Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Luxembourg
National selection
Selection processLuxembourg Song Contest
Selection date(s)27 January 2024
Selected entrantTali
Selected song"Fighter"
Selected songwriter(s)
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Luxembourg is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, returning after an absence of 31 years since its last participation in 1993.[1] The Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL organised the national final Luxembourg Song Contest in order to select the country's entry for the contest, with "Fighter" performed by Tali declared as the winner.

Background

Main article: Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Luxembourg has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-seven times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. The country has won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with "Nous les amoureux" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" performed by France Gall, in 1972 with "Après toi" performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with "Tu te reconnaîtras" performed by Anne-Marie David, and finally in 1983 with "Si la vie est cadeau" performed by Corinne Hermès. After a poor result in 1993, Luxembourg was relegated from the 1994 contest in accordance with the new rules implemented at the time, and has since opted to be absent from the event.[2]

On 15 December 2022, it was revealed that the Luxembourgish prime minister

Luxembourgish government dedicated to ensuring the country's return to the contest.[3] On 12 May 2023, Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL and the European Broadcasting Union officially revealed that Luxembourg would return to the contest in 2024, marking the first Luxembourgish participation in over 30 years.[1] CEO of RTL Christophe Goossens stated the broadcaster was "delighted" to return to the Eurovision Song Contest and to select the 2024 Luxembourgish delegation.[4] On 3 July 2023, RTL announced that the national entry for the 2024 contest would be selected through a televised final.[5]

Before Eurovision

Luxembourg Song Contest

Luxembourg Song Contest was the competition that determined the Luxembourgish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The final took place on 27 January 2024 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette[5][6] and was hosted by Désirée Nosbusch, accompanied by Melody Funck, Raoul Roos and Loïc Juchem; Nosbusch had previously presented the 1984 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the most recent edition to be held in Luxembourg.[7]

The show was broadcast on

RTL Today, and French-language commentary by Jérôme Didelot and Violetta Caldarelli on RTL Play and online platform RTL Infos.[7][8][9]

Format

The selection was divided in a two-stage audition phase and a televised final, all held at the Rockhal. At the end of the first audition stage, held between July and November 2023, a shortlist of around 70 songs by around 50 artists had been selected by a panel of experts consisting of Sandra Bintz, Eric Lehmann, Jenny Fischbach, Jules Serrig, Sam Steen and chair David Gloesener.

Czechia and Tali Eshkoli from Israel – who selected the finalists.[11][12][13][14] Starting on 21 December 2023 until the final, the competing artists were followed by vocal coaches Susanne Georgi (2009 representative for Andorra) and Francesca Aaen.[15]

At the final, two rounds of voting were conducted, with a 50/50 combination of public and jury votes firstly selecting the top three artists which progressed to a super final, followed by a second round of jury and public voting determining the winner.[16] In each round the jury voting was conducted within eight different countries (namely Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), each with five members for a total of 40 members. In the first round each jury awarded 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to their top six acts, while in the second round the juries awarded 8, 10 and 12 points to the three super-finalists. In both rounds the same total number of points as awarded by the juries was available for the public vote component, and was allocated to each entry proportionally based on the number of votes each act received.[16] Public voting was allowed worldwide, and was not limited to just Luxembourgish residents.[17] Due to the rounding of the total votes received, the total public points awarded was ultimately one less than that awarded by the juries.[16] During the show public votes were received from viewers in 60 countries, with over 76% of votes coming from local viewers in Luxembourg.[18]

Competing entries

On 3 July 2023, RTL opened a submission period for interested singers and songwriters. Performers were required to either hold Luxembourgish nationality, have resided in country for at least three consecutive years or be involved with the Luxembourgish music scene, while songwriters could be of any nationality.[19]

The submission form was divided into three categories: singers without songs to submit, singer-songwriters with up to three songs to submit, and songwriters with up to three songs looking for performers. Applicants for the first category had a deadline of 16 July 2023 to send a presentation video;[20] about a hundred artists applied and were assessed by the RTL jury the following week, with a second round held among the qualifiers from this session and performers who entered the competition with a song;[21][22] applications for songwriters to pair up with the perfomers were closed by mid-August 2023,[23] with selected artists having the possibility of directly choosing a song of their preference from the received submissions.[10] Applications for singer-songwriters were instead open until 1 October 2023.[20]

A total of 459 entries were submitted to RTL,

13), The Voice Kids France, The Voice Belgique, Luxembourg's Next Popstar and Top Voice Luxembourg.[27][28] Their songs were released on 9 January 2024.[29][30]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Angy and Rafa Ela "Drop"
  • Angy Sciacqua
  • Martin Kleveland
  • Siv Marit Egsith
Chaild [lb] "Hold On"
Edsun [lb] "Finally Alive"
  • Edson Pires Domingos
  • Jana Bahrich
  • Sergio Manique Jr.
Joel Marques Cunha "Believer"
  • Brice Lebel
  • Clément Mouillard
  • Marvin Dupré
Krick "Drowning in the Rain"
Naomi Ayé [lb] "Paumée sur terre"
  • Eddy Pradelles
  • Manon Romiti
  • Silvio Lisbonne
One Last Time "Devil in the Detail"
Tali "Fighter"

Final

The final of Luxembourg Song Contest was held on 27 January 2024.[6] Vicky Leandros and Anne-Marie David (1972 and 1973 Eurovision winners for Luxembourg) opened the show with excerpts from their winning songs "Après toi" and "Tu te reconnaîtras", respectively, followed by all participating artists singing a rendition of "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965 winning entry for Luxembourg). Katrina Leskanich (1997 winner for the United Kingdom as part of Katrina and the Waves), Charlotte Perrelli (1999 winner for Sweden), Ruslana (2004 winner for Ukraine) and Alexander Rybak (2009 winner for Norway) performed their winning entries as an interval act during the show; Leandros performed again during the interval, singing her 1967 entry "L'amour est bleu", featuring Rybak.[31][32][33]

Final – 27 January 2024[16]
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Joel Marques Cunha "Believer" 44 59 103 3
2 Edsun "Finally Alive" 16 17 33 7
3 Naomi Ayé "Paumée sur terre" 58 19 77 4
4 Angy and Rafa Ela "Drop" 30 22 52 5
5 One Last Time "Devil in the Detail" 18 29 47 6
6 Krick "Drowning in the Rain" 74 74 148 2
7 Chaild "Hold On" 2 27 29 8
8 Tali "Fighter" 94 88 182 1
Super final – 27 January 2024[16]
Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Joel Marques Cunha "Believer" 66 70 136 3
Krick "Drowning in the Rain" 80 85 165 2
Tali "Fighter" 94 84 178 1
Super final detailed jury votes[16]
Song Total
"Believer" 8 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 66
"Drowning in the Rain" 10 10 8 10 12 10 10 10 80
"Fighter" 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 94
Members of the jury[16][34]
Country Jury members
 Belgium
 Cyprus
  • Andri Aggelidou
  • Argyro Christodoulidou
  • Nikos Evangelou
  • Kypros Karaviotis
  • Gore Melian (spokesperson)
 France
  • Hédia Charni
  • Roberto Ciurleo
  • Julien Gonçalves
  • Antoine Gouiffes-Yan
  • Julien Tchobanoff (spokesperson)
 Germany
 Portugal
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
  • AJ Bentley (spokesperson)
  • Ross Gautreau
  • Jack Hawitt
  • Juliet Russell
  • Emma Stevens

Promotion and preparation

As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Tali attended the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024[35] and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024.[36] She additionally revealed that her entry "Fighter" would undergo a revamp ahead of the contest, which was released on 29 March 2024.[37]

At Eurovision

The

Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[38] Luxembourg was scheduled for the second half of the first semi-final.[39] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Luxembourg was set to close the show in position 15, following the entry from Portugal.[40]

In Luxembourg, all three shows will be broadcast on RTL, RTL Infos, RTL Radio [lb] and Today Radio, as well as online via rtl.lu and RTL Play, with Luxembourgish-language commentary by Roger Saurfeld and Raoul Roos.[1][41][42]

Performance

Tali will take part in technical rehearsals on 28 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[43] The staging of her performance of "Fighter" at the contest is directed by German Nenov [ru] (creative director for Ukraine in 2023 as well as at the 2021 and 2022 junior contests).[44]

Voting

The spokesperson for the Luxembourgish jury at the final will be Désirée Nosbusch.[41][42]

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