Norway: Are Keiino hinting their return? | “Nu kör vi” with Norway or with Sweden?

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Lots of Eurovision fans are eagerly hoping for them to come back at the contest. But has the time just come?

KEiiNO band, a few moments ago, uploaded a Reels video on their Instagram account, rocking the boat of Eurovision news. The Reels featured a question, urging their fans to complete the sentence “Nu … vi!“. For those you can’t speak Swedish, nu kör vi means let’s go!

 

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But what could this mean? Is this a reference at them taking part in Melodifestivalen 2024, or they are referencing a potential participation at MGP 2024, which could potentially let them represent Norway in Malmö, Sweden?

Time will tell.

Who are KEiiNO?

KEiiNO is a Norwegian supergroup consisting of Sámi rapper Fred Buljo and singers Alexandra Rotan and Tom Hugo. The group was created in late 2018 in preparation for their participation in Melodi Grand Prix 2019, which they won and so were selected to represent Norway with the song “Spirit in the Sky” in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, finishing in sixth place, even though they placed first in the televoting results.

On 11 January 2021, it was announced that KEiiNO would participate in the Melodi Grand Prix 2021 final with the pre-qualified song “Monument“. The song was released at midnight on 15 January 2021 with the group’s debut performance of the song during the first heat of Melodi Grand Prix 2021 on 16 January 2021. The song reached the top four in the final on 20 February 2021, eventually reaching the gold duel, but lost to Tix‘s “Fallen Angel“.

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Slovenia: 4 songs will compete at EMA 2024!

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Slovenia’s public broadcaster, RTV, announced that EMA, which was previously used to choose the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, will once more be used, after a year’s absence.

However, there will be certain differences from other years in the competition’s structure. In particular, at most four songs can compete in the EMA, which will take place in January 2024.

The participants must reside in Slovenia, whether they do so continuously or just occasionally. This requirement does not apply to the performers who will provide vocal accompaniment for the main performance.

Interested artists may submit their applications until 15 November 2023.

The four songs will be chosen through voting by global expert committees based on the following criteria: quality, voice and stage presence, popularity, modernity/innovation, and global recognition.

Last year, Slovenia was represented by Joker Out with the song “Carpe Diem”, giving the country its first qualification to the final since 2019!

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Source: RTVSLO, Evrovizija.com 

 

Germany: 693 songs submitted for “Das Deutsche Finale 2024”

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On Sunday, October 15, the entry period for “Deutsche Finale 2024”, the national competition through which the German representative for the upcoming Eurovision contest will be chosen, came to a close.

The German broadcaster NDR reports that 693 proposals in total were submitted. In particular, 475 solo singers, 71 duets and 127 bands aspire to participate on the German national selection. Information on the upcoming stages of the evaluation as well as the final list of songs that will compete on February 18 will be released soon.

This year, interested artists also had the option of submitting proposals by sharing their song on TikTok with the hashtag #UnserLiedFürLiverpool. Over 900 videos were published, several of which were not considered serious proposals.

Greek-German singer Melissa Mantzoukis is one of the artists who submitted for the German national final. Melissa gained popularity in Germany, through her participation in Idol 2022 . This year, she attempted to represent Greece in the competition with the song “Liar,” but she ultimately did not manage to do so even though the 70-member audience committee gave her a solid first-place ranking. The information we have indicates that the song she submitted to NDR has nothing to do with her participation this year.

Germany was represented this year by Lord of the Lost and the song “Blood and Glitter”. The band, which is well-known in Germany, came in last place overall, with a total of 18 points. Will Germany be able to recover from its string of poor results and move to the left side of the leaderboard?

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Source: Esc Kompakt

Albania: The candidate list of Festivali i Këngës 62!

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Earlier today the names of the artists who will compete in the sixty-second Festivali i Këngës and will try to claim the ticket to Malmö were announced, as well as the titles of their songs!

The 31 entries that have been announced are:

  • Erina & The Elementals – “Jetën n’Skaj”
  • Eldis Arrnjeti – “Një Kujtim”
  • Arsi Bako – “Zgjohu”
  • Olsi Ballta – “Unë”
  • Big Basta & Vesa Luma – “Mbinatyrale”
  • Troy Band – “Horizonti i Ëndrrave”
  • Shpat Deda – “S’mund t’fitoj pa ty”
  • Luan Durmishi – “Përsëritja”
  • Santino De Bartolo – “Dua të rri me ty”
  • Tiri Gjoci – “Në Ëndërr”
  • Sergio Hajdini – “Uragan”
  • Jasmina Hako – “Ti”
  • Samanta Karavella – “N’maje”
  • Bledi Kaso – “Çdo gje mbaroi”
  • Besa Krasniqi – “Esenciale”
  • Besa Kokedhima – “Zemrën n’Dorë”
  • Anduel Kovaci – “Nan”
  • Elsa Lila – “Mars”
  • Melodajn Mancaku – “Nuk jemi ne”
  • Festina Mejzini – “Melos”
  • Michela Paluca – “Për Veten”
  • Jehona Ponari – “Evol”
  • Mal Retkoceri – “Çmendur”
  • Martina Serreqi – “Vetëm Ty”
  • Olimpia Smajlaj – “Asaj”
  • Sardi Strugaj – “Boshatisur”
  • Kleansa Susaj – “Pikturë”
  • Andi Tanko – “Herë pas Here”
  • Kejsi Tola – “Vallëzoj me Dritën”
  • Stivi Ushe – “Askush si ty”
  • Kastro Zizo – “2073″

We remind you that this year FIK will take place from Tuesday 19 December to Friday 22 December, when we will find out who will represent the Balkan country in Sweden!

Source: RTSH

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Germany: The Eurovision 2000 winner submitted an entry for “Das Deutsche Finale 2024”!

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Jørgen Olsen, one of the Eurovision 2000 winners for Denmark, plans to compete in the competition once more this year, but this time as Germany’s representative.

The singer particularly submitted a song in collaboration with German vocalist Alexandra Hofmann. In fact, the latter stated that she had pushed Jørgen to make this decision.

The deadline for submission of applications for the “Das Deutsche Finale 2024”, the national final through which Germany’s entry for the upcoming competition will be selected, ended last week. The songs are currently in the evaluation stage.

Along with his brother Niels, Jørgen Olsen represented Denmark in the 2000 Eurovision, winning the first place with 195 points. Since then, he has attempted to return in the contest twice, in 2005 and 2007, without however achieving it. Would you like to see Jørgen Olsen return to Eurovision ?

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Source: SWR

Portugal: A record number of entries were submitted for Festival Da Canção 2024!

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Back in August, Portugal confirmed its 2024 participation via the “Festival Da Canção” page on Instagram. Along with Portugal’s participation, it was confirmed that Festival Da Canção, a music festival of great significance in Portugal, will remain as the country’s selection format for Eurovision 2024.

The deadline of the submission process was yesterday, October 15. All Portuguese citizens or residents, including Portuguese living outside Portugal, as well as citizens of other nationalities residing in Portugal, could apply.

In total, RTP announced that a record number of 809 entries were submitted through this open submission. The high interest seems totally reasonable, considering the significance of FDC in the national music scene and the relatively successful course of the country in Eurovision the past years.

What’s next?

As far as the Festival da Canção 2024 is concerned, 20 songs will compete.

  • 14 of those will be selected following an invitation by the country’s national broadcaster RTP to creators of various music genres.
  • The remaining six will be selected through this afore-mentioned submission process, which turns out to be really successful as well as highly competitive for the contenders.

The winner of Festival Da Canção 2023 and hence, Portugal’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Mimicat with her song “Ai Coração”, which finished 23rd in the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfkxX4PFyw

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Czechia: Participation in Malmö confirmed – Submissions for National Final are open!

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Czechia is looking for its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

From now until 11/06/2023, 23:59 CEST inclusive, it will be possible to submit songs via a form on the official website of the show.

  • Songs can be in the form of a demo, a final master is not necessary at this stage.
  • Submitted tracks must not have been published or publicly presented in any form before 1.9.2023. If a submitted track has been published or publicly presented before this date, it will be automatically disqualified.
  • Multiple submissions from a single artist are allowed.
  • The lead singer, i.e. the main vocalist of the song, from this year’s edition does not have to be only a holder of Czech citizenship – now also artists from Slovakia who permanently live and work in the Czech Republic and contribute to the development of the Czech music scene can participate in the competition. In the case of a duet, at least one of the main vocalists must meet this condition.

Note: Czech Television reserves the right to cancel the competition if the Czech Republic is unable to participate in ESC 2024 for any reason.

The national selection (ESCZ 2024) will be broadcast LIVE again. The voting rules for the national selection ESCZ will be published in November.

Last year in Liverpool the central European nation was represented by Vesna and the song My Sister’s Crown who after having qualified fourth from the first semifinal, the ended up 10th in the Grand Final.

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Source: Ceska Televize

Sweden: The Melodifestivalen 2024 tour is approaching! | Tickets for all shows to be released on the 6th of November!

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Earlier today via their official instagram account, SVT announced that the sale of tickets for all the 6 shows of Melodifestivalen 2024 will start in November the 6th:

 

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After Melodifestivalen 2023 broke audience records and Sweden also claimed the win in the Eurovision Song Contest in May, there is no doubt that expectations are high for the 2024 edition of the Melodifestivalen tour. The tickets go on sale Monday, November 6 at 10:00 a.m. GMT via LiveNation.se. The interest to experience the Swedish national final festival live is expected to be great!

We remind you that Melodifestivalen 2024 is scheduled to take place between February 3rd to March 9th, while SVT has received 2624 songs. The final list of Melodifestivalen participants will be published later this year, between end of November and beginning of December. 

This is the schedule of the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour:

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskiltuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden in 7, 9 and 11th of May 2024, after the second win of Loreen in Liverpool, with her song “Tattoo”: 

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Source: Melfest Live / SVT

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Germany: The participations highlights of Das deutsche Finale 2024 through TikTok!

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The exact role the public broadcaster NDR’s official TikTok account will play remains murky.

Although there was an official mention of the platform in the first official press briefing for the German final, it is still up to the participants to publicize their entries on TikTok with the hashtag #EurovisionGermany2024. Of course, this does not exclude the use of other social networks such as YouTube, where there is already enough material available. It is important to mention that the participants are officially committed only through eurovision.de. For this reason, there will probably be no voting through the popular platform this year.

Below you can watch some candidates who have posted material with the relevant hashtag #EurovisionGermany2024.

@fromfalltospring Holen wir mehr als 0 Punkte dieses JAHR? #foryoupage #eurovisiongermany2024 #fy #12points #fromfalltospring #viral ♬ Originalton – ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜰᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘʀɪɴɢ

@spielhagen „Love On The Dancefloor (Oh Lala Love)“ – unser Song für den ESC#EurovisionGermany2024 Wir freuen uns megaaa, euch unser Bewerbungsvideo (natürlich mit der gestern verkündeten 6er-Besetzung) für den Deutschen Vorentscheid präsentieren zu dürfen und sind super gespannt auf euer Feedback.#UnserWegZumESC Am Donnerstag geht unsere Bewerbung finally raus und ab da heißt es dann, ganz doll DÄUMCHEN DRÜCKEN. Songwriting: @Cora Liebig ♬ Love On The Dancefloor (Oh Lala Love) – SPIELHAGEN

@ojichristos Lasst uns endlich wieder das Ding nach Hause holen! Wollt ihr auch den Deutschen Part hören? ❤️ #EurovisionGermany2024 ♬ Originalton –   ♪

@david_vidano_official Hey Leute! Ich brauche eure Unterstützung! Ich habe am 15.09.23 meinen neuen Song “Mond” veröffentlicht, mit absoluter Ohrwurm-Gefahr ⚠️ Der Song ist jung und poppig, perfekt für den Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Deshalb brauche ich eure Hilfe, um Deutschland für euch zu vertreten! Wenn euch der Song gefällt, dann liked diesen Post und teilt ihn mit euren Freunden. Lasst uns gemeinsam den Hashtag #eurovisiongermany2024 verbreiten! Aber das ist noch nicht alles! Wenn ihr möchtet, erstellt gerne eure eigenen Videos mit meinem Song. Tanzt, singt oder performt dazu – alles ist erlaubt! Markiert mich in euren Videos und benutzt den Hashtag #eurovisiongermany2024, damit ich sie sehen kann. Lasst uns zusammen den ESC 2024 rocken und Deutschland stolz machen! Danke für eure Unterstützung! ❤️ . . #eurovisiongermany2024 #mond #berlin #malmö #spotifycharts #schlager #tanzen #esc #ohrwurm #viral #pfeifen ♬ Originalton – David Vidano

@bibiz.music #EurovisionGermany2024 ♬ Trapped – Mausio & Bibiane Z

Source: ESC Kompakt  

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Estonia: 12 participations have been submitted for Eesti Laul 2024 until now!

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12 songs have been sumbitted until now for the national selection of Estonia for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest!

The Head of Eesti Laul 2024, Karmel Killand,  revealed that only 12 entries are available until now for Eesti Laul 2024! From those twelve songs half of them are in the Estonian languange and the other half in the English language. Karmel Killand is encouraging those interested in taking part to do so as soon as possible as the participation fee is about to double at 12:00 on 21st of October.

The submission deadline expires at 11:00 on 23rd of October. Until 21st of October the participation fee amounts to 50€ for the entries in the Estonian language and 100€ for the entries in one or more foreign langages. From 21st October the participation fee is going to rise to 100€ and 200€ respectively.

Citizens of Estonia as well as foreign residents are eligble to participate in Eesti Laul either as performers or as composers. Participations can be sumbitted by foreignes from abroad under the condition that the majority of the composers behind each entry are Estonians. Last but not least each composer or performer can submitt up to five entries.

The 20 songs that will compete in Eesti Laul will be announced no later than on 8th of November and will be revealed no later that on 8th of December.

This year Estonia was represented by Alika and the song “Bridges” which ended up in 8th place of the Grand Place having had the support of the juries who ranked Estonia 5th, while the televoters were not that impressed and ranked Estonia only 19th.

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

Source: ERR

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