In a not surprising decision, Radiotelevision of Serbia (RTS) has announced its decision to withdraw from the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for Saturday, November 16, in Madrid, Spain. This decision aligns with earlier remarks by Olivera Kovačević, RTS’s entertainment program Editor-in-Chief, who had hinted at the country’s likely withdrawal from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She highlighted the …
Andria Putkaradze has won Season VII of popular Georgian talent show Ranina, and as is the case the last six seasons, will represent Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Putkaradze beat out Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia in the three competitor Semi-Final, bringing the ten week, four round, one Semi-Final and Final marathon to a close. Given the Final …
Three young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Grand Final of Ranina today after last night’s Semi-Final. Andria Putkaradze, Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia made it to next week’s Semi-Final, while Andria Mishvelidze and Sandro Ashotia narrowly missed out. In a Semi-Final focused on Georgian nostalgic childhood songs by pianist and composer Meri Davitashvili (1924 – 2004), with backing vocals provided …
It’s been almost two weeks now since the winner of the 2024 contest was decided, and the EBU has now not long ago, just released the details surrounding this year’s competition and the traction it garnered. Record breaking year This year’s contest was hosted by the Swedish broadcaster (SVT) in Malmö. The show could be watched in all 37 participating …
A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …
When the first images and clips of Bambie Thug‘s “Doomsday Blue” rehearsal trickled out a week before this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, there was one thing practically everyone could agree on: Ireland’s staging was something special. The operatic, demonic slice of musical theater excellence wowed press and fans alike, and the buzz around “Doomsday Blue” exploded overnight. Would this non-binary, …
Five young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Semi-Final of Ranina today after completing the foreign language fourth round. Sandro Gurgenadze, Andria Mishvelidze, Sandro Ashotia, Andria Putkaradze, and Barbara Morgoshia survived four challenging rounds and made it to next week’s Semi-Final. This week, five of the contestants performed songs in French, Portuguese, Hindi, Turkish, and English, with mastery of foreign language an …
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 …
Following the conclusion of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has released an official statement addressing the behaviors of delegations in Malmo. The statement was issued to the The Mirror and the Irish Independent stating that they regret that “some delegations” did not behave within the spirit of the contest rules and during their respective broadcasts. …
It has been one eventful week in Eurovision and in Malmö, to say the least. During the Danish live broadcast of Eurovision 2024, announcer Ole Tøpholm shared the five members of the Danish jury. These five were: Jesper Groth (member of the music duo “Fyr & Flamme” and contestant at Eurovision 2021) Søren Torpegaard Lund (musicalperformer and former contestant at …
