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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal has the most views on TikTok?

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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:

  1. Netherlands: Joost (fourth day) – Europapa – 3.2 milion views
  2. Greece: Marina Satti (third day) – ZARI – 2.7 million views
  3. Poland: LUNA (first day)– The Tower –1.5 million views
  4. Switzerland: Nemo (third day) – The Code – 1.2 million views
  5. Serbia: Teya Dora (first day) – Ramonda – 980.1 thousand views
  6. Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil (first day) – Teressa & Maria – 971.2 thousand views
  7. Croatia: Baby Lasagna (first day) – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 812.3 thousand views
  8. Georgia: Nutsa (fourth day) – FireFighter – 637.4 thousand views
  9. Israel: Eden Golan (fourth day) – Hurricane – 607.1 thousand views
  10. Belgium: Mustii (fourth day) – Before The Party Is Over – 585.7 thousand views
  11. United Kingdom: Olly Alexander (sixth day) – Dizzy – 567.4 thousand views
  12. Armenia: LADANIVA (third day)  – Jako – 528.6 thousand views
  13. Sweden: Marcus & Martinus (sixth day) – Unforgettable – 515.6 thousand views
  14. Spain: Nebulossa (sixth day)– Zorra – 448.5 thousand views
  15. Albania: Besa (third day) – TiTan – 413.5 thousand views
  16. France: Slimane (sixth day) – Mon Amour – 412.5 thousand views
  17. Ireland: Bambie Thug (first day) – Doomsday Blue – 388.2 thousand views
  18. Latvia: Dons (fourth day) – Hollow – 383.2 thousand viewsc
  19. Austria: Kaleen (third day)  – We Will Rave – 366.2 thousand views
  20. Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov (second day) – Özünlə Apar – 363.5 thousand views
  21. Cyrpus: Silia Kapsis (first day) – Liar – 324.8 thousand views
  22. Lithuania: Silvester Belt (first day) – Luktelk – 306.2 thousand views
  23. Luxembourg: TALI (second day) – Fighter – 304.3 thousand views
  24. Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup (fourth day) – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi – 292.0 thousand views
  25. Malta: Sarah Bonnici (third day) – Loop –  291.7 thousand views
  26. Czechia: Aiko (third day) – Pedestal – 284.9 thousand views
  27. Denmark: SABA (third day) – SAND – 262.0 thousand views
  28. Norway: Gåte (fourth day) – Ulveham – 255.4 thousand views
  29. San Marino: Megara (fourth day) – 11:11 – 238.2 thousand views
  30. Australia: Electric Fields (sexond day) – One Milkali (One Blood) – 229.9 thousand views
  31. Moldova: Natalia Barbu (second day) – In The Middle – 211.0 thousand views
  32. Germany: Isaak (sixth day) – Always On The Run – 210.2 thousand views
  33. Portugal: iolanda (second day) – Grito – 192.3 thousand views
  34. Italy: Angelina Mango (sixth day)– La Noia – 186.0 thousand views
  35. Iceland: Hera Bjork (second day) – Scared of Heights –  180.3 thousand views
  36. Finland: Windows95man (second day) – No Rules – 172.2 thousand views
  37. 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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Eurovision 2024: Iceland’s Second Rehearsal!

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The second rehearsals of Eurovision 2024 have started! Hera Björk from Iceland now on stage, performing her song  “Scared of Heights“!

Who is Hera Björk?

Hera Björk won the hearts of Europe when she represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with her song “Je Ne Sais Quoi”.

Before representing the country however, Hera has been on vocals for Iceland several times and in 2009 she was in the national final for Denmark, failing to get a ticket to the Eurovision stage.

Her talents have shone brightly in various competitions and events, including her famous anthem Feel the Love Tonight for LGBTQ+ pride events in 2011, her triumphant victory with “Because We Can” at the Viña del Mar festival, the largest Latin music festival America in 2013.

The rehearsal:

Hera has swapped Söngvakeppnin’s red sparkly dress for a gold and very sparkly dress!

Hera Bjork Eurovision 2024 Iceland

Hera Bjork Eurovision 2024 – Iceland’s 2nd Rehearsal

It begins on a black plinth backed by five singers. It looks a lot like Söngvakeppnin, only on a Malmö scale – lots of gold graphics and silhouettes of dancers on the LED wall make it feel like a big old party.

Baby Lasagna Eurovision 2024 - Croatia's 2nd Rehearsal

Baby Lasagna Eurovision 2024 – Croatia’s 2nd Rehearsal

No fireworks for Iceland in this rehearsal either!

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

The Dress Rehearsal for Iceland and the rest of Semi Final 1 will be held on the 6th of May.

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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal had the most views on the second day?

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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:

  1. Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar – 185,5 thousand views
  2. Australia: Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood) – 142,3 thousand views
  3. Luxembourg: TALI – Fighter – 140 thousand views
  4. Iceland: Hera Bjork – Scared of Heights –  126,3 thousand views
  5. Portugal: iolanda – Grito – 112,8 thousand views
  6. Moldova: Natalia Barbu – In The Middle – 109 thousand views
  7. Finland: Windows95man – No Rules – 108,2 thousand views
  8. 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:

  1. Poland: LUNA – The Tower – 1,1 thousand views
  2. Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teressa & Maria – 763 thousand views
  3. Serbia: Teya Dora – Ramonda – 749 thousand views
  4. Croatia: Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 624 thousand views
  5. Ireland: Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue – 278 thousand views
  6. 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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Iceland: Watch exclusive footage from Hera Björk’s First Rehearsal!

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Yesterday, Hera Björk, the Icelandic representative in Eurovision 2024, stepped on the stage of Malmö Arena for the first time, for her first technical rehearsal. Read more

Listen to the performances of Ireland, Denmark and Iceland in “A Little Bit More”!

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Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” aired on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

So, for all this time before the rehearsals, Eurovision TV will upload different performances of the artists, like different versions of their songs, or covers of songs from other artists.

In today’s videos, you can listen to an Intimate version of Ireland’s entry “Doomsday Blue” by Bambie Thug as well as the acoustic version of Denmark’s entry,“SAND” performed by Saba:
You can also listen to Hera Björk performing her fan-favourite Eurovision 2010 song, “Je Ne Sais Quoi” in a “Candlelight” version:

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Iceland: Rúnar Freyr is the country’s new Head of Delegation!

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Iceland and Hera Björk, are about to fly to Malmö for Eurovision 2024, and as it seems, they are going to have a new Head of Delegation for the Contest!

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Iceland: Listen to the acoustic version of “Scared of Heights” by Hera Björk on “A Little Bit More”!

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Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” aired on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

So, for all this time before the rehearsals, Eurovision TV will upload different performances of the artists, like different versions of their songs, or covers of songs from other artists.

Below you can listen to the a capella version of Iceland’s entry for this year’s contest, “Scared of Heights” by Hera Björk, performed in the Reykjavik Art Museum:

You can also watch the Eurovisionfun team, reacting and commenting to Iceland’s entry for Eurovision 2024:

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Hera Björk: “I Love Israel’s ‘Hurricane’, It’s a Very Strong Song!”

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After Silia Kapsis from Cyprus, another artist from Eurovision 2024 has found the courage to express their opinion about the Israeli participation, speaking with warm words. Specifically, Hera Björk from Iceland, in a recent interview, mentions that she really likes Eden Golan’s “Hurricane,” considering it a very strong entry.

I listened to the Israeli song, and I love it! It’s a very strong song.

Speaking to the Euromix correspondent at the Pre-party in Madrid, Hera thanks all the Israeli fans of the contest who support her so much, wishing everyone to be safe.

Thank you very much, I visited Tel Aviv, and it was wonderful. I hope you are all safe and enjoy this journey because I know we all have a common denominator, and these are difficult times with war and madness continuing at this moment. So, I hope Eurovision will be a beacon of light for all of us.

It is worth noting that Hera Björk won the national final in Iceland, defeating Bashar Murad, of Palestinian descent, who was the favorite to represent Iceland in Malmö. Indeed, some claimed that her victory was also based on support from Israel, something that was not proven.

Unlike Bashar Murad, who threatened that if he won the national final, there was a possibility of boycotting the competition in case of Israel’s participation, Hera had stated that she would participate normally regardless of Israel’s presence in Malmö.

You can watch the interview below:

Source: Euromix

Iceland: The detailed voting results of the semi-finals of Söngvakeppninn 2024!

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RÚV, the public broadcaster of Iceland, revealed the detailed voting results of the two semi-finals of Söngvakeppninn 2024, that took place on February 17 and 24.

First Semi-Final – February 17

  • Bíómynd – VÆB: 7.347 votes
  • Stingum af – ANITA: 6.514 votes
  • Sjá þig – Blankiflúr: 3.046 votes
  • Ró – Ceasetone: 1.344 votes
  • Fiðrildi – Sunny: 577 votes

Second Semi-Final – February 24

  • Vestrið Villt – Bashar Murad: 9.034 votes
  • Við förum hærra – Hera Björk: 8.552 votes
  • Um Allan Alheiminn – Sigga Ózk: 6.730 votes
  • Fljúga burt – MAIAA: 3.184 votes
  • Þjakaður af ást – Heiðrún Anna: 1053 votes

We remind you that Hera Björk manged to turn the tables with her song “Scared of Heights” and won the second round of voting of Söngvakeppninn, claiming the country’s representation against Bashar Murad with the song “Wild West”.

Iceland 2024: The detailed results of Söngvakeppnin

Iceland will participate in the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024, on May 7, and they will perform 8th:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OouUsCZ3xkM

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Icelandic participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Source: RUV

Iceland: “There was no Israeli intervention in Songvakeppnin” says Yogel Segav

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Yongel Segav in his message to Eurovisionfun gives explanations for the issue that is being accused by a part of the Icelandic press today. Specifically, on behalf of KAN, he tried and succeeded in interfering in Songvakeppnin, in order to prevent the victory of Bashar Murad.

Yongel Segav explains to Eurovisionfun that the facebook group in which they are mentioned as instructing its members to support Hera Bjork so that she is the winner of Songvakeppnin and not Bashar Murad, is a small group of 400 members, of which only half are Icelandic. In addition, he adds that this was simply a proposal to friends, as there were similar proposals from dozens of pro-Palestinian activists in favor of Bashar Murad.

Hello, I’m Yogev Segal. The man who was written about in that lousy tabloid in Iceland. I work at KAN, it’s my daily job. I am working as a broadcast operator, a totally technical position in KAN channel. This fact has nothing to do with the matter. KAN has no role in this.

I have a deep connection with Iceland and Icelanders, I have visited Iceland 8 times and I have a website for travelers to Iceland in Hebrew. The “campaign” referred to in the article is nothing more than a post to a group of 400 people, half of whom are Israeli and half Icelandic. The post was worded in a very peaceful way – not against Bashar but against the meddling of politics in Eurovision.

Those who voted are Icelanders, not me. There is no “interference” here. In the superfinal, Hera won by a wide margin. As Palestinian activists wrote on every social network to vote for Bashar, I proposed something different, to a small group of people, some of whom are just my friends. There is nothing wrong with that! This is not an intervention. They tried to create a conspiracy theory.

Icelandic public television today confirmed that Hera Bjork will represent the country at Eurovision 2024 with the song Scared of Heights, putting an end to rumors that the country would withdraw from the contest, and to the questioning of Hera’s victory to the national final.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!