JUNIOR EUROVISION 2024 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇪🇺📊🕸️
With less than 10 days to go, it's time to take a look at the teams behind each song. Though the artists have no previous involvement with Eurovision by nature, 14/17 songs have known Eurovision names behind them (A thread 🧵)
🇦🇱 Nikol Çabeli - "Vallëzoj"
Just like last year, Albania's entry was written by fan favourite writer Eriona Rushiti. She is known for succesful FiK entries like "Kthëju tokës", "Duje" and "Zjarri im". Also in the mix is JESC 2022-writer Endri Muçaj
🇦🇲 Leo - "Cosmic Friend"
Big names in the mix here, with the team behind "Qami Qami" and "Do It My Way" involved again. Maléna (Arpine Martoyan) won the contest herself in 2021, while Tokionine (David Badalyan) and Vahram Petrosyan have experience in the Armenian scene
🇨🇾 Maria Pissarides - "Crystal Waters"
Ten years after performing the beloved Cypriot JESC-entry "I pio omorfi mera", Sophia makes her return to the Eurovision world, this time as a writer. Could we see her take the adult Eurovision stage soon?
🇪🇪 Annabelle - "Tänavad"
Sven Lõhmus' name is synonymous with Estonia at Eurovision. Apart from writing the majority of Laura Põldvere's entries, he has also been behind other succesful songs like "Rockefeller Street", "Rändajad", and "Päästke noored hinged"
🇫🇷 Titouan - "Comme ci, comme ça"
France's songwriter list takes us back to "Destination Eurovision 2018", where Malo' (Malory Legardinier) took 3rd place, including a 2nd place televote finish. Will he be able to continue Frances winning streak?
🇬🇪 Andria Putkaradze - "To My Mom"
By far the biggest writer in Georgia's ESC history, Giga is back in JESC once again. His previous entries have reached the top 5 eight times, including two wins. One of those wins, "Mzeo" was written with Maka Davitaia, who is also on this song
🇮🇹 Simone Grande - "Pigiama party"
Paolo Meneguzzi was in Sanremo during the 00's, but among Eurofans he is most known for fan-favourite ESC 2008 entry "Era stupendo". He is joined by a former Sanremo cowriter Luca Mattioni, and Alex Uhlmann, who previously had a song in UVPSM
🇲🇹 Ramires Sciberras - "Stilla ċkejkna"
The team behind Malta's JESC 2020 entry "Chasing Sunsets" returns. Peter Borg has also been involved with other Maltese songs, most recently MESC entry "How Special You Are"
🇳🇱 Stay Tuned - "Music"
Willem Laseroms is here again with his third entry, after "Teenager" in 2011 and "Dans met jou" in 2019, the latter of which was cowritten by Jermain van der Bogt, who is also on "Music"
🇲🇰 Ana and Aleksej - "Marathon"
Brother-sister team Lazar Cvetkovski and Magdalena Cvetkovska makes their return, having previously written songs like "Proud", "Fall From the Sky", "Pred da se razdeni" and Macedonian JESC 2019 entry "Fire"
🇵🇱 Dominik Arim - "All Together"
Two versatile songwriters, Aldona Dąbrowska and Sławomir Sokołowski have written songs for Eurovision under various pseudonyms, making it to Eurovision with both Jet Set's "Time to Party" and Michał Szpak's "Color of Your Life"
🇸🇲 Idols SM - "Come noi"
Miodio were San Marino's first ever Eurovision entrants, with the band attempting a comeback in 2022. Now they are making their 3rd appearance in the Eurovision world, this time as writers
🇪🇸 Chloe DelaRosa - "Como la Lola"
The team behind last year's second place "Loviu" returns. Between them they have also written Andorra's 2007 entry, and several entries for Spanish finals, like Jorge Gonzalez' "Caliente"
🇺🇦 Artem Kotenko - "Hear Me Now"
Ukrainian pop star Tarabarova is back, after once again taking on a role in the Ukrainian selection process. Will she make the top 5 again after last year's succes?
The following 3 do not seem to have any. Who know, maybe we'll see the writers getting involved with Eurovision again in the future
🇩🇪 Bjarne - "Save the Best for Us"
🇮🇪 Enya Cox Dempsey - "Le chéile"
🇵🇹 Victoria Nicole - "Esperança"
And that's all! Hope you enjoyed reading, and found this thread informative! If you did, make sure to give me a follow, as I will be making similar threads for all national finals this Eurovision season, as well as more stat-based coverage of ESC 2025. Until then, take care!
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SANREMO 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇮🇹🕸️📊
Always a highlight of the Eurovision year, Sanremo is back for the 75th time. And as always, the songs feature many familiar faces from Sanremo past and present. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵) #sanremo25
Sarah Toscano - Amarcord
"Amarcord" was written with the help of regular writers Federica Abbate and Jacopo Ettorre who previously collabed on "Due" and "Fino a qui", as well as a team of less frequent writers who worked on "No grazie" and "Furore"
Serena Brancale - Anema e core
Another Abbate/Ettorre song, this time with Nicola Lazzerin in the mix. Nicola is making a big debut in this years contest, being behind 4 of the original 30 songs. Serena herself competed in the Newcomers section back in 2015
POLSKIE KWALIFIKACJE 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇵🇱🕸️📊
After a brief experiment with internal selection Poland is back to giving us national finals. In the lineup we find multiple entrants and songwriters from the past. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵)
Chrust - Tempo
"Tempo" was written with the help of Krzysztof Falkowski, who was behind Maciej Musiałowski's entry in last year's internal selection, finishing 9th, receiving Kasia Moś highest points
Daria Marx - Let It Burn
Daria made the superfinal back in 2022 with her hit song "Paranoia". Now she's back, this time with the help of veteran writer Peter Boström and DMGP 2025 entrant Maria Broberg. The two also collaborated on Xannova Xan's song for this year's Greek final
VIDBIR 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇺🇦🕸️📊
As always, #Vidbir is a highlight of the Eurovision season. This year, five out of the ten entries have connection to other entries in the Eurovision world. Let's take a closer look at all the connections (a thread 🧵)
A quick note:
As I source my database from different sources, different translitterations have to be harmonized for me to make these connections. Due to that some connections may have been missed. Please let me know if non-Ukrainian transliterations have been used in the plots!
Molodi - My Sea
The Mariupol group is making their Vidbir debut with the help of one of last year's winning songwriters, Anton Chilibi. On top of his "Teresa & Maria" involvement, Anton also wrote Carpetman's "Endless Fight"
EUROSONG 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇧🇪🕸️📊
Tonight is the night, where we'll once again witness a Belgian selection, after last years internal process. What really sets #Eurosong apart, is the fact the 5/8 were written by the same person! Let's take a closer look (a thread 🧵)
Leez - Perfectly Imperfect
Perfectly Imperfect was written by Will Knox, who was involved with Eurovision 2019 winner "Arcade", in addition to a few NF entries. Also in the mix is Loek van der Grinten, who helped write Netherlands 2023 entry "Burning Daylight"
Le Manou - Fille à papa
One of five songs written by Willem Vanderstichele, who is truly making an impactful debut in the Eurovision world
ETHNIKÓS TELIKÓS 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇬🇷🕸️📊
After many years of internal selections the Greek selection is finally back to our screens! Among the participants we see a few connections to former entries, both recent and older. Let's take a look (a thread 🧵) #EthnikosTelikos
Klavdia - Asteromata
One of the two big favourites, Asteromata was written by the writing team Arcade, who were also involved with Stefania's 2020 and 2021 entries. Will they be able to add another Eurovision participation to their resumé?
Constantinos Christoforou and Kostas Karafotis - Paradeisos
Constantinos is no stranger to Eurovision, having represented his native Cyprus three times (1996/2002/2005). Will he be able to at a Greek participation to his list? Rodoula was involved with two Cypriot entries as well
MALTA EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2025 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇲🇹🕸️📊
Another year, another MESC. Like previous years, the song list is filled with connections to previous entries, with not a single song being disconnected. Let's take a closer look! (a thread 🧵)
Adria Twins - Qalb ma' Qalb
A collaboration between regular Maltese writers Sebastian Pritchard-James (Loop) and Joe Julian Farrugia (We Are More) and Swedish writer Melanie Wehbe (Move/Sand/Love Is Forever)
Dario Bezzina ft. Joseph Il-Muni - Għażliet
Dario's fifth attempt, and the second with the help of mega-writer Phillip Vella (7th wonder/Desire/Breathlessly/etc.). Could this be Phillip's 7th Eurovision entry?