Luxembourg: Luxembourg Song Contest Entries to be Revealed Tomorrow!

Luxembourg’s songs, who have been seeking to represent the country for the first time since 1993, are set to be revealed tomorrow morning, according to RTL’s announcement!

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The names of the eight artists who will compete to represent Luxembourg in Malmö are:

  • Joel Marques
  • Naomi Ayé
  • EDSUN
  • Krick
  • One Last Time
  • TALI
  • Angy & Rafa Ela
  • CHAiLD

The eight songs participating in Luxembourg’s selection for Eurovision 2024 will be revealed tomorrow, from 07:00 (CET) 9th January. According to the broadcaster, the songs will be played from 07:00 tomorrow on “all RTL platforms”.

The Show will take place on January 27 at 8 pm. in Esch-sur-Alzette, Rockhal, presenting the eight finalists who will compete to represent the Grand Duchy in Malmö, Sweden, in the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will be broadcast live on all digital platforms, on radio, and also on TV.

International viewers will have the opportunity to watch the event via RTL.lu or RTL Today and RTL Infos with commentary in English or French. The winner will be chosen by 50% televoting and 50% jury.

 

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Malta: MESC 2024 starts on January 29!

Malta was the first country to commence its national final, presenting their songs, already from October. Now it’s time for the island country to select its representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2024! Read more

Croatia: Dora 2024 songs release and dates announced!

A bit earlier today HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, pubished the dates when Dora 2024 will take place!

The Croatian National Final will be aparted of three shows that will take place in HRT studios in Prisavlje. Two Semi Finals on 22 and 23 February and the Grand Final on Sunday 25 February.

HRT also confirmed that this year’s songs will be officialy released tomorrow, 9 January, on the official Dora Youtube channel!

We remind you that the twenty-four entries participating in Dora 2024 are:

  1. A TAMBURITZA LULLABY – Alen Đuras
  2. BABAROGA – Let 3
  3. BABY, BABY – Noelle
  4. CAN WE TALK – Boris Štok
  5. DIAMONDS – Natalie Balmix
  6. TO THE MOON – Pavel
  7. GASOLINE – Marcela
  8. HOW DO YOU LOVE ME – Erna
  9. LYING EYES – Vinko
  10. MORE – Lana Mandarić
  11. NEBO PLAČE – James Night
  12. I DON’T CRY FOR HER – Saša Lozar
  13. INVINCIBLE – Barbara Munjas
  14. I DON’T BELIEVE YOU – Lara Demarin
  15. SINCE I DREAM OF YOU – The Splitters
  16. ONE DAY – Misha
  17. PAMETNOM DOSTA – ET
  18. BLUE BUTTERFLY – Lu Dedić
  19. RIM TIM TAGI DIM – Baby Lasagna
  20. SWEET TEARS, BITTER LOVE – Fire
  21. GOD WILL GIVE HAPPY DAYS – Stefany Žužić
  22. SILENCE – Eugen
  23. DRINK WATER TO BE SOBER – Mario Battifiaca feat. Robert Ferlin
  24. VOLJENA ŽENO – Damir Kedžo

Croatia was represented this year by Let 3 with the song “Mama ŠČ!“. The popular Croatian group took the 13th place with a total of 123 points, which is the country’s best performance in recent years in the Contest.


Source: HRT

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Cyprus: Silia Kapsis will sing “Liar” at Eurovision 2024!

As announced by the Cypriot broadcaster RIK-CyBc, the title of the song, with which Silia Kapsis will represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2024, is “Liar“. The song is composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and the lyrics are written by ELKE, a well-known Dutch artist.

The production of the song was completed a few days ago in a recording studio abroad. The creative team is completely satisfied with the final result, while the excellent response the song has received from all parties involved has filled the Cypriot mission with enthusiasm.

Liar is a very contemporary pop dance track, with instrumentation and production that perfectly suits the explosive stage presence of Silia Kapsis.

Silia Kapsis is leaving for Los Angeles in the next few days to meet Kelly Sweeney and Guy Groove, the choreographers who will be in charge of her choreography, which will be seen on stage in May. Immediately afterwards she will return to Cyprus to shoot the official music video of the Cypriot entry.

 

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After the shooting of the music video, Silia Kapsis will travel to Greece, where she will make appearances in local media. The song is expected to be released in late February/early March, of course through RIK. Silia will remain in Athens until May, carrying out her final rehearsals for the competition.

The Cypriot delegation continues with a well-organized plan, its preparations for Eurovision 2024, always keeping a low profile, but hoping that it will manage to impress and be even higher on the scoreboard than Andrew Lambrou, who placed 12th, having an excellent performance last year.

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UK: Dan Shipton will not stage Olly Alexander’s Eurovision entry – Who’s taking over?

Dan Shipton will not be directing the stage performance of the United Kingdom’s entry in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, as was disclosed on The Euro Trip Podcast.

Shipton served as the director of the British entries from 2015 to 2018. He also did so in 2022, the year Sam Ryder’s “Spaceman” came in second. In addition, he took overall creative supervision of the Competition in 2023 when the UK hosted on behalf of Ukraine.

The BBC’s executive producer for the competition, Lee Smithurst, told Euro Trip that Dan Shipton would not be in charge of the stage performance because Olly Alexander already had his own team.

Dan is not going to be doing the staging because Olly has his own team.

It’s important that he has his own team around him for Eurovision.


As for Olly Alexander, he added:

The good thing is that Olly’s such a massive fan of Eurovision – he does know it inside out. You don’t need to tell Olly you can only have six people on stage, or that your song can’t be more than three minutes long.

Who is going to stage Olly Alexander’s Eurovision entry?

According to Lee Smithurst, the British entry is being directed by Theo Adams, who the British representative has been collaborating with for a number of years.

For Olly and Theo to be working together already and thinking about ideas is great because they’re a team and they trust each other. They’re going to come up with something great.

Olly Alexander and Lee Smithurst collaborated on a number of noteworthy projects, the most prominent of which being Alexander’s world tour and duet with Elton John at the 2021 BRIT Awards.

 

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Source: The Euro Trip 

United Kingdom: “We are going to win with an incredibly commercially successful single”!

We can undoubtedly say that a country that everyone is talking about since the representative’s announcement, is the United Kingdom!

The 33-year-old Olly Alexander is the representative of the United Kingdom, for about a month now. He is most commonly known as the singer of Year & Years, one of the most successful groups of Engand! After that announcement, the United Kingdom, is in the first places in the betting odds, and has raised high expectations even about winning the contest.

He has recently interested the media, with another cause, with his statements about Israel, by signing a letter, calling Israel an “apartheid regime”. There were many enraged comments and people even asked for the BBC to withdraw Olly Alexander from the contest. The public broadcaster, responded that they will allow Olly to express his political views freely. They surely, fully support their representative, who is the greatest name they have sent in recent years.

There are some new statements by the BBC, in “The EuroTrip Podcast”, to set the bar even higher for the 33-year-old singer:

“We are going there to win it with a single that is an incredibly commercially successful single”

BBC seems sure about the song Olly will sing in Malmö, and everyone’s expectations are high, so it’s just a matter of time to see whether they will come true! The only sure thing is that we will have our eyes on the United Kingdom this year!

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

Source: Eurotrippodcast

Laura Tesoro: “I do not support Hamas, I do not hate Jews”!

Laura Tesoro, who sparked a storm of reactions, both positive and negative, with her move to raise the Palestinian flag at the concert given in honor of the assumption of the Presidency of the Council of the EU by Belgium, is now coming to justify her move, saying that does not support the terrorist organization Hamas.

The big concert held in Mechelen, Antwerp, was marked by demonstrations by pro-Palestinian organizations, which even forced the intervention of the police. Laura Tesoro who sang at this concert, made a move that was commented on in various ways and about which you read in our previous article.

During her performance she raised the Palestinian flag, with some in the audience cheering and others reacting negatively. A little while ago, Laura Tesoro, who successfully represented her country in Eurovision 2016, reaching tenth place, justified her move, wanting to distance herself from Hamas, which runs the Palestinian enclave in Gaza.

Over the past couple of months, many Eurostars have expressed their views publicly on social media regarding the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. Among them Eric Saade and La Zarra.

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Latvia: Tomorrow the announcement of artists and songs of Supernova 2024!

Latvian public television, LTV, has announced that the unveiling of the artists and songs of Supernova 2024 will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 9, at 08:00 in the morning, through the LTV1 show, Rīta Panorāma.

As LTV has already announced, 108 entries, from domestic and foreign creators, were submitted this year for Supernova 2024.

In February we will be able to see the live performances of the artists in TV shows. The public will be able to vote for their favorite artists along with a jury in the final.

Sudden Lights represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with their song “Aija” and finished 11th in the semi-final.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all developments regarding Latvia’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

Finland: The details of the sixth artist of UMK 2024!

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the next details about the sixth artist to participate in the Finnish national final, UMK 2024!

  • Iconic, But it’s not Danny
  • Trailblazer
  • Slay!

The first estimates talk about Erika Vikman where it seems that she meets the conditions. Erika Vikman is a 31 year old Finnish singer and songwriter from Tampere. She started her professional career in 2013, participating in the seventh edition of Finnish Idols and reaching seventh place. After leaving Idols, Erika Vikman established herself as a Finnish tango singer. In 2015 she participated in Tangomarkkinat, where she finished second and a year later she returned and was crowned winner in 2016. After the competition, Vikman signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her first single “Ettei mee elämä hukkaan”.

In 2020, Erika Vikman signed with Warner Music Finland and was confirmed by Finland’s broadcaster Yle to compete at UMK 2020, with the song “Cicciolina” and came in second place. Despite peaking at number two, the song went on to become a big hit in Finland, reaching the top five singles of the year.

After the success of “Cicciolina”, the next single “Synsten pöytä” was later released, which became for the second year the top single of the year and later the first number one radio hit. Also in 2020, he placed third in the first season of Masked Singer Suomi, competing as “The Wasp”.

 

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Source: uudenmusiikinkilpailu

Israel: The results of the twelfth episode of HaKokhav Haba – 12 artists in the race for Malmo!

On Sunday night, the twelfth episode of HaKokhav Haba (special edition) was aired! Through this talent show the artist who will raise the flag of Israel at Eurovision 2024 will emerge!

As we have already informed you, 35 artists passed the scope of the auditions, with 14 of them going to the second phase – the battles phase, and they will claim the representation of the country in Eurovision 2024!

In the twelfth episode we watched seven battles with six of them advancing to the next phase. We remind you that the presenters of HaKokhav Haba are Assi Azar and Rotem Sela who have been in this position since 2014, while the members of the jury are Shiri Maimon, Itay Levy, Assaf Amdorsky, Ran Dankar and Keren Pels with a new addition being Eden Hasson.

Seven contestants then appeared in front of an audience and jury, with the one with the lowest score leaving HaKokhav Haba.

Leanne Byrne

Leanne chose to sing “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi. With precise vocals, she surprises everyone with high and beautiful notes. An excellent performance and all the judges agreed. Shiri Maimon mentioned that she should risk more: “You have to get out of your comfort zones” . She received one of the highest percentages of the night, 93%.

Ido Bartel

Ido chose to sing a mash-up tonight. The judges were troubled with his performance and many of them mentioned that they cannot imagine him representing Israel at Eurovision. Despite mixed reviews, Ido with 67%, advances to the next phase.

Shay Tamino

Shay Tamino received very good comments and most of the judges were impressed with this performance. Shiri Maimon explained that she has a beautiful voice but found it old-fashioned. Despite Shiri Maimon’s negative comments, she scored 84%.

Yehuda Saado

Yehuda Saado divided the judges and they think he made the wrong song choice. As they mentioned it was a good performance and he is a good singer but maybe he doesn’t make for Eurovision. Despite average to poor reviews, Yehuda Saado with a 50% rate, is the one to doesn’t advance to the next round.

Oral Ravid

Oral has a lot of charisma on stage, he manages to present the song in an excellent way and his special voice definitely leaves a good impression after every performance. He received the highest percentage of the night, 95%.

Mika Curtis

Mika Curtis, surprises with her special voice, as soon as she opens her mouth. The judges seem to agree that she has a very good voice, it’s just that the stage presence scares them and that’s why she got 72%.

Arik Sinai

Arik Sinai is the oldest artist of this season and surprises every time with his performance. All the judges agree that he is suitable for Eurovision and he got a percentage of 91%.

The detailed reuslts of Episode 12:

  • Leanne Byrne – 93%
  • Ido Bartel – 67%
  • Shay Tamino – 84%
  • Yehuda Saado – 50%
  • Oral Ravid – 95%
  • Mika Kertis – 72%
  • Arik Sinai – 91%

The 12 artists who are still in the race to represent Israel at Eurovision 2024 are:

  1. Leanne Byrne
  2. Eden Golan
  3. Arik Sinai
  4. Shay Tamino
  5. Ido Bartel
  6. Or Cohen
  7. Yonathan Biton
  8. Mika Moshe
  9. Dor Shimoni
  10. Mika Kertis
  11. Moria Angel
  12. Oral Ravid

Through HaKokhav HaBa, Israel managed to qualify every year to the final of our favorite competition from 2015 to 2020, while in 2018 Netta was also the winner of Eurovision with the song “Toy”.

This year Israel was represented at Eurovision 2023 by Noa Kirel and the song “Unicorn” who gave the Middle Eastern country the third place in the Grand Final by collecting 362 points.

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

Source: euromix.co.il