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.
Mustii took part in the annual OGAE Belgium meetup.
During the meeting he revealed his song wasn’t only written for Eurovision, but as part of his upcoming album.
The song will be released in the second half of February 2024.
Duško Ćurlić, Maja Ciglenečki and Anja Cerar will host “Dora 2024“.
In addition, the semi-finals split was announced:
Semi-Final 1 (Thursday, 22nd of Feburary 2024)
- Noelle – Baby Baby
- Mario Battifiaca Feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu Piti Trizan Biti (Eng: Drink Water To Be Sober)
- Stefany Žužić – Sretnih Dana Dat’ Će Bog (Eng: God Will Give Happy Days)
- Misha – One Day
- Erna – How Do You Love Me?
- Eugen –Tišine (Eng: Silence)
- Vinko – Lying Eyes
- Barbara Munjas – Nepobjediva (Eng: Invincible)
- Let 3 – Babaroga
- Lana Mandarić – More
- Pavel – Do Mjeseca (Eng: To The Moon)
- Saša Lozar – Ne Plačem Zbog Nje (Engg: I Don’t Cry Because of Her)
Semi-Final 2 (Friday, 23rd of Feburary 2024)
- Lu Dedić – Plavi Leptir (Eng: Blue Butterfly)
- James Night – Nebo Plače (Eng: To Crying Sky)
- Lara Demarin – Ne Vjerujem Ti (Eng: I Don’t Believe You)
- Alen Đuras – A Tamburitza Lullaby
- The Splitters – Od Kad Te Sanjam (Eng: From When I Dream of You)
- Boris Štok – Can We Talk?
- Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim
- Et – Pametnom Dosta (Eng: Smart Enough)
- Vatra – Slatke Suze, Gorka Ljubav (Eng: Sweet Tears, Bitter Love)
- Damir Kedžo – Voljena Ženo (Eng: Beloved Woman)
- Natalie Balmix – Dijamanti (Eng: Diamonds)
- Marcela – Gasoline
YouTube Playlist
8 artists will take part in the “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024″:
- RoseeLu – Real Love
- Stella – Sign Here
- Saba – Sand
- Janus Wiberg – I Need Your Love
- UBLU – Planetary Hearts
- Basim – Johnny
- Aura Dione – Mirrorball of Hope
- Chu Chu – The Chase (Zoom Zoom)
YouTube Playlist
Spotify Playlist
Following the semi-final of the “Eesti Laul 2024″, 10 artists secured their place in the final (Which will be held on the 17th of Febraury 2024)
- Brother Apollo – Bad Boy
- Carlos Ukareda – Never Growing Up
- Daniel Levi – Over The Moon
- Nele-Liis Vaiksoo – Käte ümber jää (Eng: Hands Around Ice)
- Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray – Still Love
- 5MIINUST x Groupup – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi (Eng: We (do) know nothing about (these) drugs)
- Ollie – My Friend
- Peter Põder – Korra Veel (Eng: One More Time)
- Anet Vaikmaa – Serotoniin
- Ewert and the 2 Dragons – Hold Me Now
The playlist can be found here:
Spotify
YouTube
The running order for “UMK 2024” will be:
- Sini Sabotage – ”Kuori mua” (Eng: “Peel Me”)
- Cyan Kicks – ”Dancing With Demons”
- Jesse Markin – “Glow”
- Mikael Gabriel x nublu – ”Vox populi” (Eng: The Voice of the People)
- Sara Siipola – “Paskana” (Eng: Fucked Up/Wrecked)
- Sexmane – “Mania”
- Windows95Man – ”No Rules!”
Links to playlists on different digital platforms:
YouTube
Spotify
Apple Music
The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV will consider whether to participate in Eurovision 2024.
In the meantine, “Söngvakeppnin 2024” will run as planned.
10 artists and their songs will be released tomorrow (Saturday, 27th of February 2024)
Bambie Thug is the winner of the Irish “Eurosong 2024“, and therefore will represent the country at Eurovision 2024.
They will perform “Doomsday Blue”
The results were based on 3 equal sets of international jury, national jury and public vote:
| Act | International Jury | National Jury | Public Vote | Total |
| Bambie Thug | 8 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| Ailsha | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| Next in Line | 12 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| Erica Cody | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| JyellowL Feat. Toshín | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| Isabella Kearney | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
The final of “The Rising Star For Eurovision 2024” will be held on Tuesday, the 6th of February 2024
6 artists remained in the contest:
- Eden Golan
- Lian Biran
- Or Cohen
- Mika Moshe
- Shay Tamino
- Dor Shimon
The next episodes will be broadcast next week.
You can take a look at the “Sanremo 2024″ stage:
The duets for the cover night of “Sanremo 2024” have been revealed:
The semi-final of “Supernova 2024” will be held next Saturday, the 3rd of February 2024.
You can fina the playlists here:
You can read Doron’s review here:
The 3rd semi-final of “Eurovizija.LT 2024” will be held today (Saturday, 27th of January 2024). 8 artists will compete for 2 spots in the final:
- Anžela – “Paskubėk” (Hurry up)
- Sid Hallow – “Here We Go Again”
- MeidĖ – “Zoo”
- Pluie de Comètes – “Be careful”
- Sun Francisco – “Trauka” (Traction)
- Mary Mo – “Done”
- Baltos varnos – “In the Night”
- Shower – “Impossible”
Last week, Aistè and Žalvarinis qualified for the final
You can find the playlists here:
YouTube
Spotify
Apple Music
Luxembourg will hold its national selection tonight at 21:00 CET. 8 acts will participate in the final:
- Joel Marques – Believer
- Edsun – Finally Alive
- Naomi Ayé – Paumée sur terre
- Angy & Rafa Ela – Drop
- One Last Time – Devil In The Detail
- Krick – Drowning In The Rain
- CHAiLD – Hold On
- Tali – Fighter
You can take a look at this stage:
Among the hosts, we will find: Désirée Nosbusch (Eurovision 1984 presenter), Melody Funck, Raouk Roos, and Loïc Juchem.
Among the special guests we will find: Alexander Rybak (Eurovision 2009 winner) and Vicky Leandros (Eurovision 1972 winner, Luxemburg).
The results will be based on 50% public vote and 5-% international vote.
You’re welcome to read Doron’s review for the “Luxembourg Song Contest 2024”
Playlists can be found here:
YouTube
Spotify
The “Malta Eurovision Song Contest” will be held next week:
- 29th of January – 31st of January: Finalists interview
- 1st of February: Music videos of the finalist songs
- 2nd of February: Notalgic night – The finalists will perform hits and nostalgic songs
- 3rd of February: Grand final: The finalists will perform their songs on stage
You can watch a sneak peak video of the official video clip of the finalists:
The 3rd first semi-final of “Melodi Grand Prix 2024″ will be held tonight (27th of January 2024). 6 artists will compete for 3 spots in the final:
The running order will be:
- Vidar Villa –“MER“
- MISTRA , Benedicte Adrian and Anders Odden – “Waltz of Death“
- Thomas Jenssen – “Take Me To Heaven“
- AnnPrincess – “Save Me“
- MIIA – “Green Lights“
- KEiiNO – “Damdiggida“
Playlists
YouTube Playlist
Spotify
The deadline for submitting songs for the Polish internal selection is February 2nd.
To date, more than 50 songs have been susbmitted
The jury panel for the semi-finals will be:
- Maro (Eurovision 2022)
- Neev (“Festival da Canção 2021”)
- Carlos Mendes (Eurovision 1968+1972)
- Márcia (“Festival da Canção 2017”)
- Sara Correia
- Alex D’Alva
- Pedro Ribeiro
The final hosts will be: Filomena Cautela, Vasco Palmeirim, and Inês Lopes Gonçalves
You can listen to the songs here:
YouTube
Spotify
TVR has decided: Romania won’t participate at Eurovision 2024.
The national broadcast will prioritize the money for broadcasting the Olympic games, as well as technological project in the channel.
Raiven presented her Eurovision 2024 song “Veronika” on Saturday, 20th of January:
One of the co-writers (besides Raiven) is Bojan Cvjetićanin, thel lead singer of Joker Out (Slovenia, Eurovision 2023).
“Pesma za Evroviziju 2024” songs have been released, as well as the running order:
Semi-Final 1 (Tuesday, 27th of February 2024)
Semi-Final 1 Playlist
- Marko Mandić – Dno (Eng: Bottom)
- M.IRA – Percepcija (Eng: Perception)
- Bojana x David – No No No
- Lena Kovačević – Zovi me Lena (Eng: Call Me Lena)
- Saša Báša i Virtual Ritual – Elektroljubav (Eng: Electronic Love)
- Martina Vrbos – Da me voliš (Eng: If You Love Me)
- Filarri – Ko je ta žena? (Eng: Who is this woman?)
- Breskvica – Orlovo gnezdo (Eng: Eagle’s Nest)
- Hristina – Bedem (Eng: Rampart)
- Ivana Vladović – Jaka (Eng: Strong)
- Chai – Sama (Eng: Alone)
- Zorja – Lik u ogledalu (Eng: Image In The Mirror)
- Kavala – Vavilon (Eng: Babylon)
- Keni nije mrtav – Dijamanti (Eng: Diamonds)
Semi-Final 2 (Thursday, 29th of February 2024)
Semi-Final 2 Playlist
- Nadia – Sudari (Eng: Collisions)
- Hydrogen – Nemoguća misija (Eng: Mission Impossible)
- Iva Lorens – Dom (Eng: Home)
- Zejna – Najbolja (Eng: The Best)
- Filip Baloš – Duga je noć (Eng: It’s a Long Night)
- Nemanja Radošević – Jutra bez tebe (Eng: Morning Without You)
- Yanx – Kolo (Eng: Wheel)
- Kat Dosa – Tajni začin (Eng: The Secret Spice)
- Džordži – Luna park
- Dušan Kurtić – Zbog tebe živim (Eng: I Live Because of You)
- Teya Dora – Ramonda
- Konstrakta – Novo, bolje (Eng: New, Better)
- Milan Bujaković – Moje tvoje (Eng: My Own)
- Durlanski – Muzika (Eng: Music)
YouTube Playlist
Spotify Playlist
“Benidorm Fest 2024” will be held next week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
The running order for the semi-finals will be:
Semi-Final 1 (Tuesday, 30th of January 2024)
- Lérica – Astronauta
- Noan – Te echo de
- Sofia Coll – Here to stay
- Mantra – Me vas a ver
- Miss Caffeina – Bla bla bla
- Quique Niza – Prisionero
- Angy Fernández – Sé quién soy
- Nebulossa – Zorra
Semi-Final 2 (Thursday, 1st of February 2024)
- María Peláe – Remitente
- Dellacruz – Beso en la mañana
- Marlena – Amor de verano
- St. Pedro – Dos extraños (cuarto de cuerda)
- Jorge González – Caliente
- Yoly Saa – No se me olvida
- Roger Padrós – El temps
- Almácor – Brillos platino
YouTube Playlist
Spotify Playlist
Apple Music
The results will be based on 50% jury, 25% demoscopic jury and 25% public vote.
The members of the jury panel will be:
- Beatriz Luengo (Spain) – Head of Jury
- Carlos Baute (Spain) – Spanish-Venezuelan singer, composer, actor and presenter
- Guille Milkway (Spain) – Singer, DJ, composer and music producer
- Ángela Carrasco (Spain) – Singer-songwriter, actress and singing teacher
- Nicoline Refsing (Denmark) – Artistic Creative Director, part of Eurovision 2014 creative team
- David Tserunyan (Armenia) – Head of Delegation, Former JESC Executive producer
- Marta Piekarska – JESC TV producer
- Lee Smithhurst (UK) – Executive producer for Eurovision 2023, Head of Delegation
On Tuesday, we will be able to watch the semi-final allocation draw.
On Saturday, the first heat of “Melodifestivalen 2024” will take place:
- Adam Woods – Supernatual
- Samir & Viktor – “Hela Världen väntar” (Eng: The Whole World is Waiting)
- Melina Borglowe – Min Melodi
- Elisa Lindström – “Forever Yours”
- Lisa Ajax – “Awful Liar”
- Smash Into Pieces – “Heroes Are Calling”
Song Snippert will be released on Thursday morning.
“Vidbir 2024” hosts will be: Timur Miroshnychenko, Julia Sanina, and Vasyl Vasylovych Baydak
The public has chosen the 3 jury members: Andriy Danilko (“Verka Serduchka”), Jamala, and Sergiy Tanchinets.
YouTube Playlist
Spotify Playlist
You can watch the first live performance by Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona:
