[Nicky91]

re Switzerland: their songwriting camp is simple

artists can work with composers/producers from all over the world to come up with possible ESC entries, these get judged by a panel usually consisting out of 10 or 12 international jurors whom after closely listening decide whom represents the Swiss at ESC


Austria does internals yes, but their HoD usually teases through clues which 3 are shortlisted by an expert jury


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Malta's MESC is a huge competition on its own

4 quarter finals, 2 semi finals and a grand final and in the final they have lots of guest act intervals as well

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San Marino basically anyone can submit songs there from any country worldwide, as long as you have the funds to participate

[Nicky91]

how many countries in ESC2024

i think 40 or 41 could be possible again


Monaco: very likely with the new broadcaster launching next month
North Macedonia: they have enough funds to keep participating in junior eurovision, and they broadcasted the contest this year too with hopes of returning in 2024 so yeah maybe they're back, hopefully with something in macedonian again and not too westernized
Montenegro: they have no huge financial problems, but they want to keep being competitive with a healthy budget, they could easily return with some bigger name like one of the Polumenta's (Sako or Dado or recently debuted new artist Adina) so we'll see as for them



Turkiye accepting Sweden into NATO, let this contest be hosted in Sweden, relations between them are very improved as of today what we know, they haven't said anything yet so idk


Andorra: Susanna Georgi her plan part 2 of bringing them back, last time she had no luck in doing so, but she keeps trying, and she wants a team up between andorrans and catalonians in terms of sharing each others artists

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

Malmo is confirmed as the host city.

not much other choice when Taylor Swift had claimed Stockholm as hers

[Nicky91]

[Nicky91]

lost my interest in this again then


stupid trash AVROTROS broadcaster, lazy idiots



you guys say defund bbc, well i say #DefundNPO

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

Very Small Nation
as if they matter

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

Very Small Nation
as if they matter

how wrong you are in this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemb...n_Song_Contest


they have won the contest 5 times, and finished 3rd twice as well as many top 10 results

with just 3 last place results



they launched careers of superstars such as Nana Mouskouri, Vicky Leandros, Anne-Marie David, France Gall

they even had Plastic Bertrand representing them back in the day, as well as another huge name in Lara Fabian (in the year of Celine Dion's global breakthrough where Lara finished in a respectable 4th place with Croire)

they also had spanish duo Baccara representing them



one of their current active singers Luka Kloser

Youtube video

whom made this song for the film Moonfall

she's the daughter of their 1984 Eurovision presenter Desiree Nosbusch

[Nicky91]

so whoever represents them in 2024, has big boots to fill and must be someone who can handle the nerves of representing such a powerhouse nation back in ESC's Golden Days

[Nicky91]

i want to be in Ireland's committee

one artist suggestion from me

Cian Ducrot, to bring us back to the final and a top 5 result potential as well with this vocal superstar

[Nicky91]

Belgium's act confirmed

actor and singer Mustii

example of his style and live vocals

Youtube video

very Hozier alike

[Nicky91]

[Nicky91]

only 20 participating countries for 2024

Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium (Mustii)
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom

[Nicky91]

all of the songs MUST be in english, is a new rule by the EBU

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

why on earth is he standing like that?

what a twat

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

all of the songs MUST be in english, is a new rule by the EBU

Are you a liar? Yes you are.

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

why on earth is he standing like that?

what a twat

hes an artiste

[Nicky91]

confirmed artists so far

Belgium: Mustii
Cyprus: Silia Kapsis (composer: Dimitris Kontopoulos)

returning countries (so far)

Luxembourg
North Macedonia

[Nicky91]

Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2024
Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2024
Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT
Malta: MESC 2024
Albania: Festival I Kenges
Portugal: Festival Da Cancao
Ireland: The Late Late Show Eurosong
Germany: Das Deutsche Finale 2024
Czechia: ESCZ 2024
Finland: UMK 2024
Luxembourg: yet to be named national final
Iceland: Songvakepninn 2024
Serbia: Pezma Za Evroviziju 2024
Moldova: quite likely Etapa Nationala 2024 (there will be live auditions anyway, afterwards will decide on eventual selection method)
San Marino: Un Voce Per San Marino 2024
Italy: SanRemo Festival 2024
Spain: Benidorm Fest 2024




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Netherlands: internal selection as usual, record breaking amount of 600 submitted entries

in languages like english, dutch, arabic, turkish, italian, spanish, french

from pop to rock, to hip hop to operatic

[Nicky91]

Switzerland will go for their Internal Jury Show Selection as usual, with songwriting camp and a international jury to decide who will be their entry for Malmo

[Nicky91]

Greece coming for the win with Marina Satti with an ethnic greek song

[Nicky91]

shaping up to be the best edition yet

Belgium: Mustii
Greece: Marina Satti



Albania quite likely Elsa Lila

Czechia likely being queen of artistry Lenny


Montenegro hopefully returning with a banger by their daddy Dado Polumenta


Sweden finally going with superstar Dotter

[Nicky91]

another entry confirmed

Moldova: Natalia Barbu - In The Middle

[Nicky91]

omg yasss Lithuania has a english/korean song in their selection here for lithuania embracing the K-Pop scene

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

another entry confirmed

Moldova: Natalia Barbu - In The Middle

No it hasn’t

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

No it hasn’t

it's going to be her, 110% sure of it, lol since 1) she's the only big name and only known artist 2) married to a millionaire duh


hoping for a similar staging as Tattoo for Loreen