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 country by country, to collect all the exciting stories and updates.
Besa will release the revamped version of “Zemrën n’dorë” during March 2024. She revealed this information on her Instagram channel
SBS will reveal the Australian song and representative for Eurovision 2024 on March 6th (Might be available a day before in Europe)
Kaleen will release her Eurovision 2024 entry “We Will Rave” on Friday, the 1st of March.
According to Eldar (Azerbiajan Eurovision 2011), the song for Eurovision 2024 hasn’t been selected yes. An international jury from America and Asia will be involved as well.
Mustii will release his Eurovision 2024 entry “Before The Party’s Over” on Tuesday, the 20th of February 2024.
One of the co-writers is Pierre Dumoulin, who composed Belgium entries for Eurovision 2017 (“City Lights”) and Eurovision 2019 (“Wake Up”)
“Dora 2024” will be held next week. The semi-finals will be held on Thursday (22nd of February) and Friday (23rd of February)
Special guests for the semi-final will be SLIMANE (France Eurovision 2024) on semi 1, and Raiven (Slovenia Eurovision 2024) in semi 2.
You can find the playlist here:
YouTube Playlist
Silia Kapsis will release her Eurovision song (“Liar”) on the 29th of February 2024
“Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024” will be held today (the 17th of February).
The artists will perform in the following running order:
- Saba – Sand
- Stella – Sign Here
- Chu Chu – The Chase (Zoom Zoom)
- Basim – Johnny
- RoseeLu – Real Love
- UBLU – Planetary Hearts
- Janus Wiberg – I Need Your Love
- Aura Dione – Mirrorball of Hope
The results will be determined by a 50 %public vote and a 50% jury vote (10 Danish members and 10 international ones). The top 3 acts will advance for the super final.
You can find the playlists here:
YouTube Playlist
Spotify Playlist
You can read Doron‘s review here
The “Eesti Laul 2024” final will be held tonight, the 17th of February 2024.
The running order will be:
- Brother Apollo – Bad Boy
- Carlos Ukareda – Never Growing Up
- Ewert and the 2 Dragons – Hold Me Now
- Anet Vaikmaa – Serotoniin
- Ollie – My Friend
- Daniel Levi – Over The Moon
- Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray – Still Love
- Peter Põder – Korra Veel (Eng: One More Time)
- 5MIINUST x Puuluup – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi (Eng: We (do) know nothing about (these) drugs)
- Nele-Liis Vaiksoo – Käte ümber jää (Eng: Hands Around Ice)
The results will be determined in 2 rounds. In the first round, the results will be based on 50% international jury and 50 % public vote.
The top 3 acts will face another round of public vote (votes will be reset).
You can find the full playlists here:
YouTube
Spotify
You can read Doron‘s review here
“UMK 2024” was held last Satursay. The winners are Windows95mMan ft. Henri Piispanen with the song “No Rules“
Isaak won “Das deutsche Finale 2024“.
Therefore, he will represent Germany at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Always On The Run“:
The Greek song for Eurovision 2024 will be released on March 7th.
The song title will be “Zari” (Eng: Dice). The majority of the song will be in the Greek language.
“Söngvakeppnin 2024” will kick-off tonight (the 17th of February 2024):
The running order for tonight:
- CeaseTone – Ró / Flow
- Blankiflúr – Sjá þig / Love You
- Anita – Stingum af / Downfall
- Sunny – Fiðrildi (Eng: Butterfly)
- VÆB – Bíómynd/ Movie Scene
2 artists will qualify from each semi-final. The jury will be able to grant a wild-card to one of the non-qualifiers.
The final will be held on the 2nd of March 2024.
You can find the playlists here:
YouTube Playlist (Icelandic Versions)
YouTube Playlist (English Versions)
The professional committee narrowed down the list of potential songs to 2 songs only.
Eden was sent to record these 2 songs, and then the committee will discuss them again.
The song lyrics have already been sent to the EBU.
The 2 groups behind the songs have been revealed:
- Song 1 – Stav Begger, Keren Peles, Avi Ohayon
- Song 2 – Yinon Yahel, May Sfadia, Eden Golan
Angelina Mango won “Sanremo Festival 2024” and therefore will perform “La Noia” at Eurovision 2024:
The super-final results are:
| Artist – Song | Televote | Press Jury Rank | Radio Jury Rank | Total | Place |
| Angelina Mango – La Noia | 16.1% | 1 | 1 | 40.3% | 1 |
| Geolier – I p’me, tu p’te | 60% | 4 | 5 | 25.2% | 2 |
| Annalisa – Sinceramente | 8% | 2 | 2 | 17.1% | 3 |
| Ghali – Casa Mia | 8.3% | 3 | 3 | 10.5% | 4 |
| Irama – Tu no | 7.5% | 5 | 4 | 6.9% | 5 |
Dons won “Supernova 2024” with the song “Hollow“.
Therefore, he will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2024
The final of “Eurovizija.LT 2024” will be held tonight (Saturday, 10th of February 2024).
10 artists will compete in the final:
- Aistè – We Will Rule the World
- Žalvarinis – Gaudė Vėjai
- Pluie de Comètes – Be Careful
- Silvester Belt – Luktelk
- VB gang – KABOOM!!!
- Il Senso – Time
- Shower – Impossible
- Monika Marija – Unlove You Starting Tomorrow
- Queens of Roses – Walk Through Fire
- The Roop – Simple Joy
You can find the playlists here:
YouTube
Spotify
Apple Music
The hosts are Augustė Nombeko and Gabrielė Martirosian.
As in previous shows, we will encounter jury panel who will express their opinions on the songs and will be part of the voting mechanism.
The results of the final will be determined in 2 rounds:
- Round 1: A combination of jury and public vote: The results of each public vote will be scaled to the traditional Eurovision scale of 1-8,10 and 12, and the same applies for the public vote. The 3 artists who will achieve the highest sum of points will advance for the next round.
- Round 2: The votes will be reset. The public will vote for its winner.
You can read Doron‘s review here:
Moldova will hold its national final (“Etapa Națională 2024“) tonight (17th of February 2024)
- Nicoleta Sava – Bravo
- Valeria Pasha – Anti-Princess
- Reghina Alexandrina – Contrasens
- Viola Julea – Light Up!
- O L – No Time No Space
- Sasha Letty – DNA
- Natalia Barbu – In the Middle
- Y-Limit – Revolution
- Victor Gulick – Fever
- Cătălina Solomac – Fever
- Iulia Teleucă – Runaway
You can find the playlists here:
YouTube
Spotify
The results will be determined by a 50% public vote and a 50% jury vote
The Polish song for Eurovision 2024 will be revealed on Monday (19th of February 2024)
An impressive guest list has been revealed for “Festival da Canção 2024″, to mark the 60th anniversary of the festival:
- Mimicat (Eurovision 2023)
- Isaura (Eurovision 2018)
- The Black Mamba (Eurovision 2021)
- Vânia Fernandes (Eurovision 2008)
- Rita Guerra (Eurovision 2003)
- Simone de Oliveira (Eurovision 1965+1969)
- Nicolau Bryner (“Festival da Canção” 1983)
- Helena Isabel (“Festival da Canção” 1974+1983)
- Jorge Fernando (“Festival da Canção” 1985)
- Selma Uamusse
- Luca Argel
- José Nuno Martins
- Alex D’Alva Teixeira
- Jorge Gabriel (“Festival da Canção” 2006 host)
- Ana Pauka Reis (“Festival da Canção” 1988 host)
- António Sala (“Festival da Canção” 1993+1997 host)
- Catarina Furtado (“Festival da Canção” 2017 host)
- Manuel Luís Goucha (“Festival da Canção” 1999 host)
The list of established artists who will participate in “Una Voce Per San Marino” will be gradually revealed starting the 19th of February 2024.
The semi-finals will take place between the 19th and 23rd of February.
The majority of the semi-final artists are from Italy, while the rest are from: Malta, San Marino, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, Poland, Germany, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Romania, Greece, Estonia and Sweden
In addition, the final 4 songs in the A.I path have been revealed (One of them will get a ticket to the final):
- Dana Gillespie – The Last Polar Bear
- Marie Wegener – Dare to Dream
- Meg Birch – Neon Rain
- Nicola Silva – Corazon de Mariposa
Today, the the 3rd heat of “Melodifestivalen 2024” will take place:
You can listen to the audio snippets and watch the rehearsal snippets:
- Jacqline Moss – Effortless (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Clara Klingenström – Aldrig Mer (Eng: Never Again) (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Kim Cesarion – Take My Breathe Away (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Klaudy – För dig (Eng: For You) (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Gunilla Persson – I Won’t Shake (La La La Gunilla) (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Cazzi Opeia – Give My Heart a Break (Audio / Video Snippet)
2 artists will qualify for the final, while additional 2 will get an opportunity in the second-chance round.
The indie pop singer Dana is rumored to represent the country at Eurovision 2024
She also took part in song writing camp with Teya (Austria 2023), Luca Hanni (Switzerland 2019) and Remo Forrer (Switzerland 2023), and the composer Pele Loriano (Austria 2021, Switzerand 2021)
