International jury in charge of deciding acts for Luxembourg Song Contest 2025.
It has been confirmed that a five member international jury panel will be overseeing the auditions for the Luxembourg Song Contest, and will decide which acts will go on to compete in the contest next year. Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL will be hosting the auditions this weekend, from the 8th to 10th of November 2024. The finslists will be announced on November 18th.
A total of 53 different acts will be competing in the auditions this weekend. Out of these 53 acts, 70% are Luxembourg nationals, 25% have resided in Luxembourg for at least three years or more, and the remaining 5% have a cultural link to Luxembourg. This year sees 12 different nationalities represented – 70% are Luxembourgers; 13% come from the Medditerranean (Italy, Portugal, Spain); 11% come from neighbouring countries Belgium, France and Germany and the remaining 6% is made up of the United States, Greece and Hungary.
Despite there only being 53 acts, a total of 79 songs have been submitted to the broadcaster. Out of these 79 songs, 75% contain Luxembourgish participating in the writing of the song, and 70% have been (co) written by the artists themselves.
And the winner is...
Just like they did for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2024, this years finalists will be decided by an international jury. For this years contest, we saw Tali Eshkoli, Christer Björkmann, Jan Bors, Cesár Sampson and Alex Panayi on the jury panel. But who are the lucky five jury members for next years contest?
- Diogo Fernandes (Portugal) – co-producer of Eurovision 2018, television producer, agent, artist and manager
- Eldar Gasimov (Azerbaijan) – Eurovision 2011 winner (with Nikki), coach on The Voice and music producer for Azerbaijan in Eurovision
- Marie Myriam (France) – Eurovision 1977 winner
- Poli Genova (Bulgaria) – Eurovision 2011 & 2016, Junior Eurovision 2015 host & coach on The Voice
- Niamh Kavangh (Ireland) – Eurovision 1993 winner & Eurovision 2010 participant
At the 2023 contest in Liverpool, Luxembourg announced their return to Eurovision in 2024, which would mark their first participation since 1993. In the following months, they confirmed they would be holding a national final to select their entry, and thus the Luxembourg Song Contest was born. This years edition was won by TALI and her song “Fighter”.
Luxembourg qualified from the semi final for the first time in their Eurovision history as TALI and “Fighter” finished top 5 in semi final one and 13th place overall in the final with 117 points, their best Eurovision result since 1986.
Are you excited for the second edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest next year? Which Luxembourgish acts would you like to see in the final? Let us know in the comments below!
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