We will continue our exciting Eurovision journey with a series of posts, “Around The Continent,” where we will share a recap of the Eurovision season news.
Let’s travel through country by country, to collect all the exciting stories and updates.
General
The ticket sale will commence on Tuesday, the 28th of November.
Eurovision fans will be able to purchase tickets for different 9 shows, with a wide range of prices. You will be able to find the full details here
More details regarding the 6 finalists song have been revealed:
| Artist | Description | Quote of the lyrics |
| Aisel | It’s in the style of a horror movie, but it also tells a historical story. The song is in the Azeri language, and written and composed by her | “Bəsdir yatdın, oyan dünya” (Eng: That’s enough, world, wake up already). |
| Emy Lia | A melodramatic song in English | “I left my pride in the fire” |
| İlkin Dövlətov & Mila Miles & Etibar Əsədli | The song will talk about unity and love, and will be performed in the Azeri language. The genre is a combination of R&B and soul | “Eşqi dərk edib bilərsən ki, qadirdir nəyə” (Eng: Once you really what is love, you will realize its full power”). |
| Fahree | The song fits into an action movie | “I’m going back to Diyar” |
| Səbinə Quluzadə | A self-empowerment song, performed in English | “I’ll be searching for my own light, Tame my inner demons” |
| Qorqud | Fits into a spying story | “Now forget your fears. All you need is love” |
Silia Kapsis will work with 2 well-known choreographers on her Eurovision 2024 performance: Kelly Sweeney and Guy Groove
The preparations for “ESCZ 2024” are underway.
The final will be held on December 4th.
The national broadcaster is considering expanding the list of participants to 7 (instead of 5).
Cesár Sampson will host the green room in “ESCZ 2024”
As the submission window for songs for Marina Satti is close to the end, more details have been revealed. According to EurovisionFun, the Greek composer Dimitri Stassos (Greece 2012, Spain 2009) will collaborate with the Swedish composer and producer Peter Boström (Sweden 2011, 2012, 2023) on a song for Marina. They will also get the help of Freja Blomberg.
“The Rising Star For Eurovision 2024” has started this week.
3 candidates advanced for the next round (in parentheses: the scores they received)
- Shay Tamino (85%)
- Lian Biran (97%)
- Eden Golan (100% – a record!)
46 artists made it to the auditions of “Area Sanremo 2023″.
After the auditions, 4 of them will join the list of finalists of “Sanremo Giovani 2023”.
The list of established artists who will take part in “Sanremo 2024” will be released on the 3rd of December.
The submission window for “Supernova 2024” will be closed on 1st of December
Luxembourg is towards the last phase of reducing the list of songs for the national selection. For this, they have assigned a panel of 5 international jury:
- Tali Eshkoli (Israel, Eurovision Delegation)
- Jan Bors (Former Czech Head of Delegation)
- Christer Björkman (Sweden, Eurovision producer and former “Melodifestivalen” producer)
- Alex Panayi (Cyprus, Eurovision 1995, A vocal coacher)
- Cesár Sampson (Austria 2018)
Here you can find out more about the submitted songs
12 artists made it to the final of “MESC 2024”:
- Miriana Conte – Venom
- Sarah Bonnici – Loop
- Greta Tude – Topic (Bla Bla)
- J.anvil – Man
- Haley Azzopardi – Tell Me That It’s Over
- Ryan Hili – Karma
- Erba’ – Sirena
- Nathan – Ghost
- Denise Mercieca – Mara
- Matt Blxck – Banana
- Gail Attard – Wild Card
- Lisa Gauci – Breathe
TRM opened the submission window for “Etapa Națională 2024”
The national final will be held on Saturday, February 17th.
A number of candidates will be invited to live auditions, and 10 of them will advance for the televised show.
Justyna Steczkowska, who represented Poland at Eurovision 1995, is interested in representing the country at Eurovision 2024.
She said she has a potential song with orchestral elements
San Marino held its first casting audition for its national selection this week.
The next casting period will be held between the 1st and 3rd of December
Aftonbladet reports that the “Melodifestivalen 2024” hosts will probably be Carina Berg and Björn Gustafsson.
In “Melodifestivalen 2008”, Björn dedicted a comic song to Carina:
Aftonbladet revealed more rumors regarding the list of participants in “Melodifestivalen 2024“:
- Danny Saucedo – This will be his 5th participation in “Melodifestivalen“. He previously competed in 2009 (as part of EMD), 2011, 2012 (2nd place) , 2021
- Elisa Lindström – This will be her 3rd participation in “Melodifestivalen“. She previously competed in 2014 and 2021.
- C-Joe (Charles Koroma) – He has released music even since 2017, will be his debut in the contest.
- Jay Smith – He won Swedish Idol in 2010.
- Scarlet – The metal rock duo consisting of Thirsty and Scarlet. They started the project in 2018, and has tourd over Europe together with Smath Into Pieces.
- Jacqline Moss – The singer ended up as the runner-up in “Swedish Idol 2021″.
- Albin Tingwall – The singer ended up as the runner-up in “Swedish Idol 2022″.
- Sara Nutti (known as Dear Sara) – She competed in “X-Factor 2012″.
- Chelsea Muco – She has won the talent show “Next Level”.
They are joined by 14 former artists who have been mentioned in the past:
- Dotter
- Cazzi Opeia
- Marcus and Martinus
- Clara Klingenström
- Adam Woods
- Lisa Ajax
- Smash Into Pieces
- Liamoo
- Lasse Stefanz
- Samir & Viktor
- Elecktra (Robin Werner)
- Medina
- Maria Sur
- Kim Cesarion
- Miss Snusk
- Gunilla Persson
