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Monday 3 July 2023 marked the launch of the preselection process for the artist or group who will represent Luxembourg in the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest next year.
 
As announced by RTL, candidates can now register through the official national Eurovision website (https://www.eurovision.lu/) in one or more of the three available categories.
 
To be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements:
 
  • have reached the age of sixteen by 27 January 2024;
  • be available and flexible between November 2023 and May 2024;
  • possess live singing abilities and feel at ease on a large stage;
  • hold Luxembourgish nationality or have resided in Luxembourg for at least three consecutive years or exhibit a strong cultural involvement and proven connection with the Luxembourgish music scene. In the latter case, several criteria must be fulfilled, including active national engagement in musical practice, regular collaboration with recognised cultural institutions and actors within the Luxembourgish scene.
Each artist or group can submit a maximum of three songs. The artist or group and the songwriter do not have to be identical for each song submitted. The submission deadline is 1 October 2023.
 
Singers or groups who do not have a song but wish to relate to a team of songwriters must upload a video containing a brief introduction and the performance of a song of their choice via the registration site by 16 July 2023.
 
Rules: songs must not last longer than three minutes; no plagiarised song lyrics and no discriminatory and/or political statements in the lyrics; the songs must not have been published before 1 September of the year preceding the contest; free choice of language(s).
 
Following receipt of the applications, a panel of experts will select the singers. The finalists will then participate in the national preselection, which will take place at the Rockhal in Esch-Belval on 27 January 2024.
 
The winner of this national preselection will represent Luxembourg as it makes its Eurovision comeback in Sweden in May 2024; this long-awaited comeback was announced in May 2023.
 
Luxembourgish broadcaster CLT-UFA (RTL Luxembourg), which is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is responsible for the broadcasting, the selection of the candidate(s) representing Luxembourg and the participation of the Luxembourg delegation at Eurovision next year.