Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal had the most views on the second day?
The rehearsals continued dynamically, with yesterday’s day hosting another eight countries at the Malmö Arena! Be sure to also read our article from yesterday regarding the views of the seven countries that completed their rehearsals on Saturday.
However, as we know on TikTok, all the first rehearsals are uploaded. Apart from their performances, we’ll also get a sneak peek backstage before they take the stage for the first time in a video of about one minute.
One of the many features of TikTok is the ability to add songs to each user’s video creation. However, the TikTok algorithm is usually able to detect the song used in the video, assign it to the correct track, and then include it in the total number of videos where that sound has been used. Based on this capability, the most popular songs before rehearsals were from the Netherlands and Italy. Will they receive the same promotion as before?
In less than 24 hours (April 29, 2024, time CET), since the first clip from the rehearsals was uploaded, we have a indicative sample of which rehearsal was favored by the audience (here it should be noted that the videos were uploaded one after the other with a one and a half hour interval and there was a significant delay in their publication).
The rehearsals that had the most views are:
- Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar – 185,5 thousand views
- Australia: Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood) – 142,3 thousand views
- Luxembourg: TALI – Fighter – 140 thousand views
- Iceland: Hera Bjork – Scared of Heights – 126,3 thousand views
- Portugal: iolanda – Grito – 112,8 thousand views
- Moldova: Natalia Barbu – In The Middle – 109 thousand views
- Finland: Windows95man – No Rules – 108,2 thousand views
- Slovenia: Raiven – Veronika – 107 thousand views
With this small sample, we can infer that:
- None of the eight countries managed to come close to the countries’views that rehearsed the day before. Therefore, we can assume that the second half of the first semifinal doesn’t have the same impact as the first half.
- The last four countries are very close to each other so it is very likely that some of them can recover in views in the following days.
- Azerbaijan had the most views, beacause no one knew any information about the stage and also due to the country’s diaspora.
The top six countries with the most views from the two days are as follows:
- Poland: LUNA – The Tower – 1,1 thousand views
- Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teressa & Maria – 763 thousand views
- Serbia: Teya Dora – Ramonda – 749 thousand views
- Croatia: Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 624 thousand views
- Ireland: Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue – 278 thousand views
- Cyprus: Silia Kapsis – Liar – 243 thousand views
TikTok has played a significant role in the success of Eurovision songs in recent years. For example, Duncan Laurence’s winning entry “Arcade” became a global hit a year after winning the competition when it was used in over a million videos on TikTok. One of the earliest TikTok successes from Eurovision was Getter Jaani’s “Rockefeller Street”, which went viral on the platform in 2018 and has since been used in over two million videos. Let’s not forget that Armenia’s entry in 2022 by Rosa Linn with “Snap” gained over a billion views on the platform. Finally, Norway’s entry last year gained significant worldwide publicity months before the competition week, where it secured fifth place.
For detailed information about the rehearsals, you can check out our related articles:
The second rehearsal for the first semi-final countries will be held on the 1st of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the representatives.
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