Eurovision 2024: The Semi-final allocation pots!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2024 will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 January at 19:00 CET live from Malmo, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Liverpool to Malmo.

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The draw will be hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi and fans will be able to watch on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 7 May at 21:00 CEST) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 9 May at 21:00 CEST). Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they’ve drawn.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw: How does it work?

Sweden as the Host Country and reigning champion respectively, along with the other 6 members of the so-called ‘Big 6’ participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but their domestic audiences do get to vote in one of them… so before the competing countries are allocated a place in a Semi-Final, it will be randomly determined which of the Semi-Finals the Big 6 will each be allowed to vote on.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semi-Final and in which half of the respective Semi-Final the other 31 participating countries will perform in.

Semi-Final Allocation Pots 2024

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden

 

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals. You can get a good idea of how it will all work by watching the 2022 Allocation Draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, who won the Contest thanks to Loreen winning in 2023.

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Source: Eurovision.tv

Anne-Marie David’s message on the return of the hostages from Hamas!

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Luxembourg’s 1973 Eurovision winner Anne-Marie David made a guest appearance at the Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, the Grand Duchy’s national final, for its return to the Eurovision, 30 years after its last entry. Anne-Marie David did not hesitate to express her support for the more than 100 kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas, who are still being held hostage in Gaza, wearing the yellow ribbon, a symbol for the return of captives and hostages, during the performance of the legendary now Tu Te Reconnaitras.

Thousands of Israelis now walk around every day wearing the yellow ribbon, an international symbol for the return of prisoners. The yellow ribbon is also used by thousands of protesters around the world, while it is tied to the balconies of many houses in Israel, as well as in the USA, as a message of hope and in favor of the return of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza since the terrorist attack on October 7 , which resulted in the deaths of 1,140 innocent civilians and the hostage taking of 240.

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At the moment when nauseating and inhumane comments are appearing on the internet and concern the Israeli origin of Tali, winner of the Luxembourg Song Contest and now representative of Luxembourg at Eurovision 2024, Anne Marie David discreetly but respectfully sends her own message and joins the struggle of all these families, but also of the official state of Israel, for the return of their loved ones, who for so many months remain unjustly, as hostages in the hands of Hamas, most likely to be used as human shields.

Watch Anne Marie David’s performance in the video below:

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Luxembourg: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2024 Entry “Fighter”!

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Luxembourg came back to Eurovision Song Contest this year and they will have their representative perform in Malmö Arena in the hopes of winning the contest for the 6th time.

Their national final, called Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, just finished and the public has chosen TALI with the song “Fighter” to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 to be held in Malmö, Sweden!

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The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the live performance of the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Stella, Katerina and Apostolis  in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on Luxembourg participation in Eurovision 2024!

What do you think of  Luxembourg’s participation this year? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Luxembourg: TALI will represent the Dutchy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song “Fighter”!

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Luxembourg joined the Eurovision Song Contest again this year and they will have their representative perform in Malmö Arena in the hopes of winning the contest for the 6th time. Their national final, called Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, just finished and the public has chosen TALI with the song “Fighter” to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 to be held in Malmö, Sweden!

The show

The Final show was hosted by Désirée Nosbusch, Melody Funck, Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem and was broadcast live from Rockhal, Luxembourg.

Anne Marie David, French singer who has represented both Luxembourg and France at the Eurovision Song Contest, winning in 1973 and placing third in 1979, opened the show, followed by a “flag parade” style intro where all the contestants entered the stage.

It is worth mentioning that one of the most prominent Greek singers, Vicky Leandros, made an amazing guest appearance at Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, singing “Après toi“. This was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 performed in French by Vicky, when she represented Luxembourg.

All the contestants performed “Poupée de cire, poupée de son“, the winning entry of Luxembourg  at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, held in Naples.

After the first voting round, all the contestants paid tribute to this year’s host country, Sweden, by singing one of the most iconic Swedish Eurovision entries, ABBA‘s “Waterloo“.

Many eurostars were there as guests, such as Charlotte Perelli, Ruslana, Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves and Alexander Rybak all performed their winning entries live!

Vicky Leandros also performed “L’amour Est Bleu” acompanied by Alexander Rybak who played his violin!

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The voting system

The winner will be decided through a 50-50 split, with 50% coming from the jury’s vote and the remaining 50% from the audience. Specifics include:

  • The jury, contributing 50% to the result, comprises representatives from eight countries, with five members from each country.
  • The audience voting is open not only to the local audience but also to the international audience, giving everyone a say in who will represent the Grand Duchy at Eurovision 2024.

The songs

The following eight contestants competed in the hopes of getting selected to represent Luxembourg in Malmö:

Our take on the eight competing songs

Our rating is on a Eurovision scale, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3

Rating: 10

Joel has a great stage presence, amazing vocals and a song that personally reminds me of Melodifestivalen entries. I could definitely see him represent Luxembourg.

Rating: 3

The song of EDSUN is kinda funky, but for me it has nothing special. Maybe the choreo and the staging does something, especially when they were stacked on the ground. It is very intuitive, but no more than that. I have to admit that his voice was very good, he was never out of tune, even though he was heavily choreographed.

Rating: 8

Eight. For Naomi‘s voice and for the French lyrics. The song is okay. I could see this represent Luxembourg in Malmö this year.

Rating: 7

Love the vibe of the song! However since it is a televised show and the image plays an important role, I disagree with their styling. Angy and Rafa stack up their voices on an amazing duet! Nice duet!

Rating: 6

The only group act tonight, with a nice staging, but nothing special song-wise. Let’s see how they will do tonight!

Rating: 12

I see the winner here (wrote this before the announcement, so in case she wasn’t please bear with me). Amazing vocals, song, stage presence! I can see this doing good at this year’s contest. Would she win though? In my honest opinion, I don’t think so.

Rating: 5

CHAiLD might have been a bit stressed out. His vocals were not good, he kind of lost it at times. Loved his style though. The LED stage projections were great!

Rating: 4

Such a catchy song but TALI doesn’t seem to be doing much, the dancers carry the job. Four, only for the song.

The results

The eight contestants that competed in Luxembourg Song Contest were given the chance to be voted twice by the public, within two voting intervals during the show.

After the first interval, the below three artists were selected to take part in the second voting interval, as the hosts of the show called it, the Super Final of Luxembourg Song Contest:

But let’s have a look on how the jury voting went?

Jury voting 12 points

jury results

TALI grossed a total of 94 points from the international juries. After the public vote was added, these are the final results that determined the winner and this year’s representative of Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden.

 

The selection of the representative of Luxembourg adds up to the list of selected artists and songs that we will get the chance to watch being performed live later next May in Malmö, Sweden! At the video down below you can watch this year’s representative of Luxembourg, who will get the chance to perform on stage in Malmö this May:

Do you like the artist and song that is selected to represent Luxembourg at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? Let us know in the comments section below!

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Luxembourg: The running order of Luxembourg Song Contest 2024!

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Today is about to be a very important day for fans of the Contest, as tonight, one of the most successful countries, Luxembourg , is going to officially return to Eurovision, with the selection of its representative for this year’s Contest.

The country has announced that it will choose through a national final, and today all these preparations will be completed with the Grand Final of the Luxembourg Song Contest, where the representative of Luxembourg will emerge for their great return.

Moments ago, RTL, the public bradcaster of the country, announced the running order of the finalists:

  1. Joel Marques  –  “Believer”
  2. EDSUN  –  “Finally Alive”
  3. Naomi Ayé  –  “Paumée sur terre”
  4. Angy & Rafa Ela  –  “Drop”
  5. One Last Time  –  “Devil in the Detail”
  6. Krick  –  “Drowning in the rain”
  7. CHAiLD  –  “Hold On”
  8. TALI  –  “Fighter”

The winner will be decided through a 50-50 split, with 50% coming from the jury’s vote and the remaining 50% from the audience. Specifics include:

  • The jury, contributing 50% to the result, comprises representatives from eight countries, with five members from each country.
  • The audience voting is open not only to the local audience but also to the international audience, giving everyone a say in who will represent the Grand Duchy at Eurovision 2024.

You can read more about the national final of Luxembourg, in our article.

You can catch the grand final at 20:00 CET through the official website of Luxembourg’s public television by clicking here.

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

Source: rtl.lu

Luxembourg: Vicky Leandros as a guest in Luxembourg Song Contest 2024!

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One of the most prominent Greek singers, Vicky Leandros, is going to make a guest appearance at Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, the national final show of the country for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

It was revealed by the very same Vicky Leandros in an exclusive interview on Songfestival.be, but it was confirmed a few minutes ago, by RTL, the public broadcaster of the country.

Vicky Leandros is the first Greek singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 representing Luxembourg with the song “Après toi” receiving 128 points in total.

She went also to comment on the return of the Duchy to the contest:

“I think it’s great that Luxembourg is back. I think joining will do a lot more for you as a country than sending your cat.”

Vicky Leandros is of course also a very big star in Germany. In 2006, she also took part in the German national process for the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, while she did not avoid to comment on the country’s failed attempts at the Contest.

“Germany just needs better songs. That’s where it all starts. This should not be so difficult, because Germany has many talented songwriters. The Eurovision Song Contest was very important to me. You should not see participation as some kind of risk. If you’re good and have the right personality, you can’t lose. People get to know you and you’re building a career”

Luxembourg Song Contest 2024

The eight artist that are going to take part for the ticket in Malmö are as per below:

  1. Joel Marques – “Believer”
  2. EDSUN – “Finally Alive”
  3. Naomi Ayé – “Paumée sur terre”
  4. Angy & Rafa Ela – “Drop”
  5. One Last Time – “Devil in the Detail”
  6. Krick – “Drowning in the rain”
  7. CHAiLD – “Hold On”
  8. TALI – “Fighter”

We remind you that the national final of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is scheduled to take place on January 27th and will allow the people of Luxembourg to choose the song and artist that will represent them at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in May in Malmö. The winner will be determined by the combined vote of a jury and the public (50%/50%).

Below you can watch the most successful entries of Luxmebourg at the Eurovision Song Contest

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Source: songfestival.be, rtl.lu

Luxembourg: Tonight the final of the Luxembourg Song Contest 2024!

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Luxembourg, one of the most successful countries in Eurovision history, is making a comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest after a hiatus since 1993. With a desire to reclaim its glory and eyeing a sixth victory, Luxembourg is set to choose its representative for Malmo tonight through the Luxembourg Song Contest 2024.

Selection Process

After months of meticulous planning, Luxembourg’s Eurovision delegation organizers opted for a unique and thorough selection process. A panel of five international experts was entrusted with the task of deciding which songs would participate in tonight’s Luxembourg Song Contest 2024.

The inclusion of this “external” factor served as a safeguard to ensure objectivity, a critical element for a small nation like Luxembourg. The international committee comprised five distinguished members, each with substantial experience in the Eurovision realm:

  1. Christer Björkmann: Renowned Swedish producer, TV host, and former Eurovision participant (Sweden 1992). Björkmann, a pivotal figure in Eurovision, has also served as Head of Delegation for Sweden, produced the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 and 2015, and was involved in the unique American Song Contest in 2022.
  2. Jan Bors: Former Head of Delegation for the Czech Republic.
  3. Cesár Sampson: Represented Austria in Eurovision 2018, securing the first place in the jury vote. Sampson is also playing an active role in the Czech Republic’s national selection this year as the artistic director and presenter.
  4. Alex Panagi: Eurovision authority and two-time representative for Cyprus (1995 and 2000). Panagi, in recent years, has taken on roles as a Vocal Coach for various Eurovision participants and contributed vocally to Elena Paparizou’s performance in 2005.
  5. Tali Eshkoli: Israeli TV producer, involved in the production of Eurovision 2019 and the organization of the Miss Universe competition in 2021. Eshkoli has also been a jury member in national selections of various countries over the years.

The Finalists

Eight artists will compete tonight for the honor of representing Luxembourg at Eurovision 2024 in Malmo, Sweden. The talented finalists are:

  1. Angy & Rafa Ela – “Drop”
  2. CHAiLD – “Hold On”
  3. EDSUN – “Finally Alive”
  4. Joel Marques – “Believer”
  5. Krick – “Drowning in the rain”
  6. Naomi Ayé – “Paumée sur terre”
  7. One Last Time – “Devil in the Detail”
  8. TALI – “Fighter”

Voting Process

The winner will be decided through a 50-50 split, with 50% coming from the jury’s vote and the remaining 50% from the audience. Specifics include:

  • The jury, contributing 50% to the result, comprises representatives from eight countries, with five members from each country.
  • The audience voting is open not only to the local audience but also to the international audience, giving everyone a say in who will represent the Grand Duchy at Eurovision 2024.

The Luxembourg Song Contest 2024 will be hosted by Désirée Nosbusch, Melody Funck, Raoul Roos, and Loïc Juchem. You can catch the grand final at 20:00 CET through the official website of Luxembourg’s public television by clicking here.

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Luxembourg: This is how the winner of Luxembourg Song Contest will emerge | The contribution of an international voting!

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In just a few days from now, the Luxembourg Song Contest, the Luxembourgish national final for Eurovision 2024, will take place in order to select the country’s first Eurovision act in thirty years.

Everything is set and ready and RTL promises us a spectacular show to celebrate its grand Eurovision return. The entire Eurovision fandom, domestic and foreign, is invited to join live from Rockhal, Luxembourg.

The voting system of Luxembourg Song Contest

The winner of the selection will be decided on a 50% percentage by a jury voting and on the remaining 50% by the audience’s votes. Specifically:

  • The jury, which will decide the 50% of the outcome will consist of representatives from eight countries, each country contributing five members.
  • The audience voting will be open not only for Luxembourgish people, but the international audience will also have a say on who the Luxembourgish representative in Eurovision 2024 will be.

How will the international voting take place?

The public voting will take place online via a direct link on RTL website on Saturday. Voters will be able to vote on a specific voting platform, which will open during two time slots, each lasting a minimum of 15 minutes, as announced by the presenters during the live show.

Each vote costs €0.99, requiring a valid credit card for participation. A maximum of up to 20 votes per registered credit card is allowed per round. Participants can distribute these votes to one song or allocate them to different songs.

Hence, both the Luxembourgish and International audience will cast their votes in the afore-mentioned way.

Luxembourg Song Contest 2024

The following eight contestants will compete for the Luxembourgish representation in Malmö:

  1. Angy & Rafa Ela – “Drop”
  2. CHAiLD – “Hold On”
  3. EDSUN – “Finally Alive”
  4. Joel Marques – “Believer”
  5. Krick – “Drowning in the rain”
  6. Naomi Ayé – “Paumée sur terre”
  7. One Last Time – “Devil in the Detail”
  8. TALI – “Fighter”

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Source: RTL

Luxembourg: These are the hosts of Luxembourg Song Contest!

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Less than a week remains, and the public broadcaster  of Luxembourg, announced the hosts of Luxembourg Song Contest. The final of the show will be hosted by Désirée Nosbusch, Melody Funck, Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem. Read more

Luxembourg: Tali Eshkoli producer of Luxembourg Song Contest

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Israeli TV producer Tali Eshkoli has taken over the production of the Luxembourg Song Contest, Luxembourg’s national final, in its grand return to the competition 31 years after its last entry!

Tali Eshkoli is no stranger to pageant fans. She has been the head of Israel’s Eurovision delegation for many years, the producer of Eurovision 2019 when it was held in Tel Aviv, the producer of Israel Calling, the Eurovision pre party, and also the television producer of many even bigger projects.

The public television of Luxembourg, wanting to make use of her experience from Eurovision events over the years, entrusted her with the production of its national final. The director of the Luxembourg Song Contest will be an acclaimed Israeli director, Moshe Kepten.

The Luxembourg Song Contest will take place on Saturday 27 January and the final winner to represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2024 will be chosen by a combined public and jury vote.

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Source: Euromix