After a long-awaited return to the competition, Luxembourg is about to reveal its Eurovision 2024 selection process. The country will be choosing the first artist or group to represent the nation at the contest since 1993.
Gudden Owend Lëtzebuerg! These are the words that many international fans, or simple Luxembourg enthusiasts, have been longing to hear for 30 years. This moment has now never been so close, as broadcaster RTL has announced that on Monday 3 July they will reveal the details of Luxembourg’s selection for Eurovision in Sweden next year.
“After 30 long years, RTL is delighted to announce that the Luxembourg media is now responsible for selecting the person or group who will proudly represent the colours of the Luxembourg flag in May 2024 in Sweden. Three minutes that will leave a lasting impression on the lucky candidate! [… ] Pre-selection process to be launched on July 3, 2023.”
Internal selection, national final, language, nationality?
Luxembourg’s 30-year absence from the competition leaves all questions open as to how broadcaster RTL will decide to select its representative. Preference could be either for internal selection or for a national final.
During their previous appearances at Eurovision, Luxembourg was often represented by artists of various nationalities, particularly singers from France. This raises questions as to whether, for its return, the country will decide on new rules to prioritise local artists, or whether it will continue to uphold its tradition of showcasing talent from all over the world.
This subsequently brings up discussion of which language the broadcaster will favour in its artist selection. Luxembourg has three official languages: Luxembourgish, French and German. Luxembourgish is the national language, spoken by the majority of the population. German is used for administrative purposes, while French is widely used in business and the media. These three languages reflect the country’s cultural and linguistic diversity. Or, like many other countries, will English be the preferred option?
Luxembourg at Eurovision
With five victories to its name, Luxembourg is one of Eurovision’s most successful countries. The country owes its first victory to Jean-Claude Pascal, who won in 1961 with “Nous les Amoureux”, a song with an avant-garde subtext about forbidden homosexual love.
The nation went on to top the rankings in 1965, 1972 and 1973. Their final gold medal came in 1983, the year when Corinne Hermès shone with her song “Si la vie est cadeau”.
Luxembourg’s Eurovision success is not limited to victories alone. They achieved another eight top-five finishes during their 37 appearances at the contest. The nation’s commitment to musical excellence and artistic innovation has been hailed by critics and Eurovision fans alike over the years, who have eagerly awaited the country’s return.
Are you excited about Luxembourg’s return to Eurovision? Would you prefer an internal selection or a national final? Let us know on the comment section.
See you all in Luxembourg City in 2025.
Why have not posted about Blanka from Polands new song ? Bias
be patient, monday she’ll be included in the ”new music this week” thread i think
IS It really Luxembourgisch? I think It is Luxembourger or Luxembourgian but not Luxembourgisch. There might not even a Word for this, you have to say “from Luxembourg”.
Luxembourgian(-s) for people and Luxembourgish for language.
It was the prime minister who said that, so the government would be in favour of hosting Eurovision. Would be quite a comeback to return years later and win!
I hope not, as I wish for a country that hasn’t won the contest yet to win it in 2024. Or some countries, which joined from the 1990s and onward to win. Except for Ukraine, which won in 2022, 2016, and 2004, the other times Eurovision was won by newly joined countries were only in 2011 (Azerbaijan), 2008 (Russia), 2007 (Serbia), 2002 (Latvia), and 2001 (Estonia) in a timespan of 30+ years. We need more diversity as the winning countries are now predominantly from Western and Scandinavian countries, especially after the re-introduction of the jury system in 2010.
I’m with you there. I’m really aching for somebody to win Eurovision for the first time next year or in the future. It’s been too long. Say what you Will about eurovision in the 2000s, I really like that eight countries won Eurovision for the first time in a row during that decade. It’s really sad We’ve only had two new winners in the 2010s, and we haven’t had a new winner yet for this decade. Of course, we should always be mindful of what gets sent for the contest, and sometimes a country that had previously won before might… Read more »
LOL, OK?
I am sure someone official from Norway or Spain will say the same thing.
No dear, I am not showing anything.
Because that quote means nothing. All he said was in case of win they are ready to host. A quoote which any representative from any country can say . But they of course have to win first..
Or Malta – since 1971.
Luxembourg is classier than that!
ESC2024 results
Poland can score well with the juries. Their recent songs just haven’t done so yet.
you have so much time on your hands, go of the grid, enjoy the summer!
If you can predict the results from 2024, then I have a little question: Will I ever marry?
You do not need to be a Pschic to predict this . It will be no one .
i’m not interested in marriage at all though but that’s not a topic we have to discuss here because it was originally a pun on spongebob
Oh my God, Monaco is coming back too?
Finland will fail to qualify for the Grand Final. Either Norway, Denmark or Australia will win next year’s contest.
It’s yet to be announced, whereas Australia will get another invitation to participate in the contest as an EBU associate member. Their current invitation has expired, so it’s up to EBU to decide if Australia can even take part. I heard there are rumors Canada might be joining Eurovision 2024 since the Australian viewership was not the most inspiring, taking only half a million viewers from a country with a population of 25,7 million, making it attractive to less than 2% of its population. After all, it’s all about the numbers for a TV show.
A country where the EBU affiliated broadcaster withdraws from ESC the participation rights should be given to other broadcaster of that country if they show interest and have the financial and organizational capacity to do so.
Bring back the random draw running order
Yes, absolutely – and breaks have to be decided beforehand so they cannot manipulate that way. A stage that needs longer to set up is not allowed.
No backing vocals and auto-tune as well.
Only problem is that with some stage props and stuff, it takes longer to get them ready so a break would still be needed.
I think it’s about time some rules were brought in re staging. People are taking advantage.
good luck with your “the voice” or “Got talent” staging then! you just can’t force and limit the visual and staging ideas of the country, just because you feel that some countries spend more on their staging while others do not is unfair advantage, then I hate it to break it to you, and WAKE UP!
As for backing vocals in this time and age it’s “a must” for a tv show to be brought into the 21st century, no more screaming and out-of-synch backing vocals, obviously autotune is a no!
No!
As a Belgian living ten minutes away from the frontier with Luxembourg, I’m more than excited to see what will their approach to the contest be. I’m ready to wave Luxembourg flag and I would be ready to vote for them (even with a bad song) just to encourage them to stay and encourage other countries to come back.
of course, same
Go Luxembourg, one of my fave football teams is also F91 Dudelange <3 luxembourg competition is 100000% better than the NL Eredivisie fun facts
So happy for all the Luxies out there! I really hope they’ll promote their local identity in ESC and will slay with something classy and avant-garde, what we expect from them!
Luxembourg ‘88 is my favourite Eurovision song ever. It was played at my wedding 8 years ago! Great to see Luxembourg back in the contest and I hope for something amazing from them. I’ve no doubt it will be a huge ballad , sung in French by a female artiste. Bon chance Luxembourg.
The biggest winner of Luxembourg returning is Portugal. A free 12 points from the Luxembourgish televote every year.
i hope we Netherlands will send a troll entry in this stupid troll festival led by dictatorship of sweden
Russia is a dictatorship not w
Sweden
Sweden has climate dictator Greta Thunberg
You’re calling a very good activist a “dictator”. Seems like you stand behind the “green dictatorship” theory.
I suggest that you go and touch grass instead of writing here. Eurovision is a place that unites us. People like you aren’t a part of Eurovision.
I am a hardcore oldfashioned eurovision fan, i just want this contest to be lesser popular, lesser mainstream and more about the songs
But don’t call someone, who isn’t even part of their government, a dictator
Thunberg shoves all that climate nonsense into our faces so a dictator
Ok the dictator word goes too far agree but am just not her fan and also not a fan of her mom’s music, la voix was dull
Someone else but sweden to win this time around and if the luxies can pull off a successful comeback good on them and i will be cheering for them
If you want Eurovision to be less popular, I can assure you that you are a turnoff for any new fans due to your toxic attitude, if that inflates your clearly starved ego at all.
Anonymous91 is Usually correct in his opinions . Why do you always make fights with people who are telling the truth ? . Stop being so rude and you touch grass because if you have eyes you will see Climate Change Is Weather Manipulation just see the chemicals airplanes relese in the skies
I love how it becomes more and more clear that you two are probably the same person + what you say if right propaganda I usually hear from nazi parties like AfD, Rassemblement National or the American republicans…why are you even watching Eurovision then, if you’re obviously far-right?
Furthermore #1: I am not rude. Many people share my opinion, they just don’t dare to criticise you. Furthermore #2: This is not a place to talk about climatic change. Furthermore #3: The main evidence that Anonymous91 and Bejba are the same person is, that Bejba is the only person here that agrees with Anonymous91 + the only person that is against me. Furthermore #4: You should be the person that touch grass (I’m doing it daily btw, I’m outside for 1 to 3 hours a day). Furthermore #5: Explain me how the weather can be manipulated? No, climatic change… Read more »
we aren’t the same person, but we are both fans of the most iconic superstar girlie to have walked on the esc stage, poland’s own little gaga/britney superstar Blanka <3
and you dare to say you want an old fashioned Eurovision!? Blanka’s is anything but old fashioned. MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY.
Luxembourg a bottom 2 result in the semi next year and then they permanently withdraw from the contest
Sweden will win the contest again, and also in 2025, and in 2026, of course because sweden rules the world
Highly unlikely that Luxembourg will be bottom 2 – they have so many neighbours and, thus, will do well in the televote I suspect. It’s also extremely unlikely that we’ll ever see back to back wins in the contest ever again due to the number of entries. If Sweden however gets the most votes again, then they’ll win – that’s the nature of the competition. They hardly rule the world to be fair, they just put a huge effort into Eurovision, and take it very seriously. We’re not talking world domination here or a life/death situation. Think people need to… Read more »
Germany had eight neighbours competing in the contest this year and still finished last in the grand final. Traditionally, of course. Luxembourg has three neighbours at best. Unless you believe former Holy Roman Empire countries will massively vote for Luxembourg due to linguistic similarities. Again, it didn’t help Germany. Or Switzerland for that matter, as Remo Forrer finished in 20th place. I wouldn’t be optimistic about Sweden’s victory next year either. Unless EBU changes the voting rules (according to the Norwegian broadcaster, the decision regarding changes will be made by January 2024), people won’t forget the selfless act of Sweden… Read more »
Oh stop this anti Loreen nonsense now. She won fairly according to rules which states the act with most support in both groups wins. Stop acting as if she only got like 20 or so points from audience, she got second most votes which secured her win. As for what people “think”, Tattoo is the most streamed ESC song of the year and is still doing solid so clearly people have made their mind up to what they prefer And people will still continue to vote for Sweden if they like the songs because unlike petty ESC fans they dont… Read more »
“Tattoo”s streaming figures mainly come because: It’s in several playlists She’s a previous winner, even before winning again It won, so it got most exposure Spotify is massive in Sweden She is one the most known recent winners It’s been heavily promoted Although it got 2nd most votes it didn’t get any 12s from the public, no one was able to win against her massive jury score, Finland got 2nd most highest percentage of votes from the public ever (Ukraine 2022 being 1st), and overall 18 sets of twelve points. Sweden won and we all know it, but that doesn’t… Read more »
You can talk about it bit you absolutely can not say it was cheating. She won according to rules. Käärija knows the rules, the fans know the rules.
Turn their backs? If audience likes a song they will vote for it. If not they will not vote for it. Simple as that. You see casual viewers do not care about outrage nor are they as petty as fans are
As for streaming, maybe people just like the song and stream it? Simple as that.
Thank you for existing in the Esc bubble. Seriously. Because the hate towards Sweden here is unbearable. They should instead love Sweden because they actually take the contest seriously and they send good songs that elevate the contest.
Hmmm. No? It’s a no. They don’t send good songs that elevate the contest. They send the same rubbish year after year after year. And that’s exactly the problem.
OK. But Germany has a spotty history with its neighbors, to say the least.
Darling you say that Kaarija is 13th on Spotify in Sweden and Loreen 30th. First of all , Loreen was first for a very long time after the fourth semi of melfedt. Secondly , Tattoo is waay more popular in stream all around the world and one of the most successful entries of Eurovision in Spotify, something that’s not the case with cha cha cha. They also got a very high Tele score , despite being second by a margin , so that shows that many many people actually liked it. You might be sad that she won , but… Read more »
You are just spot on . Sweden cannot keep cheating the way they do. Even in The year when Swedish Entry does not win, the song that does win is Wrote by Swedish people !!!!!! Always . We want better Music not from this random Country who thinks it is better than All Else
Kaarija is that you?
Just leave this website. No one needs your negative and right comments here, you’re just a disgusting person, “Anonymous91”.
internal selection most likely as they focus mainly on broadcasting the news, not lame national finals which nobody watches
This is exciting news to see Luxembourg participate again and hopefully make an impact on the Eurovision stage like before! Seeing as TVMONACO will be launching on 1 September, fingers crossed that Monaco will join as well. Bulgaria, Montenegro, and North Macedonia haven’t confirmed their 2024 participation yet but they aren’t likely to withdraw indefinitely.
Hopefully for 2025, some countries will return (Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Türkiye) or debut (Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Vatican City maybe??? XD).
Bulgaria did say it was a permanent leave though..
same as me, also permanently left as a eurofan now that plastic loser Loreen has won
Good! Bye bye!
Butn why are you here still hanging around?
Good riddance! the fandom can’t tolerate a toxic salty loser in it either.
i’m not the toxic one lol
imagine bullying Greece’s Victor Vernicos to an nq and the year before Malta’s Emma Muscat to an nq, just because they happen to come from richer families than some of you
based on the song, Victor had a nice song, very strong ed sheeran, lewis capaldi radio friendly vibe, as for Emma, even if IAWIA was too cheesy for some, eurovision is known as a very cheesy music festival though and normally catchy songs always did well
I’m NoT tHe ToXiC oNe! I have to laugh, as for your evidence of toxicity is straight up BS imagine people “bullying” you because you just happened to be rich!
If you really want to have constructive criticism, then you need to make up your mind, as you are clearly just blinded by hatred and bigotry.
well as if Emma cares about the toxic fandom now, she’s gonna open for A-Lister Latin superstar Maluma in Sicily on 5th of July, Yup Yup
oh wait, you guys don’t know who Maluma is as your attention is on esc artists only lmao
Again you’re a laughing matter, imagine being self absorbed ignorant individual and to assume things.
I get it you’re salty dutch man/women or whatever but that doesn’t make it right to go and talk BS just to fill the emptiness in you.
so unless you have something good to say take your negativity elsewhere or whine on twitter as most do!
– Andorra doesn’t have money for ESC
– Bosnia & Herzegovina is in massive debt
– Slovakia has a low funding from the government
– Turkey doesn’t want to come back, and if it would I doubt they’d come when the contest is in Sweden
– Kazakhstan isn’t even participating in JESC anymore, and they only use the contest to uplift their public image
– Kosovo isn’t independent
– Liechtenstein doesn’t have money to participate
– Vatican City won’t participate and I think it’s a pretty clear that it never will
Oh, Dear… many of us do know about those facts. Why can’t we leave some space to some dreaming?
Some of us like to be realistic, but heres something optimistic to pipedream for the year to come: Monaco actually might be coming back in upcoming years, as they’re launching TVMonaco and it had been reported that they had a budget expecially for Eurovision, and Luxembourg’s comeback might strenghten that decision.
Luxembourg is a small country but has a major impact on the ESC.
I can not wait to see what they bring us!
Hopefully the song is actually from a Luxish person . If the song even has one Swedish or Forein writer then i will boycot Luxemburg particpation at the Esc
So You do not want a Country to send music from the Country but from forien lands ? It is Eurovision not BuySongFromSwedenVision
yeah but one also has to not come from a too upper class/monied background also not good for majority of the fandom
i so wish Greece had gotten more appreciation this year 🙁
Hopefully, their song will be great. That’s all that matters!
I am so excited about Luxembourg! Other countries on hold (Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Slovakia) should follow suit.
No they should not, who cares about swedovision these days, a contest with only english songs, boring
Apparently you seem to care , cause you are in an esc site , in a dead period for Eurovision that noone is talking about esc , writing endless comments about a talented woman that has a life in contrary with you. Since you don’t care , please leave , noone wants your toxicity.
you don’t care about the esc, so go and leave wiwibloggs pls, no one wants toxic comments here
edit: I would prefer that they select an act via an internal selection. To my feeling, songs that have been internally selected have a more professional sound. Also I fear if they do a national final, they’ll end up with a nf like una voce per san marino… and we all know what that is like…
All Luxembourg need to do to get a good result is send a song by Robin Hustin, who is known around the world, or maybe the indie band Francis of Delirium. They could get a good result from either of these, who are from Luxembourg itself!
I hope Luxembourg ends up being like Italy: not losing the it factor in the contest and being a superpower despite decades of absence. Years of requests and efforts for this return should not be in vain.
Zero chance they’ll end up being anywhere remotely close to Italy, they’re one of the smallest countries in the show and they obviously can’t rely on their old methods of borrowing from the French anymore, so they’ll probably struggle for the most part.
cyprus isn’t that unsuccessful with borrowing from greece so claiming that borrowing would be a bad idea is nonsense
I surprised that they haven’t already got an act and song already lined up.
it’s very early, i believe that not a single song is finished yet
If they do a National final, I hope they do what EL22 did. ie pick both Estonian and non-Estonia language songs and construct the qfs and sfs so that at least one of each group ends up in the final. But ofc replace Estonian and non-Estonian songs with Luxembourgish and non-Luxembourgish artists
an entry in Luxembourgish would be nice. I don’t see the point of Luxembourg returning if they’re just going to sound like just another act from the lower reaches of the UK top 40