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 Contest

🇲🇹 Malta • 🇦🇱 Albania • 🇬🇷 Greece • 🇨🇭 Switzerland • 🇨🇿 Czechia • 🇦🇹 Austria • 🇩🇰 Denmark • 🇦🇲 Armenia • 🇱🇻 Latvia • 🇸🇲 San Marino • 🇬🇪 Georgia • 🇧🇪 Belgium • 🇪🇪 Estonia • 🇮🇱 Israel • 🇳🇴 Norway • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands

• Country: 🇲🇹 Malta
• National selection:
• Selection process: Artist: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024
• Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 27 October 2023, 3 November 2023, 10 November 2023, 17 November 2023 Ι Final: 3 February 2024
• Host venue: Semifinali: XOW Studios, La Valletta, Malta Ι
  Finale: –
• Presenter(s): Semifinals: Ron Briffa and Jacqui Losco Ι Final: Carlo Borg Bonaci and Angie Laus
• Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
• Participants – Number of entries: 36
• Voting system:
• Selection entrant: Sarah Bonnici
• Selection song: “Loop”
• Selected songwriter(s): John Emil Johansson, Joy Deb, Kevin Lee, Leire Gotxi Angel, Linnea Deb, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini, Sarah Bonnici, Sebastian Pritchard-James
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 1º SF 2: Failed to qualify (16th)
• Final result: –

Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Loop” performed by Sarah Bonnici. The Maltese entry for the 2024 contest was selected through the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-five times since its first entry in 1971. Malta briefly competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1970s before withdrawing for sixteen years. The country has competed in every contest since their 1991 return. Malta’s best placing in the contest thus far is second, which it achieved on two occasions: in 2002 with the song “7th Wonder” performed by Ira Losco and in the 2005 with the song “Angel” performed by Chiara. Both in 2022 and 2023, Malta failed to qualify for the final with the songs “I Am What I Am” performed by Emma Muscat and “Dance (Our Own Party)” performed by the Busker.

The Maltese national broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), broadcasts the event within Malta and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. For the third year in a row, the broadcaster opted to select the Maltese entry through the national selection show Malta Eurovision Song Contest, a format previously held between 2012 and 2018.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the national final format developed by PBS to select the Maltese entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The competition consisted of a semi-final phase and final, and was held between October 2023 and February 2024. Both phases were broadcast on Television Malta (TVM) as well as on the broadcaster’s streaming platform tvmi.mt.

2.1.1.Format. The competition was divided into a semi-final and a final. The semi-final phase consisted of nine performances in each of the four weekly episodes of the TV show XOW between 27 October and 17 November 2023, where a combination of votes from a jury and a public televote determined a total of twelve qualifiers for the final. This consisted of a show week featuring pre-recorded performances and ad-hoc music videos created by the contestants, with the winner being decreed by a similar combination of votes from the jury and the public. The final was originally planned as a one-night show to be held in January 2024; on 9 January, however, PBS clarified the mechanics of the final stage: three episodes aired between 29 and 31 January, where the finalists were interviewed; the music videos for their songs premiered on 1 February; a “nostalgia night” was held on 2 February, where contestants performed Maltese or international songs from the past; and the final was held on 3 February.

2.1.2.Competing entries. On 15 April 2023, PBS announced the songwriting camp MESC Music Exchange Camp would be held between 12 and 15 June, dedicated to the creation of 18 competing songs for their next national selection.

On 21 August 2023, PBS published the regulations of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024, announcing that artists and composers would be able to submit their entries between 28 August and 20 September 2023. Songwriters from any nationality were able to submit songs as long as the artist was Maltese or possessed Maltese citizenship. Artists were able to submit as many songs as they wish, however, they could only compete with one in the semi-final. A dedicated panel selected the semi-finalist entries, which were announced on 18 October 2023. It was later revealed that ten of them, without specifying which, had been selected from the MESC Music Exchange Camp.

Among the selected competing artists were Moira Stafrace of Chris & Moira, who represented Malta in the 1994 contest, and Eliana Gomez Blanco, who represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Christian Arding	“Bellus” (Velvet)	Emil Calleja Bayliss, Gilbert Camilleri
Cosette Baldacchino	“Free Fall”	Lauren White Murphy, Natasha Turner, Niall Mooney
Dan (Daniel Muscat Caruana)	“Baraxx”(Barrage)	Cyprian Cassar, Daniel Muscat Caruana
Denise Mercieca	“Mara”(Woman)[a]	Denise Mercieca, Georgia Meek,Matteo Depares –
Desirei Grech	“Watch Me”
Dominic Cini	“Bewsa” (Kiss)	Dominic Cini, Etienne Micallef
Eliana Gomez Blanco	“There’s Only Flowers”	Eliana Gomez Blanco, Leire Gotxi Angel, Sebastian Pritchard-James
Erba’ (Kelsey, Maria, Anthea and Demi)	“Sirena” (Mermaid)	Erba’, Maria Cachia Abdilla, Alexander Olsson, Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen, Tom Hugo Hermansen
Franklin Calleja	“Puppet”	Franklin Calleja, Matheus Augusto da Silva, Michael Joe Cini
Gail Attard	“Wild Card”	Christina Magrin
Greta Tude	“Topic (Bla Bla)”	Antoine Farrugia, Cyprian Cassar, Matthew Mercieca, Patrik Jean
Haley Azzopardi	“Tell Me That It’s Over”	Haley Azzopardi, Leire Gotxi Angel, Matthew James Borg, Sebastian Pritchard-James
Janvil (Ian Vella)	“Man”	Edward Abela, Ian Vella
Jessica Micallef	“Tagħna Tnejn” (The two of us)	Jessica Micallef
Karin Duff	“Breaking Bad”[b]	Andreas Stone Johansson, Gerard James Borg, Karin Duff
Kurt Calleja[c]	“Misunderstood”	Aidan O’Connor, Richard Micallef
Kyle George	“Arrows”	Andreas Lindbergh, Gerard James Borg, Sebastian Pritchard-James
Lisa Gauci	“Breathe”	Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss, Patrik Jean, Petra Zammit
Lyndsay Pace	“Fire Proof”	Linda Persson, Peter Frödin, Rodrigo Pinto, Ylva Persson
Maria Christina	“Moving On”	Emil Calleja Bayliss, Janne Hyöty, Linda Persson, Ylva Persson
Marie Claire	“Fading”	John-Emil Johansson, Marie Claire, Matheus Augusto da Silva, Toby Farrugia
Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Condition or Friction”	Mark Anthony Bartolo
Mark Portelli	“Just Be”	Kimberley Cortis
Martina Cutajar	“Miles Away”[d]	Luca Napolitano, Martina Cutajar
Matt Blxck (Matthew Anthony)	“Banana”[e]	Douglas Carr, Maria Broberg, Matthew Caruana, Oliver Fernström, Sean Banan
Michela Galea	“Let’s Talk About Love”	Andreas Stone Johansson, Michela Galea, Emil Calleja Bayliss, Sebastian Pritchard-James
Miguel Bonello	“Better Off Alone”	Leire Gotxi Angel, Matthew Mercieca, Michael Joe Cini, Miguel Bonello
Miriana Conte	“Venom”	Daniel Borg, Miriana Conte
Moira Stafrace	“Feather Flight”	David Cassar Torreggiani, Moira Stafrace, Toby Farrugia
Nathan (Nathan Psaila)	“Ghost”	Alexander Olsson, Cyprian Cassar, Nathan Psaila, Tom Hugo Hermansen
Oxygyn (Kurt Abela and Katia Abela, Zack Camilleri & Funky Monkey)	“Cloudmaker”	Janelle Borg, Kurt Abela, Luke Camilleri, Zack Camilleri
Ryan Hili	“Karma”	Andreas Lindbergh, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Sarah Bonnici	“Loop”	Leire Gotxi Angel, Sarah Bonnici, Michael Joe Cini, Kevin Lee, Sebastian Pritchard-James
Sopranique	“Empire”	Gerard James Borg, Mark Masri, Patrick Hamilton
Stefan Galea (Stefan Paul Galea)	“Numb”	Matthew James Borg, Matthew Mercieca, Michael Joe Cini, Stefan Galea
Thea Aquilina	“Blood Stream”	Gerard James Borg, Leire Gotxi Angel, Thea Aquilina, Toby Farrugia

3.Shows. 

3.1.Semi-finals. The semi-final took place over four episodes of XOW – hosted by Ron Briffa and Jacqui Losco – on 27 October, 3 November, 10 November and 17 November 2023, with nine acts performing in each show. The voting was open after each show and for a fifth overall round on 24 November, at the end of which the results were announced.

3.1.1.Semi-final 1. 

Semi-final show 1 – 27 October 2023
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Kurt Calleja	“Misunderstood”	Eliminated
2	Sarah Bonnici	“Loop”	Advanced
3	Gail Attard	“Wild Card”	Advanced
4	Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Condition or Fiction”	Eliminated
5	Eliana Gomez Blanco	“There’s Only Flowers”	Eliminated
6	Oxygyn	“Cloudmaker”	Eliminated
7	Nathan	“Ghost”	Advanced
8	Lyndsay Pace	“Fire Proof”	Eliminated
9	Dominic Cini	“Bewsa”	Eliminated

3.1.2.Semi-final 2.

Semi-final show 2 – 3 November 2023
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Marie Claire	“Fading”	Eliminated
2	Franklin Calleja	“Puppet”	Eliminated
3	Desirei Grech	“Watch Me”	Eliminated
4	Sopranique	“Empire”	Eliminated
5	Janvil	“Man”	Advanced
6	Haley Azzopardi	“Tell Me That It’s Over”	Advanced
7	Denise Mercieca	“Mara”	Advanced
8	Mark Portelli	“Just Be”	Eliminated
9	Maria Christina	“Moving On”	Eliminated

3.1.3.Semi-final 3.

Semi-final show 3 – 10 November 2023
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Jessica Micallef	“Tagħna Tnejn”	Eliminated
2	Cosette Baldacchino	“Free Fall”	Eliminated
3	Michela Galea	“Let’s Talk About Love”	Eliminated
4	Thea Aquilina	“Blood Stream”	Eliminated
5	Miguel Bonello	“Better Off Alone”	Eliminated
6	Moira Stafrace	“Feather Flight”	Eliminated
7	Dan	“Baraxx”	Eliminated
8	Stefan Galea	“Numb”	Eliminated
9	Karin Duff	“Breaking Bad”	Eliminated

3.1.4.Semi-final 4.

Semi-final show 4 – 17 November 2023
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Erba’	“Sirena”	Advanced
2	Miriana Conte	“Venom”	Advanced
3	Christian Arding	“Bellus”	Eliminated
4	Lisa Gauci	“Breathe”	Advanced
5	Matt Blxck	“Banana”	Advanced
6	Martina Cutajar	“Miles Away”	Eliminated
7	Greta Tude	“Topic (Bla Bla)”	Advanced
8	Ryan Hili	“Karma”	Advanced
9	Kyle George	“Arrows”	Eliminated

4.Final. The final took place on 3 February 2024 and was hosted by Carlo Borg Bonaci and Angie Laus. Voting was opened on 2 February, after the release of the music videos, and lasted until the final. Yulan Law and The Busker performed as interval acts. The winner was determined by a weighed combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel (7/9) and a public televote (2/9).

Final – 3 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Janvil	“Man”	24	5	29	8
2	Haley	“Tell Me That It’s Over”	5	2	7	12
3	Erba’	“Sirena“	47	9	56	4
4	Nathan	“Ghost”	15	8	23	10
5	Lisa Gauci	“Breathe”	36	3	39	5
6	Sarah Bonnici	“Loop”	79	23	102	1
7	Greta Tude	“Topic (Bla Bla)”	25	7	32	7
8	Miriana Conte	“Venom”	23	2	25	9
9	Ryan Hili	“Karma”	54	17	71	3
10	Gail	“Wild Card”	17	3	20	11
11	Denise	“Mara“	30	9	39	5
12	Matt Blxck	“Banana”	51	29	80	2

Detailed jury results

Draw	Song	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Juror 6	Juror 7	Total
1	“Man”	8	1	4	–	5	4	2	24
2	“Tell Me That It’s Over”	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5
3	“Sirena“	4	8	12	10	4	8	1	47
4	“Ghost”	–	2	2	3	–	2	6	15
5	“Breathe”	7	5	8	1	3	5	7	36
6	“Loop”	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	79
7	“Topic (Bla Bla)”	3	3	5	8	6	–	–	25
8	“Venom”	6	4	–	6	2	1	4	23
9	“Karma”	5	7	10	4	10	10	8	54
10	“Wild Card”	2	–	6	2	1	3	3	17
11	“Mara“	1	6	1	7	8	7	–	30
12	“Banana”	10	10	3	5	7	6	10	51

Preparation and promotion. Ahead of the contest, “Loop” was revamped in February 2024 in collaboration with Swedish songwriters and producers Joy and Linnea Deb; the new version, recorded in Stockholm, was released on 14 March.

As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Sarah Bonnici confirmed her presence at the PrePartyES 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. She additionally launched a social media challenge on TikTok and Instagram between 17 March and 16 April 2024, with the creator of the best video performance for “Loop” being selected to win two tickets for semi-final 2 – where Bonnici is set to compete.

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. Malta was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Malta was set to open the show.

In Malta, all three shows of the contest are being broadcast on TVM.

Performance. Sarah Bonnici took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. For her performance of “Loop” at the contest, she was accompanied by four supporting dancers.

Semi-final. Malta opened the semi-final, before the entry from Albania. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.

3.1.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Malta in the second 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 Maltese jury consisted of Paul Anthony Abela, Gail Attard, Haley Azzopardi, Cipryan Cassar, and Matthew Mercieca. In the second semi-final, Malta placed 16th and last with 13 points. Over the course of the contest, Malta awarded its 12 points to the Netherlands in the second semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Ukraine (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Maltese jury at the final was Matt Blxck.

3.1.1.Points awarded to Malta.

Points awarded to Malta (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	Armenia
4 points	San Marino
3 points	Greece
2 points	—
1 point	France

3.1.2.Points awarded by Malta.

Points awarded by Malta (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	The Netherlands
10 points	Israel
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Greece
5 points	Armenia
4 points	Georgia
3 points	Austria
2 points	Czechia
1 point	Denmark

Points awarded by Malta (Final)

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

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.^[43] 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 Maltese jury:

• Paul Anthony Abela
• Gail Attard
• Haley Azzopardi
• Cipryan Cassar
• Matthew Mercieca

Detailed voting results from Malta (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta
02	Albania	13
03	Greece	5	6
04	Switzerland	3	8
05	Czechia	9	2
06	Austria	8	3
07	Denmark	10	1
08	Armenia	6	5
09	Latvia	4	7
10	San Marino	15
11	Georgia	7	4
05	Belgium	12
13	Estonia	14
14	Israel	2	10
15	Norway	11
16	The Netherlands	1	12

Detailed voting results from Malta (Final)

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

Notes.

• Country: 🇦🇱 Albania
• National selection – Selection process: Festivali i Këngës 62 (Festivali i Këngës në RTSH 2023)
• Selection date(s): Semi-finals: 19 December 2023, 20 December 2023, 21 December 2023 (Nostalgia night) Ι Final: 22 December 2023
• Host venue: Palace of Congresses, Tirana, Albania
• Presenter(s): Adriana Matoshi, Kledi Kadiu, Xhuliano Dule, Krisa Çaushi
• Musical director: Eduart Grishaj Ι Artistic director: Bojken Lako Ι Directed by: Bojken Lako Ι Executive supervisor: Alfred Peza
• Host broadcaster: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
• Participants: 31
• Participants – Number of entries: 31 (22 finalists)
• Voting system: Jury selected the overall winner and assigned five prizes; public selected the Albanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
• Selection entrant: Besa Kokëdhima
• Selection song: “TiTAN” (Zemrën n’dorë, Heart in hand)
• Selected songwriter(s): Besa Kokëdhima, Fabrice “Alias Lj.”, Grandjean, Gia Koka, Kledi Bahiti
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 2º SF 2: Failed to qualify (15th)
• Final result: –

• Country: 🇬🇷 Greece
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 2024
• Selection date(s): Artist: 24 October 2023 Ι Song: 7 March 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση A.E., Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi A.E., Greek Radio [and] Television S.A.’ (ERT, ΕΡΤ)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: Marina Satti (Μαρίνα Σάττι)
• Selection song: “ZARI” (Ζάρι, Dice)
• Selected songwriter(s): Gino “the Ghost” Borri, Jay Lewitt Stolar, Jordan Richard Palmer, Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov, Manolis “Solmeister” Solidakis, Marina Satti, Nick Kodonas, Oge, VLOSPA
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 3º SF 2: Qualified (5th, 86 points)
• Final result: 11th, 126 points

Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Zari” performed by Marina Satti. The Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected the Greek representative for the contest.

Greece was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 3. At the end of the show, “Zari” was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Greece placed fifth out of the sixteen participating countries in the semi-final with 86 points. In the final, Greece performed in position 12 and placed eleventh out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 126 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Greece has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-three times since its debut in 1974. The nation has won the contest once to this point, in 2005 with the song “My Number One” performed by Helena Paparizou. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Greece managed to qualify for the final with each of their entries for several years. Between 2004 and 2013, the nation achieved nine top ten placements in the final. The nation’s first entry to not qualify to the final was “Utopian Land” performed by Argo in 2016, which placed 16th in the semi-final, marking Greece’s worst placing at the contest and their absence from the final for the first time since 2000. In the 2018 contest, Greece failed to qualify for the second time with Yianna Terzi and the song “Oniro mou”, finishing 14th in the semi-final. After three consecutive contests when the nation qualified for the final, Victor Vernicos with “What They Say” failed to qualify to the 2023 final, finishing 13th in the semi-final.

The Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), broadcasts the event within Greece and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. ERT had been in charge of Greece’s participation in the contest since their debut in 1974 until 2013 when the broadcaster was shut down by a government directive and replaced firstly with the interim Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and then later by the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster, renamed to ERT by the new government in June 2015. Greece has selected its entries in the past both internally and through the national final format Ellinikós Telikós (most recently held in 2017). ERT confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 September 2023.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.1.Internal Selection. On 24 October 2023, ERT announced they had carried out an internal selection for the Greek entrant, revealing on the TV show Studio 4 that Marina Satti had been chosen. To determine Satti’s song, a submission window for interested composers was opened on 25 October 2023, and closed on 1 December 2023. At the closing of the window, 150 songs had been submitted to ERT. Satti’s record label Minos EMI revealed shortly after that they had already started preparations for her entry with ERT and Golden Records.

The song, titled “Zari“, was released on 7 March 2024 during the special presentation show Eurovision se eidon (“Eurovision in sight”), airing on ERT1 and hosted by Fotis Sergoulopoulos and Jenny Melita. “Zari” was composed by Gino the Ghost, Jay Stolar, Jordan Palmer, Kay Be, Nick Kodonas, OGE and Satti, with lyrics by OGE, Satti, Solmeister and Vlospa.

Promotion. The Greek participation in the contest was sponsored by Eurojackpot through the local gambling operator OPAP. The company organised a public “farewell party” in Voula on 24 April 2024, where Satti met with fans prior to her departure for Malmö.

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 Cypriot broadcaster 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 European Broadcasting Union (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 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 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. Greece was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The draw, broadcast live on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, was also aired by ERT via its streaming platform ERTflix. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Greece was set to perform in position 3.

In Greece, all shows were aired on ERT 1, with commentary provided by Thanasis Alevra and Jérôme Kaluta, as well as on the radio station Second Programme, with commentary provided by Dimitris Meidanis. The televised shows are preceded by a special Eurovision Night broadcast, hosted by Jenny Melita.

3.1.Performance. Satti took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. Her performance of “Zari” at the contest is staged by Fokas Evangelinos/Φωκά Ευαγγελινό (who has worked on various entries in previous contests, including the winning performances of Greece in 2005 and Russia in 2008) and choreographed by Μετζνούν Γιασάρ (Mecnun Giasar). She is accompanied on stage by four dancers, namely Χιουσεϊν “Ούσο” Τσετιντάς (Hüseyin “Hüso” Çetintaş), Γιάσιν Αμέτογλου (Yasin “Yasin AO” Ametoglou), Vasilis Karayiannis (Βασίλης Καραγιάννης) and Eirini Damianidou (Ειρήνη Δαμιανίδου), and backing vocals are provided by Erasmia Markidi. Notably, the first two minutes of the performance are a single continuous shot.

Semi-final. Greece performed in position 3, following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Switzerland. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final. It was later revealed that Greece placed fifth out of the sixteen participating countries in the second semi-final with 86 points.

Final. Following the semi-final, Greece was drawn to perform in the first half of the final.^[34] Greece will perform in position 12, following the entry from Latvia and before the entry from the United Kingdom. Marina Satti 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. Greece placed eleventh in the final, scoring 126 points; 85 points from the public televoting and 41 points from the juries.

3.2.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Greece in the second 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 Greek jury consisted of Panagiotis Biniaris, Georgia Fotou, Vasiliki Karatzoglou, Stamatina Kostiani, and Anastasios Rosopoulos.^[37] In the second semi-final, Greece placed fifth with 86 points, receiving maximum twelve points from Armenia. In the final, Greece placed 11th with 126 points, receiving twelve points from Switzerland in the jury vote and from Cyprus in the televote. Over the course of the contest, Greece awarded its 12 points to the Netherlands in the second semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Cyprus (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Greek jury at the final was Helena Paparizou, who won the 2005 contest for Greece.

3.2.1.Points awarded to Greece.

Points awarded to Greece (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	Armenia
10 points	—
8 points	Albania,  Belgium,   Switzerland
7 points	—
6 points	Georgia,  Italy,  Malta,  The Netherlands
5 points	Rest of the World,  Spain
4 points	Czechia,  France
3 points	Israel
2 points	Austria,  Denmark
1 point	Norway

Points awarded to Greece (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points  Cyprus   Switzerland 10 points  Armenia — 8 points  Serbia — 7 points  San Marino  Albania,  Cyprus 6 points — — 5 points  Germany,  Luxembourg — 4 points  Albania,  Belgium,  the Netherlands,   Switzerland  Armenia,  France 3 points  Australia,  Moldova,  Rest of the World  Serbia 2 points  Czechia,  Georgia,  Italy,  Malta,  Spain  Norway,  Slovenia 1 point  Azerbaijan,  France,  United Kingdom —

3.2.2.Points awarded by Greece.

Points awarded by Greece[edit]

Points awarded by Greece (Final)^[39]

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

3.2.3.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 Greek jury:

• Panagiotis Biniaris (Παναγιώτης Μπινιάρης)
• Georgia Fotou (Γεωργία Φώτου)
• Vasiliki Karatzoglou (Βασιλική Καρατζόγλου)
• Stamatina Kostiani (Σταματίνα Κωστιάνη)
• Anastasios Rosopoulos (Αναστάσιος Ρωσόπουλος)

Detailed voting results from Greece (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta	8	3
02	Albania	6	5
03	Greece
04	Switzerland	4	7
05	Czechia	12
06	Austria	7	4
07	Denmark	11
08	Armenia	3	8
09	Latvia	13
10	San Marino	15
11	Georgia	5	6
12	Belgium	10	1
13	Estonia	9	2
14	Israel	2	10
15	Norway	14
16	The Netherlands	1	12

Detailed voting results from Greece (Final)

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

Notes.

• Country: 🇨🇭 Switzerland
• National selection:
• Selection process: Internal selection 2024
• Selection date(s): 29 February 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) / Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), Radio télévision suisse (RTS), Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI), Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: Nemo (Nemo Mettler)
• Selection song: “The Code”
• Selected songwriter(s): Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, Nemo Mettler
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 4º SF 2: Qualified (4th, 132 points)
• Final result: 1st, 591 points

Switzerland participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “The Code” performed by Nemo. The Swiss broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) internally selected the country’s representative for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-three times since its first entry in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Refrain” performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi”. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Switzerland has managed to participate in the final nine times, four of them being all the contests they participated in since 2019, which included two top five results. In 2023, “Watergun” performed by Remo Forrer qualified for the final and finished 20th.

The Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. The country has opted for both national finals and internal selections to select their entries throughout the years, sticking to the internal selection method since 2019. SRG SSR confirmed their intentions to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 7 July 2023, later announcing they would again use an internal selection to determine their entry for the contest.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.0.SUISA songwriting camp. Between 30 May and 1 June 2023, the annual SUISA songwriting camp took place in Maur, Zürich; the songs composed in the event are usually submitted to SRG SSR as potential Eurovision entries. Participants in the camp included Teya (one of the 2023 representatives for Austria), Elsie Bay (a three-time entrant to the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix, once as a songwriter) and Linda Dale (one of the songwriters of “Queen of Kings”, the Norwegian entry in 2023). Dale would later emerge as one the of the authors of the selected entry.

2.1.Internal selection. SRG SSR opened a submission period between 10 and 24 August 2023 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, with priority given to Swiss nationals or residents. At the closing of the window, nearly 420 entries had been submitted. Submissions were assessed in various rounds by a Swiss public panel, an international public panel, and a 25-member international expert jury; the public panels consisted of Swiss and international audience members, while the international jury consisted of former national jurors for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest. The last round was held before 5 December 2023, when the five contendants left in the running recorded their songs at the SRF studios in Zürich. The panels then proceeded to select the Swiss entry from these studio versions.

The announcement of the artist and the release of the song took place on 29 February 2024, with Nemo, as several independent sources had unofficially confirmed to Blick a few days earlier, and the song “The Code”; SRG SSR had anticipated that the entry would differ from the recent Swiss contributions to the contest (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) for not being “a male ballad”.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of their participation in the contest, Nemo attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024. On 8 April 2024, Nemo was a guest on HRT Radio in Croatia, and shortly after, they performed at the Swedish embassy in Bern.

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.^[16] Switzerland was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Switzerland was set to perform in position 4.

SRG SSR aired the contest through its subsidiaries across the country:

French-speaking RTS broadcast the semi-finals on RTS 2 and the final on RTS 1, all with commentary by Jean-Marc Richard, and Nicolas Tanner, with Julie Berthollet joining them for the final;

German-speaking SRF broadcast the semi-finals on SRF zwei and the final on SRF 1, all with commentary by Sven Epiney; additionally, in a joint meeting held in Munich in September 2023, SRF renewed its plans with German broadcaster ARD and Austrian broadcaster ORF to cooperate on the broadcast of Eurovision-themed programmes ESC – Der Countdown and ESC – Die Aftershow in 2024, as they did for the 2023 contest; the shows are hosted by Barbara Schöneberger;

Italian-speaking RSI broadcast the semi-finals on RSI La 2 and the final on RSI La 1, all with commentary by Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa.

Performance. Nemo took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. The staging of their performance of “The Code” at the contest is directed by Fredrik Rydman (who has previously done so for a number of entries, most notably Sweden in 2015 and Finland in 2023) and features Nemo performing on a rotating platform.

Semi-final. Switzerland performed in position 4, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from Czechia. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Final. Following the semi-final, Switzerland drew “producer’s choice” for the final, meaning that the country performed in the half decided by the contest’s producers. Switzerland performed in position 21, following the entry from Cyprus and before the entry from Slovenia.

Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Switzerland in the second 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 Swiss jury consisted of Jamila Awad, Tobias Carshey, Laurence Desarzens, Kety Fusco, and Raphael Haldemann. In the second semi-final, Switzerland placed fourth with 132 points, receiving maximum twelve points from San Marino, and securing the country its fifth consecutive qualification to the final. In the final, Switzerland was declared the winner with a total of 591 points, receiving twelve points in the jury vote from twenty-two of the thirty-six eligible countries, and in the televote from Ukraine. Over the course of the contest, Switzerland awarded its 12 points to Israel in the second semi-final, and to Greece (jury) and Israel (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Swiss jury at the final was Jennifer Bosshard.

3.3.1.Points awarded to Switzerland.

Points awarded to Switzerland (Semi-final 2) Score Televote 12 points  San Marino 10 points — 8 points  Austria,  Czechia,  France,  Italy,  Malta,  The Netherlands 7 points  Armenia,  Belgium,  Estonia,  Greece,  Latvia,  Norway 6 points  Denmark,  Rest of the World 5 points  Albania,  Georgia 4 points  Israel,  Spain 3 points — 2 points — 1 point —

Points awarded to Switzerland (Final)

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

3.3.2.Points awarded by Switzerland.

Points awarded by Switzerland (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	The Netherlands
8 points	Greece
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Austria
3 points	Albania
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Norway

Points awarded by Switzerland (Final)

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

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 Swiss jury:

• Jamila Awad
• Tobias Carshey
• Laurence Desarzens
• Kety Fusco
• Raphael Haldemann

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta	14
02	Albania	8	3
03	Greece	3	8
04	Switzerland
05	Czechia	11
06	Austria	7	4
07	Denmark	9	2
08	Armenia	5	6
09	Latvia	4	7
10	San Marino	15
11	Georgia	13
12	Belgium	12
13	Estonia	6	5
14	Israel	1	12
15	Norway	10	1
16	Netherlands	2	10

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Final)

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

Notes[edit]

• Country: 🇨🇿 Czechia
• National selection – Selection process: Eurovision Song CZ 2024 (ESCZ 2024)
• Selection date(s): 4 December 2023 / 13 December 2023
• Host venue: ROXY Club, Prague
• Presenter(s): Adam Mišík
• Host broadcaster: Česká televize (ČT)
• Participants – Number of entries:
• Voting system:  70/30 combination of an international and a Czech public vote held via the official Eurovision Song Contest application
• Selection entrant: Aiko (Alena Shirmanova-Kostebelova, Алёна Ширманова-Костебелова)
• Selection song: “Pedestal”
• Selected songwriter(s):  Alena Shirmanova-Kostebelova, Steven Ansell
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 5º SF 2: Failed to qualify (11th)
• Final result: –

The Czech Republic, presented as Czechia, participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Pedestal” performed by Aiko. The Czech broadcaster Czech Television (ČT) organised the national final ESCZ 2024 in order to select the Czech entry for the contest.

Czechia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 5, “Pedestal” was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Czechia placed eleventh out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 38 points.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Czechia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its first entry in 2007. The nation competed in the contest on three consecutive occasions between 2007 and 2009 without qualifying to the final. After Gipsy.cz performing the song “Aven Romale” placed 18th (last) in their semi-final in 2009, failing to score any points, the Czech broadcaster withdrew from the contest between 2010 and 2014, citing low viewing figures and poor results as reasons for their absence. Since returning to the contest in 2015 and qualifying to the final for the first time in 2016, Czechia has featured in five finals. In 2023, the country qualified for the final with the song “My Sister’s Crown” performed by Vesna, ultimately placing 10th with 129 points.

The Czech national broadcaster, Czech Television (ČT), broadcasts the event within Czechia and organizes the selection process for the nation’s entry. The broadcaster has used both national finals and internal selections to select the Czech Eurovision entries in the past. Since 2022, Czechia has used the national final format ESCZ as its selection method for the contest. On 16 October 2023, ČT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest, with its entry to be selected again via ESCZ.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Eurovision Song CZ 2024: ESCZ 2024 was the sixth edition of ESCZ, the national final organised by ČT in order to select the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a live final held in Prague on 4 December 2023 followed by a voting round lasting until 11 December 2023.

2.1.1.Competing entries. Upon confirming its participation in the contest on 16 October 2023, ČT opened a submission window for interested artists and composers lasting until 7 November 2023. At least one of the performers was required to have either Czech or Slovak citizenship for an entry to qualify to compete, while songwriters could be of any nationality.

On 14 November 2023, ČT announced that five finalist entries were being selected by music advisor Cesár Sampson (2018 representative for Austria) and the Czech delegation for the contest from over 200 submissions received, with the names of the artists to be revealed shortly; it was later clarified that the number of selected finalists may rise up to seven. The seven finalists were revealed on 28 November 2023; some of their songs, originally to be unveiled on the day of the final, were released earlier.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Aiko (Alena Shirmanova)	“Pedestal”	Alena Shirmanova-Kostebelova, Steven Ansell
Elly (Eliška Tunková)	“The Angel’s Share”	Argyle Singh, Eliška Tunková, Jan Vávra, Rony Janeček
Gianna Lei (Gianna Leilani Rivolova)	“Starlet”	Gianna Leilani Rivolová, Morten Bergholt
Lenny (Lenka Filipová ml.)	“Good Enough”	Lenka Filipová, Marcus Tran, Otakar Petřina
MYDY   (Žofie Dařbujánová, Mikuláš Pejcha, Nèro Scartch, Jan Drábek, Ondřej Slánský)	“Red Flag Parade”	Jakub Svoboda, Maria Broberg, Mikuláš Pejcha, Ondřej Slánský, Paweł “Leon” Krześniak, Žofie Dařbujánová
Tom Sean   (Tomas Sean Pšenička)	“Dopamine Overdose”	Edwin Lindberg, Jan Vávra, Lukas Hällgren, Tomas Sean Pšenička
Tomas Robin(Tomáše Červinky)	“Out of My Mind”	Martin Zaujec, Tomáš Červinka, Tomáš Lobb

2.1.2.Final. The seven competing entries were performed during a live show at the Roxy in Prague on 4 December 2023, hosted for the second time in a row by Adam Mišík and co-hosted by Cesár Sampson. The show was broadcast on ČT art as well as via ČT’s streaming platform iVysílání and the official Eurovision Song Contest’s YouTube channel, and featured Lake Malawi and We Are Domi (2019 and 2022 Czech representatives at Eurovision) as guest performers. The winner was determined by the 70/30 combination of an international and a Czech public vote held via the official Eurovision Song Contest application until 11 December 2023. The winner, Aiko with “Pedestal”, was announced on 13 December; it was also revealed nearly 98 thousand votes had been cast. The full results were published shortly after on Instagram.

Draw	Artist	Song	Czech vote		International vote		Total	Place
			Votes	Weighted	Votes	Weighted
1	Aiko	“Pedestal”	2,410	723	33,107	23,175	23,898	1
2	Elly	“The Angel’s Share”	24,679	7,404	7,817	5,472	12,876	2
3	Gianna Lei	“Starlet”	372	112	773	541	653	7
4	Lenny	“Good Enough”	4,216	1,265	1,586	1,110	2,375	5
5	Mydy	“Red Flag Parade”	6,443	1,933	7,283	5,098	7,031	3
6	Tom Sean	“Dopamine Overdose”	3,331	999	3,573	2,501	3,500	4
7	Tomas Robin	“Out of My Mind”	728	218	1,563	1,094	1,313	6

Preparation and promotion. In late January 2024, ČT’s Ahmad Halloun shared a tweet mentioning a “new version” of “Pedestal”, suggesting the song was undergoing a revamp ahead of the contest; this was confirmed by Aiko in early March, revealing that the new version would be released on 21 March. The revamped version features a lyrical change to comply with the contest’s regulations prohibiting vulgar language. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Aiko attended 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 (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 progressd 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. Czechia was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Czechia was set to perform in position 5.

In Czechia, all the shows were aired on ČT2, with commentary provided by Vašek Matějovský, Patricie Kaňok Fuxová and Dominika Hašková. In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, ČT cooperated with DR and SVT alongside other EBU member broadcasters – namely ARD/WDR, the BBC, ERR, France Télévisions, NRK, NTR, RÚV, VRT and Yle – 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.

Performance. Aiko took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. The staging of her performance of “Pedestal” at the contest was directed by Matyas Vorda (LED screen content and light design) and Vit Belohradsky (camera and stage, a position previously held for the Czech performances in 2022 and 2023), while her costume, black with sparkles and mesh, was designed by Lukáš Macháček. She was accompanied on stage by four Slovak female dancers, explained as representing the first four stages of grief during a breakup, i.e. denial, anger, bargaining and depression, with the singer representing the final stage, acceptance. Slovak choreographer Miňo Kereš decided the dance routine for the performance.

3.1.Semi-final. Czechia performed in position 5, following the entry from Switzerland and before entry from Austria. 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 Czechia placed eleventh out of the sixteen participating countries in the second semi-final with 38 points; 5 points away from qualification.

3.3.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Czechia in the second 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 Czech jury consisted of Ondřej Bambas, Bára Juránková, Kristyna Koreis, Marek Slabý, and Jaroslav Špulák. In the second semi-final, Czechia placed 11th with 38 points. Over the course of the contest, Czechia awarded its 12 points to Israel in the second semi-final, and to Ukraine in both the jury and televote in the final.

The spokesperson for the Czech jury at the final was Radka Rosická.

3.3.1.Points awarded to the Czech Republic.

Points awarded to Czechia (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	—
7 points	—
6 points	San Marino
5 points	Austria,  Israel
4 points	Georgia
3 points	Latvia,  Norway
2 points	Estonia,  Italy,  Malta,  Spain
1 point	Armenia,  Denmark,  The Netherlands,  Rest of the World

3.3.2.Points awarded by the Czech Republic.

Points awarded by Czechia (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	The Netherlands
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Armenia
6 points	Estonia
5 points	Latvia
4 points	Greece
3 points	Norway
2 points	Austria
1 point	Georgia

Points awarded by Czechia (Final)

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

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 Czech jury:

• Ondřej Bambas
• Bára Juránková
• Kristyna Koreis
• Marek Slabý
• Jaroslav Špulák

Detailed voting results from Czechia (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta	13
02	Albania	15
03	Greece	7	4
04	Switzerland	3	8
05	Czechia
06	Austria	9	2
07	Denmark	12
08	Armenia	4	7
09	Latvia	6	5
10	San Marino	14
11	Georgia	10	1
05	Belgium	11
13	Estonia	5	6
14	Israel	1	12
15	Norway	8	3
16	The Netherlands	2	10

Detailed voting results from Czechia (Final)

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

Notes.

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

• Country: 🇦🇹 Austria
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 2024
• Selection date(s): Artist: 16 January 2024 Ι Song: 1 March 2024
• Host venue: –
• Presenter(s): –
• Host broadcaster: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ÖRF)
• Participants – Number of entries: –
• Voting system: –
• Selection entrant: Kaleen (Marie-Sophie Kreissl)
• Selection song: “We Will Rave”
• Selected songwriter(s): Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov, Julie Aagaard, Thomas Stengaard
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 6º SF 2: Qualified (9th, 46 points)
• Final result: 24th, 24 points

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “We Will Rave” performed by Kaleen. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) internally selected the country’s representative for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since its first entry in 1957. The nation has won the contest on two occasions: in 1966 with the song “Merci, Chérie” performed by Udo Jürgens and in 2014 with the song “Rise Like a Phoenix” performed by Conchita Wurst. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Austria has featured in only eight finals. Austria’s least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on eight occasions, most recently in 2012. Austria has also received nul points on four occasions; in 1962, 1988, 1991 and 2015.

The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. In 2014 and since 2017, ORF has held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest. On 14 June 2023, ORF’s program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz confirmed the broadcaster’s intentions to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest and to continue to internally select their representative.

2.Before Eurovision. 

2.1.Internal selection. In July 2023, ORF scouts Peter Schreiber and Eberhard Forcher (who had worked on the selection of Austrian entries since 2016) started making open calls for interested artists to contact them by 30 September 2023, receiving more than sixty entries by that date. An expert committee, headed by Forcher, shortlisted fourteen artists, who were invited to the ORF headquarters in Vienna in order to shoot videoclips for their songs and were ultimately assessed by a 25-member jury and six Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs at an audition round. In early September 2023, ORF’s head of entertainment Martin Gastinger had commented on the possibility of holding a national final or a public online vote among the shortlisted finalists rather than a fully internal selection; however, this was later reconsidered for “legal reasons”, with the selected performer planned to be announced in December 2023; this was ultimately not the case and the announcement was scheduled for 16 January 2024, during the Ö3-Wecker show on Hitradio Ö3. The selected artist was revealed to be Kaleen; she has previous experience in the contest, having worked as a stand-in singer, dancer, creative director and choreographer for various countries since 2018. Her competing entry, “We Will Rave”, was released on 1 March; written by Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Julie Aagaard and Thomas Stengaard, it had been anticipated that it would be a “techno-inspired pop track”.

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Kaleen attended the PrePartyES 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, the Nordic Eurovision Party in Stockholm on 14 April 2024 and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024. She also performed at a special “farewell party” in Vienna on 22 April 2024, organised and streamed online by ORF and Eurovision fansite Wiwibloggs, and she performed at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 7 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. Austria was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Austria was set to perform in position 6.

In Austria, all the shows were aired on ORF 1, with commentary by Andi Knoll, and the final on FM4, with commentary by Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz. In a joint meeting held in Munich in September 2023, ORF and German-language broadcasters ARD for Germany and SRF for Switzerland renewed their plans to cooperate on the broadcast of Eurovision-themed programmes ESC – Der Countdown and ESC – Die Aftershow in 2024, as they did for the 2023 contest; the shows are hosted by Barbara Schöneberger.

Performance. Kaleen took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. Her performance of “We Will Rave” at the contest is directed by Dan Shipton and choreographed by herself alongside Lukas McFarlane.

3.1.Semi-final. Austria performed in position 6, following the entry from Czechia and before the entry from Denmark. At the end of the show, the country was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Final. Following the semi-final, Austria was drawn to perform in the second half of the final, and performed last in position 26 as the 25th act, following the entry from France. During the dance break, a battery failure on the Steadicam caused a 3.8-second freeze frame.

3.2.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Austria in the second 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 Austrian jury consisted of Pia Maria Ausserlechner, Philipp Emberger, Anna-Sophie Heibl, Simone Lewarth and Annemarie Reisinger-Treiber. In the second semi-final, Austria placed 9th with 46 points, while in the final, Austria placed 24th with 24 points. Over the course of the contest, Austria awarded its 12 points to the Netherlands in the second semi-final, and to Switzerland and Croatia in the jury vote and televote in the final respectively.

The spokesperson for the Austrian jury at the final was Philipp Hansa.

3.2.1.Points awarded to Austria.

Points awarded to Austria (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	—
8 points	Israel
7 points	—
6 points	—
5 points	—
4 points	Albania,  Armenia,  Greece,   Switzerland
3 points	Denmark,  Estonia,  Malta,  Spain
2 points	Czechia,  Latvia,  The Netherlands,  Norway
1 point	Belgium,  Georgia

Points awarded to Austria (Final)

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	—	—
10 points	—	—
8 points	—	—
7 points	—	Israel
6 points	—	Spain
5 points	—	Italy
4 points	—	—
3 points	Israel	—
2 points	Finland	—
1 point	—	Sweden

3.2.2.Points awarded by Austria.

Points awarded by Austria (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	The Netherlands
10 points	Israel
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Estonia
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Czechia
4 points	Latvia
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Greece
1 point	Georgia

Points awarded by Austria (Final)

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

3.2.3.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 Austrian jury:

• Pia Maria Ausserlechner
• Philipp Emberger
• Anna-Sophie Heibl
• Simone Lewarth
• Annemarie Reisinger-Treiber

Detailed voting results from Austria (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta	12
02	Albania	14
03	Greece	9	2
04	Switzerland	3	8
05	Czechia	6	5
06	Austria
07	Denmark	8	3
08	Armenia	5	6
09	Latvia	7	4
10	San Marino	13
11	Georgia	10	1
12	Belgium	15
13	Estonia	4	7
14	Israel	2	10
15	Norway	11
16	The Netherlands	1	12

Detailed voting results from Austria (Final)

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

Notes.

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

• Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark
• National selection – Selection process: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024
• Selection date(s): 17 February 2024
• Host venue: DR Koncerthuset (Copenhagen Concert Hall), Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Presenter(s): Stéphanie Surrugue, Sara Bro
• Host broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Voting system:
• Selection entrant: SABA
• Selection song: “SAND”
• Selected songwriter(s): Jonas Thander, Melanie Wehbe, Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen
• Final performance: 
• Semi-final result: 7º SF 2: Failed to qualify (12th)
• Final result: –

Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with “Sand” performed by Saba. The Danish broadcaster DR organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 in order to select the Danish entry for the contest.

1.Background. Prior to the 2024 contest, Denmark has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times since their first entry in 1957.^[Denmark has won the contest, to this point, on three occasions: in 1963 with the song “Dansevise” performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in 2000 with the song “Fly on the Wings of Love” performed by Olsen Brothers, and in 2013 with the song “Only Teardrops” performed by Emmelie de Forest. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, “Øve os på hinanden” performed by Fyr og Flamme, “The Show” performed by Reddi and “Breaking My Heart” performed by Reiley all failed to qualify Denmark to the final.

The Danish national broadcaster, DR, broadcasts the event within Denmark and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Denmark has selected all of their Eurovision entries thus far through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. DR confirmed its intention to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 12 May 2023, announcing that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix would again be organised in order to select Denmark’s entry for the contest.

2.Before Eurovision.

2.1.Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024 was the 54th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP), the music competition that selects Denmark’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 17 February 2024 at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, and was hosted by Sara Bro and Stéphanie Surrugue. The show was broadcast on DR1 and on DR’s online platform DR TV.

2.1.1.Format. Eight acts competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, open between 10 and 16 February 2024 and again during the live final of 17 February, the top three songs qualified to a superfinal, where a second voting round determined the winner. The results of both rounds were based on the 50/50 combination of votes from the public and a 20-member jury panel (a larger one than in previous editions), composed for the first time since 2012 of ten international members – from the five most recent winning countries, i.e. Sweden, Ukraine, Italy, the Netherlands and Israel – alongside ten Danish professionals. Viewers were able to vote each song once per round via a new version of the mobile application introduced in the 2023 edition or, during the live show, via SMS. Artists were given the option of a live orchestra accompaniment for their live performances.

2.1.2.Competing entries. On 29 August 2023, DR opened a submission period until 27 October 2023 for artists and composers to submit their entries. Songs could be submitted and performed in any language, however, in order to qualify to compete, at least one composer, lyricist or performer had to be a Danish citizen or exhibit connection to Denmark (such as permanent residence in the country or marriage to a Danish citizen). By the end of the submission window, around 600 entries had been received. DR also selected contestants by direct invitation of artists from the Danish music scene. The selection process was completed on 27 October 2023, with the selected entries announced and released on 25 January 2024; they were presented in a dedicated programme hosted by Fyr og Flamme on 10 February, one week before the final. Among the entrants was Basim, who represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. For the first time in the history of the event, none of the competing entries contained lyrics in the Danish language, all of them being in English.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Aura Dione (Maria Louise Joensen)	“Mirrorball of Hope”	Kenneth Alexander Nicolaisen, Maria Louise Joensen, Andres Artiles Jerrik, Michelle Leonard
Basim (Anis Basim Moujahid)	“Johnny”	Anis Basim Moujahid, Frederik Nordsø, Frej Randrup Lund, Erika Charlotte Martinez Vest
Chu Chu	“The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”	Amy Jeyasri Larsen, Christopher Engel Snitkjær, Emma Lincoln, Merle Pi Madsen, Nina Vejen Henriksen
Janus Wiberg	“I Need Your Love”	Danny Baludrsson, Janus Wiberg, Marius Ziska, Nick Tsang, Simun Dam, Søren Balsner
RoseeLu	“Real Love”	Anders Bønløkke, Anders Stig Gehrt Nielsen, Jakob Groth Bastiansen, Joachim Ersgaard, Rosa Frydensbjerg, Stine Bramsen
Saba (Anna Saba Lykke Oehlenschlæger)	“Sand”	Jonas Thander, Melanie Wehbe, Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen
Stella	“Sign Here”	Sophie Darum, Søren Christensen, Tim Schou
UBLU	“Planetary Hearts”	Adam Spanggaard Saarup, Andreas Darger, Emil Emborg, Frej Fogh Darger, Marie Rørbæk, Martina Nielsen

2.1.3.Final. The final took place on 17 February 2024.

Final – 17 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Saba	“Sand”	Qualified
2	Stella	“Sign Here”	Eliminated
3	Chu Chu	“The Chase (Zoom Zoom)”	Eliminated
4	Basim	“Johnny”	Qualified
5	RoseeLu	“Real Love”	Eliminated
6	Ublu	“Planetary Hearts”	Eliminated
7	Janus Wiberg	“I Need Your Love”	Qualified
8	Aura Dione	“Mirrorball of Hope”	Eliminated

Superfinal – 17 February 2024

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Saba	“Sand”	22	15	37	1
2	Basim	“Johnny”	15	19	34	2
3	Janus Wiberg	“I Need Your Love”	13	16	29	3

Ratings.

Viewing figures

Average viewership	Share (%)	Average rating (%)	Total viewership	Total rating (%)
967,200[a]	67.3%	16.9%	1,574,262	27.5%

Promotion. As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Saba 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, and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024. She was also set to perform at the Nordic Music Celebration’s Eurovision Night in Oslo on 20 April 2024 but was forced to be absent due to undisclosed personal reasons.

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 Denmark as well as several other participating countries, with calls and petitions for broadcasters to boycott the event. By mid-January 2024, Gustav Lützhøft, head of culture, children and youth at DR, stated that the broadcaster would support Israel’s participation, leading to demonstrations outside the DR Koncerthuset during the announcement of DMGP contestants on 25 January, calling for the broadcaster or the eventual winning artist to boycott the contest. None of the entrants expressed their overt support for a boycott; Ublu later stated their opposition to Israel’s participation ahead of the show.

While not mentioning Israel’s participation in the contest, on 29 March 2024, Saba 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), 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.

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. Denmark was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final. The shows’ producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Denmark was set to perform in position 7.

In Denmark, all the shows were broadcast on DR1 as well as online via DR TV, with commentary provided by Ole Tøpholm. In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, DR and SVT collaborated with other EBU member broadcasters – namely ARD/WDR, the BBC, ČT, ERR, France Télévisions, NRK, NTR, RÚV, VRT and Yle – 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.

Performance. Saba took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. Her performance of “Sand” at the contest involved LED lighting and actual sand scattering on the stage.

3.1.Semi-final. Denmark performed in position 7, following the entry from Austria and before the entry from Armenia. The country was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. This marked the fourth consecutive time that Denmark failed to advance from the semi-finals. It was later revealed that Denmark finished 12th out of 16 countries, scoring 36 points.

3.2.Voting. Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Denmark in the second 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 Danish jury consisted of Jesper Groth, who represented Denmark at the 2021 contest as a member of the group Fyr og Flamme, Ihan Haydar, who represented Denmark at the 2022 contest as a member of the band Reddi, Vicky Leander, Las Thomsen, and Søren Torpegaard Lund. In the second semi-final, Denmark placed 12th with 36 points. Over the course of the contest, Denmark awarded its 12 points to Israel in the second semi-final, and to Switzerland (jury) and Croatia (televote) in the final.

The spokesperson for the Danish jury at the final was Stéphanie Surrugue.

3.2.1.Points awarded to Denmark.

Points awarded to Denmark (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	—
10 points	Norway
8 points	—
7 points	San Marino
6 points	—
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Latvia
3 points	Armenia,  Austria
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Israel,  Malta

3.2.2.Points awarded by Denmark.

Points awarded by Denmark (Semi-final 2)

Score	Televote
12 points	Israel
10 points	The Netherlands
8 points	Norway
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Armenia
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Austria
2 points	Greece
1 point	Czechia

Points awarded by Denmark (Final)

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

3.2.3.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.^[41] 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 Danish jury:

• Jesper Groth
• Ihan Haydar 
• Vicky Leander
• Las Thomsen
• Søren Torpegaard Lund

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Semi-final 2)

Draw	Country	Televote
		Rank	Points
01	Malta	14
02	Albania	13
03	Greece	9	2
04	Switzerland	5	6
05	Czechia	10	1
06	Austria	8	3
07	Denmark
08	Armenia	6	5
09	Latvia	4	7
10	San Marino	15
11	Georgia	11
05	Belgium	12
13	Estonia	7	4
14	Israel	1	12
15	Norway	3	8
16	The Netherlands	2	10

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Final)

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

Notes.