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๐ฎ๐น๐ Marco Mengoni has won the Marcel Bezenรงon Composer Award for the best and most original composition, as voted on by a jury consisting of participating composers!
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Happy
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Grand Final day! ๐
๐ Don't want to miss your fave
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act performing in tonight's Grand Final? We got you! We made a tentative timetable for you. ๐
Note that all times are in CEST and subject to change.
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๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom - First Rehearsal
"Mae's staging features huge pop art-style graphics that blend really cleverly with the live staging. She's flanked by four dancers in red and black." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ซ๐ท France - First Rehearsal
"La Zarra standing on top of a sparkle-draped plinth wearing a fitted gown made entirely from black and red sequins." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ Don't want to miss your fave
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act performing in tonight's second semi-final? We got you! We made a tentative timetable for you.
Note that all times are in CEST.
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๐ต Following the Grand Final, five
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songs have managed to crack into
@Spotify
's global top 200:
๐ธ๐ช
#5
(+41) Tattoo 4,275,290
๐ซ๐ฎ
#7
(+61) Cha Cha Cha 3,819,748
๐ณ๐ด
#28
(+103) Queen of Kings 2,236,355
๐ฎ๐ฑ
#91
(NEW) Unicorn 1,420,732
๐ฎ๐น
#193
(RE-ENTRY) Due Vite 1,039,657
๐ฎ๐ฑ According to Ynet, the EBU is considering to disqualify Israel's
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2024 entry for containing political statements.
Kan has said that they "will not change the words or the song, even at the cost of Israel not participating this year"
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๐ธ๐ช Loreen has become the first woman to win the
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Song Contest on two different occasions as a performer (2012 and 2023).
[๐ท Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
Here are the TEN QUALIFIERS from the first
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semi-final:
๐ญ๐ท Croatia
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
๐ต๐น Portugal
๐ธ๐ช Sweden
๐ท๐ธ Serbia
๐ณ๐ด Norway
๐ฒ๐น While watching the second
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semi-final tonight, please say a silent prayer to our Maltese eurofans. This is how TVM makes them watch the shows.
๐ช๐ธ The EBU confirmed to Spanish media that Zorra will be allowed to participate at Eurovision 2024 with the current lyrics, despite the title being roughly equivalent to the words "bitch" or "slut" in meaning.
TW: transphobia
We have recently been made aware of statements by Ireland's creative director Ian Banham that severely contradict the values of the Eurovision Song Contest and seem contrary to the message of Wild Youth's song "We Are One". 1/3
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland - First Rehearsal
"Kรครคrijรค's acid green bolero jacket has made it to Liverpool, along with four pink-clad dancers. There's also a stack of pallets and a huge wooden box" ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ฒ๐ฐ BREAKING: North Macedonia looks set to be RETURNING to
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2024.
An amount of 1,500,000 Macedonian Denar has been allocated in MRT's proposed(!) 2024 budget for Eurovision and Junior Eurovision 2024.
๐ซ๐ฎ Shortly after the Grand Final, Finnish broadcaster Yle has confirmed that UMK 2024 will be held to select Finlandโs
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entry next year. Submissions will be open from 21 to 24 August.
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๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia - First Rehearsal
"Brunette lying on a sloped structure that's been erected at the front of the stage, against a backdrop of swirling graphics. Clever use of light and graphics." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ Happy
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Grand Final day. ๐
Don't want to miss your fave
#Eurovision
act performing in tonight's Grand Final? We got you! We made a tentative timetable for you (all times in CEST, subject to changes) ๐
๐ณ๐ด Guys behind Subwoolfer are no longer a secret: Ben Adams (on the left) and Gaute Ormรฅsen (on the right) have taken off their masks during MGP interval act!
The line-up for the
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2023 Grand Final is complete! The exact running order will be released later tonight. ๐
1st Half:
๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ต๐น ๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐จ๐พ ๐ช๐ช ๐ฆ๐น ๐ต๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฎ๐น
2nd Half:
๐ญ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ช ๐ฑ๐น ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ธ๐ช Sweden - First Rehearsal
"The light box is back, but it's a smaller version than the one we saw at Melodifestivalen. The stage and the LED screen is a sea of swirling smoke." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia - First Rehearsal
"Joker Out have the same kind of charisma as Mรฅneskin did. Their big stage experience really shows too - this is an effortless performance." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ฌ๐ง Speaking to the BBC, Olly Alexander has revealed that his
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2024 song is "not a ballad":
"It's gonna be electronic, something you can dance to."
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๐ฌ๐ง The BBC also confirmed that his Eurovision entry "was co-written by Alexander and Danny L Harle, who has produced hits for Dua Lipa, Chic and Charli XCX."
๐ท BREAKING: Malmรถ will host
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2024 at the Malmรถ Arena. The semi-finals and the Grand Final will take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024. More:
๐ฎ๐น It's official! Angelina Mango has just confirmed during the
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winner's press conference that she will represent Italy at
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2024! โฅ
๐ฆ๐น Austria - First Rehearsal
"Itโs got a message, itโs got a thumping bassline, itโs got HUGE vocals, it's got an insanely polished dance routine that everybody needs to learn immediately." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ณ๐ด A winner has been crowned in Norway's Trondheim Spektrum! Gรฅte have won Melodi Grand Prix 2024 with the song "Ulveham" and will be Norway's
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2024 representative.
๐ซ๐ท France - Second Rehearsal
"Everything is VERY sparkly. The plinth, the swathes of fabric that make La Zarra look like a human Eiffel Tower, the dress, the hat, the twinkling LED wall." ()
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[๐ท Chloe Hashemi & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ธ๐ช Sweden - Second Rehearsal
"Loreen and her light box are back on stage. It's WAY more intense and dramatic than it looks in the arena. Loreen is NOT here to play." ()
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[๐ท Chloe Hashemi & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ต๐ฑ Poland - First Rehearsal
"Blanka has four backing dancers. She sounds great against a backdrop of tropical graphics - there's even a dress reveal AND a mid-song dance break" ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia - First Rehearsal
"Vesna are performing in matching pink pantsuits. The band members perform a super-polished dance routine." ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
It's that time of the year again ๐ฅน
Midnight September 1st, which means...
๐ฅณ HAPPY EUROVISION SEASON ๐ฅณ
All songs released from today on will be eligible to participate in
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2024 ๐
๐ May all your faves win their national selections this Eurovision year ๐
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel - First Rehearsal
"Noa Kirel starts her performance in a huge box lit with LEDs, with some nice rotating camerawork and lots of strobe lighting. She's supported by five dancers" ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ซ๐ฎ Kรครคrijรค takes the UMK23 trophy with an incredible 539 points and 52% of the televotes, becoming Finland's representative in Eurovision 2023 with "Cha Cha Cha"!
๐ฉ๐ช Germany - First Rehearsal
"Lord of the Lost are raised up on a metal scaffold in a triangle formation, with red and black LEDS and a flashing light show. Red flames accompany each chorus." ()
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[๐ท Chloe Hashemi & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ท๐ธ Serbia - First Rehearsal
"Luke has brought the huge bed prop from the Serbian National Finals, along with four masked dancers trailing long hoses" ()
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[๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ฎ๐น Italy - First Rehearsal
"Marco in leather trousers and a silver sparkly vest, backed by swirling clouds on the LED wall and the biggest moon we've seen since Spain's Blas Cantรณ in 2021." ()
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[๐ท Chloe Hashemi & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ฎ๐น The official lyrics of the
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cut of "La noia", as submitted by Rai, only have the "ร la cumbia della noia" line repeated twice in the 2nd chorus, instead of 4 times, making it a perfect fit for the 3-minute limit. The rest of the lyrics remain unchanged.
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine - Second Rehearsal
"This rehearsal from TVORCHI is a great example of how the different elements come to life on TV. The whole routine has pinpoint precision." ()
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[๐ท Chloe Hashemi & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ญ๐ท Baby Lasagna will represent Croatia at
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2024 with the self-written and produced song "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" after winning tonight's final of Dora 2024!
He won both the jury vote (74 points) and the televoting (247 points).
๐ณ๐ด Norway - First Rehearsal
"Alessandra in a fabulous metallic bustier with serious power shoulders and a black cape. She's accompanied by four backing dancers with giant glow-sticks." ()
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๐ท Corinne Cumming & Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU]
๐ฆ๐น ORF has shared a teaser for Teya and Salena's upcoming Eurovision entry titled "Who the hell is Edgar?". The song will premiere this Wednesday at 07:30 CET during the ร3-Wecker morning show.
[๐น ORF]
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๐ธ๐ช Loreen and the Swedish
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delegation have just landed at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Later this afternoon, at 16:30 CEST, a homecoming party will take place at Stockholm's Kungstrรคdgรฅrden, broadcast live on SVT2.
[๐ฅ Aftonbladet]
๐ธ๐ช After 6 weeks, Sweden's musical spectacle Melodifestivalen has crowned a new champion! Loreen returns to the
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stage with her song "Tattoo", after winning Eurovision in 2012 with "Euphoria".
She got 92 points from the juries, and 85 points from the public voting.
The current
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Grand Final line-up, after the first semi-final halves draw:
1st Half:
๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ต๐น ๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐ธ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฎ๐น
2nd Half:
๐ญ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง
๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg will select their
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2024 entry using a televised national final, to be held Saturday 27 January at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette.
๐จ๐ญ Switzerlandโs Head of Delegation, Yves Schifferle, has revealed on his Instagram Story that Switzerland will not be sending a male ballad to
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2024.
๐ฌ๐ง The BBC have announced during the final of Strictly Come Dancing that Olly Alexander will represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2024 in Malmรถ. His song will be revealed at some point next year.
๐จ๐ฟ Vesna has won ESCZ 2023 with the song "My Sister's Crown" and will represent the Czech Republic at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool!
๐ซ๐ด Faroese public broadcaster KVF has revealed that they are currently working on improving their financial situation to become a full member of the EBU, with plans to join the Eurovision Song Contest at some point in the future.
๐จ๐ฟ OFFICIAL: Aiko is the winner of Eurovision Song CZ 2024 with Pedestal, finishing at the top of an online voting that received 98,000 votes in a week. Elly finished second and the band Mydy claimed third place.