Not long now until Malmö officially becomes the host city of this year’s contest, when the official keychain is handed over to the city from Liverpool. Before all that, we still have the very last details that needs to be set, before the ceremony can take place and before we exactly know, who will compete in the two semi-finals. Let’s …
The long awaited moment, where doubts are ended and the field is settled! The EBU has finally announced the list of participating countries, and one of them will be taking the coveted crystal microphone. May can not come any faster from now on. 2024 participants Without further ado, let’s have a quick glance at the 37 participating countries: 🇦🇱 Albania …
Ictimai TV, Azerbaijan’s national broadcaster, have been whittling down their contenders for at Eurovision 2024 on a weekly basis, and this past weekend announced the remaining six acts. From 214, then to 15, now 6 acts hope to represent Azerbaijan in Malmo, Sweden. Per Ictimai’s Instagram announcement, “As a result of live auditions followed by jury voting, these 6 artists …
This past weekend, Ictimai TV held its first live audition round for 15 aspiring acts hoping to represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2024. In front of a judging panel including Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell & Nikki, who won Eurovision 2011 for Azerbaijan with “Running Scared), and Aysel Teymurzadeh (one half of AySel & Arash, who came third at Eurovision …
Earlier this month, Ictimai TV said that 214 songs were submitted – of which 88 were from local composers – for Azerbaijan’s Eurovision 2024 internal selection. This past weekend, the Azerbaijani broadcaster announced on Instagram that 16 of those entries were being passed through to a live audition round. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ITV | …
In July 2023, Azerbaijan’s Ictimai TV confirmed the country’s participation at Eurovision 2024 and announced the launch of their selection process, to which they confirmed today that 214 entrants had responded. In an Instagram post earlier today, Ictimai TV said that 214 songs were submitted, with “88 of them – local, 126 – are from foreign authors. Thanks to everyone …
Two new countries have announced they won’t participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France. It is Serbia and Azerbaijan, which makes the list of participating countries even shorter now. As the Junior Eurovision 2023 approaches, the list of participating countries gets longer, but so does the list of non-participating countries. Today, we learn that both Serbia …
In a post on the channel’s Facebook page, Azerbaijan’s Ictimai TV confirmed the country’s participation at Eurovision 2024 and announced the launch of their selection process. “The Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (ITV), the official broadcaster of the international song contest Eurovision in Azerbaijan, is starting the selection of singers and songs that will represent our country at Eurovision …
At Junior Eurovision, Azerbaijan is almost always the last party to turn in their RSVP and decide whether or not to participate, and according to Azerbaijani outlet 12xal, 2023 will be no different. 12xal reached out to Azerbaijani broadcaster Ictimai, and received neither a confirmation nor a denial in response. Historically, Azerbaijan has one of the patchiest attendance records for …
They might have played a smaller role in the results this year, but their role is still a huge part of the contest. The EBU has revealed the names of all the juries of this year’s song contest, as a reminder, for 2023 the juries only mattered in the final. The juries of 2023 Just like in 2021 and 2022, …
