This year, 24 clubs have submitted an entry! OGAE UK have put together an OGAE Song Contest 2024 Launch Video, featuring all 24 songs participating this year. Of course, they also have playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Click the following links!
You may also click on the logo for the contest above, to take you directly to the OGAE UK Webpage for the Song Contest 2024! Now all you need to do is… Listen to the songs, and cast your votes in the usual Eurovision style (12, 10, 8 to 1). And of course, we cannot vote for our own entry. (What is our entry?… See below)
Voting closes at midday C.E.T. monDAY September 30!
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. She has three older sisters and was homeschooled. She first gained recognition for starring in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–17). In 2014, Sabrina released her debut single, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying". In the 2010s, she released four studio albums, to limited commercial success.
Carpenter signed with Island Records in 2021 and released the single "Skin" which became her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send was supported by the singles "Nonsense" and "Feather". In 2024, she opened for Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour, increasing her mainstream prominence. Carpenter's upcoming album, Short n' Sweet, is preceded by the singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please". Espresso reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, while Please Please Please became her first Billboard Hot 100 chart topper, making number 1 on June 29, 2024.
Please Please Please contains musical influences of disco-pop, country, and yacht rock; lyrically, the singer instructs her boyfriend (played by Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan in the music video - also her current partner at the time of the video - not so much now apparently) not to blunder and blemish her reputation.
The song received acclaim from music critics upon release. Outside of the United States, the song topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. It peaked within the top ten in 18 other countries, including Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden.
She is also a niece of actress Nancy Cartwright, whose voice has graced our televsion screens for 35 years as Bart Simpson!
The list is below, along with a YouTube playlist of the entries, is available for your information!
The songs are:
Greece - Marina Satti - La, La, La, La
Hungary - cserihanna - Akinek én sok vagyok
Portugal - Mimicat - Vais Ter Saudades
United Kingdom - Dua Lipa - Dance the Night
Denmark - Kind mod Kind feat. Medina - Love Isn’t Easy
Spain - Ana Mena - Madrid City
Serbia - Aleksandra Prijovic- Dam Dam Dam
Australia - Troye Sivan - Rush
Germany - Sophie & The Giants x Purple Disco Machine - Paradise
Cyprus - Ivi Adamou - Eipes
Finland - Käärijä & Erika Vikman - Ruoska
ROTW - Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (we cannot vote for our own entry)
Sweden - Purple Disco Machine & Benjamin Ingresso (feat. Nile Rodgers & Shensee) - Honey Boy
North Macedonia - Tamara Todevska feat. Young Dadi - Ego
Italy - Annalisa - Euforia
Czechia - Vesna - Dokola
Andorra - Sofia Coll - Q. No
Belgium - Mahmoud & Angele - Sempre/Jamais
Croatia - Baby Lasagna - Instagram Boy
Bulgaria - Dara Ekimova - Дишам
Poland - Daria Zawialow - Złamane serce jest OK
France - Zaho de sagazan - La symphonie des éclairs
