| EuroSong 16th edition 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Viser La Lune! | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 25 December 2023 |
| Semi-final 2 | 26 December 2023 |
| Semi-final 3 | 8 January 2024 |
| Final | 1 February 2024 |
| Host | |
| Executive supervisor | Špetrý Walikowski |
| Executive producer | Anna Sendrik & Thomas Fredrik |
| Host broadcaster |  Belgium (BEL) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 45 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country in the final awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs and non-qualifiers award only one set |
| Winning song |  Italy"Mon Amour" |
The EuroSong 16th edition will the 16th edition of Europe's SongFestival. Previously introduced as Europe's SongFestival. The last edition took place in Switzerland, Bern where Taska Black feat. Alioth representing Belgium with the song "Lights Out" took the trophy, leaving Switzerland behind in 2nd place. The city of Belgium, Brussels was confirmed as the host city. The slogan for this edition was presented as #Viser La Lune! (meaning 'Aim For The Moon') referring to Amel Bent's song.
As usual, 45 countries like in the previous editions will be participating in this edition.
This edition marks the very first victory for Italy represented by Annalisa taking the trophy with her song "Mon Amour". In addition, Croatia and Malta have achieved their best yet results, making to Top 3 and Top 6 respectively.
List
editAs of 15 June 2024, 45 countries have confirmed their participation in the contest.
Medal Table
edit| Final Date | Host City | Winner | Song | Performer | Points | Margin | Runner-up | Third Place | Position in the Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2016 |  Schaffhausen
|
 Norway
|
"Lay It On Me" | Ina Wroldsen | 319 | 55 |  Spain
|
 Hungary
|
20 |
| 1 July 2016 | Oslo
|
 Serbia
|
"Demons" | Luke Black | 299 | 2 |  Sweden
|
 Greece
|
13 |
| 6 January 2017 | Belgrade
|
 Russia
|
"See You Again" | Serebro | 398 | 147 | Norway
|
 Albania
|
09 |
| 28 January 2017 | Moscow
|
 Germany
|
"Run" | Frida Gold | 311 | 65 |  United Kingdom
|
 Denmark
|
13 |
| 12 March 2017 | Berlin
|
Sweden
|
"Green Eyes" | Elias | 366 | 100 | United Kingdom
|
Norway
|
22 |
| 15 April 2017 | Stockholm
|
 Ireland
|
"Fighting For Love" | Imelda May | 251 | 25 | Russia
|
 Azerbaijan
|
23 |
| 27 May 2017 | Dublin
|
 Netherlands
|
"Love You Like I Should" | Julia van Bergen | 305 | 84 | Serbia
|
Norway
|
05 |
| 24 June 2017 | Amsterdam
|
 Estonia
|
"Paint Me Black" | Karl-Erik Taukar & Tanja | 463 | 33 | Italy
|
Hungary
|
11 |
| 8 February 2018 | Tallinn
|
 Armenia |
"Abrakadabra" | Atiye | 483 | 49 | Spain
|
 Iceland
|
23 |
| 29 January 2019 | Yerevan
|
 France |
"Bambola" | Betta Lemme | 521 | 132 |  Ukraine
|
United Kingdom
|
12 |
| 4 April 2020 | Paris
|
 Slovakia |
"Dancin'" | Andrew May | 294 | 15 | Norway
|
Russia
|
22 |
| 6 July 2020 | Bratislava
|
Norway |
"Power" | Ruben | 284 | 41 |  Israel
|
Denmark
|
13 |
| 15 March 2021 | Bergen
|
Sweden |
"Standby" | Amskøld | 241 | 6 | Israel
|
Ireland
|
24 |
| 6 June 2023 | Göteborg
|
Switzerland |
"Silhouette" | Gjon's Tears | 469 | 99 | Hungary
|
Sweden
|
13 |
| 2 November 2023 | Bern
|
Belgium |
"Lights Out" | Taska Black feat. Alioth | 337 | 35 | Switzerland
|
Germany
|
10 |
| 1 February 2024 | Brussels
|
Italy |
"Mon Amour" | Annalisa | 279 | 20 | Norway
|
 Croatia
|
08 |
| 2024 | Rome
|
Bidding phase
editING Arena in Brussels was chosen for this edition with the capacity of holding 20,000 of live audience. The stage should remind the one used in JESC 2023.
Format
editThe format remains the same as in the previous 15th edition, where Jury votes for the Final are cast out before the actual show when revealing the Running Order. Only at the end of the Final, Televote points and Jury's will be presented.
Semi-final allocation draw
edit- The allocation draw took place on the 7th of December 2023.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Participating countries
editSemi-Final 1
editFifteen countries have participated in the first semi-final. The 8 highlighted countries have qualified to the Grand Final. This event took place on 25 December 2023.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Armenia
|
Lilit Hovhannisyan | "Yeli Yeli" | Armenian | 13 |
| 02 |  Lithuania
|
Colours of Bubbles | "Unforgiven" | English | 10 |
| 03 |  Portugal
|
Sara Correia | "Chelas" | Portuguese | 8 |
| 04 |  Montenegro
|
Bojan Marović | "Živjeti za nas" | Serbian | 12 |
| 05 |  Austria
|
Sina Moonlake | "Cry With the Wolves" | English | 6 |
| 06 | Russia
|
JONY | "Ты беспощадна" | Russian | 1 |
| 07 |  Latvia
|
Tautumeitas | "Tautumeitas - Rūžiņu duorziņā" | Latvian | 11 |
| 08 |  Czech Republic
|
BLITZ UNION | "Hotel India Victoria" | English | 3 |
| 09 |  Bulgaria
|
ALMA | "Don't Know" | English | 5 |
| 10 |  Luxembourg
|
Camille | "Les Loups" | French | 14 |
| 11 | Norway
|
Moyka | "Rear View" | English | 2 |
| 12 |  Cyprus
|
Matina Zara | "MA TI NA" | Greek | 7 |
| 13 | Hungary
|
Azahriah | "valamiamerikai" | Hungarian | 9 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan
|
AISEL | "Qaradan Qara" | Azerbaijani | 15 |
| 15 | Netherlands
|
Sophia Mason | "Jij kent mij beter" | Dutch | 4 |
Semi-Final 2
editFifteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The 8 highlighted counties have qualified to the Grand Final. This event took place on 26 December 2023.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Belarus
|
CHEEV | "Що це в нас" | Ukrainian | 10 |
| 02 | Israel
|
Eytan Peled | "Sakatna" | English, Hebrew | 9 |
| 03 | Serbia
|
TEYA DORA | "Džanum" | Serbian | 14 |
| 04 | United Kingdom
|
YONAKA | "Get Out" | English | 5 |
| 05 | Greece
|
Nikos Oikonomopoulos | "Ekptotos Aggelos " | Greek | 6 |
| 06 | Italy
|
Annalisa | "Mon Amour" | Italian, French | 1 |
| 07 | Denmark
|
MATTIS | "Fade Into Myself" | English | 15 |
| 08 |  Malta
|
Aidan | "Reġina" | English, Spanish, Maltese | 2 |
| 09 |  Finland
|
Bee | "Viimeisiä sanoja" | Finnish | 8 |
| 10 | Ukraine
|
ONUKA | "ZENIT" | Ukrainian | 7 |
| 11 |  Slovenia
|
JON VITEZIČ | "VESOLJE ZA DVA" | Slovene | 13 |
| 12 | Spain
|
TANXUGUEIRAS ft. Juancho Marqués | "As que tiñan que estar " | Spanish | 4 |
| 13 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
ERMINA | "SIPALI" | Bosnian | 12 |
| 14 |  San Marino
|
Le Deva | "Brillare da sola" | Italian | 11 |
| 15 | Ireland
|
Talos | "Solarr" | English | 3 |
Semi-Final 3
editFifteen countries participated in the third semi-final. The 8 highlighted countries qualified for the Grand Final. This event took place on 8 January 2024.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Switzerland
|
King Elliot | "Lost Again" | English | 3 |
| 02 | Slovakia
|
Marko Damian | "Šaty" | Slovakian | 5 |
| 03 | Iceland
|
Katla | "Þaðan af" | Icelandic | 6 |
| 04 | France
|
Owlle | "Mirage" | French | 10 |
| 05 | Croatia
|
Marko Bosnjak | "Spokojan" | Croatian | 2 |
| 06 | Sweden
|
Skott | "Hail Mary (Hailstorm Version)" | English | 1 |
| 07 |  Moldova
|
Denorm | "Post" | English | 9 |
| 08 |  Poland
|
Jann | "The Letter" | English | 4 |
| 09 |  Romania
|
Seredinschi | "Piesa mea de dor " | Romanian | 14 |
| 10 | Albania
|
Erma Mici | "Kozmosi i Dashurisë" | Albanian | 12 |
| 11 | Estonia
|
Jaagup Tuisk | "Beautiful Lie" | English | 8 |
| 12 | Germany
|
AYLIVA | "Hässlich" | German | 7 |
| 13 |  Georgia
|
N.A.N.A | "Isev Shen" | Georgian | 13 |
| 14 |  North Macedonia
|
Lara Ivanova | "Za Nas" | Macedonian | 11 |
Final
edit| Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Televoting | Points | Jury | Points | ||
| 1 | Norway
|
160 | Italy
|
131 | ||
| 2 | Italy
|
148 | Sweden
|
125 | ||
| 3 | Croatia
|
136 | Croatia
|
120 | ||
| 4 | Belgium
|
125 | Norway
|
99 | ||
| 5 | Czech Republic
|
103 | Spain
|
97 | ||
| 6 | Malta
|
101 | Belgium
|
86 | ||
| 7 | Russia
|
96 | Ireland
|
86 | ||
| 8 | Ireland
|
79 | Poland
|
82 | ||
| 9 | Sweden
|
76 | Malta
|
72 | ||
| 10 | Finland
|
66 | Russia
|
71 | ||
| 11 | Spain
|
65 | United Kingdom
|
66 | ||
| 12 | Austria
|
57 | Greece
|
57 | ||
| 13 | Bulgaria
|
53 | Ukraine
|
55 | ||
| 14 | Portugal
|
52 | Czech Republic
|
52 | ||
| 15 | Netherlands
|
45 | Netherlands
|
42 | ||
| 16 | Greece
|
40 | Germany
|
31 | ||
| 17 | Poland
|
38 | Switzerland
|
30 | ||
| 18 | Germany
|
33 | Bulgaria
|
24 | ||
| 19 | United Kingdom
|
31 | Iceland
|
22 | ||
| 20 | Cyprus
|
27 | Portugal
|
20 | ||
| 21 | Ukraine
|
27 | Estonia
|
20 | ||
| 22 | Iceland
|
23 | Finland
|
19 | ||
| 23 | Slovakia
|
18 | Slovakia
|
18 | ||
| 24 | Estonia
|
14 | Austria
|
17 | ||
| 25 | Switzerland
|
11 | Cyprus
|
8 | ||
The Grand-Final took place in 2024 after all three semi-finals had taken place. Twenty-five countries participated in the final, 8 qualifying countries from each semi-final and this edition's host country Belgium performing in 10th position. Juries have cast their set of 12 points before the Grand Final and Televotes as well respectively to choose a winner.
- Table key
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Netherlands
|
Sophia Mason | "Jij kent mij beter" | Dutch | 14 | 87 |
| 02 | Spain
|
TANXUGUEIRAS ft. Juancho Marqués | "As que tiñan que estar " | Spanish | 9 | 162 |
| 03 | Bulgaria
|
ALMA | "Don't Know" | English | 17 | 77 |
| 04 | Poland
|
Jann | "The Letter" | English | 11 | 120 |
| 05 | Finland
|
Bee | "Viimeisiä sanoja" | Finnish | 15 | 85 |
| 06 | Norway
|
Moyka | "Rear View" | English | 2 | 259 |
| 07 | Slovakia
|
Marko Damian | "Šaty" | Slovakian | 23 | 36 |
| 08 | Italy
|
Annalisa | "Mon Amour" | Italian, French | 1 | 279 |
| 09 | Czech Republic
|
BLITZ UNION | "Hotel India Victoria" | English | 10 | 155 |
| 10 | Belgium
|
Mentissa | "Et Bam" | French | 4 | 211 |
| 11 | Portugal
|
Sara Correia | "Chelas" | Portuguese | 19 | 72 |
| 12 | Iceland
|
Katla | "Þaðan af" | Icelandic | 21 | 45 |
| 13 | United Kingdom
|
YONAKA | "Get Out" | English | 12 | 97 |
| 17 | Austria
|
Sina Moonlake | "Cry With the Wolves" | English | 18 | 74 |
| 25 | Croatia
|
Marko Bosnjak | "Spokojan" | Croatian | 3 | 256 |
| 14 | Cyprus
|
Matina Zara | "MA TI NA" | Greek | 24 | 35 |
| 15 | Estonia
|
Jaagup Tuisk | "Beautiful Lie" | English | 25 | 34 |
| 23 | Germany
|
AYLIVA | "Hässlich" | German | 20 | 64 |
| 18 | Greece
|
Nikos Oikonomopoulos | "Ekptotos Aggelos " | Greek | 13 | 97 |
| 21 | Ireland
|
Talos | "Solarr" | English | 8 | 165 |
| 19 | Malta
|
Aidan | "Reġina" | English, Spanish, Maltese | 6 | 173 |
| 22 | Russia
|
JONY | "Ты беспощадна" | Russian | 7 | 167 |
| 16 | Sweden
|
Skott | "Hail Mary (Hailstorm Version)" | English | 5 | 201 |
| 24 | Switzerland
|
King Elliot | "Lost Again" | English | 22 | 41 |
| 20 | Ukraine
|
ONUKA | "ZENIT" | Ukrainian | 16 | 82 |
Voting Poll Before Shows
edit| Country | Performer(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden
|
Skott | "Hail Mary (Hailstorm version)" |
| Russia
|
JONY | "Ты беспощадна" |
| Georgia
|
N.A.N.A. | "Isev Chen" |
| Italy
|
Annalisa | "Mon Amour" |
| Czech Republic
|
BLITZ UNION | "Hotel India Victoria" |