click on song titles to watch the performances in the Showcase Shows; sorted by running order)
  • LEEZ: Perfectly Imperfect
  • Le Manou: Fille à papa
  • Jelle van Dael: Monster
  • Mentissa: Désolée
  • Lenn: Air Balloon
  • Stefanie Callebaut: Gloria
  • Red Sebastian: Strobe Lights
  • Grace: Pull up

Spain – Benidorm Fest 2025, Final: 22h00, RTVE 1

• Time: 22h00
• Broadcast: RTVE 1 (Website, YouTube)
• Format: Single round of performances, with voting from a mixed national/international jury (50%) and the public (25% SMS/phone calls, 25% app).
• Additional details: In addition to the participants, three guests will perform: last year’s winners Nebulossa, the band Amaral, and Rigoberta Bandini, who placed second at the Benidorm Fest 2022.
• Competing songs (Click on song titles to watch the performances in the semi-finals; sorted by running order)
  • • • Daniela Blasco: Uh nana
      • KUVE: LOCA XTI
      • Mawot: Raggio di sole
      • Lachispa: Hartita de llorar
      • Mel Ömana: I’m a Queen
      • J Kbello: VIP
      • Lucas Bun: Te escribo en el cielo