Slovenia - Raiven - Veronika

23 - 27 pts / 9 - 51 pts in semi 1

From Raiven's Facebook

Raiven (Sara Briški Cirman) was the singer for Slovenia in the 2024 Eurovision.
Her song, Veronika, was revealed on January 20 (here at YT). (The picture is a still from the videoclip)

The song was released as a digital single on the same day.

The Acoustic session version was released as a digital track on April 28.

Veronika is also released on Raiven's EP Sirene.

The EP is also available on vinyl from Raiven's shop.

It is in Slovenian and written by Raiven herself with Peter Khoo, Martin Bezjak, Danilo Kapel, Klavdija Kopina and Bojan Cvjetićanin. We know Bojan as the lead singer of 2023's finalists Joker Out.

Raiven has tried to make it to Eurovision before. In 2016 she ended 2nd in the Slovenian slection with the song Črno Bel (Black White).

Zažarim (I'm beaming / shining) ended 3rd a year later and in 2019 she came 2nd again with Kaos.

Versions:

Veronika

- digital 20-1, Official Malmö album

Veronika - Acoustic session

- digital 28-4

Veronika - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 72

Links and sources:
Raiven: Website, FB  

Cyprus - Silia Kapsis - Liar

15 - 78 pts / 6 - 67 pts in semi 1

Digital release image

Silia Kapsis (Σίλια Καψή) sang and danced for Cyprus with the song Liar written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elke Tiel.

The song was on February 29.

You can watch the video here

An Acoustic version was released on April 18.

Remixes by Israeli DJ Liran Shoshan were released on April 26. (see versions)

Like last year Cyprus flew all the way to Australia to find their Eurovision star.

For Kontopoulos Liar is the 14th Eurovision entry but only the first ever for Cyprus.

(Check this wiki for the others)

Picture from CYBC

Versions:

Liar - original

- digital 20-2, Official Malmö album

Liar - Acoustic

- digital 18-4

Liar - Liran Shoshan remix radio edit

Liar - Liran Shoshan remix extended version

- remixes digital 26-4

Liar - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 25, 78

Links and sources:
Silis Kapsis: FB, Insta

Ireland - Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue

6 - 278 pts / 3 - 124 pts in semi 1

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. 

Cathexis

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, -  re: 83, 23, 55, -

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 71, 9, 18, 27, 56

Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 64, -

Finland top 50 (Ifpi): 40, -

U.K. top 100 (OCC): 67, -

Netherlands top 100: 86, -

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 77, -

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

Ireland's selection at ESC-History

RTE Eurovision news

France - Slimane - Mon Amour

4 - 445 pts,  not in semi 

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)

For promotiononal purposes a 7"vinyl single and a cdsingle have been issued.

both have the original version and the Meya rework on the b-side/ as track 2.

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. 

The Essentiels album enters the French album charts at #1.

See below for the full tracklist of the CD version:

Versions

Mon Amour - original single version

- digital 8-11-2023, Official Malmö album, promo 7"

Mon Amour - Meya rework

- digital 11-4, promo 7"

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.

In the first week of 2024 it entered 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, 50, 50, 44, 2, 4, 10, 17, 24, 22, 30, 28, 33, 43, 59, 54, 61, 65, 68, 75, 77, 83, 90, 98, 109, 110, 110, 121, 99, 96, 102, 125, 148, 176, - (2-56)

Belgium Wallonian top 50  (Ultratop): 46, 36, 30, 30, 14, 13, 15, 18, 16, 16, 13, 16, 13, 11, 24, 27, 28, 32, 26, 5, 4, 6, 6, 18, 22, 31, 35, 44, - (4-28)

Belgium (Flanders) top 50 (Ultratop): 42, 43, -

Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 24, 65, -

Finland top 50 (Ifpi): 47, -

Ireland top 100 (Irma): 76, -

Netherlands top 100: 53, 89, -

Norway top 40 (VG Lista): 37, -

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 8, 15, 24, 53, 77, -

Switzerland Top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 3, 15, 31, 47, 77, 98, -

Croatia top 25 (Billboard): 6, 19, -

Austria top 75: 45, -

Spain top 100: 97, -

Portugal top 200: 62

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

Spain - Nebulossa - Zorra

22 - 30 pts, not in semi 

The Spanish entry for Malmö is Zorra by Nebulossa (María Bas & Mark Dasousa)

Zorra was released a s a digital single on December 15 (Atomic records, 2023)

The duo wrote the song themselves. Zorra (repeated 23 times) translates as Bitch which probably why the digital outlets have the song down as explicit.

Nebulossa entered the San Marino castings in 2023 but didn't get past the early stages of the complicated process.

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

A remix was released on February 9. It is credited to Fernando Moreno ft Nebulossa and is not on Nebulossa's usual label. This has now been removed so it's safe to say it wasn't official.

Another (official) version / remix was released on April 5, it is a duet version with Gloria Trevi

The version on the official Malmö is slightly different and cuts off a little bit of the intro. (also see comments)

Versions:

Zorro - ESC album edit

- Official Malmö album

Zorra - single version

- digital 15-12 2023

Zorra (Remix) - with Gloria Trevi

- digital 5-4

Zorra - karaoke (= instrumental)

- Official karaoke album (digital)

A version named Zorra (Version Antigua) has been uploaded to the Benidormfest Youtube (here, see comments). It appears to be the demo / version Nebulossa sent in to the B-Fest.

Zorra - Vicente M remix dance

- digital 9-2, credited to Fernando Moreno ft Nebulossa, removed

Charts:

Spanish top 100: 5, 13, 41, 61, 88, -  re: 19, 71

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 17, 36, 76, -

Benidorm Fest

For the third year Spain selected their Eurovision entry through the Benidorm Fest. The competition had two semi finals with the deciding show starting on February 3rd.

The past two editions a promo CD was issued but this year it appears the CD is available to a wider audience. 

It is available here along with other Benidorm Fest souvenirs.

Tracklist below.

Links and sources:

Nebulossa: Linktree, FB, Insta

Benidorm Fest shop

Benidorm Fest 2024 at RTVE

Benidorm Fest 2024 at ESC-History

Tracklist Benidorm Fest 2024
1. Almacor - Brillos Platino
2. Angy Fernández - Sé Quién Soy

3. Dellacruz - Beso En La Mañana
4. Jorge González - Caliente
5. Lérica - Astronauta
6. Mantra - Me Vas A Ver
7. María Peláe - Remitente
8. Marlena - Amor De Verano
9. Miss Caffeina - Bla Bla Bla
10. Nebulossa - ZORRA
11. Noan - Te Echo De -
12. Quique Niza - Prisionero
13. Roger Padrós - El Temps
14. Sofia Coll - Here To Stay
15. St. Pedro - Dos Extraños (Cuarto De Cuerda)
16. Yoly Saa - No Se Me Olvida

Albania - Besa - TiTAN

15 - 14 pts in semi 2

The 62nd Festivali i Këngës (Fest 62) happened. Like last year a seperate televote decided the song to proceed to Eurovision. And also like last year, it wasn't the overall (read: jury) winner who got the ticket.

Besa Kokëdhima won the televote with her song Zemrën n'dorë (Heart in hand) and left Mal Retkoceri crying in his beer. His song Çmendur (Crazy) ended first with the jury (and was proclaimed the winner) whereas our Besa didn't even get to the jury top 3.

For the Eurovision version we got a revamp in English and it is called TiTAN.

The video of this new version was released on March 10. The digital single was released on March 11. (also see comments)

On April 19 we got an audio release (digital Spotify "single") of a live FiK 62 version. (through RTSH, Albanian TV, the other versions are self released by Besa)

All 21 finalists have their live versions released as separate tracks on Spotify (all on 19-4, through RTSH)

! Don't try this at home !

Zemrën n'dorë is written by Besa herself with Kledi Bahiti and Rozana Radi. For the English version Petrit Sefaj is also credited.

The original song was released as a digital single on December 19 (Besa Music) You will find her work in your favourite digital outlets under the name Besa.

Versions:

TiTAN - english ESC version

- video 11-3, Official Malmö album (spelled Titan)

Zemrën n'dorë - original version

- digital single 19-12-2023

Zemrën n'dorë - FiK 62 live version

- digital single released on April 19, Spotify only

TiTAN - ESC karaoke (= instrumental)

- Official digital karaoke album

A karaoke version of the original is on Besa's Youtube. (see comments)

Links and sources:
Besa Kokëdhima: Website, FB, linktree

ESC-History has the details on the semi's and finals of Fest 62

Lithuania - Silvester Belt - Luktelk

14 - 90 pts / 4 - 119 pts in semi 1

Lithuania was represented in Malmö by Silvester Belt
His song Luktelk is written by Silvestras Beltė (Sylvester himself), Džesika Šyvokaitė and Elena Jurgaitytė.

digital release image

The song, sung in Lithuanian, was released as a digital single on January 11.

Luktelk loosely translates as wait, hold on for a moment.

For the version on the Malmö album the song has been rearranged a bit, best noticed around the 2:10 mark.

On June 3 a sped up version and slowed down version were released.

Silvestras Beltė tried to get to Junior Eurovision in 2010 and his entry Pi Pa Po ended 8th in the final. 

Lithuania never disappoints when it come to their selections for Eurovision. This year we had 6 shows with a final on the 17th of February.

There were 39 songs competing and we find some Eurovision stars among the fold: The Roop (2020 & 2021), Vilija (Matačiūnaitė) and Andrius Pojavis who has been to Malmö before.

The Roop finished 3rd with Simple Joy, Vilija and Andrius were not so lucky, they each finished last in their semi.

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 6, 5, 2, 5, 10, 7, 17, 14, 20, 18, 21, 23, 27, 32, 29, 38, 48, 57, 64, 80, - (1-34)
Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 83, -
Finland top 50 (Ifpi): 44, -

Versions:

Luktelk - ESC version

- Official Malmö album

Luktelk - original

- digital 11-1

Luktelk - sped up

- digital 3-6

Luktelk - slowed down

- digital 3-6

Luktelk - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources:

Silvester Belt: FB, Insta, linktree, Shop

Lithuania 2024 at ESC-History

Eurovizija.LT pages, FB (fanpage?)

Poland - Luna - The Tower

12 - 35 pts in semi 1

The Tower by Luna was the Polish entry for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.

The song was announced on February 19 but was already released as a digital single on January 23.

The Tower is written by Luna herself with Fyfe (Paul Dixon) and Maxwell Cooke.

An acoustic version was released on March 27.

Luna (Aleksandra Wielgomas) released her debut album Nocne Zmory in 2022.

If you want to hear some more I can recommend her English language EP Caught In The Night from 2021, lovely stuff.

12"inch vinyl

A 12"inch red vinyl single is released (Universal, April 30)

It features four versions of The Tower.

A1 The Tower

A2 The Tower (Acoustic)

B1 The Tower (Revamp)

B2 The Tower (Radio edit)

It's here but this shop only sells in Poland. It comes with a bag.

Let us know if you know a shop that sells internationally.....

UPDATE: now available internationally here.now available internationally here.

Thanks Marcin, Thanks Jan G.

(Universal/Polydor 656046-6)

Versions:

The Tower - single version

- digital - 23-1

The Tower - Acoustic

- digital 27-3

The Tower - Revamp

The Tower - Radio edit

- All above on 12"inch vinyl

The Tower - karaoke

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 60

Links and sources:
Luna FB, Insta

TVP Eurowizja Pages, FB

Serbia - Teya Dora - Ramonda

17 - 54 pts / 10 - 47 pts in semi 1

Teya Dora is the winner of Serbia's Pesma Za Evroviziju 24 with the song Ramonda written by Teodora Pavlovska herself, Luka Jovanović and Andrijano Kadović.

The digital single was released on January 22.

The unplugged version was added to the single release on April 19.

The version on the Malmö album is slightly different from the original and has a slightly longer intro.

Teya Dora participated in the 2023 edition of Pesma Za Evroviziju as a co-songwriter. Posle Mene by Fillari finished joint 23th (last) in the final.

Serbia's Pesma Za Evroviziju 24 had their final on March 2 with semi's on February 27 and 29.
28 songs will be in the competition and among them was Konstrakta who came 5th in Turin in 2022.

All of Pesma Za Evroviziju 24 songs are out via Youtube (25-1) and also released as digital singles (see comments).

Semi 1 songs, Semi 2 songs

A 2CD is released with all songs (28) through RTS.

I've seen it for sale at the RTS shop and affiliated here at DVDZona at a very decent price.

2CD

Versions:

Ramonda - ESC album version

- Official Malmö album

Ramonda - original

- digital 22-1, CD Pesma Za Evroviziju 24

Ramonda - Unplugged

- digital 19-4, added to original

Ramonda - karaoke (of original version)

- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts

Billboard Croatia top 25: 19, -

Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 66

Links and sources:
ESC-History's page on Serbia's Pesma Za Evroviziju 24 
RTS list of songs

RTS Eurovision FB