[5] It remains an eight-person knockout bracket every night, with each of the seven matches played as the first to six legs.
[7][8] The top four players on the PDC Order of Merit—Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and Rob Cross—automatically qualified.
The remaining four players were announced on 6 January 2025 live on Sky Sports News.
[9][10] The announcement saw two changes made from 2024 lineup, with Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey replacing Peter Wright and Michael Smith.
[11][12] Former participants and Scottish World Cup duo Wright and Gary Anderson were not selected, marking the first Premier League line-up to not feature a player representing Scotland since 2010.
[13] Reigning World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker became the first victor of a premier event televised on Sky Sports to miss out on selection the following year.
(C) Champion(RU) Runner-up(E) Eliminated (Q) Qualified In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the tournament is broadcast live on Sky Sports.
The PDC's streaming service, PDCTV, is broadcasting the tournament for Rest of the World subscribers.