# Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Luxembourg will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "La poupée monte le son", written by Christophe Houssin, Julien Salvia, and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal, and performed by Laura Thorn. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), organised the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

## Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), formerly as Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Luxembourg 38 times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. It had won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with "Nous les amoureux" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" performed by France Gall, in 1972 with "Après toi" performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with "Tu te reconnaîtras" performed by Anne-Marie David, and in 1983 with "Si la vie est cadeau" performed by Corinne Hermès. Following a 31-year absence, Luxembourg under RTL returned to the contest in 2024 where it qualified to the final and placed 13th with the song "Fighter" performed by Tali.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTL organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 1 July 2024. CLT had selected its entries by using both national finals and internal selections in the past, with RTL organising the Luxembourg Song Contest national final to select its 2024 entry. Along with its 2025 participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that it would again select its entry through the Luxembourg Song Contest.

## Before Eurovision
### Luxembourg Song Contest 2025

Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 was the competition organised by RTL to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition featured seven acts and took place on 25 January 2025 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette. The show was hosted by Loïc Juchem, Raoul Roos and Conchita Wurst, the latter of whom won Eurovision for Austria in 2014. The show was broadcast on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg [lb] and Today Radio with Luxembourgish-language commentary, as well as streamed online on RTL Infos with French-language commentary, on RTL Play and RTL Today Radio with English-language commentary by Meredith Moss and Melissa Dalton, and on the broadcaster's website rtl.lu (with the original audio).

#### Competing entries

On 11 July 2024, RTL opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 6 October 2024. Artists (at least one of the members for bands and groups) were required to have Luxembourg nationality, have lived in Luxembourg for three consecutive years, or have a strong link with the Luxembourg cultural scene, and were able to submit up to five entries each. A songwriting camp organised by Rocklab took place at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette between 27 and 30 September 2024 where artists were able to collaborate with local and international songwriters and producers to create their songs for the competition. 79 entries were received by the end of the deadline.
Auditions were held on 8 and 9 November 2024 at the RTL City in Luxembourg City where an international jury panel evaluated the songs and shortlisted 12 entries for a final audition round on 10 November 2024, where the seven finalists were selected. The international jury panel consisted of Diogo Fernandes (Portuguese producer and artist manager), Poli Genova (who represented Bulgaria at Eurovision in 2011 and in 2016), Niamh Kavanagh (who won Eurovision for Ireland in 1993), Marie Myriam (who won Eurovision for France in 1977) and Eldar Gasimov (who won Eurovision for Azerbaijan in 2011). The seven participating acts were announced on 18 November 2024, including One Last Time and Rafa Ela who both competed in the 2024 edition of Luxembourg Song Contest, while their songs were presented on 19 December 2024 on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Today Radio as well as online on RTL Infos and the broadcaster's website rtl.lu.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
| Laura Thorn | "La poupée monte le son" | Julien SalviaLudovic-Alexandre Vidal |
| Luzac | "Je danse" | Linda DaleAlireza BaghdadchiEdson Pires Domingos [lb]Lucas Zagdoudi |
| Mäna | "Human Eyes" | Mattias SkantzeRobin Larsson |
| One Last Time | "Gambler's Song" | Andrea GalletiJonathan FersinoAlbin Håkan Fredy Ljungqvist [sv] |
| Rafa Ela | "No Thank You" | Christoffer JonssonJohan JämtbergRafaela Teixeira Fernandes |
| Rhythmic Soulwave | "Stronger" | Carmen Carbonell SuarezNaomi Ayé Vajdovics Suarez [lb] |
| Zero Point Five [lb] | "Ride" | Federico MenichettiGilles SaraciniChris ReitzNathalie HaasSander JanssenDan ThiltgesJonas Holteberg Jensen |

#### Final

The televised final took place on 25 January 2025. The winner, "La poupée monte le son" performed by Laura Thorn, was selected through the 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and public online voting on the RTL website, which also accepted votes worldwide. The viewers and the juries each awarded a total of 336 points, with each jury group distributing their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was awarded proportionally, based on the percentage of votes each song achieved. For example, if a song gained 30% of the viewer vote in the first round, then that entry would be awarded 30% of 336 points rounded to the nearest integer: 101 points.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, interval acts included DJ Nosi, former Eurovision winners Marie Myriam (who won Eurovision for France in 1977) and co-host Conchita Wurst, and Tali, who represented Luxembourg in 2024, performing her latest single "Dear Parents".
Final – 25 January 2025 :
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Rafa Ela | "No Thank You" | 36 | 17 | 53 | 7 |
| 2 | Rhythmic Soulwave | "Stronger" | 52 | 29 | 81 | 4 |
| 3 | Luzac | "Je danse" | 62 | 31 | 93 | 3 |
| 4 | One Last Time | "Gambler's Song" | 40 | 39 | 79 | 5 |
| 5 | Mäna | "Human Eyes" | 36 | 20 | 56 | 6 |
| 6 | Laura Thorn | "La poupée monte le son" | 94 | 90 | 184 | 1 |
| 7 | Zero Point Five | "Ride" | 16 | 110 | 126 | 2 |
Detailed international jury votes :
| Draw | Song | | | | | | | | | Total |
| 1 | "No Thank You" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | "Stronger" | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | "Je danse" | | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 62 |
| 4 | "Gambler's Song" | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | "Human Eyes" | 4 | 10 | 4 | | 8 | 2 | | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | "La poupée monte le son" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 94 |
| 7 | "Ride" | 10 | | | 4 | | | 2 | | 16 |
| International jury spokespersons |||||||||||
| – Sietse Bakker  – Blanka  – Michael Kealy  – Ira Losco  – Matti Myllyaho  – Soraya  – Stefan  – Gjon's Tears |||||||||||