Sand (Saba song)

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Dansk Melodi Grand Prix2024

Denmark's broadcaster DR organized an eight-entry competition, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024, to select its entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The contest consisted of a singular grand final with the winner being selected over two round of voting; in the first round, three entries out of the eight would advance to a superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was chosen by a 50/50 combination of televote and juries. [14] [15]

Saba was officially announced as a participant on 25 January 2024. [8] The song was drawn to perform first in the contest, [16] and qualified for the superfinal. When the results were announced for the superfinal, the song was announced to have won the competition, earning a combined total of 37 points, three more than Basim's "Johnny", the runner-up. As a result, the song won rights to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. [17]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Denmark was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the first half of the show. [18] Saba was later drawn to perform seventh in the semi-final, after Austria's Kaleen and before Armenia's Ladaniva. [19]

The Eurovision performance featured Saba in a white pantsuit, with the outfit containing actual sand within its pocket. The performance was remarked as a similar, larger scale performance than the version she performed at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024. [20]

Charts

"Sand"
Sand (Saba song).png
Single by Saba
Released25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)
Genre
Length3:01
Label Warner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jonas Thander
Music video
"Sand" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Sand"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten) [21] 36

Release history

Release history and formats for "Sand"
CountryDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various25 January 2024 Digital download Warner Music Denmark [22]

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