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Italy: The Sanremo 2024 finalists will be revealed on December 3!

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The finalists of Sanremo 2024 will be revealed on December 3, as we previously reported. Amadeus will make the announcement at 13:30 on TG1.

Some extremely prominent names in the Italian music industry, including Il Volo, Mahmood, Jalisse, Achille Lauro, and Diodato, are reportedly planning to participate at this year’s Sanremo, making it a festival to remember for a very long time.

The Teatro Ariston will host the 2024 Sanremo Festival from February 6-10. The festival winner will have the right to represent Italy in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, should they decide to do so. If an artist declines, RAI reserves the right to choose another from the competing artists based on its own criteria. A commission of radio stations, a jury of accredited journalists attending the festival, and the general audience will all vote to choose the winner.

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Malta: These are the 12 finalists of MESC 2024!

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After the completion of the last semi-final of MESC 2024, the public broadcaster of Malta announced on a special tv show the 12 acts that qualified to the final of the selection show of the island of the Knights for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. The 12 acts were voted by the audience and the jury panel.

The 36 artist that took part in the 4 semi-finals of MESC 2024 were as follows:

  1. Kurt Calleja – “Misunderstood”
  2. Sarah Bonnici – “Loop”
  3. Gail – “Wild Card”
  4. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Condition or Fiction”
  5. Eliana Gomez Blanco – “There’s Only Flowers”
  6. OXYGYN – “Cloudmaker”
  7. Nathan – “Ghost”
  8. Lyndsay – “Fire Proof”
  9. Dominic Cini – “Bewsa”
  10. Marie Claire – “Fading”
  11. Franklin Calleja – “Puppet”
  12. Desirei Grech – “Watch Me”
  13. Sopranique – “Empire”
  14. Janvil – “MAN”
  15. Haley Azzopardi – “Tell Me That It’s Over”
  16. Denise – “Mara”
  17. Mark Portelli – “Just Be”
  18. Maria Christina – “Moving On”
  19. Jessica Micallef – “Tagħna Tnejn”
  20. Cosette Baldacchino – “Free Fall”
  21. Michela Galea – “Let’s Talk About Love”
  22. Thea Aquilina – “Blood Stream”
  23. Miguel Bonello – “Better Off Alone”
  24. Moira Stafrace – “Feather Flight”
  25. Dan – “Baraxx”
  26. Stefan Galea – “Numb”
  27. Karin Duff – “Breaking Bad”
  28. Christian Arding – “Bellus”
  29. Erba – “Sirena”
  30. Greta Tude – “Topic (Bla Bla)”
  31. Kyle George – “Arrows”
  32. Lisa Gauci – “Breathe”
  33. Martina Cutajar – “Miles Away”
  34. Matt Blxck – “Banana”
  35. Miriana Conte – “Venom”
  36. Ryan Hili – “Karma”

The artists that advanced to the grand final of MESC 2024 are as per below list:

  1. Miriana Conte – “Venom”
  2. Sarah Bonnici – “Loop”
  3. Greta Tude – “Topic (Bla Bla)”
  4. Janvil – “MAN”
  5. Haley Azzopardi – “Tell Me That It’s Over”
  6. Ryan Hili – “Karma”
  7. Erba – “Sirena”
  8. Nathan – “Ghost”
  9. Denise – “Mara”
  10. Matt Blxck – “Banana”
  11. Gail – “Wild Card”
  12. Lisa Gauci – “Breathe”

The final of MESC 2024

The final will take place in January 2024. Each artist will have 5,000€ at their disposal for their own video-clip production. In addition each artist will film their own live-on-tape clips in December of 60 minutes duration, which will include 3 performances and the best one will be chosed to be presented on the night of the final. The next Maltese representative will emerge with the combination of the votes of the televoters and the jury.

This year Malta was represneted in Liverpool by the The Busker and the song “Dance (Our Own Party)” who didn’t manage to qualify as the ended up 15th and last in the first semi-final with only 3 points.

https://youtu.be/zVmVt9qmg9g

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The 2024 London Eurovision Party will be held on April 7!

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A few hours ago it was officially announced, through the London Eurovision Party‘s social media accounts, that the event is going to be held for yet another year. The event’s date, April 7, was also announced by the organizers.


As noted in the post, this year marks 15 years since the first London Eurovision Party was held. Numerous surprises will be included in the celebration of the occasion. Furthermore, information regarding ticket sales will be revealed soon.

This event traditionally involves the Eurovision contestants of the year, who are given the opportunity to promote and present their entries live. Former participants are also invited to perform.

In addition to the London Eurovision Party, the following pre-parties have their dates confirmed:

  • Barcelona Eurovision Party – April 4, 5 and 6
  • Eurovision in Concert – April 13
  • Nordic Eurovision Party – April 14

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Cyprus: The choreographers that will work on the performance of Silia Kapsis!

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The choreographers for Cyprus’s 2024 Eurovision entry have been revealed by RIK. Those are two Los Angeles, USA-based choreographers that are highly renowned and experienced.

Those choreographers are Kelly Sweeney and Guy Groove, who have both worked with well-known performers and on major TV shows like Eurovision.


At the moment, Silia Kapsis is in Australia. She will shortly record the final version of the song that she will perform in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. She will also be returning to Cyprus in January to film the video clip, having initially traveled to Los Angeles to choreograph the song.

She will travel to Athens right away to practice her performance for the Eurovision stage, and she will stay there until May.

Aiming for the best outcome and a good placing for the country in the final, the artistic team that took over the project this year and the Cypriot delegation are already working on all the aspects of the participation.

Silia, who has been dancing professionally since a very young age, has worked with both of them in the past. Here is a video of one of their previous collaborations:

 

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Bulgaria: Is Victoria coming back in Eurovision 2024?

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The dicsussion and the “thriller” regarding the final list of the participating countries at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden is well maintained and even fed back by the scenarios regarding the return of Bulgaria to the contest after one year hiatus. Just yesterday we informed you through our article (here) about the potential return of this country of the Balkan Peninsula with Poli Genova for a third time (?).

A few hours later a post on X by Victoria herslef rocked the boat once again regarding the possible Bulgarian participation/return, as she wrote that ” a little surprise is coming next week!! xoxo”

Of course, such a post could not have gone unnoticed by the watchful eye of Eurofans, especially when Bulgaria’s official Eurovision account shares the relevant post. In addition, this event could be directly connected to the interview that Victoria gave to Euronews Bulgaria where she stated that she wants to perform again on the Eurovision stage.

While waiting for the official announcements about the list of competing countries let’s remember again Victoria’s two entries for Bulgaria in the 2020 and 2021 contests. In 2020 she would perform the song Tears Getting Sober which was also a favorite for the first prize, however the competition canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following year he competed in Rotterdam with the track Growing Up is Getting Old finishing in 11th place of the Grand Final with 170 points.

https://youtu.be/V_hgYnwZR8I

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Source:Wiwibloggs 

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Will Poli Genova represent Bulgaria in Eurovision 2024?

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The complete lineup of countries taking part in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden in May, has not yet been released. But in the preceding days, the head of the French delegation and the official X account of the Bulgarian delegation both indicated that 41 countries, as opposed to last year’s 37, will participate in this year’s competition. The question of whether Bulgaria will compete in Eurovision again in 2024 has been raised as a result of this.

Poli Genova stated she would like to compete again if given the opportunity, in an interview with Wiwibloggs:

The moment I have the green light I’m going to do it.

Poli Genova represented Bulgaria at Eurovision 2011, failing to qualify for the final, and returned five years later, in 2016, finishing fourth. Additionally, in 2015, she presented Junior Eurovision in Sofia.

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Source: Wiwibloggs 

The Netherlands: 10 artists advance to the next round of the internal selection for Eurovision 2024?

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Ten artists are most likely to advance to the next round of the Dutch selection process for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in May in Malmö, Sweden, according to Dutch journalist Aran Bade, who made this revelation on RTL’s Boulevard. He clarified, though, that this information was still pending confirmation.

According to information from Dutch public television, more than 600 applications were submitted this year, a record number for the country. Among the names that claim the Dutsch representation are Caroline van der Leeuw, Douwe Bob, Tim Douwsma, Numidia and the rappers Joost & Donnie.

According to the Dutch commentator, the decision on the country’s representative is expected to be finalized and announced in mid-December.

Last year, Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper represented the Netherlands with the song “Burning Daylight”. The entry placed 13th in the semifinals, marking the country’s first elimination since 2015.

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Source: RTL Boulevard

EBU’s statement on the Eurovision 2024 participating countries list!

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It is yet unknown which countries will compete in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in May in Malmö, Sweden. This is in contrast with previous years, when the list of participating countries was released as early as October by the EBU.

There have been rumors circulating on which countries might or might not participate this year because of the delay. As a result, the EBU stated the following:

The list of public service media broadcasters who will take part next year is currently being finalized and will be published in its entirety once preparations are complete.

Thus, it can be inferred from this statement that the countries that will take part in Malmö have not yet been determined. After all, there have been instances in which the aforementioned list was released in January or December.

As of now 35 countries have confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2024, while four broadcasters -Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andorra, Monaco, and Slovakia- have announced that they will not return to the contest.

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Source: ESC Today

Lithuania: THE ROOP submitted an entry for Eurovizija.LT!

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We woke up today with some quite interesting Eurovision news. THE ROOP, former Eurovision participants for Lithuania in Eurovision 2020 and Eurovision 2021, announced via their social media account that they will participate in “Eurovizija.LT”, the Lithuanian national selection for Eurovision 2024.

We decided to participate in the National Eurovision selection!
We have accumulated experience to carry the Lithuanian flag even further to the world and we have a song. You will hear it already in January. An interesting year awaits all of us in 2024. Stay tuned.
Having experience following their win in “Pabandom iš naujo” both in 2020 and 2021, the former Lithuanian representatives are ready to take on the Eurovision stage for one more time. Meanwhile, they promise us an interesting proposal and and an exciting year to come in terms of their artistic work.

Eurovizija.LT

Unlike the past five years, though, this year’s “Pabandom iš naujo!” won’t take place. On the other hand, Lithuania’s public broadcaster, announced that the country’s entry will be determined via a new process, “Eurovizija.LT”.

The submission platform is already open and interested artists can submit their proposals until 11 December 2023.

This new procedure differs from the previous one in terms of both the manner in which it is carried out and the rules under which it is conducted. To be more precise, there will be four or five semi-finals and a grand final in Eurovizija.LT. Both a jury vote and a public vote will determine the outcome in these stages. The top three entries from the final will move on to the “Super-Final”, where the TV viewers will be the only ones deciding who wins and represents Lithuania in Malmö.

Similar to past years, the semifinals will be taped earlier in the week rather than being aired live. Furthermore, in the case of a tie in the vote, the verdict from the jury will take precedence.

Artists are limited to submitting one song each and must be citizens of Lithuania. The songwriters of the song, though, can be foreign nationals as well.

The quantity of proposals received will determine the number of participants. Lastly, each finalist will get a budget of EUR 1500 from LRT for the stage presentation of their entry.

THE ROOP won the Lithuanian national final in 2020 with their song “On Fire“. While being a fan favorite, Eurovision 2020 was cancelled as a result of the wide-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, they were granted a spot at the 2021 national final, which they also won with their song “Discoteque” and went on to finish 8th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which was held in Rotterdam.

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Greece: Marina Satti’s Eurovision song will not be selected through a national final

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At ERT, the preparations for 2024 Eurovision Song Contest are underway. It seems that the idea of hosting a television show to select the song Marina Satti will sing to represent Greece in Malmö is is being shelved.

The plans for hosting a television show to choose Marina Satti’s Eurovision song are reportedly stalled, according to an article published by Typologies today. The artist’s fame as well as the broadcaster’s economic condition are what ultimately drove ERT to make this decision.

In our view, ERT made the right decision since it would have been preferable if Marina Satti and her team, along with the Greek public television, chose the song they believe would be most appropriate for the competition and her as an artist.

The funds that would have been used to produce this show can be used to fund either the stage perfromance or the production of a compelling music video.

More than 50 songs have already been submitted for Marina Satti

Meanwhile, songs for Marina Satti’s 2024 Eurovision participation are still being submitted. More than fifty songs have already been submitted, some of them by well-known musicians, according to information that was disclosed on the television program Super Katerina.

Interested artists may submit their proposals to eurovision2024@ert.gr through email until December 1st.

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Source: Typologies