The fifteen finalists in the 21st edition of the Carpathia International Song Festival have been announced. Singers from Poland, Czechia & Ukraine (also a reserve from the USA) are set to compete next month in Rzeszów, Poland.

The 2025 Carpathia International Song Festival will be held between Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July, with the winner receiving a prize of 15,000 PLN (€3,525). The fifteen finalists are:

• Jagoda Beksiak  (Kraśnik/Poland) – “Złudzenia”
• Irina Szaban (Ivano -Frankivsk/Ukraine) – “Siła”
• Marysia Feduniewicz (Warsaw/Poland) – “Wierzba płacząca”
• Blanka Hodurek (Kraków/Poland) – “Zapach lawendy”
• Martyna Kasprzycka (Zakopane/Poland) – “Wesele”
• Magdalena Lasota (Kobyłka/Poland) – “Sztorm”
• Dorota Sacewicz (Warsaw/Poland) – “Tak Ty”
• Lena Steciuk (Warsaw/Poland) – “Daydream”
• Borys Stepanyan (Bukowno/Poland) – “Ballada”
• Izabela Szafrańska (Warsaw/Poland) – “Kochać bardziej”
• Nailah Vitha (Stargard/Poland) – “Tylko się przejdę”
• Jan Vytásek (Prague/Czechia) – “Ve hvězdách”
• Kinga Wołoszyn (Józefin/Poland) – “Klucz”
• Valentyna Yaremchuk (Ivano-Frankivsk/Ukraine) – “Ce moya Ukraina (It’s my Ukraine)”
• Kuba Zaborski (Warsaw/Poland) – “All my lovers”

There are four reserve artists in case one of the finalists are unable to participate:

• Alessia Fryz (Czudec/Poland) – “Jak zapomnieć mam”
• Mari Frazé-Frazénko (Pittsburgh/USA) – “Bosphorus”
• Filip Sterniuk (Filip Sterne) (Dobrzeń Wielki/Poland) – “Gonna be Ok”
• Karolina Błońska (Wołomin/Poland) – “Nie mam już nic”

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovoix World