La selezione dei partecipanti all’Eurovision Song Contest spetta alle emittenti televisive competenti dei singoli stati. A loro spetta la scelta del metodo di selezione: una selezione interna (quindi cantante e/o brano vengono scelti dall’emittente stessa), come accade solitamente per San Marino o Australia, oppure può organizzare un festival musicale (il pubblico sceglie un vincitore che viene invitato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest), come accade in Norvegia (Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), Svezia (Melodifestivalen), Italia (Festival di Sanremo), Grecia (Ellinikós Telikós) e molti altri. Il vincitore dell’eventuale festival però non è obbligato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest né tanto meno è obbligato ad esibirsi con la canzone vincitrice, ad esempio Iva Zanicchi ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 1969, in coppia con Bobby Solo, con la canzone “Zingara”, ma all’Eurovision Song Contest si presentò da sola con il brano “Due grosse lacrime bianche”. Con il tempo buona parte delle emittenti sta abbandonando la selezione interna in favore del festival musicale.

I partecipanti non devono obbligatoriamente avere vincoli di nazionalità (ad esempio nel 1988 la Svizzera vinse con la cantante canadese Céline Dion) e le canzoni non hanno restrizioni riguardanti la lingua (anche se nelle prime edizioni vigeva un obbligo di cantare in una delle lingue ufficiali del proprio paese).

L’Eurovision Song Contest 2024 è stata la 68ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro. Il concorso si è svolto presso la Malmö Arena a Malmö, in Svezia, dal 7 all’11 maggio 2024, in seguito alla vittoria di Loreen con “Tattoo” nell’edizione precedente; è stata la terza edizione della manifestazione a svolgersi a Malmö (dopo quelle del 1992 e 2013), nonché la settima in Svezia (paese ospitante anche nel 1975, 1985, 2000 e 2016). Il concorso sarà articolato, come dal 2008, in due semifinali e una finale.

In seguito ad alcune controversie avvenute durante l’edizione 2023, relative al ruolo delle giurie nazionali in seno al sistema di voto, l’emittente norvegese NRK ha annunciato che erano in corso le trattative con l’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (UER) riguardo a ulteriori modifiche sulla struttura del sistema di voto; l’obiettivo del capodelegazione norvegese Stig Karlsen era di ridurre il peso complessivo delle giurie sul risultato finale dall’attuale 49,4% al 40% o 30%. Alla fine non sono state apportate modifiche al sistema di voto, ma nel marzo 2024 sono state annunciate alcune modifiche alla durata della finestra di voto: la finestra di voto per il “Resto del mondo” sarà aperta per 24 ore prima e durante ogni trasmissione. Per i Paesi partecipanti, sarà aperta dopo l’esecuzione dell’ultima canzone nelle semifinali come negli anni precedenti, mentre nella finale sarà aperta prima della prima esibizione e si chiuderà 25 minuti dopo l’ultima esibizione. Inoltre, i Paesi che accedono automaticamente alla finale (i Big Five e il Paese ospitante) eseguiranno integralmente i loro brani in gara durante le semifinali, tra le esibizioni dei concorrenti.

Il 14 giugno 2023 sono state annunciate le due produttrici esecutive dell’evento: Ebba Adielsson (direttrice della sezione intrattenimento della SVT) e Christel Tholse Willers (già produttrice esecutiva dell’edizione 2013), mentre la produzione tecnica sarà affidata a Tobias Åberg (produttore tecnico della manifestazione dal 2016) e Johan Bernhagen (produttore esecutivo dell’edizione 2016). Il successivo 11 settembre vengono annunciati Christer Björkman (capodelegazione svedese dal 2002 al 2021, nonché produttore dell’edizione 2013 e 2016) come direttore artistico e Per Blankens (già produttore di vari programmi svedesi tra cui il Melodifestivalen) come produttore televisivo.

Il 19 dicembre 2023 è stato annunciato che la scenografia sarebbe stata curata dal tedesco Florian Wieder, già ideatore di altre otto scenografie della manifestazione, mentre lo svedese Fredrik Stormby (già precedentemente coinvolto nella realizzazione della scenografia nel 2013 e nel 2016) avrebbe curato il comparto luci e video del palco.

Il 5 febbraio 2024 2024 sono stati annunciate le conduttrici dell’evento: la presentatrice televisiva e comica Petra Mede (alla sua terza conduzione del concorso dopo le edizioni del 2013 e del 2016) e l’attrice svedese-statunitense Malin Åkerman.

Lo slogan dell’edizione 2024 è lo stesso dell’edizione precedente, United by Music. La decisione è stata resa nota il 14 novembre 2023 tramite un comunicato stampa congiunto della TV svedese SVT e dell’UER. Nello stesso comunicato viene annunciato inoltre che tale slogan verrà utilizzato in maniera permanente anche per le future edizioni del concorso. Il successivo 14 dicembre è stato presentato il logo dell’evento, denominato The Eurovision Lights disegnato dalle agenzie Uncut e Bold Scandinavia, raffigura una serie di gradienti lineari, ispirate all’aurora boreale e agli equalizzatori sonori.

All’indomani della vittoria svedese all’edizione 2023, ospitata dalla città britannica di Liverpool, la delegazione svedese ha espresso l’interesse dell’emittente pubblica SVT a organizzare la manifestazione musicale. A stretto giro ha seguito l’interesse ad ospitare l’evento di diverse città tra cui Eskilstuna (Stiga Sports Arena), Göteborg (Scandinavium), Jönköping (Husqvarna Garden), Malmö (Malmö Arena), Örnsköldsvik (Hägglunds Arena), Partille (Partille Arena), Sandviken (Göransson Arena) e Stoccolma (Friends Arena e Tele2 Arena).

L’emittente SVT ha invitato le città interessate a presentare una candidatura ufficiale entro il 12 giugno 2023. Le prime città a confermare la propria candidatura per ospitare l’evento sono state Stoccolma e Göteborg, seguite da Örnsköldsvik e Malmö, mentre le città ad annunciare il ritiro delle rispettive candidature sono state Sandviken (in seguito a una consultazione in consiglio comunale) e Jönköping (per la mancanza di un’arena di dimensioni adeguate). Il successivo 20 giugno i media svedesi hanno rivelato che, a seguito della lista già ampia di eventi previsti all’interno delle arene precedentemente selezionate, la città di Stoccolma aveva ideato una terza alternativa per la propria candidatura, basata sulla costruzione di un’arena apposita per ospitare il concorso vicino alla zona portuale della città (Frihamnen).

Il 7 luglio SVT ha comunicato che la scelta era stata ristretta alle città di Malmö e Stoccolma, che rispettavano tutte le necessità del concorso, scartando di conseguenza Göteborg e Örnsköldsvik. Nella stessa giornata, sul canale YouTube ufficiale della manifestazione canora, è stato confermato che la sede dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2024 sarebbe stata la Malmö Arena dell’omonima città.

Il 5 dicembre 2023 è stata ufficializzata la lista definitiva degli Stati partecipanti a quest’edizione, che ne prevede 37.

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 ← Eurovision Song Contest 2024 → Eurovision Song Contest 2025 

🇨🇾 Cyprus • 🇷🇸 Serbia • 🇱🇹 Lithuania • 🇮🇪 Ireland • 🇺🇦 Ukraine • 🇵🇱 Poland • 🇭🇷 Croatia • 🇮🇸 Iceland • 🇸🇮 Slovenia • 🇫🇮 Finland • 🇲🇩 Moldova • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan • 🇦🇺 Australia • 🇵🇹 Portugal • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

• Country: 🇨🇾 Cyprus
• National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2024
• Selection date(s): Artist: 25 September 2023 Ι Song: 29 February 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου, Radiofonikó Ídryma Kýprou; Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu) (CyBC, ΡΙΚ, RIK, KRYK)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: Silia Kapsis (Vasiliki “Silia” Kapsis, Βασιλική “Σίλια” Καψή)
• Selection song: “Liar”
• Selected songwriter(s): Dimitris Kontopoulos (Δημήτρης Κοντόπουλος), Elke Tiel
• Finals performance: 
• Semi-final result: 1º SF 1: Qualified (6th, 67 points)
• Final result: 15th, 78 points

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Liar” performed by Silia Kapsis. The Cypriot national broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) originally intended to select its entrant through the fifth season of the reality show Fame Story, produced in collaboration with the Greek channel Star. However, this plan was later cancelled after the Greek broadcaster ERT raised objections to the Cypriot selection process being aired in Greece by another broadcaster, and CyBC ultimately reverted to an internal selection for its entrant.

Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 1. At the end of the show, “Liar” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed sixth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 67 points. In the final, Cyprus performed in position 20 and placed fifteenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 78 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-nine times since the island country made its debut in the 1981 contest. Its best placing was at the 2018 contest where Eleni Foureira placed second with “Fuego”. Before that, Cyprus’s best result was fifth, which it achieved three times: in the 1982 competition with the song “Mono I Agapi” performed by Anna Vissi, in the 1997 edition with “Mana Mou” performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the 2004 contest with “Stronger Every Minute” performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus’ least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song “Tora Zo” by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with “Tha’nai Erotas” by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points. After returning to the contest in 2015 following their absence in 2014 due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster’s budget restrictions, Cyprus has qualified for the final of all the contests except in 2022, when “Ela” performed by Andromache failed to advance from the semi-finals. In 2023, “Break a Broken Heart” performed by Andrew Lambrou qualified for the final, where it ultimately placed 12th.

The Cypriot national broadcaster, CyBC, broadcasts the contest within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Cyprus has used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Since 2016, the broadcaster has opted to select the entry internally without input from the public.

Originally devised plans for 2023 included the selection of the Cypriot artist through a Greek-Cypriot talent show based on the British reality television music competition All Together Now. However, the broadcaster later decided to stick to an internal selection, and deferred consideration of a national final for 2024. In May 2023, Fame Story, the Greek version of the talent show Star Academy originally aired between 2002 and 2006 on ANT1, was announced to return on CyBC in order to be used as its national final for 2024.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.National final dispute. CyBC initially intended to use the fifth season of the Greek talent show Fame Story to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The show, filmed at the Star Channel studios in Greece, would have aired in Cyprus on CyBC. However, in late July 2023, the Greek public broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the exclusive owner of the rights to Eurovision events in Greece, filed a complaint to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), claiming that the Cypriot national final being aired in Greece through a different broadcaster would be an infringement of the contest’s rules; ERT reportedly threatened to withdraw from the union if no action was taken.

In early August 2023, it was reported that the EBU had amended the contest’s rules at the request of ERT, specifying that “each national selection of a representative for Eurovision should be undertaken and organised under the exclusive control of each participating broadcaster” and that “the organisation and production may not be subcontracted, except with the prior approval of the EBU”. Asked to clarify its intentions for Fame Story in view of the new rules, CyBC reportedly responded that the Cypriot entrant would be internally selected in January 2024 from emerging artists in the national music industry, including Fame Story participants, and that this did not qualify the format as a national final. Instead, that same month a show would be aired from Nicosia, where the selected entrant would perform a number of songs among which the public would be called to choose. It was reported that the EBU would host a video conference on 7 August 2023 in order to reach an agreement between CyBC and ERT.

Star confirmed on 19 August that the format would not be used as part of the Cypriot national selection, contradicting earlier public announcements. Shortly after, it was announced that the show would be broadcast by Omega TV in Cyprus and not by CyBC, with the national broadcaster reverting to an internal selection.

Internal selection. CyBC internally selected Cypriot–Australian singer Silia Kapsis as the Cypriot entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. On 3 September 2023, OGAE Greece reported her name and that her selection had taken place by mid-August; the official confirmation came the following 25 September. Her entry “Liar”, written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel, was announced on 8 January 2024 and was released on 29 February.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Silia Kapsis attended the Eurovision Party SKG in Thessaloniki on 29 March 2024 and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024. She additionally launched a social media challenge whereby the creator of the most liked video performance for “Liar” on TikTok between 1 and 30 April 2024 won two tickets for the Eurovision final and a meet-and-greet with her. The song was promoted by co-writer Elke Tiel on the Dutch TV show Beau, airing on RTL 4, on 2 April 2024.

Greek voting controversy. In mid-April 2024, Greek newspaper Ta Nea reported that as early as 22 February the Cypriot ambassador to Greece Stavros Avgoustidis had been informed that ERT would assign Cyprus a predetermined low score in the jury voting of the final; this was before the release of “Liar” and reportedly before the Greek jury was even established. As a response, ERT president Konstantinos Zoulas denied any involvement of the broadcaster in the jury vote, while CyBC’s head of press for the contest Andreas Anastasiou addressed the matter on a TV broadcast on 15 April, denouncing that the alleged behaviour would constitute a breach of the contest’s rules and announcing that the EBU had been informed of the controversy.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressing to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Cyprus was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Cyprus was set to open the show.

In Cyprus, all three shows of the contest were broadcast on RIK 1, with commentary by Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig Demirjian, as well as on radio via RIK Trito; CyBC also broadcast them internationally through RIK Sat. As part of the Eurovision programming, from 14 April 2024 until the contest week CyBC aired the Sunday broadcast United by Music on RIK 1, with Eurovision-related personalities from Cyprus (including members of the delegation, former representatives Alex Panayi and Evdokia Kadi as well as Karageorgiou and Demirjian) discussing the competing entries.

Performance. Kapsis took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. Her performance of “Liar” at the contest is directed by Dan Shipton and choreographed by American dancers Kelly Sweeney and Guy Groove. She was joined on stage by four Danish dancers, namely Theo B. Kofoed, Thomas Hegnet, Sebastian Laurentius Nielsen and Martin Daugaard. Her costume was designed by Stelios Koudounaris.

Semi-final. Cyprus opened the semi-final, before the entry from Serbia. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed sixth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 67 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Cyprus was drawn to perform in the second half of the final. Cyprus performed in position 20, following the entry from Armenia and before the entry from Switzerland. Silia Kapsis once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Cyprus placed fifteenth in the final, scoring 78 points; 44 points from the public televoting and 33 points from the juries.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Cyprus in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Cypriot jury consisted of Corina Avraamidou, Panayiotis Georgiou, Aris Kyprianou, Konstantina Neofytou, and Maria Porfiriou. In the first semi-final, Cyprus placed 6th with 67 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Azerbaijan and Moldova, and marking a second consecutive qualification to the final for the country. In the final, Cyprus placed 15th with 78 points, receiving twelve points in the televote from Greece. Over the course of the contest, Cyprus awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the first semi-final, and to Croatia (jury) and Greece (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Cypriot jury at the final was Loukas Hamatsos.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Cyprus.

Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Azerbaijan,  Moldova
10 points	—
8 points	Portugal
7 points	Australia,  Slovenia
6 points	—
5 points	—
4 points	Croatia,  Iceland,  Luxembourg,  Serbia
3 points	—
2 points	Finland
1 point	Ireland,  Sweden,  United Kingdom

Points awarded to Cyprus (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Greece	—
10 points	—	Greece
8 points	—	—
7 points	—	Luxembourg
6 points	Azerbaijan,  Slovenia	Australia
5 points	Albania,  Australia	—
4 points	Armenia,  San Marino	—
3 points	—	San Marino
2 points	—	Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Sweden
1 point	Israel,  Portugal	Croatia,  United Kingdom

3.1.2.Points awarded by Cyprus.

Points awarded by Cyprus (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Serbia
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Moldova
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Iceland

Points awarded by Cyprus (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Greece	Croatia
10 points	Israel	France
8 points	Ukraine	Israel
7 points	France	Greece
6 points	Switzerland	Switzerland
5 points	Croatia	Serbia
4 points	Armenia	Luxembourg
3 points	Italy	Italy
2 points	Ireland	Sweden
1 point	Sweden	Ukraine

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Cypriot jury:

• Corina Avraamidou
• Panayiotis Georgiou
• Aris Kyprianou
• Konstantina Neofytou
• Maria Porfiriou

Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Semi-final 1) 

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus
02	Serbia	6	5
03	Lithuania	2	10
04	Ireland	5	6
05	Ukraine	1	12
06	Poland	13
07	Croatia	4	7
08	Iceland	10	1
09	Slovenia	9	2
10	Finland	11
11	Moldova	8	3
12	Azerbaijan	14
13	Australia	12
14	Portugal	7	4
15	Luxembourg	3	8

Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	18	6	12	4	16	9	2	10	1
02	Ukraine	10	7	8	17	10	10	1	3	8
03	Germany	17	15	17	20	9	18		18
04	Luxembourg	4	10	4	11	14	7	4	13
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	21	16	10	16	11	14		N/A
06	Israel	3	5	3	2	7	3	8	2	10
07	Lithuania	11	13	20	19	12	17		11
08	Spain	15	12	15	10	19	12		15
09	Estonia	16	25	24	14	22	22		21
10	Ireland	25	21	21	18	25	25		9	2
11	Latvia	13	20	14	24	24	20		14
12	Greece	7	1	5	5	3	4	7	1	12
13	United Kingdom	9	11	18	21	18	13		20
14	Norway	19	17	22	25	15	23		22
15	Italy	8	8	9	9	4	8	3	8	3
16	Serbia	5	14	6	8	6	6	5	17
17	Finland	24	23	11	7	23	11		19
18	Portugal	12	18	25	23	17	21		23
19	Armenia	14	19	16	22	8	15		7	4
20	Cyprus
21	Switzerland	6	2	7	6	5	5	6	5	6
22	Slovenia	22	24	23	13	20	24		24
23	Croatia	1	3	1	1	2	1	12	6	5
24	Georgia	23	22	19	12	13	19		12
25	France	2	4	2	3	1	2	10	4	7
26	Austria	20	9	13	15	21

Notes.

[a]^ The Netherlands was disqualified prior to the final.

Pesma za Evroviziju ’24 contestants
Artist(s)	Song	Songwriter(s)
Bojana and David (Bojana Radovanović and David) Бојана и Давид (Бојана Радовановић и Давид Радосављевић)	“No No No”	Boris Subotić, Violeta Mihajlovska
Breskvica (Anđela Ignjatović) Бресквица (Анђела Игњатовић)	“Orlovo gnezdo” (Орлово гнездо)	Henny, Jhinsen, Relja Torinno
Chai	“Sama” (Сама)	Rap Gorilla, Teodora Vlahović Chai, Aleksandar Ilić
Džordži Џорџи (Ђорђе Ћулафић)	“Luna park” (Луна парк)	Slavko Milovanović, Pavle Subotić
Dušan Kurtić Душан Куртић	“Zbog tebe živim” (Због тебе живим)	Dušan Kurtić, Ivan Kurtić
Durlanski Дурлански	“Muzika” (Музика)	Rap Gorilla, Aleksandar Ilić, Dušan Anisimov
Filarri (Филип Маринков)	“Ko je ta žena?” (Ко је та жена?)	Nikola Kirćanski Kei, Andrijano Kadović Ajzi
Filip Baloš Филип Балош	“Duga je noć” (Дуга је ноћ)	Filip Baloš, Ivana Lukić Jymenik
Hydrogen	“Nemoguća misija” (Немогућа мисија)	Hydrogen
Hristina (Hristina Vuković) Христина (Христина Вуковић)	“Bedem” (Бедем)	Hristina Vuković
Iva Lorens Ива Лоренс (Ива Мишовић)	“Dom” (Дом)	Iva Lorens, A.N.D.R.
Ivana Vladović Ивана Владовић	“Jaka” (Јака)	Milan Stanković – SevdahBaby
Kat Dosa	“Tajni začin” (Тајни зачин)	Slobodan Veljković Coby, Bojana Vunturišević
Kavala Кавала	“Vavilon” (Вавилон)	Boris Krstajić, Jana Rančić
Keni nije mrtav Кени није мртав (Матеја Ђокић, Матија Пешић, Сава Томић)	“Dijamanti” (Дијаманти)	Mateja Đokić, Matija Pešić, Sava Tomić
Konstrakta (Ana Đurić; Ana Ignjatović) Констракта (Ана Ђурић; Ана Игњатовић)	“Novo, bolje” (Ново, боље)	Milovan Bošković, Jovan Antić, Ana Đurić
Lena Kovačević Лена Ковачевић	“Zovi me Lena” (Зови ме Лена)	Darko Dimitrov, Robert Bilbilov, Vladimir Danilović
Marko Mandić Марко Мандић	“Dno” (Дно)	Nemanja Filipović, Marko Mandić
Martina Vrbos Мартина Врбос	“Da me voliš” (Да ме волиш)	Martina Vrbos
Milan Bujaković Милан Бујаковић	“Moje tvoje” (Моје твоје)	Petar Pupić, Lionel Lombard, aya Sar
M.IRA (Mira Maletković) M.IRA (Мира Малетковић)	“Percepcija” (Перцепција)	Mira Maletković, Lazar Belić
Nadia (Nađa Terzić) Nadia (Нађа Терзић)	“Sudari” (Судари)	Nađa Terzić, Kosta Pantelić, Nikola Denčić
Nemanja Radošević Немања Радошевић	“Jutra bez tebe” (Јутра без тебе)	Saša Milošević Mare
Saša Báša and Virtual Ritual (Саша Баша (Александар Бранковић) & Virtual RITUAL)	“Elektroljubav” (Електрољубав)	Saša Báša, Petar Milošević, Aleksa Stanković
Teya Dora (Teodora Pavlovska) Теја Дора (Теодора Павловска)	“Ramonda” (Рамонда)	Teodora Pavlovska, Luka Jovanović, Andrijano Kadović Ajzi
Yanx (Aleksandra Mirjana Mona Janković; YANX, Sashka Yanx, Miss Jukebox, Saška Janković / Александра Јанковићm, Сашка Јанкс)	“Kolo” (Коло)	Yanx, Mikos Mikeli
Zejna  Зејна (Зејна Муркић)	“Najbolja” (Најбоља)	Marko Drežnjak, Zvonimir Đukić
Zorja  Зорја (Зорица Јоксимовић)	“Lik u ogledalu” (Лик у огледалу)	Zorja, Lazar Pajić, Vladan Maksimović

2.1.2.Semi-finals.

• The first semi-final took place on 27 February 2024. “Bedem” performed by Hristina, “Zovi me Lena” performed by Lena Kovačević, “Percepcija” performed by M.IRA, “No No No” performed by Bojana and David, “Gnezdo orlovo” performed by Breskvica, “Dno” performed by Marko Mandić, “Dijamanti” performed by Keni nije mrtav and “Lik u ogledalu” performed by Zorja advanced to the final, while “Elektroljubav” performed by Saša Baša and Virtual Ritual, “Da me voliš” performed by Martina Vrbos, “Ko je ta žena?” performed by Filarri, “Jaka” performed by Ivana Vladović, “Sama” performed by Chai and “Vavilon” performed by Kavala were eliminated from the contest. 
• The second semi-final took place on 29 February 2024. “Dom” performed by Iva Lorens, “Novo, bolje” performed by Konstrakta, “Zbog tebe živim” performed by Dušan Kurtić, “Najbolja” performed by Zejna, “Ramonda” performed by Teya Dora, “Moje tvoje” performed by Milan Bujaković, “Jutra bez tebe” performed by Nemanja Radošević and “Luna park” performed by Džordži advanced to the final, while “Sudari” performed by Nadia, “Nemoguća misija” performed by Hydrogen, “Duga je noć” performed by Filip Baloš, “Kolo” performed by Yanx, “Tajni začin” performed by Kat Dosa and “Muzika” performed by Durlanski were eliminated from the contest.

The jury in the semi-finals consisted of: Vladimir Jovanović (representative of OGAE Serbia and editor of the Eurovision portal), Željko Vasić (singer, composer and songwriter), Miloš Mihajlović(pianist and piano professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade), Miloš Roganović (composer and songwriter) and the jury president Goca Tržan (singer).

Semi-final 1. The first semi-final was held on 27 February 2024 at 21:00 CET, with the running order revealed on 24 January 2024. “Gnezdo orlovo” performed by Breskvica won the first semi-final with 24 points, winning both the jury and the public vote; other acts that qualified were Zorja, Bojana and David, Hristina, Lena Kovačević, Keni nije mrtav, M.IRA and Marko Mandić.

In addition to the competing entries, Nevena Božović opened the show with a performance of Loreen’s Eurovision 2023 winning song “Tattoo”, while an ABBA medley featured as the interval act with performances by Gift, Dragana Radaković, the Orthodox Celts, Dejan Petrović with Dragačevske vezilje, Ivana Peters, Zoe Kida, Ksenija Knežević, Julijana Vincan, Igor Simić, Mladen Lukić and Miloš Marković.

Semi-final 1 – 27 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Marko Mandić	“Dno“	31	6	722	0	6	8
2	M.IRA	“Percepcija“	10	3	1,786	6	9	7
3	Bojana and David	“No No No“	21	4	5,492	10	14	3
4	Lena Kovačević	“Zovi me Lena“	36	7	1,427	3	10	5
5	Saša Báša & Virtual Ritual	“Elektroljubav“	7	1	972	1	2	12
6	Martina Vrbos	“Da me voliš“	5	0	516	0	0	13
7	Filarri	“Ko je ta žena?“	4	0	1,707	5	5	9
8	Breskvica	“Gnezdo orlovo“	58	12	18,878	12	24	1
9	Hristina	“Bedem“	40	8	1,532	4	12	4
10	Ivana Vladović	“Jaka“	23	5	809	0	5	10
11	Chai	“Sama“	3	0	1,053	2	2	11
12	Zorja	“Lik u ogledalu“	45	10	3,360	8	18	2
13	Kavala	“Vavilon“	0	0	753	0	0	13
14	Keni nije mrtav	“Dijamanti“	7	2	2,573	7	9	6

Detailed jury results in the first semi-final of Pesma za Evroviziju ′24

Draw	Song	V. Jovanović	Ž. Vasić	M. Mihajlović	M. Roganović	G. Tržan	Total	Points
1	“Dno“	6	7	7	6	5	31	6
2	“Percepcija“	–	3	3	2	2	10	3
3	“No No No”	5	4	4	1	7	21	4
4	“Zovi me Lena“	7	8	6	7	8	36	7
5	“Elektroljubav“	–	2	2	3	–	7	1[a]
6	“Da me voliš“	2	1	1	–	1	5	–
7	“Ko je ta žena“	4	–	–	–	–	4	–
8	“Gnezdo orlovo“	12	12	12	10	12	58	12
9	“Bedem“	10	6	10	8	6	40	8
10	“Jaka“	1	5	8	5	4	23	5
11	“Sama“	3	–	–	–	–	3	–
12	“Lik u ogledalu“	8	10	5	12	10	45	10
13	“Vavilon“	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	“Dijamanti“	–	–	–	4	3	7	2[a]

Semi-final 2. The second semi-final was held on 29 February 2024 at 21:00 CET, with the running order revealed on 24 January 2024. “Ramonda” performed by Teya Dora won the second semi-final with 24 points, winning both the jury and the public vote; other acts that qualified were Konstrakta, Zejna, Džordži, Iva Lorens, Nemanja Radošević, Dušan Kurtić and Milan Bujaković.

In addition to the competing entries, Luke Black opened the show with a performance of his winning song from Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 “Samo mi se spava“. The interval section featured Black performing his songs “God’s Too Cool” and “Chainsaws in Paradise”, Sanja Vučić performing “Cha Cha Cha”, Hurricane performing “Fuego” and Princ  performing “Soldi“.

Semi-final 2 – 29 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Nadia	“Sudari“	13	3	815	0	3	12
2	Hydrogen	“Nemoguća misija“	7	0	1,511	4	4	9
3	Iva Lorens	“Dom“	0	0	2,122	7	7	5
4	Zejna	“Najbolja“	36	8	1,632	6	14	3
5	Filip Baloš	“Duga je noć“	10	1	1,482	3	4	10
6	Nemanja Radošević	“Jutra bez tebe“	11	2	1,602	5	7	6
7	Yanx	“Kolo“	19	4	798	0	4	11
8	Kat Dosa	“Tajni začin“	0	0	1,461	2	2	13
9	Džordži	“Luna park“	28	5	3,278	8	13	4
10	Dušan Kurtić	“Zbog tebe živim“	36	7	951	0	7	7
11	Teya Dora	“Ramonda“	60	12	6,230	12	24	1
12	Konstrakta	“Novo, bolje“	41	10	5,997	10	20	2
13	Milan Bujaković	“Moje tvoje“	29	6	570	0	6	8
14	Durlanski	“Muzika“	0	0	1,216	1	1	14

Detailed jury results in the second semi-final of Pesma za Evroviziju ′24

Draw	Song	V. Jovanović	Ž. Vasić	M. Mihajlović	M. Roganović	G. Tržan	Total	Points
1	“Sudari“	2	3	1	5	2	13	3
2	“Nemoguća misija“	–	4	–	3	–	7	–
3	“Dom“	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
4	“Najbolja“	10	7	3	8	8	36	8[b]
5	“Duga je noć“	6	1	2	–	1	10	1
6	“Jutra bez tebe“	1	–	6	1	3	11	2
7	“Kolo“	7	2	4	2	4	19	4
8	“Tajni začin“	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
9	“Luna park“	4	5	5	4	10	28	5
10	“Zbog tebe živim“	5	8	7	10	6	36	7[b]
11	“Ramonda“	12	12	12	12	12	60	12
12	“Novo, bolje“	8	10	10	6	7	41	10
13	“Moje tvoje“	3	6	8	7	5	29	6
14	“Muzika“	–	–	–	–	–	0	–

2.1.3.Final. The final took place on 2 March 2024. The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from five jurors and from a public televote. The winner was “Ramonda” written by Teodora Pavlovska (Teya Dora), Luka Jovanović and Andrijano Kadović, and performed by Teya Dora.

The final was held on 2 March 2024 at 21:00 CET.

The winner, “Ramonda” performed by Teya Dora, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Zoran Živanović Žika, Ivana Rašić (Sajsi MC), Dejan Petrović, Aleksandar Sedlar and the jury president Marija Šerifović, the last of whom won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 for Serbia, and the Serbian public via televoting. All funds collected from the viewer votes were donated to the Zvončica foundation to help children with malignant and rare diseases. In addition to the competing entries, Željko Joksimović opened the show with a performance of “Lane moje” and additionally performed some of the songs he wrote; “Lejla” by Hari Mata Hari, “Adio” by Knez, and his song “Nije ljubav stvar“, as an interval act.

Final – 2 March 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Iva Lorens	“Dom“	10	2	1,554	0	2	12
2	Džordži	“Luna park“	8	1	5,085	5	6	8
3	Breskvica	“Gnezdo orlovo“	28	5	45,160	12	17	2
4	Teya Dora	“Ramonda“	44	12	28,114	10	22	1
5	Hristina	“Bedem“	12	3	1,092	0	3	10
6	Marko Mandić	“Dno“	7	0	1,030	0	0	14
7	M.IRA	“Percepcija“	3	0	1,678	1	1	13
8	Nemanja Radošević	“Jutra bez tebe“	4	0	1,630	0	0	14
9	Milan Bujaković	“Moje tvoje“	0	0	414	0	0	14
10	Keni nije mrtav	“Dijamanti“	7	0	2,518	2	2	11
11	Zorja	“Lik u ogledalu“	42	10	10,532	7	17	3
12	Zejna	“Najbolja“	31	7	3,627	4	11	5
13	Konstrakta	“Novo, bolje“	34	8	19,537	8	16	4
14	Bojana and David	“No No No“	3	0	8,773	6	6	7
15	Lena Kovačević	“Zovi me Lena“	29	6	1,676	0	6	9
16	Dušan Kurtić	“Zbog tebe živim“	28	4	2,834	3	7	6

Detailed jury results in the final of Pesma za Evroviziju ′24

Draw	Song	Z. Živanović	D. Petrović	Sajsi MC	A. Sedlar	M. Šerifović	Total	Points
1	“Dom“	–	–	5	5	–	10	2
2	“Luna park“	2	–	–	–	6	8	1
3	“Gnezdo orlovo“	5	12	–	7	4	28	5[c]
4	“Ramonda“	6	10	12	4	12	44	12
5	“Bedem“	–	–	–	12	–	12	3
6	“Dno“	1	3	–	3	–	7	–
7	“Percepcija“	–	1	–	2	–	3	–
8	“Jutra bez tebe“	–	2	2	–	–	4	–
9	“Moje tvoje“	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
10	“Dijamanti“	3	–	3	–	1	7	–
11	“Lik u ogledalu“	4	8	10	10	10	42	10
12	“Najbolja“	8	7	8	–	8	31	7
13	“Novo, bolje“	7	5	7	8	7	34	8
14	“No No No”	–	–	1	–	2	3	–
15	“Zovi me Lena“	10	4	4	6	5	29	6
16	“Zbog tebe živim“	12	6	6	1	3	28	4[c]

Other awards.

OGAE Serbia. The OGAE Serbia Award for the Best Song in Pesma za Evroviziju ′24 was voted on by the association members. The award was won by the song “Novo, bolje” by Konstrakta, which was thus designated as the Serbian entry to the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2024.

Artist	Song	Points	Place
Konstrakta	“Novo, bolje“	254	1
Teya Dora	“Ramonda“	214	2
Zorja	“Lik u ogledalu“	183	3
Džordži	“Luna park“	136	4
Hristina	“Bedem“	97	5

Broadcasts and ratings. The three shows were aired on RTS1, RTS Svet and RTS Planeta, as well as being streamed online via the broadcaster’s website rts.rs and its official YouTube channel. The final was also aired on Radio Beograd 1. Plans to broadcast the final of the contest on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel were dropped, presumably following technical difficulties related to the broadcaster’s YouTube streams of the semi-final shows; the first semi-final stream started with a delay of a few minutes, whilst the second semi-final stream started after the first four songs.

Viewing figures by show

Show	Air date	Average viewership	Total viewership	Share (change compared to PzE ’23)	–
Semi-final 1	27 February 2024	487,675	1,300,000	19.53% ( 4.74%)	–
Semi-final 2	29 February 2024	419,008	1,265,000	16.16% ( 3.13%)	–
Final	2 March 2024	656,413	1,645,000	26.01% ( 7.14%)	–

Controversy.

Dissatisfaction with the winner. Following the contest, some members of the public were dissatisfied with the result, namely “Gnezdo orlovo” by Breskvica not winning the contest despite finishing first in the televoting. An online petition was started to demand a re-cast of the vote, also demanding that the public vote only decide the winner.

Additionally, during the broadcast of the final of the contest, it was revealed that jury member Sajsi MC had awarded zero points to “Gnezdo orlovo“, causing backlash amongst some members of the public, as well as in some media, while earning praise from others. Marija Šerifović and Zoran Živanović Žika – also members of the jury – also received threats. All three of the mentioned jurors preferred the song “Ramonda” to “Gnezdo orlovo“. Some accused RTS and Sajsi MC of conspiring to put her on the jury for the purpose of giving Breskvica no points, with the juror allegedly receiving threats of violence and death threats. Dragan Brajović Braja] expressed his dissatisfaction by commenting that “mediocrity, an LGBT icon, a child of Other Serbia and musical irrelevance decided the outcome”. Pesma za Evroviziju supervisor Olivera Kovačević stated that the voting was regular and the results of the contest could not be changed.

A rally was scheduled for 9 March in front of the RTS headquarters in support of Breskvica, with an announcement of further protests and blockades of Belgrade’s road arteries, such as Slavija Square and Gazela Bridge, if the result was not overturned and Breskvica was declared the winner. Breskvica supported people’s right to protest.[39] Only two people were ultimately reported to have shown up.

Notes.

• a^ ^a b Songs “Elektroljubav” and “Dijamanti” had the same amount of points, and they both received the same amount of 12, 10 and 8—5 points (nil), however, whilst “Elektroljubav” didn’t get 4 points from any jurors, “Dijamanti” got 4 points from one juror, so the latter won the tie.
• b^ ^a b Songs “Najbolja” and “Zbog tebe živim” had the same amount of points, and they both received the same amount of 12 (once) and 10 points (once), however, “Najbolja” got 8 points twice, whilst “Zbog tebe živim” got 8 points one time, so the former won the tie.
• c^ ^a b The songs “Gnezdo orlovo” and “Zbog tebe živim” had the same amount of points, and they both received the same amount of 12 (once), 10 (nil) and 8 (nil) points; however, “Gnezdo orlovo” got 7 points once, whilst “Zbog tebe živim” didn’t get 7 points from any juror, so the former won the tie.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Teya Dora attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Barcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024. On 1 May, Teya Dora took part in her birthday party organised by the Serbian and Croatian delegations and open to press and fans. In addition, she performed at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 8 May 2024. A day prior to the first semi-final, RTS aired a documentary on Teya Dora’s life, career and Eurovision journey, titled Stazama Ramonde (transl. ”Walking the path of ‘Ramonda’”).

Send-off ceremony. In April 24, RTS held a ceremonial farewell for the Serbian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The ceremony was attended by numerous guests, including the Swedish ambassador to Serbia Annika Ben David, the editor in chief of RTS’ entertainment program Sandra Perović and the director of RTS Dragan Bujošević, as well as members of OGAE Serbia, fans of the competition, journalists and others. At the ceremony, Teya Dora was given the flag of Sweden by the Swedish ambassador and was handed over the flag of Serbia by Luke Black, the 2023 representative.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Serbia was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Serbia was set to perform in position 2.

In Serbia, all the shows were broadcast on RTS 1, as well as internationally through RTS Svet, with commentary provided by Duška Vučinić. Radio Beograd 1 is airing the first semi-final, with commentary by Katarina Epstein, and the final, with commentary by Katarina Epstein and Nikoleta Dojčinović. During the performance of Poland in the first semi-final, the broadcast was moved from RTS 1 to RTS 2 with no warning, so the former could air the arrival ceremony of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, Xi Jinping. RTS 2 aired approximately 25 minutes of the semi-final, including the remainder of the Polish entry, performances from Iceland, Croatia, and the first part of the German performance, before the broadcast was eventually restored to RTS 1.

Performance. Teya Dora took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. The staging of her performance of “Ramonda” at the contest featured blue lighting, smoke and a rock-shaped prop.

Semi-final. Serbia performed in position 2, following the entry from Cyprus and before the entry from Lithuania. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Serbia placed tenth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 47 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Serbia drew “producer’s choice” for the final, meaning that the country will perform in the half decided by the contest’s producers. Serbia performed in position 16, following the entry from Italy and before the entry from Finland. Teya Dora once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Serbia placed seventeenth in the final, scoring 54 points; 32 points from the public televoting and 22 points from the juries.

Broadcasts. The three shows will be broadcast on RTS1, RTS Svet and RTS Planeta as well as streamed online via the broadcaster’s website rts.rs. The final of the contest will be broadcast on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Serbia in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Serbian jury consisted of Alek Aleksov, Luke Black, who represented Serbia in the 2023 contest, Milovan Bošković, Lena Kovačević, and Zejna. In the first semi-final, Serbia placed 10th with 47 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Croatia and marking the country’s sixth consecutive qualification to the final. In the final, Serbia placed 17th with 54 points, receiving twelve points in the televote from Croatia. Over the course of the contest, Serbia awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the first semi-final, and in both the jury vote and televote in the final.

The spokesperson for the Serbian jury at the final was Konstrakta, who represented Serbia in the 2022 contest.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Serbia.

Points awarded to Serbia (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	Azerbaijan,  Cyprus,  Germany,  Luxembourg
4 points	Rest of the World
3 points	—
2 points	—
1 point	Portugal

Points awarded to Serbia (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Croatia	—
10 points	—	—
8 points	—	—
7 points	—	—
6 points	—	—
5 points	Austria,  Slovenia,   Switzerland	Armenia,  Cyprus
4 points	—	Slovenia
3 points	Malta	Croatia
2 points	Albania	Denmark
1 point	—	Albania,  Ireland,  Portugal

3.1.2.Points awarded by Serbia.

Points awarded by Serbia (Semi-final)

Score	Televote
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Moldova
2 points	Lithuania
1 point	Azerbaijan

Points awarded by Serbia (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Croatia	Croatia
10 points	France	Switzerland
8 points	Greece	France
7 points	Ireland	Lithuania
6 points	Switzerland	Italy
5 points	Sweden	Sweden
4 points	Italy	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel	Greece
2 points	Slovenia	Ireland
1 point	Armenia	Ukraine

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Serbian jury:

• Alek Aleksov 
• Milovan Bošković / Милован Бошковић
• Luka Ivanović /  Лука Ивановић (Luke Black; Лук Блек / Luk Blek))
• Lena Kovačević / Лена Ковачевић
• Zejna Murkić / Зејна Муркић

Detailed voting results from Serbia (Semi-final 1) 

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	7	4
02	Serbia
03	Lithuania	9	2
04	Ireland	4	7
05	Ukraine	5	6
06	Poland	14
07	Croatia	1	12
08	Iceland	13
09	Slovenia	2	10
10	Finland	11
11	Moldova	8	3
12	Azerbaijan	10	1
13	Australia	12
14	Portugal	6	5
15	Luxembourg	3	8

Detailed voting results from Serbia (Final) 

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	9	3	14	7	11	7	5	6	5
02	Ukraine	16	25	24	4	6	11	1	11
03	Germany	10	14	13	20	19	18		22
04	Luxembourg	8	23	12	23	21	17		16
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	17	7	9	5	3	6		N/A
06	Israel	23	16	25	25	25	24		8	3
07	Lithuania	4	11	11	3	7	4	7	19
08	Spain	12	13	8	18	17	16		14
09	Estonia	22	22	16	24	24	22		15
10	Ireland	25	6	15	6	9	10	2	4	7
11	Latvia	19	15	18	14	20	21		23
12	Greece	18	8	17	10	4	9	3	3	8
13	United Kingdom	13	10	3	8	10	8	4	24
14	Norway	14	18	23	16	12	20		18
15	Italy	11	4	5	11	5	5	6	7	4
16	Serbia
17	Finland	20	12	19	12	16	19		17
18	Portugal	6	20	6	13	14	12		20
19	Armenia	15	9	7	15	15	14		10	1
20	Cyprus	7	21	10	17	13	15		13
21	Switzerland	2	2	4	1	2	2	10	5	6
22	Slovenia	24	19	22	22	22	25		9	2
23	Croatia	1	1	2	2	1	1	12	1	12
24	Georgia	5	17	20	21	8	13		21
25	France	3	5	1	9	18	3	8	2	10
26	Austria	21	24	21	19	23	23		12

Notes.

• Country: 🇮🇪 Ireland
• National selection – Selection process: Eurosong 2024: The Late Late show Special
• Selection date(s): 26 January 2024
• Host venue: Studio 4, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
• Presenter(s): Patick Kielty
• Host broadcaster: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
• Participants – Number of entries: 6 – 6 
• Voting system:
• Selection entrant: Bambie Thug
• Selection song: “Doomsday Blue”
• Selected songwriter(s): Bambie Ray Robinson, Olivia Cassy Brooking, Sam Matlock, Tyler Ryder
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 4º SF 1: Qualified (3rd, 124 points)
• Final result: 6th, 278 points

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Doomsday Blue” performed by Bambie Thug. The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, organised the national final Eurosong 2024 in order to select the Irish entry for the contest.

Ireland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 4. At the end of the show, “Doomsday Blue” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final, marking Ireland’s first qualification to the final since 2018. It was later revealed that Ireland placed third out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 124 points. In the final, Ireland performed in position 10 and placed sixth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 278 points, marking the country’s highest placing since 2000.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since its first entry in 1965. Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total, only equalled by Sweden in 2023. The country’s first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with “All Kinds of Everything”. Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland’s highest position in the contest since 1997 Marc Roberts, placing eighth in 2011 with the song “Lipstick”. Since 2013, only two Irish entries managed to qualify for the final: Ryan Dolan’s “Only Love Survives” which placed 26th (last) in the final in 2013, and Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s “Together” which placed 16th in the final in 2018. The Irish entry in 2023, “We Are One” performed by Wild Youth, once again failed to qualify to the final.

The Irish national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), broadcasts the event within Ireland and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Upon failing to qualify for the 2023 final, Irish head of delegation Michael Kealy revealed that RTÉ was considering changing their song selection process for 2024. A new national final format, replacing Eurosong, was later announced to be in development in order to select Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.1.Eurosong 2024. Eurosong 2024 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. It was held on 26 January 2024, once again during a special edition of The Late Late Show, broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player and hosted by Patrick Kielty.

2.1.1.Competing entries. On 15 June 2023, RTÉ opened a submission period where artists and composers would be able to submit their entries for the competition until 29 September 2023; shortly before the closing, the deadline was extended until the following 20 October. In late November 2023, head of delegation Michael Kealy revealed that around 378 entries had been received.

The competing entries were selected by a jury panel with members appointed by RTÉ among music industry professionals and Eurovision fans and presided by Kealy, both from the received submissions and by direct invitation of established artists. In the first phase of the process, less than 60 entries were shortlisted. Four finalists were selected from these based on the ten favourites of each jury member, and an additional two through a “fast-track” procedure. They were revealed daily between 8 and 12 January 2024 on The Ray D’Arcy Show, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.

Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Ailsha	“Go Tobann”	Irish, English	Ailsha Davey, Peadar Connolly-Davey
Bambie Thug(Bambie Ray Robinson)	“Doomsday Blue”	English	Bambie Ray Robinson, Olivia Cassy Brooking, Sam Matlock, Tyler Ryder
Erica-Cody (Erica-Cody Kennedy-Smith)	“Love Me like I Do”	English	Aimée Fitzpatrick, Erica-Cody Kennedy Smith, Richey McCourt, Ruth-Anne Cunningham
Isabella Kearney	“Let Me Be the Fire”	English	Isabella Kearney-Nurse, Megan Redmond, Mich Hedin Hansen, Rasmus Gregersen
JyellowL feat. Toshín (Jean-Luc Adenrele Ibrahim Koko Uddoh feat. Toshín)	“Judas”	English	Allen Roberts, Gavin Wigglesworth, Jake Gosling, Jean-Luc Uddoh, Matthew Brettle, Sammy Soso, Tosin Bankole
Next in Line (Conor Davis, Joshua Regala, Conor O’Farrell, Neung Kelly and Harry O’Connell)	“Love like Us”	English	Bill Maybury, Conor Davis, Conor O’Farrell, Harry O’Connell, Joe Rubel, Joshua Regala, Neung Kelly

Final. The final of Eurosong 2024 took place at the RTÉ Television Centre on 26 January 2024. The results were determined by a combination of votes from a national jury, an international jury and a televote – each awarding sets of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points – with the latter taking precedence in the event of a tie in the first place. The international jury panel consisted of Luxembourgish head of delegation Eric Lehmann, Finnish executive producer Anssi Autio of Yle, Austrian music manager Kerstin Breyer and British journalist Deban Aderemi of Wiwibloggs, while the national jury panel consisted of songwriter Niall Mooney, radio DJ Tara Murray, music consultant Elaine McCann and RTÉ 2fm presenter Tracy Clifford; the televote points were announced by 2022 Irish representative Brooke Scullion. During the show, Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra performed their 2022 winning song “Stefania” as a guest act. Bambie Thug with “Doomsday Blue” was proclaimed the winner with a total of 32 points, having received the top score from both the national jury and the public vote.

Final – 26 January 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote	Total	Place
			Intl.	National
1	Isabella Kearney	“Let Me Be the Fire”	2	4	2	8	6
2	Bambie Thug (Bambie Ray Robinson)	“Doomsday Blue”	8	12	12	32	1
3	JyellowL feat. Toshín	“Judas”	4	8	4	16	5
4	Ailsha	“Go Tobann“	6	10	8	24	2
5	Next in Line	“Love like Us”	12	2	10	24	2
6	Erica-Cody (Erica-Cody Kennedy-Smith)	“Love Me like I Do”	10	6	6	22	4

Promotion. As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Bambie Thug confirmed their presence at the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024 and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024.

Calls for boycott. The inclusion of Israel in the list of participants for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war sparked controversy in Ireland as well as several other participating countries, with calls and petitions for broadcasters to boycott the event. By mid-December 2023, RTÉ had received over 465 emails urging a boycott, to which RTÉ responded that it had always approached the event as “a non-political contest”, with Michael Kealy adding that he would “go along” with any decision the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) would make. Labour Party TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin called for Ireland to boycott the competition, while Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stated his opposition to a boycott. By mid-January, the number of emails received had risen to over 600. Shortly before the final, Eurosong participants Erica-Cody and eventual winner Bambie Thug expressed their opposition to Israel’s participation; however, the former explained that she was still uncertain about boycotting the contest in case of victory, and the latter stated that the responsibility over the country’s participation lay with the EBU rather than the artists. Since the Eurosong final, another 1,400 emails were received by early March, around 1,000 of which featuring the “same content, signed and sent by different emailers”.

While not mentioning Israel’s participation in the contest, on 29 March 2024, Bambie Thug released a joint statement with other Eurovision 2024 entrants – namely Gåte (Norway), Iolanda (Portugal), Megara (San Marino), Mustii (Belgium), Nemo (Switzerland), Olly Alexander (United Kingdom), Saba (Denmark), Silvester Belt (Lithuania) and Windows95man (Finland) – calling for “an immediate and lasting ceasefire” in Gaza as well as the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. However, the singer added that their personal “stance on double standards remains firm”, referring to earlier comparisons they had drawn with the exclusion of Russia from the 2022 contest following its invasion of Ukraine, and explained that if they had decided to boycott the event it would have meant “one less pro-Palestinian voice at the contest”. The singer performed in their first dress rehearsal with the words ‘ceasefire’ and ‘freedom for Palestine’ written in Ogham script on their face and leg; the EBU had them changed to ‘crown the witch’ for the semi-final performance “to protect the non-political nature of the event”.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Ireland was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Ireland was set to perform in position 4.

In Ireland, the first semi-final and the final of the contest were broadcast on RTÉ One, and the second semi-final on RTÉ2, all with commentary by Marty Whelan; RTÉ 2fm also broadcast the first semi-final and the final, with commentary by Zbyszek Zalinski and Neil Doherty.

Performance. Bambie Thug took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. Their performance of “Doomsday Blue” at the contest is staged by Sergio Jaen and choreographed by Matt Williams, and sees the presence of a dancer as well as the usage of candles, smoke and flames. Bambie Thug’s exterior outfit is black with horns, with Celtic triskelion-shaped nail extensions; halfway through the performance, the singer removes their gown, revealing an adherent outfit featuring the colours of the transgender flag. Bambie Thug performs with the words ‘crown the witch’ written in Ogham script on their forehead; originally meant to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, the text was changed following talks with the EBU.

Semi-final. Ireland performed in position 4, following the entry from Lithuania and before the entry from Ukraine. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Ireland placed third out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 124 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Ireland was drawn to perform in the first half of the final. Ultimately, the country performed in position 10, following the entry from Estonia and before the entry from Latvia. Bambie Thug once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. They performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Ireland placed sixth in the final, scoring 278 points; 136 points from the public televoting and 142 points from the juries. This marked Ireland’s best result in the contest since 2000.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Ireland in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Irish jury consisted of Tracy Clifford, Kim Hayden, Bill Hughes, Lisa Lambe, and Brian Sheil.^[47] In the first semi-final, Ireland placed 3rd with 124 points, marking Ireland’s first qualification to the final since 2018. In the final, Ireland placed 6th with 278 points, the country’s highest placing since 2000, and received twelve points in the jury vote from Australia. Over the course of the contest, Ireland awarded its 12 points to Lithuania in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Croatia (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Irish jury at the final was Paul Harrington, who won the 1994 contest for Ireland.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Ireland.

Points awarded to Ireland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	Australia, Rest of the World,  United Kingdom
8 points	Finland,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Ukraine
7 points	Portugal,  Serbia
6 points	Azerbaijan,  Croatia,  Cyprus,  Germany,  Luxembourg,  Sweden
5 points	Moldova
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Iceland
2 points	—
1 point	—

Points awarded to Ireland (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	—	Australia
10 points	United Kingdom	Azerbaijan,  Italy,  Portugal,  Spain,   Switzerland,  Ukraine
8 points	Australia,  Ukraine	Croatia
7 points	Rest of the World,  Serbia,  Spain	Czechia,  Denmark,  Iceland,  Malta,  San Marino,  United Kingdom
6 points	Czechia, The Netherlands,  Poland	Finland
5 points	Croatia,  Finland,  Lithuania,  Portugal	—
4 points	Azerbaijan,  Georgia,  Malta,  Norway,  Sweden	Belgium
3 points	Denmark,  Iceland,  Italy,  Latvia	Austria,  Lithuania
2 points	Armenia,  Austria,  Belgium,  Cyprus,  Estonia,  Greece,  Moldova,  San Marino, Slovenia	Serbia
1 point	Germany	Poland,  Slovenia

3.1.2.Points awarded by Ireland.

Points awarded by Ireland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Lithuania
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Poland
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	Finland
4 points	Australia
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Moldova
1 point	Cyprus

Points awarded by Ireland (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Croatia	Switzerland
10 points	Israel	Sweden
8 points	Ukraine	Luxembourg
7 points	Lithuania	Croatia
6 points	Switzerland	Germany
5 points	Latvia	Portugal
4 points	France	United Kingdom
3 points	Finland	France
2 points	Spain	Ukraine
1 point	Italy	Serbia

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. 

The following members comprised the Irish jury:

• Tracy Clifford
• Kim Hayden
• Bill Hughes
• Lisa Lambe
• Brian Sheil

Detailed voting results from Ireland (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	10	1
02	Serbia	11
03	Lithuania	1	12
04	Ireland
05	Ukraine	3	8
06	Poland	4	7
07	Croatia	2	10
08	Iceland	12
09	Slovenia	13
10	Finland	6	5
11	Moldova	9	2
12	Azerbaijan	14
13	Australia	7	4
14	Portugal	8	3
15	Luxembourg	5	6

Detailed voting results from Ireland (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	3	2	3	2	9	2	10	21
02	Ukraine	7	9	9	8	11	9	2	3	8
03	Germany	23	7	6	1	6	5	6	18
04	Luxembourg	4	11	2	11	4	3	8	17
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	8	8	8	14	19	12		N/A
06	Israel	24	25	18	5	23	16		2	10
07	Lithuania	13	12	11	20	5	13		4	7
08	Spain	20	13	16	19	7	18		9	2
09	Estonia	22	24	24	23	8	22		12
10	Ireland
11	Latvia	25	19	13	12	15	20		6	5
12	Greece	18	20	22	10	16	21		13
13	United Kingdom	14	6	12	6	2	7	4	14
14	Norway	9	14	23	13	17	19		20
15	Italy	17	18	7	24	12	17		10	1
16	Serbia	10	22	15	3	18	10	1	23
17	Finland	21	16	25	25	25	25		8	3
18	Portugal	5	5	14	9	3	6	5	19
19	Armenia	12	21	20	22	21	24		11
20	Cyprus	16	10	4	18	22	14		16
21	Switzerland	1	1	5	15	1	1	12	5	6
22	Slovenia	11	23	21	4	24	15		24
23	Croatia	2	17	1	16	10	4	7	1	12
24	Georgia	15	15	19	21	13	23		22
25	France	6	4	17	7	14	8	3	7	4
26	Austria	19	3	10	17	20	11		15

Notes.

• Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• National selection – Selection process: Vidbir 2024 / Євробачення. Національний відбір 2024 (Yevrobachennia. Natsionalnyi Vidbir, Євробачення. Національний відбір 2024, Eurovision. National Selection)
• Selection date(s): 4 February 2024
• Host venue: National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, Kyiv
• Presenter(s): Julia Sanina, Timur Miroshnychenko and Vasyl Baidak & Anna Tulieva
• Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy (Suspilne Ukraine (Суспільне Мовлення, Public, НСТУ, UA:PBC)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system:
• Selection entrant: alyona alyona and Jerry Heil
• Selection song: “Teresa & Maria” (Тереза й Марія)
• Selected songwriter(s): Aliona Savranenko, Anton Chilibi, Ivan Klymenko, Yana Shemaieva (Альона Савраненко, Антон Чілібі, Іван Клименко, Яна Шемаєва)
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 5º SF 1: Qualified (2nd, 173 points)
• Final result: 3rd, 453 points

Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Teresa & Maria” performed by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil. The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne), organised the national final Vidbir 2024 in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2024 contest.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 5. At the end of the show, “Teresa & Maria” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed second out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 173 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 2 and placed third out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 453 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2003, winning it the following year with the song “Wild Dances” by Ruslana. The country won the contest for a second time in 2016 with “1944” by Jamala, and for a third time in 2022 with “Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra. Ukraine has been the runner-up in the contest on two occasions: in 2007 with “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” by Verka Serduchka and in 2008 with “Shady Lady” by Ani Lorak. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Ukraine is the only country that has managed to qualify to the final in every contest they have participated in thus far. Ukraine’s least successful result was 24th place, which it achieved as host in 2017 with the song “Time” by O.Torvald. In 2023, Ukraine was represented by Tvorchi performing “Heart of Steel”, which finished sixth in the final where the country was automatically qualified as the winner of the previous edition.

The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. In the past, Suspilne alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. Between 2016 and 2020, and again since 2022, the broadcaster has set up national finals with several artists to choose the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ukraine, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. On 7 July 2023, Suspilne confirmed its intention to take part in the 2024 contest. A national final format was confirmed in late August as the selection method. 1+1 Media Group was announced on 12 December 2023 as the production company for the national final.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.1.Vidbir 2024. Vidbir 2024 was the eighth edition of Vidbir, the competition that determines the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final held on 3 February 2024 at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv. It was hosted by Julia Sanina, Timur Miroshnychenko and Vasyl Baidak, with Anna Tulieva presenting the pre-show and backstage segments. The show was broadcast on Suspilne Kultura and Radio Promin, as well as on Suspilne’s online platforms with English-language commentary by Viktoriia Kriukova and Denys Denysenko available.

2.1.1.Format. The selection of the competing entries for the national final took place over four stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters could apply for the competition through an online submission form. For the second year in a row, Dmytro Shurov was the music producer of the event, who was in charge of reviewing the received submissions and select a longlist of 20 participants, announced on 9 November 2023. In the second stage, longlisted artists – divided into two sets of ten – were assessed at two live auditions, with ten acts, announced on 17 November 2023, directly qualifying for the final. The third stage consisted of a public online vote among the longlisted artists who did not pass the previous phase, determining the eleventh finalist, who was announced on 21 December 2023. The eleven selected artists took part in a final on 3 February 2024, where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of jury and public votes – the latter being cast through the Diia application.

The three members of the expert jury for Vidbir 2024 were selected among nine candidates also via a public online vote on Diia / «Дія», open to all Ukrainian citizens from 15 to 22 January 2024. A total of 720,841 votes were cast, with Andriy Danylko, Jamala and Serhiy Tanchynets being determined as the jurors.

Jury member selection

Candidate	Occupation	Score	Result
Andriy Danylko Андрій Данилко	Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as Verka Serduchka	43.79%	Selected
Jamala Джамала	Winner of Vidbir 2016 and of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016	23.62%	Selected
Kateryna Pavlenko Катерина Павленко	Winner of Vidbir 2020 and Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 as part of Go_A	10.06%	Not selected
Oleksandr Varenytsia Олександр Варениця	Music manager and journalist	1.20%	Not selected
Olena Koliadenko Олена Коляденко	Choreographer and music producer	1.97%	Not selected
Pavlo Shylko Павло Шилько	Co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005	1.37%	Not selected
Serhiy Tanchynets Сергій Танчинець	Music producer, singer and musician	12.42%	Selected
Yevhen Khmara Євген Хмара	Composer and pianist	4.71%	Not selected
Yevhen Triplov Євген Тріплов	Music producer, singer and songwriter	0.86%	Not selected

2.1.2.Competing entries. The submission period for interested artists was open between 30 August and 22 October 2023. Each candidate could submit as many songs as they wished. At the closing of the application window, 389 entries had been received from 288 performers, mainly in English and Ukrainian. The selected finalists include Mélovin, who represented Ukraine in the 2018 contest; their songs were set to be released on 12 January, but were released on the official Eurovision Ukraine channel the day before. A presentation event hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko was held on 11 January 2024, where the competing songs were introduced and the running order of the final was drawn.

Longlisted artists

alyona alyona & Jerry Heil (Альoна Альoна & Дже́ррі Гейл) ANKA Carpetman DREVO INGRET (Інгрет Костенко) Julia Belei KARYOTYPE KRYLATA MÉLOVIN (Ме́ловін) NAHABA NAZVA (Павло Гоц, Ярослав Яровенко) PARFENIUK SHÉPA SKYLERR STASYA SWOIIA (своя) TESLENKO YAGÓDY (Зоряна Дибовська, Софія Лешишак, Тетяна Войтів, Надія Паращук) YAKTAK (Ярослав Миколайович Карпук) Ziferblat

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Online wildcard – 21 December 2023
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Score	Place
ANKA	“Palala” (Палала)	Leonid Teterin, Roman Levshin, Veronika Kovalenko	80,944	26,78%	1
Carpetman	“Endless fight”	Anton Chilibi, Denys Mazorchuk	27,328	9,04%	5
Julia Belei	“-“	–	Withdraw
KARYOTYPE	“Sadness”	Danylo Kuka	19,954	6,6%	9
KRYLATA	“Queen”	Anastasiia Zavadska, Eshtar Radi, Leonid Petrovskyi, Yevhenii Bardachenko	31,268	10,35%	3
PARFENIUK	“Sered vitriv” (Серед вітрів)	Illia Parfeniuk, Serhii Yermolaiev	42,931	14,21%	2
SHÉPA	“SUPERNOVA”	Anna Nesterova, Finn Tyler	25,729	8,51%	6
STASYA	“Rika”	Anastasiia Chaban, Oleksandr Pryshliak	30,040	9,94%	4
SWOIIA ​​	“Little Angels”	Oleksii Potapenko, Vadym Alkhutov	23,357	7,73%	7
TESLENKO	“Lights go up”	Oleksandr Krizhevich, Andrii Prudnikov, Oleksandr Teslenko	20,648	6,83%	8

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Vidbir 2024 participating entries
Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
				Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil	“Teresa & Maria”	Ukrainian, English	Aliona Savranenko, Anton Chilibi, Yana Shemaeva, Ivan Klymenko
Anka	“Palala” (Палала)	Ukrainian	Anna Korchenova
Drevo	“Endless Chain”	English	Maksym Derevianchuk
Ingret	“Keeper”	English, Ukrainian	Dmytro Tsyhanenko, Ingret Kostenko
Mélovin	“Dreamer”	English	Kostiantyn Bocharov, Oleksandr Biliak
Nahaba	“Glasss”	Ukrainian	Andrii Naumenko, Olha Kakasiian
Nazva	“Slavic English”	English[b]	Pavlo Gots
Skylerr	“Time Is Running Out”	Ukrainian, English	Vladyslav Stupak, Valeriia Kudriavets, Nazarii Savchuk, Nikita Kiseliov
Yagody	“Tsunamia”	Ukrainian, English	Viktoriia Solovyiuk, Serhii Svirskyi, Teymuraz Gogitidze
Yaktak	“Lalala”	Ukrainian[c]	Yaroslav Karpuk, Vasyl Kozma
Ziferblat	“Place I Call Home”	English	Danylo Leshchynskyi, Valentyn Leshchynskyi

Final. The final took place on 3 February 2024. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Ruslana with “Wild Dances”, Tvorchi with “Heart of Steel”, Kalush Orchestra with “Stefania”, Jamala with “Mii brate“, Verka Serduchka with “Swedish Lullaby”, Tina Karol with “Troiandy“, and Anastasia Dymyd and Svitlana Tarabarova with “Kvitka“. After the performances were completed, the Diia app crashed, leading to an extension of the voting window and a delay in the announcement of the results, which was ultimately rescheduled for 4 February. 1,167,185 Ukrainians ultimately voted on the app. Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil were declared the winners with the song “Teresa & Maria”.

Final – 3 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Public vote		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Yaktak	“Lalala”	6	107,227	10	16	4
2	Ingret	“Keeper”	8	15,238	2	10	6
3	Nazva	“Slavic English”	2	14,852	1	3	11
4	Anka	“Palala” (Палала)	5	19,183	4	9	8
5	Drevo	“Endless Chain”	4	16,235	3	7	9
6	Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil	“Teresa & Maria”	10	723,297	11	21	1
7	Mélovin	“Dreamer”	9	82,838	9	18	3
8	Skylerr	“Time Is Running Out”	3	38,177	6	9	7
9	Ziferblat	“Place I Call Home”	11	64,276	8	19	2
10	Yagody	“Tsunamia”	7	62,269	7	14	5
11	Nahaba	“Glasss”	1	23,593	5	6	10

Controversy. Following the results announcement, Mélovin, who had come third with both the juries and the audience, expressed doubtfulness about the difference of over 600,000 public votes between the first and the second place, attributing it to a possible error in the vote count as a result of Diia‘s crash. He subsequently clarified that his statements were not intended to discredit the validity of Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil’s victory.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil attended the LRT RADAROM marathon in Vilnius in late February 2024, held to raise funds for the Ukrainian military. In addition, they confirmed their presence at the PrePartyEs in Madrid on 30 March 2024 and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Ukraine was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Ukraine was set to perform in position 5.

In Ukraine, all three shows were broadcast on Suspilne Kultura, with commentary by Timur Miroshnychenko (joined by Vasyl Baidak for the final), and on Radio Promin, with commentary by Dmytro Zakharchenko and Lesia Antypenko^[c] as well as Anna Zakletska reporting from Malmö. All the video broadcasts were available on the broadcaster’s online platforms and with optional interpretation in Ukrainian Sign Language by Tetiana Zhurkova, Inna Petrova, Iryna Skolotova, Yuliia Porplik, Anfisa Boldusieva and Lada Sokoliuk In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, between 5 April and 3 May 2024 Radio Promin aired the special weekly broadcast Pobachennia z Yevrobachenniam, with Dmytro Zakharchenko, Lesia Antypenko, Anna Zakletska and Denys Denysenko discussing various aspects of the contest.

Performance. Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. The staging of their performance of “Teresa & Maria” at the contest was directed by Tanu Muino and involved a rock-shaped prop which Jerry Heil climbed as the performance progressed. 

Semi-final. kraine performed in position 5, following the entry from Ireland and before the entry from Poland. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed second out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 173 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Ukraine drew “producer’s choice” for the final, meaning that the country will perform in the half decided by the contest’s producers. Ukraine performed in position 2, following the entry from Sweden and before the entry from Germany. Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. They performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Ukraine placed third in the final, scoring 453 points; 307 points from the public televoting and 146 points from the juries.

Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Ukraine in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. In the first semi-final, Ukraine placed second with 173 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Cyprus, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and the Rest of the World vote. In the final, Ukraine placed third with 453 points, receiving twelve points in the televote from Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, and Poland, and in the jury vote from Czechia and Moldova. Over the course of the contest, Ukraine awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the first semi-final, and Switzerland in both the jury vote and televote in the final.

The Ukrainian jury for the contest, like in Vidbir, was selected via a public online vote in the Diia application. Ten candidates were presented to the public and a voting was open to all Ukrainian citizens from 25 March to 1 April 2024, with the five candidates topping the online voting being selected to become jurors and the most voted becoming the chair. A total of 235,572 votes were cast, with the Ukrainian jury ultimately consisting of Alyosha, who represented Ukraine in the 2010 contest, Iryna Horova, Olena Koliadenko, Maksim Nahorniak and Kostiantyn Tomilchenko.

The spokesperson for the jury at the final was Jamala, who won the 2016 contest for Ukraine.

Jury member selection

Candidate	Occupation	Votes	Result
Olena Topolya (ALYOSHA)	Singer-songwriter, Ukrainian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010	90,221	Selected
Anna Sviridova Анна Свиридова	Musician, radio and TV presenter	Unknown	Not selected
Fiїnka FIЇNKA	Singer-songwriter, finalist of Vidbir 2023	21,941	Not selected[d]
Iryna Horova Ірина Горова	Record producer	28,469	Selected
Kostiantyn Tomilchenko Костянтин Томільченко	Choreographer, creative producer of TV shows Ukrayina maye talant, X-Factor and Maska	24,079	Selected
Maksim Nahorniak Макс Нагорняк	Blogger, music critic	21,544	Selected
Oleksandr Varenytsia Олександр Варениця	PR specialist, international promoter of Ukrainian music	Unknown	Not selected
Oleksii Bondarenko Олексій Бондаренко	Music columnist	Unknown	Not selected
Олексій Бондаренко Олена Коляденко Olena Koliadenko	Choreographer, stage director, producer	24,265	Selected
Yevhen Triplov Євген Тріплов	Songwriter, record producer	Unknown	Not selected

3.3.1.Points awarded to Ukraine.

Points awarded to Ukraine (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Cyprus,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Portugal,  Rest of the World
10 points	Azerbaijan,  Finland,  Germany,  Iceland,  Moldova,  Sweden
8 points	Australia,  Croatia,  Ireland,  Luxembourg,  Slovenia
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Serbia
5 points	—
4 points	—
3 points	—
2 points	—
1 point	—

Points awarded to Ukraine (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Czechia,  Estonia,  Georgia,  Lithuania,  Malta,  Moldova,  Poland	Czechia,  Moldova
10 points	Denmark,  Israel,  Italy,  Latvia,  Portugal,  Rest of the World,  San Marino,  Spain	Estonia,  France,  Poland
8 points	Azerbaijan,  Croatia,  Cyprus,  France,  Germany,  Ireland,  The Netherlands,  Norway,  Slovenia,  Sweden	Finland,  Israel,  Latvia
7 points	Albania,  Austria,  Belgium,  Luxembourg	Croatia
6 points	Australia,  Finland,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom	Austria,  Denmark,  Lithuania,  Portugal
5 points	Iceland	Georgia,  Luxembourg
4 points	—	Germany,  Norway
3 points	Armenia,  Greece	Iceland,  Sweden
2 points	—	Greece,  Ireland,  The Netherlands,   Switzerland
1 point	—	Australia,  Azerbaijan,  Cyprus,  Belgium,  Serbia

3.3.2.Points awarded by Ukraine.

Points awarded by Ukraine (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points	Finland
5 points	Australia
4 points	Moldova
3 points	Poland
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Azerbaijan

Points awarded by Ukraine (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Switzerland	Switzerland
10 points	Croatia	Ireland
8 points	Ireland	Sweden
7 points	Lithuania	Germany
6 points	France	France
5 points	Latvia	Lithuania
4 points	Estonia	Croatia
3 points	Norway	Portugal
2 points	Finland	Italy
1 point	Armenia	Luxembourg

3.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.^[67] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Ukrainian jury:

• Olena Topolia (Олена Тополя) – Alyosha – jury chairperson
• Iryna Horova (Ірина Горова) 
• Olena Koliadenko (Олена Коляденко)
• Maksim Nahorniak (Костянтин Томільченко)
• Kostiantyn Tomilchenko (Макс Нагорняк)

Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	12
02	Serbia	13
03	Lithuania	2	10
04	Ireland	3	8
05	Ukraine
06	Poland	8	3
07	Croatia	1	12
08	Iceland	14
09	Slovenia	11
10	Finland	5	6
11	Moldova	7	4
12	Azerbaijan	10	1
13	Australia	6	5
14	Portugal	9	2
15	Luxembourg	4	7

Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	2	4	6	4	10	3	8	16
02	Ukraine
03	Germany	3	5	13	3	8	4	7	15
04	Luxembourg	21	10	10	6	7	10	1	13
05	The Netherlands ‡[e]	22	24	19	17	20	24		N/A
06	Israel	18	25	20	20	16	22		11
07	Lithuania	7	6	3	7	5	6	5	4	7
08	Spain	20	23	12	18	25	19		17
09	Estonia	17	22	21	19	24	25		7	4
10	Ireland	5	3	1	2	6	2	10	3	8
11	Latvia	10	15	8	13	15	11		6	5
12	Greece	15	18	25	22	17	20		21
13	United Kingdom	13	12	11	14	12	13		14
14	Norway	12	14	14	23	23	16		8	3
15	Italy	14	8	4	11	4	9	2	12
16	Serbia	11	21	16	24	22	17		24
17	Finland	9	11	17	15	13	12		9	2
18	Portugal	6	9	7	8	3	8	3	22
19	Armenia	19	16	18	16	9	15		10	1
20	Cyprus	23	13	22	9	14	14		18
21	Switzerland	1	1	2	1	1	1	12	1	12
22	Slovenia	24	17	15	25	21	21		23
23	Croatia	8	7	9	5	2	7	4	2	10
24	Georgia	16	20	23	21	19	23		19
25	France	4	2	5	10	11	5	6	5	6
26	Austria	25	19	24	12	18	18		20

Notes:

• a^ Belei withdrew from the competition before the online voting round was opened.
• b^ Announced her intention to withdraw her candidacy on 4 February, due to issues regarding the tabulation of the votes following the failure of the Diia app during the final. Suspilne later stated that she would remain a part of the contest as the rules prohibited a withdrawal at that stage, though she would have the option to refuse to go to Eurovision in case of her victory.
• c^ The broadcasts of the semi-finals mostly featured TV commentary by Miroshnychenko. Only the second recaps (which Miroshnychenko left unnarrated on TV) and the results announcements were commentated on by Zakharchenko and Antypenko.
• d^ Fiїnka received more votes than Maksim Nahorniak, but she had to withdraw from the jury due to the EBU’s gender equality requirements.
• e^ The Netherlands was disqualified prior to the final.

• Country: 🇵🇱 Poland
• National selection – Selection process: Internal Selection 2024
• Selection date(s): 19 February 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Telewizja Polska (TVP)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system:
• Selection entrant: LUNA
• Selection song: “The Tower”
• Selected songwriter(s): Aleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas, Max Cooke, Paul Dixon
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 6º SF 1: Failed to qualify (12th)
• Final result: –

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “The Tower” performed by Luna. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) internally selected the Polish entry for the contest.Pol

and was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 6, “The Tower” was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed twelfth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 35 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Poland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five times since its first entry in 1994. Poland’s highest placement in the contest, to this point, has been second place, which the nation achieved with its debut entry in 1994, “To nie ja!” performed by Edyta Górniak. Poland has only reached the top ten on two other occasions, when Ich Troje performing the song “Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic” finished seventh in 2003, and when Michał Szpak performing the song “Color of Your Life” finished eighth in 2016. Between 2005 and 2011 (except in 2008), and again between 2018 and 2021, Poland failed to qualify from the semi-final; additionally, the country was absent from the contest in 2012 and 2013. Between 2014 and 2017, Poland managed instead to qualify to the final each year. In 2023, Blanka performing “Solo” qualified to the final, eventually finishing 19th.

The Polish national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP), broadcasts the event within Poland and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. In 2022 and 2023, the Polish entry for the contest was selected through a national final show titled Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję!. TVP confirmed its intention to take part in the 2024 contest on 20 September 2023.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. In October 2023, claims surfaced that TVP was reverting to an internal selection following the controversy surrounding the 2023 national final. On 9 January 2024, the broadcaster confirmed that the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 would be selected internally, and opened a submission period for interested artists lasting until 2 February. Applicants were required to hold Polish citizenship for their entries to qualify to compete. TVP received 212 submissions at the closing of the deadline, including entries from Edyta Górniak and Justyna Steczkowska, who represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and 1995 respectively.

A five-member selection committee each awarded scores from 1 to 10 to ten of the received submissions, with the one receiving the highest score being selected as the Polish entry for the contest by 13 February 2024. The selection committee consisted of: Łukasz Pieter (Radio ZET), Michał Hanczak (Radio Eska), Kasia Moś (2017 Polish Eurovision entrant), Konrad Szczęsny (President of OGAE Poland) and Piotr Klatt (music journalist, deputy director of the TVP Entertainment Creation and Fixture Agency). Luna with the song “The Tower” was announced as the Polish entrant on 19 February 2024 during the morning show Pytanie na śniadanie on TVP2. TVP subsequently released the list of songs that received points from the selection committee. The votes were removed off the official TVP website hours after publishing, and Eurowizja.org pointed out that all songs combined received 272 points in the initial scoring, whilst 275 should’ve been allocated; the corrected results were subsequently published a few hours afterwards, together with the summary of each jury member’s individual votes.

Entries ranked by the selection jury

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Bryska (Gabriela Nowak-Skyrpan, Bryella, Gabees)	“Obca“	Gabriela Nowak-Skyrpan, Karol Serek, Paweł Wawrzeńczyk
Edyta Górniak (Edyta Anna Górniak)	“I Remember”	–
Izabela Zabielska	“Nowhere to Go”	Izabela Zabielska, Michał Głomski
Izdeb	“Duch“	Lilibet, Małgosia Latoszek, Paweł Izdebski
Happy Prince	“Insatiable”	–
Justyna Steczkowska (Justyna Maria Steczkowska)	“WITCH-ER Tarohoro”	Carla Fernandes, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Emilian Waluchowski, Justyna Steczkowska, Maria Dzięcielak, Patryk Kumór
Karolina Wielgus	“Kwiatuszek“	–
L.U.C., Kayah, Dagadana and RBFO (Łukasz Rostkowski, Katarzyna Magdalena Rooijens /Katarzyna Magdalena Szczot, ДаґаДана and RBFO)	“Jesień – tańcuj”	Dorota Murzynowska, Katarzyna Rooijens, Lukasz Rostkowski, Maciej Filipczuk, Marcin Żytomirski, Michał Maziarz, Michał Żak, Szczepan Pospieszalski
Koko Die	“If I Could”	–
Krystian Embradora	“Rebel”	Aleksandra Lewandowska, Wojciech Stekla
Krystyna Prońko	“Tempus Fugit“	Mieczysław Jurecki, Stanisław Głowacz
Kuba i Kuba	“Światło“	Jakub Frankowski, Jakub Mieczaj
Luna (Aleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas)	“The Tower”	Aleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas, Max Cooke, Paul Dixon
Maciej Musiałowski	“Daj mi jakiś znak“	Krzysztof Falkowski, Maciej Musiałowski, Patryk Kraśniewski, Wojtek Urbański
Marcin Maciejczak	“Midnight Dreamer”	Alice Fernandes, Gabriel Faria, Marcin Maciejczak, Maria Veiga, Michał Majak
My Friend Casino	“Enslave”	Błażej Mroczek, Mateusz Wicher, Paweł Glosz, Paweł Pyś
Natasza (Natasza Urbańska)	“Who We Are”	Adrian Woronowicz, Jeremi Sikorski , Kevin Mglej
Nita	“Thunder”	Anita Dudczak, Anna Leonowicz, Arek Kopera, Edward Leithead-Dochert, Tom Martin
Pan Savyan	“W kolorku amaretto“	Dzmitry Sauyanenka
Paulina Wróblewska	“Dni“	Paulina Wróblewska
Piotr Odoszewski	“Dzień noc“	Leon Krześniak, Piotr Odoszewski, Stanisław Szulga
Sargis Davtyan	“Balcony of Our Love”	Sargis Davtyan
Sasi and Blascello	“Karma”	Ewa Onacewicz, Mikołaj Błaszczyk

Detailed voting results

Artist	Song	K. Moś	K. Szczęsny	Ł. Pieter	M. Hanczak	P. Klatt	Points	Place
Luna	“The Tower”	–	5	10	9	10	34	1
Justyna Steczkowska	“Witch-er Tarohoro”	4	10	9	10		33	2
L.U.C., Kayah, Dagadana and RBFO	“Jesień – tańcuj”	7	3	6	6	1	23	3
Marcin Maciejczak	“Midnight Dreamer”	–	9	3	7	4	23	3
Natasza	“Who We Are”	2	8	7	5		22	5
Nita	“Thunder”	–	1	8	8	2	19	6
Bryska	“Obca“	–	–	2	2	9	13	7
Sasi and Blascello	“Karma”	–	7	–	4	–	11	8
Maciej Musiałowski	“Daj mi jakiś znak“	10	–	–	–	–	10	9
Karolina Wielgus	“Kwiatuszek“	9	–	–	–	–	9	10
Happy Prince	“Insatiable”	8	–	–	–	–	8	11
Izabela Zabielska	“Nowhere to Go”	–	–	–	1	7	8	11
Izdeb	“Duch“	3	–	5	–	–	8	11
Krystyna Prońko	“Tempus Fugit“	–	2	–	–	6	8	11
My Friend Casino	“Enslave”	–	–	–	–	8	8	11
Krystian Embradora	“Rebel”	–	6	–	–	–	6	16
Paulina Wróblewska	“Dni“	6	–	–	–	–	6	16
Edyta Górniak	“I Remember”	–	–	–	–	5	5	18
Koko Die	“If I Could”	5	–	–	–	–	5	18
Pan Savyan	“W kolorku amaretto“	–	4	1	–	–	5	18
Kuba i Kuba	“Światło“	1	–	–	–	3	4	21
Piotr Odoszewski	“Dzień noc“	–	–	4	–	–	4	21
Sargis Davtyan	“Balcony of Our Love”	–	–	–	3	–	3	23
Other 189 entries		–	–	–	–	–	0	24

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Luna attended the Melfest WKND event in Stockholm on 8 March 2024, the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Barcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Nordic Music Celebration’s Eurovision Night in Oslo on 20 April 2024 and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024. She was also set to perform at the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024, but ultimately opted to be absent in order to rest her voice.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.^[22] Poland was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Poland was set to perform in position 6.

In Poland, all shows were broadcast on TVP1 and the semi-finals on TVP Rozrywka as well, with commentary provided by Artur Orzech. TVP also aired the contest internationally through TVP Polonia.

Performance. Luna took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. Her performance of “The Tower” at the contest was staged by Jerry Reeve and choreographed by Lukas McFarlane and Kamila Zalewska, with Julia Żytko, Angus Simpson and Jordan Garcia as supporting dancers and Maciej Starnawski and Marta Dywicka as backing vocalists.

Semi-final. Poland performed in position 6, following the entry from Ukraine and before the entry from Croatia. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed 12th with 35 points.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Poland in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Polish jury consisted of Łukasz Pieter, Marek Sierocki, Filip Sojka, Monika Wydrzyńska, and Natalia Zastępa. In the first semi-final, Poland placed 12th with 36 points. Over the course of the contest, Poland awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Ukraine (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Polish jury at the final was Viki Gabor, who won the 2019 Junior contest for Poland.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Poland.

Points awarded to Poland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	Iceland
7 points	Ireland
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	—
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Sweden,  Ukraine
2 points	Germany
1 point	Australia,  Slovenia

3.1.2.Points awarded by Poland.

Points awarded by Poland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Lithuania
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	Finland
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Australia
1 point	Azerbaijan

Points awarded by Poland (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Ukraine	Switzerland
10 points	Croatia	Ukraine
8 points	Switzerland	Croatia
7 points	France	Italy
6 points	Ireland	Portugal
5 points	Israel	Sweden
4 points	Italy	Germany
3 points	Lithuania	France
2 points	Sweden	Latvia
1 point	Finland	Ireland

3.1.4.Detailed final results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Polish jury:

• Łukasz Pieter
• Marek Sierocki
• Filip Sojka
• Monika Wydrzyńska
• Natalia Zastępa

Detailed voting results from Poland (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	12
02	Serbia	11
03	Lithuania	4	7
04	Ireland	3	8
05	Ukraine	1	12
06	Poland
07	Croatia	2	10
08	Iceland	14
09	Slovenia	7	4
10	Finland	6	5
11	Moldova	13
12	Azerbaijan	10	1
13	Australia	9	2
14	Portugal	8	3
15	Luxembourg	5	6

Detailed voting results from Poland (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	12	3	10	5	7	6	5	9	2
02	Ukraine	2	5	5	6	2	2	10	1	12
03	Germany	5	8	19	7	4	7	4	14
04	Luxembourg	17	6	16	20	12	14		21
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	21	16	14	2	25	10		N/A
06	Israel	8	26	25	18	21	19		6	5
07	Lithuania	7	15	8	19	9	13		8	3
08	Spain	25	20	9	10	23	16		15
09	Estonia	22	24	24	22	24	26		13
10	Ireland	11	18	7	21	5	11	1	5	6
11	Latvia	18	2	17	8	15	9	2	18
12	Greece	15	23	11	17	18	20		17
13	United Kingdom	10	12	12	9	8	12		19
14	Norway	20	11	13	16	17	18		12
15	Italy	4	4	4	3	11	4	7	7	4
16	Serbia	13	13	15	26	13	17		24
17	Finland	26	25	26	15	26	25		10	1
18	Portugal	3	9	6	23	3	5	6	25
19	Armenia	16	19	23	24	20	24		11
20	Cyprus	14	7	18	14	14	15		20
21	Switzerland	1	1	1	4	1	1	12	3	8
22	Slovenia	24	14	21	25	16	23		23
23	Croatia	6	10	2	1	10	3	8	2	10
24	Georgia	19	17	22	13	19	21		22
25	France	9	21	3	11	6	8	3	4	7
26	Austria	23	22	20	12	22	22		16

Notes.

• [a]^ The Netherlands was disqualified prior to the final.

• Country: 🇫🇮 Finland
• National selection:
• Selection process: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – UMK 2024 (Contest for New Music)
• Selection date(s): 10 February 2024
• Host venue: Nokia Arena (Nokia Areena), Tampere
• Presenter(s): Pilvi Hämäläisen, Benjamin Peltonen, Viivi Pumpasen
• Host broadcaster: Yleisradio (Yle), TV1, Yle Areena, YleX, Yle Radio Suomi, Yle X3M
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Voting system: 75% televote, 25% jury international
• Selection entrant: Windows95man ^[a]
• Selection song: “No Rules!”
• Selected songwriter(s): Henri Piispanen, Jussi Roine, Teemu Keisteri
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 10º SF 1: Qualified (7th, 59 points)
• Final result: 19th, 38 points

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “No Rules!” performed by Windows95man, featuring uncredited live vocals from Henri Piispanen. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 in order to select the Finnish entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-six times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” performed by Lordi. In the 2023 contest, “Cha Cha Cha” performed by Käärijä finished first in the televote and second overall.

The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Finland’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Suomen euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 14 May 2023, announcing that the Finnish entry would again be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 was the thirteenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, organised and broadcast by Yle. The competition consisted of a final to be held on 10 February 2024 at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, a larger arena than the venues used in previous editions, and was presented by Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen.

2.1.1.Competing entries. A window was opened by Yle between 21 and 24 August 2023 for interested artists to submit the demo versions of their candidate entries. At least one of the writers and one lead singer were required to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A total of 419 applications were received, from which seven competing artists were selected by a panel of experts chaired by Tapio Hakanen; they had until 20 October 2023 to submit the full versions of their entries. These were announced on 10 January 2024 and were released on each of the weekdays from 11 to 19 January 2024.

Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Cyan Kicks (Susanna Alexandra, Niila Perkkiö, Leevi Erkkilä, Pietari Reijonen)	“Dancing with Demons”	English	Dan Lancaster, Elize Ryd, Niila Perkkiö, Sara Ryan, Susanna Alexandra
Jesse Markin	“Glow”	English	Jesse Markin, Totte Rautiainen
Mikael Gabriel and Nublu (Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman and Markkus Pulk)	“Vox populi”	Finnish, Estonian[a]	Aniachunamoso Nnebedum, Elias Hjelm, Johannes Naukkarinen, Jukka Immonen, Markkus Pulk, Mikael Gabriel, Omar Aberkane, Teemu Juhani Javanainen
Sara Siipola	“Paskana”	Finnish	Emmi Hakala, Kaisa Korhonen, Mikko Koivunen, Sara Siipola
Sexmane (Edward Maximilian Sene)	“Mania”	Finnish	Daniel Okas, Edward Maximilian Sene, Jussi “Jussifer” Karvinen, Santeri Kauppinen
Sini Sabotage (Sini-Maria Makkonen)	“Kuori mua”	Finnish[b]	Aleksanteri Hulkko, Sini-Maria Makkonen, Sonny Kylä-Liuhala, Veikka Erkola, Vilma Virintie
Windows95man (feat. Henri Piispanen) (Teemu Keisteri feat. Henri Piispanen) [c]	“No Rules!”	English	Henri Piispanen, Jussi Roine, Teemu Keisteri

2.1.2.Final. The final took place on 10 February 2024, where seven entries competed. The winner was selected by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Armenia, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gains 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 224,477 votes were cast during the show; no detailed figures for app voting were released due to the Yle app crashing during the voting window.

In addition to the competing entries, the show was opened by Kuumaa performing “Ylivoimainen“, followed by host Benjamin with “Hoida mut“, while the interval acts included host Pilvi Hämäläinen performing “Mon chéri“, Katri Helena performing her 1979 Eurovision entry “Katson sineen taivaan“, and Käärijä performing “Ruoska” (with Erika Vikman) and his 2023 Eurovision entry “Cha Cha Cha”.

Final – 10 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote			Total	Place
				Votes	Percentage	Points
1	Sini Sabotage	“Kuori mua“	38	6,872	3.06%	27	65	7
2	Cyan Kicks	“Dancing with Demons”	48	20,392	9.08%	80	128	4
3	Jesse Markin	“Glow”	34	19,381	8.63%	76	110	5
4	Mikael Gabriel and Nublu	“Vox populi“	42	34,675	15.44%	136	178	3
5	Sara Siipola	“Paskana“	70	51,743	23.04%	203	273	2
6	Sexmane	“Mania“	34	18,864	8.40%	74	108	6
7	Windows95man	“No Rules!”	28	72,651	32.35%	285	313	1

Detailed international jury votes 

Draw	Song								Total
1	“Kuori mua“	12	–	–	6	6	4	10	38
2	“Dancing with Demons”	6	8	10	10	2	8	4	48
3	“Glow”	2	2	4	–	8	6	12	34
4	“Vox populi“	4	10	12	8	4	2	2	42
5	“Paskana“	8	12	8	12	12	10	8	70
6	“Mania“	10	4	2	2	10	–	6	34
7	“No Rules!”	–	6	6	4	–	12	–	28
International jury spokespersons
– Maléna,  – Rafael Herrera,  – Tvorchi,  – Eric Lehmann,  – Joker Out,  – Olly Alexander,  – Thobias Thorwid

Broadcasts and ratings. The competition was watched by an average of 1.244 million viewers in Finland (0.56 less than in 2023), with a peak viewership of 1.9 million equalling the 2022 edition and corresponding to over 35% of the Finnish population.

Local and international broadcasters of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)
Finland	Yle	Yle TV1	Mikko Silvennoinen (Finnish), Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos (Swedish), Jaakko Oleander-Turja (English), Levan Tvaltvadze (Russian), Galyna Sergeyeva (Ukrainian), Miguel Peltomaa and Silva Belighti (Finnish Sign Language), Robin Hänninen (Finland-Swedish Sign Language), Linda Tammela (Northern Sami), Heli Huovinen (Inari Sami)
		YleX	—
		Yle Radio Suomi
		Yle X3M	Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos (Swedish)
Estonia	TV3		Robin Juhkental and Anu Saagim
Netherlands	OutTV[b]		Krista Siegfrids
Spain	Ten		Luis Mesa

Promotion. As part of the promotion of his participation in the contest, Windows95man confirmed his presence at the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Barcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024, the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024, and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party on 4 May 2024. In addition, Yle organised a special “Easter egg hunt”, with three eggs to be retrieved across three European cities on 26 March, 30 March and 5 April 2024, respectively; each finder will be awarded two tickets for the dress rehearsals of semi-final 1, where Windows95man is set to compete.

Calls for boycott. The  inclusion of Israel in the list of participants for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war sparked controversy in Finland as well as several other participating countries, with calls and petitions for broadcasters to boycott the event. In late December 2023, Yle stated that it was “closely following the situation in the Middle East” and holding discussions with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and other Nordic broadcasters; this was followed by a petition signed by over 1,500 Finnish music professionals demanding the broadcaster to withdraw from the event or to pressure for Israel to be excluded, to which Yle’s head of creative content and media Ville Vilén responded that the broadcaster would not oppose the country’s participation for the time being but that it had informed the EBU about the requests it was addressed.

UMK contestant Jesse Markin stated that, in case of victory, he would refuse to take part in Eurovision if Israel is permitted to compete; Sini Sabotage, Sara Siipola and Sexmane commented that they would have to consider whether to participate or not, with Sini Sabotage further saying that Israel should not compete at Eurovision. The executive producer for the competition, Anssi Autio, clarified that, as UMK is independent from Eurovision, these declarations did not affect their status as participants, adding that Yle had devised a backup plan in the event that the winner did not agree to represent Finland at the contest. The eventual UMK winner Windows95man stated ahead of the show that he would take part in Eurovision in case of victory, although he also expressed his opposition to Israel’s participation. However, in an interview following his victory, he expressed his uncertainty over his participation, with Autio stating that the broadcaster would resume discussions waiting for the artist’s final decision; in case of refusal, runner-up Siipola was reported to be the potential second choice. Windows95man and Henri Piispanen ultimately confirmed their presence in the contest on 20 February 2024.

While not mentioning Israel’s participation in the contest, on 29 March 2024, Windows95man released a joint statement with other Eurovision 2024 entrants – namely Bambie Thug (Ireland), Gåte (Norway), Iolanda (Portugal), Megara (San Marino), Mustii (Belgium), Nemo (Switzerland), Olly Alexander (United Kingdom), Saba (Denmark) and Silvester Belt (Lithuania) – calling for “an immediate and lasting ceasefire” in Gaza as well as the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is taking place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consists of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the EBU split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Finland was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Finland was set to perform in position 10.

Ahead of the contest, Yle organised and broadcast for the fourth year in a row the Eurovision preview show Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan; hosted by Katri Norrlin and Märta Westerlund, it consisted of two shows airing on Yle TV1 and Yle Areena on 28 April and 5 May 2024, and featured a panel composed of TV journalists Eva Frantz and Mikko Silvennoinen alongisde a number of guest artists, who discussed and evaluated the competing entries, ultimately decreeing a favourite – namely Estonia’s 5miinust and Puuluup with “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi“. In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, Yle cooperated with DR and SVT alongside other EBU member broadcasters – namely ARD/WDR, the BBC, ČT, ERR, France Télévisions, NRK, NTR, RÚV and VRT – to produce and air a documentary titled ABBA – Against the Odds, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sweden’s first victory at the contest with “Waterloo” by ABBA.

In Finland, all the shows of the contest are being broadcast on Yle TV1 (with live commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen and in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos), as well as online via Yle Areena (with additional commentary options in Inari Sámi by Heli Huovinen, Northern Sámi by Aslak Paltto, and Russian for the first semi-final and the final by Levan Tvaltvadze). The three shows are also being broadcast on Yle Radio Suomi (with Finnish-language commentary by Toni Laaksonen and Sanna Pirkkalainen) and on Yle X3M (with Frantz and Lindroos’ Swedish-language commentary). Yle is also airing the TV1 broadcast in Sweden on TV Finland.

Performance. Windows95man and Henri Piispanen took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. For their performance of “No Rules!” at the contest, they are accompanied by dancers Jasmir Vesander and Jesse Wijnans (the latter having danced for Finland the previous year). Windows95man emerges from the inside of a giant denim covered egg.

Semifinal. Finland performed in position 10, following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Moldova. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Final. Following the semi-final, Finland was drawn to perform in the second half of the final. Finland performed in position 17, following the entry from Serbia and before the entry from Portugal. Windows95man and Henri Piispanen once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. They performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Finland placed nineteenth in the final, scoring 38 points; 31 points from the public televoting and 7 points from the juries.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Finnish jury consisted of Sanni Kurkisuo, Mikko Niemelä, Kaisa Rönkkö, Pekka Ruuska, and Marcus Sjöström. In the first semi-final, Finland placed 7th with 59 points, marking a fourth consecutive qualification to the final for the country. In the final, Finland placed 19th with 38 points. Over the course of the contest, Finland awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Finnish jury at the final was initially intended to be Käärijä, who represented Finland in the 2023 contest, placing second. He stepped down on the day of the final, stating “giving out the points tonight does not feel right”. The Finnish points were announced by Toni Laaksonen instead.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Finland.

Points awarded to Finland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	Sweden
7 points	—
6 points	Iceland,  Lithuania,  Ukraine
5 points	Australia,  Croatia,  Ireland,  Poland
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Germany,  Slovenia
2 points	Luxembourg
1 point	Rest of the World

Points awarded to Finland (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	—	—
10 points	—	—
8 points	Estonia	—
7 points	—	—
6 points	—	—
5 points	Sweden	—
4 points	Australia	San Marino
3 points	Ireland,  United Kingdom	Australia
2 points	Denmark,  Ukraine	—
1 point	Iceland,  Latvia,  Norway,  Poland	—

3.1.2.Points awarded by Finland.

Points awarded by Finland (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Lithuania
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	Australia
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Cyprus
1 point	Azerbaijan

Points awarded by Finland (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Switzerland
10 points	Croatia	Croatia
8 points	Switzerland	Ukraine
7 points	Estonia	Sweden
6 points	Ukraine	Ireland
5 points	Ireland	France
4 points	France	Luxembourg
3 points	Spain	Germany
2 points	Austria	Norway
1 point	Norway	Spain

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Finnish jury:

• Sanni Kurkisuo
• Mikko Niemelä
• Kaisa Rönkkö
• Pekka Ruuska
• Marcus Sjöström

Detailed voting results from Finland (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	9	2
02	Serbia	13
03	Lithuania	4	7
04	Ireland	3	8
05	Ukraine	2	10
06	Poland	11
07	Croatia	1	12
08	Iceland	12
09	Slovenia	8	3
10	Finland
11	Moldova	14
12	Azerbaijan	10	1
13	Australia	6	5
14	Portugal	7	4
15	Luxembourg	5	6

Detailed voting results from Finland (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	3	4	2	4	9	4	7	11
02	Ukraine	4	8	3	2	4	3	8	5	6
03	Germany	5	10	8	9	16	8	3	16
04	Luxembourg	2	19	21	10	10	7	4	20
05	The Netherlands ‡[c]	25	5	10	18	11	12		N/A
06	Israel	24	24	19	25	25	25		1	12
07	Lithuania	23	14	11	16	20	20		12
08	Spain	13	6	5	21	24	10	1	8	3
09	Estonia	22	25	9	24	12	19		4	7
10	Ireland	10	2	15	3	1	5	6	6	5
11	Latvia	17	21	17	22	17	22		13
12	Greece	18	11	20	13	15	18		19
13	United Kingdom	6	16	14	12	13	13		17
14	Norway	7	15	6	19	8	9	2	10	1
15	Italy	12	12	13	14	5	11		15
16	Serbia	21	23	25	23	14	24		23
17	Finland
18	Portugal	16	18	24	11	18	21		22
19	Armenia	15	22	22	8	7	15		14
20	Cyprus	14	13	12	15	21	17		18
21	Switzerland	11	3	1	1	2	1	12	3	8
22	Slovenia	19	7	23	7	19	14		21
23	Croatia	1	1	4	6	6	2	10	2	10
24	Georgia	20	20	16	17	22	23		24
25	France	8	17	7	5	3	6	5	7	4
26	Austria	9	9	18	20	23	16		9	2

Notes.

• Country: 🇲🇩 Moldova
• National selection – Selection process: Etapa națională 2024
• Selection date(s): 17 February 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Teleradio-Moldova (TRM)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: Natalia Barbu
• Selection song: “In the Middle”
• Selected songwriter(s): Khris Richards, Natalia Barbu
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 11º SF 1: Failed to qualify (13th)
• Final result: –

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “In the Middle” performed by Natalia Barbu. The Moldovan broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), organised the national final Etapa națională 2024 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2005. The nation’s best placing in the contest is third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song “Hey, Mamma!” performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova has achieved another four top 10 placings at the contest: in 2005 when “Boonika bate toba” performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth, in 2007 when “Fight” performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth, in 2018 when “My Lucky Day” performed by DoReDoS also placed tenth, and in 2022, when Zdob și Zdub returned to compete for a third time with the song “Trenulețul”, performed with the Advahov Brothers, which finished in seventh place. In 2023, the country was represented for the second time (after 2012) by Pasha Parfeni, who performed the song “Soarele și luna”; the entry qualified for the final, where it ended in 18th position.

The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcasts the event within Moldova and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Moldova selected their entry via a national selection show between 2008 and 2020, while their entry in 2021 was selected via an internal selection. A selection show was to be held in 2022 to select Moldova’s entry, but it was ultimately cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and the entry was internally selected during the audition round. In 2023, the new national final format Etapa națională was organised. TRM confirmed its intention to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 June 2023, announcing in November that Etapa națională would be held again to select its entry for 2024.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Etapa națională 2024. Etapa națională 2024 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The event took place at the TRM Studio 1 in Chișinău and included a final held on 17 February 2024. The show is broadcast on Moldova 1 as well as online via TRM’s official website trm.md, Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.md, Facebook and YouTube pages, and for the first time via the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube page.

Format. The selection took place in three stages: the received entries were first assessed by an expert committee between 22 and 26 December 2023; 32 of them (later reducing to 31) were selected to be performed at a live audition on 13 January 2024, broadcast for the first time on Moldova 1, where a jury selected eleven (originally planned to be ten) finalists by assigning each entry a score from 0 to 12; at the final, which was held on 17 February 2024, the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of jury votes and a televote.

2.2.Competing entries. On 22 November 2023, TRM published the rules of the competition, opening a window for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 22 December 2023.At the end of the submission period, 51 entries had been received.

On 26 December 2023, the list of the 32 artists and songs participating in the audition round was released by TRM. Among the selected competing artists is Natalia Barbu, who represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, as well as Denis Midone, who represented Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Aliona Moon and Milla appeared on the original list released by TRM but withdrew the following day; they were followed by Vovi Robian and his band on 10 January.

The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected the 11 finalists consisted of Elena Stegari (head of broadcasting at TRM), Andrei Zapșa (deputy general manager for development at TRM), Lidia Isac (2016 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Paul Gămurari (President of the Union of Composers of Moldova) and Liviu Știrbu (composer). Entries were assessed on criteria such as the melodic line, originality and interpretation of the composition.

Results of the live audition round – 13 January 2024
Draw	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
— ( Entry withdrawn or disqualified)	Aliona Moon feat. Milla	“Obosit”	Romanian	Aliona Munteanu, Milla Danilceac	—
— ( Entry withdrawn or disqualified)	Trupa Vovi Robian	“Robotul Vovi”	Romanian	Vladimir Ciubotaru	—
1	Maria Ciolac	“Break Free”	English	Linda Persson, Ylva Persson	35	21
2	DPSTP (Deepstep)	“Rise Up”	English	Anton Polygalov	28	27
3	Oliv Sky	“Another Universe”	English	Cristian Condrea, Rodica Olișevschi	36	16
4 (Selected for the final)	Victor Gulick	“Fever”	English	Victor Gulic	41	8
5	Formația „Vele” (Ion Sparivac, Anatolie Constantinov și Dumitru Ciumac)	“Carnaval”	Romanian	Mariana Craveț, Veaceslav Daniliuc	34	24
6	Sasha Bognibov	“Married to Twins”	English	Jacob Jonia, Sasha Bognibov	5	29
7	Denis Midone	“Back to Me”	English	Alexandr Misiura, Denis Midone, Mustaf Keita, Stelian Savu	37	15
8 (Selected for the final)	Y-Limit (Roman Lupu)	“Revolution”	English	Roman Lupu, Siarhei Panamarou	40	11
9	Oliv Sky	“Loud and Clear”	English	Artur Corcodel, Dan Iacovlev, Rodica Olișevschi	34	25
10	Victor Lozinsky	“Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley Move”	English	Victor Lozinsky	30	26
11	Tudor Bumbac	“Tudorel”	Romanian	Tudor Bumbac	21	28
12	LAURA (Ioana Codrean)	“Spune-mi”	Romanian	Ioana Codrean, Marinela Mihalachi, Pavel Malîșev	35	22
13	Poli	“Lui”	Romanian	Alina Zbancă, Marian Stârcea	36	17
14 (Selected for the final)	Iulia Teleucă	“Runaway”	English	Eugen “Natan” Doibani	50	3
15 (Selected for the final)	Viola Julea	“Light Up!”	English	Ecaterina Sanalatii, Viola Julea	43	6
16	Max Cara	“Broke the Chain”	English	Maxim Crasnicov, Pavel Malîșev	38	12
17 (Selected for the final)	Sasha Letty	“DNA”	English	Jacob Jonia	40	10
18 (Selected for the final)	Reghina Alexandrina	“Contrasens”	Romanian	Dimitri Stassos, Eugen “Natan” Doibani, Reghina Alexandrina, Rickard Bonde Truumeel, Nikos Sofis	42	7
19	Valleria (Valeria Condrea)	“Rule (Rai Di Ri Di)”	English, Romanian	Valeria Condrea	36	19
20 (Selected for the final)	Natalia Barbu	“In the Middle”	English	Khris Richards, Natalia Barbu	58	1
21	Anna Gul ko	“Perfect Place”	English	Anna Gulko	36	20
22 (Selected for the final)	OL	“No Time No Space”	English	Denis Nazarov	45	5
23 (Selected for the final)	Cătălina Solomac	“Fever”	English	Jonas Gladnikoff, Shawn Myers	46	4
24	Anna G (Anna Grosu)	“Ay ay ay”	Spanish	Anna Grosu	38	13
25 (Selected for the final)	Valeria Pasha	“Anti-Princess”	English	Andrei Vulpe, Iana Bavelskaia, Ilya Iakoveț, Iuliana Parfeni, Ivan Luca, Lilian Dobândă, Maxim Crasnicov, Pasha Parfeni, Valeria Pasha	52	2
26 (Entry withdrawn or disqualified)	Oleg Spînu	“Jungle”	English	Jonas Gladnikoff, Shawn Myers	—	—[a]
27	Y-Limit (Roman Lupu)	“What’s the Fun”	English	Roman Lupu	38	14
28 (Selected for the final)	Nicoleta Sava	“Bravo”	English	José Juan Santana, Rafael Artesero	40	9
29	Nino	“Up Again”	English	Sergiu Cristian Baba	35	23
30	Valleria	“Run”	English	Mark Stam, Valeria Condrea	36	18

• a^ Oleg Spînu was disqualified for using a backing track that doubled the lead vocals.
• b^  Following the results, TVM stated that over 950 votes for Valeria Pasha were sent from invalid phone numbers, and that additional votes were sent from 48 different countries, likely using VPNs.

2.3.Final. The final of Etapa națională 2024 took place on 17 February 2024. 11 songs competed and the winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of a public online vote and the votes of an expert jury. In addition to the competing entries, Romanian band Holograf performed as a guest.

Immediately following the Etapa națională final, runner-up Valeria Pasha, who came first with the public but lost to Barbu in the tiebreak, announced to have filed an appeal to secure “transparency” about the results. The official rules of Etapa națională did not define whether a potential tie for first place would be resolved in favour of the public or jury, only stating that the winning entry would be “the song receiving the most points”. The organizing broadcaster responded that following the tie for first place, the organising committee decided that Natalia Barbu would be declared the winner. They further stated that approximately 950 votes for Valeria Pasha had come from invalid phone numbers, and that a certain number of votes had been submitted from 48 different countries, likely using VPNs.

Final – 17 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Public vote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	Nicoleta Sava	“Bravo”	22	5	211	3	8	7
2	Valeria Pasha	“Anti-Princess”	43	10	4,771[b]	12	22	2
3	Reghina Alexandrina	“Contrasens”	19	3	294	6	9	6
4	Viola Julea	“Light Up!”	21	4	285	5	9	5
5	OL	“No Time No Space”	26	6	107	1	7	8
6	Sasha Letty	“DNA”	12	2	233	4	6	9
7	Natalia Barbu	“In the Middle”	60	12	2,421	10	22	1
8	Y-Limit	“Revolution”	7	0	147	2	2	10
9	Cătălina Solomac	“Fever”	29	7	905	7	14	4
10	Victor Gulick	“Fever”	11	1	76	0	1	11
11	Iulia Teleucă	“Runaway”	40	8	2,178	8	16	3

Detailed jury votes 

Draw	Song	E. Stegari	L. Ştirbu	P. Gǎmurari	A. Zapşa	A. Moon	Total
1	“Bravo”	3	8	4	3	4	22
2	“Anti-Princess”	8	7	10	8	10	43
3	“Contrasens”	2	5	5	6	1	19
4	“Light Up!”	7	4	3	5	2	21
5	“No Time No Space”	10	3	2	4	7	26
6	“DNA”	–	–	6	1	5	12
7	“In the Middle”	12	12	12	12	12	60
8	“Revolution”	4	1	–	2	–	7
9	“Fever”	5	2	7	7	8	29
10	“Fever”	1	6	1	–	3	11
11	“Runaway”	6	10	8	10	6	40

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Barbu confirmed attended the PrePartyES event in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024. Her entry “In the Middle” was revamped ahead of the contest.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is taking place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consists of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Moldova was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Moldova was set to perform in position 11. 

In Moldova, all three shows are being broadcast on Moldova 1 and Radio Moldova, with commentary provided by Angela Rudenco.

Performance. Natalia Barbu took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. While joined by other performers at the national final, she was alone on stage for her performance of “In the Middle” at the contest; the violin solo was retained.

3.1.Semi-final. Moldova performed in position 11, following the entry from Finland and before the entry from Azerbaijan. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed, that Moldova placed 13th with 20 points.

3.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Moldova in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Moldovan jury consisted of Violeta Botezatu, Roman Burlaca, Paul Gamurari, Lidia Isac, who represented Moldova in the 2016 contest, and Livia Stirbu. In the first semi-final, Moldova placed 13th with 20 points, marking the country’s first non-qualification to the final since 2019. Over the course of the contest, Moldova awarded its 12 points to Cyprus in the first semi-final, and to Ukraine in both the jury vote televote in the final.

The spokesperson for the Moldovan jury at the final was Doina Stimpovschi.

3.3.1.Points awarded to Moldova.

Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Ukraine
3 points	Cyprus,  Serbia
2 points	Azerbaijan,  Ireland
1 point	Croatia

3.3.2.Points awarded by Moldova.

Points awarded by Moldova (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Cyprus
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points	Azerbaijan
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Lithuania
1 point	Australia

Points awarded by Moldova (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Ukraine	Ukraine
10 points	Israel	Italy
8 points	Sweden	Croatia
7 points	Croatia	Switzerland
6 points	France	France
5 points	Switzerland	Lithuania
4 points	Italy	Portugal
3 points	Greece	Israel
2 points	Ireland	Luxembourg
1 point	Armenia	Sweden

3.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.^[38] The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. 

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury:

• Violeta Botezatu
• Roman Burlaca 
• Paul Gamurari
• Lidia Isac
• Livia Stirbu

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	1	12
02	Serbia	11
03	Lithuania	9	2
04	Ireland	6	5
05	Ukraine	2	10
06	Poland	14
07	Croatia	3	8
08	Iceland	13
09	Slovenia	7	4
10	Finland	12
11	Moldova
12	Azerbaijan	5	6
13	Australia	10	1
14	Portugal	8	3
15	Luxembourg	4	7

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	10	12	12	7	14	11	1	3	8
02	Ukraine	4	3	3	6	1	1	12	1	12
03	Germany	11	17	21	11	6	14		11
04	Luxembourg	9	13	5	14	5	9	2	13
05	The Netherlands ‡[b]	14	10	20	22	4	10		N/A
06	Israel	7	4	4	8	15	8	3	2	10
07	Lithuania	20	5	10	4	2	6	5	14
08	Spain	19	23	19	24	26	26		22
09	Estonia	16	25	18	25	16	23		15
10	Ireland	25	14	16	16	22	21		9	2
11	Latvia	12	18	26	15	21	18		20
12	Greece	15	8	9	9	23	13		8	3
13	United Kingdom	8	26	13	23	12	17		23
14	Norway	6	21	17	17	13	16		12
15	Italy	3	2	1	12	9	2	10	7	4
16	Serbia	22	19	22	13	20	22		21
17	Finland	13	24	23	26	25	25		16
18	Portugal	21	11	2	2	10	7	4	25
19	Armenia	26	15	6	10	24	15		10	1
20	Cyprus	23	9	8	18	8	12		18
21	Switzerland	5	1	7	5	7	4	7	6	5
22	Slovenia	24	20	11	21	19	19		24
23	Croatia	1	7	24	3	3	3	8	4	7
24	Georgia	18	16	15	20	18	20		17
25	France	2	6	14	1	11	5	6	5	6
26	Austria	17	22	25	19	17	24		19

Notes.

Country: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 2024
• Selection date(s): Artist: 7 March 2024 Ι Song: 15 March 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: İctimai Television, İctimai Televiziya (İTV)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov (Fahree və İlkin Dövlətov; Fakhri Ismayilov, Fəxri İsmayılov; Ilkin Dovlatov,İlkin Dövlətov)
• Selection song: “Özünlə apar“
• Selected songwriter(s):  Edgar Ravinov, Fakhri Ismayilov, Hasan Haydar, Madina Salikh, Tamila Rzayeva
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 12º SF 1: Failed to qualify (14th)
• Final result: –

Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Özünlə apar” performed by Fahree and featuring Ilkin Dovlatov. The Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) internally selected the country’s entry for the contest.

Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 13, “Özünlə apar” was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed fourteenth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 11 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Azerbaijan has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2008. Azerbaijan has won the contest on one occasion in 2011 with the song “Running Scared” performed by Ell and Nikki. Since their debut in 2008, Azerbaijan has had a string of successful results, qualifying to the final in every contest until in 2018 when they failed to qualify with the song “X My Heart” performed by Aisel. Azerbaijan has placed in the top ten seven times, including a third-place result in 2009 with the song “Always” performed by AySel and Arash and a second-place result in 2013 with the song “Hold Me” performed by Farid Mammadov. In 2023, Azerbaijan failed to qualify to the final with the song “Tell Me More” performed by TuralTuranX.

The Azerbaijani national broadcaster, İctimai Television (İTV), broadcasts the event within Azerbaijan and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Azerbaijan has used various methods to select the Azerbaijani entry in the past, including internal selections of both the artist and song, as well as national finals to select their artist followed by an internal selection to determine the song. Between 2011 and 2013, Azerbaijan organized a national final titled Milli Seçim Turu to select the performer, song or both for Eurovision. In 2014, the broadcaster utilised an existing talent show format titled Böyük Səhnə where the winning performer would subsequently be given an internally selected song. Since 2015, the broadcaster has internally selected both the artist and song that represented Azerbaijan. On 14 July 2023, İTV confirmed their participation in 2024 and that their artist and song would again be selected internally.

2.Before Eurovision. 

Internal selection. Upon confirming their participation in the 2024 contest, İTV opened a submission window for interested artists and songwriters, lasting until 30 September 2023. Perfomers without a song could not apply individually. Songs could be submitted in any language, and their authors are not required to be Azerbaijani nationals. A total of 214 song submissions were received by İTV, 88 of which were from Azerbaijani artists.

By 20 October 2023, sixteen acts were selected to take part in an audition round in Baku on 29 October 2023, when İTV announced the names of the fifteen auditioned artists (one having been unable to attend); among them was Aisel, who had previously represented Azerbaijan in the 2018 contest. The acts were judged by a panel which included 2009 Azerbaijani representative Aysel Teymurzadeh and Eurovision 2011 winners Ell and Nikki, as well as composers Faig Sujaddinov and Vagif Gerayzadeh, art director Ranar Musayev, and music producer DJ Fateh. On 6 November 2023, six artists were announced to have passed the auditions, shown below in bold. The Azerbaijani representative was chosen after consultations with focus groups of Eurovision fans, journalists and music professionals. In mid-February 2024, Eldar “Ell” Gasimov clarified that discussions involved international professionals from Asia and America and that the selection was approaching its end.

Reports in February 2024 suggested that Aisel with “Game of Chess” and Ilkin Dovlatov, Mila Miles & Etibar Asadli with “İnsanlar” were the two acts left in the running, however, on 7 March, Fahree was announced as the selected entrant, with the song, “Özünlə apar“, revealed and released on 15 March. Prior to the release, it was anticipated that Ilkin Dovlatov, one of the shortlisted artists in the selection, would perform a part of the entry in the traditional Azerbaijani mugham style. “Özünlə apar” is the country’s first entry for the contest to feature Azerbaijani as a major language.

Shortlisted artists

AISEL ALESKER Amrah (Amrah Musayev, Əmrah Musayev) Edgar Ravin (Edqar Ravin / Edgar Ravinov) Emy Lia (Emiliya yaqubova) Fahree (Fahree I.) Ilkin Dovlatov, Mila Miles and Etibar Asadli (İlkin Dövlətov, Etibar Əsədli və “Mila Miles” / MILAM) LEXA (Lexa Aliyeva) Mari (Məryəm Vəliyeva) Qorqud (Elvin Novruzov) Rahib Mirzoev / Rahib Mirzeyev and Tofig Yadigar (Rahib Mirzəyev və Tofiq Yadigar) Rilaya (Rilaya Huseynzade) Sabina Beyli (Səbinə Bəyli) Sabina Guluzadeh (Səbinə Quluzadə) Tofig Hajiyev and Jamal Gurbanov (Tofiq Hacıyev və Camal Qurbanov)

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Internal selection finalists

Artist	Song	Songwriters
Aisel	“Game of Chess”	Aysel Mammadova Jeyhun Bayramli Leyla Akhundova
Emy Lia	“Breathing for You”	Elvin Novruzov Madina Salikh
Fahree	“Özünlə apar“	Edgar Ravinov Fakhri Ismayilov Hasan Haydar Madina Salikh Tamila Rzayeva
Ilkin Dovlatov, Mila Miles and Etibar Asadli	“İnsanlar“	Adil Rakidi Etibar Asadli Tamila Rzayeva
Qorqud	“Bridges in the Dark”	Elvin Novruzov Nurlana Jafarova [az]
Sabina Guluzadeh	—

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Azerbaijan was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Azerbaijan was set to perform in position 12.

In Azerbaijan, commentary for the contest on İTV was provided by Nurlana Jafarova.

Performance. Fahree and Ilkin Dovlatov took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. Their performance of “Özünlə apar” at the contest was staged by Yevhenii “Timó” Timokhin, who also directed the music video for the song, and featured Fahree in a black and silver armoured outfit amid blue and black lighting.

Semi-final. Azerbaijan performed in position 12, following the entry from Moldova and before the entry from Australia. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed, that Azerbaijan placed 14th with 11 points.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Azerbaijan in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Azerbaijani jury consisted of Konul Arif Shukurova, Vagif Garayzadeh, Emil Guliyev, Aynishan Guliyeva, and Nigar Jamal, who won the 2011 contest for Azerbaijan. In the first semi-final, Azerbaijan placed 14th with 11 points. Over the course of the contest, Azerbaijan awarded its 12 points to Cyprus in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Croatia (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Azerbaijani jury at the final was Aysel Teymurzadeh, who represented Azerbaijan in the 2009 contest.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Azerbaijan.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	Moldova
5 points	—
4 points	—
3 points	—
2 points	—
1 point	Finland,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Serbia, Ukraine

3.1.2.Points awarded by Azerbaijan.

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Cyprus
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Serbia
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Lithuania
2 points	Moldova
1 point	Slovenia

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Croatia	Switzerland
10 points	Switzerland	Ireland
8 points	Ukraine	Luxembourg
7 points	Israel	Georgia
6 points	Cyprus	Italy
5 points	Georgia	Sweden
4 points	Ireland	Croatia
3 points	Italy	Slovenia
2 points	France	Cyprus
1 point	Greece	Ukraine

3.1.4.Detailed final results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Azerbaijani jury:

• Konul Arif Shukurova
• Vagif Garayzadeh / Vaqif Gərayzadə
• Emil Guliyev
• Aynishan Guliyeva / Aynishan Quliyeva
• Nigar Jamal / Nigar Camal 

Detailed voting results from Azerbaijan (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	1	12
02	Serbia	6	5
03	Lithuania	8	3
04	Ireland	5	6
05	Ukraine	2	10
06	Poland	14
07	Croatia	4	7
08	Iceland	13
09	Slovenia	10	1
10	Finland	12
11	Moldova	9	2
12	Azerbaijan
13	Australia	11
14	Portugal	7	4
15	Luxembourg	3	8

Detailed voting results from Azerbaijan (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	19	5	4	3	12	6	5	13
02	Ukraine	8	7	8	10	15	10	1	3	8
03	Germany	24	13	16	4	14	16		14
04	Luxembourg	2	14	9	1	13	3	8	15
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	20	9	19	6	24	18		N/A
06	Israel	11	23	14	5	7	12		4	7
07	Lithuania	21	12	15	11	23	21		11
08	Spain	9	26	23	12	25	22		16
09	Estonia	25	15	17	13	22	23		17
10	Ireland	7	3	2	25	2	2	10	7	4
11	Latvia	23	16	25	14	21	24		22
12	Greece	5	11	24	15	19	17		10	1
13	United Kingdom	6	25	5	16	18	13		19
14	Norway	18	10	10	17	5	14		12
15	Italy	3	4	21	18	4	5	6	8	3
16	Serbia	13	17	7	19	11	19		18
17	Finland	22	18	18	20	20	25		20
18	Portugal	12	8	11	7	10	11		24
19	Armenia	26	24	26	26	26	26		25
20	Cyprus	10	19	6	8	6	9	2	5	6
21	Switzerland	16	2	1	21	1	1	12	2	10
22	Slovenia	17	22	3	22	3	8	3	23
23	Croatia	4	1	13	24	17	7	4	1	12
24	Georgia	1	21	22	2	9	4	7	6	5
25	France	15	6	12	23	8	15		9	2
26	Austria	14	20	20	9	16	20		21

Notes[edit]

Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “One Milkali (One Blood)” performed by Electric Fields. The Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) internally selected the Australian entry for the contest.

1.Background. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) has broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest since 1983, and the contest has gained a cult following over that time, primarily due to the country’s strong political and cultural ties with Europe. Paying tribute to this, the 2014 semi-finals included an interval act featuring Australian singer Jessica Mauboy. Australian singers have also participated at Eurovision as representatives of other countries, including Olivia Newton-John (1974, United Kingdom), two-time winner Johnny Logan (1980 and 1987, Ireland), Gina G (1996, United Kingdom), and Jane Comerford as lead singer of Texas Lightning (2006, Germany).

Australia was first invited to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, as a guest participant to celebrate the 60th edition of the event, being granted automatic entry into the final along with the “Big 5” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host country of Austria. The country has since competed in every edition of the contest, i.e. eight times, being required to qualify from its semi-final since 2016. In 2023, Australia was represented by Voyager and the song “Promise”; the country qualified for the final, ending in ninth place with 151 points.

On 12 February 2019, SBS signed a contract securing Australia’s spot at the contest until 2023. On 21 September 2023, the broadcaster revealed that it was in talks with the EBU to secure the country’s participation in future editions, later confirming that it would broadcast the 2024 contest. Australia ultimately appeared on the final list of participants on 5 December 2023.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Internal selection. On 15 February 2024, SBS announced that it had internally selected the Australian entrant and entry for the contest and that they would be revealed on 6 March (corresponding to 5 March in other competing countries), with a snippet of the song published two days prior to its release. The entrants were announced to be Electric Fields with the song “One Milkali (One Blood)”; the duo had finished runner-up in the first edition of Eurovision – Australia Decides in 2019 with the song “2000 and Whatever”. The song was the first Eurovision entry to feature words in the Yankunytjatjara language.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Electric Fields attended the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Australia was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Australia was set to perform in position 13.

In Australia, all the shows are being aired on the SBS channel, as well as on the broadcaster’s online platform SBS On Demand. Commentary is provided by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey, with Courtney Act joining as backstage correspondent.

Performance. Electric Fields took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. For their performance of “One Milkali (One Blood)” at the contest, they were accompanied on stage by backing singers Brendan Maclean, Alyson Joyce and Simi Vuata, didgeridoo player Fred Leone, and a dancer; LED lighting was heavily used, with the background art being a work by Electric Fields’ singer Zaachariaha Fielding.

Semi-final. Australia performed in position 13, following the entry from Azerbaijan and before the entry from Portugal. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Australia placed 11th with 41 points.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Australia in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Australian jury consisted of Jane Albert, Alfie Arcuri, Meagan Loader, Mia Rodriguez, and Mason Watts. In the first semi-final, Australia placed 11th with 41 points. Over the course of the contest, Australia awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the first semi-final, and to Ireland (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final. 

The spokesperson for the Australian jury at the final was Danny Estrin, who represented Australia in the 2023 contest as part of the group Voyager.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Australia.

Points awarded to Australia (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	Finland,  Ukraine,  United Kingdom
4 points	Germany,  Ireland,  Sweden
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Iceland,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Portugal, Rest of the World
1 point	Moldova

3.1.2.Points awarded by Australia.

Points awarded by Australia (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Croatia
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Cyprus
6 points	Lithuania
5 points	Finland
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Poland

Points awarded by Australia (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Ireland
10 points	Croatia	Switzerland
8 points	Ireland	Croatia
7 points	Switzerland	Italy
6 points	Ukraine	Cyprus
5 points	Cyprus	Sweden
4 points	Finland	United Kingdom
3 points	Greece	Finland
2 points	France	Luxembourg
1 point	Armenia	Ukraine

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Australian jury:

• Jane Albert
• Alfie Arcuri
• Meagan Loader
• Mia Rodriguez
• Mason Watts

Detailed voting results from Australia (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	4	7
02	Serbia	11
03	Lithuania	5	6
04	Ireland	2	10
05	Ukraine	3	8
06	Poland	10	1
07	Croatia	1	12
08	Iceland	12
09	Slovenia	8	3
10	Finland	6	5
11	Moldova	13
12	Azerbaijan	14
13	Australia
14	Portugal	9	2
15	Luxembourg	7	4

Detailed voting results from Australia (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	18	4	8	8	6	6	5	20
02	Ukraine	16	9	17	4	9	10	1	5	6
03	Germany	11	6	25	6	18	13		19
04	Luxembourg	15	5	4	15	19	9	2	16
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	26	26	1	24	20	11		N/A
06	Israel	20	8	24	11	26	20		1	12
07	Lithuania	19	10	16	19	22	22		12
08	Spain	22	13	19	22	21	24		11
09	Estonia	23	25	18	26	8	21		13
10	Ireland	1	3	2	2	1	1	12	3	8
11	Latvia	21	24	23	23	12	25		21
12	Greece	10	12	6	25	23	16		8	3
13	United Kingdom	13	7	5	9	7	7	4	17
14	Norway	7	23	26	21	10	17		18
15	Italy	6	2	7	20	11	4	7	14
16	Serbia	9	16	15	12	25	19		22
17	Finland	24	14	14	5	4	8	3	7	4
18	Portugal	5	19	13	10	14	15		23
19	Armenia	14	21	9	14	5	14		10	1
20	Cyprus	4	15	10	3	13	5	6	6	5
21	Switzerland	8	1	12	1	3	2	10	4	7
22	Slovenia	17	18	20	17	17	23		25
23	Croatia	3	17	3	7	2	3	8	2	10
24	Georgia	2	22	21	16	16	12		24
25	France	25	20	22	13	24	26		9	2
26	Austria	12	11	11	18	15	18		15

Notes[edit]

• Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal
• National selection – Selection process: Festival da Cançao (58ª Festival RTP da Canção) 2024
• Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 24 February 2024, 2 March 2024 Ι Final: 9 March 2024
• Host venue:
• Presenter(s): SF 1 (Tânia Ribas de Oliveira e José Carlos Malato), SF 2 (Sónia Araújo e Jorge Gabriel), FI (Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim), GreenRoom (Inês Lopes Gonçalves), Social Networks (Wandson Lisboa)
• Host broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Antena 1, RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África, RTP Play
• Participants – Number of entries:
• Interval Acts: SF 1 (Selma Uamusse​ e Convidados – “Sara Tavares”: “Bom Feeling”, “Chamar a Música”, “Balancê”, “Ponto Deluz”, “Minina di Céu”; Delfins – “40 anos de carreira + 80 anos de Variações”: “Canção de Engate”, “Lugar ao Sol”), SF 2 (Milhanas – “Silêncio e Tanta Gente”, Herman José – 50 anos de carreira), FI (Filipe Melo, Samuel Úria e Convidados – 50 anos do 25 de Abril: “Que Amor Não Me Engana” – Ana Lua Caiano”Liberdade” – Alex D’Alva Teixeira”Tanto Mar” – Luca Argel”E Depois do Adeus” – Paulo de Carvalho; Mimicat – “Ai Coração“;  The Black Mamba, Anabela, Mimicat e Tó Cruz – ABBA; “Dancing Queen”, “Voulez-Vous”, “Fernando”, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”, “Mamma Mia”, “Waterloo”).
• Voting system: 
• Selection entrant: iolanda
• Selection song: “Grito”
• Selected songwriter(s): Alberto “Luar” Hernández, Iolanda Costa
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 14º SF 1: Qualified (8th, 58 points)
• Final result: 10th, 152 points

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Grito” performed by Iolanda. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2024 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the contest.

Portugal was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 14. At the end of the show, “Grito” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed eighth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 58 points. In the final, Portugal performed in position 18 and placed tenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 152 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its first entry in 1964. Portugal has won the contest on one occasion: in 2017 with the song “Amar pelos dois” performed by Salvador Sobral. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Portugal has featured in only eight finals. Portugal’s least successful result has been last place, which it has achieved on four occasions, most recently in 2018 with the song “O jardim” performed by Cláudia Pascoal. Portugal has also received nul points on two occasions: in 1964 and 1997. In 2023, Portugal placed 23rd with the song “Ai coração” performed by Mimicat.

The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), broadcasts the event within Portugal and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. The broadcaster has traditionally selected the Portuguese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest via the music competition Festival da Canção, with exceptions in 1988 and 2005 when the Portuguese entries were internally selected. RTP confirmed Portugal’s participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 August 2023, announcing the organization of the 58th Festival da Canção in order to select the 2024 Portuguese entry.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Festival da Canção 2024. The 58th edition of Festival da Canção took place between February and March 2024 at the RTP Studios in Lisbon and featured 20 acts competing over two semi-finals and a final. Each show was hosted by a different couple of presenters, while Inês Lopes Gonçalves and Wandson Lisboa were the green room hosts in all of them. The shows were broadcast on RTP1 as well as on other domestic and international channels of RTP, and streamed online via RTP Play.

To celebrate 60 years since the first edition of Festival da Canção, the shows featured as guests a number of past winners who went on to represent Portugal at Eurovision, namely António Calvário (1964), Simone de Oliveira (1965 and 1969), Paulo de Carvalho (solo in 1974 and as part of Os Amigos in 1977), Adelaide Ferreira (1985), Anabela (1993), Tó Cruz (1995), Inês Santos (1998 as part of Alma Lusa), Rita Guerra (2003), Vânia Fernandes (2008), Filipa Sousa (2012), Suzy (2014), Isaura (2018), Elisa Silva (2020), The Black Mamba (2021) and Mimicat (2023); as well as several former contestants or hosts of the festival, namely Helena Isabel, Herman José, Delfins, António Sala, Pedro Granger, Catarina Furtado, Selma Uamusse, Tozé Brito, Eládio Clímaco, Milhanas, Isabel Angelino, Sílvia Alberto, Júlio Isidro, Pedro Fernandes, Margarida Mercês de Melo, Sofia Morais, José Nuno Martins, Ana Paula Reis, Isabel Campelo, Jorge Fernando, Manuel Luís Goucha, Helena Coelho, Rui Drumond and António Victorino de Almeida; in addition, Alex D’Alva Teixeira, Ana Lua Caiano and Luca Argel performed.

2.1.2.Competing entries. RTP selected 14 entries by direct invitation of composers, and the remaining six from a record 809 entries received through an open submission window between 7 August and 15 October 2023; selected composers were then required to send the full versions of their entries by 30 November 2023.

On 6 November 2023, RTP announced the list of selected composers. Their entries, which they would all also perform, were unveiled on 18 January 2024 during a presentation event at Musicbox in Lisbon.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Selection
Bispo (Pedro Bispo)	“Casa portuguesa”	Bispo (Pedro Bispo)	Invited by RTP
Buba Espinho	“O farol”	Bernardo ‘Buba’ Espihno
Cristina Clara	“Primavera”	Cristina Clara, Jon Luz
FILIPA (Filipa Alexandra Carmo da Silva)	“You Can’t Hide”	FILIPA, Marie Jenkins, Rich Pilkington	Open call winner
Huca (Bruno Huca)	“Pé de choro”	Bruno Huca, Milton Gull	Invited by RTP
iolanda (Iolanda Costa)	“Grito”	iolanda, Luar
João Borsch (João Diogo Santos Borges)	“…Pelas costuras”	João Borsch
João Couto	“Quarto para um”	João Couto	Open call winner
LEFT.	“Volto a ti”	António Maciel Graça (LEFT., Antony Left)
Léo Middea	“Doce mistério”	Léo Middea	Invited by RTP
Maria João (Maria João Monteiro Grancha)	“Dia”[a]	João Farinha, Maria João (Maria João Monteiro Grancha)
MELA	“Água”	MELA (Mariana Fernandes Gonçalves)	Open call winner
Mila Dores	“Afia a língua”	Filipe Sambado, Mila Dores	Invited by RTP
Nena	“Teorias da conspiração”	Nena Marques
NOBLE	“Memory”	NOBLE (Pedro Fidalgo), Rui Saraiva
No Maka feat. Ana Maria	“Aceitar”	Ana Maria Ramos, Duarte Carvalho e Emanuel Oliveira ‘Brada dj’ (No Maka), Mara Cortez, Marcelo Garrido, Rafael Martins
Perpétua	“Bem longe daqui”	Perpétua (Beatriz Capote, Diogo Rocha, Rúben Teixeira, Xumiga), Xavier Sousa
Rita Onofre	“Criatura”	Rita Onofre	Open call winner
Rita Rocha	“Pontos finais”	Rita Rocha
Silk Nobre	“Change”	Artur Guimarães, Fernando Nobre, Rui Pedro Pity	Invited by RTP

2.1.3.Semi-finals. The semi-finals took place on 24 February and 2 March 2024, the first hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira and José Carlos Malato and the second by Sónia Araújo and Jorge Gabriel. In each show, 10 entries competed, with 6 advancing to the final. The voting occurred in two rounds: a 50/50 combination of votes from an expert jury and a public televote determined the first five qualifiers, and a second round of televoting determined the sixth and final qualifier. The jury consisted of Gisela João, Benjamim, Lia Pereira, Miguel Esteves Cardoso, Lura, Pedro Oliveira and Mimicat. 

Semi-final 1 – First round – 24 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
				%	Points
1	Nena (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Teorias da conspiração“	10	9.03%	5	15	3
2	Perpétua (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Bem longe daqui“	6	17.08%	12	18	2
3	Mela	“Água“	4	4.20%	3	7	8
4	Mila Dores	“Afia a língua“	3	2.12%	1	4	9
5	Left.	“Volto a ti“	1	3.04%	2	3	10
6	Rita Rocha (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Pontos finais“	7	14.90%	7	14	5
7	Noble	“Memory”	2	15.73%	8	10	6
8	João Borsch (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“…Pelas costuras“	8	9.68%	6	14	4
9	Iolanda (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Grito“	12	16.47%	10	22	1
10	Bispo (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Casa portuguesa“	5	7.75%	4	9	7

Semi-final 1 – Second round – 24 February 2024

Artist	Song	Televote	Place
Bispo	“Casa portuguesa“	23.42%	2
Left.	“Volto a ti“	7.43%	4
Mela	“Água“	15.37%	3
Mila Dores	“Afia a língua“	6.33%	5
Noble (Televote-only round qualifier)	“Memory”	47.45%	1

Semi-final 2 – First round – 2 March 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
				%	Points
1	Buba Espinho (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“O farol“	7	11.52%	7	14	4
2	Cristina Clara (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Primavera“	10	5.63%	2	12	5
3	Leo Middea (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Doce mistério“	12	9.48%	5	17	1
4	Filipa	“You Can’t Hide”	1	3.04%	1	2	10
5	João Couto	“Quarto para um“	4	10.08%	6	10	7
6	Huca	“Pé de choro“	6	6.77%	3	9	9
7	No Maka feat. Ana Maria (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Aceitar“	5	14.47%	10	15	2
8	Maria João	“Dia“	8	7.47%	4	12	6
9	Rita Onofre	“Criatura“	2	12.59%	8	10	8
10	Silk Nobre (Jury and televote round qualifier)	“Change”	3	18.95%	12	15	3

Semi-final 2 – Second round – 2 March 2024

Artist	Song	Televote	Place
Filipa	“You Can’t Hide”	12.08%	5
Huca	“Pé de choro“	20.82%	4
João Couto	“Quarto para um“	21.70%	2
Maria João	“Dia“	21.68%	3
Rita Onofre (Televote-only round qualifier)	“Criatura“	23.72%	1

2.1.4.Final. The final took place on 9 March 2024 and was hosted by Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim. The winner was selected based on the 50/50 combination of votes from seven three-member regional juries (one for each of the regions of Portugal) and from a public televote open throughout the week preceding the show; in the event of a tie, the public voting would take precedence.

Final – 9 March 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	%	Points
1	Silk Nobre	“Change”	43	7	7.64%	5	12	4
2	Rita Onofre	“Criatura“	32	5	3.12%	0	5	8
3	Noble	“Memory”	18	1	7.81%	6	7	7
4	Buba Espinho	“O farol“	46	8	7.06%	2	10	6
5	Nena	“Teorias da conspiração“	24	3	5.82%	1	4	10
6	Iolanda	“Grito“	80	12	16.29%	10	22	1
7	No Maka feat. Ana Maria	“Aceitar“	14	0	7.60%	3	3	11
8	Cristina Clara	“Primavera“	22	2	2.38%	0	2	12
9	Rita Rocha	“Pontos finais“	30	4	8.51%	7	11	5
10	Leo Middea	“Doce mistério“	57	10	9.17%	8	18	3
11	Perpétua	“Bem longe daqui“	7	0	7.60%	4	4	9
12	João Borsch	“…Pelas costuras“	33	6	17.00%	12	18	2

Detailed regional jury votes

Draw	Song	North	Central	Lisbon	Alentejo	Algarve	Madeira	Azores	Total
1	“Change”	3	6	12	2	6	4	10	43
2	“Criatura“	6	5	6		3	5	7	32
3	“Memory”	2	3	4		4	3	2	18
4	“O farol“	8	8	5	12	10	2	1	46
5	“Teorias da conspiração“	5	1	1	4	5	8		24
6	“Grito“	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	80
7	“Aceitar“		2		8		1	3	14
8	“Primavera“	1	7	7	3			4	22
9	“Pontos finais“	7		3	1	7	7	5	30
10	“Doce mistério“	10	10	8	7	8	6	8	57
11	“Bem longe daqui“				5	2			7
12	“…Pelas costuras“	4	4	2	6	1	10	6	33
Members of the jury
North: Igor Domingues, Catarina Maia and Valter Lobo Central: John Gonçalves, Sofia Lisboa and Yola Dinis  Lisbon: Frankie Chavez, Luís Guerreiro and Margarida Campelo Alentejo: Daniel Boto, Nuno Figueiredo and Vicente Alves do Ó  Algarve: Edmundo Vieira, João de Brito and Nuno Guerreiro Madeira: Gustavo Paixão, Micaela Abreu and Pedro Camacho Azores: Eugénia Contente, Luís Barrences and Vânia Dilac

Broadcasts and ratings. 

Local and international broadcasters of Festival da Canção 2024

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentators
Portugal	RTP	RTP1	All shows	—
		RTP África
		RTP Internacional
		Antena 1
		RTP Play
Spain	RTVE	RTVE Play	Final	Daniel Borrego Escot and Marina Segovia

Viewing figures by show

Show	Air date	Average viewership	Average share (%)	Peak viewership	Peak share (%)
Semi-final 1	24 February 2024	437,000	11%	653,500	13.7%
Semi-final 2	2 March 2024	424,300	10.3%	704,500	14.3%
Final	9 March 2024	486,900	12%	Un­known	18.3%

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Iolanda attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024. In addition, she performed at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 4 May 2024.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Portugal was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Portugal was set to perform in position 14.

In Portugal, all three shows were broadcast on RTP1, with the broadcast of the second semi-final starting delayed; commentary was provided by José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim. In addition, RTP aired the contest internationally through RTP Internacional and RTP África as well as on its streaming platform RTP Play.

Performance. Iolanda took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. For her performance of “Grito” at the contest, she was joined on stage by five dancers; the colour white dominated the staging and costumes.

Semi-final. Portugal performed in position 14, following the entry from Australia and before the entry from Luxembourg. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Portugal placed eighth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 58 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Portugal drew “producer’s choice” for the final, meaning that the country will perform in the half decided by the contest’s producers. Portugal will perform in position 18, following the entry from Finland and before the entry from Armenia. Iolanda once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Portugal placed tenth in the final, scoring 152 points; 13 points from the public televoting and 139 points from the juries.

3.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Portugal in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Portuguese jury consisted of Joaquim Albergaria, Inês Henriques, Edmundo Inácio, Rafaela e Ribas dos Santos da Silva Rodrigues, and Patrícia Silveira. In the first semi-final, Portugal placed 8th with 58 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Luxembourg and marking the country’s fourth consecutive qualification to the final. In the final, Portugal placed 10th with 152 points, receiving twelve points in the jury vote from Croatia, France, and the United Kingdom. Over the course of the contest, Portugal awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the first semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Portuguese jury at the final was Mimicat, who represented Portugal in the 2023 contest.

3.3.1.Points awarded to Portugal.

Points awarded to Portugal (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	Lithuania,  Serbia
4 points	Azerbaijan,  Cyprus,  Finland
3 points	Ireland,  Moldova,  Poland,  Rest of the World
2 points	Australia,  Croatia,  Slovenia,  Ukraine,  United Kingdom
1 point	Germany,  Iceland

Points awarded to Portugal (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	—	Croatia,  France,  United Kingdom
10 points	—	Armenia
8 points	—	Lithuania,  The Netherlands,  Slovenia
7 points	—	Switzerland
6 points	Luxembourg	Greece,  Poland
5 points	France	Albania,  Ireland,  San Marino
4 points	—	Georgia,  Iceland,  Moldova,  Sweden
3 points	—	Czechia,  Israel,  Luxembourg,  Spain,  Ukraine
2 points	Switzerland	Belgium
1 point	—	Latvia,  Malta

3.3.2.Points awarded by Portugal.

Points awarded by Portugal (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Luxembourg
8 points	Cyprus
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Croatia
5 points	Moldova
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Australia
1 point	Serbia

Points awarded by Portugal (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Switzerland
10 points	Ukraine	Ireland
8 points	France	Armenia
7 points	Croatia	Lithuania
6 points	Switzerland	Ukraine
5 points	Ireland	Italy
4 points	Italy	United Kingdom
3 points	Spain	Sweden
2 points	Armenia	Germany
1 point	Cyprus	Serbia

3.3.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Portuguese jury:

• Joaquim Albergaria
• Inês Henriques
• Edmundo Inácio
• Rafaela e Ribas dos Santos da Silva Rodrigues
• Patrícia Silveira

Detailed voting results from Portugal (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	3	8
02	Serbia	10	1
03	Lithuania	7	4
04	Ireland	4	7
05	Ukraine	1	12
06	Poland	13
07	Croatia	5	6
08	Iceland	14
09	Slovenia	8	3
10	Finland	12
11	Moldova	6	5
12	Azerbaijan	11
13	Australia	9	2
14	Portugal
15	Luxembourg	2	10

Detailed voting results from Portugal (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	5	8	10	12	7	8	3	18
02	Ukraine	7	6	4	10	5	5	6	2	10
03	Germany	10	9	13	7	14	9	2	20
04	Luxembourg	12	16	14	8	9	11		11
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	22	18	12	18	10	17		N/A
06	Israel	25	25	25	16	22	23		1	12
07	Lithuania	9	4	5	4	6	4	7	12
08	Spain	21	11	7	13	17	13		8	3
09	Estonia	16	21	6	17	25	14		19
10	Ireland	1	3	3	2	1	2	10	6	5
11	Latvia	8	13	22	15	21	15		16
12	Greece	17	20	23	25	16	22		13
13	United Kingdom	4	5	8	14	15	7	4	17
14	Norway	13	19	16	22	18	21		15
15	Italy	11	7	9	6	4	6	5	7	4
16	Serbia	15	10	15	5	13	10	1	22
17	Finland	24	17	11	20	11	18		14
18	Portugal
19	Armenia	3	1	2	3	3	3	8	9	2
20	Cyprus	6	14	21	11	19	12		10	1
21	Switzerland	2	2	1	1	2	1	12	5	6
22	Slovenia	14	15	18	9	20	16		24
23	Croatia	23	24	19	21	8	20		4	7
24	Georgia	19	23	20	23	23	24		23
25	France	18	12	17	19	12	19		3	8
26	Austria	20	22	24	24	24	25		21

Notes[edit]

• Country: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• National selection – Selection process: Luxembourg Song Contest
• Selection date(s): 27 January 2024
• Host venue: Rockhal (Centre de Musiques Amplifiées) in Esch-sur-Alzette
• Presenter(s): Désirée Nosbusch, accompanied by Melody Funck, Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem
• Host broadcaster: RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Voting system: 
• Selection entrant: TALI
• Selection song: “Fighter”
• Selected songwriter(s): Ana Zimmer, Dario Faini, Manon Romiti, Silvio Lisbonne
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 15º SF 1: Qualified (5th, 117 points)
• Final result:  13th, 103 points

Luxembourg participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, returning after an absence of 31 years since its last participation in 1993. In order to select the country’s entry for the contest, the Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL organised the national final Luxembourg Song Contest, which was won by “Fighter” performed by Tali.

Luxembourg was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 15. At the end of the show, “Fighter” was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Luxembourg placed fifth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 117 points. In the final, Luxembourg performed in position 4 and placed thirteenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 103 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Luxembourg has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-seven times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. The country has won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with “Nous les amoureux” performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” performed by France Gall, in 1972 with “Après toi” performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with “Tu te reconnaîtras” performed by Anne-Marie David, and finally in 1983 with “Si la vie est cadeau” performed by Corinne Hermès. After a poor result in 1993, Luxembourg was relegated from the 1994 contest in accordance with the new rules implemented at the time, and has since been absent from the event.

On 15 December 2022, it was revealed that the Luxembourgish prime minister Xavier Bettel instigated discussions regarding the return of the country to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024, with a team later created by the Luxembourgish government dedicated to ensuring the country’s return to the contest. On 12 May 2023, Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL and the European Broadcasting Union officially revealed that Luxembourg would return to the contest in 2024, marking the first Luxembourgish participation in over 30 years. CEO of RTL Christophe Goossens stated the broadcaster was “delighted” to return to the Eurovision Song Contest and to select the 2024 Luxembourgish delegation. On 3 July 2023, RTL announced that the national entry for the 2024 contest would be selected through a televised final.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Luxembourg Song Contest. Luxembourg Song Contest was the competition that determined the Luxembourgish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The final took place on 27 January 2024 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette and was hosted by Désirée Nosbusch, accompanied by Melody Funck, Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem; Nosbusch had previously presented the 1984 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the most recent edition to be held in Luxembourg.

The show was broadcast on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg as well as on the broadcaster’s radio stations RTL Radio Luxembourg and Radio Today, and online platforms RTL Play and rtl.lu (with the original audio); in addition to this, English-language commentary by Melissa Dalton and Sarah Tapp was available on RTL Play and radio station RTL Today, and French-language commentary by Jérôme Didelot and Violetta Caldarelli on RTL Play and online platform RTL Infos.

Format. The selection was divided in a two-stage audition phase and a televised final, all held at the Rockhal. At the end of the first audition stage, held between July and November 2023, a shortlist of around 70 songs by around 50 artists had been selected by a panel of experts consisting of Sandra Bintz, Eric Lehmann, Jenny Fischbach, Jules Serrig, Sam Steen and chair David Gloesener. The shortlisted entries moved on to a second audition round held between 22 and 24 November 2023, where they were evaluated by an international expert jury – composed of Alex Panayi from Cyprus (chairman), Cesár Sampson from Austria, Christer Björkman from Sweden, Jan Bors from Czechia and Tali Eshkoli from Israel – who selected the finalists. Starting on 21 December 2023 until the final, the competing artists were followed by vocal coaches Susanne Georgi (2009 representative for Andorra) and Francesca Aaen.

At the final, two rounds of voting were conducted, with a 50/50 combination of public and jury votes firstly selecting the top three artists which progressed to a super final, followed by a second round of jury and public voting determining the winner. In each round the jury voting was conducted within eight different countries (namely Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), each with five members for a total of 40 members. In the first round each jury awarded 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their top six acts, while in the second round the juries awarded 8, 10 and 12 points to the three super-finalists. In both rounds the same total number of points as awarded by the juries was available for the public vote component, and was allocated to each entry proportionally based on the number of votes each act received. Public voting was allowed worldwide, and was not limited to just Luxembourgish residents. Due to the rounding of the total votes received, the total public points awarded was ultimately one less than that awarded by the juries. During the show public votes were received from viewers in 60 countries, with over 76% of votes coming from local viewers in Luxembourg.

2.1.1.Competing entries. On 3 July 2023, RTL opened a submission period for interested singers and songwriters. Performers were required to either hold Luxembourgish nationality, have resided in country for at least three consecutive years or be involved with the Luxembourgish music scene, while songwriters could be of any nationality. 

The submission form was divided into three categories: singers without songs to submit, singer-songwriters with up to three songs to submit, and songwriters with up to three songs looking for performers. Applicants for the first category had a deadline of 16 July 2023 to send a presentation video; about a hundred artists applied and were assessed by the RTL jury the following week, with a second round held among the qualifiers from this session and performers who entered the competition with a song; applications for songwriters to pair up with the perfomers were closed by mid-August 2023, with selected artists having the possibility of directly choosing a song of their preference from the received submissions. Applications for singer-songwriters were instead open until 1 October 2023.

A total of 459 entries were submitted to RTL, including by 24-time Eurovision songwriter Ralph Siegel, who debuted with Luxembourg in 1974 and won with Germany in 1982. The eight finalists were announced one by one on 11 December 2023. Some of them had previously taken part in talent shows, namely The Voice of Germany (seasons 7 and 13), The Voice Kids France, The Voice Belgique, Luxembourg’s Next Popstar and Top Voice Luxembourg. Their songs were released on 9 January 2024.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Angy and Rafa Ela (Angy Sciacqua & Rafaela Teixeira Fernandes)	“Drop”	Angy Sciacqua, Martin Kleveland, Siv Marit Egsith
CHAiLD (Adriano Lopes da Silva, Adrian)	“Hold On”	Jimmy Jansson, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
EDSUN (Edson Pires Domingos)	“Finally Alive”	Edson Pires Domingos, Jana Bahrich, Sergio Manique Jr.
Joel Marques Cunha	“Believer”	Brice Lebel, Clément Mouillard, Marvin Dupré
Krick (Christine Heitz)	“Drowning in the Rain”	Andreas Stone Johansson, Elsa Søllesvik, Tom Oehler
Naomi Ayé (Naomi Ayé Vajdovics Suárez)	“Paumée sur terre“	Eddy Pradelles, Manon Romiti, Silvio Lisbonne
One Last Time (Andrea Galleti, Jonathan Fersino, Barbara Salvi, Tom Sagramola, Alessandro Sorbelli (Lalo))	“Devil in the Detail”	Albin Fredy Ljungqvist, Bruce R. F. Smith, Jonas Holteberg Jensen
Tali (Tali Golergant)	“Fighter”	Ana Zimmer, Dario Faini, Manon Romiti, Silvio Lisbonne

Final. The final of Luxembourg Song Contest was held on 27 January 2024. Vicky Leandros and Anne-Marie David and (1972 and 1973 Eurovision winners for Luxembourg) opened the show with excerpts from their winning songs “Après toi” and “Tu te reconnaîtras“, respectively, followed by all participating artists singing a rendition of “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” (1965 winning entry for Luxembourg). Katrina Leskanich (1997 winner for the United Kingdom as part of Katrina and the Waves), Charlotte Perrelli (1999 winner for Sweden), Ruslana (2004 winner for Ukraine) and Alexander Rybak (2009 winner for Norway) performed their winning entries as an interval act during the show; Leandros performed again during the interval, singing her 1967 entry “L’amour est bleu“, featuring Rybak.

Final – 27 January 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Joel Marques Cunha	“Believer”	44	59	103	3
2	Edsun	“Finally Alive”	16	17	33	7
3	Naomi Ayé	“Paumée sur terre“	58	19	77	4
4	Angy and Rafa Ela	“Drop”	30	22	52	5
5	One Last Time	“Devil in the Detail”	18	29	47	6
6	Krick	“Drowning in the Rain”	74	74	148	2
7	Chaild	“Hold On”	2	27	29	8
8	Tali	“Fighter”	94	88	182	1

Super final – 27 January 2024

Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
Joel Marques Cunha	“Believer”	66	70	136	3
Krick	“Drowning in the Rain”	80	85	165	2
Tali	“Fighter”	94	84	178	1

Super final detailed jury votes

Song									Total
“Believer”	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	66
“Drowning in the Rain”	10	10	8	10	12	10	10	10	80
“Fighter”	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	94

Members of the jury

Country	Jury members
Belgium	Tiffany Baworowski, Marie Benmokaddem, Alexandre Germys, Laura Groeseneken (spokesperson), Joël Habay
Cyprus	Andri Aggelidou, Argyro Christodoulidou, Nikos Evangelou, Kypros Karaviotis, Gore Melian (spokesperson)
France	Hédia Charni, Roberto Ciurleo, Julien Gonçalves, Antoine Gouiffes-Yan, Julien Tchobanoff (spokesperson)
Germany	Chris Harms, Lukas Heinser, Uwe Kanthak (spokesperson), Alina Stiegler, Peter Urban
Portugal	Ana Carina Fernandes Jorge de Almeida (spokesperson), Ana Margarida Laíns da Silva Augusto, Ana Gonçalves, Pedro Granger, Pedro Penim
Slovenia	Jernej Dirnbek, Miha Gorše, Tinkara Kovač (spokesperson), Nikola Sekulovič, Urša Vlašič
Sweden	Arantxa Alvarez, Emelie Fjällström, Nanne Grönvall, Isa Tengblad (spokesperson), Oscar Zia
United Kingdom	AJ Bentley (spokesperson), Ross Gautreau, Jack Hawitt, Juliet Russell, Emma Stevens

Promotion and preparation. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Tali confirmed her presence at the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024 and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024. She additionally revealed that her entry “Fighter” would undergo a revamp ahead of the contest, to be released on 29 March 2024.

3.At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Luxembourg was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Luxembourg was set to close the show in position 15.

In Luxembourg, all three shows were broadcast on RTL, RTL Radio and Today Radio, as well as online via rtl.lu and RTL Play, with Luxembourgish-language commentary by Roger Saurfeld and Raoul Roos; on RTL Today, with English-language commentary by Sarah Tapp and Meredith Moss; and (first semi-final and final) on RTL Infos, with French-language commentary by Jerôme Didelot and Emma Sorgato.

Performance. Tali took part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May. The staging of her performance of “Fighter” at the contest is directed by German Nenov [ru] (creative director for Ukraine in 2023 as well as at the 2021 and 2022 junior contests). She is joined on stage by red-clad supporting dancers.

Semi-final. Luxembourg performed last, in position 15, following the entry from Portugal. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Luxembourg placed fifth out of the fifteen participating countries in the first semi-final with 117 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Luxembourg was drawn to perform in the first half of the final. Luxembourg performed in position 4, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Israel (following the Netherlands’ disqualification). Tali once again took part in dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show on 11 May. She performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 11 May. Luxembourg placed thirteenth in the final, scoring 103 points; 20 points from the public televoting and 83 points from the juries.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded by and to Luxembourg in the first semi-final and in the final. Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting in the final vote, while the semi-final vote was based entirely on the vote of the public. The Luxembourgish jury consisted of Vanessa Cum, Patrick Greis, Germain Leon Martin, Alfred Nicolas Medernach, and Irem Sosay. In the first semi-final, Luxembourg placed 5th with 117 points, and guaranteeing Luxembourg’s first appearance in a Eurovision final since 1993. In the final, Luxembourg placed 13th with 103 points, receiving the maximum twelve points in the jury vote and televote from Israel. Over the course of the contest, Luxembourg awarded its 12 points to Portugal in the first semi-final, and Switzerland (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final. 

The spokesperson for the Luxembourgish jury at the final was Désirée Nosbusch, presenter of the 1984 contest.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Luxembourg.

Points awarded to Luxembourg (Semi-final 1) Score Televote 12 points — 10 points  Portugal 8 points  Azerbaijan,  Cyprus,  Serbia 7 points  Croatia,  Germany,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Sweden,  Ukraine 6 points  Finland,  Ireland,  Poland,  Rest of the World  5 points  Iceland,  Slovenia 4 points  Australia 3 points  United Kingdom 2 points — 1 point —

Points awarded to Luxembourg (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Israel
10 points	—	—
8 points	—	Azerbaijan,  Ireland
7 points	—	France
6 points	—	Sweden
5 points	—	Croatia,  Slovenia
4 points	Rest of the World	Albania,  Cyprus,  Finland,  Malta,  United Kingdom
3 points	France	Germany,  Greece
2 points	—	Australia,  Moldova
1 point	Belgium	Denmark,  Ukraine

3.1.2.Points awarded by Luxembourg.

Points awarded by Luxembourg (Semi-final 1)

Score	Televote
12 points	Portugal
10 points	Lithuania
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Serbia
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Australia
2 points	Finland
1 point	Slovenia

Points awarded by Luxembourg (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Israel	Switzerland
10 points	Croatia	France
8 points	France	Latvia
7 points	Ukraine	Cyprus
6 points	Portugal	Croatia
5 points	Greece	Ukraine
4 points	Lithuania	Germany
3 points	Italy	Portugal
2 points	Switzerland	Armenia
1 point	Germany	Sweden

3.1.3.Detailed voting results. Each nation’s jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation’s televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. 

The following members comprised the Luxembourgish jury: 

• Vanessa Cum
• Patrick Greis
• Germain Leon Martin
• Alfred Nicolas Medernach
• Irem Sosay

Detailed voting results from Luxembourg (Semi-final 1)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	7	4
02	Serbia	6	5
03	Lithuania	2	10
04	Ireland	5	6
05	Ukraine	3	8
06	Poland	14
07	Croatia	4	7
08	Iceland	12
09	Slovenia	10	1
10	Finland	9	2
11	Moldova	13
12	Azerbaijan	11
13	Australia	8	3
14	Portugal	1	12
15	Luxembourg

Detailed voting results from Luxembourg (Final)

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Sweden	13	13	2	13	21	11	1	19
02	Ukraine	17	5	12	12	3	7	5	4	7
03	Germany	19	9	3	18	6	8	4	10	1
04	Luxembourg
05	The Netherlands ‡[a]	1	25	11	1	8	2		N/A
06	Israel	11	6	9	20	23	18		1	12
07	Lithuania	9	20	13	6	12	16		7	4
08	Spain	8	19	25	15	24	22		17
09	Estonia	25	18	24	23	10	24		13
10	Ireland	24	12	6	25	4	13		11
11	Latvia	4	2	10	24	18	4	8	12
12	Greece	23	17	22	7	19	21		6	5
13	United Kingdom	12	22	23	19	22	25		21
14	Norway	22	4	8	22	17	15		22
15	Italy	21	16	7	9	9	17		8	3
16	Serbia	7	11	18	11	5	12		16
17	Finland	6	23	16	5	20	14		15
18	Portugal	14	8	15	14	2	9	3	5	6
19	Armenia	10	15	21	3	7	10	2	14
20	Cyprus	5	7	4	16	11	5	7	18
21	Switzerland	2	1	20	2	1	1	12	9	2
22	Slovenia	20	14	17	17	13	23		23
23	Croatia	15	10	1	10	15	6	6	2	10
24	Georgia	16	21	5	21	25	20		24
25	France	3	3	19	8	14	3	10	3	8
26	Austria	18	24	14	4	16	19		20

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