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Sweden: The Eurovision facilities in Malmö are being vandalised!

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There is no doubt that the protracted turmoil in the Middle East has had an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest this year in a number of ways. A few examples are the arguments regarding Israel’s participation and the Palestinian-born Bashar Murad’s involvement at the Icelandic national final.

Reactions keep coming in, this time in the contest’s host city .Specifically, one of the billboards advertising Eurovision 2024 that are erected throughout Malmö has been vandalised. In particular, the contest’s slogan, “United by Music”, was written on the sign after it had been covered in red paint, seemingly as a mockery at the EBU’s decision to allow Israel compete. He etched the words “Free Gaza” at the end. The political nature of this year’s competition is practically reinforced by the aforementioned.

In spite of the reactions, Israel participates in the competition with Eden Golan‘s “Hurricane”, which addresses the events of October of last year.

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Source: Aftonbladet

Iceland: Israeli influence behind Hera Björk’s victory!

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According to the Icelandic press the Israeli broadcaster KAN is behind the campaign against Bashar Murad.

The Israeli Yogev Segal who organized the campaign against Bashar Murad in Söngvakeppnin, Iceland’s selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest, according to the Icelandic website MANNLÍF, is an employee of Israel’s public broadcaster. Yogev Segal is the founder of a Facebook discussion group for Icelanders who support Israel.

Yogev Segal seems to have urged all members of this group to vote for Hera Björk in the final of Söngvakeppnin 2024. That is, he suggested that Israel’s supporters in Iceland should urge as many people as possible to vote for Hera Björk’s song. It was, according to him, the safest way to ensure that there would be no Palestinian on the stage of the competition in Sweden in May.

Within the aforementioned group, Segal admits to working for Israel’s state television, KAN, which, like the Icelandic one, is responsible for Israel’s participation in Eurovison. He suggests that reporting on his campaign is grist to the conspiracy theory mill. Finally he claims that Israel had no interest in the Icelandic national final.

For the record, Söngvakeppnin 2024 was won by Hera Björk with the song “Scared of Heights”, however this year the participation of the country is not considered certain, as the issue of the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine and the participation of the former in the competition is a point of friction in Iceland’s public sphere. The final decision on whether the island of ice and fire in Malmö will take part is expected today.

Source: SAMSTÖÐIN

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Croatia: Baby Lasagna’s stage performance will be changed for Eurovision 2024!

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Baby Lasagna‘s stage appearance in Malmö will not be the same as his performance at the country’s national selection. Given that Croatia is currently leading the betting odds, this is a predicted development.

First off, there will be differenced in the choreography, which is almost finished. Two dancers, Luana Kličić and Sebastijan Žeželić, will accompany the performer on stage. Mihael Žipovski will play the guitar and keyboard. In addition, Matija Klaj is taking over on the drums in place of Baby Lasagna’s brother Val Perum, who will be on tour at the time.

But changes go beyond the choreography. Valentina Pliško created a new outfit specifically for the artist. The performer himself called the outfit traditional, noting that it included features that reflected Istrian culture.

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Source: Jutarnji

Ireland: RTÉ bombarded by emails against Israel!

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RTÉ is bombarded by emails urging the boycott of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest given the participation of Israel!

The national broadcaster has received over 1400 emails calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 most of which RTÉ says are related to Israel’s participation.

In addition, the organization itself states that the emails started on January 26, that is, the day when the national final of Ireland, The Late Late Show Eurosong special, was held, emphasizing, however, that about 1000 of them were copy-pastes.

One spokeperson of RTÉ commented that:

“Same content, signed and sent by different emailers”

Calls for Israel to be excluded by Eurovision 2024 organizers due to military operations in the Palestinian territory of Gaza are related to the European Broadcasting Union’s decision to exclude Russia in 2022 due to military operations in Ukraine.

Ireland will be represented at this year’s competition in Malmö by Bambie Thug and the song “Doomsday Blue”. The country will compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 7 May in a bid for one of the ten tickets to the grand final on Saturday 11 May.

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Source: Irish Independent

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Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze will perform “Fire Fighter” in Malmö!

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Georgia‘s public broadcaster GPB announced the title of the song with which Nutsa Buzaladze will represent the country in Malmö. The song is titled “Fire Fighter”.

At the same time, the recent rumours were confirmed, as Darko Dimitrov and Ada Skidka were officially announced as the song’s composers. After an open call to interested artists, the song was selected from about 300 submissions made to the country’s public television.

According to a story published on Nutsa’s personal Instagram account, the Georgian delegation has already started extensive preparations. The director and choreographer have actually already been chosen, as per reports from today’s GPB afternoon programme. They met with the executive in charge of Georgia’s public television today to go over the specifics of the stage performance.

The production of “Fire Fighter” has been completed and the track is expected to be released in the next few days.

Who is Nutsa Buzaladze?

The international songstress from Tbilisi has participated in (and won) many different song contests over her career, including a top 12 finish at American Idol in 2023 where she performed a duet with Kylie Minogue on her classic track “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”.

In recent years, Nutsa has lived in both Los Angeles (where she wrote, performed and shot music videos) and Dubai (where she signed a contract with Theater Dubai and performed at Expo) but calls Georgia home.

In 2019 she released her debut album under the name Nutsa22, covering not only Georgian songs but also compositions in English, but it was Gelodebi that became her breakout hit leading her to tour the country with a live band.

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Source: GPB

The impediments of Israel’s Eurovision 2024 participation seem to have been lifted

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Up until today, there was uncertainty about Israel‘s participation in this year’s Eurovision. It has been questioned if the country would be able to participate after the EBU rejected two songs because of the political context of their lyrics. But it appears that this problem has been resolved.

The report mentioned above has been published by Ynet, which has previously been the source of numerous leaks regarding Israel’s participation this year. More precisely, the EBU has approved the revised lyrics of the song that KAN, the country’s public broadcaster, submitted, meaning that the impediments have now been lifted, according to sources from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Hurricane”, the song that Eden Golan will perform in May, was written by  Stav Begar (who co-wrote and produced “Toy”, with which Netta win Eurovision 2018), Avi Ohion, and Keren Ples (who participated on the “The Star Next” judging panel).

The above information remains to be confirmed by the EBU.

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Source: Ynet

Greece: The 3 emojis that best describe Marina Satti’s song!

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Just two days before the release of the song, with which Marina Satti will represent Greece in Eurovision 2024, an enigmatic post was posted on @eurovisionert, describing the Greek entry through three emojis.

 

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The number six, that the emoji portrays, is probably meant to represent the word “Dice”, thereby confirming the song’s title. In addition, we see a fire and an ancient monument. The latter is most likely connected to the concept of the video clip, which was filmed in several important locations in Athens, including the Acropolis.

The reveal of the Greek entry will take place this Thursday, at 20:00 CET, in a special show, which will be broadcast on ERT1 and will be hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Jenny Melita.

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Australia: Listen to the official teaser for Eurovision 2024!

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SBS, the national broadcaster of Australia, released today the official teaser of the entry for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

A few hours ago SBS published a small teaser of the participation of this vast country of Oceania for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! You can listen to the relevant excerpt below.

As we have already informed in our previous article the official release of the Australian entry for the 2024 contest is scheduled to take place on 6th of March!

Australia: Entry to be revealed on 6th of March!

Australia was allocated in the second half of the first semi-final on Tuesday 7th of May, claiming one of the ten tickets for the grand final of Saturday 11th of May.

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Luxembourg: Tali’s “Fighter” will undergo a revamp!

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is making its Eurovision comeback this year. Tali became the duchy’s first Eurovision representative in thirty-one years after her song “Fighter” won the Luxembourg Song Contest, the country’s national selection for Eurovision 2024.

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The fact that Luxembourg hosted the national final demonstrated how important Eurovision is to the country even after a protracted absence.

Tali confirmed speculations that she would revamp her Eurovision song by revealing on her personal Instagram account that she is in the studio. In fact, a small part of the revamped version is audible in the video.

Luxembourg will perform in the second half of the first semi-final on 7 May.

You can watch the EurovisionFun team’s reaction video to “Fighter” below:

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Iceland: With Hera Björk and Scared of Heights in Malmö!

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Τhe grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2024, the national process through which the representative of the island of ice and fire in the Eurovision Song Contest is sworn took place tonight. This year, however, the country’s participation is not considered certain, as the issue of the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine and the participation of the former in the competition is a point of friction in the public sphere of Iceland. The grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2024 took place in Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík.

As in the previous two semi-finals, the grand final was presented by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, Sigurður Þorri Gunnarsson and Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson.

The show started with a tribute to Selma and Iceland’s 1999 entry that finished in 2nd place. Selma herself opened the final night with a live performance of Out of Luck!

The contestants

Five artists participated in the grand final where they performed their entries in English apart from the Væb who chose to keep their song in Icelandic. At this point we remind you that the rules allow the artists to choose the language of their preference.

The artists of the first round of the final performed as per below:

With the end of the competitive part of the first round, the telephone lines were opened for the voting of the televoters.

First Round results

In the first round the two artists who advanced to the second round resulted from the combination of the votes of the television audience and the jury.

The two artists who made it to the second round were:

  1. Hera Björk – “Scared of Heights”
  2. Bashar Murad – “Wild West“

Second Round results

In the second round of the final the two aforementioned artists performed their entries again where the result was decided only by the vote of the television audience.

Before the announcement of the results, last year’s representative of Iceland, Diljá, took the stage.

After the end of the voting, the winner was Hera Björk with Scared of Heights!

Hera Björk with Scared of Heights and Iceland, in case RÚV does not decline the participation in the Contest, is scheduled to take part in the second half of the first semi-final of 7th of May claiming one of the ten tickets for the grand final of Saturday 11th of May.

This is going to be the second time Hera Björk represents Iceland after 2010 when she finished 19th in the final.

What do you think of the results of the Icelandic final? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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