Belgium - Mustii - Before The Party's Over

13 - 18 pts in semi 2

The first name we got for 2024 was announced as early as August 30. Mustii (Thomas Mustin) is RTBF's choice for Malmö. (RTBF is the Wallonian broadcaster)

Digital release image

The song is titled Before The Party's Over and was released on Februari 20.

Remixes were released on July 5 (see versions below)

Pic from Mustii's Facebook

Before The Party's Over is written by Arianna Damato, Benoit Leclercq, Charlotte Clark, Nina Sampermans, Pierre Dumoulin and Thomas Mustin (Mustii) himself.

Songwriters

For Nina Sampermans (a.k.a. Ravvel) it's her 3rd Eurovision entry, she already co-wrote:

Would You by Iris (Belgium 2012)

Tout L'Univers by Gjon's Tears (Switzerland 2021)

Bridges by Alika (Estonia 2023)

Pierre Dumoulin co-wrote

City Lights by Blanche (Belgium 2017)

Wake Up by Eliot (Belgium 2019)

Mustii has so far released two full length albums both entering the top 5 of the Wallonian album charts.

He's also known as a judge on Drag Race Belgium and as an award winning actor.

Versions:

Before The Party's Over - original

- digital 20-2, Official Malmö album

Before The Party's Over - Madism remix

Before The Party's Over - Madism extended remix

- remixes digital 5-7

Before The Party's Over - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Belgium Wallonian top 50 (Ultratop): -, 49, 39, 21, 20, 22, 19, 20, 12, 9, 8, 9, 9, 13, 19, 20, 30, 49

Belgium Flemish top 50 (Ultratop): 39, 11, 10, 17, 21, 23, 26, 25, 23, 23, 20, 15, 6, 46, - (6-14)

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 28, -

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

RTBF Eurovision page

Denmark - SABA - Sand

digital release image

12 - 36 pts in semi 2

Saba (Anna Saba Lykke Oehlenschlæger) is the winner of the Danish Melodi Grand Prix with the song Sand.

The song is written by Jonas Thander, Melanie Gabriella Hayrapetian and PIL (Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen).

Sand was released as a digital single on January 25.

Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix was held on on February 17. 

The songs were revealed and released on January 25.

You can listen to them here at DR. 

We had one returning Eurovision Star among the fold: Basim, who came 9th with the home entry in Copenhagen in 2014.

Versions:

Sand - original

- digital 25-1, Official Malmö album

Sand - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Denmark top 40 (Tracklisten): 36, -

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 77

Links and sources:
Saba: FB (personal), Insta

DR's MGP Pages

Nostalgia You can watch all Dansk Melodi Grand Prix' shows from 1978 to 2005 here at DR Bonanza

Ukraine - alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria

3 - 453 pts / 2 - 173 pts in semi 1

Ukraine's Vidbir, the selection for Malmö, was on the 3rd of February but because a technical problem with the voting app the results came a day later.

Teresa & Maria by alyona alyona (no capitals) and Jerry Heil was declared the winner and the entry for Malmö.

digital release image, alyona on the right

The song is written by Aliona Savranenko (Альо́на Савране́нко = alyona alyona), Yana Shemayeva (Я́на Шема́єва = Jerry Heil)  Anton Chilibi and Ivan Klymenko.

It was released as a digital single on January 11.

The song is in Ukrainian with one (repeated) line in English. 

Jerry Heil entered the Ukrainian selection before:

2020 Vegan (6th place)

2023 When God shut the door (3rd) (Vidbir was held in december 2022)

For songwriter Ivan Klymenko Teresa & Maria is the 6th Vidbir entry. His most known being Stefania. That one finished 2nd in the Vidbir selection but went on to win the Turin Eurovision in 2022. But that's another story.

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11 songs participated and you'll find one returning Eurovision star there: MÉLOVIN.
He entered the contest in 2018 and finished 17th in Lisbon with Under The Ladder.
All songs have been released as digital singles. 

Spotify playlists also include songs from the online pre-selection wildcard round held on December 21.

Versions:

Teresa & Maria - original

- digital 11-1, Official Malmö album

Teresa & Maria - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 39, 23, 37, 84, -  re: 10, 2, 3, 10, 21, 25, 32, 41, 54, 62, 80

Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 30, 80, -

Finland top 50 (Ifpi): 14, 36, -

Ireland top 100 (Irma): 55, -

Netherlands top 100: 68, -

U.K. Top 100 (OCC): 100, -

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 18, 36, 93

Croatia top 25 (Billboard): 12, -

Austria top 75: 38

Portugal top 200: 147

Links and sources:
alyona alyona: FB, linktree

Jerry Heil: FB, linktree

Vidbir 2024 at ESC-History

Eurovision.ua (in Ukrainian) FB, Insta

Suspilne Vidbir news (in Ukrainian)