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Moldova: The announcement of the 10 finalists of Etapa Națională 2024 will take place on January 13!

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As we have have previously informed you, the auditions for the thirty-one longlisted artists for Etapa Națională 2024, the Moldovan national selection, will take place on January 13. The thirty-one longlisted artists will perform the songs live in front of an expert committee in order to receive a golden ticket for Etapa Națională 2024 final.

The Moldovan broadcaster, TVR, recently announced that the Etapa Națională 2024 auditions will take place on January 13 at 15:00 CET,  with the results being announced the same evening on TV Moldova 1.

Etapa Națională 2024

The 31 artists who will participate in the Etapa Națională 2024 Auditions are:

  1. Maria Ciolac – “Break free”
  2. DPSTP – “RISE UP”
  3. Oliv Sky –“Another Universe”
  4. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  5. Formația „Vele” – “Carnaval”
  6. Sasha Bognibov – “Married To Twins”
  7. Denis Midone – “Back To Me”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Oliv Sky – “Loud and clear”
  10. Victor Lozinsky – “Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move”
  11. Bumbac Tudor – “Tudorel”
  12. LAURA – “Spune-mi”
  13. POLI – “Lui”
  14. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
  15. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  16.  Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  17.  Max Cara – “Broke the chain”
  18. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  19. Valleria – “Run”
  20. Valleria – “RULE (Rai di ri di)”
  21. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  22. Anna Gulko –“Perfect Place”
  23. OL – “No Time No Space”
  24. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  25. Anna G – “Ay ay ay”
  26. TRUPA VOVI ROBIAN – “Robotul Vovi”
  27. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  28.  Spînu Oleg – “Jungle”
  29. Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”
  30. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  31. Nino – “Up again”

Among the 31 artists, there are familiar names, like Natalia Barbu, who represented Moldova in Eurovision 2007 with the song “Fight” ending up in 10th place. Also, for the first time, a Moldovan representative from Junior Eurovision, submits a song, and that is Denis Midone, who took part in 2012.

The national final will then take place on February 17, where ten artists will claim the Moldovan representation in Eurovision 2024.

The previous winner of Etapa Națională and Moldova’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Pasha Parfeni with the song “Soarele și luna” who ended up in 18th place of the Grand Final.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Luxembourg: The preselection’s final line-up will be decided by an international expert jury!

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Luxembourg’s return to Eurovision after thirty years of absence is expected to be epic. A national selection will be held in order to choose the next Luxembourgish act and the preparations are on fire. The preselection was open to

  • either singers who already had a maximum of three songs to submit
  • or singers who did not have a song but they would like to represent Luxembourg in Eurovision and would therefore be contacted via RTL with a team of songwriters.

Following the closing of the submission window for the first category and the finish of the “castings” stage for the second category, RTL underwent an evaluation process, coming down to a shortlist of around 70 songs and 50 artists.

Now, it is up to an international jury to decide the final line-up.

The international jury

The choice of an international jury was made in order to achieve the greatest possible neutrality in a small country as Luxembourg. Hence, this jury consists of the following five members, strongly associated with Eurovision:

Christer Björkmann, who is a Swedish producer and TV host as well as a former Eurovision participant(Sweden 1992). Björkmann has also served as a Head of Delegation for Sweden, has produced the 2013 and 2016 editions of Eurovision Song Contest held in Sweden and the only and only to date American Song Contest.

Jan Bors, who has served as a Head of Delegation for Czechia.

Cesár Sampson, who has represented Austria in the 2018 edition of Εurovision and was crowned as the jury winner. Sampson will also play an active role in the Czech preselection this year, serving as an artistic director and the presenter of the national final.

Alex Panayi, who is also considered as a Eurovision expertise. Panayi has represented Cyprus in Eurovision on two occasions, in 1995 and 2000. In recent years, he has served as a vocal coach for several Eurovision participants and was also the backing vocalist of the 2005 winner, Helena Paparizou.

Tali Eshkoli, which an Israeli television producer. Eshkoli has been the producer of the 2019 edition of Eurovision, has also contributed to the 2021 edition of the Miss Universe competition held in Israel and has served as a jury member in various Eurovision preselections.

What’s next for the Luxembourgish preselection?

The names of the finalists who have managed to convince the jury will be revealed at the beginning of December.

The Luxembourgish national final will take place on January 27, 2024 in a major live show broadcast on RTL Télé. Viewers will be able to vote for the person they want to see represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö.

The former Eurovision powerhouse will return to the contest after thirty years of absence. During its almost fourty years participation, Luxembourg was crowned as the winner five times in total.

Will Luxembourg mantain its glorious Eurovision course? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source: RTL