Eurovision 2024 By The Numbers Written by Samantha Ross on May 7, 2024

Who’ll be performing:

37 countries in total, the same as 2023 following the withdrawal of Romania and the return of Luxembourg.

• Solo Female (17): Albania, Austria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia
• Solo Male (7): Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands,
• Solo Non-Binary (3): Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom*
  – Singer Olly Alexander has stated that he considers himself nonbinary, but uses he/him pronouns.
• Duos (7): Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
• Groups and Collaborations (3): Estonia, Norway, San Marino

How they were chosen:

• National Final (22): Albania, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
• Partial National Final (1): Israel
  (Eden Golan won the 2024 series of HaKokhav HaBa, and her song was written for her after the fact.)
• Internal Selection (14): Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

What language will the song be performed in?

• English (19): Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
• No English (12): Armenia, Estonia, France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
• Bilingual/Multilingual (5): Australia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Israel, Luxembourg, Ukraine

Australia’s Electric Fields, performing in English and Yankunytjatjara. (Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett, EBU)

Artists under the age of 20 (at the time of performance): 

• Cyprus: Silia Kapsis (17)

Artists over the age of 40 (at the time of performance): 

• Australia: Michael Ross (42)
• Estonia: Ramo Teder (53), Marko Veisson (47)
• Iceland: Hera Björk (52)
• Latvia: Dons (40)
• Moldova: Natalia Barbu (44)
• Norway: Magnus Børmark (41), Mats Paulsen (41), John Stenersen (40)
• Spain: Mery Bas (55), Mark Dasousa (50)

Artists using a pseudonym, mononym, or nickname:

• Albania: BESA’s full name is Besa Kokëdhima.
• Austria: Kaleen’s real name is Marie-Sophie Kreissl.
• Azerbaijan: FAHREE’s real name is Fakhri Ismayilov.
• Belgium: Mustii’s real name is Thomas Michel Mustin.
• Croatia: Baby Lasagna is the stage name of Marko Purišić.
• Cyprus: Silia Kapsis’s full name is Vasiliki Silia Kapsis.
• Czechia: Aiko’s real name is Alena Shirmanova-Kostebelova.
• Denmark: SABA’s full name is Anna Saba Lykke Oehlenschlæger. She was born in Ethiopia with the name Saba, but went by Anna after being adopted and moving to Denmark as an infant.
• Estonia: All of the members of 5miinust use stage names.
  • Kristjan Jakobson goes by “Estoni Kohver” or “Kohver”, meaning “Eston’s briefcase”.
  • Mihkel Tamm goes by “Päevakoer”, which translates literally as “Sun Dog”, but refers to a garden tiger moth.
  • Karl Kivastik goes by “Põhja-Korea” (“North Korea) or just “Korea”.
  • Priit Tomson goes by “Lancelot”.

5MIINUST x Puuluup rehearsing (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi for Estonia. (Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett, EBU)

• Finland: Windows95man’s real name is Teemu Keisteri.
• France: Slimane’s full name is Slimane Nebchi.
• Germany: ISAAK’s full name is Isaak Guderian.
• Iceland: Hera Björk’s full name is Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir, but in Icelandic the last name is simply a patronymic.
• Ireland: Bambie Thug’s real name is Bambie Ray Robinson.
• Latvia: Dons’s real name is Artūrs Šingirejs.
• Lithuania: Silvester Belt’s real name is Silvestras Beltė.
• Luxembourg: TALI’s full name is Tali Golergant.
• Poland: LUNA’s real name is Aleksandra Katarzyna Wielgomas.
• Portugal: iolanda’s full name is Iolanda Costa.
• San Marino: All of the members of MEGARA use pseudonyms, which have been oddly difficult to confirm. Lead singer Kenzy Loevett’s real name is Sara Jiménez Moral.
• Serbia: TEYA DORA’s real name is Teodora Pavlovska.
• Slovenia: Raiven’s real name is Sara Briški Cirman.
• Spain: Mery Bas’s full name is María José Bas Arguijo, and Mark Sasousa’s real name is Lorenzo Giner Puchol.
• Sweden: Marcus and Martinus’s full names are Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen.
• Switzerland: Nemo’s full name is Nemo Mettler.
• Ukraine: alyona alyona’s real name is Aliona Olehivna Savranenko, and Jerry Heil’s real name is Yana Oleksandrivna Shemaieva.
• United Kingdom: Olly Alexander’s full name is Oliver Alexander Thornton.

Artists’ Names in their native-language script…

…if the Roman alphabet is not their primary script of use, or if their name is traditionally written with characters not used in English spelling:

• Armenia: “Ladaniva” would be written as “Լադանիվա” in Armenian script. “Jaklin Baghdasaryan” would be written as “Ժակլին Բաղդասարյանը” and Louis Thomas would be written as “Լուի Թոմասը”.
• Azerbaijan: With full Azerbaijani orthography, FAHREE’s full name, Fakhri Ismayilov, would be “Fəxri İsmayılov”, and Ilkin Dovlatov would be “İlkin Dövlətov”.
• Cyprus: Although Silia Kapsis was born in Australia and would use the Roman alphabet normally, her full name in Greek script would be “Βασιλική Σίλια Καψή”.
• Georgia: Nutza Buzaladze’s name in Georgian script would be “ნუცა ბუზალაძე”.
• Greece: Marina Satti’s name in Greek script would be “Μαρίνα Σάττι”.
• Israel: Eden Golan’s name in Hebrew script is “ עדן גולן”.
• Serbia: TEYA DORA’s name in Serbian Cyrillic would be “Теја Дора”, and her full name, Teoroda Pavlovska, would be “Теодора Павловска”
• Ukraine: alyona alyona stylizes her name in Roman script, even in Ukraine. That being said, her real name, Aliona Olehivna Savranenko, would be Альо́на Олегівна Савране́нко. Jerry Heil, written in Ukrainian Cyrillic, would be “Дже́ррі Гейл”, with her full name (Yana Oleksandrivna Shemaieva) written as “Я́на Олекса́ндрівна Шема́єва”.

Songs changed/modified/revamped/translated from original winner/announcement/release?

• Albania: After winning the ticket to Sweden following Festivali i Këngës, Zemrën n’dorë was translated into English and revamped.
• Czechia: A revamped version of Pedestal was created following the national final, including the removal of some saucy language.
• Estonia: Due to the EBU’s ban on mentioning commercial products in Eurovision songs, the original lyrics, “the only bag on our table is green Lays”, were changed to “the only bag here is full of deposit bottles”.
• Finland: While the actual song No Rules! hasn’t undergone any changes, Windows95man’s image has had to change a bit in order to comply with the EBU’s rules on branding, with the logo on his shirt and hat now intentionally pixelated.
• Germany: Always on the Run was modified slightly to remove a bit of vulgar language.
• Israel: The unreleased original version of Hurricane, called October Rain, had to be modified to avoid being overtly political, as per the EBU’s rules and regulations.
• Italy: The Sanremo edit of La noia clocks in at 3:09, just over Eurovision’s time limit, so the song had to be edited down.
• Luxembourg: A new version of Fighter was created between the national final and its performance in Malmö.
• Malta: A revamp of Loop was released between the national final and the Eurovision performance.
• Norway: The original studio cut of Ulveham clocks in at 5:47, nearly twice the length of an allowable Eurovision song, so it needed to be pared down dramatically. Furthermore, the text of that original version derives from a traditional Norwegian ballad, so it wouldn’t be considered fully original content. Prior to the national final, a new version with modified lyrics was released that complied with broadcaster NRK and the EBU’s rules.

How many have had previous involvement with Eurovision?

• Austria: While having never performed as part of a judged performance, Kaleen has served as a stand-in performer for the 2018 contest, as well as a choreographer and dancer for that year’s interval acts. She also has worked as a creative director at Junior Eurovision 2021 for the Spanish and Bulgarian acts, the overall stage director for the entire 2022 event, and was a part of the creative teams for the Austrian, Armenian, German, and Georgian delegations in Liverpool last year.
• Iceland: Hera Björk previously represented Iceland at Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, coming in 19th place in the Grand Final with Je ne sais quoi. She was also a backing singer for Iceland’s entries in 2008, 2009, and 2015.
• Moldova: Natalia Barbu previously represented Moldova at Eurovision 2007 in Helsinki with Fight, which ended up in 10th place in the Grand Final.

How many have previous involvement with Junior Eurovision?

• Lithuania: Silvester Belt (under his given name, Silvestras Beltė), made it to the Final of the Lithuanian national selection for Junior Eurovision in 2010, coming in eighth place with Pi-pa-po.
• Israel: A resident of Russia at the time, Eden Golan came in fifth place in that country’s Junior Eurovision national selection with Schastye.
• Malta: Sarah Bonnici took part in the Maltese national selection for JESC twice: in 2009 with The Mambo Song, coming in third place, and in 2010 with Kitty Kitty Cat, coming in seventh. She was then added to the delegation for Malta, serving as a backing dancer for Nicole Azzopardi’s Knock Knock!…Boom Boom!

How many had previously been involved in National Finals (excluding their victory this year)?

• Albania:
  • 2009: Ajër (4th place)
  • 2009, Romanian NF: Nothing Gonna Change (semifinal)
  • 2011: E bukura dhe bisha (9th place)
• Australia:
  • 2019: 2000 and Whatever (2nd place)
• Croatia:
  • 2019: In the Shadows (4th place) – backing guitarist for group Manntra
• Georgia:
  • 2017: White Horses Run (2nd place)
• Iceland:
  • 2007: Mig dreymdi (semifinal)
  • 2009, Danish NF: Someday (2nd place)
  • 2010: Je ne sais quoi (winner)
  • 2019: Moving On (4th place)
• Latvia:
  • 2010: My Religion is Freedom (2nd place)
  • 2014: Pēdējā Vēstule (2nd place)

• Malta:
  • 2022: Heaven (12th place)
• Moldova:
  • 2007: Fight (winner)
  • 2011: Let’s Jazz (2nd place)
  • 2013: Confession (semifinal)
• Portugal:
  • 2022: Mar no fim (semifinal) – songwriter
• San Marino:
  • 2023, Spanish NF: Arcadia (4th place)
• Serbia
  • 2023: Posle mene (13th place) – songwriter
• Slovenia:
  • 2016: Črno bel (2nd place)
  • 2017: Zažarim (3rd place)
  • 2019: Kaos (2nd place)
• Spain:
  • 2023, Sammarinese NF: Anoche (audition round)
• Sweden:
  • 2023: Air (2nd place)
• Ukraine (Jerry Heil):
  • 2020: Vegan (6th place)
  • 2023: When God Shut the Door (3rd place)

How many have been involved in non-Eurovision-affiliated competition programming or other major music festivals?

• Albania:
  • 2013: Kënga Magjike – winner
  • 2017: The Voice of Albania – judge
• Australia
  • X Factor Australia
    • Zaachariaha Fielding, 2011
    • Michael Ross, 2013
•  Austria:
  • 2014: Got To Dance, finalist
•  Azerbaijan:
  • 2023: The Voice of Azerbaijan (native songs edition), runner-up

• Belgium:
  • 2023-present: Drag Race Belgique, judge
• Czechia:
  • 2015: Česko Slovenská SuperStar, top 20
• France:
  • 2007: Popstars, participant
  • 2009: Nouvelle Star, participant
  • 2011: X Factor, participant
  • 2012: Encore une chance, participant
  • 2016: The Voice: La Plus Belle Voix, winner
  • 2018-2019: The Voice Belgique, judge
  • 2020: The Voice Kids Belgique, judge
• Georgia:
  • Undetermined year: Two Stars Georgia and Your Face Sounds Familiar (Georgia)
  • 2011: Georgia’s Got Talent, semifinalist
  • 2013: 1+1 (Georgia), 4th place
  • 2014: New Wave Music Festival, winner
  • 2014: Dancing with the Stars (Georgia), withdrawn due to injury
  • 2015-2016: The Voice of Turkey, eliminated at duel stage
  • 2020-2021: All Together Now (Russia)
  • 2023: American Idol, top 12

•  Germany:
  • 2011: X Factor, participant
  • 2021: Show Your Talent, winner
• Iceland:
  • 2013: Viña del Mar International Song Festival, winner
• Israel:
  • 2018: The Voice Kids (Russia), finalist
  • 2022: I Can See Your Voice (Israel), participant
• Italy:
  • 2022: Amici di Maria De Filippi, winner of singing category, runner-up overall
• Latvia:
  • 2003: Talantu Fabrika, winner
  • 2014: Jaunā Talantu Fabrikā, judge
  • 2023: Paaudžu duelis, judge
• Lithuania:
  • 2017: Aš – superhitas, winner
  • 2018: X Faktorius, eliminated in week 4
• Malta:
  • 2018-2019: X Factor Malta
• Portugal:
  • 2008: Uma canção para ti, eliminated in week 2
  • 2012: Ídolos, eliminated before live shows
  • 2014: The Voice Portugal, audition
• Sweden:
  • 2012: Melodi Grand Prix Junior, winners
  • 2022: Masked Singer Sverige, winners
• Switzerland:
  • 2021-2022: The Masked Singer Switzerland, 5th place
• Ukraine (Jerry Heil)
  • 2018: X-Factor Ukraine, eliminated at bootcamp stage.

Who wasn’t born in the country they’ll be representing?

• Armenia: Louis Thomas of LADANIVA was born in Lille, France.
• Cyprus: Silia Kapsis was born in Sydney, Australia. This makes her the second consecutive Sydneysider to represent Cyprus at Eurovision, and continues the country’s ongoing (since 2017) streak of selecting non-Cypriot-born acts.
• Czechia: Aiko was born in Moscow, Russia, but moved to Czechia as a young child.
• Denmark: SABA was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but she and her twin sister were adopted into a Danish family as toddlers and raised in Denmark.
• Luxembourg: TALI was born in Israel and spent part of her childhood in Chile and Argentina before settling in Luxembourg, where she lived for ten years before moving to the United States for her higher education.
• San Marino: MEGARA was formed in Madrid, Spain, and all of the members of the group are Spanish.
• Sweden: Marcus and Martinus are from Elverum, Norway.

* – Dons, Natalia Barbu, and alyona alyona were born in the countries they’re representing (Latvia, Moldova, and Ukraine, respectively), but were born prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, so technically speaking, they were born under a different flag! You can say the same for Serbia’s Teya Dora, who was born when a then-united Serbia and Montenegro were still called the “Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”.

How many songs this year were written or composed (at least partially) by the performer? (30!)

(* – performers are the sole credited songwriters.)

• Albania
• Armenia
• Australia*
• Azerbaijan
• Belgium
• Croatia*
• Czechia
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Malta
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain*
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom

Any ESC veteran songwriters in the mix?

• Albania
  • Kleidi Bahiti
    • Karma – Albania 2021
•  Austria
  • Anderz Wrethov
    • Always – Azerbaijan 2009
    • Fuego – Cyprus 2018
    • Too Late for Love – Sweden 2019
    • Voices – Sweden 2021
    • Fade to Black – Azerbaijan 2022
  • Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt
    • El Diablo – Cyprus 2021
    • Adrenalina – San Marino 2021
    • Voices – Sweden 2021
    • Break a Broken Heart – Cyprus 2023
    • Tattoo – Sweden 2023
  • Julie Aagaard
    • I Am What I Am – Malta 2022
  • Thomas Stengaard
    • Only Teardrops – Denmark 2013
    • You Let Me Walk Alone – Germany 2018
    • Sister – Germany 2019
    • Adrenalina – San Marino 2021
    • Fade to Black – Azerbaijan 2022
    • El Diablo – Cyprus 2021
    • Break a Broken Heart – Cyprus 2023
• Belgium
  • Nina “Ravvel” Sampermans
    • Would You? – Belgium 2012
    • Tout l’univers – Switzerland 2021
    • Bridges – Estonia 2023
  • Pierre Dumolin
    • City Lights – Belgium 2017
    • Wake Up – Belgium 2019

•  Cyprus
  • Dimitris Kontopoulos
    • This is Our Night – Greece 2009
    • Hold Me – Azerbaijan 2013
    • Shine – Russia 2014
    • Mechta – Russia JESC 2015
    • You Are the Only One – Russia 2016
    • This is Love – Greece 2017
    • X My Heart – Azerbaijan 2018
    • Scream – Russia 2019
    • Superg!rl – Greece 2020
    • Prison – Moldova 2020
    • Last Dance – Greece 2021
    • Sugar – Moldova 2021
• Denmark
  • Jonas Thander
    • I’ve Been Waiting for This Night – Lithuania 2016
    • We Are More – Malta JESC 2019
    • Bigger than Us – United Kingdom 2019
    • Amen – Austria 2021
  • Melanie Wehbe
    • Love is Forever – Denmark 2019
    • Move – Sweden 2020
• Georgia
  • Darko Dimitrov
    • Ninanajna – North Macedonia 2006
    • Pred da se razdeni – North Macedonia 2013
    • To the Sky – North Macedonia 2014
    • Lost and Found – North Macedonia 2018
    • Doma – North Macedonia JESC 2018
    • Proud – North Macedonia 2019
    • Fall from the Sky – Albania 2020
    • Loco Loco – Serbia 2021
    • Breathe – Montenegro 2022
    • Životot e pred mene – North Macedonia JESC 2022
    • Kaži mi, kaži mi koj – North Macedonia JESC 2023
• Israel
  • Stav Beger
    • Toy – Israel 2018
• Italy
  • Dario “Dardust” Faini
    • Soldi – Italy 2019

•  Luxembourg
  • Dario “Dardust” Faini (see Italy)
  • Silvio Lisbonne
    • Miss You – Belgium 2022
• Malta
  • Matthew James Borg
    • Diamonds in the Skies – Malta JESC 2022
    • Dance (Our Own Party) – Malta 2023
  • Micheal Joe Cini
    • Dance (Our Own Party) – Malta 2023
  • Joy & Linnea Deb
    • You – Sweden 2013
    • Heroes – Sweden 2015
    • Monsters – Finland 2018
    • Yes – Denmark 2020 (just Linnea, no Joy!)
    • Adrenalina – San Marino 2021
    • Voices – Sweden 2021
• Slovenia
  • Bojan Cvjetićanin
    • Carpe Diem – Slovenia 2023
• Sweden
  • Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt (see Austria)
  • Joy & Linnea Deb (see Malta)
• Switzerland
  • Linda Dale
    • Queen of Kings – Norway 2023
• Ukraine
  • Ivan Klymenko
    • Stefania – Ukraine 2022