San Marino: Loredana Bertè confirmed!

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Today, the participation of the famous italian singer Loredana Bertè in the national final of San Marino has been confirmed. The singer is going to perform Pazza, her entry in Sanremo 2024 that finished seventh in the italian song festival.

Malmö is a special city for Loredana Bertè, since Mia Martini, her sister who is no longer alive, finished in the fourth place for Italy in Eurovision 1992 with the song Rapsodia.

We remind you that the Grand Final will take place on February 24, 2024 at Teatro Nuovo in Dogana.

The program of Una voce per San Marino 2024:

February 19 – First Semi-Final
February 20 – Second Semi-Final
February 21 – Third Semi-Final
February 22 – Fourth Semi-Final
February 23 – San Marino Semi-Final
February 23 – Second Chance
February 24 – Grand Final

The presenters of the semi-finals are Ilenia De Sena and Camillia Spinelli.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments!

source: RTV San Marino

Israel: The lyrics in question from Eden Golan’s Eurovision 2024 entry!

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According to Israeli media reports in recent days, KAN has decided on “October Rain” as the country’s Eurovision entry for 2024. Given the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, protests throughout Europe, and the contest’s regulations, KAN contacted the EBU to determine whether the song’s lyrics are considered political or not.

The song’s lyrics are currently being reviewed by the EBU, with the fear of being disqualified due to the political overtones, which can also be seen in the song’s title.

The lyrics in question

According to Israel Hayom, “October Rain” is mostly written in English, while the last lines are in Hebrew and go as following:

There’s no air left to breathe.

No place, no me from day to day.

Meanwhile, the song ends with this lyric:

They were all good children each one of them.

Not only the finale of the song can be considered political, but also several other lyrics, such as:

Evening. Everything is black and white. Who is the fool. Who told you boys don’t cry. Hours and hours and flowers. Life is not a game for the cowards…

While time goes by. Every day I’m losing my mind, Holding on

It is worth noticing that the world “Flowers” is used among IDF soldiers referring to fallen soldiers in battle.

Israel – in fear of withdrawal

Although, EBU has not made an official decision yet, KAN does not consider changing the song. According to Israeli, “October Rain” is not political, it simply expresses the feelings of the people and the country in these times. Withdrawing will be the only choice for Israel in case “October Rain” is disqualified.

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Source: israelhayom

Cyprus: “Liar” video clip teaser released!

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A little while ago, CYBC released a small teaser of Liar, the Cypriot entry for Eurovision 2024. In the teaser we see an excerpt from the video clip, which as you remember was filmed at the City of Dreams in Limassol. Once again Silia Kapsis proves how strong she is in dance, giving us just a small sample of what she prepares for the stage.

Liar, with which Silia Kapsis will represent Cyprus in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, is signed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel. The video clip was directed by Kostas Karydas and will be released in exactly one week, on February 29.

What did you think of the Liar teaser? Tell us in the comments below!

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Croatia: Tonight the First Semi-Final of Dora 2024!

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With momentum from a rapid rise in the betting odds, Croatia kicks off tonight the process of selecting its representative for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. In a few hours from now, the first semi-final of Dora 2024 will take place in Zagreb.

Format

The Croatian national final will be held over three separate nights, with two semi-finals on February 22 and 23, and the grand final on February 25.

Twelve artists will participate in each of the two semi-finals, with a total of sixteen artists (eight from each semi-final) earning their ticket to Sunday’s grand final. The sixteen finalists will be determined exclusively by the votes of Croatian viewers.

In the final, the artist and song representing Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden in May will be jointly selected by both the television audience and the jury. The ratio of the total points awarded by the audience and the jury will be 50-50. In the event of a tie between the audience and the jury, the song with the most votes from the audience will be the winner.

Furthermore, the jury will no longer consist solely of domestic professionals and music enthusiasts. Instead, the Croatian song for the Eurovision Song Contest will be selected by four Croatian committees (from the centers of HRT Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek), as well as four committees from abroad. The international committees will come from Iceland, Ukraine, Italy, and Germany. Each jury will have three members and will consist of music critics, music journalists, composers, and producers.

First Semi-Final

The twelve artists participating in tonight’s first semi-final of Dora 2024 are:

  1. Noelle – Baby, Baby
  2. Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu piti trizan biti
  3. Stefany Žužić – Sretnih dana dat’ će Bog
  4. MISHA – One Day
  5. Erna – How Do You Love Me
  6. eugen – Tišine
  7. Vinko – Lying Eyes
  8. Barbara Munjas – Nepobjediva
  9. Let 3 – Baba Roga
  10. Lana Mandarić – More
  11. Pavel – TO THE MOON
  12. Saša Lozar – Ne plačem zbog nje

The hosts of Dora 2024 will be Duško Ćurlić, Maja Ciglenečki, and Anja Cerar.

In the first semi-final, the representative of France in Eurovision 2024, Slimane, will be a guest, performing his song “Mon Amour“.

The first semi-final of Dora 2024 starts at 21:15 and can be watched through the official website of Croatian public television by clicking HERE.

Last year, Croatia was represented by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“. The popular Croatian band finished 13th with a total of 123 points, which marks the country’s best performance in recent years at the contest.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Croatia’s participation in Eurovision 2024 in Malmo!

San Marino: Fourth Semi-Final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024 Today!

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The Una Voce per San Marino competition is entering its final stretch, through which the microstate of the Italian Peninsula will select the artist and song to represent it in Malmo. Today marks the fourth semi-final of San Marino’s national selection.

UVPSM 2024

129 emerging artists will compete in the semi-finals of San Marino’s national selection for Malmo, out of which nine will advance to the Grand Final. These nine artists will meet in the final eight artists who will be chosen and invited by RTV as established artists. The semi-finals for the emerging artists will take place on February 15 and 16 and will be broadcasted from February 19 to 23.

The Grand Final of UVPSM 2024 will be held on February 24 at the Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, and the winner will have the right to represent the nation at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo.

Finalists

Nine artists have directly advanced to the Grand Final of San Marino’s national selection. These artists are:

  1. Aimie Atkinson
  2. Aaron Sibley
  3. Jalisse
  4. La Rua
  5. Loredana Bertè – “Pazza”
  6. Marcella Bella – “Chi siamo davvero”
  7. Pago
  8. Wlady, DJ Jad, Corona & Ice MC
  9. Dana Gillespie – The Last Polar Bear

Three artists has secured their qualification from the three semi-finals so far:

  • Daudia – ‘With You”
  • BOOOM! – “Dance Like This”
  • Mate – “Big Mama”

Twelve artists will vie for their place in the final through the second chance round:

  • Simon Evans – “Anywhere to Go”
  • Mace – “Vivimi”
  • ITAMA – “Chorizo”
  • Masala e Foresta – “Paranoia”
  • MEGARA – “11:11”
  • Basti – “Rhythm Ιn The Rain”
  • Edoardo Brogi – “Magari Subito”
  • Camellini – “Patchwork”
  • Cinzia Paoletti – “Tallone d’Achille”
  • Corde Libere – “Deserti in viaggio”
  • This is Elle – “Gold“
  • XGIOVE – “Nostalgia“

Fourth Semi-Final

Thirty artists will compete tonight in the fourth semi-final of Una Voce per San Marino, aiming to secure a ticket to the grand final on Saturday. These artists are:

  1. Auroro Borealo & Martelli
  2. Bluesy
  3. Brenda Novella
  4. AINERO
  5. Casino Moon
  6. DƏVA
  7. DEZ
  8. Diego Federico
  9. Effemme
  10. Eklettika
  11. Elis
  12. FEDERUBIN
  13.  FLAT BIT
  14. Gelida
  15. Junaisinsane
  16. Known Physics
  17. Mad
  18. Mirjam
  19. Myky
  20. Nadine Randle
  21. Only Sara
  22. Prima
  23. RAFFI
  24. Sandro Machado
  25. Spiros
  26. Thea
  27. Veronica
  28. Vincent
  29. Vitania
  30. Viva

The schedule for Una voce per San Marino 2024:

  • February 19 – First Semi-Final
  • February 20 – Second Semi-Final
  • February 21 – Third Semi-Final
  • February 22 – Fourth Semi-Final
  • February 23 – San Marino Semi-Final
  • February 23 – Second Chance
  • February 24 – Grand Final

The presenters of the semi-finals are Ilenia De Sena and Camillia Spinelli.

The Piqued Jacks, winners of Una voce per San Marino 2023, failed to qualify for the Grand Final, finishing last in their semi-final with zero points.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates on San Marino’s participation in Eurovision 2024 in Malmo!

Sweden: Listen to the song snippets of the fourth Heat of Melodifestivalen 2024!

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As usual, a couple of days before each Melodifestivalen heat, SVT publishes snippets of all six competing songs of the heat. A while ago, the song snippets of the fourth heat got released.

The competing songs of the fourth heat:

In the meantime, you can read through the lyrics of all six competing songs of this heat in our previous article.

Carina Berg is the host of all the shows of the tour this year! With the next show of the contest on Saturday February the 24th, Melodifestivalen will take place in Eskilstuna, then Karlstad follows and finally the final show in Stockholm on the 9th of March.

The schedule for the six shows of the Melodifestivalen 2024 tour

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö
  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg
  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö
  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna
  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

Which two of the above artists do you think will be the direct qualifiers to the finals? Let us know in the comments section below.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding Melodifestivalen 2024 and the Swedish entry for Eurovision 2024!

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San Marino: The results of the third semi-final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024!

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San Marino commenced  its search for the representative of the country in Eurovision 2024. Una Voce per San Marino 2024, the national final of the country, consists of five semi-finals, a second chance round and the Grand Final.

Ilenia De Sena and Camillia Spinelli are the hosts of the semi-finals.

A few minutes ago, the third semi-final was completed with 30 artists taking part.

The 30 artists that took part in the third semi-final were:

  1. Alessandro & Guya Canino – “Liberi tutti quanti”
  2. Alunno – “Inevitabile“
  3. Atwood – “Can’t Stop Me”
  4. Camilla Rinaldi – “Rara”
  5. Camilla Ruffini – “Mi dicono”
  6. Cinzia Paoletti – “Tallone d’Achille”
  7. Corde Libere – “Deserti in viaggio”
  8. Cristiano Cosa – “Crescere”
  9. Daiana Lou – “Trauma”
  10. Daniel Marin 
  11. Eki & Katy – “Oro e Diamanti”
  12. Elina – “Ti amo”
  13. Emil Lindholm – “Try My Luck”
  14. Fijord – “Giulia”
  15. ILYTH – “Love”
  16. Karma – “Meglio di no”
  17. Lorenzo Postiglione – “Pochi eroi“
  18. Malvax – “La Spezia”
  19. MARK – “Return”
  20. Mate – “Big Mama”
  21. Mhora – “Le labbra in fumo“
  22. Michela Baselice – “Abbassa la cresta“
  23. NOOR – “Canzone tragicomica“
  24. Operapop – “Like Angel”
  25. ROS-ARIA – “Blu notte”
  26. The Atlantis – “Heart of the Abyss“
  27. The Miss – “L’enfer“
  28. This is Elle – “Gold“
  29. Xada – “Shell”
  30. XGIOVE – “Nostalgia“

In the end, the jury selected one artist that qualified directly to the final, and four artists that qualify for the second chance round.

The artist that qualifies for the final is Mate with the song ““Big Mama””. 

The four artists that qualify for the second chance round are:

  • Cinzia Paoletti – “Tallone d’Achille”
  • Corde Libere – “Deserti in viaggio”
  • This is Elle – “Gold“
  • XGIOVE – “Nostalgia“

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

Source: RTV San Marino

Germany: The detailed voting results of “Ich Will Zum ESC”!

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“Ich Will Zum ESC!” was a contest conducted by the German public broadcaster, in order to select an artist to take part in their national final, Das Deutsche Finale!

The public broadcaster, received a total of 20.000 votes for “Ich Will Zum ESC!”, with Floryan winning the ticket for the National Final. Below you can see the detailed results of the three finalists:

  1. Floryan – 6,132 phone calls, 2,165 SMS, 1,095 online – 9,392 votes
  2. Luca M. Wefes – 5,121 phone calls, 2,517 SMS, 1,113 online – 8,771 votes
  3. Anne Im – 4,052 phone calls, 1,901 SMS, 894 online – 6,856 votes

NDR recorded a viewership of 370,000 viewers, and a percentage of 1.9% across Germany.

In the end, the winner of the national final, was Isaak, with the song “Always on the Run”, and he will take part directly in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024, in May 11:

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

Source: eurovision.de

France: Slimane is in the studio for the English version of “Mon Amour”!

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Slimane, the French representative in Eurovision 2024, revealed that he is in the studio preparing an English version for his entry “Mon Amour“.

 

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It is unknown whether the English version of “Mon Amour” will be performed on the Eurovision stage or it will just be released as an alternative version of the song. The latter is the most likely scenario.

Slimane was internally selected by France Télévisions and his entry “Mon Amour” was revealed back in Νovember, being the first Eurovision 2024 entry to be released.

Who is Slimane?

Slimane Nebchi is 34 years old and is of Algerian origin. He won The Voice of France in 2016 and ever since his career has exploded. His four studio albums have all reached the first place in the french charts and he has also charted in other countries’ charts. He was a coach in the Voice of Belgium. He has also participated in musicals and some films as an actor, while he is also a philanthropist.

The artist is probably the biggest name to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest for many years. As the head of french delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel said, France is heading for the trophy.

The afore-mentioned aim is also reflected in charts. Impressively, for French standards, Slimane’s “Mon Amour” has been charting for months on the French Spotify list.

France, as a member of the BIG 5, is automatically qualified to the Grand Final of May 11, while the viewers will be able to cast their votes on the second semi-final.

You can also watch EurovisionFun’s reaction video on “Mon Amour“, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news! 

Poland 2024: These are the detailed national selection results

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Luna won the Polish internal selection with her song “The Tower”.  She got the most points from the jury panel that chose the Polish representative with a difference of only one point over the second place.  However, we did not know until now the full results of this selection.

TVP has released the detailed results of the Polish selection to respond to the growing speculations around the results.  Following the first publication, the broadcaster removed the initial publication and later corrected it.  According to the rules of the selection each jury awarded points from 1 to 10 to their favorite entries

These are the detailed results of the Polish national final:

The initial results published by TVP did not show the individualized results of each jury.   These were the juries of the Polish national selection

  • Michał Hanczak  – Eska journalist
  • Piotr Klatt  – Deputy Director of TVP Entertainment
  • Kasia Moś  – Poland’s representative (Eurovision 2017)
  • Łukasz Pieter  – Music director of Radio Zet
  • Konrad Szczęsny  – Journalist of viva.pl, President of the Association of Eurovision Song Contest Fans OGAE Polska

Luna will represent Poland with her song “The Tower” in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 held in Malmö

Sources: Eurowizja/ TVP

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