Two days ago, the first rehearsals for all 37 entries officially concluded, and today the second rehearsals are expected to be completed, with the Big 5 and the host country Sweden taking the stage at the Malmö Arena for the second time! This means that we are getting closer to the Eurovision week, with the Dress and Jury Rehearsals for the first semi-final starting on Monday.
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?
The ranking with all the entries (in brackets will be the day of the rehearsal) based on the increasing number of views after one week from the start of the first rehearsals on TikTok is as follows:
- Netherlands: Joost (fourth day) – Europapa – 3.2 milion views
- Greece: Marina Satti (third day) – ZARI – 2.7 million views
- Poland: LUNA (first day)– The Tower –1.5 million views
- Switzerland: Nemo (third day) – The Code – 1.2 million views
- Serbia: Teya Dora (first day) – Ramonda – 980.1 thousand views
- Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil (first day) – Teressa & Maria – 971.2 thousand views
- Croatia: Baby Lasagna (first day) – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 812.3 thousand views
- Georgia: Nutsa (fourth day) – FireFighter – 637.4 thousand views
- Israel: Eden Golan (fourth day) – Hurricane – 607.1 thousand views
- Belgium: Mustii (fourth day) – Before The Party Is Over – 585.7 thousand views
- United Kingdom: Olly Alexander (sixth day) – Dizzy – 567.4 thousand views
- Armenia: LADANIVA (third day) – Jako – 528.6 thousand views
- Sweden: Marcus & Martinus (sixth day) – Unforgettable – 515.6 thousand views
- Spain: Nebulossa (sixth day)– Zorra – 448.5 thousand views
- Albania: Besa (third day) – TiTan – 413.5 thousand views
- France: Slimane (sixth day) – Mon Amour – 412.5 thousand views
- Ireland: Bambie Thug (first day) – Doomsday Blue – 388.2 thousand views
- Latvia: Dons (fourth day) – Hollow – 383.2 thousand viewsc
- Austria: Kaleen (third day) – We Will Rave – 366.2 thousand views
- Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov (second day) – Özünlə Apar – 363.5 thousand views
- Cyrpus: Silia Kapsis (first day) – Liar – 324.8 thousand views
- Lithuania: Silvester Belt (first day) – Luktelk – 306.2 thousand views
- Luxembourg: TALI (second day) – Fighter – 304.3 thousand views
- Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup (fourth day) – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi – 292.0 thousand views
- Malta: Sarah Bonnici (third day) – Loop – 291.7 thousand views
- Czechia: Aiko (third day) – Pedestal – 284.9 thousand views
- Denmark: SABA (third day) – SAND – 262.0 thousand views
- Norway: Gåte (fourth day) – Ulveham – 255.4 thousand views
- San Marino: Megara (fourth day) – 11:11 – 238.2 thousand views
- Australia: Electric Fields (sexond day) – One Milkali (One Blood) – 229.9 thousand views
- Moldova: Natalia Barbu (second day) – In The Middle – 211.0 thousand views
- Germany: Isaak (sixth day) – Always On The Run – 210.2 thousand views
- Portugal: iolanda (second day) – Grito – 192.3 thousand views
- Italy: Angelina Mango (sixth day)– La Noia – 186.0 thousand views
- Iceland: Hera Bjork (second day) – Scared of Heights – 180.3 thousand views
- Finland: Windows95man (second day) – No Rules – 172.2 thousand views
- Slovenia: Raiven (second day) – Veronika – 162.4 thousand views
The views were counted at 17:45 CET.
Based on the views from the first semi-final, the following countries will qualify (in ascending order): Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Cyprus (seventh), Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Australia.
Similarly, from the second semi-final, the following countries will qualify: Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Georgia, Israel, Belgium, Armenia, Albania, Latvia, and Austria.
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.
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