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Eurovision 2024: Stockholm’s football teams don’t want to move out for Eurovision!

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The first problems regarding the hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 have already arisen. Avicii Arena (Globen) is scheduled to be under renovation in 2024 and Stockholm’s football teams are not eager to move out for the Contest.

Stockholm is the favourite city to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year, but three football teams have already cleared out that they won’t move out of their home ground for Eurovision. Avicii Arena that hosted the Contest back in 2000 and in 2016 is scheduled to be under renovation next year, thus leaving Tele2 Arena and Friends Arena as the most viable choices.

Mattis Fri the Chairman of Hammarby’s Men’s team which plays at the Tele2 told Dagens Nyheter that:

“I have no problem with Eurovision, but Tele2 is a football arena and that is what it should primarily be used for. We can’t help but play a quarter of a season just because it’s Eurovision, it’s impossible. Six weeks is a very long period, especially during high season such as April and May.”

Mr Fri explains that moving all three football teams to play out of the same venue is not feasible due to the number of matches and that the natural grass at the Friends Arena could not sustain such intense use. Robert Falck the Chairman of AIK who play at the Friend Arena agrees:

“We have just received the happy news and everything is very new. For Tele2 arena and Friends arena, Eurovision falls in the middle of a football season. We start dialogues about when Eurovision wants to enter in such cases and how we can plan around other events. More than that is hard to say”

Source: Eurovoix

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France: “France does not deserve this!” | The comments of Marie Myriam, the last French winner!

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The last winner of France, Marie Myriam, who won the contest back in 1977, commented on Le Parisien La Zarra’s gesture and believes that she is a bad loser.

La Zarra’s gesture towards the camera during the announcement of the televoting in the final of Eurovision 2023 had a negative impact on social media and upset Marie Myriam, the last winner of France back in 1977.

“That gesture by La Zarra at the end of the night because she didn’t win is really shocking”

However, La Zarra clarified that this was not a middle finger, but a “gesture of frustration”.

Furthermore Marie Myriam added:

“I’m extremely disappointed”

“Watch the video, it’s a middle finger! And it was seen by almost 200 million viewers. What a shame! I am extremely disappointed because this is simply not possible.”

“She made this gesture sitting in an armchair with French flags behind her. France does not deserve this! She justifies herself by saying that this gesture expresses a frustration in the Moroccan culture, but it will start a racist war rhetoric that we really don’t need.”

According to Marie Myriam, La Zarra is eventually a bad loser.

“Perhaps they should explain to her that it was not guaranteed that she would come first. This is the principle of the competition. If you don’t want to lose, you don’t participate!”

“Expressing her displeasure, her disappointment, with this vulgar gesture, she put gray on her image, the very same woman who was sunny with that red, that black, her beautiful hat”

France ended up in the 16th place of the Grand Final receiving from the televoting and the national juries 104 points.

Source: BFMTV

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Loreen: “It didn’t bother me that the audience was singing Cha Cha Cha”!

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Loreen gave her first interview on Swedish TV after being the winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and talked about the moment when during her victory the croud on the arena was singing “Cha Cha Cha”.

More specifically, Loreen said that:

“I mean Käärijä is so (f-word) awesome! An amazing performance. And it’s nice, when acts get such support. You can’t just go “Shush shush, you can only think I’m good“, that’s not how it works!

No, no. That doesn’t bother me. I have to work a little on my ego.”

Finally, she was also asked what message she would like to send to the Finnish representative and she stated:

To Käärijä I’d like to say that it’s not every day, that you see creators be that authentic on stage, and he has an authentic expression. He is himself. It’s pure all the way through, and that’s why people cheer for him. That happens when you are authentic. So I know things will go well for him. Things will go really damn well for Käärijä!”

During the rehearsals and the pre-parties we have seen several times the two artists coming in contact and chatting, showing the excellent relations they have with each other.

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Source: Aftonbet

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Denmark: Tina Müller is the spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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Tina Müller returns to the role of the spokesperson as she is going to reveal the 12 points of the Danish national jury tonight at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

As of now, the following spokespersons have been confirmed for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool:
  • Albania– Andri Xhahu
  • Armenia – Maléna
  • Austria– Philipp Hansa
  • Azerbaijan– Narmin Salmanova
  • Cyprus– Loukas Hamatsos
  • Denmark – Tina Müller
  • Estonia – Ragnar Klavan
  • Finland– Bess
  • Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
  • Iceland – Einar Stefánsson
  • Ireland – Niamh Kavanagh
  • Israel – Ilanit
  • Italy – Kaze
  • Latvia– Jānis Pētersons
  • Netherlands– S10
  • Poland– Ida Nowakowska
  • Portugal – Maro
  • Romania– Eda Marcus
  • San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
  • Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
  • Sweden– Farah Abadi
  • Switzerland– Chiara Dubey
  • Ukraine– Zlata Ognevich
  • United Kingdom– Catherine Tate

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Danish entry.

Source : Eurovoix

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Armenia: The winner of Junior Eurovision 2021, Maléna, is the spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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The winner of the Junior Eurovision 2021, Maléna, is going to reveal the 12 points of the Armenian national jury tonight at the Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

As of now, the following spokespersons have been confirmed for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool:
  • Albania– Andri Xhahu
  • Armenia – Maléna
  • Austria– Philipp Hansa
  • Azerbaijan– Narmin Salmanova
  • Cyprus– Loukas Hamatsos
  • Estonia – Ragnar Klavan
  • Finland– Bess
  • Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
  • Iceland – Einar Stefánsson
  • Ireland – Niamh Kavanagh
  • Israel – Ilanit
  • Italy – Kaze
  • Latvia– Jānis Pētersons
  • Netherlands– S10
  • Poland– Ida Nowakowska
  • Portugal – Maro
  • Romania– Eda Marcus
  • San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
  • Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
  • Sweden– Farah Abadi
  • Switzerland– Chiara Dubey
  • Ukraine– Zlata Ognevich
  • United Kingdom– Catherine Tate

Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Armenian entry.

Source : Eurovoix

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Luxembourg: The statement of the Prime Minister Xavier Bettel for the big return!

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After the official announcement that Luxembourg returns to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024, the Prime Minister of the country made a statement regarding the news.

Through his official account on Twitter the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, commented the return of the Grand Duchy in the contest after an absence of 30 years.

“The Government is proud to announce Luxembourg’s return to the Eurovision 2024 stage after almost 30 years! We are thrilled to once again compete in the contest & showcase Luxembourg’s musical talents.”

For the record Luxembourg has been one of the most successful nations in Eurovision with five victories in 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1983.

The last time Luxembourg took part in the Contest was back in 1993 represented by Modern Times and the song “Donne-moi une chance”.

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Eurovision 2023: The Grand Final Scorecard from EurovisionFun!

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A few hours after the last ten qualifiers for Saturday’s Grand Final and the Running Order of the competing countries in the final were announced, EurovisionFun has created the scorecard for the Eurovision final!

EurovisionFun in collaboration with Douze Points as they created the two scorecards for the two semi-finals, as well as for the final, where you can either yourself or your friends rate each entry in order of performance separetly as song, performance and staging presence. With this way you can confirm your favorite songs but who will be the big winner of the night depending on your own music taste! Will your favorites be able to win?

 

You can download the pdf for the scorecard here: Grand Final

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Iceland: Technical issues for Diljá last night!

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Diljá, the Icelandic representative faced some technical issues last night during the rehearsal.

As the delegation of Iceland reported, the issue had to do with turntable which did not completely work during the Jury Show of the Second Semi-Final last night. Nevertheless, the Icelandic delegation is certain that there won’t be any problem during the live show tonight.

Siggi Gunnars, the Head of Music of the national broadcaster RÚV, answered at an interview in the show Morgunútvarpið of channel Rás 2, that:

“Diljá did extremely well with her powerful and powerful stage presence and impeccable singing. I repeat what has been said by myself and others, nobody is worried about Diljá. She is full of energy and everything is top notch with her on stage. Everyone just thinks it’s going to be crazy.”

Iceland competes tonight in the Second Semi-Final from spot number 7, hoping to win one of the ten tickets that lead to the final on Saturday 13th of May.

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Below you can watch the reaction video of the Eurovision Fun team to the Icelandic entry.

Source: eurovoix

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Serbia: Teodora Džehverović promises to take part in Eurovision one day!

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Teodora Džehverović is a 26-year-old Serbian pop-folk singer with a great career and influence in the Balkan region, being among the most popular and loved singers in the area, counting more than 780 million views on YouTube.

Teodora recently shared a screenshot in which someone had forwarded her the performance of Israel’s Noa Kirel in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest saying “That’s how we all see you”.

The young star posted this story on her official Instagram account commenting “One day, I promise!“

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She has also collaborated with Hurricane who represented the country in Eurovision 2021!

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Spain: Eurovision 2024 participation confirmed| Benidorm Fest 2024 rules published!

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RTVE confirmed Spain’s participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, revealing the rules of Benidorm Fest 2024.

What if the 2023 edition of Eurovision Song Contest is still under away, the Spanish national broadcaster is already looking at the 2024 edition, as the rules of Benidorm Fest 2024, the contest through which the Kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula chooses their representative, were released.

The submission process commences on 16th of May and is going to last until 10th of October. The reason behind the early beginning of the preparation is because RTVE wants they candidates to have plenty of time to prepare properly their entries. 16 artists are going to take part in the 2024 Benidorm Fest, while 6 will be under back-up status in case of circumstances changes.

This year Spain is being represented by Blanca Paloma and the song “Eaea” and they compete directly in the Grand Final of Saturday 13th of May, as the country is a Big 5 member.

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In the following video you can also watch the reaction of the Eurovision Fun team to the Spanish entry.

Source: Eurovoix

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