Serbia - Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava

24 - 30 pts / 10 - 37 pts in semi 1

Serbia's preselection Pesma za Euroviziju 2023 was won by Luke Black with the song Samo Mi Se Spava (Само ми се спава, I'm only sleepy).

The song was released on February 2 and is sung in a mix of English and Serbian.

Two remixes were released on April 21, see versions below.

A 5 track promo cds has been issued.

1 - Same me se spava

2 - karaoke

3 - acoustic

4 - Shurk remix

5 - TEEN remix

Thanks Torsten!

The below picture is nicked from e-bay where you can already spend a small fortune for it. Or wait a bit....

The acoustic version got a digital release on June 16.

Chainsaws In Paradise

Luke's album was released on May 24, 2024 and includes a different version of Samo Mi Se Spava.

The outro is different from the known version and it has the Game Over Bitch uncensored.

It is listed as 'Eurovision Version' but it's not.

The album is available on CD (here's Luke's shop) and is out through Amuseio AB, a Swedish indie label.

Thanks Marek!

Luke Black (Luka Ivanović, Лука Ивановић) wrote the song himself with Majed Kfoury.

He has been active since 2014 and released a number of singles and EP's through Universal and later self released.

remixes

Versions:

Samo Mi Se Spava - single version

- digital 2-2

Samo Mi Se Spava - TEEN remix

Samo Mi Se Spava - Shurk remix

- remixes digital releases 21-4

Samo Mi Se Spava - acoustic

- promo cds, digital 16-6

Samo Mi Se Spava - karaoke

- On the official karaoke album

Charts

Finland top 50 (IFPI): 50

Links and sources:

Luke Back Website,  FB, Insta, Shop
Pesma za Evroviziju 2023 at ESC History

At the 2021 jury final I was sitting so close to Hurricane that I could look straight into their cellphones. Gotta love' em. And Konstrakta was something else. In a marvelous way of course.

Czechia - Vesna - My Sister's Crown

10 - 129 pts / 4 - 110 pts in semi 1

The Czech Republic, the gouvernement prefers Czechia nowadays but the EBU still uses Czech Republic. 

Update: Eurovision.tv now switched to Czechia.

Anyway, they were in Liverpool with My Sister's Crown by Vesna.

They won the ESCZ competition for which the public had a whole week to vote.

The song is written by Patricie Kaňok Fuxová, Tanita Yankovova and Kateryna Vatchenko. The recorded version has parts in Czech, English, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.

My Sister's Crown was released on January 30.

The digital release of the acoustic version was on May 5 although it had been shared through video sites before that.

Ej Sestro

An alternate version was released on November 23*. This version has a different mix of languages: Czech, English and Bulgarian. (No Ukrainian)

It was released as a digital track subtitled "My Sister's Crown CZ [Bonus track]"

* It is dated 23-11 but I have a suspicion it was released much later than that.

Remix

A remix by Robert Burian and Phil Phauler has a release date of February 2nd but I'm pretty sure it was released later on the regulars like Spotify

Muzika Slavica CD

On November 21 Vesna released their album Muzika Slavica. The album includes the Eurovision hit and the acoustic version.

It's available on CD here at Vesna's website but it doesn't seem to work outside Czechia. (Even though it says so)

The band, originally a fourpiece, now has the line up (at ESCZ 2023) Patricie Fuxová, Bára Šůstková, Olesya Ochepovská. Markéta Vedralová. Tereza Čepková and Tanita Yankovová. 

Original member Kateryna Vatchenko Vatchenko features on the acoustic version.

All songs from the five-song Czech selection have been released as digital singles.

Versions
My Sister's Crown - single version
- digital 30-1, CD Muzika Slavica
My Sister's Crown - acoustic
- digital 5-5, CD Muzika Slavica

Ej sestro - alternate language mix

- digital 23-11*

My Sister's Crown (Remix)

- digital 2-2-24*

My Sister's Crown - karaoke
- On the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:

Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 86, -

Finland top 50 (IFPI): 21, -

Links and sources:
Vesna Website, FB, Insta

The Czech final at ESC History

ČT Official Eurovision FB pages

Remember DOMI, Lake Malawi (who just released a great new album) and Mikolas Josef who still has the best result for the country.