This weekend marks the first weekend of national finals for the 2024 new year, with Moldova, Lithuania and Norway kicking off their selection processes. In case you’ve missed the news or don’t know where to find the shows, we’ve put everything together for you in one place below.
Moldova – Etapa Națională 2024 Auditions (15:00 CET and 19:00 CET)
The next step in the Moldovan national selection will take place mid-day Saturday, with artists performing their songs in front of a panel of jury members. It was announced that 32 entries were selected to take part in the live audition process, but Aliona Moon ft Milla and Trupa Vovi Robian have since withdrawn.
This means that 30 entries are still in the running, and will be whittled down to a final list of 10 for the grand final on February 17th. Those songs are:
- Anna G – “Ay Ay Ay”
- Anna Gulko – “Perfect Place”
- Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
- Denis Midone – “Back to Me”
- DPSTP – “RISE UP”
- Formația ‘Vele’ – “Carnaval”
- Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
- Julea Viola – “Light Up!”
- LAURA – “Spune-mi” (Tell me)
- Maria Ciolac – “Break Free”
- Max Cara – “Broke the Chain”
- Natalia Barbu – “In the Middle”
- Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
- Nino – “Up Again”
- O L – “No Time No Space”
- Oleg Spînu – “Jungle”
- Oliv Sky – “Another Universe”
- Oliv Sky – “Loud and Clear”
- POLI – “Lui” (His)
- Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens” (Opposite)
- Sasha Bognibov – “Married to Twins”
- Sasha Letty – “DNA”
- Tudor Bumbac – “Tudorel”
- Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
- Valleria – “Run”
- Valleria – “RULE (Rai Di Ri Di)”
- Victor Gulick – “Fever”
- Victor Lozinsky – “Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move”
- Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
- Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”
The live auditions will be viewable on Moldova 1 here starting at 15:00 CET, with the announcement of qualifiers expected around 19:00-20:00 CET.
Norway – Melodi Grand Prix Semi-Final One (19:50 CET)
This year’s Melodi Grand Prix will once again utilize three semi-finals to determine who will compete in the grand final on February 3rd, but now only six artists are competing for three qualifying spots.
The artists and running order for the first semi-final were determined earlier by NRK and are as follows:
- Mathilde SPZ ft. Chris Archer & Slam Dunk – Woman Show
- Fredrik Halland – Stranded
- Myra – Heart On Fire
- GOTHMINISTER – We Come Alive
- Ingrid Jasmin – Eya
- Margaret Berger – Oblivion
The three qualifiers from tonight’s show will be determined by a 100% online televoting process. The live show will kick off in the NRK studio in Marienlyst, Oslo and can be watched via the official MGP website at promptly 19:50 CET.
Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT Semi-final One (20:00 CET)
The newly revised Lithuanian selection Eurovizija.LT (formerly known as Pabandom iš naujo!) will also begin airing today, with the first handful of eight artists taking to the stage and compete for the jury and public’s favor, and hoping to win one of the two qualifying tickets to the final.
The semi-final was pre-recorded on January 9th at the LRT Studio in Vilnus in front of a live studio audience. The running order is as follows:
- Živilė Gedvilaitė – “Save Me”
- Antoine Wend – “Say No More”
- Marius Petrauskas – “Kol laiko yra“
- Silvester Belt – “Luktelk“
- Aistay – “You”
- VB Gang – “KABOOM!!!”
- Luka – “Move On”
- Clockwork Creep – “Empty”
This semi-final will also see jury member and Eurovision 2022 artist Monika Liu perform as an interval act during the voting sequence.
The qualifiers will be decided by a 50/50 voting split and will be revealed at the end of the episode. You can watch the Lithuanian selection live on LRT’s website starting at 20:00 CET or through their YouTube livestream.
We hope that #YOU have an exciting time watching these great national selections!
