By the end of this evening, we will know four new songs that will be competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Moldova will hold national finals this evening to select their representatives for May’s competition.
Tonight’s main moments are:
🇲🇩 Moldova – Etapa Nacionalara 2024 – 18:00 CET
🇪🇪 Estonia – Esti Raul 2024 – 18:30 CET
🇩🇰 Denmark – Melody Grand Prix 2024 – 20:00 CET
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT – 20:00 CET
🇸🇪 Sweden – Melody Festival Heat 3 – 20:00 CET
🇮🇸 Iceland – Sonvakepnin Semi-finals 1 – 20:45 CET
🇲🇩 Moldova – Etapa Nacionalara 2024 – 18:00 CET
Etapa Nationala 2024, the Moldova national final of the Eurovision Song Contest, is the first national final, starting at 18:00 CET. Auditions were held in January and 11 finalists were selected to perform in the competition on Saturday night.
The order of appearance in the national finals was determined by lottery. Numbers will be drawn individually by the participants or their representatives in the case of competitors who are unable to attend on the spot.
The running order for the finals is as follows:
- Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
- Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
- Regina Alexandrina – “Contrasens” (opposite)
- Viola Giulaire “Light Up!”
- OL – “No Time No Space”
- Sasha Letty – “DNA”
- Natalia Barbu – “In the Middle”
- Y-Limit – “Revolution”
- Catalina – “Fever”
- Viktor Gurik – “Fever”
- Yulia Teleuka – “Runaway”
The winner will be chosen by 50% of the jury vote and 50% of the public vote. You can watch the show live on the Eurovision YouTube channel.
🇪🇪 Estonia – Esti Raul 2024 – 18:30 CET
Thirty minutes later, Estonia will kick off its national Eurovision final, Esti Raul 2024, at 18:30 CET. In the semi-finals, 15 songs were performed, from which he qualified 5 songs to the final. These five songs join her five songs that automatically qualify for the contest.
The execution order is as follows:
- Brother Apollo – “Bad Boy”
- Carlos Ucareda – “Never Growing Up”
- Ewart and the Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
- Annette Weikmaa – “Serotonin”
- Olly – “My Friend”
- Daniel Levi “Over the Moon”
- Udo Sepp, Sarah Murray – “Still Love”
- Peter Paudel – “The Veil of Corax”
- 5 Minist and Pull-up – “(Nendest) Narkuotikumidest A.T.I.M. (Kyuru) Midagi”
- Nelle-Lys Weix – “Käte ümber jää”
The format of the Estee Raul final is the same as in recent years. In the first round, all 10 participants will be selected by jury and public vote, and the top three will advance to the Super Finals. In the Super Final, the winner will be chosen by televoting.
The Eesti Laul 2024 final will be available to watch on ETV, ETV2, ETV+, Raadio 2, Raadio 4, Jupiter and ERR.ee. You can also watch the show live on the Eurovision YouTube channel.
🇩🇰 Denmark – Melody Grand Prix 2024 – 20:00 CET
Denmark will start the Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024 at 20:00 Central European Time to find the artists for Eurovision 2024.
The Dansk Melody Grand Prix will be held in two parts this year as well. In the first round, all eight acts will perform, and the public and judges will vote on their performances.
DR has announced the voting order for Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024 on the broadcaster app. Voting for Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024 began within the app on February 10th, one week before his live broadcast. The order of execution for the first round is as follows:
- Saba – “sand”
- Stella – “Please sign here.”
- Chu chu – “The Chase (ZoomZoom)”
- Basim – “Johnny”
- RoseeLu – “Real Love”
- U Blue – “Planetary Hearts”
- Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
- Aura Dione “Mirror Ball of Hope”
Voting for Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024 began in-app on February 10, one week before the live broadcast.
The Dansk Melody Grand Prix will be held in two parts this year as well. In the first round, all eight acts will perform, and the public and judges will vote on their performances. His three acts with the most points in this round will advance to the Super Finals. Voting will resume in the Super Final and the act that will represent Denmark at Eurovision 2024 and earn the most points will be selected.
Dansk Melody Grand Prix 2024 will take place on February 17th at the DR Concerttuset in Copenhagen. The show is hosted by Stephanie Srug and Sarah Bro. A combination of jury and public votes will determine the entry to Malmö, Denmark. Unlike in recent years, the number of judges will increase and will include judges from outside Denmark.
You can watch the show live here.
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT – 20:00 CET
The Lithuanian national final will also begin at 20:00 CET. Eurovizija.LT will decide his 10 songs in the finals for the right to represent the Baltic countries at Eurovision 2024, which will be decided in five heats, ending in the sixth and final week.
Artists who advance to the semi-finals will participate in the finals in the following order.
- Aiste – “We Will Rule the World”
- Jarvanis – “Gaudė vėjai” (The wind is blowing)
- Pluy de Comète – “Be careful”
- Sylvester Berto – “Luktelk” (wait)
- VB Gang – “Kaboom!!!”
- Il Senso – “Time”
- Shower – “impossible”
- Monica Mariya – “Starting Tomorrow”
- Queen of Roses – “Walk Through Fire”
- The Loop – “Simple Joy”
You can watch the show live on the Eurovision YouTube channel.
🇸🇪 Sweden – Melody Festival Heat 3 – 20:00 CET
Apart from the four national finals, two countries will also continue their heats. Sweden will continue to host Melody Festival, with six more artists competing in the third heat for his two spots in the March Grand Final, and two more competing in the Second His Chance vote.
Here is the running order for tonight’s show:
- Jacqueline – “Effortless”
- Clara Klingenström – “Aldrig mer” (never again)
- Kim Cesarion – “Take My Breath Away”
- Cloudy – “För dig” (for you)
- Gunilla Parson – “I Won’t Shake (La La Gunilla)”
- Katsi Opeia “Give My Heart a Break”
You can watch the show live here.
🇮🇸 Iceland – Sonvakepnin Semi-finals 1 – 20:45 CET
Sonvakepnin finally begins tonight in Iceland. Unlike previous years, the selection process for the Icelandic representative for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest will not necessarily involve a national final.
Given the current situation in Israel and Gaza, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV announced on its website that the final decision on participation in Eurovision will be made by the broadcaster in consultation with the winner of Sonvakepnin 2024.
The order of matches for the first semi-final match is as follows: As is tradition in this semi-final, all songs will be performed in Icelandic.
- Ceasetone – “Ró” / “Flow”
- Blanquifleur – “Sjá þig” (See you again) / “Love You”
- Anita – “Stingham af” (let’s run away) / “Downfall”
- Sunny – “Fizrildi” (“Butterfly”)
- VÆB – “Bíómynd” (film) / “cinema scene”
You can watch the show live here.
Image source: LRT / D. Ambraso
