New Eurovision Acts During This Week


26 February 2024 at 12:34 AM

By Robert Stefani



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After the Croatian representative Baby Lasagna has won the national final Dora 2024 with the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, this week we will find out who and what song will represent Netherlands, Switzerland, Cyprus, Austria, United Kingdom, Iceland, Serbia and Portugal this year in the beautiful city of Malmo, Sweden.

*All the dates are on Eastern Europe Time

Netherlands – Joost Klein

The Dutch singer Joost Klein was selected by the broadcaster AVROTROS in the month of December, last year and he has released a teaser for his song “Europapa” which will have the official premiere on Thursday, February 29 at 17:55 on the Eurovision Song Contest’s Youtube channel.

Joost Klein is a hip-hop, electronic, indie-rock dutch singer who debuted in the year 2016 with the EP “Dakloos” (Homeless). He had multiple collaborations with bbno$, Brunzyn, Donnie, Ski Aggu, Otto Waalkes. The song “Friesenjung” with Ski Aggu and Otto Waalkes recieved international recognition on Austrian and German charts being the number 1 for multiple weeks.

Switzerland INTERNAL SELECTION

The Swiss broadcaster SRF decided once again to opt for an internal selection after their good results in 2019 and 2021. An Eurovision panel will select the swiss representative and the song for this year’s contest. The official announcement will be made during the day of Thursday, February 29 on Eurovision Song Contest’s social media platforms.

Cyprus – Silia Kapsis

The Cypriot reprsentative was selected internally in the month of September. The Australian singer will sing the song “Liar” which is a literal BANGER! Silia’s song will be released during the day of Thursday, the 29th of February on the YouTube channel of Eurovision Song Contest. Silia’s team already released a snippet of the song on social media and everyone went crazy after they revealed it. You can listen it by clicking the following link:

Austria – Kaleen

By the middle of January 2024, the Austrian broadcaster ORF selected the singer-coreographer Kaleen to fly the Austrian flag in Malmo, Sweden. The Austrian representative is familiar with the Eurovision stage after being the stand in performer in 2018 for Cyprus, the creative director for Spain and Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, the creative director for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and for Austria, Germany, Armenia and Georgia in the 2023 edition of Eurovision Song Contest.

She will release her dance-pop song with techno influences “We Will Rave” on Friday, the 1st of March 2024 on an Austrian radio station, in the morning, after releasing a snippet of the song on social media platforms. You can listen it by clicking the link bellow. Be woken up to dance on the electric beats of this banger!

United Kingdom – Olly Alexander

BBC has announced Olly Alexander, the lead singer of the band Years and Years as the British Eurovision entrant for this year’s contest. Olly Alexander was selected by the British broadcaster in the month of December 2023 and ever since Europe is ready to listen the song of the lead singer of Years and Years. This year BBC opted once again for an internal selection like in the previous years and will collaborate with a record label.

Years and Years are a successful band, internationally known for their songs “Take Shelter”, “Valentino”, “Hallucination” and many more. The band has been in Romania multiple times at the Neversea festival in 2017 and at Untold 2023. They are extremelly appreciated worldwide for their music and we all hope Olly will embrace a good place in Sweden this year.

The song “Dizzy” will be released on Friday, March 1 at 00:40 after being already on social media because Olly offered us a snippet of his Eurovision song. Here it is!

Sweden – MELODIFESTIVALEN 2024

The host country Sweden is ready for another show of Melodifestivalen on Saturday at 21:00. The fifth heat and the final qualification will be formed by Marcus and Martinus, Chelsea Muco, Jay Smith, Elecktra, Annika Wickihalder, Medina and Elisa Lindstorm, Adam Woods, Dear Sara, Froken Snusk, Klaudy, Gunilla Persson, Albin Tingwall, Scarlet and two spots from the previously heat 5. This show will be aired from the Swedish city of Karlstad and will decide who will compete in the final of Melodifestivalen 2024 on March 9 in Stockholm and who will follow Loreen’s steps in Malmo. The songs performing Saturday, March 2 are right in the front of you.

Iceland – SONGVAKEPPNIN 2024

The first country to select their Eurovision entrant on Saturday, March 9 is Iceland. The country of vulcanos and snow will host its national final this week and everyone is ready to find out who will follow Dilja’s footsteps in Malmo after the country failed to qualify in Liverpool last year. The national final of Songvakeppnin 2024 will gather the following artists: Anita, Bashar Murad, Hera Bjork, Sigga Ozk and Vaeb. The winner will be decided by the combination of 50% jury votes and 50% public voting. A recap is right down bellow:

Serbia – PESMA ZA EUROVIZJIU 2024

Serbia is ready to select their Eurovision 2024 entrant on Saturday, 2nd of March during their national final Pesma Za Eurovizjiu 2024. After last year’s performance in Liverpool, the Serbian act will be crowned after the jury and the public will vote the 16 artists of Pesma Za Eurovizjiu 2024. For the moment, the editor didn’t manage to find the final songs :))))).

Portugal – FESTIVAL DE CANCAO 2024

Porugal is ready for another night of Festival De Cancao 2024, after last week the first semifinal was aired on RTP, the Portuguese brodcaster. The semifinal 2 will happen on Saturday, the 2nd of March and will consist of this acts: Buba Espinho, Cristina Clara, Leo Meddea, Filipa, Joao Couto, Huca, No Maka f. Ana Maria, Maria Joao, Rita Onofre and Silk Nobre. The second semifinal will determine the 6 qualifiers who will advance in the next week’s final. The jury and televote will decide the first 5 artists who will perform in the final and after, only the public will determine the 6th finalist. Here is a recap:


Category: 🇸🇪 Malmo 2024


Robert Stefani

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