Armenia - Ladaniva - Jako

8 - 183 pts / 3 - 137 pts in semi 2

Duo Ladaniva sang and played for Armenia in Malmö.
Ladaniva are Jaklin (Zahklin) Baghdasaryan and Louis Thomas.

Their song Jako is written by the duo themselves with Audrey Leclerc.

2023 album Ladaniva

Jako can be found on the selftitled Ladaniva album released last year on September 29.

The album is available on CD and LP as well as digital.

Both are available through the PIAS webshop but also the likes of Fnac, Amazon, Bol, JPC etc.

And maybe even your local record store

CD: Jiguli/PIAS PIASLL208CD

LP: Jiguli/PIAS PIASLL208LP (Yellow vinyl)

However, Jako was released as a Youtube audio on July 9, which is not according to the EBU rules. But last year's "borrowed" lyrics were no problem so I guess they'll get away with this as well.

Jako - Ladaniva in Armenian script:  Երգ - Լադանիվա

Versions

Jako - original

- LP/CD Ladaniva, Official Malmö album

Jako - karaoke

- Official digital karaoke album

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 22, 46

Links and sources:

Ladaniva: FB, Insta

Georgia - Nutsa Buzaladze - Firefighter

21 - 34 pts / 8 - 54 pts in semi 2

Nutsa Buzaladze (ნუცა ბუზალაძე) represented Georgia in the 2024 contest.

Her song is titled Firefighter and is written by Darko Dimitrov and Ada Skitka.

The song was revealed on 11-3, watch and listen here

The digital single is also dated 11-3.

The karaoke version was released on March 13.

Nutsa is an international phenomenon. She participated in talent shows in Latvia, Turkey, Georgia and the US. She currently lives in Dubai.

When she participated in The Voice Of Turkey she was coached by Hadise of Dum Tek Tek fame. (4th in the 2009 contest)

For Songwriter Darko Dimitrov it is the 9th Eurovision entry as a songwriter and he worked as a producer even more. Mainly for Macedonia / North Macedonia, Wiki will tell you more.

In 2017 Nutsa entered the Georgian selection for Eurovision with White Horses Run. She ended second behind Tamara (Tako) Gachechiladze.

In the 2023 season of American Idol she finished in the final 12 and got to perform with Kylie Minogue.

Versions:

Firefighter - single version

- digital 11-3, Official Malmö album

Firefighter - karaoke

- digital 13-3, also on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 90

Links and sources:
Nutsa Buzaladze: Website,  FB
You will find Nutsa's recent music on Spotify under Nutsa while the older stuff is under her full name. 

Israel - Eden Golan - Hurricane

5 - 375 pts / 1 - 194 pts in semi 2

Eden Golan (עדן גולן) is the winner of the Rising Star competitition (HaKokhav HaBa) and represented her country in Malmö.

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Eden performed the song Hurricane which was approved by the EBU. (earlier suggestions weren't)

The song is written by Avi Ohion, Keren Peles and Stav Beger.

The song was revealed and released on March 10

Original considered song October Rain was rejected by the EBU for political content, as was second choice Dance Forever.

Hurricane is a revised version of October Rain.

Parts of October Rain have leaked onto the www.

I am aware of the situation thrown up by the Israel-Hamas war and its influence and consequences concerning this years Israel participation and Malmö Eurovision.

I'm not going into that here, I'm sure you can find enough about that on the internet via your favourite algorhythms.

Versions:

Hurricane - single version

- digital 10-3, Official Malmö album

Hurricane - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 47, -

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 24, 66

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 29, 83

pic from HaKokhav HaBa FB

Links and sources

HaKokhav HaBa FB

Iceland - Hera Björk - Scared Of Heights

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15 - 3 pts in semi 1

Hera Björk represented Iceland in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Scared Of Heights written by Ferras Alqaisi, Jaro Omar, Michael Burek and Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir.

Iceland's Söngvakeppnin 2024 had its final on March 2.

10 songs participate with two semis of 5 songs each. All songs were performed in Icelandic in the semis.

Finalists could either perform in Icelandic or English.

The Icelandic version of Scared Of Heights is titled Við Förum Hærra (We go higher). Both version were first released on the digital compilation Söngvakeppnin 2024, see below. On February 27 both track were released as a digital single but they are the same versions.

Hera Björk (Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir) is no stranger. In 2010 she finished 19th in Oslo with Je Ne Sais Quoi.

She also entered the Danish Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with Someday and ended up 2nd.

Songwriter

Songwriter Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir, or just Ásdís María or even just Ásdís, participated in the Söngvakeppnin of 2014 as a singer herself with the song Amor. She made it to the final but not the top2.

Söngvakeppnin 2024

The participating songs were announced and released on January 28 in a digital album Söngvakeppnin 2024. available through all your favourite digitessen.

8 of the 10 songs have also been released in their English versions so the album has 18 tracks in total.

Versions:

Scared Of Heights - English

- Official Malmö album

Við Förum Hærra - Icelandic

- both digital on album Söngvakeppnin 2024 (28-1) and digital single

Scared Of Heights - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources:
Hera Björk: FB, Instagram

RÚV Söngvakeppnin pages