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Breaking News: Slimane delivers message about peace during his performance!

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The on-going afternoon preview of the final show has back-to-back surprises for us.

Slimane stopped his performance and delivered a statement instead of singing the last part of his song. The message was:

“When I was a child, I dreamed about music, I dreamed about this dream to be a singer to sing peace. We need to be united by music, yes, but with love and peace.”

At some point, it seemed like his microphone feed was turned off, but then it was on and we could clearly hear him deliver his message. Up until the time of writing, there was no official statement by the EBU about whether there will be implications on the French entry due to this move by the French participant.

We will keep you up to date for more information, stay tuned.

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Ireland: Bambie Thug is angry because of the comments from the Israeli commentators during the semi-final!

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Bambie Thug who is representing Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is asking contest organizers to investigate commentary from Israeli television ahead of their appearance in the first semi-final on Tuesday.

Claiming that this comment broke the rules of Eurovision, Bambie Thug is of the opinion that Israel should not participate in the contest. In an interview with RTÉ News they said:

“There’s a lot more anger and a lot more drive in me now”

On Tuesday, a commentator for Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster, warned viewers with children that the performance of Bambie Thug’s Doomsday Blue would be “the scariest” of the night. The commentator, referring to a well-known public square in Jerusalem that was central to the city’s nightlife in the 1990s and synonymous with goth culture, said:

“There will be a lot of spells and black magic and dark clothing, Satanic symbols, and voodoo dolls, like we are at Cats Square in Jerusalem in the mid-90s.”

The commentator said there was “some controversy” in Ireland about the song, referring to a request calling on RTÉ to exclude Doomsday Blue as an Irish entry. He also noted that Bambie Thug liked to “speak negatively about Israel.”

In their interview, Bambie Thug said the commentary, which aired on Israeli public broadcaster Kan, was pointed out to them. They said it will cause increased anger in their performance in tonight’s grand final.

“I’m angry with other teams breaching their rules of the [European Broadcasting Union], and still being allowed in.

“So there’s definitely a war drum sounding in my heart to push the performance even more than I have done before.”

Source: RTÉ

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Breaking News: Alessandra withdrew from being the Norwegian spokesperson!

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Alessandra Mele was scheduled to hand out points on behalf of Norway during tonight’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Now, however, Dagbladet has confirmed that she is withdrawing from that task.

Channel host Ingvild Helljesen takes over the task.

Source: Dagbladet

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Breaking News: Bambie Thug didn’t perform at the afternoon preview of the Grand Final!

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Bambie Thug, the Irish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, has made headlines for their unique style and impressive vocal performance. However, as the afternoon preview show of the Grand Final is on-going it is noticed that they did not perform on stage.

The reasons behind this decision are not clear yet, Bambie earlier posted a story letting their fan know what has happened:

Bambie story

Bambie story

Bambie Thug, known for their ‘goth gremlin’ persona, has been praised for their dramatic staging and has become the first Irish delegate to make it through to the Eurovision final since 2018 and the first non-binary contestant to ever qualify to the finals in the history of the contest.

Their absence from the preview show is sure to be a disappointment for their fans and viewers alike. We look forward to more updates on this situation.

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Eurovision 2024: The Audience Poll results before the Grand Final!

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After the end of the Jury Rehearsal for the grand final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, accrediated jurnalists of ESCXTRA.com got outside Malmö Arena and asked the audience regarding their favourite entry.

In total, more than 3,300 votes were counted in the poll with Nemo taking first place. In fact, it was at the top with a small difference from the second place Croatia and Baby Lasagna. The top five is completed with the Netherlands, Ireland and France. Greece was in 11th place, while Cyprus in 19th place.

Of course, the positions of Spain (6th place) and Austria (7th place) are a surprise, while in the last place (26th) was Raiven from Slovenia.

For the record, the Audience Poll, for the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023, predicted six of the ten countries that eneded up in the first ten places, but failed to predict the winner.

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Eurovision 2024: EBU in crisis meeting! | Joost Klein stopped from rehearsing this afternoon!

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As you read in one of our previous articles, one of the big favorites, Dutch Joost Klein, didn’t show up at the rehearsal for the Eurovision final earlier today.

Svergies Radio’s Carolina Norén, reported from within the press centre that the EBU is currently in a crisis meeting investigating an incident they say occurred yesterday.

She mentioned that she could actually see towards the Dutch box where Joost Klein is supposed to be and the Dutch delegation is waiting for a decision.

She also asked the Israeli delegation briefly, if they had reported anything but they denied anything like that. It was at yesterday’s press conference that it was noticed that Joost Klein had the Dutch flag on him.

Last night, when the Israeli participant Eden Golan received a critical question regarding security concerns on this year’s contest, and the moderators interrupted and said she wouldn’t need to respond, Joost then asked, why not? But this is unclear that the Dutch favourite was stopped from performing earlier for that reason.

According to information to SVT, a physical confrontation has occurred between the artist and a photographer.

So we have to wait for an official statement from the EBU and hope that things clear up a bit. Joost Klein is still in the arena, the Netherlands delegation is sitting and waiting for a decision.

Source: Sveriges Radio/SVT

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Eurovision 2024: The Grand Final scorecard by EurovisionFun!

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A few hours after the last ten qualifiers for Saturday’s grand final were announced and the running order of the competing countries in the final, EurovisionFun created the scorecard for the Eurovision final!

After the success of last year’s scorecards, they return for a second consecutive year through EurovisionFun. This popular practice continues to excite Eurovision fans, offering a fun and interactive experience during the competition.

Following the scorecards for the two semi-finals, EurovisionFun presents the scorecard for the Eurovision 2024 Grand Final, allowing you to evaluate each entry individually or with your friends. You can rate each entry in three categories: song, performance, and stage presence, emphasizing the elements you consider important.

This way, you can confirm your favorite songs, but who will be the big winner of the night depending on your own musical tastes? Will your favorites manage to win?

Will your favorites be in the top ten? Don’t forget to follow us on our social media. We’re eagerly waiting to share your favorite entries with us!

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The official announcement of the EBU regarding the publication of the Italian televotes!

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In an official annoucement a while ago, EBU reported that the publication of the results from the Italian televoting during the broadcast of the second semi-final was in violation of the rules and that those results were incompelte.

“The European Broadcasting Union has investigated this matter with both RAI and its televoting partner and can confirm that the information was published in error. We can also confirm that the information was incomplete.

A valid vote was received from Italy as part of the results of the Semi-Final.

RAI have been informed that this was in breach of the rules of the Contest which state that the voting results may only be communicated after the event. The matter will be discussed further by the Contest’s Reference Group following the Contest.

We havr requested RAI to review their procedures to ensure that all rules and protocols are followed in order to protect the integrity of the voting.”

According to what was broadcast by RAI on the night of the semi-final the results shown were as per below:

12 points – Israel

10 points – The Netherlands

8 points – Albania

7 points – Georgia

6 points – Switzerland

5 points – Armenia

4 points – Greece

3 points – San Marino

2 βαθμοί – Denmark

1 βαθμός – Latvia

Israel was in the first place and by a wide margin, gathering around 40% of the total votes.

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The Netherlands: Joost Klein did not appear for the Dress Rehearsal!

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Today, the dress rehearsal of the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024 took place in Malmö Arena, which is scheduled for Saturday 11 May.

In this rehearsal, according to the rules, all the 26 nations that compose the running urder of the grand final take part. However, for unkown reason, the representative of the Netherlans, Joost Klein, show up after Luxembourg, as per the running order.

One EBU representative reported to the Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, that they are investigating an incident reported to them and is related with the Duth singer.

Joost Klein appeared however during the flag parade.

According to information of Aftonbladt, the reason tha Joost Klein did not appear for rehearsal is an incedent occured after the second semi-final last night. At the moment the Dutch representative will not carry out any rehearsal until furhter notice.

Source: Aftonbladet

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San Marino: Minister of the Government talks about a potential withdrawal from Eurovision!

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The Minister of Tourism of San Marino, Federico Pedini Amati, spoke about the country’s possible withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest.

“We could make the choice not to participate in Eurovision anymore ” is the statement from the San Marinese Government Minister. The last time the micronation advanced to the final was in 2021. Last night San Marino failed agained to reacht the final!

Amati added:

“Above all – he underlines – there is something that doesn’t add up to me: for three years in a row we are out of the final. First Achille Lauro, then Piqued Jacks and now Megara. It almost seems that the small states are too penalised . The game cannot be only for large countries”.

The national selction process of San Marino Una Voce per San Marino that commenced in 20220 has been financially supported by the government of San Marino. However the decision to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest belong to the national broadcaster of San Marino, RTV!

Source: San Marino RTV

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