🇸🇪 News from the HoD meeting

Today, there is some interesting news from the Head of Delegation meeting. This meeting took place today, and some decisions are made about the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest:

Iceland

It was a big questionmark whether Iceland was going to take part or not. Icelandic broadcaster RUV stated that they, together with the artist, would make a decision. Icelandic artists expressed serious concern about their country taking part in a contest with Israel being there.
The decision now made is that Iceland will take part. Big releave for singer Hera Björk, who now will for sure represent her country.

Marcus & Martinus

Always, the place for the host country gets drawn at the HoD meeting. So this time, it was decided where Sweden would perform in the final. And the result is: they will open it! In 1984, Sweden opened the show too and won. Is it an omen?

Big Five

For the very first time, the artists from the Big Five countries – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – and host nation Sweden will each perform their entries in full live during the Semi-Finals. In other years, a part of the rehearsals was shown, but never the entire performance. Longer ago, even that didn’t happen and only a part of the video was shown.

The voting

A new feature for Malmö 2024 includes extending the timeframe for voting during the Grand Final.

Voting will start just before the first song is performed on Saturday, 11 May. This allows viewers to vote for the songs in real-time as they are being performed, a departure from the traditional method where voting commenced after all the entries were showcased. This approach was the standard since the introduction of public voting in 1997, with the exceptions of 2010 and 2011 when voting opened at the show’s start.

Moreover, fans from countries not competing (Rest of The World) will be given almost 24 hours to vote for their preferred songs before the start of each live show. For these international fans, online voting will be available right after the conclusion of the second dress rehearsal for each Semi-Final and the Grand Final, continuing until the commencement of the live broadcasts.

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🇱🇹 National: It’s Lion Ceccah for Lithuania

Lithuania has chosen, and the winner is Lion Ceccah. Last year’s runner up sings the song “Sólo quiero más” by Aurimas Galvelis and Tomas Alenčikas. Lion will perform in the first semifinal. final date: 27 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Rug!le Ikona Žemaitė 4 3 7 8 l & m: Rugilė Ulytė         2 Walls Of Water Unshakable 1 2 3 9 l & m: Jonas Vilimas         3 Lion Ceccah Sólo quiero más 10 12 22 1 l & m: Aurimas Galvelis, Tomas Alenčikas         4 Nøra Blu Hold My Own 7 7 14 3 l & m: Raiga Tautkus         5 Noy Stand up 0 0 0 11 l: Nojus Žebrauskas m: Leon Somow         6 Atikin Deganti žemelė 2 8 10 6 l: Nikita Vaitkevičius  m: Lukas Kemėšis & Tomas Tamulionis         7 SHWR Contact! 12 10 22 2 l: Simonas Krukonis  m: Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Faustas Venckus, Jonas Filmanavičius, Simonas Krukonis & Vainius Indrūnas         8 Vilnius Voices Grįšim 8 4 12 5 l & m: Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža         9 Lolita Zero Salve im meum mundum 5 5 10 7  l & m: Gytis Ivanauskas (Lolita Zero)         10 Paulè Sako 3 1 4 10 l: Paulina Skrabytė  m: Viktoras Woop         11 Black Biceps Let me cook 6 6 12 4 l & m: Andrzej Jaworski, Jan Vavra, Vitalij Valentinovič           1st heat date: 24 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Siga Noriu jo 4 3 7 8 l & m: Sigita Jonynaitė         2 Valdas Lacko Pabandom 3 4 7 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius         3 Elizabeth Olshey Between 10 5 15 4 l: Adelina Iordachi  m: Marian Stavar         4 Noy Stand up 6 12 18 2 l: Nojus Žebrauskas m: Leon Somow         5 Rug!le Ikona Žemaitė 12 10 22 1 l & m: Rugilė Ulytė         6 Aistė Pilvelytė Tarp žvaigždžių tylos 7 6 13 6 l & m: Aistė Pilvelytė, Gendrius Jakubėnas, Justas Chachlauskas         7 Thomas G One Night Lover 8 7 15 3 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis, Ema Zdanavičiūtė, Tomas Gailiūnas         8 The Ditties Mambo 5 8 13 5 l & m: Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova           2nd heat date: 31 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė3 1 Theya LeRoy Oblivion 3 3 6 8 l & m: Tėja Peleckaitė         2 Vilnius Voices Grįšim 12 10 22 2 l & m: Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža         3 Mėnulio Fazė Dabar ir čia 4 4 8 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius         4 Grete Parade 8 7 15 3 l: Grėtė Eitmantytė m: Grėtė Eitmantytė & Sam Cooper         5 Atikin Deganti žemelė 10 12 22 1 l: Nikita Vaitkevičius  m: Lukas Kemėšis & Tomas Tamulionis         6 Melanija The Offering 5 5 10 6 l: Gendrius Jakubėnas & Stasys Šarkiūnas  m: Gendrius Jakubėnas         7 Dagna Sau meluojam 7 6 13 5 l & m:         8 Agnė Buškevičiūtė Unbound 6 8 14 4 l & m: Agnė Buškevičiūtė, Celine Alette Pedersen Breivoll, Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Oscar Immanuel Mathisen, Vilius Tumalavičius           3rd heat date: 7 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Agata Ray Gravity Lies 4 7 11 6 l & m: Agata Griškevič, Patricija Luščynska & Rolandas Venckys         2 Juozas Martin Atmerk akis 7 5 12 5 l & m: Juozas Martinkėnas         3 Justė Osh Gaisras 8 6 14 4 l: Justė Bubelytė & Rokas Povilius m: Liutauras Baltrūnas & Rokas Povilius         4 Akire Šiluma 5 4 9 7 l: Erika Elzbergaitė m: Erika Elzbergaitė & Justinas Drūtys         5 Ledi Ais Mes siekiam žvaigždžių 3 3 6 8 l & m: Ingrida Tamošaitienė         6 Aurimas Papečkys Tu mano 6 8 14 3 l & m: Aurimas Papečkys         7 Paulè Sako 12 10 22 2 l: Paulina Skrabytė  m: Viktoras Woop         8 Black Biceps Let me cook 10 12 22 1 l & m: Andrzej Jaworski, Jan Vavra, Vitalij Valentinovič           4th heat date: 14 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Patricija Luščynska Worth it 5 7 12 5 l & m: Patricija Luščynska         2 Selene Ice Nessuno 4 3 7 8 l & m: Allex Loiudice, Leonardo Valcarenghi, Loris Gregorio & Michele Rivoltini         3 Lion Cecchah Sólo quiero más 8 12 20 2 l & m: Aurimas Galvelis, Tomas Alenčikas         4 Freya Alley No Kiss Goodbye 3 4 7 7 l & m: Kamilė Balčytytė, Laurence Hobbs & Max Honsinger         5 Emi Acidic U broke me 7 6 13 4 l & m: Emilija Balsevičiūtė         6 More Taip lengvai 6 5 11 6 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis & Ema Zdanavičiūtė         7 Nøra Blu Hold My Own 10 8 18 3 l & m: Raiga Tautkus         8 SHWR Contact! 12 10 22 1 l: Simonas Krukonis  m: Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Faustas Venckus, Jonas Filmanavičius, Simonas Krukonis & Vainius Indrūnas         5th heat date: 21 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Hansanova Lumina 5 3 8 8 l & m: Giedrius

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🇱🇹 National: It’s Lion Ceccah for Lithuania

Lithuania has chosen, and the winner is Lion Ceccah. Last year’s runner up sings the song “Sólo quiero más” by Aurimas Galvelis and Tomas Alenčikas. Lion will perform in the first semifinal. final date: 27 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Rug!le Ikona Žemaitė 4 3 7 8 l & m: Rugilė Ulytė         2 Walls Of Water Unshakable 1 2 3 9 l & m: Jonas Vilimas         3 Lion Ceccah Sólo quiero más 10 12 22 1 l & m: Aurimas Galvelis, Tomas Alenčikas         4 Nøra Blu Hold My Own 7 7 14 3 l & m: Raiga Tautkus         5 Noy Stand up 0 0 0 11 l: Nojus Žebrauskas m: Leon Somow         6 Atikin Deganti žemelė 2 8 10 6 l: Nikita Vaitkevičius  m: Lukas Kemėšis & Tomas Tamulionis         7 SHWR Contact! 12 10 22 2 l: Simonas Krukonis  m: Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Faustas Venckus, Jonas Filmanavičius, Simonas Krukonis & Vainius Indrūnas         8 Vilnius Voices Grįšim 8 4 12 5 l & m: Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža         9 Lolita Zero Salve im meum mundum 5 5 10 7  l & m: Gytis Ivanauskas (Lolita Zero)         10 Paulè Sako 3 1 4 10 l: Paulina Skrabytė  m: Viktoras Woop         11 Black Biceps Let me cook 6 6 12 4 l & m: Andrzej Jaworski, Jan Vavra, Vitalij Valentinovič           1st heat date: 24 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Siga Noriu jo 4 3 7 8 l & m: Sigita Jonynaitė         2 Valdas Lacko Pabandom 3 4 7 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius         3 Elizabeth Olshey Between 10 5 15 4 l: Adelina Iordachi  m: Marian Stavar         4 Noy Stand up 6 12 18 2 l: Nojus Žebrauskas m: Leon Somow         5 Rug!le Ikona Žemaitė 12 10 22 1 l & m: Rugilė Ulytė         6 Aistė Pilvelytė Tarp žvaigždžių tylos 7 6 13 6 l & m: Aistė Pilvelytė, Gendrius Jakubėnas, Justas Chachlauskas         7 Thomas G One Night Lover 8 7 15 3 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis, Ema Zdanavičiūtė, Tomas Gailiūnas         8 The Ditties Mambo 5 8 13 5 l & m: Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova           2nd heat date: 31 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė3 1 Theya LeRoy Oblivion 3 3 6 8 l & m: Tėja Peleckaitė         2 Vilnius Voices Grįšim 12 10 22 2 l & m: Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža         3 Mėnulio Fazė Dabar ir čia 4 4 8 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius         4 Grete Parade 8 7 15 3 l: Grėtė Eitmantytė m: Grėtė Eitmantytė & Sam Cooper         5 Atikin Deganti žemelė 10 12 22 1 l: Nikita Vaitkevičius  m: Lukas Kemėšis & Tomas Tamulionis         6 Melanija The Offering 5 5 10 6 l: Gendrius Jakubėnas & Stasys Šarkiūnas  m: Gendrius Jakubėnas         7 Dagna Sau meluojam 7 6 13 5 l & m:         8 Agnė Buškevičiūtė Unbound 6 8 14 4 l & m: Agnė Buškevičiūtė, Celine Alette Pedersen Breivoll, Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Oscar Immanuel Mathisen, Vilius Tumalavičius           3rd heat date: 7 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Agata Ray Gravity Lies 4 7 11 6 l & m: Agata Griškevič, Patricija Luščynska & Rolandas Venckys         2 Juozas Martin Atmerk akis 7 5 12 5 l & m: Juozas Martinkėnas         3 Justė Osh Gaisras 8 6 14 4 l: Justė Bubelytė & Rokas Povilius m: Liutauras Baltrūnas & Rokas Povilius         4 Akire Šiluma 5 4 9 7 l: Erika Elzbergaitė m: Erika Elzbergaitė & Justinas Drūtys         5 Ledi Ais Mes siekiam žvaigždžių 3 3 6 8 l & m: Ingrida Tamošaitienė         6 Aurimas Papečkys Tu mano 6 8 14 3 l & m: Aurimas Papečkys         7 Paulè Sako 12 10 22 2 l: Paulina Skrabytė  m: Viktoras Woop         8 Black Biceps Let me cook 10 12 22 1 l & m: Andrzej Jaworski, Jan Vavra, Vitalij Valentinovič           4th heat date: 14 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Patricija Luščynska Worth it 5 7 12 5 l & m: Patricija Luščynska         2 Selene Ice Nessuno 4 3 7 8 l & m: Allex Loiudice, Leonardo Valcarenghi, Loris Gregorio & Michele Rivoltini         3 Lion Cecchah Sólo quiero más 8 12 20 2 l & m: Aurimas Galvelis, Tomas Alenčikas         4 Freya Alley No Kiss Goodbye 3 4 7 7 l & m: Kamilė Balčytytė, Laurence Hobbs & Max Honsinger         5 Emi Acidic U broke me 7 6 13 4 l & m: Emilija Balsevičiūtė         6 More Taip lengvai 6 5 11 6 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis & Ema Zdanavičiūtė         7 Nøra Blu Hold My Own 10 8 18 3 l & m: Raiga Tautkus         8 SHWR Contact! 12 10 22 1 l: Simonas Krukonis  m: Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Faustas Venckus, Jonas Filmanavičius, Simonas Krukonis & Vainius Indrūnas         5th heat date: 21 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Hansanova Lumina 5 3 8 8 l & m: Giedrius

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