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 confirmed she will perform a revamped version of “Zemrën n’dorë” at Eurovision 2024.
The new version is in English, and the lyrics won’t be translation of the original ones.
The duo Ladaniva won’t represent Armenia at Eurovision 2024, due a tour they will have around the contest time:
Local media suggest it might be Junior Eurovision 2021 winner Malena (now 17 years old) who might step in.
Another suggested name is Anahit.
Kaleen will release her Eurovision 2024 entry “We Will Rave” on Friday, the 1st of March.
You can check the short snippet here:
2 final artists remain in the race for Eurovision 2024:
- Aisel – Game of Chess (Demo version here)
- İlkin Dövlətov & Mila Miles & Etibar Əsədli – İnsanlar (Eng: People)
The previous list of 6 potential artists has been narrowed down, based on music experts from several different countries.
As for the 2 mentioned songs, both feature lyrics in Azeri language.
Mustii released his Eurovision 2024 song “Before The Party’s Over” on Tuesday:
“Dora 2024” semi-finals took place this week.
16 finalists will perform in the following running order:
- Natalie Balmix – Dijamanti (Eng: Diamonds)
- Mario Battifiaca Feat. Robert Ferlin – Vodu Piti Trizan Biti (Eng: Drink Water To Be Sober)
- Lana Mandarić – More
- Boris Štok – Can We Talk?
- Stefany Žužić – Sretnih Dana Dat’ Će Bog (Eng: God Will Give Happy Days)
- Pavel – Do Mjeseca (Eng: To The Moon)
- Saša Lozar – Ne Plačem Zbog Nje (Engg: I Don’t Cry Because of Her)
- Lara Demarin – Ne Vjerujem Ti (Eng: I Don’t Believe You)
- Let 3 – Babaroga
- Alen Đuras – A Tamburitza Lullaby
- Eugen –Tišine (Eng: Silence)
- Vatra – Slatke Suze, Gorka Ljubav (Eng: Sweet Tears, Bitter Love)
- Damir Kedžo – Voljena Ženo (Eng: Beloved Woman)
- Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim
- Marcela – Gasoline
- Vinko – Lying Eyes
The final will take place on Sunday.
The results will be determined by a 50% public vote, a 25% national jury and a 25% international jury
Special guests for the semi-final were SLIMANE (France Eurovision 2024) in 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
You can watch a snippet here:
“Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024” was held last Saturday.
Saba won with her song “Sand“
The results of the 2nd round:
| Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total | Place |
| Saba | Sand | 22 | 15 | 37 | 1 |
| Basim | Johnny | 15 | 19 | 34 | 2 |
| Janus Wiberg | I Need YOur Love | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 |
5MIINUST x Puuluup won “Eesti Laul 2024” and therefore will represent Estonia at Eurovision 2024 with the song (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi:
ERR has also revealed the full results
Semi-Final Results (First Round)
| Artist | Jury Votes | Jury Points | Public Votes | Public Points | Total | Place |
| Ollie | 242 | 7 | 3,242 | 10 | 17 | 1 |
| 5miinust and Puuluup | 218 | 4 | 6,794 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| Ewert and The Two Dragons | 295 | 12 | 802 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
| Traffic | 242 | 6 | 983 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| Ingmar | 195 | 3 | 1,868 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Cartoon and Ewert Sundja | 286 | 10 | 640 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Inga | 269 | 8 | 640 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Laura | 174 | 1 | 1,321 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Anet Vaikmaa | 170 | 0 | 892 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Cecilia | 185 | 2 | 720 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Sofia Rubina | 236 | 5 | 188 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Antsud | 121 | 0 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Yonna | 151 | 0 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Peter Põder | 117 | 0 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Silver Jusilo | 99 | 0 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Semi-Final Results (Second Round)
| Artist | Public Votes | Place |
| Anet Vaikmaa | 1,864 | 1 |
| Peter Põder | 1,413 | 2 |
| Traffic | 1,278 | 3 |
| Ingmar | 1,078 | 4 |
| Cartoon and Ewert Sundja | 850 | 5 |
| Cecilia | 515 | 6 |
| Inga | 435 | 7 |
| Laura | 349 | 8 |
| Yonna | 213 | 9 |
| Antsud | 199 | 10 |
| Silver Jusilo | 109 | 11 |
| Sofia Rubina | 102 | 12 |
Final Results (First Round)
| Artist | Jury Votes | Jury Points | Public Votes | Public Points | Total | Place |
| Ollie | 74 | 12 | 7,384 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 5miinust and Puuluup | 67 | 8 | 16,740 | 12 | 20 | 2 |
| Nele-Liis Vaiksoo | 69 | 10 | 3.152 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| Daniel Levi | 43 | 5 | 4,040 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| Anet Vaikmaa | 63 | 7 | 2,945 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| Carlos Ukareda | 54 | 6 | 634 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Ewert and The Two Dragons | 43 | 4 | 806 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Uudo Sepp and Sarah Murray | 33 | 1 | 1,179 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Peter Põder | 33 | 2 | 1,092 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Brother Apollo | 43 | 3 | 413 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
The Estonian song’s lyrics will go under minor change before Eurovision.
Nutsa will release her Eurovision song in early March.
She confimed her song won’t be a ballad.
The 2nd semi-final of “Söngvakeppnin 2024” will be held tonight (the 24th of February 2024):
Running order for tonight:
- Hera Björk – Við förum hærra / Scared of Heights
- Heiðrún Anna – Þjakaður af ást
- Bashar Murad – Vestrið villt / Wild West
- Sigga Ózk – Um allan alheiminn / Into the Atmosphere
- MAIAA – Fljúga burt
Last week, the 2 qualifiers were: Anita and VÆB.
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)
Kan has completed its selection process for Eurovision 2024.
The selected song is “October Rain“, a ballad written by Keren Peles, Avi Ohayon and Stav Beger
However, the EBU is still debating the lyrics of the song, and whether to approve it.
The lyrics, as published by Kan:
Writers of the history
Stand with me
Look into my eyes and see
People go away but never say goodbyeSomeone stole the moon tonight
Took my light
Everything is black and white
Who’s the fool who told you
Boys don’t cryHours and hours and flowers
Life is no game for the cowards
Why does time go wild
Every day I’m loosing my mind
Holding on in this mysterious rideDancing in the storm
We got nothing to hide
Take me home
And leave the world behind
And I promise you that never again
I’m still wet from this october rain
October RainLiving in a fantasy
Ecstasy
Everything’s meant to be
We shall pass but love will never dieHours and hours and flowers
Life is no game for the cowards
Why does time go wild
Every day I’m loosing my mind
Holding on in this mysterious rideDancing in the storm
We got nothing to hide
Take me home
And leave the world behind
And I promise you that never again
I’m still wet from this October rain
October Rain
October Rainלא נשאר אוויר לנשום
אין מקום
אין אותי מיום ליום
כולם ילדים טובים אחד אחד(There’s no air left to breathe
There’s no space
I’m gone day by day
Everyone is good kids one by one)
The final of “Eurovizija.LT 2024” was held last Saturday.
Silvester Belt won the selection with his song “Luktelk” (His performance will undergo some minor changes before Eurovision):
The 3 super-finalists were: Silvester Belt, Shower and The Roop.
In the first round, Shower won the jury vote, but Silvester won the public vote.
The results of the evening were:
In the super-final, only the public voted and the results were:
Sarah Bonnici has flown to Stockholm, where she probably worked on a revamped version of “Loop”. She got the help of Joy & Linnea Deb
Last Saturday, Moldova held its national selection “Etapa Națională 2024“.
The results were:
Due to selection rules (in the case of a tie, the act with higher jury rank will get priority),
Natalia Barbu will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2024 with “In The Middle”:
Joost Klein will release his Eurovision 2024 song “Europapa” on Thursday, the 29 of February 2024.
The lyrics will probably feature names of different cities in Europe, like ones in The Netherlands, Greece, Spain, the UK, Germany, Italy and more.
Luna will represent Poland with the song “The Tower”.
She was internally selected by a 5 member professional committee, and defeated the 2nd place with 1 point only:
Tonight, the “Festival da Canção 2024” will kick-off with semi-final 1. 10 artists will compete for 6 spots in the final: 5 artists will be announced after the first round (based on a 50% jury vote and a 50% public vote). The 6th artist will be selected by the public only.
Running order for semi-final 1:
- Nena – Teorias da Conspiração
- Perpétua – Bem Longe Daqui
- MELA – Água
- Mila Dores – Afia a Língua
- LEFT. – Volto a Ti
- NOBLE – Memory
- João Borsch – … Pelas Costuras
- Rita Rocha – Pontos Finais
- iolanda – Grito
- Bispo – Casa Portuguesa
Take a look at the “Festival da Canção 2024” stage:
Here is the trophy that will be granted to the festival winner:
The semi-final jury will be:
- Mimicat (Eurovision 2023)
- Gisela João
- Benjamin
- Lia Pereiera
- Miguel Esteves Cardoso
- Lura
- Pedro Olivier
The semi-finals of “Una Voce Per San Marino 2024” are behind us, and we finally have the list of finalists:
- Aaron Sibley – Human
- Aimie Atkinson – A Dare for Love
- Booom! – Dance Like This
- Dana Gillespie – The Last Polar Bear
- Daudia – With You
- Dez – Freedom
- Jalisse – Il Paradiso è qui
- Kida – Invincibile
- La Rua – Governo del cuore
- Loredana Bertè – Pazza
- Marcella Bella – Chi siamo davvero
- Masala & Foresta – Paranoia
- Mate – Big Mama
- Megara – 11:11
- Pago – Il Protagonista
- Wlady, DJ Jad, Corona & Ice MC – Questa volta
- XGiove – Nostalgia
The final will be held tonight (24th of February 2024), where the results will be determined by a jury panel.
You can find the playlst here:
YouTube
Spotify
“Pesma za Evroviziju 2024” will be held next week: The semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday, and the final will be held on Saturday.
This is what the stage will look like:
The hosts will be:
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
Raiven hinted she is working on a new version of “Veronika” for Eurovision.
In the meantime, she has worked on her Eurovision postcard:
Today, the the 4th heat of “Melodifestivalen 2024” will take place:
You can listen to the audio snippets and watch the rehearsal snippets:
- Albin Tingwall – “Done Getting Over You” (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Lia Larsson – “30 km/h” (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Dotter – “It is Not Easy To Write a Long Song” (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Scarlet – “Circus X” (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Lasse Stefanz – “En sång om sommaren” (Eng: A Song About Summer) (Audio / Video Snippet)
- Danny Saucedo – “Happy That You Found Me” (Audio / Video Snippet)
2 artists will qualify for the final, while additional 2 will get an opportunity in the second-chance round.
