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Finland: UMK 2024 finalists react to each others’ songs!

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Finland’s national broadcatser YLE posted on its official YouTube account a video, that features the seven UMK 2024 finalists reacting to each others’ song.

You can watch the video by clicking on the following link:

 

We remind you that the competing entries of UMK 2024 that will vie for Finland’s representation on the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden are:

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 is scheduled for February 10th in Nokia Arena in Tampere. The hosts of UMK 2024 are Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen.

Last year, Finland managed to climb on the 2nd place of the scoreboard with Käärijä and his song “Cha Cha Cha”, winning the televote. That is Finland’s best result since Lordi’s victory in 2006.

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Azerbaijan: “You’ll know it when our Eurovision representative is selected”

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Despite the intense preparations in the Land of Fire before the New Year, there is nothing new about the representation of Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! Read more

Lithuania: The results of Heat 2 of “Eurovizija.LT 2024”!

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Last Saturday, Lithuania started the search for its representative and entry, that will fly the Lithuanian flag for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Lithuania comes back to the contest with a new national final format called “Eurovizija.LT”. The national final consists of six shows – five heats and a grand final –. Few minutes ago, the second heat was completed, with two new contestants being advanced to the Grand Final of the show.

The presenters of the show were Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė Khotseng. At the Green Room, the presenter was Nerijus Trilikauskas.

The host of Eurovizija.LT

For the record, two artists from Heat 2 were advance to the final, following the vote from the  public audience and a specially formed jury.

This Heat’s members of the jury were:

  • Ieva Narkutė (artist)
  • Ieva Zasimauskaitė (artist and the represetative of Lithuania in Eurovision 2018)
  • Vytautas Bikus (composer and music producer)
  • Ramūnas Zilnys (popular music editor of LRT)
  • Kristupas Naraškevičius (TV presenter of LRT)

The Judges for the third heat of Eurovizija.LT 2024

Eight artists competed to this Heat for the two Golden Tickets for the Grand Final of Eurovizija.LT, these were:

  • Thomas G – “Us”

 

The Results

With the panel already voting, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the television audience.

Judges result for Heat 2

Public result for Heat 2

Overall Result for Heat 2

The two artists who qualified for the Grand Final are:

Until now, four (out of ten) artists were qualified for the Grand Final and these are:

 

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Slovenia: Listen to “Veronika” by Raiven for Eurovision 2024!

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In December 12, RTVSLO, the public broadcaster of Slovenia, announced in a special press conference, that Raiven, a mezzo-soprano, pop singer, songwriter and harpist, will be the country’s representative in Malmö!

Raiven was selected internally by RTVSLO, which came to many as a surprise, as the country selected their representative internally and not through a national final, only for the third time in its history.

Raiven’s anticipated song for Eurovision 2024, was revealed through a special show called Misija Malmö.

Her song is titled “Veronika” and is in Slovenian (You can listen to it in the video below):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWcSsi7SliI

About the Song

The song is based on Veronika Deseniška (Veronika of Desenice), the second wife of Frederick II, Count of Celje. Raiven says about her song:

“The song was not written with the idea of going to Eurovision. When creating it, I focused primarily on the dramatic quality, which is key to telling Veronika’s story effectively. I wanted her story to not only be expressed but also resonate with the year 2024. The idea that she needed music, which was just right – cinematic and contemporary – was present throughout the creative process.”

“Veronika” will be featured on Raiven’s upcoming album Sirene which is set to be released on February 17th, and was written and composed by Raiven herself and a team which also consisted of Bojan Cvjetićanin, the lead songer of Joker Out the country’s representatives in 2023:

“Bojan is a very good friend of mine. We often talked about doing something together, and our musical collaboration on Veronika came about very spontaneously”

Who is Raiven?

Sara Briški Ciman, better known as Raiven is a singer who regularly appears on the country’s public television. He has presented numerous shows, and has appeared in a variety of concerts and music shows.

Her latest single titled “Ikona“ has become a big sensation in the country after being featured in RTVSLO’s Popevka 2023, alongside Helena Blagne.

No one can deny her professionalism, vocal skills, stage appearance and close relationships with RTVS, a set of things that fits perfectly with Eurovision.

Many Eurofans certainly remember Raiven, from her appearances in the Slovenian national final, EMA, having finished third in 2017 and second in 2016 (by just 100 votes) and 2019.

Below you can watch our reaction video for “Veronika”:

What do you think of the Slovene entry for Eurovision 2024? Will she manage to qualify for the final and get a great result?

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Source: eurovision.tv

Iceland: More than 500 musicians demand withdrawal of Iceland from Eurovision!

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A number of musicians showed up outside the radio house to present the petition to broadcaster Stefan Eiríksson. Confetti was shot over the broadcaster during the handing over of the list, as can be seen in a video footage taken by protesters that gave mbl.is permission to publish.

Pálmi Gunn­ars­son, Páll Óskar, Gréta Salóme, Bríet, Friðrik Dór, Svala Björg­vins­dótt­ir and Daní­el Ágúst Haraldsson are among more than 500 on a petition of musicians demanding that Iceland withdraw from Eurovision Song Contest, because Israel is participating in the contest.

Israel participates

Playwright Sal­vör Gull­brá Þór­ar­ins­dótt­ir told mbl.is:

“Musicians are encouraging RÚV to take a stand by withdrawing from Eurovision if Israel participates.”

Salvör also points out that Reykja­vík­ur­dæt­ur signed the list, as well as members of the band Celebs. The European Broadcasting Union has now announced that Israel will take part in this year’s contest. Salvör adds citing the results of a survey conducted by Prósent before Christmas:

“There’s really no other option for RÚV than to take a stand with Palestine. Because there is a strong will among the people to do so.”

According to the findings of this poll, about 60% of the population strongly or rather agree that Iceland should withdraw from the contest.

There have been calls to ban Israel from Eurovision 2024. In Finland, 1300 artists signed a petition asking for Israel to be removed. The British representative Olly Alexander has also shared in public his opinion against Israel. Also just recently Montaigne signed an open letter to the EBU asking the ban of Israel from the contest and Ben Dolic joined her by doing the same.

Source: mbl.is
Photo: Þórdís Reynis

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Sweden: Zara Larsson interested in being a Eurovision 2024 interval! | What about Melodifestivalen?

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Zara Larsson is one of the biggest representatives of Swedish pop worldwide.  She is turning 26 at the end of this year, but she already has a vast career, made her international breakthrough at the age of 18 and she has been involved with acting lately, making her debut at a Netflix film A part of You.

She has declared herself as a big fan of Melodifestivalen and Eurovision and has expressed her wish in the past to take part in Melodifestivalen as an interlude act. Now speaking at Sveriges Radio and Fredrik Hilmered, superstar Zara Larsson just expressed that she eagerly wants to go to Eurovision as one of the interval acts of this year’s contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden:

“I’m eager to do an interlude. Being on Eurovision would be really awesome. It’s by far the biggest program an artist can be a part of.”

But when asked about competing in Melodifestivalen, she sounds quite firm:

“I will never compete in Melodifestivalen. It’s more than just getting the chance to use the awesome stage. It’s the ultimate privilege for me as an artist.”

Has she been asked to do an interlude? She responds:

“I’ve told my management to hound them. We’ll see how it turns out. That would be super exciting.”

Her new album “Venus” gets released on the 9th of February and she sets off for her European tour on the 16th of the same month. No wonder why she’s left a big tour gap between the 16th of March and the 31st of May, if one takes a closer look to her tour dates. She seems to be really keen on participating at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest that is hosted by her home country, Sweden, after Loreen did a double and won last year in Liverpool with the song “Tattoo“.

zara larsson tour gap may

Zara Larsson Tour – Gap between March and May

Just yesterday, Zara Larsson released her new single from her upcoming album called “You Love Who You Love“. You can have a listen to the YouTube video down below:

In the next few months we will know more about this year’s contest, the hosts of the three shows and the participating artists as intervals. It remains to be seen if Zara Larsson will be involved in any way to the contest.

Source: Sveriges Radio
Photo: Jessica Gow/TT, Magnus Lejhall/TT

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Germany: Ben Dolic signs an open letter to the EBU against Israel!

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It seems like the statement of EBU that confirms that KAN and Israel can normally participate to the contest has sparked reactions among the fans but not only.

A few hours later, the (almost) Eurovision Song Contest 2020 representative of Germany, Ben Dolic, signed an open letter to the EBU and made a post on X (Twitter) about it, which you can see below:

“The continued acts of violence by the state of Israel cannot be supported under any circumstances. As an artist, a past Eurovision participant and as a human being, I will not support the EBU’s decision to allow a state that has committed so many atrocities to tens of thousands of civilians participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

There is no logical explanation for a music competition with the main message of spreading love to have a connection with a place that has acted against their main message in such horrific ways.”

There have been calls to ban Israel from Eurovision 2024. In Finland, 1300 artists signed a petition asking for Israel to be removed. The British representative Olly Alexander has also shared in public his opinion against Israel. Also just recently Montaigne signed an open letter to the EBU asking the ban of Israel from the contest, just as Ben did.

Germany originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Violent Thing” written by Borislav Milanov, Peter St. James, Dag Lundberg, Jimmy Thorén and Connor Martin and performed by Ben Dolic, but then the contest was cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. You can listen to “Violent Thing” on the video down below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAobDQ9GbT4

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Ukraine: These are the hosts of Vidbir 2024!

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The Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC unveiled the hosts of Vidbir 2024. Timur Miroshnychenko, Yuliya Sanina and the stand-up comedian Vasyl Baidak will host the big final.

Timur Miroshnychenko and Yuliya Sanina are no strangers to Eurovision fans.

Timur presented the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 alongside Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk. Also, he has been covering Eurovision commentary-wise since 2007 and hosted the Junior Eurovision of 2009 and 2013 that took place in Ukraine.

Yuliya Sanina is the frontwoman of the band The HARDKISS and was one of the hosts of last year’s contest in Liverpool.

Anna Tulyeva, the presenter of the videoblog Eurovision Ukraine, will host the backstage and the pre-show of the ukrainian national selection.

We remind you that Vidbir 2024 is set to air on February 3rd at 18:00 CET, live on the UA public TV channel (UA:First). The result will be determined by 50% of public voting and 50% of jury voting.

The finalists of Vidbir 2024 are the following:
  1. YAKTAK — «Lalala»
  2. INGRET — «Keeper»
  3. NAZVA — «Slavic English»
  4. ANKA — «Палала»
  5. Drevo — «Endless chain»
  6. alyona alyona & Jerry Heil — «Teresa & Maria»
  7. MÉLOVIN — «DREAMER»
  8. SKYLERR — «Time is running out»
  9. Ziferblat — «Place I Call Home»
  10. YAGODY — «Tsunamia»
  11. NAHABA — «GLASSS»

 

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Source: Suspilne

Germany: Listen to the candidate songs of Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024!

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The German national broadcaster, NDR, revealed the finalists of the Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024, the national selection process of Germany for Eurovision 2024.

The candidate songs of Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 are as per below:

Among the candidates we meet the country‘s representative in Eurovision 2004, Max Mutzke, who with the song “Can‘t Wait Until Tonight“ had won the eighth place, with 93 points.

In Ich will zum ESC, there will be 15 young artists including the coaching through the guidance of Conchita Wurst, the Eurovision 2014 winner for Austria, and Rea Garvey, singer-composer and producer.

In six episodes, Conchita and Rea will be guiding the 15 artists who will be working on their possible Eurovision entries. One entry will be chosen as a wildcard. The wildcard will emerge through the voting of the audience. The results of the voting are going to be revealed on 6th of February in Ich will zum ESC.

The Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 is going to take place on 16th of February 2024.

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Source: NDR

Estonia: The Guest performances of the Semi-Final of Eesti Laul 2024!

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This Saturday (20th of January), the Semi-Final of Eesti Laul, the national selection of Estonia for Eurovision 2024, will take place. Later today, Estonia’s national broadcaster, ERR, has announced some of the guest performances of the night!

The Semi-Final of Eesti Laul 2024 will begin with a performance of the 15-member dance group Põmaki!, which will be directed by the choreographer Ingmar Jõela. After that, Annett Kulbin and the reggae/ska band Angus will perform a special rendition of the winning song of Eurovision 2023, “Tattoo”.

Anett has already participated in Eesti Laul in 2023, along with Fredi, with the song “You Need to Move On” which finnished 10th in the national selection. She has also been part of the jury for the pre-selection of the artists for Eesti Laul 2024.

From the other side the reggae/ska band Angus, will be part of the show for the first time. However, thwy have alraedy worked together with Stefan and Uku Suviste, Estonian’s representatives in Eurovision 2021 & 2022 respectively.

Let’s remember the participants of the Semi-Final:

  1. 5miinust ja Puuluup – “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
  2. Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin” 
  3. Antsud – “Vetevaim”
  4. Cecilia –“FOMO”
  5. Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
  6. Inga – “No Dog On a Leash”
  7. Ingmar –“Dreaming”
  8. Laura – “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”
  9. Multikas, Ewert Sundja – “Oblivion” 
  10. Ollie – “My Friend”
  11. Peter Põder “Korra veel”
  12. Silver Jusilo – “Lately”
  13. Sofia Rubina – “Be Good”
  14. Traffic – “Wunderbar” 
  15. Yonna  – “I Don’t Know About You”

The songs are gonna be voted both by a jury and a televote system. Only five out of the fifteen participants will manage to make it though the Final !

Alika represented Estonia in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Bridges” which finished in the 8th position with 168 points!

Do you think Estonia can manage to finish in the Top 10 of this year’s contest?

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Source : ERR