Denmark: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2024 Entry “Sand”!

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Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the national final of Denmark for Eurovision Song Contest, was concluded with Saba being crowned the winner with the song “Sand“.

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Apostolos, Apostolis and Konstantinos in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Denmark’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Do you like Denmark’s entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? Tell us in the comments below!

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Denmark: DR defends Saba’s win in DMGP 2024!

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The national final of Denmark, came to a conclusion yesterday, with Saba being the winner, and getting the ticket to Eurovision 2024. However, right after, there were many negative reaction, regarding her win and the fact that she ended up third in the televoting.

There were hundreds of reactions and comments in DR’s posts on social media, claiming that the public brodcaster, does not take into consideration the pubic vote, but just the jury vote.
It’s worth mentioning that this is the second year with results in that way. In 2023, Nicklas Sonne was the one that won the televote, but after the jury vote, Reiley was the winner of DMGP 2023, ending up in another non-qualification.

However, the General Manager of DR, Erik Struve Hansen, defended these results, claiming that there is no problem with the voting system of DMGP:

“The system reflects how things also take place in the Eurovision final. After all, there are both jury and viewer votes, and we have chosen that solution this year too – and I think it’s actually a very good model.”

He then went on and stated:

“There is nothing wasted, because it is, as I said, a fifty-fifty decision. The viewers have 50 percent and the jury has 50 percent. But it is clear that you are disappointed when your favourite does not win. I understand that.”

According to the above results, Denmark will be represented by Saba and the song “Sand”, and she is going to take part in the first half of the second semi-final:

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

Source: dr.dk

Denmark: Saba will represent the country in Malmö!

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Denmark’s national selection for Eurovision 2024, Dansk Melody Grand Prix, took place tonight .The show was hosted by Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro. Eight artists competed to represent Denmark in Malmö. The winner and therefore Finland’s representative, was Saba with the song “Sand”

The songs

  1. Saba – “Sand”

2. Stella  – “Sign Here”

3. ChuChu – “The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”

4. Basim – “Johnny”

5. RoseeLu – “Real Love”

6. Ublu – “Planetary Hearts”

7. Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”

8. Aura Dione – “Mirrorball of Hope”

Results

The winner was determined through two rounds of voting. Both the jury and the general public had 50% of the vote.

After the first round of voting, three artists advanced to the second round. Those artists were:

  1. – Saba – “Sand”
  2. – Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
  3. – Basim – “Johnny”

The three artists that made it to the Super Final then gave another performance of their songs. Following the conclusion of the second round of voting, Saba was announced as the winner of the Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024, and therefore Denmark’s Eurovision 2024 representative.

The detailed Super Final results

Jury voting

  1. – Saba – “Sand” – 22/50
  2. – Basim – “Johnny” – 15/50
  3. – Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love” – 13/50

Televoting

  1. – Basim – “Johnny” – 19/50
  2. – Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love” – 16/50
  3. Saba – “Sand” – 15/50

Full results

  1. – Saba – “Sand” – 37/100
  2. – Basim – “Johnny” – 34/100
  3. – Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love” – 29/100

It is worth noting that Saba won the national selection because of the jury voting, despite coming last in the televote, during the Super-Final voting.

What is your opinion on Denmark’s Eurovision 2024 entry?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the Eurovision 2024 updates!

Denmark: Tonight is the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024!

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Denmark will choose tonight the artist who will represent them in May in neighboring Malmö, hoping to replicate the triumph of 2013 with Emmelie de Forest. So, in a few hours from now, the grand final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 will take place.

Format

Eight artists are set to compete in tonight’s Danish national final. To determine the winner of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024, two rounds of voting will be held, with the public and the jury each having a 50% say in the outcome.

After the first round of voting, the three artists who advance to the second round will be announced in random order. Following the conclusion of the second round of voting, the winner of the Danish MGP 2024 will be announced.

Participants

The eight artists competing tonight in the final are:

  1. Saba – “Sand”
  2. Stella  – “Sign Here”
  3. ChuChu – “The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”
  4. Basim – “Johnny”
  5. RoseeLu – “Real Love”
  6. Ublu – “Planetary Hearts”
  7. Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
  8. Aura Dione – “Mirrorball of Hope”

The hosts of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro.

The grand final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 will start at 20:00 CET, and you can watch it through the website of Denmark’s public broadcaster’s first channel by clicking HERE.

Last year, despite not being the public’s choice, Reiley won the ticket to Liverpool in 2023. He performed his song “Breaking My Heart” in the second semi-final but failed to qualify.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments regarding Denmark’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Denmark: Online Voting for DMGP 2024 Has Begun!

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Denmark’s national broadcaster, DR, has kicked off the online voting for the grand final of DMGP 2024.

The voting will last throughout the week until the big Saturday final. Currently, Danish citizens can vote for their three favorite songs exclusively through the DR Grand Prix app, available for iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets.

Voting via SMS is not possible before the start of Saturday’s live broadcast. During the grand final, the eight competing songs will be narrowed down to three after the TV audience votes, using both methods mentioned above.

The three artists who advance to the next phase will undergo another round of voting, this time by both the TV audience and a jury panel. The jury vote and the audience vote will carry equal weight and jointly decide the song that will represent Denmark in Malmo in May.

Here’s the lineup of the eight artists competing in the grand final of DMGP 2024:

  1. Saba – “Sand”
  2. Stella  – “Sign Here”
  3. ChuChu – “The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”
  4. Basim – “Johnny”
  5. RoseeLu – “Real Love”
  6. Ublu – “Planetary Hearts”
  7. Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
  8. Aura Dione – “Mirrorball of Hope”

A reminder that the Danish national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024, will take place next Saturday, February 17, 2024.

The hosts of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro.

Although not the public’s choice, Reiley won the ticket to Liverpool in 2023. He performed his song “Breaking My Heart” in the second semifinal but failed to qualify.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the updates regarding Denmark’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Source: DR

 

Denmark: DMGP 2024 line up!

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A few hours ago, Danish broadcaster DR announced the line-up for the grand final, DMGP 2024.

The order of appearance of the eight artists who will compete in the DMGP 2024 Grand Final is:

  1. Saba – “Sand”
  2. Stella  – “Sign Here”
  3. ChuChu – “The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”
  4. Basim – “Johnny”
  5. RoseeLu – “Real Love”
  6. Ublu – “Planetary Hearts”
  7. Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
  8. Aura Dione – “Mirrorball of Hope”

During the grand finale, the eight competing songs will be narrowed down to three, after viewer votes. The three artists who will remain enter a new vote, by the TV audience and also by the jury. The jury’s vote and the viewers’ vote will have equal weight and will ultimately decide the song that will represent Denmark in Malmo in May.

We remind you that the Danish national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 will take place on February 17, 2024.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will be hosted by Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro.

Despite not being the public’s choice, Reiley won the ticket to Liverpool in 2023. He performed his song ‘Breaking My Heart’ in the second semi-final, failing to qualify.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all developments regarding Denmark’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Source: good-evening-europe.dk

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.

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

Denmark: To boycott Israel or not?

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This morning, during the press conference revealing the eight hopefuls to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, there were demonstrators with flags of Palestine demanding a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The call from the protesters was clear. Both DR and the Danish Melodi Grand Prix winner must refuse to go to the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö in May, if the organizers maintain that Israel must participate in the competition.

For several of the participants, that call was a difficult amount to deal with.

The singer Stella would not answer whether she had decided whether she was ready to drop Eurovision if she won the Danish song contest.

– I think that it is a very unfortunate situation that we are in, but it is not something that I have an opinion on. Unfortunately.

– Have you thought about it?

– Yes, but it is not something I have a comment on, she said to Ekstra Bladet.

Faroese Janus Wiberg also did not want to deal with the inflamed question.

– It is not something I want to comment on. I don’t want to do that. Someone other than me has to take care of that.

Chu Chu said that she has not thought about the problem at all.

– But you may have to if you win.

– Yes, and I think no matter what, I would go to Sweden and celebrate the music without having any political opinion.

– So it is apolitical to go to Eurovision?

– For me it is, said Chu Chu.

Many of Basim‘s competitors were tight-lipped when it came to Israel, but the 31-year-old singer-songwriter didn’t mind talking about the war in the Middle East.

– It’s very human to talk about this. The whole situation down there affects me a lot. I have followed what is happening. I have seen dead children on video. I have seen dead, innocent people and it has touched me deeply and it has torn open my own wounds, he said.

However, he is not going to insist that Israel be excluded from Eurovision:

– I don’t think we stop hate with hate. I believe that we stop hate and injustice with love. The thing about excluding someone, it never helped anything. You don’t become a better child by being thrown out the door. So my position is that we will have to meet each other in love and justice and be humane to each other.

Aura Dione, RoseeLu and the group Ublu agreed that the situation in the Middle East is heartbreaking and something that touches them deeply.

But none of them could give a clear answer as to whether Israel’s participation in Eurovision will have any significance for them if they win and have to represent Denmark in May.

– I just have to think about it a bit, because it’s a big question that goes beyond what Eurovision is about. I would like to answer, but it requires some thought, Aura Dione replied.

– It is difficult to answer in a simple way. After all, I am not directly nominated for Eurovision. Right now I’m in Melodi Grand Prix. But if you ask me later, I’d like to tell you how I feel at that time, RoseeLu said.

– It’s something we’ve talked about a lot in the band, and we’re hugely affected by what’s happening to the Palestinians right now. So we are also going to talk to DR and the other participants about finding a good solution to that, said the lead singer of Ublu, Andreas Darger.

Denmark’s public broadcaster is hosting DMGP 2024 on Saturday, February 17 in DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, with eight artists competing.

The hosts of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix are Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro.

Until we learn who is going to represent Denmark in Eurovision 2024, let’s remember their song for last year’s contest. Reiley was the winner of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 with the song “Breaking my Heart” ending up in 14th place of the second semi-final:

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

source: Ekstrabladet