Belgium: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2024 Entry “Before The Party’s Over”!

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A few hours ago the premiere took place through the official Eurovision YouTube channel for this year’s participation of Belgium in Eurovision 2024 by Mustii and “Before The Party’s Over“.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCe9zrWEFNc&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the official video clip of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Apostolis, Katerina and Stella in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Belgium’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

What do you think of the Belgian entry for Eurovision 2024? Will he manage to qualify for the final and get a great result?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for more reaction, interviews and everything about Eurovision 2024!

Belgium: Listen to “Before The Party’s Over” by Mustii for Eurovision 2024!

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Back in the end of August, RTBF, the French-speaking public broadcaster of Belgium, announced that Mustii, will be the country’s representative in Malmö, being the first artist of the Eurovision 2024 season, to be announced!

Mustii was selected internally by RTBF, which even contacted him back in July of 2022, having previously worked with them as a judge in Drag Race Belgium, which is produced by the public broadcaster.

Mustii’s anticipated song for Eurovision 2024, was revealed through the morning show called  “Le 8/9”

His song is titled “Before The Party’s Over” and is entirely in English (You can listen to it in the video below):

About the Song

Talking about his song, Mustii mentioned the following:

My style evolves into pop with a dark edge. I have influences from new wave and rock, but they remain pop albums. I contrast pop with fragile subjects, I like to play with them. My last album, for example, was a homage to my uncle who had schizophrenia.

Mustii retains his musical identity in the Eurovision stage and his song be pop with some dark elements but also new wave and rock, according to his music style, which his fans are accustomed to.

Who is Mustii?

Thomas Mustin, better known by his stage name Mustii, is a novelist, composer, singer, and actor. He has been in a number of stage performances, television shows, Netflix original series, and feature films like “Grave”, “Un Petit Boulot”, and “L’Echange des Princesses”.

He was cast as the infamous Patrick Dils in the 2017 French TV drama “Je Voulais Juste Rentrer Chez Moi” before taking on the role of Hamlet in 2019 under the direction of Emmanuel Dekoninck.

Mustii has achieved success as a singer in addition to acting. Mustii is known for seducing audiences with his captivating voice, which is both powerful and fragile at the same time. He has two albums to his credit, “21st Century Boy” and “It’s Happening Now”, which were commercial successes, successful tours (selling out the Ancienne Belgique on three occasions), and he won the “Revelation of the Year” trophy at the D6bels Music Awards.

What do you think of the Belgian entry for Eurovision 2024? Will he manage to qualify for the final and get a great result?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Belgian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Source: eurovision.tv

Belgium: Mustii’s song “Before the Party’s Over” will be revealed in the morning show “Le 8/9”!

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As we’ve previously informed you, the song with which Mustii will represent Belgium in Eurovision 2024 will be released in February 20!

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Belgium: The entry’s release date!

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Just a few minutes ago, Belgium‘s official account in the contest shared on X the exact date on which Mustii‘s track that will represent the country in Eurovision 2024 will be released!

As we have already informed you in a previous article, more than a thousand entries were submitted in order to win a ticket to Malmö, but only one managed to be selected. You can read more details about the winning track in our related article.

The date we will hear the selected song for the first time is, as you can see below, Tuesday 20 February!


As it is said, Mustii will maintain his artistic identity on the Eurovision stage and his song will be pop with dark elements combined with new wave and rock in the musical style that he has accustomed his fans to.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news regarding Belgium’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

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

Belgium: Mustii reveals new info about his Eurovision 2024 song!

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In the traditional gathering conducting by OGAE Belgium, fans from the country had the chance to meet Mustii! The Belgian representative took photos with the members and answered their questions regarding the song that will represent Belgium in Malmö!

“It’s a bit of an absurd experience but I’m very happy to have been chosen ,” says Musti. “ It’s so huge. I work on the project day by day. At the moment I’m really into the visuals, but it’s very difficult for me to be here and not be able to tell you anything.I’m almost at the end… ”.

It was really early on, when the Belgian public broadcaster, RTBF, selected Mustii to represent the country in Eurovision. It was in the filming of the first season of “Drag Race Belgium” (in July 2022).

“Very early in the morning, I was in makeup, still a little sleepy… and the general director of the RTBF Content Department, Sandrine Roustan, asked me if I wanted to represent Belgium. It woke me up suddenly! It didn’t take me long to say yes .”

He admits that his song was not written with Eurovision in mind:

“I composed the song with my team and it is Belgo-Belgian with Flemish, Walloon and Brussels residents. I didn’t want to format something for Eurovision, it really comes from sessions that are linked to my next album. It will fit into an overall aesthetic that I have been working on for several months. It will have a particular resonance. The one I chose has the potential to be developed on a big stage like Eurovision. Like the album, it will be something very personal, undoubtedly one of the most personal things I have done so far. In a month, give or take a few days, you will know everything.”

In the end, finishing with the questions, he stated that he is not standing still and he talked about the importance of the Eurovision Song Contest:

“If I got into these artistic professions like cinema, acting or music, it was to experience extraordinary things and to never stay in my comfort zone. A great way to confront such a barnum or to meet other artists is to participate in Eurovision. It’s an extraordinary platform where I will be able to present my project to an audience that I usually do not have access to. I want to be proud. Of course, we always aim for first place, but above all, I want my performance to be impactful, touching and fair, both artistically and aesthetically.”

As we’ve previously informed you, Mustii had the chance to record the final chorus of his song, alongside hs fans. More than 1.000 voice samples were sent to RTBF in just a week, mainly from countries outside Belgium.

We remind you that Belgium’s song will be released in February. Mustii retains his musical identity in the Eurovision stage and his song be pop with some dark elements but also new wave and rock, according to his music style, which his fans are accustomed to.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Belgian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Source: telepro.be

Belgium: Over 1,000 recordings were submitted for Mustii’s song!

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Last week Mustii, the Belgian representative for Eurovision 2024, asked the fans of the contest to join the choir that will record his song’s last chorus .

Over a thousand recordings were submitted, according to Le Soir newspaper. People who made the decision to deliver their recordings also consented to give up their voice and image rights.

The processing of the recordings is the next step of the procedure. Producer Tobie Speleman is in charge of this project.

Laurent Walschot, Mustii’s manager, discussed the details of working on the song’s final version, stating that it will be released around the middle of February.

“He has a few days left, expected to wrap up by Monday. The process is straightforward—he’s using a base recorded with the initial choir, incorporating it into five existing versions of the song. The new voices will seamlessly merge into a single file, discarding anything unusable. Even if there are instances of off-key singing, it won’t be noticeable. The final compilation will then be sent to the mixer, Dan Grech-Marguerat, renowned for his work with Lana Del Rey, Keane, and Moby. The public can anticipate the unveiling of the result around mid-February.”

Reports indicate that Mustii’s song stays true to his well-known sound, fusing rock and new wave with pop and dark elements.

The lyrics of the clip that fans were asked to sing were as follows:

I GOT A SOUL ON FIRE
I’M GONNA MAKE MOVES TONIGHT
I GOT A SOUL ON FIRE
I’M GONNA RAISE ROOFS TONIGHT

Keep checking Eurovisionfun for all the updates on Eurovision 2024!

Source: Le Soir 

Belgium: Mustii makes an open call to all the fans for the final choir on his song!

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Today morning, the Belgian Radio-TV broadcaster, RTBF, made an announcement about their entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

Mustii, the 2024 representative of Belgium, needs your help, so he made an open call to all the fans, whether they are fans of him, fans of music or Eurovision fans overall, in order to record a part of his song for the final choir.

Specifically, the national broadcaster has written on an Instagram post:

The song with which Mustii will represent belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö in May 2024 is almost finished, but… one essential thing is still missing!
The voices of ALL fans to compose the final choir.
Are you a music, Eurovision, or Mustii fan? Do you want to be part of a memorable and unique adventure?

 

View this post on Instagram

 

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You can find all the information here !

In addition, along with RTBF’ announcement, some of Mustii’ song lyrics have been revealed:

I GOT A SOUL ON FIRE
I’M GONNA MAKE MOVES TONIGHT
I GOT A SOUL ON FIRE
I’M GONNA RAISE ROOFS TONIGHT

Are you a fan of music, Eurovision or Mustii? If so, give it a try and maybe you’re gonna be included in the final choir of Belgium’s song for Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

Belgium participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song “Because of You”, performed by Gustaph and finnishing in the 7th place in the Grand Final. Do you think Belgium will continue its Top 10 score in this year’s Contest as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1xD14IMKtg&pp=ygUWYmVjYXVzZSBvZiB5b3UgZ3VzdGFwaA%3D%3D

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Source: RTBF