Albania: Besa Kokëdhima’s artistic team for Malmö!

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This year’s Albanian representative, Besa Kokëdhima, unveiled her creative team for Eurovision 2024 via her personal account on X. She revealed that Fredrik Benke Rydman, an experienced director and choreographer, will be taking over the artistic direction of “Titan” on Malmö stage. Melissa Thompson and Reija Ware will join him.

Fredrik Benke Rydman is no stranger to the Eurovision community. He is the creator behind two highly regarded Eurovision entries, Mans Zelmerlow’s “Heroes,” which won for Sweden in 2015 and Kaarija’s “Cha Cha Cha,” which finished second last year. This year, Rydman is also in charge of Switzerland’s and Finland’s entries for Eurovision 2024.

Some of his other works include:

  • Sweden 2011 – Eric Saade –  ”Popular”  (3rd place)
  • Finland 2022 – The Rasmus –  “Jezebel”  (21st place)
  • Ireland 2021 – Leslie Roy –  ”Maps”  (16th place on the First Semi-Final)

Albania with Besa Kokëdhima and “Titan” will perform at the first half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also enjoy EurovisionFun’s interview with Besa Kokëdhima, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Albania: Listen to “Titan” by Besa Kokëdhima!

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 The third country to select its Eurovision 2024 entry was Albania. Back in December, Besa Kokedhima won the public voting of Festivali i Këngës 62 and therefore won the ticket to Malmö with her song “Zemrën n’dorë”.

However, a couple months ago she revealed that her FiK entry would be revamped. The title of the revamped entry is “Titan” and today, March 11th, “Titan” was officially released.

You can listen to “Titan”, below:

“Titan” is signed by Besa, Kledi Bahiti, Gia Koka and Alias Lj and is sung fully in English. The reason behind this language change, according to Besa, is:

To better convey the message of the song we decided to have it all in English. The song has evolved and I want everyone to understand the message! I know it’s a risk to change the language but what could go wrong?

You can also enjoy EurovisionFun’s interview with Besa Kokëdhima, below:

What do you think of “Titan”? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Albania: Besa Kokëdhima will sing “Titan” in Eurovision 2024!

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It has been no secret that Besa Kokëdhima, the Albanian representative in Eurovision 2024, would revamp her FiK entry “Zemrën N’dorë” for Eurovision 2024.

Now, it was revealed via her official Instagram account that Besa Kokëdhima’s entry for Eurovision 2024 is titled “Titan“. “Titan” will be sung fully in English and will be released on March 11th.

The reason behind the language change according to Besa Kokëdhmia is:

To better convey the message of the song we decided to have it all in English. The song has evolved and I want everyone to understand the message! I know it’s a risk to change the language but what could go wrong?

Besa Kokëdhima won the Albanian national selection for Eurovision 2024, namely FiK, in December, exclusively by the vote of the audience, as she was not the jury’s pick. We remind you that Besa Kokëdhima will perform at the first half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also check out the reaction video of EurovisionFun on “Zemrën N’dorë”, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Albania: The revamp of “Zemrën N’dorë” will be released on March 11th!

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Besa Kokëdhima, the Albanian representative in Eurovision 2024, revealed on her personal Instagram account that the new revamped version of “Zemrën N’dorë” will be released on March 11th. In fact, the release date of her entry’s revamped version is written on her Instagram bio:

The revamped version of “Zemrën N’dorë” will be sung fully in English, as Besa has mentioned before. The reason behind the language change according to Besa Kokëdhmia is:

To better convey the message of the song we decided to have it all in English. The song has evolved and I want everyone to understand the message! I know it’s a risk to change the language but what could go wrong?

Besa Kokëdhima won the Albanian national selection for Eurovision 2024, namely FiK, in December, exclusively by the vote of the audience, as she was not the jury’s pick. We remind you that Besa Kokëdhima will perform at the first half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also check out the reaction video of EurovisionFun on “Zemrën N’dorë”, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Βesa: “Τhe revamp of my song will be in English!” | Exclusive Interview

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This year’s Albanian representative Besa Kokëdhima spoke exclusively to Eurovisionfun about her preparations for this year’s contest, the new version of the song and her upcoming visit to Greece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEDP1lSoDQ&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

In her exclusive interview with Paschalis and Apostolis, Besa revealed that very soon she will be attending the first official Eurovision pre-party in Athens and is looking forward to meeting the Greek fans as she often visits both Athens and Thessaloniki as well as Halkidiki .

The revamp of her entry

“I wanted to work with people from different cultures for the new version of my song. So to better convey the message of the song we decided to have it all in English. The song has evolved and I want everyone to understand the message! I know it’s a risk to change the language but what could go wrong?”

Then she revealed to us that she has not officially started the preparations for her staging, but this time she is focusing on the creation of the video clip of the participation which will be officially released in the next period.

“Our time is very limited but we work day and night for the best result”

From this year’s entries, she singled out those of Denmark, France and Italy, while as her favorite entries from the Eurovision contest she mentioned those of Loreen and Elena Paparizou from 2005.

Finally, together with Besa we played our brand new game and of course she shared her wishes for the Eurovisionfun audience. Watch the full interview below:

We have nothing but to warmly thank this year’s representative of Albania and wish her success on the Malmo stage!

Albania: The revamp of “Zemrën N’dorë” will be released in March!

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Besa Kokëdhima, Albania’s Eurovision representative in Eurovision 2024, revealed on her personal Instagram account that the new revamped version of “Zemrën N’dorë” will be released in March.

Besa Kokëdhima won the Albanian national selection for Eurovision 2024, namely FiK, in December, exclusively by the vote of the audience, as she was not the jury’s pick. We remind you that Besa Kokëdhima will participate in the first half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also check out the reaction video of EurovisionFun on “Zemrën N’dorë”, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Eurovision 2024: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Malmö with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Malmö early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

Presenters of the Eurovision 2024 semi-final draw were Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was also the presenter of the corresponding draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time. Both of them are part of the SVT staff, being some of the most beloved faces of the Swedish state broadcaster.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.

Draw Procedure

Big 5 and Sweden

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Sweden, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Italy
  • France

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first semi-final and sixteen in the second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (May 7):

1st Half

  • Ukraine
  • Cyprus
  • Poland
  • Serbia
  • Lithuania
  • Croatia
  • Ireland

2nd Half

  • Slovenia
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Moldova

2nd Semi-Final (May 9):

1st Half

  • Austria
  • Malta
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Czechia
  • Albania
  • Denmark
  • Armenia

2nd Half

  • Israel
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Latvia
  • San Marino
  • Belgium

Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest from 7 to 11 May at the Malmö Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is “United by Music“, retaining the motto first chosen for last year’s contest in Liverpool.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!

 

Eurovision 2024: Tonight the Allocation Draw!

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At 19:00 CET and live from Malmö, Sweden, the draw for the Eurovision 2024 semi-finals will take place tonight.

During today’s event, there will also be a handover of the event’s banner from the city of Liverpool to the city of Malmö. For this reason, both the Mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, and the Mayor of the Swedish city, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, will be present at today’s draw.

The hosts

The hosts of tonight’s draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was the presenter of the equivalent draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time.

The draw procedure

The first part of the draw will determine which semi-final will be broadcast and voted for by each of the six countries that are directly in the final on 11 May (Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom).

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Eurovision’s official voting partner, Digame.

Drawing countries from different pots aims to reduce the likelihood of so-called neighbour voting and increases the suspense in the semi-finals.

Pots

Pot 1
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Pot 2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
Pot 3
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Pot 4
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
Pot 5
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czechia
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇵🇱 Poland

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1751972070479565001

So in the evening, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favourite contest. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision channel on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!

Eurovision 2024: The Semi-final allocation pots!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2024 will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 January at 19:00 CET live from Malmo, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Liverpool to Malmo.

https://youtu.be/Q_-2hMEq5sk

The draw will be hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi and fans will be able to watch on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 7 May at 21:00 CEST) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 9 May at 21:00 CEST). Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they’ve drawn.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw: How does it work?

Sweden as the Host Country and reigning champion respectively, along with the other 6 members of the so-called ‘Big 6’ participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but their domestic audiences do get to vote in one of them… so before the competing countries are allocated a place in a Semi-Final, it will be randomly determined which of the Semi-Finals the Big 6 will each be allowed to vote on.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semi-Final and in which half of the respective Semi-Final the other 31 participating countries will perform in.

Semi-Final Allocation Pots 2024

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden

 

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals. You can get a good idea of how it will all work by watching the 2022 Allocation Draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, who won the Contest thanks to Loreen winning in 2023.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovision.tv

Albania: Are these the detailed results of the televoting of Festivali i Këngës 62?

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It’s almost a month since Albania’s famous music festival, Festivali i Këngës, has ended, and Besa Kokëdhima is now the country’s new representative at Eurovision 2024. Read more