Malmö 24: The Collection

Welcome to Malmö 24.

Here you can follow all the artists and their songs, releases (physical and digital), versions, promo info and unmissable trivia like charts, discographies, some preselection goings-on and useful links for listening and shopping. You know the drill.

We've been to Malmö before, 2013's collection is here.

Also check out the links to previous collections here.

Please note, we're always under construction.

Super Trouper thanks to Rick!, can't do it without you. 

Updates pages on top:

United Kingdom - Happy New Years & Years, Oh you make me dizzy Olly, Extended version, and a host of REMIXES and their DJs + Acoustic

Switzerland: Nemo cracks the code, CDsingle with stuff, remix by Felix Jaehn.

San Marino - Una Voce, it's complicated. Time for Megara, 11:11 in the mix

Ireland - If It Wasn't For The Late Late Nights, Doomsday blues for Bambie, Intimate version out now

Let's Get Physical: Should I laugh or cry, National Final CDs, Official album CD/LP dates. Not so physical, the karaokes dissected. Comparing versions

Albania - Besa Kokëdhima Titanic revamp out now, Live version release

France - My Love My Life, Slimane's Mon Amour, reworked, triple CD imminent

Lithuania - Eurovizija.lt, Sylvester Belt's out Luktelk, new mix

Poland: Luna's Tower, now also acoustic and on 12"inch vinyl

Germany - Ich will zum ESC, listen, Isaak wins, no shit

Serbia - Pesma Za Evroviziju 24, Songs out Teya Dora wins, 2CD out now, Unplugged version, an extra second of intro

Finland - Thank You For The New Music Competition, 90's throwback No Rules! wins UMK but there are Rules for W95♂. Relaxing Remix

Switzerland cds pre release image

Cyprus - Silia Kapsis - Liar, Acoustic

Italy - Mamma Mia! , 16 albums on the way and a 7", alternate 2CD issue, Angelina Mango, Sanremo releases updated 25-3, Poké Melodrama CD/LP/Picdisc

Estonia: Really Officer..., Weed know.... Baga chips exchanged, Kannatused Ehk Külakiigel Pole Stopperit CD/LP

Spain - Benidorm fest CD, Nebulossa wins, life's a Zorra, demo, remix duet

Netherlands cdsingle

Netherlands - Joost Klein's Europapa, cdsingle, remixes

Latvia - Supernova winner Dons, Latvian original version, sped-up version

Luxembourg - fighting their way back to the top: Wëllkomm zréck, ESC version out now

Czechia - Aiko on a Pedestal, LP out now, new version

Malta - Waterloop, MESC winner Sarah Bonnici, single out now

Azerbaijan - Fahree & Ilkin, final song today

Armenia As Good As New: Ladaniva have a song

Georgia - Nutsa Buzaladze's Fire Fighter. it's here...

Israel - Rising Star Eden Golan, Hurricane

Portugal: FdC songs out now, also on CD, Iolanda's victory 

Sweden - Melodifestivalen 2CD out now, some extra versions, Two For The Price Of One: Marcus and Martinus twins

Greece - I've been waiting for you, Marina Satti

Australia Bang A Boomerang, Electric Fields return, One Milkali (One Blood)

Iceland - Songs out, Hera Björk returns

Austria - Kaleen, Will Rave.

Croatia: DORA 2024, Baby Lasagna

Belgium - Mustii's Party is not over just yet

Denmark - Songs out, SABA's Sand wins

Moldova: Dum Dum Diddle, Woman In The Middle: Natalia wins Etapa națională

Ukraine - Vidbir 2024, they decided and sing about Saints.

Norway - MGP, Riddle solved: Gåte to Malmö, LP

Slovenia - That's so Raiven - Veronika, listen 

Notes: If you have something to add or correct please drop it in the comments. However, comments are moderated so it may take some time to show up.

Also, I'm not able to sit and await every new release at midnight New Zealand time, so a little patience is appreciated.
All material posted here is either free of rights or original sources are mentioned. If there's anything you want removed, just let me know.

United Kingdom - Olly Alexander - Dizzy

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On the BBC Strictly final night singer and actor Olly Alexander announced he was chosen to fly the flag for the U.K. in Malmö.
Olly Alexander (Oliver Alexander Thornton) is of course known as the singer of once trio Years & Years.

The song is titled Dizzy and is written by Olly himself with Danny L. Harle.

The song was released on March 1.

An extended  version was added / released on March 15. (see comments)

The acoustic version was released on April 26.

Remixes and their makers:

A remix by German DJ duo LIZOT (Max Kleinschmidt & Patrick Art) was released on March 29.

A remix by Italian DJ/Producer Giorgio Prezioso was released on April 5.

The MONSS remix was released on April 19. MONNS is Slovakian DJ Simon Svorad.

The remix by Liverpool DJ ESSEL was released on April 26.

Years & Years & Years

Years & Years released three albums but the last one was really only Olly going further under the Y&Y name. His most recent single A Very Bad Fun Idea was released as by "Olly Alexander (Years & Years)" as is Eurovision entry Dizzy.

The official Malmö album does not mention the (Years & Years) bit.

Years & Years first hit Desire charted in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands but their biggest international hit is King (2015) from the album Communion. That went top 10 in the same countries and also in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Australia.

Other known hits are Shine, Eyes Shut and If You're Over Me.

On a personal note: I have been a big fan of Years & Years ever since their first international hit Desire. So I'm exited.

He is one of two artists this year to have sung with Kylie, but so far the only one who did it with Elton and with Pet Shop Boys. So now you know.

Versions

Dizzy - single version

- digital 1-3, Official Malmö album

Dizzy - extended version (4:41)

- digital 15-3

Dizzy - Acoustic

- digital 26-4

Dizzy - LIZOT remix (2:52)

- digital 29-3

Dizzy - Prezioso remix (2:29)

- digital 5-4

Dizzy - MONSS remix (2:51)

- digital 19-4

Dizzy - ESSEL remix

- digital 26-4

Dizzy - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

DJ services have offered

- Prezioso extended (3:00)

- Instrumental (with less backing vocals than the official karaoke)

- Dirty Disco Pillow Biters remix (6:40)

- Short edit (2:09)

- Extended (3:48)

- DJ Beats (3:13)

Charts:

Dizzy entered the U.K. charts at 42 after release but fell out of the top 100 the next week.

U.K. top 100 (OCC): 42, -

Links and sources:
Olly Alexander: Website, FB, Insta, Shop

Look: Olly signed a card for me!

Switzerland - Nemo - The Code

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Nemo will represent Switzerland in Malmö with the song The Code. The song was announced and released on February 29.

The song is written by Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale and Nemo Mettler themselves. 

A remix by Felix Jaehn was released op April 26.

Photo below from SRF Press release copyright SRF/Ella Mettler.

CDsingle

A CDsingle will be released with three versions. For now it is available here at Bravado and here at Digster in a bundle with a wristband and poster.

Thanks Alexandre!

P.S The release date says 5-10 which would be november 5 but Universal confirmed it's May 10.

Versions:

The Code - original

- digital 29-2, cdsingle, Official Malmö album

The Code - remix by Felix Jaehn

- digital 26-4, cds

The Code - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital), cds

Charts:

Switzerland top 100: 22, 98, -, -, 86, 98, -

Links and sources:
Nemo FB, Insta
SRF press release

San Marino - Megara - 11:11

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Spanish band Megara are the winners of Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 with their song 11:11 (Once:Once)

The song is written by Isra Dante Ramos Solomando, Roberto La Lueta Luiz and Sara Jiménez Moral. 11:11 was released as a digital single on February 15.

A remix by Brais was released on April 23,

Megara has been active since 2015 and in 2023 the entered the Spanish Benidorm Fest to get a ticket to Liverpool. Their song Arcadia finished 9th.

On April 18 the band released a new single, an interesting coverversion of ABBA's Dancing Queen. 

Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 decided the Sammarinese entry for Malmö.
The final took place on 24/25 February, before that there were numerous castings and other methods to select the 17 finalists.

The final saw Jalisse returning, the entered Eurovision for Italy in 1997, ended 4th and were the last Italian entry for a long time. This time they finished 10th.

Also in the final is Loredana Berté who took her Sanremo 2024 song Pazza to the Sanmarino competition for a second chance (and finished 2nd).

Versions:

11:11 - original

- digital 15-2, Official Malmö album

11:11 - Brais remix

- digital 23-4

11:11 - karaoke 

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Funny coincidence: San Marino sends a band that didn't make it in Spain last year, 

Spain sends a band who didn't make it in San Marino last year.

Links and sources:
Megara: Website, FB, Insta, Shop

San Marino 2024 at ESChistory

Una Voce Per San Marino Website, FB, Insta

Ireland - Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue

Cathexis

Bambie Thug (a.k.a. Cuntry Ray Robinson) is the winner of the Irish Eurosong 2024 selection held on January 26. 

Their song,  Doomsday Blue, was first released on the digital mini album Cathexis on October 13. 

It is self-written by Bambie with Olivia Cassy Brooking (Cassyette), Sam Matlock (of Wargasm) and Tyler Ryder.

The version on the official Malmö album has some changes to the arrangement compared to the original version.

The version named Doomsday Blue (Intimate) was performed in the Late Late Show on 19-4 and was released on April 22.

A similar video was released through the official Eurovision.tv channel here.

Six Songs were in the competition. The decision was made on the Late Late show.

All songs have been released as digital singles or tracks.

Intimate release image

Versions:

Doomsdag Blue - ESC CD version

- Official Malmö album

Doomsday Blue - original

- digital EP Cathexis13-10-2023, digital single 26-1

Doomsday Blue (Intimate) 

- digital 22-4

Doomsday Blue - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts

Doomsday Blue enters the Irish charts the week following the final. The highest charting Irish entry since 2018, but it fell out after just one week.

Irish top 100 (IRMA): 37, -

Links and sources:
Bambie Thug: Website, FB, Insta

Ireland's selection at ESC-History

RTE Eurovision news

Let's Get Physical

Let's Get Physical is the page to see who has stuff you can actually hold in your hands. Promo info, if any, can be found at each country's page
It's a bit quiet here for now of course...

Physical Single Releases:

Netherlands - early cdsingle

Switzerland - cdsingle with stuff

Poland - 12" inch red vinyl

National Finals:

Italy's Sanremo 2CD is out on February 9.
Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2CD is out on March 3.

Portugal Festival da Canção CD available now

Spain's Benidorm fest songs CD

Serbia's 28 songs out on 2CD now

Artists albums:

France: Triple CD for Slimane

Italy - Angelina Mango's debut album on CD, LP and Picture Disc

Estonia: Album out on 26-4

Czechia: Aiko's acclaimed album has a vinyl release.

Norway: A long version of Ulveham was already released on LP

Armenia: Ladaniva's album is out on CD and LP

The Official Album:

2CD out on 19-4 (digital is earlier)

Alternative versions / edits can be (only*)found on this album for Ireland, Spain, Serbia, France, Germany, Lithuania and Italy

* at the moment of writing.

The digital album with karaokes/instrumentals is out now (12-4)

- Note: Info in each country's section has the tracks as karaoke when there's backing vocal support, it qualifies as instrumental even if there's an minor ooh, aah or hey in the track. 

Coloured vinyl 3LP  out on 24-5

The DVD set is expected on June 28.

pre-release image from Eurovision.tv

Some interesting National Final artists' physical releases are mentioned at their country's pages:
Italy, Norway

France - Slimane - Mon Amour

The first chosen song we heard for Malmö is Mon Amour by Slimane.
France surprised us by releasing the song on November 8, just a day after the announcement.

Mon Amour is written by Slimane Nebchi himself with Yaacov Salah and Meïr Salah.

A remix, the Meya rework, was released on April 11.

The version on the official Malmö has some minor mastering changes to the original version. Mainly the orchestra is lower in the second half and the voice and piano are more upfront. Any thoughts?

(See comments, thanks Sander)

3CD - Essentiels Eurovision

A 3CD release by Slimane titled Essentiel Eurovision is announced for release on May 10.

It's a compilation album with singles and album tracks from 2016 to 2024.

It comes in a four-fold digipack with a 16 page booklet.

Mon Amour is included on CD3. (Capitol/Universal)

Vinyl and cassette are also mentioned at Amazon. 

See below for the full tracklist of the CD version:

Versions

Mon Amour - original single version

- digital 8-11-2023, Official Malmö album

Mon Amour - Meya rework

- digital 11-4

Mon Amour - karaoke (= instrumental)

- Official karaoke album (digital)

French/English and French Spanish versions have been performed live (see comments, Thanks Tom K.)

Charts

Mon Amour entered the French charts (SNEP) on November 20.

The first week of 2024 saw it enter the Belgian Wallonian top 50.

France top 200 (SNEP): 26, 65, 51, 51, 80, 50, 56, 48, 38, 33, 55, 57, 52, 51, 59, 39, 33, 35, 37, 44, 47, 62, 48

Belgium Wallonian top 50  (Ultratop): 46, 36, 30, 30, 14, 13, 15, 18, 16, 16, 13, 16, 13, 11, 24, 27

Links and sources

Slimane FB, Listening post, Insta, Shop

3CD - Essentiels Eurovision tracks

CD1
1 Paname
2 Le Vide
3 À Fleur De Toi
4 Adieu
5 Je Serai Là
6 Frérot
7 J'En Suis Là
8 Le Grand-père
9 Viens On S’Aime

CD2
1 Versus
2 Solune
3 Luna
4 Si On Est Deux
5 Les Amis
6 Nous Deux
7 Avant Toi
8 Ça Va Ça Vient
9 Fais Comme Ça
10 Ne Me Laisse Pas

CD3
1 Pas Beaux
2 Ça Ira
3 De L'Or
4 Xy
5 La Recette
6 Toi
7 Des Milliers De Je T'Aime
8 Chez Toi
9 Mon Amour