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Eurovision 2024: Edward af Sillén is back in Eurovision for the third time!

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After the success of Eurovision in 2013 and 2016, David Rehn and Edward af Sillén are preparing to once again hold the helm of the contest – as scriptwriters and af Sillén also as director. Now they’re looking for the right tone and theme. Edward comments:

“It’s a programme that is seen and loved by so many people, so it’s important to do it right and with passion.”

Af Sillén feels some performance anxiety, but he’s used to it:

“That’s my starting position. The low self-esteem is a kind of fuel and it makes me work extra hard. It works even if it’s costly mentally.”

Above all, however, it is with pleasure that Edward af Sillén takes on the assignment – which he calls “a boyhood dream, once again”. In 2023, he commentated on the final for the twelfth time and it has become the script for three Eurovision contests in Norway and Sweden. But after 2016, he thought it wouldn’t happen again. Edward comments:

“Then Loreen went and won again, which is an almost unimaginable feat.”

He and Rehn wondered if they could make a follow-up as popular as the 2016 broadcast – which even the BBC praised.

“It’s an incredible compliment, this assignment was too much fun to refuse.”

says Edward af Sillén.

He now hopes to be able to give the audience more of what characterized the show in 2016 – humor. Admittedly, he thinks it is a delicate task to get so many different countries to laugh at the same things. But if you love something, it’s worth joking around, he believes and adds:

“There’s so much love in that humour. We will certainly want to continue along this track.”

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is organized in collaboration with the city of Malmö and will be broadcast from Malmö Arena on Tuesday 7 May (semi-final 1), Thursday 9 May (semi-final 2) and Saturday 11 May (final) after Loreen won for a second time in Liverpool with the song “Tattoo“.

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Slovenia: Eurovision 2024 representative to be announced shortly!

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The Slovenian public broadcaster, RTVSLO, has just announced that the representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has already been chosen, and the plan to host a national final is scrapped! Read more

Eurovision 2024: 37 countries will join the 68th contest in Malmö!

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The Eurovision season has officially started! Just moments ago, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the participants’ list of Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. In total, 37 countries will participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

In detail, the following countries will take part in Malmö:

 Albania – RTSH

 Australia – SBS

 Armenia – AMPTV

 Austria – ORF

 Azerbaijan – İctimai

Belgium – RTBF

Croatia – HRT

 Cyprus – CyBC

Czech Republic – ČT

 Denmark – DR

 Estonia – ERR

 Finland – YLE

 France – FT

 Georgia – GPB

 Germany – ARD/NDR

 Greece – ERT

 Iceland – RÚV

 Ireland – RTÉ

 Israel – IPBC/Kan

Italy – RAI

 Latvia – LTV

 Lithuania – LRT

Luxembourg – RTL

 Malta – PBS

 Moldova – TRM

Netherlands – AVROTROS

 Norway – NRK

 Poland – TVP

 Portugal – RTP

 San Marino – SMRTV

 Serbia – RTS

 Slovenia – RTVSLO

 Spain – TVE

 Sweden – SVT

 Switzerland – SRG / SSR

 Ukraine – UA:PBC

 United Kingdom – BBC

Whilst Romania is currently not confirmed to compete next year, talks are continuing with TVR on their potential participation as well. That means we might have 38 nations competing in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Luxembourg, one of the founding members of Eurovision as well as successful, having won the contest five times, will return after three decades long absence. In fact, Luxembourg’s return was known to public since May and it was even announced during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023.

North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro still remain out, claiming financial reasons.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden during 7-11 of May 2024, following Loreen’s second win in Liverpool.

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Czechia: ESCZ 2024 took place tonight | Watch the performances and Vote!

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Just a while ago, ESCZ 2024, the national final of Czechia, took place and the artists presented the songs with which they are vying to represent their country in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö.

The hosts of the night were the well-known actor from Prague, Adam Mišík, and the Austrian representative in 2018, Cesár Sampson as a co-host.

The Performances

The seven finalists, presented their song, by performing them live and here are the perfromances:

The results will be announced on December 12

The voting started during the show and will go on until next Monday, December 11, with the winner being announced next Tuesday.

The winner will be determined by 100% publice vote:

  • 70% International Online Voting
  • 30% Czech Online Voting

If you want to vote for your favourite song and help Czechia select its representative, you just need to download the official Eurovision app, HERE!

Until we find out who will represent Czechia at Eurovision 2024, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. The previous ESCZ winners and representatives of the Czech Republic at Eurovision 2023 were Vesna with the song “My Sister’s Crown” and they finished in 10th place:

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Denmark: A returning artist among contestants of DMGP 2024!

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Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will remain as the Danish selection format for Eurovision 2024. Great changes are expected to come to the competition next year as a try to overturn the tables and bring Denmark back to the Grand Final after five years. The Danish broadcaster now aims at a younger audience, in order to select a more appealing and in trend Eurovision act.

In a recent interview with eurosong.dk, Erik Struve Hansen, the project manager of the Danish competition, revealed that the eight songs and performers are already in place, however, everything is still secret. In early January, DR will reveal names and songs at a press conference. Erik, also made an interesting statement that at least one contestant has previously made a name for himself on a Eurovision stage. We will have to wait until the announcement of the eight competing entries to find out who that returning artist is.

DMGP 2024 will take place on February 17, 2024, while the participating songs are expected to be revealed about three weeks prior to the show, possibly in late January.

Despite not being the public’s favorite, Reiley won the ticket to Liverpool in 2023. He performed his song “Breaking My Heart” in the second semi-final, failing to qualify and scoring only 6 points, all from Iceland.

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Czechia: ESCZ 2024 Final takes place tonight!

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The Czech Republic chooses its representative in Eurovision 2024 tonight, as in a few hours the Grand Final of ESCZ 2024 will take place.

ČT, the public broadcaster of Czechia, decided to organize a national final, for the sixth year in a row (with the exception of 2021), in order to select their representative for Eurovision 2024. The public broadcaster selected seven artists that are going to compete in the Grand Final of ESCZ 2024.

The hosts of the nationl final, will be Adam Mišík, and also the Austrian representative of 2018, Cesár Sampson will be a co-host.

The final of ESCZ 2024 will take place tonight at 20:15. The national final will be broadcasted by the official Eurovision YouTube channel and you can watch it HERE.

https://youtu.be/0uj9xNyJvZw

The participants of ESCZ 2024:

In the following list you can watch the seven artists taking part in ESCZ 2024:

  • Aiko
  • Elly
  • Gianna Lei
  • Lenny
  • MYDY
  • Tom Sean
  • Tomas Robin

The competing songs were meant to be revealed during the national final, however some of them are already available online:

Format

The five artists will perform their songs live during the Czech national final, with voting opening during the evening.

The final result will be determined by 70% of the voting of the international public and 30% of the voting of the Czech public, a clear indication of the importance given by the Czech delegation to the preferences of foreign Eurofans who will also have the final say during the three nights in May in Sweden. Subsequently, the final result and the representative of the Czech Republic in Sweden will be announced.

Until we find out who will represent Czechia at Eurovision 2024, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. The previous ESCZ winners and representatives of the Czech Republic at Eurovision 2023 were Vesna with the song “My Sister’s Crown” and they finished in 10th place:

https://youtu.be/ag8qxpvTTy0

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Italy: The first betting odds for Sanremo 2024!

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Just a couple of hours before, the famous Italian TV presenter Amadeus announced all the 27 artists that are going to compete in “Festival di Sanremo 2024”, which is going to take place from the 6th of February up until to the 10th of February; the Festival’s winning artist will gain the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, as long as this is desired.

However and no matter the fact that the Festival di Sanremo 2024 is yet to come, the first betting odds have been released as you can see below:

https://twitter.com/sanremo_en/status/1731335089639026753

So according to the bookmakers and the first odds, the most favorite to win are the Negramaro with 5.00 betting performance, while in the second position are both Annalisa and Eurovision’s former runner up and participant Mahmood with 6.00 betting performance equally. They are followed by Altro, Diodato, Emma and Geolier, who fill in the first seven positions up until now.

Nevertheless, take a brief look at the artists who are going to participate in “Festival di Sanremo 2024”, until the release of the official results on February of 2024, by reading the following article:

Italy: Amadeus reveals the participants of Sanremo 2024!

Source: https://twitter.com/sanremo_en

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Italy: Amadeus reveals the participants of Sanremo 2024!

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Being his last feestival as presenter and artisitic director of Sanremo, Amadeus wants to amaze everyone, and of course he succeeded without a doubt, judging from the roster of artists that will take part in the historic Festival di Sanremo, he just revealed through TG!.

In Teatro Ariston, in the small city of Liguria, the 74th Fetsival di Sanremo will take place with 30 participants, and not 23 as was initially announced. From the 6th to the 10th of February, not only Italy, but the whole lot of Europe, is turned to Sanremo, the small city that contains all the modern music history of the country.

Amadeus kept his promise and he announced the strongest line-up, according to the artists’ names, maybe in the whole hostory of Saneremo. All the Italin music scene, with previous winners, artists with countless hits, with millions of followers in social media, all claiming the Golden Lion as well as the ticket to Eurovision 2024.

The Participants

  • Fiorella Mannoia
  • Geolier
  • Dargen d’Amico
  • Emma
  • Fred de Palma
  • Angelina Mango
  • La Sad
  • Diodato
  • Il Tre
  • Francesco Renga & Nek
  • Sangiovanni
  • Alfa
  • Il Volo
  • Alessandra Amoroso
  • Gazzell
  • Negramaro
  • Irama
  • Rose Villian
  • Mahmmod
  • Loredana Bertè
  • The Kolors
  • Big Mama
  • Ghali
  • Annalisa
  • Mr. Rain
  • Maninni
  • Ricchi e Poveri

We remind you that the three winners of Sanremo Giovani, which is set to take place in December 19, will be added to this cast but with a whole new song.

The Program of Sanremo 2024

1ST DAY – TUESDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY 2024

The 30 songs will be listened for the first time, with the results of that day being 100% determined by the press, TV and web jury – no elimination

2ND DAY – WEDNESDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY 2024

The first 15 songs will be listened again, with the results of that day being determined by a dual voting: 50% televoting and 50% radio jury – no elimination

3RD DAY – THURSDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY 2024

The last 15 songs will be listened again, with the results of that day being determined by a dual voting: 50% televoting and 50% radio jury – no elimination

4TH DAY – FRIDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY 2024 – COVER DAY

The 30 acts will perform (alongside a guest act or acts of their choice) a cover version of either an italian or an non-italian song with the result of that day being determined a threesome voting: 34% televoting, 33% press, TV and web jury and 33% radio jury – no elimination

5TH DAY – SATURDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY 2024

The 30 songs will be heard again, with the results of that day being 100% determined by the televoting After that, the results of the day will join those of Sanremo 2024’s previous 4 days.

The sum of all those results will then determine the top-5 (even the 4th day will count, despite the fact the acts sing covers as opposed to their original songs) (Note that during each show, they reveal a part of the results from those days just before the end of the current show… and they show only a part of the provisory general results either just before the end of the current show or at the start of the following show) – The top-5 will either perform their entries again or a recap will be shown and then the winner will be determined by a threesome voting: 34% televoting, 33% press, TV and web jury and 33% radio jury

POST SANREMO 2024 – EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Any of the 30 acts (and its respective record labels) who are interested in going to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will have to fill a special form concerning ESC – The winning act of Sanremo 2024 is automatically considered to be the Eurovision 2024 act. The winning act also has first refusal on that matter, though – in case it doesn’t accept going to Eurovision at all, the show’s organizing committee will then pick the Eurovision 2024 act according to their own criteria (this is especially important to those who have filled the form that determines its interest in going to ESC)

Sanremo 2024, will have different hosts every night alongside Amadeus:

  • Marco Mengoni, the Italian representative for Eurovision 2023 will be the co-host of Night 1.
  • Giorgia, a well-known Italian singer who has participated in Sanremo four times and was crowned its winner in 1995, will be the co-host of Night 2.
  • Teressa Mannino, Italian actress and comedian, will co-host Night 3.
  • Lorella Cuccarini, Italian dancer, TV presenter, singer and actress, will co-host Night 4.
  • Fiorello, Italian actor, will co-host among with Amadeus the big night of the Festival’s Final.

So for those who are fans of the Italian music scene, are not bored of the endless TV shows and are ready for a week of night and day, we at Eurovisionfun will keep you the best company!

Alongside the outstanding line-up, the stage of the next Sanremo was also revealed and it’s as amazing as ever:

The previous winner of Sanremo and Italy’s representative at Eurovision 2024, was Marco Mengoni, with his song “Due Vite”, ending up in fourth place of the Grand Final with 350 points:

https://youtu.be/d6IiOSut_4M

What do you think of the finalists of Festival di Sanremo 2024? Write us in the comments below!

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Israel: What happened in the second episode of HaKokhav Haba!

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Last night, Saturday 2/12, was broadcast the second episode of HaKokhav Haba (special edition), the talent show through which will emerge the next representative who will fly the flag of Israel in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

Three more artists advanced to the next round of HaKokhav Haba, continuing to claim the ticket to Malmö. Two weeks after the airing of the first episode, and after much tension and emotion caused by the release of dozens of hostages by Hamas, on Saturday the organizers thought they could broadcast the second episode of the show.

In the second episode we watched four audtions, however only three artists qualified to the next round. We remind you that the presenters of HaKokhav Haba are Assi Azar and Rotem Sela who have been in this position since 2014, while the members of the jury are Shiri Maimon, Itay Levy, Assaf Amdorsky, Ran Dankar and Keren Pels with a new addition being Eden Hasson.

Moriah

Moriah is 26 years old and comes from the southern settlements on the border with Gaza, where about 1,400 Israeli citizens were massacred by the Hamas terrorist strike. Moriah dances and sings but doesn’t have much stage experience. The judges were moved by her performance, as was the audience. With 96% of positive votes, she advanced to the next phase.

Yonathan Biton

Yonathan, 28 years old, sang with a group of six other people. Although he did not know that the winner of the show will represent Israel at Eurovision 2024, he happily accepted this invitation wanting to spread “light” in Europe. The judges thought that the covers he makes are very original and gave him their positive vote. With 86%, he also passed to the next round of the process.

Arik Sinai

Arik Sinai, 74 years old, is already a very successful and well-known artist in Israel. His success started in the 80s with many hits, while his career even extends to the USA! He is participating in HaKokhav Haba because he was approached by the production team who had already tried twice to make it with no success. At the end of his performance the judges stood up and gave him a standing ovation. He does not believe that age is an obstacle and will do his best to reach Malmö. With 90% of the votes, he advanced to the next phase.

HaKokhav Haba continues with more auditions in the next episode, which so far no one knows when this will be aired. Through HaKokhav HaBa, Israel managed to advance to the final of our favorite competition every year from 2015 to 2020, while in 2018 Netta was also the winner of Eurovision with the song “Toy”.

This year at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool Israel was represented by the fiery Noa Kirel and the song “Unicorn” who gave the Middle Eastern country a third place in the Grand Final, collecting 362 points

https://youtu.be/Z3mIcCllJXY

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Croatia: Let 3 return to Dora 2024!

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As we’ve informed you, the submission period for Dora, the national final of Croatia for Eurovision 2024, ended yesterday, with a record-breaking number of submissions, that reached 203 songs. There are artists that have already confirmed their participation, and some others that have been asked.

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