Who are the favorites of Eurovision 2025? – release

After a 2024 edition largely jostled by geopolitical tensionsEurovision is trying this year to appease the spirits in music, with still a diversity of languages, songs and sets. If Sweden acts as a big favorite, so as not to change good habits, several candidates stand out from the side of online bets and in the hearts of fans. Between purified vocal performance and wacky (even sexual) staging, hard to decide the name of the successor of the Swiss artist Nemo. Liberty Offers you an overview of the favorites of the 2025 edition.

Eurovision without Sweden in great favorite would not be Eurovision. But for this edition, the country has put aside its usual superproductions cut to the nearest millimeter for … a sauna. In a forest setting, the Kaj group is killing « Bara Bada Bastu » (« Bastu » means « sauna » in Swedes), surrounded by smoke and dancers, white towel around the waist. Originally from Finland, singers have been the first since 1998 to offer a song in Swedish in the Nordic country. If it were to gain, performance, which some could describe as wacky or kitsch, would offer an eighth victory to Sweden (a record), only two years later Loreen’s second coronation.

At the shoulder to shoulder with Sweden in fans rankings for several weeks, the Austrian singer JJ has still seen his rating rising with the publication of first images of his rehearsals in Basel. Black and white performance on the screen, the artist, overflown by a paper boat and at the foot of a lighthouse, interprets his song Wasted Love. Oscillating between the tunes of a walk, his acute voice and technos hints, the song is reminiscent Nemo, winner of the last edition with The codeor Gjon’s Tears, candidate for Switzerland in 2021. Eleven years after the victory of the Drag-Queen Conchita Wurst with his famous Rise like a phoenixAustria could win a third trophy.

In the immensity of the Stade de France, Louane had unveiled her song Mom With great fanfare on March 15, during the half-time of the France-Scotland match of the 6 nations tournament, a superb American way. Suspended in the air, above an army of drums, the artist paid tribute to his mother, who died when she was a teenager, and mentioned her own daughter whose voice we hear at the end of the song. If the staging wanted to be grandiose in Saint-Denis, the one offered on Saturday will be very different. Surrounded by a fine rain of sand, Louane, barefoot, finds itself in a giant hourglass evoking (which had believed it?) … The passage of time. An ambitious performance with orchestrated sobriety, with large reinforcements of camera movements and light games by Fredrik Rydman, a size of the competition already at the maneuver for the winners Le Mans Zelmerlöw and Nemo. Auspicious?

By participating in Eurovision, Claude has the heavy task of reconciling the Netherlands with the help, after exclusion last year of their candidate Joost Klein Following an altercation with a production manager. This year, Claude, artist born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and whose songs combine Dutch and French, will interpret That’s lifepiece that oscillates between the emotion of a piano-voice and the rhythm of a summer party. Surrounded by dancers and violinists, he made the choice of sobriety in his scenography and counts on his communicative joy to collect the bet. If the Netherlands prevail, it would be their sixth victory, six years after Duncan Laurence and his tube Arcade.

If the singer Yuval Raphael wants to carry a message « Hope and solidarity » with New Day Will Risepetitions and boycott calls have multiplied in recent weeks due to Israel’s participation in Eurovision – several delegations have also expressed their discomfort and requested the withdrawal of the country. But the geopolitical context does not prevent the country, this year again, from being part of the favorites. For this edition, Yuval Raphael bet on a performance with vocal power, supported by couplets in Hebrew and French. In a sober staging, suspended in a structure with the airs of crystal chandelier, the artist will have to try to transmit the emotion of his song to convince – last year The performance of the candidate Eden Golan had been widely hooked by the public.

Singer Erika Vikman, who represents Finland, offers a performance « Too Much ». During his national selection, his title Ich komme (« I come », in German) and its staging made up of back and forth on microphones (phallic?) Of all sizes left room for ambiguity. To the point that the competition organizers asked him for changes. « They want to cover my buttocks », said the singer to the Swedish newspaper Express. In recent years, Finland has accustomed viewers to wacky services – we think back to Cha cha cha from Käärijä in 2023 (arrived second behind Loreen). If Erika Vikman has announced that it would comply with the requests of the organizers, there is no doubt that its performance will be one of the hot spots of this edition.

After several years of scarcity, between classification and non-qualification for the final, Albania takes up colors. And in this case red and black, as often for candidates of the country, tribute to the national flag. For this edition, the duo Shkodra Elektronike, known for its songs combining traditional sounds and electronic music, opted for a folk atmosphere and pyrotechnic games. If the popularity of their song Zjerm The two artists were materialized on the evening, the two artists could offer the best score ever obtained by Albania, which has never done better than fifth in 2005.

With Kiss Kiss Goodbye, The singer Adonxs, however from Slovakia, represents the Czech Republic. In a dystopian atmosphere, echoing according to some fans in the film Inception, the artist, who won the Czechoslovakian equivalent of the program New Star, offers a powerful vocal service. All interspersed with a choreographic interlude to the tunes of Break Dance, during which he is accompanied by four dancers. Supported by a choir in depth, the suave voice of the singer, which recalls that of Dutch Duncan Laurence, could win the points of viewers in search of an elegant and refined performance.