Eurovision 2024: 37 countries will join the 68th contest in Malmö!

The Eurovision season has officially started! Just moments ago, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the participants’ list of Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. In total, 37 countries will participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

In detail, the following countries will take part in Malmö:

🇦🇱 Albania – RTSH

🇦🇺 Australia – SBS

🇦🇲 Armenia – AMPTV

🇦🇹 Austria – ORF

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – İctimai

🇧🇪 Belgium – RTBF

🇭🇷 Croatia – HRT

🇨🇾 Cyprus – CyBC

🇨🇿 Czech Republic – ČT

🇩🇰 Denmark – DR

🇪🇪 Estonia – ERR

🇫🇮 Finland – YLE

🇫🇷 France – FT

🇬🇪 Georgia – GPB

🇩🇪 Germany – ARD/NDR

🇬🇷 Greece – ERT

🇮🇸 Iceland – RÚV

🇮🇪 Ireland – RTÉ

🇮🇱 Israel – IPBC/Kan

🇮🇹 Italy – RAI

🇱🇻 Latvia – LTV

🇱🇹 Lithuania – LRT

🇱🇺 Luxembourg – RTL

🇲🇹 Malta – PBS

🇲🇩 Moldova – TRM

🇳🇱 Netherlands – AVROTROS

🇳🇴 Norway – NRK

🇵🇱 Poland – TVP

🇵🇹 Portugal – RTP

🇸🇲 San Marino – SMRTV

🇷🇸 Serbia – RTS

🇸🇮 Slovenia – RTVSLO

🇪🇸 Spain – TVE

🇸🇪 Sweden – SVT

🇨🇭 Switzerland – SRG / SSR

🇺🇦 Ukraine – UA:PBC

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – BBC

Whilst Romania is currently not confirmed to compete next year, talks are continuing with TVR on their potential participation as well. That means we might have 38 nations competing in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Luxembourg, one of the founding members of Eurovision as well as successful, having won the contest five times, will return after three decades long absence. In fact, Luxembourg’s return was known to public since May and it was even announced during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023.

North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro still remain out, claiming financial reasons.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden during 7-11 of May 2024, following Loreen’s second win in Liverpool.

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Greece: Will ERT host a show to celebrate 50 years of Eurovision participation?

It was reported earlier today, via the television program “Mega Kalimera”, that ERT is working on the idea of hosting an anniversary show in April to honor the 50th anniversary of Greece’s debut participation in the competition with Marinella and “Krasi, Thalassa kai t’ agori mou”.

Among the candidate names for the presentation of the event are Daphne Bokotta and Fotis Sergulopoulos with Jenny Melita. The aforementioned names have all served as commentators for Greek public television in the past.

Nevertheless, no details regarding the character and content of the program are provided above, and it is stressed that this is merely an idea whose execution has not yet been determined.


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EXCLUSIVE: The composer and producer of “Tattoo” is making a song for Marina Satti!

Peter Boström the composer and producer of “Tattoo”, the song that won this year’s Eurovision, is currently in the studio alongside the Greek composer Dimitri Stassos and they are making a song for Marina Satti for Eurovision 2024, which will be submitted to ERT in the following days, as we can now exclusively reveal to you! Read more

The CEO of Panik Records discusses Josephine’s potential participation in Eurovision in the future!

George Arsenakos, the CEO of PANIK Records, the label that Josephine is signed to, discussed the rumors that have been circulating for the past few months regarding Josephine’s potential participation in Eurovision 2024. He said that there had never been any conversations regarding her participating in the competition!

Josephine was never meant to compete in Eurovision! We were not contacted by ERT. What the public television would like is not the same as what the Eurovision fans want.

Georgos Arsenakos also spoke about Marina Satti, expressing his satisfaction with ERT’s choice:

This year, the decision made by public television was excellent. I believe we’ll do well because Marina Satti is an amazing artist!

Josephine recently discussed Eurovision as well, stating that, despite her claims last month that she was in talks with ERT for Eurovision 2024, participating in the contest is not one of her top priorities.

We had discussions regarding Eurovision, but they stalled. I’m not dying to do it. My country is the only reason I would do it. I sincerely hope Marina Satti will succeed because she deserves it.


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Source: OPEN Beyond

 

 

Greece: Marina Satti’s song will not be decided by a broadcaster’s committee!

The song with which Marina Satti will represent Greece in Malmö and Eurovision 2024 will not be chosen via a televised show and hence by the audience. Thus, it was mentioned in “SUPER Katerina” morning show, that no jury will be involved in the selection of the song either.

The abolishment of a special committee for Eurovision 2024

The decision-makers have decided that there will be no involvement of a committee in choosing the Greek song for the upcoming competition. Βearing in mind the severe criticism ERT faced earlier this year about its selection process which led to the worst Greek result in Eurovision history, the reason behind this decision is considered quite obvious.

As a short reminder, the jury’s preferences were vastly different from the audience committee’s ones. Regardless Melissa Mantzouki’sLiar” finishing first by a wide margin in the audience’s vote, the jury ranked her last, depriving her of the Greek representation in Liverpool.

As a result, in order to keep a possible committee out of the spotlight, ERT appears to have made the decision that the selection of Marina Satti’s song for Eurovision 2024 will take place without the involvement of any committee. Nevertheless, Marina Satti herself was chosen as the Greek representative without the involvement of any committee.

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Greece: Marina Satti’s first interview as the Greek representative | What to expect from her entry!

Marina Satti gave her first interview to “Studio 4” and ERT1 as Greece’s representative in Eurovision 2024. Marina discussed her initial preparations for the competition, the song she will perform in Malmö, as well as how she feels about this big challenge!

Marina Satti filmed the interview a few days earlier in the Acropolis for the needs of the introductory video that will be posted on the official Eurovision social media.

Marina Satti will probably sing in Greek

Marina Satti, who is thrilled to be entrusted to represent Greece in Eurovision 2024, described what we can expect from her participation in Eurovision in a few words but clearly:

I would like my project to be contemporary, to represents my generation and the “new” Greece, beyond the stereotypes that Europeans have about us, but also that it is relevant so that they can dance and identify with it.

Furthermore, she mentioned that the Greek verse is a favorite for her participation in the upcoming competition, where Greece will celebrate its 50th anniversary in the contest, as the English-language power pop song genre is somewhat far from the genre she belongs to.

Marina Satti’s favorite Eurovision entries

Marina Satti having Mahmood’s song from 2019, “Soldi”, as her favorite entry is somehow expected, but her favorite Greek entry was certainly unexpected.

Michalis Rakintzis‘ “SAGAPO”, the Greek entry in 2002, is her favorite Greek entry, and she did not hesitate to mention in front of the STUDIO 4 camera.

Preparations have already begun

Marina Satti mentions that she is very touched with the love and joy she received from everyone when ERT announced her as the country’s Eurovision representative. She also added that from now on she also shares a common goal with all those people supporting her.

The search for Marina Satti’s song continues, for those interested in submitting complete song proposals, until December 1st.

At the moment, I’m not stressed and I feel like I’m doing what I’m doing in my life anyway, rehearsing, making music and songs.

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Greece: Marina Satti’s Eurovision song will not be selected through a national final

At ERT, the preparations for 2024 Eurovision Song Contest are underway. It seems that the idea of hosting a television show to select the song Marina Satti will sing to represent Greece in Malmö is is being shelved.

The plans for hosting a television show to choose Marina Satti’s Eurovision song are reportedly stalled, according to an article published by Typologies today. The artist’s fame as well as the broadcaster’s economic condition are what ultimately drove ERT to make this decision.

In our view, ERT made the right decision since it would have been preferable if Marina Satti and her team, along with the Greek public television, chose the song they believe would be most appropriate for the competition and her as an artist.

The funds that would have been used to produce this show can be used to fund either the stage perfromance or the production of a compelling music video.

More than 50 songs have already been submitted for Marina Satti

Meanwhile, songs for Marina Satti’s 2024 Eurovision participation are still being submitted. More than fifty songs have already been submitted, some of them by well-known musicians, according to information that was disclosed on the television program Super Katerina.

Interested artists may submit their proposals to eurovision2024@ert.gr through email until December 1st.


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Source: Typologies 

Greece: New Head of Delegation for Eurovision 2024 appointed by ERT!

A successful and experienced team was assigned to work on the Eurovision 2024 project by ERT, Greece’s public broadcaster.

Following an one-year break, Mrs. Sofia Dranidou, Head of International Relations at ERT, is once again the Head of the Greek Delegation and Mrs. Dora Chiraki, Director of Corporate Communications at ERT, takes on the role of Head of the Eurovision 2024 project.

During the 2021 and 2022 competitions, they both occupied such positions. Greece’s two consecutive top-ten finishes in 2021 and 2022 were largely due to their diligence, professionalism, and in-depth understanding of the contest. The fact that both of them are returning this year is a very good indicator, meaning that ERT is taking the 2024 competition far more seriously and in a different manner than it did in 2023.

Mrs. Dora Chiraki announced the news through an Instagram picture with the caption “the journey begins”. In the image that has been shared, we can see Mrs. Chiraki and Mrs. Dranidou with staff members from MINOS EMI, the label that Marina Satti is working with.

 


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Greece: National final and new commentators for ERT?

Given ERT‘s openness to modifications, enthusiasm arose when Marina Satti was named the Greek representative for Eurovision 2024. Typologies reports that although the method of choosing the song that Marina Satti will perform in Malmö is still up in the air, a national final is not out of the question. Furthermore, the same article suggests that the Greek national proadcaster considers changing the show’s commentators.

Typologies reports in an article on the most recent events around Greece’s Eurovision 2024 participation that ERT is preparing a number of adjustments in light of this year’s 50th anniversary of Greece’s debut participation in the competition, which took place in 1974.

The article also disclosed that ERT is considering the possibility of switching up the show’s commentators. If this decision is carried out, it is not surprising because ERT has already made actions along these lines in the past. Specifically, when ERT chose its Eurovision representative internally the majority of the time, broad adjustments were made to the contest’s approach to revitalize the brand.

Will ERT’s approach to Eurovision be restarted given the selection of Marina Satti and the 50th anniversary of Greece’s participation?


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Source: Typologies 

Greece: Marina Satti has begun her preparations for Malmö!

It has been a week since ERT made the shocking announcement that Marina Satti will be Greece’s representative in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. Even though the news came as a surprise, developments continue to occur more quickly and early than ever. The well-known singer is the subject of constant attention from the Greek media, while many co-artists offer their support.

In this positive environment, Marina Satti’s record label, Minos EMI, a Universal Music Company, has posted the following story, indicating that she and her team have started preparing for her performance in Malmö:

With time on their side, Marina Satti and her team members of Golden Records and Minos EMI, a Universal Music Company, have started planning their next moves, regardless this early stage.

We would like to remind you that the song that will represent Greece at the next edition in Malmö has not yet been decided, as the process of submitting songs and proposals is still ongoing.

How will Marina Satti’s song be selected?

ERT, with an open invitation to all creators, requests complete song proposals for Marina Satti, wishing to make the song selection as open as possible. Those interested can send their songs to the email eurovision2024@ert.gr with a deadline of December 1, 2023.

The regulations regarding the submissions are the following:

  • the submitted entries must be original
  • the submitted entries must not have been published yet
  • the song duration must not exceed three minutes

Moreover, there are no regulations regarding the song language, the music genre or even the origin of the songwriters.

There is still no update on how the process is going. Nonetheless, the reaction appears to be positive so far. Even, the renowned Greek songwriter Kostas Karalis expressed his interest in getting involved in the process and submitting a song that he believes has the potential to propel Greece to the top of the Eurovision rankings.

What’s next?

There is no other information regarding the selection process of the song that Marina Satti will sing in Malmö and whether the song will be chosen via a televised show or it will be chosen internally.

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