Ruslana expresses her solidarity with Israel!

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In an interview with the Israeli website Euromix, Ruslana expresses her solidarity with Israel for the terrorist attack suffered by Hamas, while visibly moved she parallels the situation experienced by the Israelis with what the citizens of Ukraine experienced and continue to experience, after the Russian invasion.

I have performed many times in Israel, but I will never forget my performance at the 2005 Israeli Eurovision Song Contest (the national final), held in Jerusalem. This day had a great effect on me. I have many friends in Israel and I do my cross about the situation in Israel. I was in Tel Aviv when the Eurovision Song Contest was held there in 2019, it was an amazing time.

Keep the light in your hearts. We were also attacked and many things were destroyed for us as a result of the war. We are still dreaming, we have not lost strength. Light is power. Keep it. I love you!

Besides being the first winner of the Eurovision contest for Ukraine, Ruslana is a politician, activist and supporter of the EU and Western values and principles in her country. From the first moment she has been one of the harshest critics of Russia, while lately she has been traveling around the world to collect humanitarian aid in favor of Ukraine.

You can watch the interview below:

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Ukraine: ANKA wins the online voting for the wildcard of Vidbir 2024!

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A few minutes ago, the Ukrainian national broadcaster UA:PBC unveiled the winner of the online voting who receives the eleventh ticket for Vidbir’s 2024 Final.

The artist who won the online voting and ultimately got the wildcard is ANKA, with her song «Палала», receiving 80.944 votes and a percentage of 26,78%.

You can listen to her entry down below:

The public online voting took place from the 15th until the 21st of December and during that time period, more than 300.000 Ukrainian people cast their vote.

 

It is reminded that the 11 artists who will compete at Vidbir 2024 are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo – “Endless Chain”
  • INGRET – “Keeper”
  • Mélovin – “Dreamer”
  • Nahaba – “Glass”
  • Nazva – “Slavic English”
  • Skylerr – “Time Is Running Out”
  • Yagody – “Tsunamia”
  • Yaktak – “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat – “Place I Call Home”
  • ANKA – “Палала”

 

 

The eleven songs that have qualified for the final will go public early in the new year, except for ANKA’s song which has already been published.

The final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on the 3rd of February 2024. The winner will be chosen via the voting of both jury and the public. Moreover, the public will vote in order to decide the members of the aforementioned jury.

Last year’s Vidbir winners who had the opportunity to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 were TVORCHI with “Heart of Steel” and they managed to end up 6th.

 

 

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Source: Suspilne

Ukraine: Vidbir 2024 wildcard vote has begun!

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The Ukrainian broadcasting company, UA:PBC, has opened the voting for the wildcard of Vidbir 2024,the country’s preselection process for the Eurovision 2024 entrant.The songs of the nine artists participating in the online voting are already available on the broadcaster’s YouTube channel.

The 9 artists taking part in the voting process are the following:

  1. ANKA — «Палала»
  2. Carpetman — «Endless fight»
  3. KARYOTYPE — «Sadness»
  4. KRYLATA — «Queen»
  5. PARFENIUK — «Серед вітрів»
  6. SHÉPA — «SUPERNOVA»
  7. STASYA — «Rika»
  8. SWOIIA ​​— «Little Angels»
  9. TESLENKO — «Lights go up»

This voting aims to give one more entrant the chance to take part in the national final and compete against the rest of the artists on the 3rd of February.You can vote for your favorite artist here.Deadline:December 21st.

Here is the list of the 10 competing entries of the national final:

  • alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — «Teresa & Maria»
  • Drevo — «Endless chain»
  • INGRET — «Keeper»
  • MÉLOVIN — «DREAMER»
  • NAHABA — «GLASSS»
  • NAZVA — «Slavic English»
  • SKYLERR — «Time is running out»
  • YAGODY — «Tsunamia»
  • YAKTAK — «Lalala»
  • Ziferblat — «Place I Call Home»
  • WILDCARD

The winners of the 2023 edition were TVORCHI.Their song.”Heart of Steel”,won them the sixth place in the Grand Final in Liverpool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oqDpefJ1s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

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Ukraine: The final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on February 3!

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Ukraine will select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, as it does every year, through the Vidbir format. Thus, Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, revealed yesterday that the televised final of Vidbir 2024 will take place on February 3.

The participants of Vidbir 2024

Eleven acts will compete in Vidbir 2024 for the Ukrainian representation in Malmö. Ten of them have already been announced and are the following:

  • Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil — “Teresa & Maria”
  • Drevo — “Endless chain”
  • INGRET — “Keeper”
  • MÉLOVIN — “DREAMER”
  • NAHABA — “GLASS”
  • NAZVA — “Slavic English”
  • SKYLERR — “Time is running out”
  • YAGODY — “Tsunamia”
  • YAKTAK — “Lalala”
  • Ziferblat — “Place I Call Home”

An online vote will be held among the remaining nine contestants who did not advance directly to the final. This vote will add one more contestant to the grand final.The nine acts vying for the wildcard spot in the final are the following:

  • ANKA — “Палала”
  • Carpetman — “Endless fight”
  • KARYOTYPE — “Sadness”
  • KRYLATA — “Queen”
  • PARFENIUK — “Серед вітрів”
  • SHÉPA — “SUPERNOVA”
  • STASYA — “Rika”
  • SWOIIA ​​— “Little Angels”
  • TESLENKO — “Lights go up”

The final line-up of eleven finalists will be revealed on December 29.

The winners of Vidbir 2023 and hence Ukraine’s representatives at Eurovision 2023 were TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel”, finishing in the sixth place overall.

https://youtu.be/I2oqDpefJ1s

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Ukraine: The nine songs vying for the wildcard spot in Vidbir 2024!

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The songs of the nine artists who will be competing in the online voting, for a spot in Vidbir 2024, Ukraine’s national selection for Eurovision 2024, have been released on the YouTube channel of the country’s broadcaster UA:PBC.

The nine artists who will participate in the online voting are:

1. ANKA — «Палала»
2. Carpetman — «Endless fight»
3. KARYOTYPE — «Sadness»
4. KRYLATA — «Queen»
5. PARFENIUK — «Серед вітрів»
6. SHÉPA — «SUPERNOVA»
7. STASYA — «Rika»
8. SWOIIA ​​— «Little Angels»
9. TESLENKO — «Lights go up»

In a few days, an online voting will start for these nine contestants who were not selected to advance directly to the finals. This vote will determine one additional competitor for the grand final.

At the beginning of the new year, the ten songs that advanced to the final will be released.

The 10 artists participating in Vidbir 2024 are:
  • alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — «Teresa & Maria»
  • Drevo — «Endless chain»
  • INGRET — «Keeper»
  • MÉLOVIN — «DREAMER»
  • NAHABA — «GLASSS»
  • NAZVA — «Slavic English»
  • SKYLERR — «Time is running out»
  • YAGODY — «Tsunamia»
  • YAKTAK — «Lalala»
  • Ziferblat — «Place I Call Home»

By December 29th, the complete list of the 11 finalists will be published.

In February 2024, the Vidbir 2024 final will take place. Both the public and the jury will vote to choose the winner. The Ukrainian audience is going to select the jury’s composition later on through online voting.

The previous winners of Vidbir and subsequently Ukraine’s representatives at Eurovision 2023 were TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel”, with which they finished in sixth place in the final ranking.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oqDpefJ1s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

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Source: Suspilne 

Ukraine: Suspilne on Joost Klein and his song about Russia!

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Yesterday, AVROTROS, the Dutch national broadcaster, revealed that Joost Klein will represent The Netherlands at Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Just a day following his reveal as the Dutch representative, his background has already raised concerns among the Eurovision community, even with a participating broadcaster drawing attention to it.

Specifically, Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, published an article today about the Dutch rapper, Joost Klein and his relations with Russia.

According to this article, Joost Klein has a song in his discography in which he expresses his love about Russia. The song in question is called “Jackass“, was recorded in collaboration with CMH, who is a Russian artist and was published on March 11, 2022, following the Russian invasion in Ukraine. The lyrics are also considered controversial. Indicatively the lyrics in question are the following:

Hello, my name is Joost Klein
I love Russia, man
I believe, you wanna merry Russian woman

[…]

I want a Russian lady
I want some Russian babies

Along with his collaboration with CMH, Joost Klein has also collaborated with Russian Village Boys, a rave group from St. Petersburg, released in February 2023.

Furthermore, Joost Klein has performed in St. Petersburg in July 2022 during the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The reactions

Users on X (formerly Twitter) have mixed feelings regarding Joost’s collaborations and admiration for Russian culture. Some of the claim that his actions are despicable and that no one can admire a culture based on terror and genocide. Others state that loving Russian women or admiring the Russian culture does not necessarily mean that someone approves the country’s political regime.

Suspilne does not places itself on this certain issue. Although, bearing in mind that a national broadcaster decided to cover this issue, a sensitive one, indicates that it has raised concerns. The fact that a Eurovision artist has collaborated with Russian artists and the most important, has performed in Russian territory following the invasion, is not looked up kindly by the Ukrainian broadcaster.

A similar issue was, also, raised last year regarding Olesya Ochepovska, member of Vesna (the Czech representatives). Ochepovska is of Russian origin and there were allegations that herself supports the war, something that she denied.

As mentioned before and following an extensive internal selection, Joost Klein will represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. His song is expected to be released at a later stage.

https://youtu.be/3XAsam043OY

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Source: Suspilne

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

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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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Junior Eurovision 2023: France is the big winner!

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The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has just come to an end. Following a tense voting sequence, France with Zoé Clauzure and her song “Coeur” was crowned the winner of this year’s edition just moments ago. Spain finished in 2nd place and Armenia in 3rd place.

The show

Following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan, the contest was moved to France for the second time in just three years. Palais Nikaïa, at the homonymous city of Nice, opened its doors today for delegations from the sixteen participating countries. The show was hosted by Laury Thilleman and Olivier Minne.

The number of the participating countries remained the same as last year, as Serbia and Kazakhstan withdrew, while Germany returned after a year of absence. The Junior Eurovision family, also, welcomed a new member, Estonia which made its first appearance today at the stage of Palais Nikaïa.

The show began with Spain and was concluded with the performance of The Netherlands

  1. Spain: Sandra Valero – “Loviu“
  2. Malta: Yulan – “Stronger“
  3. Ukraine: Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka“
  4. Ireland: Jessica McKean – “Aisling“
  5. United Kingdom: STAND UNIQU3 – “Back to Life“
  6. North Macedonia: Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži mi, kaži mi koj“
  7. Estonia: ARHANNA – “Hoimame kokku“
  8. Armenia: Yan Girls – “Do It My Way“
  9. Poland: Maja Krzyżewska – “I Just Need a Friend“
  10. Georgia: Anastasia and Ranina – “Over the Sky“
  11. Portugal: Júlia Machado – “Where I Belong“
  12. France: Zoé Clauzure – “Coeur“
  13. Albania: Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota Ime“
  14. Italy: Melissa and Ranya – “Un mondo giusto“
  15. Germany: Fia – “Ohne Worte“
  16. The Netherlands: Sep and Jasmijn – “Holding On to You“

The interval acts

Shortly after the the beginning of the Online Voting’s second phase, we had the chance to watch what the French prepared for the interval acts this year.

Evidently, last year’s winner Lissandro who brought the contest to Nice performed his winning song “Oh maman!”.

https://youtu.be/XHs9phBCg3o?si=9qG35zZEE3ukuRSF

Later, Amir, the French representative in Eurovision 2016, took the stage singing his Eurovision song “J’ai cherché” as well as his song “Il ya”. A really colorful and vibrant performance!

Laury Thilleman also sang along with the crowd and accompanied with a piano just before the most touching performance of the night. Angelina, Valentina, Enzo and Lissandro, all of them French Junior Eurovision participants, took the stage accompanied with this year’s participants to sing “We Are the World“.

https://youtu.be/i7fo5okx4jA?si=tl-86bEgYkGuU92K

Junior Eurovision 2023 – the voting procedure

The winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was decided as following:

  • on a 50% via the Online Voting, which was conducted in two phases (before and during the live broadcast)
  • on the remaining 50% by the participating countries’ national juries. The national jury of each country will include three music industry professionals and two kids aged 10 to 15.
The national juries’ result

At the first place, there was France with 136 points, followed by Armenia with 116 points and Spain with 115 points. Both France, Armenia and Spain received four sets of 12 points from the national juries.

The results of the online voting

As Martin Österdahl informed us, people from no less than 175 countries voted tonight!

France won the online voting with 92 points, followed by Spain with 86 points and Ukraine with 83 points.

Final Results

Combining the national juries’ and the public vote, France with Zoe was declared as the winner of Junior Eurovision 2023 scoring 228 points.

France emerged as the winner of the competition for the second consecutive year, while it is the second time in Junior Eurovision history that a country has managed to win two consecutive editions, the first being Poland (2018-2019). At the same time, this is the fourth year in a row that France wins the jury voting. With France achieving its third victory this year in Nice, it is officially crowned Junior Eurovision “queen” holding a record number of victories(2020-2022-2023), a title it shares with Georgia(2008-2011-2016).

https://youtu.be/iYsEvSLQJro?si=ndhkVBis3cT0uHHH

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final takes place tonigh in Nice!

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The big day for all Junior Eurovision fans has arrived. This afternoon, the Grand Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which celebrates its 21st edition will take place!

Live from Nice, France at 16:00 pm CET, 16 countries will battle it out for the coveted first place and victory in Junior Eurovision 2023.

From Palais Nikaïa right in the center of the French city, presenters Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman will welcome us to the 21st edition of the children’s music festival.

Running Order

France, represented by Zoé Clauzure, will perform 12th in Sunday’s grand final. The show will be opened by Sandra Valero from the Spain, while Sep & Jasmijn from the Netherlands will perform her song last.

  1. 🇪🇸 Spain: Sandra Valero – “LOVIU”
  2. 🇲🇹 Malta: Yulan – “Stronger”
  3. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Anastasia Dymyd – “Kvitka”
  4. 🇮🇪 Ireland: Jessica McKean – “Aisling”
  5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Stand Uniqu3 – “Back to Life”
  6. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Tamara Grujeska – “Kaži Mi, Kaži Mi Koj”
  7. 🇪🇪 Estonia: Arhanna – “Hoiame Kokku”
  8. 🇦🇲 Armenia: Yan Girls – “Do It My Way”
  9. 🇵🇱 Poland: Maja Krzyzewska – “I Just Need A Friend”
  10. 🇬🇪 Georgia: Anastasia & Ranina – “Over The Sky”
  11. 🇵🇹 Portugal: Julia Machado – “Where I Belong”
  12. 🇫🇷 France: Zoé Clauzure – “Cœur”
  13. 🇦🇱 Albania: Viola Gjyzeli – “Bota Ime”
  14. 🇮🇹 Italy: Melissa & Ranya – “Un Mondo Giusto”
  15. 🇩🇪 Germany: Fia – “Ohne Worte”
  16. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Sep & Jasmijn – “Holding On To You”

https://youtu.be/VXq-V3KBcN0?si=bLAAG-bbUqdX6O4Q

Voting

Online voting will determine 100% of the public vote as voting by phone or SMS is not possible. As it was until now in Eurovision, the public decides by 50% on the results, with the remaining 50% coming from the votes of each country’s juries. The JESC 2023 Jury will include three music industry professionals and two children aged 10 to 15 years.

The vote for Junior Eurovision 2023 is divided into two phases:

 -Phase 1: voting begins at 8 pm today (CET time) in Friday. This round of voting will remain open throughout Saturday, closing at 15:59 on Sunday, shortly before the show begins.
–Phase 2 :takes place during the live broadcast. The window will open after the appearance of the last country, Ukraine. The second phase will last about 15 minutes.

You can watch the Grand final of Junior Eurovision 2023 through the official YouTube channel of the competition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOf_y8Tz6uw

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The Online Voting starts now | How to vote for your favorites!

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n opThe countdown for the Grand Final of Junior Eurovision 2023 has begun. In less than two days from now, Palais Nikaia will welcome the young artists from the sixteen participating countries.

Out of the sixteen participating countries, only one will be crowned as the big winner of the competition. Hence, following the second rehearsals that were conducted the past two days, the Online Voting, which will determine 50% of the final result, has now officially started.

How to vote | The rules

Just like in recent editions, the voting for Junior Eurovision 2023 is open to the public. What you need is to:

  1. have an internet connection
  2. and a device to connect to the contest’s site.

You can vote for your favorite songs on the contest’s page, but only after watching a short recap of all 16 songs. This video includes snippets from the second rehearsals, which resemble the performances we will watch on the Sunday show. Once the recap is over, viewers will be able to vote for their favorite three entries, neither more nor less. Since, no geographical restrictions apply, fans can even vote for their own country if they wish so, in case it is participating.

We remind you that these are the 16 participating countries in the order they will perform on Sunday:

You can cast your votes here!

 

The two phases of the Online Voting

The Online Voting for Junior Eurovision 2023 is divided into two phases:

Phase 1: The voting began at 8 pm today (CET time). the vote submission window will remain open throughout Saturday and will close at 15:59 on Sunday, November 26, shortly before the show begins.
Phase 2 : it will take place during the live broadcast. The window will open shortly following the final performance of the show, namely The Netherlands. It will remain open for approximately 15 minutes, in a similar way to how it is conducted in the adult Eurovision.

The votes submitted in the two voting phases will be summed up following the conclusion of the second phase and will be calculated as a single result.

Junior Eurovision 2023 – the voting procedure

The Online Voting has replaced the familiar televoting via phone calls and SMS and hence it is the one that will determine 100% of the public’s vote. Therefore, the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be decided as following:

  • on 50% via the Online Voting, which will be conducted in the two aforementioned phases
  • on the remaining 50% by the participating countries’ national juries. The national jury of each country will include three music industry professionals and two kids aged 10 to 15.

You can check this explanatory video regarding the voting procedure:

https://youtu.be/3lzh9b3hq1w

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