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United Kingdom: The viewers of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024!

With the first semi-final already completed, the television ratings for the United Kingdom have been released to the public.

At BBC One, the first semi-final was watched by just under 2 million viewers. There was a slight drop of only 400,000 viewers compared to last year. This makes the 2024 semi-final the most watched for BBC One outside a hosting year.

Olly Alexander appeared in the first semi-final representing the United Kingdom, performing “Dizzy.” He will perform again in the Grand Final on Saturday, May 11th.

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Germany: The viewers of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024!

With the first semi-final already completed, the television ratings for Germany have been released to the public.

Overall, 680 thousand viewers watched the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest live yesterday evening on the German channel ARD One, with a total share of 3.6%. Television viewership in Germany continues to increase for another year, with an increase from the previous first semi-final, which was watched by 590 thousand people.

The viewership percentage for the 14-49 age group increased significantly to 7.7%, following last year’s percentage of 6.3% for the same group. The viewership rate in 2023 nearly doubled compared to 2022 when the contest received a total percentage of only 3.4% for the same age group.

ISAAK represents Germany at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Always on the Run” in the grand final on May 11th.

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

The Press Conference of the First 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:

  • Cyprus (Second Half)
  • Serbia ( Producer’s Choice)
  • Lithuania (First Half)
  • Ireland (First Half)
  • Ukraine ( Producer’s Choice)
  • Croatia ( Producer’s Choice) 
  • Slovenia (Second Half)
  • Finland (Second Half)
  • Portugal (Producer’s Choice)
  • Luxembourg (First Half)

Who will be the winner of Eurovision 2024?

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

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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