For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from the 37 participating countries of this year’s edition.
The 2024 Jurors
The jury in each participating country, consists of 5 members. This year, it would seem that there has been no errors involved with any of the jurors, since all countries list all 5 members, unlike in past years, when certain members were either replaced or completely excluded. The juries in each country consist of music professionals, who work within the music industry and all who are tasked with ranking each performing song in the final, purely based from a musical stand point. However, it has to be said, that one jury member could potentially face trouble for expressing a certain view, more on that later.
With 37 countries taking part in the 2024 contest, that means this year’s list includes 185 members. We’ve taken a closer look into the list, and pointed out some familiar names, which took the task this year to rank the songs in the final. Among the names of jurors, we find certain former participants as well, these include: Pia Maria (Austria 2022), Nigar “Nikki” Jamal (Azerbaijan 2011 – winner), Bára Juránková (Vesna – Czechia 2023), Jesper Groth (Fyr og Flamme – Denmark 2021), Diljá (Iceland 2023), Lidia Isac (Moldova 2016), Luke Black (Serbia 2023), Lea Sirk (Slovenia 2018) and Robin Bengtsson (Sweden 2017), just to name a few.
If we dig even deeper into certain names, we also find songwriters who were involved in national final entries, singers who have participated in the national finals from this year and even a certain former Junior Eurovision winner. Among these, just to name some, we have: Olimpia Smajlaj (Albanian national final 2024), Gail Attard and Haley Azzopardi (Maltese national final 2024), Lars Horn Lavik (Norwegian national final 2024 – composer of “My AI”), Annprincess (Norwegian national final 2024) and finally, the first ever Junior Eurovision winner Dino Jelusić (Croatia 2003 – JESC winner).
You can see the full list of the 2024 jurors right below:
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- Rael Hoxha
- Julian Bulku
- Erina Seitllari
- Olimpia Smajlaj
- Zana Prela
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- Aramayis Hayrapetyan
- Robert Koloyan
- Nare Manukyan
- Lilit Arakelyan
- Naira Gyurjinyan
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Alfie James Arcuri
- Mason Lachlan Watts
- Jane Barbara Albert
- Meagan Versary Loader
- Mia Elizabeth Rodriguez
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- Philipp Emberger
- Simone Lewarth
- Anna-Sophie Heibl
- Annemarie Reisinger-Treiber
- Pia Maria Ausserlechner
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- Emil Guliyev
- Vagif Garayzadeh
- Aynishan Guliyeva
- Konul Arif Shukurova
- Nigar Nikki Jamal
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Antoine Decocq
- Aurel Zola Kiese
- Olivier Biron
- Alice Van Eesbeeck
- Fanny Gillard
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Dino Jelusić
- Mihovil Šoštarić
- Srđan Skansi Sekulović
- Ivana Vrdoljak
- Gina Victoria Damjanović
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Aris Kyprianou
- Panayiotis Georgiou
- Corina Avraamidou
- Konstantina Neofytou
- Maria Porfiriou
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Marek Slabý
- Jaroslav Špulák
- Ondřej Bambas
- Kristyna Koreis
- Bára Juránková
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Jesper Groth
- Las Thomsen
- Søren Torpegaard Lund
- Ihan Haydar
- Vicky Leander
- 🇪🇪 Estonia
- Olavi Pihlamägi
- Rolf Roosalu
- Sten Teppan
- Alice Aleksandridi
- Kaire Vilgats
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Marcus Sjöström
- Mikko Niemelä
- Pekka Ruuska
- Kaisa Rönkkö
- Sanni Kurkisuo
- 🇫🇷 France
- Pierre Suppa
- Sébastien Surel D’Assigny
- Elise Mollet
- Fanny Llado
- Valérie Dissaux
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- Arhil Nizharadze
- Merab Nutsubidze
- Merab Sanodze
- Nino Badurashvili
- Tinatin Jamburia
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Florian Schrödter
- Mirko Alexander Bogojević
- Ireen Sheer
- Mona Meiller
- Nicola Keute
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Anastasios Rosopoulos
- Panagiotis Biniaris
- Georgia Fotou
- Stamatina Kostiani
- Vasiliki Karatzoglou
- 🇮🇸 Iceland
- Ívar Guðmundsson
- Marino Geir Lilliendahl
- Þórður Helgi Þórðarson
- Diljá Pétursdóttir
- Þórunn Erna Clausen
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Bill Hughes
- Brian Sheil
- Kim Hayden
- Lisa Lambe
- Tracy Clifford
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Yaron Ashbel
- Yakov Hezi Marimi
- May Sfadia
- Slomit Dersso
- Maya Opal Drukman
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Marcello Sacchetta
- Maurizio Filardo
- Barbara Mosconi
- Marianna Mammone
- Elena Maria Di Cioccio
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Ingars Viļums
- Kārlis Kazāks
- Ance Krauze
- Elizabete Gaile
- Krista Luīze Priedīte
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- Jievaras Jasinskis
- Kristupas Naraškevičius
- Povilas Meškėla
- Agneta Gabalytė
- Monika Marija Paulauskaitė
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- Patrick Greis
- Alfred Nicolas Medernach
- Germain Leon Martin
- Irem Sosay
- Vanessa Cum
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- Cipryan Cassar
- Matthew Mercieca
- Paul Anthony Abela
- Gail Attard
- Haley Azzopardi
- 🇲🇩 Moldova
- Paul Gamurari
- Roman Burlaca
- Lidia Isac
- Livia Stirbu
- Violeta Botezatu
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Raymond van Vliet
- Rob Ester
- Glen Walter Faria
- Sera de Bruin
- Shayveca Kreuger
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Daniel Johansen Elmrhari
- Lars Horn Lavik
- Annprincess Johnson Koffa
- Gunnilla Sussmann
- Lisa Stokke
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Filip Sojka
- Marek Sierocki
- Łukasz Pieter
- Monika Wydrzynska
- Natalia Zastępa
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Edmundo Inácio
- Joaquim Albergaria
- Inês Henriques
- da Silva Rodrigues Rafaela e Ribas dos Santos
- Patrícia Silveira
- 🇸🇲 San Marino
- Augusto Ciavatta
- Michele Giardi
- Nicola Giaquinto
- Camilla Ortolani
- Viola Conti
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Alek Aleksov
- Luka Ivanovic
- Milovan Boskovic
- Lena Kovacevic
- Zejna Murkic
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Filip Vidušin
- Martin Štibernik
- Matevž Česen
- Lea Sirk
- Maja Keuc
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Pedro Hernández Herrera
- Juan Manuel Pinzás Sueiro
- Irene Garrido Pascual
- Rosa María Comin
- Gema del Valle de la Cruz
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Robin Bengtsson
- Boris René Lumbana
- Per Oscars Henrik Olsson
- Elin Trogen
- Annie Beata Ellen Berg
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Raphael Haldemann
- Tobias Stuber
- Kety Fusco
- Laurence Desarzens
- Jamila Olivia Awad
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Kostyantyn Tomilchenko
- Maksym Nahorniak
- Iryna Gorova
- Olena Kolyadenko
- Olena Topolia
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Adam Murray
- Kojo Samuel
- Chandrika Darbari
- Louise Redknapp
- Maia Beth
One juror, might get into trouble
As pointed out at the top of the article, a certain juror member did eventually come with a statement, which could potentially lead to some sort of consequences. However, the statement was made after the results were revealed during the live show Saturday night, so most likely, it will not affect the final results.
The jury member in question is Daniel Johansen Elmrhari from Norway, also known as Daniel Owen. The Norwegian jury member shared a statement after the results were revealed during the live show, that he was sorry that Norway awarded Israel points.
Stig Karlsen, who is the head of delegation for Norway has said:
- We wish to emphasize that the jury must judge the song, artist and performance without any political or other non-musically viewpoints. With Daniel Owen‘s statement, it might look like we have a breach of the rules.
The incident has been reported to the EBU for evaluation.
Having a closer look into how Israel was ranked by the Norwegian jury, the Israeli song ranked overall 3rd, which granted Israel 8 points from the Norwegian jury. Three of the jury members ranked Israel in their top 3, while one ranked them 6th, meanwhile the last member ranked the song 23rd out of 25* – (Despite Netherlands disqualification, the entry was still ranked by all the juries during the second dress rehearsal, hence why Norway judged 25 songs in the final, except their own entry) – entries, which could indicate that this was Daniel Owen‘s score. It must be said, that it is no longer revealed by the EBU, which jury rank belong to what juror, in order to protect the juries from potential harassment.
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