Sweden: Malmö’s Eurovision 2024 budget is set at 30 million SEK!

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With less than 8 months to go until Eurovision 2024, the planning has gradually began in Malmö, the host city.

According to Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, the Head of the Malmö Municipality Board, the city of Malmö intends to invest 30 million SEK (or roughly 2,5 million euros) to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Malmö Municipality’s investment for Eurovision 2024 has increased by 5 million SEK compared to 2013, when the budget for the contest was 25 million SEK (about 2,1 million euros). However, the tourism industry brought in an amazing 185 million SEK (about 15,5 million euros) in 2013.

However, it will be a less expensive organization than the one in 2016, which was held in Stockholm. In Stockholm, 100 million SEK were invested in the event’s organization, with half of that heading toward renovations and arena-related costs.

Obviously, 30 million SEK will not be the only source of funding for Eurovision 2024. The contribution of the SVT has yet to be declared.

Malmö may be a less expensive option for Sweden when compared to Stockholm. Sweden’s 2024 goal may be the same as in 2013, “less is more.” This rationale will help cut delegation costs by creating good presentations on a lower budget, which is a great motivation for smaller countries, especially during a worldwide energy crisis.

Loreen brought Eurovision 2024 back to Sweden and once again back to Malmö after her second win in Liverpool, the past May with her song “Tattoo”.

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Source: epochtimes

Junior Eurovision 2023: Listen to Germany’s song | The first song for the contest is out!

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We’re almost two months away from Junior Eurovision 2023, which is going to take place in Nice, France, with 16 countries taking part.

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Estonia’s Alika wants to participate in Eurovision again in the future!

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In an interview with ETV, Alika, who represented Estonia at this year’s Eurovision, expressed interest in returning to the competition in the future.

She initially referred to the most vivid memories she has of her participation this year:

The most beautiful memory was when the final jury voting started and at one point I was second. Overall, the juries ranked me fifth.

When I got back to Estonia, I ran across a few people who told me that my participation made them proud to be Estonians.

She concluded by saying that she would like to participate in the competition again in the future:

I’d like to do it again, but in four or five years. Then I think it would be a good time.

Alika represented Estonia at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges”, finishing 8th overall, which is one of the best results of the country in recent years. More specifically, she was ranked 5th by the juries and 19th by the television viewers.

Alika will release her debut album on November 24th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsbC-OYMA3s

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Sources: eurovoix, ERR

Euroweekly News: All the news of the week in one video!

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You know how we like to evolve and every now and then to create new projects. So, starting today, every Sunday we will make an appointment on our YouTube channel where we will present you in a 2-3 minute video all the important news of the week, for those who want to stay completely informed about what is happening in the wonderful world of Eurovision, but they don’t have the time, they are bored or they just don’t like to read the articles on our website.

Enjoy the video prepared with great love by Kostis Mountakis, who recently joined our team and stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for many more surprises! Don’t forget to follow our channel for more exclusive content!

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Georgia: Participation in Eurovision 2024 confirmed!

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Georgia is the next country to confirm their participation in Malmö in 2024.

GPB, the national broadcaster of the country, confirmed today Georgia’s participation at the upcoming 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. There is no information yet regarding the method through which the next representative will emerge.

Until now Georgia has recorded a negative streak of 6 consecutive eliminations at the Semi-Finals. This year in Liverpool the nation was represented by Iru and the song Echo. Despite the high expectations for this entry, Georgia ended up 12th in the Second Semi-Final with 33 point and thus missed again a spot in the Grand Final.

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Source: ESCToday

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Monaco: Will not return in Eurovision 2024!

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The return of the Principality of Monaco to the competition has been a topic of discussion among fans of the Eurovision Song Contest following the launch of TVMonaco, the new Monegasque broadcaster, on September 1. It was confirmed a few days after TVMonaco began airing that the newly established network is a part of MMD (Monaco Media Difussion), an EBU member. As a result, TVMonaco is eligible to take part in Eurovision.

The rumors of Monaco’s potential comeback circulated online, leading some fans to conclude that 2024 will be the year of comebacks since Luxembourg will also make a comeback. Even well-known Monaco racing driver Charles Leclerc commented “I am ready” on an article about Monaco’s potential comeback.

2024 is not the time

Despite Monaco’s eligibility and enthusiasm and according to ESCToday, the Monegasque broadcaster has ruled out a return in Eurovision 2024.

No official explanation is provided, although the information given to Monaco-Matin refers to the short timeframe. The topic of taking part in Eurovision has not been addressed during those two weeks of operation and considering that today, September 15, is the deadline for submitting applications for the 2024 contest, the schedule was indeed tight.

Although the Principality of Monaco won’t compete in Eurovision 2024, a comeback in the following years is not necessarily ruled out.

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Source: ESCToday, MonacoMatin

North Macedonia: Are they returning to the contest in 2024?

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After a year’s absence, North Macedonia looks ready to return to the contest in 2024. After the broadcast of the contest in 2023 (even though they did not participate) but also their participation in Junior Eurovision 2023, it seems that they will also participate in Eurovision 2024.

As it became known, the amount of 1,500,000 Denars has been allocated to the proposed MRT budget for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision 2024. In addition, in a special paragraph, the Eurovision Song Contest is stated, which they have add to the column with music festivals!

The same paragraph was present in the proposed budgets of 2020, 2021 and 2022, but was removed in the proposed budget of 2023. Summarizing these facts we can be led to the conclusion that North Macedonia is returning to the Eurovision 2024, after their short abstention for the year 2023. It remains to be seen if they will officially confirm their participation in the next few days!

Until then let’s remember the country’s last participation which was in 2022! Andrea with the song “Circles” finished in 11th place in the second semi-final with 76 points.

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Slovenia confirms Eurovision 2024 participation!

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Slovenia has confirmed their participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

This news do not come as a big surprise after the great success in terms of viewership Eurovision 2023 had in Slovenia.  For instance, the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest this year was watched in Slovenia by more than 895,300 viewers.  Moreover, the Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision has become the most watched television show in the country in the last seven years representing an average of 55% of TV viewers at the time.  The performance of the Slovenian representatives, Joker Out, achieved the highest viewership, when TV SLO 1 got an average 23.2% or 443,500 viewers.

EMA or internal selection

However, it is not clear at this point what will be the selection process for Slovenia’s next representative in Malmö.  As many fans will remember, Joker Out were internally selected.  They gave Slovenia their first pass to the Grand Final since 2019.  Nevertheless it is still too early to rule out another EMA selection because, among other things, the program and business plan for 2024 has not yet been adopted.

Source: Evrovizija

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Croatia: Submission window for Dora 2024 is now open!

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After confirming their participation earlier yesterday, the Croatian public broadcaster, HRT, opened the submission window for Dora 2024, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2024!

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Finland: Käärijä releases “It’s Crazy It’s Party”

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Today Käärijä has released the music video for his latest single “It’s Crazy, It’s Party”, a song inspired by his iconic catchphrase that he used to describe his Eurovision Song Cha Cha Cha.

Käärijä is collaborating with Estonian rapper Tommy Cash.  Not only that, the Eurovision 2023 runner-up is currently working a new music album planned to be released next year.

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