Luxembourg: One hundred singers took part in the auditions for Eurovision 2024!

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Luxembourg is set to return to the Eurovision Song Contest and it looks like it intends to make a spectacular return. It may still be July but RTL, the country’s public broadcaster, has already started auditions for the national final.

A round of auditions took place yesterday at Rockhal, the venue that will host the national final, with singers interested in participating in the Luxembourgish selection, but without a song. About 100 singers, that applied to the selection took part in the auditions.

A panel of judges evaluated the artists, with the best of them progressing to the next phase, namely the national final on 27 January. Those interested, already having a song ready for the Eurovision Song Contest can still submit it to Luxembourg Public Television.

Luxembourg will select its first entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 30 years on January 27. The final will take place with the participation of the public for the first time since 1992.

https://youtu.be/Lxo-o4OTczU

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Source: rtl.lu

Cyprus: Fame Story’s first trailer is on air |How to apply!

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A few hours ago, the trailer of the cypriot Fame Story, from which the represantor of the country for Eurovision 2024 will be chosen, is on air and has all the details on how artists can apply for the show.

The voice behind the trailer is Nikos Koklonis, the famous presenter of the show which will be aired in Star TV.

Based on his words, 15 singers will be in the Academy of Fame Story and the winner will win a contract with Panik Records and will also represent Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

The program will be aired daily and the 15 artists will not only take singing and dancing lessons, but they will also learn how to use social media, public relations and styling tips.

You can see the trailer below, in which, however, the word “Eurovision” is not used.

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Eurovision 2024: Which country wants less power to the Juries?

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Norway does not like at all the fact that every year the amount of points from the juries is smaller than that of the tele-voting, thus opening a big discussion on this matter. The cause of course was the huge discrepancy that occurred this year, in the voting of the television audience in relation to that of the national juries, after the latter overturned the final result and gave the victory to Loreen and Tatoo.

Stig Karlsen, head of the Norwegian delegation to the Eurovision contest, has revealed that his country’s public television is going to propose changing the scoring system, by limiting the voting of the juries.

In his interview on the Eurovíziós Podcast, Stig Karlsen justifies the above, saying that he believes that people’s interest in the contest will decrease if they see that their favorite song does not take first place.

Although he considers the existence of critical committees necessary, he suggests a change of the balance to 40% or even 30% of the final result, with the remaining percentage determined by the voting of the television audience.

“The juries system at Eurovision should definitely be evaluated and the discussion is very welcome. There has been a difference (in the results) between the jury and the public vote in the past, but this year it was extremely wide. The people obviously had a different winner. The fact that a jury of 185 people should have as much power as millions of viewers is questionable”

At this point we remind you that Finland gained 376 points in the tele-voting, with Loreen receiving respectively only 243. On the other hand Sweden received 340 points, with Finland gaining only 150 in the jury voting.

The whole jury system has had a great repercussion on Norway during the last year. The highlight was the 2019 Norwegian entry with KEiiNO who despite winning the tele-voting at the grand final, the juries allocated them only 18th!

Any change to the contest’s voting system must first be approved by the Reference Group, which is expected to convene next January to approve the regulations for Eurovision 2024.

Source: Eurovíziós Podcast

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Lithuania: Confirmed participation for Eurovision 2024!

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Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT has confirmed to ESC Today that they will participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

So far, no details have been announced on how the country’s representative at Eurovision 2024 will be selected, but it is expected that LRT will hold a national final, as it has done every year since 1999.

Twenty-two countries have now confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2024:

  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

Monika Linkytė represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Stay” and finished 11th in the Grand Final, with 127 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsgouAEd34U&t=6s

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Source: ESC Today

Azerbaijan: The search of the representative for Eurovision 2024 is on!

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iTV, the public broadcaster of Azerbaijan, has now confirmed their participation in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, while on the same time they commenced the search for their next representative for the coming contest.

Those interested will be able to send their proposals until the deadline on September 30, on the specified email adress, song@eurovision.az.

The conditions for taking part are:

  • The songs must be in MP3 format, 192 kbps
  • There must be a sort bio of the performer, a photo and info on the composers of the song
  • The song must not be longer than three (3) minutes
  • The songs must not be published before September 1, 2023
  • The public broadcaster of the country has the right to make changes to the submitted songs

The representatives of Azerbaijan in Eurovision 2023, were the twins TuralTuranX with their song “Tell Me More”, ending up in 14th place of the First Semi-Final, getting Azerbaijan’s worst result in the contest and also their second non-qualification:

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Source: İTV

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Switzerland: The country confirms its participation in Eurovision 2024!

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Switzerland officially confirmed that they are going to take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, taking place in Malmö, Sweden.

SRF, the public broadcaster of the country, confirmed their participation through an email to the website, That Eurovision Site. However, SRF,  didn’t give out any further info on the selection process, but in recent years, the country is used to internal selections.

As it seems, preparations have already begun, for at least a month now. The representative of Austria in this year’s contest, Teya, posted a tweet saying that she was part of a listening session of a candidate song for Switzerland,  and even being sure that this is the track that will represent the country!

The representative of Switzerland in Eurovision 2023 was Remo Forrer, with his song “Watergun”, ending up in 20th place in the Grand Final:

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Source: thateurovisionsite.com

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Netherlands: Is Douwe Bob coming back for Eurovision 2024?

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The first non-qualification in Eurovision for the Netherlands after six consecutive qualifications and even one win, caused many internal changes in the Dutch delegation. AVROTROS appointed a new head of delegation and there will be changes in the internal selection to come.

The Dutch delegation ruled out a massive change in the selection process and the conduction of a national final right from the start, due to low interest from the Dutch music industry. Instead, and according to the new head of delegation, Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, the changes that will be made to the existing system in order to ensure transparency, will include live performances of the candidates and people outside of AVROTROS in the jury.

In this open internal selection, Douwe Bob, Dutch representative in Eurovision 2016, might want to compete. As his manager stated in Shownieuws, the singer wants to compete in the internal selection, saying that:

“Douwe Bob would like to compete again in Eurovision. Even though we do not have any specific song, we hope to submit one”

Douwe Bob represented the Netherlands in Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm, with his song “Slow Down” ending up in 11th place. He is not the only artist that want to compete in Eurovision 2024. Both Bizzey & Kraantje Pappie as a duet, as well as De Bankzitters want to submit songs.

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Serbia: Confirmed participation and national final for Eurovision 2024!

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Serbia has confirmed its participation in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

Serbian broadcaster RTS revealed to OGAE Serbia that the country will participate in Eurovision 2024. The broadcaster confirmed that it will again use a national final to select the representative, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.

To date, 19 countries have confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2024:

  • Austria
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

Serbia selected its representative for Eurovision 2023 through Pesma za Evroviziju. After winning the national final, Luke Black finished 24th in the Eurovision 2023 Final, the worst place Serbia has ever finished in a Final, with just 30 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRfg9wzbpw

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Source: Evropesma.org

Spain: Ruth Lorenzo expresses her frustration on a participation on Benidorm Fest 2024!

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Despite her strong interest, Ruth Lorenzo has decided not to take part in Benidorm Fest 2024. The singer who represented Spain at Eurovision 2014 has revealed that she was considering taking part in the next RTVE national final, but this year’s rules will prevent her from doing so.

Through her social media accounts, the singer explained that she wanted to participate with her song “Woman”, one of the tracks of her latest EP. In order to be able to compete, she decided to remove it from her album, before its release on April 14.

However there was a change in plans. Ruth Lorenzo said:

“I was informed, unofficially, that this year at Benidorm Fest they were going to accept 100% songs in English.

Being the most important song of this EP, with the most important message and with a sound that marks a before and after in my career, I wanted to give you the gift of presenting it at Benidorm Fest trying to return to Eurovision after ten years. Unfortunately, “Woman” was not chosen to compete at the Festival.”

The track is set to be released on September 1st, and she considers it very important to her now that she is in a new phase of her life where she is 100% free after overcoming her problems with her previous record company.

“I am now establishing myself, as an independent label for future work”

Benidorm Fest rules allow song lyrics to be mainly in Spanish and/or another official language, however, lyrics in other languages are acceptable as long as they do not exceed 40% of the total lyrics.

The previous winner of Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representative at Eurovision 2023, was Blanca Paloma with the song “EaEa” and placed 17th in the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/Vw6qPWhjevk

Source: eldiario.es

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The Netherlands: AVROTROS opens songs submission and announces new Head of Delegation!

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The national broadcaster of the Netherlands, AVROTROS, made two important Eurovision related announcements today.

The first announcement is about the selection method for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. For a 12th consecutive year, the broadcaster chooses the internal selection, with the songs submissions commencing today until the 30th of September. The only change this time is that the songs do not have to have set artists.

The second announcement is about the position of the Head of Delegation. AVROTROS stated that the position of the Head of Delegation was appointed to Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen who is also going to be the chairman of the Dutch selection committee.

In his previous position he was the Head of Contest for the EBU during Eurovision 2021, 2022, and 2023.

This year the Kingdom of the Netherlands was represented in Liverpool by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper and the song “Burning Daylight”.  They ended up in the 13th place of the First Semi-Final, receiving only 7 points and thus failing to qualify to the Grand Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XAsam043OY&pp=ygUfZXVyb3Zpc2lvbiAyMDIzIHRoZSBuZXRoZXJsYW5kcw%3D%3D

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