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Luxembourg: Watch the official video clip of “Fighter”!

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The official video clip of Luxembourg‘s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö, Sweden, was released today.

A few hours after the release of the revamped version of the song (here), with which the Grand Duchy returns to the competition after 31 years, the official video clip of “Fighter” was released through the official account of the Luxembourgish representative, Tali, which you can watch below.

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Eurovision 2024: Joint announcement of nine participants about the happenings in Gaza!

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The representatives of nine countries participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have publiced a joint statement regarding what is happening in Gaza. More specifically, they are asking for ceasefire for permament peace to prevail and for the hostages to return in Israel. It is worth noting that they refer to Gaza as occupied Palestinian territories by Israel.

Down bellow you can read the statement:

” We want to begin by acknowledging the privilege of taking part in Eurovision.

In light of the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and particulary in Gaza, and in Israel, we do not feel comfortable being silent. It is important to us to stand in solidarity with the oppressed and communicate our heartfelt wish for peace, and immediate and lasting ceasefire, and the safe return of all hostages. We stand united against all forms of hate, including antisemitism and connections.

We feel that it is our duty to create and uphold this space, with a strong hope that it will inspire greater compassion and empathy.”

The announcement is signed by the representatives of nine countries, mainly from those that had reactions to Israel’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and these are:

  • Bambie Thug – Ireland
  • Gate – Norway
  • Iolanda – Portugal
  • Megara – San Marino
  • Nemo – Switzerland
  • Olly Alexander – United Kindom
  • SABA – Denmark
  • Silvester Belt – Lithuania
  • Windows95Man – Finland

The announcement was then posted by Belgium’s representative, Mustii, on his social media.

 

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Luxembourg: Listen to the revamp of “Fighter” by Tali!

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It’s been a long time since Tali, the representative of Luxembourg, stated that she wants her song “Fighter” to be revamped ahead of Eurovision 2024.

Earlier today, the revamped version of the song was released alongside the music video that will represent Luxembourg!

We remind you that Tali, won the Luxembourgish national final and will represent the country in Malmö after years abscence.

Listen to the revamped version of “Fighter” by Tali, in the video below:

We remind you that Luxembourg will compete in the second half of the second semi-final on May 7.

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

Eurovision 2024: Final ticket wave, on its way!

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A new wave of tickets for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö are going on sale via Ticketmaster.se.

Tickets will be available for purchase to all nine shows, including the Grand Final, held in Malmö Arena from May 6 to 11.

Go to Ticketmaster.se at 10:00 CEST Friday 5 April

Tickets prices will range from 415 SEK to 3795 SEK (36–331 €) in various categories and shows:

Semi-Final 1 
May 6 – Evening Preview: 495–795 SEK (43–70 €)
May 7 – Afternoon Preview: 415–545 SEK (36–48 €)
May 7 – Live Show: 2000–2395 SEK (175–209 €)

Semi-Final 2
May 8 – Evening Preview: 495–795 SEK (43–70 €)
May 9 – Afternoon Preview: 415–545 SEK (36–48 €)
May 9 – Live Show: 2000–2395 SEK (175–209 €)

Grand Final
May 10 – Evening Preview (Jury Show): 2000-2395 SEK (175–209 €)
May 11 – Afternoon Preview (Family Show): 1030–1385 SEK (90–121 €)
May 11 – Live Show: 3295–3795 SEK (287–331 €)

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We strongly advise only to purchase tickets from the official seller Ticketmaster and not on any secondary platform.

Resale tickets have also been available on the official Ticketmaster platform from 12 December. 

If you haven’t bought tickets for a Eurovision Song Contest before: listen up! The Eurovision Song Contest isn’t just one Saturday night spectacular… it isn’t even just the three broadcast Semi-Finals and Grand Final… it’s actually 9 arena shows across the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Eurovision week!

Tickets will be available for the nine Eurovision Song Contest arena shows from Ticketmaster.se – you can set up a Ticketmaster account now, regardless of the country you live in, so you’re ready for the on sale date.

The Evening Preview (previously known as the ‘Jury Show’) is a full run through of the show that takes place the night before the televised version. It’s when the international juries cast their votes for the participants. Audiences can stay for a randomised version of the qualifier/points reveals, as the presenters rehearse for different scenarios.

The Afternoon Preview (previously known as the ‘Family Show’) is a full run through of the show that takes place earlier in the day of the Live TV Show; it serves as one final rehearsal for the artists and crew, and as the name suggests, it’s much more convenient for those who wish to bring younger Eurovision fans. Again, the Family Show features a randomly generated presentation of the qualifiers and points.

The Live TV Show is exactly that: a live television show. Audiences across Europe (and Australia) will get to cast their votes to add to the Jury scores. No randomisations this time – it’s all for real!

Interest in Eurovision tickets is always high, but as fans who have travelled to a Contest before will tell you: traditionally it can be easier to secure tickets for the Preview shows. These shows have all of the content and performances of the broadcast shows, but leave you free to watch the Live TV Show as it was intended… on the television!

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Resale Advice

Please be advised that tickets should only be purchased from Ticketmaster.se Ticketmaster strongly advises its customers to not purchase second-hand tickets if it’s not through Ticketmaster Resale. In Sweden, it is not forbidden to purchase or sell tickets second hand, but this often involves more risks as there is no guarantee that the tickets are genuine.

Ticketmaster Resale is a service which means that you, the ticket buyer, can sell and buy tickets second hand completely safely, securely and anonymously – from fan to fan.

The process of buying a Resale-ticket is exactly the same as when you buy a regular ticket. Ticketmaster verifies each ticket when the ticket changes owner so that you can be sure that you get a valid ticket. Once you have purchased tickets, you will see the order as usual in your Ticketmaster account. Head to Ticketmaster.se  for more information.

Source: eurovision.tv

Estonia: “Eurovisiooni Laulud” begins on March 31!

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The Estonian pre-show for Eurovision, called “Eurovisiooni laulud” returns once again, this Sunday, on March 31, through the public broadcaster ERR.

A jury panel, as well as Estonian musicians, will listen and assess the song that will take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets, both hosts of Eesti Laul, will be the hosts of the pre-show, who will also be accompanied by guests who will listen to the Eurovision 2024 songs, in each episode. In the first episode, Põhja-Korea, Päevakoer and Ramo Teder, the Estonian representatives for this year, will be present as guests. This year, the guests are not giving out points, but they will just choose their favourite song from each episode instead.

This year, Estonia is represented by 5Miinust x Puuluup, with their song “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”, which will take part in the second semi-final of Eurovision 2024, on May 9, and they will be performing 13th in the running order:

https://youtu.be/zY6RbPaTNUc

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

Source: ERR

 

Ukraine: Voting to determine jury members for Eurovision 2024 is now open!

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Suspilne, the public broadcaster of Ukraine, commenced the voting procedure, in order to select the jury members for Eurovision 2024, which will determine 50% of the Ukrainian voting.

The voting begun through the Diya app, and it will come to an end with the selection of the jury members. Ukrainian citizens, have until the 1st of April to vote for their favourites. Ten candidates, have been shortlisted, from which, the five most voted, will make up the Ukrainona jury for Eurovision Song Contest 2024:

  • FIЇNKA – singer, actress, songwriter, finalist of Vidbir 2023
  • Oleksiy Bondarenko – music columnist, founder and editor-in-chief of “Lirum”
  • Oleksandr Varenytsia– PR specialist, co-founder of Go West, an agency for the promotion of Ukrainian music on the international market
  • Iryna Horova – producer, founder and CEO of the record label POMITNI
  • Olena Kolyadenko – head of the Freedom Ballet dance team, producer of Freedom Jazz and KADNAY
  • Max Nagornyak – blogger, music critic and founder of Bezodnya Music
  • Anna Sviridova – professional musician, radio and TV presenter
  • Kostyantyn Tomilchenko – creative producer of the television shows “Ukrayina maye talant”, “X-Factor” and “Maska”
  • Alyosha – singer, composer and songwriter, represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2010
  • Yevhen Triplov – songwriter and music producer of songs for many Ukrainian artists, including Tina Karol, MONATIK, ZLATA OGNEVICH, Wellboy and Anna Trincher

The candidate with the highest amount of votes, will be the president of the jury. If for any reason a member is not able to vote, they will be replaced by the next candidate in number of votes. The jury members will be revealed on May 11, the day of the Grand Final.

This year, Ukraine is represented by alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, with their song “Teresa & Maria”, and they will take part in the first half of the first semi-final of Eurovision 2024, on May 7:

https://youtu.be/k_8cNbF8FLI

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Source: corp.suspilne.media

OGAE Poll 2024: The results from France!

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The announcement of the results of the OGAE fan clubs has officially started. The first club to announce its results for the annual poll of the fan clubs, is that of France.

OGAE France members voted as follows:

12 points: Belgium
10 points: Croatia
8 points: Switzerland
7 points: Austria
6 points: Italy
5 points: Spain
4 points: The Netherlands
3 points: Ukraine
2 points: Lthuania
1 point: Israel

Seven out of ten countries from the betting odds’ top 10 are present in France’s voting.

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Eurovision 2024: Skånetrafiken releases unique tickets adapted for the Eurovision week!

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Skånetrafiken, the regional public transport carrier of the region of Skåne – where Malmö is located, is developing two new tickets that are valid when the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the region!

In the first week of May, thousands of visitors are expected to visit the region Skåne. Skånetrafiken has decided to make it easy for everyone to choose to travel by train and bus and is therefore producing two adapted tickets for the Eurovision week. Both tickets are valid for eight days, 5-12 May. One is valid for the whole of Skåne and the other for over the Öresund Bridge, which connects the city of Malmö with the city of Copenhagen in Denmark, and in the whole of Skåne.

The tickets can of course be bought regardless of whether you are going to see Eurovision or not. 

This is how the tickets work:

  • Eurovision Skåne: Travel unlimited within Skåne for eight days for only 350 SEK (approx. 31 Euros). 
  • Eurovision Skåne/Copenhagen: Travel to and from Copenhagen with the Öresund train and throughout Skåne for eight days for only SEK 700 (approx. 61 Euros). 

Tickets can be purchased from April 15 to May 12 via the app which can be downloaded for Android or iOS devices via Google Play or Appstore respectively!

Update 16:57 CET:

Pernilla Lyberg, Sales and Marketing Manager at Skånetrafiken, says in a press release:

“We want to make it possible for as many people as possible to travel by bus and train. We will strengthen all traffic and have developed two really advantageous tickets.”

Changes to train services during the Eurovision week:

• Extra trains will go to Ystad and Trelleborg during the evenings.

• Some trains that would normally have Lund as their final station will continue to Hässleholm.

• Extra train to Helsingborg in the evening.

• Extra train to Copenhagen on Thursday, May 9th, when Denmark participates in the semi-finals.

Skånetrafiken writes that they also plan to increase the number of buses during the week and have customer hosts on site around Malmö. The customer center at Malmö Central Station will also extend its opening hours during the week.

In addition, skanetrafiken.se will be partially translated into English.

Don’t miss out on the performance of Marcus & Martinus, at the Melodifestivalen 2024 afterparty that took place at Quality Friends Hotel, in Stockholm, Sweden, after their victory on this year’s Melodifestivalen final!

Check out our YouTube channel for more interviews, reactions videos and Melodifestivalen material!

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun, for all the latest developments regarding the Swedish entry for Eurovision 2024!

Source: Skånetrafiken

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Germany: ISAAK sings an acoustic version of “Always on the Run”!

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Isaak won the German national selection for Eurovision 2024 called Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 and he will be the one that will represent Germany in the contest, with the song “Always on the Run“.

On last Friday night, the German representative was a guest on the talk show of NDR and presented for the first time an acoustic version of his song.

Enjoy the acoustic version of “Always on the Run“:

 

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We remind you that Germany, as a member of the big-five, will automatically qualify to the Grand Final of May 11 and the German audience will cast their votes on the first semi-final.

You can also watch EurovisionFun’s reaction video on “Always On The Run“, below:

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Eurovision 2024: City of Malmö working hard for a safe Eurovision!

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Malmö is currently evaluating the current situation caused by the ongoing Middle-Eastern conflict, hence, is discussing the ways of making the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest as safe as possible.

Israel‘s confirmed participation in Eurovision is stirring emotional protests around Europe. Intensive work is being done on security for the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held this May in Malmö, Sweden. Ulf Nilsson, the Head of Security and Preparedness at the city of Malmö., said on an interview with P4 Malmöhus:

“Many people are contributing to make this a reputation-proof event. We’re broadly working with many different scenarios. We’re working very closely with the police, SVT, Region Skåne, the Traffic Department.”

Last weekend, a Eurovision sign outside Malmö Live was vandalized and has now been protected with wax. The vandalism was discovered in the early hours of the morning. On the base of the sign, someone has written “Free Gaza” and smeared it with red paint. Even on the digital sign that says “United by music” and “We are one“, someone has thrown paint.

Several individuals have already applied for permission from the police to demonstrate during Eurovision in protest against Israel and their Eurovision Song Contest participation.

“We see that many have opinions about Israel’s participation and we understand that. We’re closely monitoring the situation. Of course, this will be taken into account in our work.”

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be held next May in Malmö, Sweden!

Source: Sveriges Radio/P4 Malmöhus/Sofie Dahlstedt

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