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Luxembourg: The live auditions ahead of Eurovision 2024 have begun!

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Luxembourg is returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 after 30 years. As such, the Duchy’s public broadcaster decision-makers have the difficult task ahead of them of finding the delegate and the song that will represent Luxembourg in Malmö.

Thus, yesterday, Wednesday 22 November, the live auditions for the selection of Luxembourg’s representative at Eurovision 2024 started. These auditions will serve to select the finalists for the national final from which the artist representing the Duchy at the 68th edition of our favourite competition will emerge.

Jury Committee

A panel of five people with experience of the Eurovision Song Contest has the first and last say in the selection of the artists who will compete in the national final in Luxembourg. This panel is made up of the following:

Christer Björkmann, who is a Swedish producer and TV presenter as well as a former Eurovision participant (Sweden 1992). Björkmann has also served as Head of Delegation for Sweden, has produced the Contest in 2013 and 2015, where it was hosted in Sweden, as well as the only American Song Contest to date in 2022.

Jan Bors, who has served as Head of Delegation for the Czech Republic.

Cesár Sampson, who has represented Austria at Eurovision in 2018, taking first place in the jury vote. Sampson will also play an active role in the Czech national selection this year, as artistic director and presenter of the national final.

Alex Panayi, who is considered a Eurovision expert. Panagi has represented Cyprus at Eurovision twice, in 1995 and 2000. In recent years, he has acted as Vocal Coach for many Eurovision entries and was also the vocal coach for Helena Paparizou in 2005.

Tali Eshkoli, who is an Israeli television producer. Eshkoli was a producer for Eurovision 2019, has also worked on the Miss Universe 2021 contest held in Israel and has been a jury member for national selections of various countries over the years.

Source: RTL/Steve Muller

The auditions

During these auditions, candidates have just ten minutes on stage to convince the jury that they are the right act to represent Luxembourg. Several performers struggled with anxiety, to the point where they had to restart the audition several times.

Speaking about the process, ESC producer and jury member Tali Eshkoli described the excitement as “huge”, while her colleague Christer Björkmann agreed that Luxembourg had waited too long to return to the competition. The jury now has a “big responsibility and a huge challenge” to find the right candidate and get the best possible performance from each artist who takes to the stage during the auditions.

Source: RTL/Steve Muller

The auditions continue until the beginning of December, when the list of candidates who will compete in the national final in Luxembourg will be announced. The Duchy’s national final will take place on 27 January and will give the people of Luxembourg the chance to choose the song and artist who will represent them at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö in May, 31 years after their last performance in 1993.

Will Luxembourg continue its successful run at Eurovision?Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: RTL

Luxembourg: Alex Panayi will be the president of the jury of the country’s national final for Eurovision 2024!

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Fame Story, may not be the method of selecting the Cypriot singer, but we do learn some surprising and pleasant things through its Live Stream from STAR TV.

To be exact, Alex Panayi, who is one of the music teachers of the academy, revealed that he will be the president of the jury panel of Luxembourg’s national final for Eurovision 2024, “Luxembourg Decides”.

Alex Panayi, besides having represented his country two time in the Eurovision Song Contest (1995 and 2000), hw is now one of thw most important musicians in Greece and Cyprus, vocal coach, composer, lyricist, music producer, as well as a singer!

He has also been to Eurovision many times, as a vocal coach for the different delegations, but he has also been a juror for a lot of national finals, throughout Europe.

It would not be considered an exaggeration if we said that in everything that he dealt with in the music industry in our country (and of course in Cyprus) there is nothing that he has not attempted or that his opinion and experience has not been trusted.

Let’s remember his song for Eurovision 1995, “Sti Fotia”, which ended up in 9th place:

We wish Alex Panayi the best in his new duties, which we are sure he will handle successfully!

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

Luxembourg: The preselection’s final line-up will be decided by an international expert jury!

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Luxembourg’s return to Eurovision after thirty years of absence is expected to be epic. A national selection will be held in order to choose the next Luxembourgish act and the preparations are on fire. The preselection was open to

  • either singers who already had a maximum of three songs to submit
  • or singers who did not have a song but they would like to represent Luxembourg in Eurovision and would therefore be contacted via RTL with a team of songwriters.

Following the closing of the submission window for the first category and the finish of the “castings” stage for the second category, RTL underwent an evaluation process, coming down to a shortlist of around 70 songs and 50 artists.

Now, it is up to an international jury to decide the final line-up.

The international jury

The choice of an international jury was made in order to achieve the greatest possible neutrality in a small country as Luxembourg. Hence, this jury consists of the following five members, strongly associated with Eurovision:

Christer Björkmann, who is a Swedish producer and TV host as well as a former Eurovision participant(Sweden 1992). Björkmann has also served as a Head of Delegation for Sweden, has produced the 2013 and 2016 editions of Eurovision Song Contest held in Sweden and the only and only to date American Song Contest.

Jan Bors, who has served as a Head of Delegation for Czechia.

Cesár Sampson, who has represented Austria in the 2018 edition of Εurovision and was crowned as the jury winner. Sampson will also play an active role in the Czech preselection this year, serving as an artistic director and the presenter of the national final.

Alex Panayi, who is also considered as a Eurovision expertise. Panayi has represented Cyprus in Eurovision on two occasions, in 1995 and 2000. In recent years, he has served as a vocal coach for several Eurovision participants and was also the backing vocalist of the 2005 winner, Helena Paparizou.

Tali Eshkoli, which an Israeli television producer. Eshkoli has been the producer of the 2019 edition of Eurovision, has also contributed to the 2021 edition of the Miss Universe competition held in Israel and has served as a jury member in various Eurovision preselections.

What’s next for the Luxembourgish preselection?

The names of the finalists who have managed to convince the jury will be revealed at the beginning of December.

The Luxembourgish national final will take place on January 27, 2024 in a major live show broadcast on RTL Télé. Viewers will be able to vote for the person they want to see represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö.

The former Eurovision powerhouse will return to the contest after thirty years of absence. During its almost fourty years participation, Luxembourg was crowned as the winner five times in total.

Will Luxembourg mantain its glorious Eurovision course? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source: RTL

Luxembourg: Submission window closes with 459 songs for Eurovision 2024!

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One of the most important events of the year, is undoubtedly the return of Luxembourg to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, after 30 years of abscence!

The country’s public broadcaster, RTL, has announced that both artist and song will be selected through a national final, which is set to take place on January 27. Back in July, RTL had commenced the live auditions of artists who are interested in participating in the national final, without having a song in their possession.

The application platform was then opened for artists who already have a song or composers who wanted to submit their songs, which was open until yesterday, October 1 at midnight.

A while ago RTL announced the number of applications it received and it is more than impressive. In detail, the broadcaster received 459 song applications for the national final! RTL thanked everyone who submitted their suggestions and emphasized that the songs amount to around 23 hours of music.

What we know so far about the Luxembourgish selection is that Josh Island submitted a song and some information on the 100 singers that took part in the auditions.

Luxembourg looks reaady for a spectacular comeback. Do not forget that it is one of the most successful countries, with five victories in its history. A title we think they want to defend!

https://youtu.be/Lxo-o4OTczU

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

Luxembourg: Josh Island submitted an entry for the country’s national selection!

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Luxembourg, one of the founding countries of Eurovision, is officially back for Eurovision 2024. RTL’s return is intended to be spectacular. A national selection in planned in order to select its first Eurovision act in over 30 years. The preliminary auditions are over and we might have the name of one potential candidate.

Josh Island, a Luxembourg-based artist, recently gave an interview to “Luxembourg Times“, discussing about his upcoming debut album and his ongoing plans for 2024.

In order to promote his debut album “In My Head“, Josh has booked more than 16 dates inside and outside of Luxembourg. Malmö could also be a stop of his tour too, as he mentions that:

I’ve already applied [for Eurovision]! I can’t tell you which song I’ve applied with, but I can tell you that there will be a final televised competition at Rockhal on 27 January where Luxembourg’s song entry for Eurovision gets voted for.

Josh Island has also some connection to Eurovision as he has closely cooperated with Black Mamba, the Portuguese representatives in 2021. He opened their shows in The Netherlands and since then their relationship remains close.

We now have the very first information about an artist that submitted an entry to the Luxembourgish national selection. Meanwhile, more details and the full list of candidates are expected in the coming months.

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for all Eurovision news!

Source: luxtimes

Luxembourg: One hundred singers took part in the auditions for Eurovision 2024!

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Luxembourg is set to return to the Eurovision Song Contest and it looks like it intends to make a spectacular return. It may still be July but RTL, the country’s public broadcaster, has already started auditions for the national final.

A round of auditions took place yesterday at Rockhal, the venue that will host the national final, with singers interested in participating in the Luxembourgish selection, but without a song. About 100 singers, that applied to the selection took part in the auditions.

A panel of judges evaluated the artists, with the best of them progressing to the next phase, namely the national final on 27 January. Those interested, already having a song ready for the Eurovision Song Contest can still submit it to Luxembourg Public Television.

Luxembourg will select its first entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 30 years on January 27. The final will take place with the participation of the public for the first time since 1992.

https://youtu.be/Lxo-o4OTczU

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

Source: rtl.lu

Luxembourg: The public will get to vote in the new national final!

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Dave Gloesener, head of the Eurovision project at RTL, said in an interview that the country’s TV audience will “have a say” in Luxembourg’s new national final, which returns after a 30-year absence at Eurovision 2024.

The show, which will take place on 27 January 2024 and mark Luxembourg’s return to Eurovision, will give viewers the opportunity to participate in the selection process of the artist who will represent the Grand Duchy in Malmö, Sweden.

Speaking to Delano, Gloesener says the decision to hold a national final in Luxembourg was made “without thought”:

“We have been away for a long time and it is important to bring Luxembourg to Eurovision in the right way.”

He also confirmed that the show, which will be held at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, will be broadcast live online with commentary in three different languages.

Eric Lehmann, Eurovision project coordinator at RTL, believes that hosting the show is an opportunity for Luxembourg to be seen on the international stage – and the benefits are already being felt:

“Our return to Eurovision has received very positive feedback worldwide and there is also incredible interest in our national selection. The reactions have been extremely encouraging, it’s a source of great pride.”

Luxembourg’s return will not be temporary. After 30 years away from the show and 40 years since the nation last won the contest, Gloesener believes it’s time for Luxembourg to leave its mark on Eurovision again:

“We aim to do very well in the Eurovision Song Contest next year and turn a new page in Eurovision for Luxembourg. We are here to stay.”

Source: Delano

Luxembourg 2024: January national final announced!

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RTL announced the first details for the Luxembourg national final for Eurovision.  Luxembourg will chose their first representative for Eurovision after a 30 years absence via a televised national final.  The national final will take place on Saturday January 27, 2024 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette.

The search for the first Luxembourg representative has started today.  Artists can submit their applications on the website for one of the following categories:

  • Singers submitting a song
  • Singers without a song to submit
  • Songwriters

Hopeful candidates can submit a maximum of three songs with the same or different songwriters.  There will be no language restrictions for the songs submitted.

Luxembourg national final

Those wishing to represent Luxembour must fulfill the following requirements

  1. Have reached the age of 16 by January 27, 2024
  2. Be available and flexible between November 2023 and May 2024
  3. Possess live singing abilities and feel at ease on a large stage and
  4. Be a Luxembourg national or have resided in the country for at least three years or prove a strong cultural connection with the Luxembourgish music scene.

A panel will review the submitted songs and determine which songs will make it to the national final.

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Luxembourg: The country is returning in Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

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Through a YouTube video of the official account of Eurovision Song Contest, EBU has announced the official return of Luxembour in Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

It is a great pleasure to see a European country returning in the contest after 31 years, since their last participation was in 1993 with the song “Donne-moi une chance” and Modern Times.

You can watch the announcment video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxo-o4OTczU&feature=youtu.be

Also, feel free to do a throwback on their last entry, 30 years before:

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