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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal has the most views on TikTok?
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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Eurovision 2024: Portugal’s Second Rehearsal!
Our next contestant to come up on the Eurovision 2024 stage is Iolanda from Portugal singing her song “Grito“ (Scream).
Who is Iolanda?
Iolanda Costa was born on November 4, 1994 in Figueira da Foz, in the Coimbra district, Portugal. She demonstrated a passion for music since an early age, which brought her to study at the conservatory. When she was seventeen she enrolled in the faculty of communication sciences in Lisbon, and a few years later she moved to London to study musical composition at the British and Irish Institute of Modern Music of the University of Sussex.
She made her first debut in Festival da Canção in 2022, when she co-wrote the entry “Mar no fim”, sung by Blacci. In 2023 she released her first EP, Cura, that she wrote during the COVID pandemic.
Iolanda won Festival da Canção 2024 with the song “Grito” (Scream), obtaining the maximum score from the juries and second place from the televote and gaining the right to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The Rehearsal
Grito is a song that really builds over the three minutes, and even though it’s a ballad, it still has a underlying bass that vibrates through the floor. A song you feel through your feet and into your chest.
Portugal Second Rehearsal 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
The staging is similar to iolanda’s win at Festival da Canção, with five white-clad dancers with covered faces performing a contemporary dance routine. They’ve also lowered the middle cube, which makes the space feel more intimate and adds to the artistry.The whole act is creative and hypnotic.
Portugal Second Rehearsal 2024. Credit: Alma Bengtsson/EBU
After all today’s second rehearsals a recap video will be published on the official Youtube channel! Stay tuned!
The Dress Rehearsal for Portugal 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?
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:
- Azerbaijan: FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar – 185,5 thousand views
- Australia: Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood) – 142,3 thousand views
- Luxembourg: TALI – Fighter – 140 thousand views
- Iceland: Hera Bjork – Scared of Heights – 126,3 thousand views
- Portugal: iolanda – Grito – 112,8 thousand views
- Moldova: Natalia Barbu – In The Middle – 109 thousand views
- Finland: Windows95man – No Rules – 108,2 thousand views
- 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:
- Poland: LUNA – The Tower – 1,1 thousand views
- Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teressa & Maria – 763 thousand views
- Serbia: Teya Dora – Ramonda – 749 thousand views
- Croatia: Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim – 624 thousand views
- Ireland: Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue – 278 thousand views
- 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.
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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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Eurovision 2024: Portugal’s First Rehearsal!
Our next contestant to come up on the Eurovision 2024 stage is Iolanda from Portugal singing her song “Grito“.
Who is Iolanda?
Iolanda Costa was born on November 4, 1994 in Figueira da Foz, in the Coimbra district, Portugal. She demonstrated a passion for music since an early age, which brought her to study at the conservatory. When she was seventeen she enrolled in the faculty of communication sciences in Lisbon, and a few years later she moved to London to study musical composition at the British and Irish Institute of Modern Music of the University of Sussex.
She made her first debut in Festival da Canção in 2022, when she co-wrote the entry “Mar no fim”, sung by Blacci. In 2023 she released her first EP, Cura, that she wrote during the COVID pandemic.
Iolanda won Festival da Canção 2024 with the song “Grito” (Scream), obtaining the maximum score from the juries and second place from the televote and gaining the right to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The Rehearsal
Next up in the running order will be Sweden, but as the host nation they won’t be rehearsing until Thursday. Instead it’s time for Portuguese singer/songwriter iolanda, rehearsing her song Grito.
The title translates as ‘Shout’, but there’s nothing shouty about this melodic ballad. It’s a fusion of pop and R ‘n’ B with traditional Portuguese Fado roots, and iolanda’s vocals seem to fill every corner of the arena, from the haunting acapella opening to the huge note at the end. It’s a song that really builds over the three minutes, and even though it’s a ballad, it still has a underlying bass that vibrates through the floor. A song you feel through your feet and into your chest.
The staging is similar to iolanda’s win at Festival da Canção, with five white-clad dancers with covered faces performing a contemporary dance routine. They’ve also lowered the middle cube, which makes the space feel more intimate and adds to the artistry. The whole act is creative and hypnotic.
Portugal’s first rehearsal – Eurovision 2024. Credit Corinne CummingEBU
The second rehearsal for Portugal will be held on the 1st of May, when we will have a better picture of what we will see from Iolanda on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.
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Below you can watch a small clip from the Portuguese first rehearsal on TikTok:
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Listen to the acoustic version of Poland’s and Portugal’s entries, in “A Little Bit More”!
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 the videos below, you can listen to the acoustic versions of Poland’s entry, “The Tower’‘ by Luna and Portugal’s entry, “Grito” by Iolanda performed in the National Pantheon of Lisbon:
You can also watch the Eurovisionfun team reacting and commenting to the Polish and Portuguese entries in Eurovision 2024:
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Eurovision 2024: Joint announcement of nine participants about the happenings in Gaza!
The representatives of nine countries participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have publiced a joint statement regarding what is happening in Gaza. More specifically, they are asking for ceasefire for permament peace to prevail and for the hostages to return in Israel. It is worth noting that they refer to Gaza as occupied Palestinian territories by Israel.
Down bellow you can read the statement:
” We want to begin by acknowledging the privilege of taking part in Eurovision.
In light of the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and particulary in Gaza, and in Israel, we do not feel comfortable being silent. It is important to us to stand in solidarity with the oppressed and communicate our heartfelt wish for peace, and immediate and lasting ceasefire, and the safe return of all hostages. We stand united against all forms of hate, including antisemitism and connections.
We feel that it is our duty to create and uphold this space, with a strong hope that it will inspire greater compassion and empathy.”
The announcement is signed by the representatives of nine countries, mainly from those that had reactions to Israel’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and these are:
- Bambie Thug – Ireland
- Gate – Norway
- Iolanda – Portugal
- Megara – San Marino
- Nemo – Switzerland
- Olly Alexander – United Kindom
- SABA – Denmark
- Silvester Belt – Lithuania
- Windows95Man – Finland
The announcement was then posted by Belgium’s representative, Mustii, on his social media.
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Portugal: Festival da Canção 2024 Full Results Released!
The Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, has released the full results of the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The full results of the three live shows of Festival da Canção 2024, can be seen below.
Semi Final 1 Festival da Canção 2024 Results:
Semi Final 1 Festival da Canção 2024 Results
Semi Final 2 Festival da Canção 2024 Results:
Semi Final 2 Festival da Canção 2024 Results
Final Festival da Canção 2024 Results:
Final Festival da Canção 2024 Results
Iolanda with “Grito” will represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.
Portugal will perform in the second half of the first semi-final on May 7.
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Source: RTP
Portugal: With Iolanda and “Grito” at Eurovision 2024!
The last national final of this year was successfully completed! The Festival da Canção 2024, as the country’s public television procedure is called, consists of two semi-finals and a final. A few minutes ago, the grand final was completed with the twelve contestants claimed a ticket to Malmö.
The presenters of the evening were Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim. Inês Lopes Gonçalves was the presenter in the Green Room.
The twelve songs that claimed the ticket to Malmö were:
- Silk Nobre – “Change”
- Rita Onofre – “Criatura”
- Noble – “Memory”
- Buba Espinho – “O Farol”
- Nena – “Teorias da Conspiração”
- Iolanda – “Grito”
- No Maka ft Ana Maria – “Aceitar”
- Cristina Clara – “Primavera”
- Rita Rocha – “Pontos Finais”
- Léo Middea – “Doce Mistério”
- Perpétua – “Bem Longe Daqui”
- João Borsch – “Pelas Costuras”
Shortly afterwards Mimicat appeared to perform “Ai Coração” the song that won the Festival da Canção 2023 and represented Portugal at Eurovision 2023 where it came in 22nd place.
The Results:
The winner of this year’s Festival da Canção was determined 50% by the jury committees in each region of Portugal and 50% by the TV audience.
The voting of the jury was determined as follows:
The results of the jury
The result after the vote of the TV audience was as follows:
The results of the TV audience and the overall results
After the end of the public vote, the big winner was Iolanda, with the song, “Grito” .
Portugal will perform in the Second Half of the First Semi-Final.
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