And soon I'll be happy with drowning in the rain: An Ode to the Amazing Songs We Lost in the Eurovision National Final Season 2024
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Disclaimer: I do not believe that a certain country should be allowed to participate in ESC due to the genocide that they are engaging in. Here are resources to help the people of Palestine 🇵🇸
National final season always means that we lose some fantastic songs that won’t ever get to grace to the big ESC stage, but I can memorialize all the other tracks I love here. This list contains the songs that got away, as well as some of the guilty pleasures, and songs I simply enjoy listening to, from the NF season of 2024.
Note that this is my personal taste, so I might be missing something you jive with. Songs are arranged by flow, not in a ranking. Some videos I likely will have to replace with another upload at some point. I went with studio recordings to be consistent (barring the bonus track).
This playlist is in no way meant to put down the actual winners.
Playlists for past years: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
Tracklist below:
Krick – “Drowning In The Rain“
(Luxembourg Song Contest 🇱🇺 )
Dotter – “It’s Not Easy to Write You a Love Song”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Annalisa – “Sinceramente”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Bodine Monet – “Tears Like Rain”
(Das Deutsche Finale 2024 – Germany 🇩🇪 )
KEiiNO – “Damdiggida”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Elly – “The Angel's Share”
(ESCz - Czechia 🇨🇿 )
Cecilia – “FOMO”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Angy Fernández – “Sé quién soy”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
MIIA – “Green Lights”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
No Maka ft. Ana Maria – “Aceitar”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Leona – “Undream You”
(Das Deutsche Finale 2024 – Germany 🇩🇪 )
Hristina – “Bedem”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Olimpia Smajlaj – “Asaj”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Ryan Hili – “Karma”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Damir Kedžo – “Voljena Ženo“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
CeaseTone – “FLOW”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Margaret Berger – “Oblivion”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Erica-Cody – “Love Me Like I Do”
(Eurosong 2024 - Ireland 🇮🇪 )
Annika Wickihalder – “Light”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Lynsay Pace – “Fireproof”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Sigga Ózk – “Into The Atmosphere”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
MYDY – “Red Flag Parade”
(ESCz - Czechia 🇨🇿 )
AVÉI – “Mine
(Supernova - Latvia 🇱🇻 )
MARCELA – “Gasoline“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Maria Sur – “When I’m Gone”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
ANKA – «Палала» “Palala”
(Vidbir - Ukraine 🇺🇦 )
Dominic Cini – “Bewsa”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Dellacruz – “BESO EN LA MAÑANA”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Besa Krasniqi – “Esenciale”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
AISTAY – “YOU”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Emma – “Apnea”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
YONNA – “I Don't Know About You”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Lenny – “Good Enough”
(ESCz - Czechia 🇨🇿 )
Eliana Gomez Blanco – “There’s Only Flowers”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Melodajn Mancaku – “Nuk jemi ne”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
LEFT. – “Volto a Ti”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
eugen – “tišine“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Tiri Gjoci – “Në ëndërr”
(Festivali i Këngës 61 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Ryk – “Oh Boy”
(Das Deutsche Finale 2024 – Germany 🇩🇪 )
Stivi Ushe – “Askush si ty”
(Festivali i Këngës 61 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Nathan – “Ghost”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Diodato – “Ti muovi”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Eldis Arrnjeti – “Një kujtim”
(Festivali i Këngës 61 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Miguel Bonello – “Better Off Alone”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Traffic – “Wunderbar”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Sofia Coll – “HERE TO STAY”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Clara – “Diamanti grezzi”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Filip Baloš – “Duga je noć”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
SHÉPA – “SUPERNOVA”
(Vidbir - Ukraine 🇺🇦 )
Baltos Varnos – “In The Night”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Ingrid Jasmin – “Eya”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Valleria – “RULE (Rai Di Ri Di)”
(Etapa Naţională - Moldova 🇲🇩 )
Antsud – “Vetevaim”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
YAGODY – “Tsunamia”
(Vidbir - Ukraine 🇺🇦 )
ERBA' – “Sirena”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
AILSHA – “GO TOBANN”
(Eurosong 2024 - Ireland 🇮🇪 )
KRYLATA – “Queen”
(Vidbir - Ukraine 🇺🇦 )
Farida – “Heartache”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
INGA – “No Dog On A Leash”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Antoine Wend – “Say No More”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Ingmar – “Dreaming”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
CHAiLD – “Hold On“
(Luxembourg Song Contest 🇱🇺 )
Fredrik Halland – “Stranded”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Janus Wiberg – “I Need Your Love”
(Dansk Melodi Grand Prix - Demark 🇩🇰 )
st. Pedro - Dos Extraños (Cuarteto de Cuerda)
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Vidar Villa – “MER“
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Elisa Lindström – “Forever Yours”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Maria Christina – “Moving On”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Laura Põldvere – “Here's Where I Draw the Line”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Mantra – “Me vas a ver”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Silver Jusilo – “Lately”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
SANTI FRANCESI – “l’amore in bocca”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Roger Padrós – “El temps”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Nemanja Radošević – “Jutra bez tebe”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Kleansa Susaj – “Pikturë”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Nena – “Teorias da Conspiração”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
ANITA – “Downfall”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Danny Saucedo – “Happy That You Found Me”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Jorge González – “Caliente”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Zejna – “Najbolja”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
MÉLOVIN – “DREAMER”
(Vidbir - Ukraine 🇺🇦 )
Alekss Silvers – “For the Show”
(Supernova - Latvia 🇱🇻 )
Mahmood – “Tuta gold”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Bashar Murad – “Wild West”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Lérica – “Astronauta”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Annprincess – “Save Me”
(Melodi Grand Prix - Norway 🇳🇴 )
Marlena – “Amor de verano”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Eden Baja – “Ajër”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Bojana x David – “No No No”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Quique Niza – “Prisionero”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Ewert and The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Yoly Saa – “No se me olvida”
(Benidorm Fest - Spain 🇪🇸 )
Irma Lepuri – “Me prit”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Patrīcija Spale – “Heaven's Raining Down on Me”
(Supernova - Latvia 🇱🇻 )
Monika Marija – “Unlove you starting tommorow”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Oxygyn – “Cloudmaker”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Agnė Buškevičiūtė – “Puppeteer”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Haley Azzopardi – “Tell Me That It’s Over”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Lisa Ajax – “Awful Liar”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Mr.Rain – “Due altalene”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Saša Lozar – “Ne Plačem Zbog Nje“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Christian Arding – “Bellus”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Il Volo – “Capolavoro”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Kyle George – “Arrows”
(MESC 2024 - Malta 🇲🇹 )
Denis Midone – “Back to Me”
(Etapa Naţională - Moldova 🇲🇩 )
Petras – “Run”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Adam Woods – “Supernatural”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Festina Mejzini – “Melos”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Sara Siipola – “Paskana”
(UMK: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailuun - Finland 🇫🇮 )
BigMama – “La rabbia non ti basta”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Jasmina Hako – “Ti”
(Festivali i Këngës 62 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
The Kolors – “Un ragazzo una ragazza”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
One Last Time – “Devil in the Detail”
(Luxembourg Song Contest 🇱🇺 )
Smash Into Pieces – “Heroes Are Calling”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Cyan Kicks – “Dancing With Demons”
(UMK: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailuun - Finland 🇫🇮 )
Erina & The Elementals – “Jetën n’Skaj”
(Festivali i Këngës 61 - Albania 🇦🇱 )
Žalvarinis – “Gaudė Vėjai”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Vēstulēs – “kur?”
(Supernova - Latvia 🇱🇻 )
Nele-Liis Vaiksoo – “Käte ümber jää”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Maninni – “Spettacolare”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Clara Klingenström – “Aldrig mer”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
MAIAA – “Break away”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray – “Still Love”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
Rita Rocha – “Pontos Finais”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Ricchi e Poveri – “Ma non tutta la vita”
(Festival di Sanremo - Italy 🇮🇹 )
Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
(Etapa Naţională - Moldova 🇲🇩 )
Cazzi Opeia – “Give My Heart a Break”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
AISTÈ – “We Will Rule the World”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
(Etapa Naţională - Moldova 🇲🇩 )
Marie Reim – “Naiv”
(Das Deutsche Finale 2024 – Germany 🇩🇪 )
Natalie Balmix – “Dijamanti“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Jacqline – “Effortless”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Queens of Roses – “Walk Through Fire”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
BOOOM! – “Dance Like This”
(Una Voce per San Marino - San Marino 🇸🇲 )
The Roop – “Simple Joy”
(Eurovizija.lt – Lithuania 🇱🇹 )
Max Mutzke – “Forever Strong”
(Das Deutsche Finale 2024 – Germany 🇩🇪 )
Boris Štok – “Can We Talk“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
La Rua – “Governo del cuore”
(Una Voce per San Marino - San Marino 🇸🇲 )
Kim Cesarion – “Take My Breath Away”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Alen Đuras – “A Tamburitza Lullaby“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
MELA – “Água”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
(Etapa Naţională - Moldova 🇲🇩 )
Noelle – “Baby Baby“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Blankiflúr – “Love you”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Lana Mandarić – “More“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Peter Põder – “Korra veel”
(Eesti Laul - Estonia 🇪🇪 )
LIAMOO – “Dragon”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Nadia – “Sudari”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
James Night – “Nebo Plače“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Heiðrún Anna - Þjakaður af ást”
(Söngvakeppnin - Iceland 🇮🇸 )
Agnese Rakovska – “AI”
(Supernova - Latvia 🇱🇻 )
Kida – “Invincibile”
(Una Voce per San Marino - San Marino 🇸🇲 )
Lu Dedić – “Plavi Leptir“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
Mila Dores – “Afia a Língua”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Zorja – “Lik u ogledalu”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Jalisse – “Il paradiso è qui”
(Una Voce per San Marino - San Marino 🇸🇲 )
Martina Vrbos – “Da me voliš”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
FILIPA – “You Can’t Hide”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Džordži – “Luna Park”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Albin Tingwall – “Done Getting Over You”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Rita Onofre – “Criatura”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Vatra – “Slatke suze gorka ljubav“
(Dora - Croatia 🇭🇷 )
João Borsch – “… Pelas Costuras”
(Festival da Canção - Portugal 🇵🇹 )
Dušan Kurtić – “Zbog tebe živim”
(Pesma za Evroviziju 24 - Serbia 🇷🇸 )
Medina – “Que Sera”
(Melodifestivalen - Sweden 🇸🇪 )
Bonus Track:
Björnzone – “Still The One”
(Live @ Melodifestivalen Final 🇸🇪 )
(skip to 2:30 for the song only)
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