The Melody 2024

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The Melody 2024
"Flawless Symphony"
Dates
Semi-final 116 July 2024
Semi-final 218 July 2024
Final27 July 2024
Host
VenueAlmaty Arena, Almaty,  Kazakhstan
Presenter(s)Alsou, Brunette, Yerzhan Maksim
Executive supervisorChristian Laudani
Executive producerTBC
Host broadcasterKhabar Agency (organized by TVB and TBC
Opening actNone
Interval actNone
Participants
Number of entries35 (provisional)
Debuting countries Armenia
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Egypt
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Iceland
 Ikerlàndia
 Ireland
 Italy
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Norway
 Portugal
 Russia
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 United Kingdom
Non-returning countries Dargania
 Satoshi
Vote
Voting systemEach country's jury gives an individual score from 5-8-12, and the public votes online.
Winning song Egypt (1st) with the Song "Kalam Eneih".


The second edition of The Melody has been organized by TBC and TVB. It has taken place in Jult August 2024 at the Almaty Arena in Kazakhstan. In this edition Belarus, France, Germany, Russia, Spain and Ukraine have debut.

Host country and city

Shortly after the todian victory at the Todiavision Song Contest 2023, TBC has refused to host the next edition to not create a todian monopoly over the organization of the contest. TBC has decided to host along with another country not in Todia but in another country and city. KTV, the kotish public broadcaster was invited to host along with Todia but no response was received so TVB, belcitan public broadcaster, was decided as the co-host of the 2024 edition of The Melody. Both countries have proposed countries, cities and venues for the next edition of The Melody:

Countries proposed by  Belcity
Country City Venue Seats Opened in
 Denmark Copenhagen Royal Arena 16000 2017
 Estonia Tallinn Saku Surhall 7200 2001
 Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena 13506 1997
 Greece Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium 17000 1985
 Ireland Dublin 3Arena 9300 2008
 Netherlands Amsterdam Ziggo Dome 17000 2012
Country selected by Belcity for the last selection round:
Country City Venue
 Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena
Country City Venue Seats Opened in
 Armenia Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Arena 8800 1983
 France Lyon LDLC Arena 16000 2023
 France Nice Palais Nikaïa 9000 2001
 Hungary Budapest Budapest Sports Arena 12000 2003
 Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty Arena 15000 2016
  Switzerland Quinto Gottardo Arena 6775 2021
Country selected by Todia for the last selection round:
Country City Venue
 Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty Arena

Last selection round

In this round the host city will be decided and it was annouced on Saturday 2 November 2023. The two co-hosts have selected two countries:

Country City Venue
 Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena
 Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty Arena

Participating countries

Country Code Broadcaster Artist Song Language Selection type Date
 Armenia ARM AMPTV Rosa Linn Snap English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Belarus BLR BTRC 3+2 Far Away English National selection 27 December 2023
 Belcity BCY TVB Francesca Michelin Vulcano Italian Cansòn 2024 27 January 2024
 Belgium BEL RTBF - VRT Hooverphonic The Last Place English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH BHRT Dalal & Deen with Ana Rucner and Jala Ljubav Je Bosniac Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Czech Republic CZE CT Vesna My Sister's Crown Czech, english, bulgarian, ukrainian Internal selection 17 January 2024
 Denmark DEN DR Basim Cliche Love Song English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Egypt EGY NTU Sherine Kalam Eneih (كلام عينيه) Arabic Internal selction 28 April 2024
 Estonia EST ERR Koit Toome & Laura Verona English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Finland SUO Yle Pernilla Karlsson Nar Jag Blundar Swedish Internal selection 12 March 2024
 France FRA francetv Lisa Angell N'Oubliez Pas French Todiavision France: C'est vous qui decidez! 5 February 2024
 Georgia SAK GPB Tamara Gachechiladze Keep the Faith English Internal selection 25 February 2024
 Germany DEU ARD Andreas Kümmert Heart of Stone English Nationale Auswahl 2024 26 January 2024
 Iceland ISL RUV Bashar Murad Wild West (Vestrið villt) English, Icelandic Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Ikerlàndia IKR TV Publica La Fúmiga Mediterrània Catalan Una voz por lo público - Todiavision 2024 19 January 2024
 Ireland EIR RTE Wild Youth We Are One English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Italy ITA RAI Nina Zilli Per Sempre Italian Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Latvia LAT LTV Aminata I'm Letting You Go English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Lithuania LTU LRT Ieva Zasimauskaite When We're Old English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Luxembourg LUX RTL Joel Marques Believer English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Norway NOR NRK Tiril Break It English Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Kotland KOT KTV Michał Szpak Color of Your Life English Internal selection 5 February 2024
 Portugal POR RTP Elisa Medo de Sentir Portuguese Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Russia RUS VGTRK and Channel 1 Sergey Lazarev You are the only one English Russia Decides 2024 1 March 2024
 San Marino SMR RTV San Marino Loredana Bertè Pazza Italian Una Voce per Almaty 2024 25 February 2024
 Serbia SRB RTS Moje 3 Ljubav je Svuda Serbian Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Slovakia SLK RTVS Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková Let' tmou Slovak Internal selection 12 March 2024
 Slovenia SLV RTVSLO Ana Soklič Voda Slovenian Internal selection 12 March 2024
 South Korea KOR KBS Forte di Quattro ROAD Korean Internal selection 30 December 2023
 Spain ESP RTVE Nebulossa Zorra Spanish Benidorm Fest 2024 3 February 2024
 Sweden SVE SVT Loreen Statements English Internal selection 12 March 2024
  Switzerland SUI SRG SSR Sebalter Hunter of Stars English Internal selection 12 January 2024
 Todia TDA RAT - TBC Ulrikke Brandstorp Attention English Todiavision Song Contest 2024: Todia decides! 6 January 2024
 Ukraine UKR Suspilne Movlennya Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil Teresa and Maria Ukrainian, english Nacionalny Vidbir 2024 4 February 2024
 United Kingdom UK BBC James Newman My Last Breath English Internal selection 12 March 2024

Organization of the event

On 12 December 2024 the IBU has announced that, for the first time, The Melody 2024 will have two semifinals. The running order for the semifinals was determinated in mid-December. As co-hosts, Belcity and Todia will pre-qualify directly to the Grand Final. Nine countries have advanced in each semifinal: Kotland, Switzerland, Ikerlàndia, San Marino, Czechia, Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Belgium.

First semifinal
Running

order

Code Country Artist Song Points Place
01 BLR  Belarus 3+2 Far Away 33 12
02 KOT  Kotland Michał Szpak Color of Your Life 158 6
03 SUI   Switzerland Sebalter Hunter of Stars 199 3
04 IKR  Ikerlàndia La Fúmiga Mediterrània 120 8
05 SMR  San Marino Loredana Bertè Pazza 282 1
06 CZE  Czech Republic Vesna My Sister's Crown 203 2
07 DEN  Denmark Basim Cliche Love Song 162 5
08 LTU  Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaite When We're Old 182 4
09 EIR  Ireland Wild Youth We Are One 53 11
10 NOR  Norway Tiril Break It 140 7
11 BEL  Belgium Hooverphonic The Wrong Place 108 9
12 SUO  Finland Pernilla Karlsson Nar Jag Blundar 78 10
13 UK  United Kingdom James Newman My Last Breath 28 13
Second semifinal
Running

order

Code Country Artist Song Points Place
01 DEU  Germany Andreas Kümmert Heart of Stone 103 9
02 SAK  Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze Keep the Faith 132 8
03 RUS  Russia Sergey Lazarev You are the only one 193 6
04 FRA  France Lisa Angell N'Oubliez Pas 86 10
05 UKR  Ukraine Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil Teresa and Maria 211 4
06 ESP  Spain Nebulossa Zorra 151 7
07 SRB  Serbia Moje 3 Ljubav je Svuda 52 12
08 LAT  Latvia Aminata I'm Letting You Go 80 11
09 EST  Estonia Koit Toome & Laura Verona 28 13
10 ITA  Italy Nina Zilli Per Sempre 280 2
11 BIH  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalal & Deen with Ana Rucner and Jala Ljubav je 240 3
12 SLK  Slovakia Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková Let' tmou 0 14
13 LUX  Luxembourg Joel Marques Believer 193 5
14 EGY  Egypt Sherine Kalam Eneih (كلام عينيه) 354 1

Grand final

The grand final will take place on Saturday 7 October 2024 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The two host country will automatically qualify for the grand final. Armenia, Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden have been selected as automatic qualifiers. The 18 qualifiers from the semifinals will participate at the final.

Running

order

Code Country Artist Song Points Place
01 SVN  Slovenia Ana Soklič Voda 86 17
02 DEU  Germany Andreas Kümmert Heart of Stone 10 26
03 IKR  Ikerlàndia La Fúmiga Meditteranìa 135 16
04 DEN  Denmark Basim Cliche Love Song 11 25
05 BEL  Belcity Francesca Michelin Vulcano 222 11
06 LUX  Luxembourg Joel Marques Cunha Believer 32 24
07 RUS  Russia Sergey Lazarev You Are the Only One 225 10
08 SAK  Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze Keep the Faith 85 18
09 TDA  Todia Ulrikke Brandstorp Attention 341 5
10 LTU  Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė When We're Old 60 21
11 KOR  South Korea Forte di Quattro ROAD 179 13
12 ISL  Iceland Bashar Murad Wild West (Vestrið villt) 149 14
13 SUI   Switzerland Sebalter Hunter of Stars 324 6
14 CZE  Czech Republic Vesna My Sister's Crown 315 8
15 UKR  Ukraine Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil Teresa and Maria 428 3
16 NOR  Norway Tiril Break It 78 19
17 BIH  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalal and Deen with Ana Rucner and Jala Ljubav Je 567 2
18 ESP  Spain Nebulossa Zorra 58 22
19 ITA  Italy Nina Zilli Per Sempre 259 9
20 POR  Portugal Elisa Medo de Sentir 68 20
21 SMR  San Marino Loredana Bertè Pazza 418 4
22 ARM  Armenia Rosa Linn Snap 323 7
23 BEL  Belgium Hooverphonic The Wrong Place 54 23
24 EGY  Egypt Sherine Kalam Eneih 659 1
25 KOT  Kotland Michal Szpak Color of Your Life 195 12
26 SVE  Sweden Loreen Statements 141 15

Controversies

  •  Ukraine: due to issues with the Diia app where people could cast their votes for the Vidbir 2024, the Ukrainian delegation has announced that they opted for a 2-hour-long televote, resulted in the victory of Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil with the song "Teresa and Maria", with the 66,7% of the votes. They also won the televote on the Diia app and the whole Vidbir, later they were confirmed as ukrainian representants at The Melody 2024.
  • The two semifinals of the event were scheduled to be held on 9 and 11 July but, following to a production issue, both semifinals were lifted in the following week on 16 and 18 July.
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