{"id":80462,"date":"2025-11-10T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=80462"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:33:11","slug":"stemming-esc250-van-2025-opent-op-10-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/esc250-2025\/stemming-esc250-van-2025-opent-op-10-november\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ESC250\u2019 voting for 2025 officially open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"498\" class=\"post-p-lead\">It\u2019s time once again to dive into the rich history of the Eurovision Song Contest and create <em data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"351\">your<\/em> ultimate top ten.<br data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"372\" \/>Since\u00a0<strong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"449\">Monday 10 November at 12:00 CET until Sunday 7 December at 12:00 CET<\/strong>, you can submit your favourite Eurovision songs. This year, the full <strong data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"540\">ESC250 countdown<\/strong> will once again be broadcast on <strong data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"588\">31 December<\/strong> by our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efr12.com\/radio\/\"><strong data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"622\">EFR12 Radio<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"498\">On <strong data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"642\">25 December<\/strong>, you\u2019ll also be able to relive last year\u2019s ranking.\u00a0On both 25 December and 31 December, the broadcast will start an hour earlier, at <strong>10:00 CET<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/top-250-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESC 250: VOTE HERE<\/a><\/h1>\n<h4 data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"918\">How does the voting work?<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1202\">To vote, log in with a valid account on our website. You can select your entries using the various search functions. Once you\u2019ve found a song you want in your list, click <strong data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1104\">confirm<\/strong>\u00a0and it will <strong>automatically appear in the next free slot<\/strong> of your top ten at the top of the screen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1338\">Placed a song in the wrong order? No worries! You can <strong>easily drag and drop the titles to rearrange them<\/strong> until your list looks perfect.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1522\">When you\u2019re completely happy with your personal top ten, click <strong data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1413\">submit<\/strong>. And make voting even more fun, <strong>share your list on social media<\/strong>, tag us and use the hashtag <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1521\">#ESC250<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1548\">One vote per person<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1806\">Make sure you\u2019re confident about your ten chosen songs, because once you\u2019ve submitted your list, you can\u2019t edit or vote again.<br data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1679\" \/>As organisers, we check all entries for irregularities. Anyone found voting multiple times will have <em data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1785\">all<\/em> their votes removed.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1808\" data-end=\"1837\">Broadcast on 31 December<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"2157\">To hear the full ESC250, tune in on <strong data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"1890\">31 December<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efr12.com\/radio\/\"><strong data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"1909\">EFR12 Radio<\/strong><\/a>.<br data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"1913\" \/>Once again, the ultimate Eurovision chart will air exclusively on this French online radio station. As a Belgian website, it\u2019s an honour for us to collaborate with our neighbours in France, a very good partnership..<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2159\" data-end=\"2192\">How can you listen to EFR12?<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2194\" data-end=\"2218\">You can tune in through:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2377\">\n<li data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2253\">\n<p data-start=\"2221\" data-end=\"2253\">The station\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efr12.com\/radio\/\">official website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2253\">\n<p data-start=\"2221\" data-end=\"2253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sonos.acr2&amp;hl=en\">Sonos<\/a> (for Sonos speaker users)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2318\">\n<p data-start=\"2292\" data-end=\"2318\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.finallevel.radiobox\">Online Radio Box app<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2319\" data-end=\"2340\">\n<p data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2340\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=de.radio.android\">Radio.net<\/a> app<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2341\" data-end=\"2361\">\n<p data-start=\"2343\" data-end=\"2361\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mysoft.radioplayer\">Radio 4U<\/a> app<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2377\">\n<p data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/radio.garden\/\">RadioGarden<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2403\">Loreen back on top?<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2405\" data-end=\"2670\">The <strong data-start=\"2409\" data-end=\"2427\">ESC250 of 2024<\/strong> ended with a thrilling twist: Finland\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2468\" data-end=\"2479\">K\u00e4\u00e4rij\u00e4<\/strong> lost the crown after just one year.<br data-start=\"2515\" data-end=\"2518\" \/>Sweden\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2537\">Loreen<\/strong> reclaimed the number one spot and even more impressively, she took <strong data-start=\"2607\" data-end=\"2638\">both first and second place<\/strong> with <em data-start=\"2644\" data-end=\"2654\">Euphoria<\/em> and <em data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2667\">Tattoo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2800\">Will she manage to repeat that feat? That\u2019s up to you!<br data-start=\"2726\" data-end=\"2729\" \/>The results are getting closer every year, so every vote really counts.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2802\" data-end=\"2825\">Four weeks to vote<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2827\" data-end=\"3048\">For the <strong data-start=\"2835\" data-end=\"2849\">ninth time<\/strong>, we at the Belgian website <strong data-start=\"2877\" data-end=\"2896\">Songfestival.be<\/strong> are proud to organise this unique poll.<br data-start=\"2936\" data-end=\"2939\" \/>Each year we receive a record number of votes and of course, we hope to break that record again this year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3185\">Just like last year, you\u2019ll have <strong data-start=\"3083\" data-end=\"3097\">four weeks<\/strong> to cast your votes for your favourite Eurovision songs.<br data-start=\"3153\" data-end=\"3156\" \/><strong data-start=\"3156\" data-end=\"3185\">You\u2019re good to go!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Europe, Australia and anywhere else, you&#8217;re good to go!&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12914,"featured_media":80502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7533],"tags":[7117,7171,6020,6021,2807,2113,254,6633,7079,3052,6626,3400,6628,219,17,6630,4925,4926,6309,6627,6909,19,6634,7170,6624,6632,6631,2216,6625,6629,1291,591],"class_list":["post-80462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esc250-2025","tag-basel","tag-bazel","tag-belgie-eurosong","tag-belgie-songfestival","tag-esc","tag-esf","tag-eurosong","tag-eurosong-2024-belgie","tag-eurosong-2025","tag-eurosong-belgie","tag-eurosong-zweden","tag-eurosongfestival","tag-eurosongfestival-2024","tag-eurovisiesongfestival","tag-eurovision","tag-eurovision-sweden","tag-gastland-songfestival","tag-gaststad-songfestival","tag-gustaph","tag-loreen-eurovision","tag-nemo","tag-songfestival","tag-songfestival-2024-belgie","tag-songfestival-2025","tag-songfestival-zweden","tag-stockholm-eurosong","tag-stockholm-songfestival","tag-suisse","tag-sweden-2023","tag-sweden-songfestival","tag-switzerland","tag-zwitserland"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["nl","fr","en"],"languages":{"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80462"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80503,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80462\/revisions\/80503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}