Eurovision 2024

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival RTP da Canção continues

Tonight, Portugal will continue Festival RTP da Canção, the annual national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of ten songs, 6 will be chosen for the final on the 9th of March. The show starts at 22:00 and you can watch it here and here. These are the songs: Buba Espinho sings “O farol” Cristina Clara sings “Primavera” Filipa sings “You can’t hide” Huca sings “Pé de choro” João Couto sings “Quarto para um” Leo Middea sings “Doce mistério” María João sings “Dia” No Maka ft. Ana Maria sings “Aceitar” Rita Onofre sings “Criatura” Silk Nobre “Change” João Couto took part in the 2019 semifinal.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 5th heat

Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection, continues with a 5th and last heat. As Sweden is the host country, the winning song will go directly to the final. Two songs will go directly to the final, two other songs will go for ‘final qualification’, something that will be decided after the 5th heat. The show starts at 20:00 CET and you can watch it here or on the SVT Play app. These are the participating songs: Marcus & Martinus sing “Unforgettable” Chelsea Muco sings “Controlla” Jay Smith sings “Back to my roots” Elecktra sings “Banne maj” Annika Wickihalder sings “Light” Medina sings “Que sera” Marcus & Martinus were 2nd last year.Medina was 3rd in 2022. The final qual is what previously was the ‘Andra chancen’: two songs will be chosen to be added to the final next week, and these are the contestants: Adam Woods sings “Supernatural” Elisa Lindström sings “Forever yours” Dear Sara sings “The silence after you” Fröken Snusk sings “Unga & fria” Klaudy sings “För dig” Gunilla Persson sings “I won’t shake (La La Gunilla) Albin Tingwall sings “Done getting over you” Scarlet sings “Circus X” no. 3 of the 5th heat no. 4 of the 5th heat Adam Woods was 4th last year.Elisa Lindström took part in 2014 (semifinal).

🇦🇹 Kaleen’s “We will rave” published

Today, also the Austrian entry “We will rave” has been published. Kaleen will represent the country. Where countries like Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Cyprus published their entry with much publicity, it went completely different in Austria. The song was leaked, and this morning it was published on Spotify. Meanwhile, there is also an audio version published on Kaleen’s Youtube channel. The song “We will rave” is written and composed by Jimmy Thörnfeld, Anderz Wrethov, Julie Aagaard and Thomas Stengaard.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: This is Olly’s “Dizzy”

After a lot of teasers, the moment was finally there: Olly Alexander presented his Eurovision entry “Dizzy”. Olly will represent the United Kingdom in the contest and thus will be placed directly into the final. “Dizzy” was written and composed by Olly himself together with Daniel Harle. And this is the song:

🇷🇸 Serbian line up complete

The Serbian line up for the final is complete, with 8 new finalists. Out of 14 songs, new finalists are chosen. You will find them below in bold letters: Nadia sings “Sudari” Hydrogen sings “Nemoguća misija” Iva Lorens sings “Dom” Zejna sings “Najbolja” Filip Baloš sings “Duga je noć” Nemanja Radošević sings “Jutra bez tebe” Yanx sings “Kolo” Kat Dosa sings “Tajni začin” Džordži sings “Luna Park” Dušan Kurtić sings “Zbog tebe živim” Teja Dora sings “Ramonda” Konstrakta sings “Novo, bolje” Milan Bujaković sings “Moje tvoje” Durlanski sings “Muzika”

🇨🇾 Cyprus: This is how Silia’s “Liar” sounds

Today, Cyprus announced their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Silia Kapsis was already known as the Cypriot contestant. The song is called “Liar” and is written and composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel. Kontopoulos wrote no less than 10 (!!) songs for the Eurovision Song Contest before and would have written 3 songs for the 2020 contest. This is the song “Liar”:

🇳🇱 Netherlands: Joost Klein sings “Europapa”

Joost Klein will represent The Netherlands, as we all know already. Today, in the tv-show Avondshow met Arjen Lubach, Joost presented his song “Europapa”. “Surreal, I feel honoured I can do this. I can show the art my friends and I work together. The artwork is in a gallery for a few moments. The song is very Dutch, I tried to make it as Dutch as possible. Songwriting is not invented in Amsterdam, but what is invented in The Netherlands? Joost Klein”, Joost said in the interview with Arjen Lubach. This is the Dutch entry:

🇨🇭 Nemo will represent Switzerland

Rapper Nemo is chosen to represent Switzerland in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. That is what Swiss TV SRG/SSR announced today. will sing the song “The Code”. Nemo will perform in the first half of the 2nd semifinal. Nemo Mettler, born August 3, 1999, widely known as Nemo, is a multi-talented Swiss artist renowned for their skills in rapping, singing, and musical prowess on the violin, piano, and drums. Nemo’s EP “Clownfisch” in 2015 made waves by reaching number 95 on the Swiss charts, while their 2017 single “Du” soared to number 4 in Switzerland. Additionally, Nemo showcased their versatility on the second season of The Masked Singer Switzerland (2021/2022), where they delighted audiences as a panda and secured fifth place. The exciting announcement of Nemo as Switzerland’s representative for Eurovision 2024 with “The Code” came on February 29, 2024. In a significant personal revelation, Mettler publicly identified as non-binary in November 2023 through an article in the SonntagsZeitung. They expressed a preference for the use of their given name instead of traditional pronouns in German and embraced the gender-neutral “they/them” in English. This is the song:

🇷🇸 Serbia: 2nd semifinal Pesma za Evrovizija

Tonight Pesma za Evroviziju, the Serbian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, starts. 14 songs will compete, 8 of them will qualify. The final will be held this Saturday. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on the RTS YouTube Channel and on the Eurovision YouTube Channel. These are the contestants: Nadia sings “Sudari” Hydrogen sings “Nemoguća misija” Iva Lorens sings “Dom” Zejna sings “Najbolja” Filip Baloš sings “Duga je noć” Nemanja Radošević sings “Jutra bez tebe” Yanx sings “Kolo” Kat Dosa sings “Tajni začin” Džordži sings “Luna Park” Dušan Kurtić sings “Zbog tebe živim” Teja Dora sings “Ramonda” Konstrakta sings “Novo, bolje” Milan Bujaković sings “Moje tvoje” Durlanski sings “Muzika” Nadia took part last year and was 3rd.Zejna took part in 2022 (13th) and 2023 (7th).Filip Baloš was 4th last year.Konstrakta represented Serbia in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “In Corpore Sano”.

🇨🇭 🇳🇱 🇨🇾 Three countries have their songs presented

Today, three countries have their song presented. Switzerland Rumour has it that Nemo is the artist representing Switzerland. However, we officially don’t know anything until 11.00 CET. You can watch the presentation of the song here. The Netherlands Joost Klein will present his song “Europapa”. He will do that in the Dutch tv-show “De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach”. The show will start at 16.45 and you can watch it here. Cyprus Silia Kapsis will present her song “Liar”. She will do that on Cypriot television at 17.00 CET and you can watch the presentation here. It is very likely that the EBU will place the Dutch and Cypriot songs right after the presentation on their YouTube Channel.