Marina Satti for Israel: “I did not intend to offend anyone”!

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Just a few hours before the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024, Marina Satti made a statement on the video that has stormed up the Internet, displaying her yawning during Eden Golan’s press conference.

Via an Instagram story she uploaded on her personal account, Marina Satti emphasized that she did not intend to insult anyone, considering the fact the Greek delegation as a whole has been spreading only positivity in any event it attends.

Hello. Regarding this whole issue that has arisen today, at first I didn’t know that it has gotten that big, because we were in the arena all day and I had my cell phone turned off. What I want to make clear is that I did not intend to offend anyone. I think that all these days that we have been here, and I, but also the entire Greek delegation, has only brought positive energy to the community and joy, wherever we went. 

Then she added:

We are here for the music and we have reached our ultimate goal. Tomorrow we are in the final. We will do our best, we will do our best. Thank you very much for all the journey, support and love until today.

Assume that Marina Satti’s statement is completely consistent with everything you read first on Eurovisionfun, including the response from ERT and the Greek Delegation.

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Eurovision 2024: See in which half each of the 10 qualifiers of the Second Semi-Final will perform!

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The Press Conference of the Second Semi-Final is now live in the Press Center, with the 10 qualifiers interviewing and selecting from the pot in which half they perform.

This year there is an extra choice for them. Producer’s choice is added for the qualifiers.

The detailed results are:

  • Greece (First Half)
  • Switzerland (Producer’s Choice)
  • Austria (Second Half)
  • Armenia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Latvia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Georgia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Estonia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Israel (Producer’s Choice)
  • Norway (Second Half)
  • The Netherlands (Producer’s Choice)

Source: Eurovision Reddit

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Eurovision 2024: These are the ten finalists of the First Semi-Final!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest has officially started and the First Semi-Final was just concluded.

Tonight’s show was hosted by Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede. Fifteen countries performed tonight competing for ten tickets to Saturday’s Grand Final.

These were tonight’s contestants:

  1. Cyprus: Silia Kapsis – “Liar”
  2. Serbia: Teya Dora – “Ramonda”
  3. Lithuania: Silvester Belt – “Luktelk”
  4. Ireland: Bambie Thug – “Doomsday Blue”
  5. Ukraine: Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – “Teresa & Maria”
  6. Poland: Luna – “The Tower”
  7. Croatia: Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
  8. Iceland: Hera Björk – “Scared of Heights”
  9. Slovenia: Raiven – “Veronika”
  10. Finland: Windows95Man – “No Rules”
  11. Moldova: Natalia Barbu – “In the Middle”
  12. Azerbaijan: Fahren ft. Ilkin Dovlatov – “Özünlə apar”
  13. Australia: Electric Fields – “One Milkaki (One Blood)”
  14. Portugal: Iolanda – “Grito”
  15. Luxembourg: Tali – “Fighter”

The results were determined exclusively by public voting and tonight’s ten qualifiers are the following:

    1. Serbia
    2. Portugal
    3. Slovenia
    4. Ukraine
    5. Lithuania
    6. Finland
    7. Cyprus
    8. Croatia
    9. Ireland
    10. Luxembourg

A few words about tonight’s show

Tonight’s show started with an explosive act, which included three Eurovision superstars, who may not have won Eurovision but won people’s hearts instead. We’re talking about Elena Foureira, Eric Saade and Chanel, who all performed their Eurovision entries.

For the first time, the BIG 5 and the host country performed live in the semi-finals. Hence, tonight the following countries performed:

  1. United Kingdom: Olly Alexander – “Dizzy“
  2. Germany: ISAAK – “Always On The Run“
  3. Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – “Unforgettable“

Johnny Logan, also, appeared on stage and performed “Euphoria”, Loreen’s winning entry from 2012. It was an act of great importance, as both Johnny Logan and Loreen are the only performers in Eurovision history having won twice.

Benjamin Ingrosso, a former Swedish participant as well as one of Sweden’s biggest stars, took the stage of Malmö Arena, where he performed some of his hits.

The allocation regarding in which half will the qualifiers perform in the Grand Final, comes next, so stay tuned…

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Estonia: The results of Eurovisiooni laulud 2024!

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Eurovisiooni laulud 2024 is a special show on Estonian TV that aims to evaluate the Eurovision 2024 songs!

This evaluation show ended a few days before the competition, which was hosted by Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets. Each episode featured a panel of experts evaluating the entries. The songs that stood out are the following:

  • Ireland – Bambie Thug – “Doomsday Blues” – Chosen by Päevakoer and Ramo Teder
  • Norway – Gåte – “Ulveham” – Chosen by Dagmar Oja and Rolf Roosalu
  • Austria – Kaleen – “We Will Rave” – Chosen by Piret Järvis-Milder and Egert Milder
  • Italy – Angelina Mango – “La noia” – Chosen by Mihkel Mattisen and Timo Vendt
  • Ukraine – Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – “Teresa Maria” – Chosen by Mari-Leen and Uku Suviste
  • Cyprus – Silia Kapsis – “Liar” – Chosen by Nele-Liis Vaiksoo and Cecilia

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Eurovision 2024: Austria’s Second Rehearsal!

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The moment for Austria’s second rehearsal has officially arrived, as Kaleen sets the mood with her song “We Will Rave”! 

Who is Kaleen? 

Performing has always been an integral part of Kaleen’s life, considering she has been doing it ever since she was little and has gained great experience as a singer, dancer and choreographer. Thus, she has shined at numerous national, European and international dance championships. 

However, Kaleen is no stranger to the Eurovision Song Contest. She contributed as a stand-in singer for the rehearsals of Eurovision 2018 and also, as a dancer and choreographer for the interval acts. Moreover, she supported a few acts at last year’s edition and, as for Junior Eurovision, Kaleen took the responsibility of the creative direction of Spain and Bulgaria in 2021 and the overall stage direction in 2022. 

 The rehearsal 

Τhere’s an inverted pyramid made of metal scaffolding hanging above the middle of the stage, that shoots lasers, giving the stage a warehouse rave vibe. She is wearing a silver sparkly leotard and thigh boots, different in comparison with the ones of the first rehearsal. She has four male backing dancers, wearing black cargo pants, sleeveless jackets and oversized wraparound shades. With Kaleen they deliver a full-on dance routine that covers the whole stage.

Austria Second Rehearsal/ Credit: Alma Bengtsson/EBU

There’s also a RUM-DE-DUM-DA-DA hip swivel move. Smoke and steam jets, and Kaleen tried a different (and much fluffier) white coat. No idea which will make it through to second rehearsals – we’ll find out later in the week!

After today’s second rehearsals a recap video will be published on the official Youtube channel! Stay tuned!

The Dress Rehearsal for Austria and the rest of Semi Final 2 is scheduled for Wednesday the 8th of May!

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Eurovision 2024: Watch exclusive TV footage from Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine and Slovenia!

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Today, the artists from the first semifinal stepped on the stage of Malmö Arena for their second technical rehearsal.  After all today’s second rehearsals a recap video will be published on the official Youtube channel, but some videos showing the TV footage of the second rehearsals have already been released.

Below you can see the TV footage from Serbia and Teya Dora singing her song “Ramonda“:

Beneath, Natalia Barbu is performing “In the Middle” representing Moldova:

Following, Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil from Ukraine are performing their song “Teresa & Maria“:

Last but not least Raiven is singing her song “Veronika” representing Slovenia:

After all today’s second rehearsals a recap video will be published on the official Youtube channel! Stay tuned!

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Albania 2024: Besa performs “Titan” at Big Brother Albania VIP 3!

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Besa made a guest appearance during yesterday’s episode of Big Brother Albania VIP 3.  As a special guest of the show, Besa Kokedhima performed her song Titan just before leaving to Malmö.

You can watch Besa’s performance for Big Brother Albania VIP 3 in the videos embedded below:
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Croatia: Zagreb ready to host Eurovision 2025!

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Baby Lasagna has managed to bring Croatia back in the limelight and the Croatian fans’ interest in the Eurovision Song Contest has skyrocketed.

Just yesterday, the mayor of Zagreb, Tomislav Tomasevic, was asked on reddit whether Zagreb can host Eurovision.

(Zagreb) is totally ready! The arena is already booked. Fingers crossed for Baby Lasagna to win in Sweden and Zagreb will help HRT with production and organization in every way.

At the same time people are dancing to the rhythm of Rim Tim Tagi Dim in five Croatian cities,. It is now one of the most popular dances and there is no one who has not danced it. The dances are being filmed in order to create an impressive video. As Maja Tokić and Tomislav Štengl (head of the Croatian delegation to Eurovision) pointed out:

We’ve been in all the cities with cameras, in every location, so we’re going to make a fantastic video out of it. Croatia is united again, this time not because of football, this time because of a wonderful boy from Umag and his whole team. We moved into first place and were first for a long time, and now we are second for a long time,

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Baby Lasagna also appeared on Dutch TV and specifically on Beau van Erven Dorens’ show performing his song.

Croatia will appear in the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024 on May 7 in the seventh place.

 

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source: HRT

France: Listen to Slimane’s performance of “Mon Amour” in The Voice Belgium!

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The French representative, Slimane, was a giest in the fourth episode of The Voice Belgium, where he performed his song “Mon Amour” live. A great moment that the fans of The Voice will not forget.

Watch Slimane’s performance of “Mon Amour” in the video below:

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Sweden: The detailed results of Melodifestivalen 2024!

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Past Saturday, Melodifestivalen 2024, the Swedish national selection for Eurovision, was concluded. Following five heats, which took place all around Sweden, and the Grand Final, Marcus & Martinus won Melodifestivalen 2024 with their entry “Unforgettable” and will therefore represent Sweden on home ground.

Today, following a press release, SVT revealed the detailed results of all the Melodifestivalen 2024 shows. As a general comment, we can realize that Marcus & Martinus won the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2024 by a landslide.

  • Heat 1: Saturday 3 February 2024, Malmö Arena, Malmö

  • Heat 2: Saturday 10 February 2024, Scandinavium, Göteborg

  • Heat 3: Saturday 17 February 2024, Vida Arena, Växjö

  • Heat 4: Saturday 24 February 2024, Stiga Sports Arena, Eskilstuna

  • Heat 5: Saturday 2 March 2024, Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad

  • Final Qualification

  • Final: Saturday 9 March 2024, Friends Arena, Stockholm – Solna

As a reminder, the results in the five Melodifestivalen heats along with the run-off vote were determined exclusively by the audience. In the final, the results were determined by eight international juries and the Swedish TV audience in equal shares.

Marcus & Martinus were the winners of Melodifestivalen 2024 with their song “Unforgettable” and will defend the Swedish title on home ground. As the host country, Sweden is automatically qualified to the Grand Final of May 11 and is allocated to perform first.

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