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Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil promise to sell the throphy in case they win Eurovision 2024!

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Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil, the Ukrainian representatives in this year’s Eurovision, went on to make an important statement, promising that if they win the Contest, they will sell the trophy to help rebuild the bombed schools in Ukraine!

This is not the first time something like this happens. In 2022, the Ukrainian winners, Kalush Orchestra, sold their trophy to help their country, so now alyona alyona, a former kindergarten teacher, expressed her willingness to sell anything in order to help this effort.

Their song symbolizes love and kindness in the face of adversity. The duo’s song reflects the resilience of the Ukrainian people and emphasizes peace, love and unity. Specifically, Jerry Heil stated:

“Our message is not to make people fight, but to unite and help each other. We feel that music can unite, and musically and culturally we can give so much as a nation, we just need to be visible, and we’re thankful for this opportunity.”

Ukraine takes part in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2024 on May 7.

https://youtu.be/k_8cNbF8FLI

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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal has the most views on TikTok?

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Two days ago, the first rehearsals for all 37 entries officially concluded, and today the second rehearsals are expected to be completed, with the Big 5 and the host country Sweden taking the stage at the Malmö Arena for the second time! This means that we are getting closer to the Eurovision week, with the Dress and Jury Rehearsals for the first semi-final starting on Monday.

However, as we know on TikTok, all the first rehearsals are uploaded. Apart from their performances, we’ll also get a sneak peek backstage before they take the stage for the first time in a video of about one minute.

One of the many features of TikTok is the ability to add songs to each user’s video creation. However, the TikTok algorithm is usually able to detect the song used in the video, assign it to the correct track, and then include it in the total number of videos where that sound has been used. Based on this capability, the most popular songs before rehearsals were from the Netherlands and Italy. Will they receive the same promotion as before?

The ranking with all the entries (in brackets will be the day of the rehearsal) based on the increasing number of views after one week from the start of the first rehearsals on TikTok is as follows:

  1. Netherlands: Joost (fourth day) – Europapa – 3.2 milion views
  2. Greece: Marina Satti (third day) – ZARI – 2.7 million views
  3. Poland: LUNA (first day)– The Tower –1.5 million views
  4. Switzerland: Nemo (third day) – The Code – 1.2 million views
  5. Serbia: Teya Dora (first day) – Ramonda – 980.1 thousand views
  6. Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil (first day) – Teressa & Maria – 971.2 thousand views
  7. Croatia: Baby Lasagna (first day) – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 812.3 thousand views
  8. Georgia: Nutsa (fourth day) – FireFighter – 637.4 thousand views
  9. Israel: Eden Golan (fourth day) – Hurricane – 607.1 thousand views
  10. Belgium: Mustii (fourth day) – Before The Party Is Over – 585.7 thousand views
  11. United Kingdom: Olly Alexander (sixth day) – Dizzy – 567.4 thousand views
  12. Armenia: LADANIVA (third day)  – Jako – 528.6 thousand views
  13. Sweden: Marcus & Martinus (sixth day) – Unforgettable – 515.6 thousand views
  14. Spain: Nebulossa (sixth day)– Zorra – 448.5 thousand views
  15. Albania: Besa (third day) – TiTan – 413.5 thousand views
  16. France: Slimane (sixth day) – Mon Amour – 412.5 thousand views
  17. Ireland: Bambie Thug (first day) – Doomsday Blue – 388.2 thousand views
  18. Latvia: Dons (fourth day) – Hollow – 383.2 thousand viewsc
  19. Austria: Kaleen (third day)  – We Will Rave – 366.2 thousand views
  20. Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov (second day) – Özünlə Apar – 363.5 thousand views
  21. Cyrpus: Silia Kapsis (first day) – Liar – 324.8 thousand views
  22. Lithuania: Silvester Belt (first day) – Luktelk – 306.2 thousand views
  23. Luxembourg: TALI (second day) – Fighter – 304.3 thousand views
  24. Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup (fourth day) – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi – 292.0 thousand views
  25. Malta: Sarah Bonnici (third day) – Loop –  291.7 thousand views
  26. Czechia: Aiko (third day) – Pedestal – 284.9 thousand views
  27. Denmark: SABA (third day) – SAND – 262.0 thousand views
  28. Norway: Gåte (fourth day) – Ulveham – 255.4 thousand views
  29. San Marino: Megara (fourth day) – 11:11 – 238.2 thousand views
  30. Australia: Electric Fields (sexond day) – One Milkali (One Blood) – 229.9 thousand views
  31. Moldova: Natalia Barbu (second day) – In The Middle – 211.0 thousand views
  32. Germany: Isaak (sixth day) – Always On The Run – 210.2 thousand views
  33. Portugal: iolanda (second day) – Grito – 192.3 thousand views
  34. Italy: Angelina Mango (sixth day)– La Noia – 186.0 thousand views
  35. Iceland: Hera Bjork (second day) – Scared of Heights –  180.3 thousand views
  36. Finland: Windows95man (second day) – No Rules – 172.2 thousand views
  37. Slovenia: Raiven (second day) – Veronika – 162.4 thousand views

The views were counted at 17:45 CET.

Based on the views from the first semi-final, the following countries will qualify (in ascending order): Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Cyprus (seventh), Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Australia.

Similarly, from the second semi-final, the following countries will qualify: Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Georgia, Israel, Belgium, Armenia, Albania, Latvia, and Austria.

TikTok has played a significant role in the success of Eurovision songs in recent years. For example, Duncan Laurence’s winning entry “Arcade” became a global hit a year after winning the competition when it was used in over a million videos on TikTok. One of the earliest TikTok successes from Eurovision was Getter Jaani’s “Rockefeller Street”, which went viral on the platform in 2018 and has since been used in over two million videos. Let’s not forget that Armenia’s entry in 2022 by Rosa Linn with “Snap” gained over a billion views on the platform. Finally, Norway’s entry last year gained significant worldwide publicity months before the competition week, where it secured fifth place.

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Ukraine: Tanu Muiño appointed as Creative Director for “Teresa & Maria”!

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Suspiline, the Ukrainian broadcaster, has announced that the creative director for their Eurovision 2024 entry “Teresa & Maria” is Tanu Muiño.

The artists behind the song, alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, had decided to keep Tanu’s involvement with their entry a secret until now. However, the appointment of Tanu as Ukraine’s creative director is a major coup considering her wide experience in staging music videos and performances.

Described as “the most famous Ukrainian director in the world” by Suspiline in a press release, Tanu has worked with some of the biggest names in music. The list of her collaborators includes Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd and many others, meaning she’s behind some of the world’s biggest music videos.

Eurovision 2024: Ukraine’s Second Rehearsal!

Now, Tanu has teamed up with alyona alyona & Jerry Heil, who say they “are grateful to fate for the opportunity to team up with Tanu Muiño”.

We are thrilled Tanu became the creative director of our performance. She created so many powerful and incredibly beautiful works, and now she is staging the whole performance –  from development to implementation – that will probably be the most important in our lives. We are grateful Tanu felt the performance exactly as you will see it on May 7 during the first Semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. We managed to bring to life what we had been planning and creating for so long. We have a song that is engraved in the heart of every Ukrainian, a great director who created the best performance for us, so we are ready to represent our country in the best possible way.

We have also now seen what staging Tanu Muiño has worked on for Ukraine’s Eurovision entry this year. After two rehearsals, a clip has been released by The Council showcasing the staging, which involves Jerry Heil climbing a large rock-like structure as shooting stars fall behind her on the LED wall.

Ukraine Eurovision 2024

 

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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal had the most views on the first day?

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Yesterday, the big moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Rehearsals began with the first seven countries of the first semi-final taking the stage.

However, as we know on TikTok, all the first rehearsals are uploaded. Apart from their performances, we’ll also get a sneak peek backstage before they take the stage for the first time in a video of about one minute.

One of the many features of TikTok is the ability to add songs to each user’s video creation. However, the TikTok algorithm is usually able to detect the song used in the video, assign it to the correct track, and then include it in the total number of videos where that sound has been used. Based on this capability, the most popular songs before rehearsals were from the Netherlands and Italy. Will they receive the same promotion as before?

In less than 24 hours (April 28, 2024, time 17:20 CET), since the first clip from the rehearsals was uploaded, we have a indicative sample of which rehearsal was favored by the audience (here it should be noted that the videos were uploaded one after the other with a one and a half hour interval and there was a significant delay in their publication).

The rehearsals that had the most views are:

  1. Poland: LUNA – The Tower – 711.3 thousand views
  2. Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teressa & Maria – 608.1 thousand views
  3. Serbia: Teya Dora – Ramonda – 606.7 thousand views
  4. Croatia: Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 484.7 thousand views
  5. Ireland: Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue – 208.7 thousand views
  6. Cyprus: Silia Kapsis – Liar -195.8 thousand views
  7. Lithiania: Silvester Belt – Luktelk – 193 thousand views

With this small sample, we can infer that:

  • Poland’s performance possibly appealed to fans, with the caveat that the stage presence was a surprise – either positively or negatively.
  • The rehearsals of Ukraine and Serbia also gained huge popularity, surpassing the following four positions in views, demonstrating their strength in the semifinal.
  • Croatia, as one of the major favorites of the competition, did not gather particularly high views, although fans and betting companies have placed it at the top for victory, resulting in the stage presence not making enough of an impression.
  • Similarly, Lithuania did not impress fans at all, as it maintained the same appearance as its national final.

TikTok has played a significant role in the success of Eurovision songs in recent years. For example, Duncan Laurence’s winning entry “Arcade” became a global hit a year after winning the competition when it was used in over a million videos on TikTok. One of the earliest TikTok successes from Eurovision was Getter Jaani’s “Rockefeller Street”, which went viral on the platform in 2018 and has since been used in over two million videos. Let’s not forget that Armenia’s entry in 2022 by Rosa Linn with “Snap” gained over a billion views on the platform. Finally, Norway’s entry last year gained significant worldwide publicity months before the competition week, where it secured fifth place.

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The second rehearsal for the first semi-final countries will be held on the 1st of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the representatives.

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Eurovision 2024: Ukraine’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on stage after the lunch break, we will be seeing the female duo alyona alyona & Jerry Heil on their first rehearsal as the representatives of Ukraine in this year’s competition with “Teresa & Maria”.

Who are alyona alyona & Jerry Heil?

Aliona Olehivna Savranenko better known by her stage name Alyona Alyona is a Ukrainian rapper and songwriter and she was born on 14 June 1991. Alyona started writing rap music in the middle of the 2000s, with multiple attempts to reach a wider audience. Her initial stage name was Alyona Al.kaida. Alyona is a very controversial figure to the ukrainian society as she was praised in the a Vogue issue as “Ukraine’s most unlikely rap star”. She also has been dubbed “the new rap star of Ukraine” and “the sensation of Ukrainian rap” by Ukrainian media and “The New York Times” likened her to the famous female raper Azealia Banks.

Yana Oleksandrivna Shemaieva, known as an artist by Jerry Heil, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter and YouTuber. She was born on  21 October 1995 in a city outside Kyiv called Vasylkiv. She began her career after launching her YouTube channel in 2012, publishing vlogs and musical covers. Jerry began her professional music career in 2017, releasing her debut EP. Since starting her YouTube channel, she has accumulated more than 34.9 million views and 395 thousand subscribers.

Teresa & Maria is a self-described as a song about hope inspired by Roman Catholic saint Mother Teresa and the Virgin Mary, the song was written by Alyona, Heil, Anton Chilibi, and Ivan Klymenko. The song won Ukraine’s National Selection for Eurovision called Vidbir earlier this year.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

The folk ukranian duo appears on the stage with beige costumes, specifically Jerry Heil wears a ethereal floaty dress that blends perfectly with the shadowy figures on the LED wall and the choral backing vocals. The performance feels hymnal and haunting.

The performance from the ukrainian national selection has been elevated, there is a rock prop on stage, such as Serbia’s staging. The prop reminds a bit from last year’s Armenia’s prop on “Future Lover”. In rap part of the song, while alyona alyona emerges from stage right to deliver her rap interlude, Jerry Heil climbs the prop via a wind machine. At the final reherarsal, there was no pyro for Ukraine’s performace, but there is a beautiful overhead shot at the end that incorporates their two bodies into a multi-person visual.

Below you can watch a small clip from the Ukranian first rehearsal, once it’s published on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7362567482831424801?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7227990472449377818

The second rehearsal for Ukraine will be held on the 1st of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for Jerry and Alyona.

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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

Ukraine: Watch Jerry Heil & Alyona Alyona perform “Teresa & Maria” on TV for the first time!

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Just a week prior Vidbir 2024, the Ukrainian national selection format for Eurovision 2024, Jerry Heil & Alyona Alyona gave their first televised performance of their entry “Teresa & Maria”, in the morning show “Сниданок з 1+1“.

“Teresa & Maria” is already a big favorite to win the Ukrainian selection and fly to Malmö, counting 800 thousand streams on Spotify and 1.4 million views on Youtube, something that no other Vidbir 2024 entry has accomplished yet.

Vidbir 2024

After the selection of a committee and an online wildcard, the following eleven artists will compete in Vidbir 2024

  1. YAKTAK  —  “Lalala”
  2. INGRET  —  “Keeper”
  3. NAZVA  —  “Slavic English”
  4. ANKA  —  “Palala”
  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  —  “GLASS”

The Ukrainian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be held on February 03 at 18:00 CET, broadcasted by UA public TV channel (UA:First). The winner will be decided by a combination of 50% TV audience and 50% jury vote.

You can also check out the reaction video of the EurovisionFun team on Vidbir 2024 finalists:

The winners of Vidbir 2023 and hence the representatives of the country in Liverpool were TVORCHI with their song “Heart of Steel”, finishing in the sixth place of the scoreboard.

https://youtu.be/I2oqDpefJ1s

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