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Eurovision 2024: Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final! – Live Commentary! (UPDATED)

Just last night, the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024 transpired and the rehearsals for the Second Semi-Final, which is set for tomorrow, Tuesday 9th of May, are already commencing. Today the Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final is taking place, which means that we will get to witness the 16 competing countries of this particular Semi-Final, plus France, Spain and Italy! 

EurovisionFun is watching the rehearsals from both the on-site and the online press center and provide you with live commentary! 

This article is real-time updated, therefore in order to view our comments, simply refresh the page! 

The Show 

A video of our hostesses is being shown, with them singing Tattoo in solarium beds.

The competing countries – LIVE COMMENTARY 

01. Malta: Sarah Bonnici – Loop

A fun and energised opener! Sarah Bonnici, in a sparkly silver bodysuit, definitely has some moves! Alongside her 4 dancers, she is dancing non-stop, while being vocally stable, as the lights go from green to red. There’s also pyro in the end

02. Albania: BESA – TITAN

Another outfit change from Besa, as she is wearing a light blue dress. She is accompanied by three dancers and the visuals behind her show different people dancing to the rhythm of Titan. During the end, the backing vocalists join her on stage.

03. Greece: Marina Satti – ZARI 

The beginning is like a live video, with hearts appearing from the bottom as if people press ‘like”. Marina is playing with the camera as her dancers join her. During the bridge of the song, it is like they are laying down on city’s buildings. A performance full of colour and dance!

04. Switzerland: Nemo – The Code 

An outfit change for Nemo as well. They climb up their platform in the beginning of the song. During the rap part they get up and down the platform. Minimal lighting and visuals and vocally, they are great I must say, despite their song being challenging.

05. Czechia: Aiko – Pedestal 

A red-based performance by Aiko and her dancers, who represent the 5 stages of grief in a breakup. Lots of pyro during the whole performance and before the bridge, we see on the screen behind her a video of couple fighting before we get to the last part of the song.

Break

France: Slimane – Mon amour (not competing)

A classy performance with very strong vocals. In the beginning he is laying down as the camera is doing a closeup. The lights are light blue and after the bridge they turn white with lots of smoke on stage. Slimane is having his signature vocal moment far away from the microphone

06. Austria: Kaleen – We Will Rave 

Due to technical issues, we could not watch Austria’s rehearsal.

07. Denmark: SABA – SAND 

Saba is standing on a platform and she is spreading sand, There’s smoke on stage and during the second chorus, we see on the LED sand being spread and a figure the same as Saba. During the bridge the light is aiming at her heart and it is pulsing according to the rhythm.

08. Armenia: LADANIVA – Jako

In the beginning the singer is whistling and then we see her going to a staircase-like structure which is placed in the middle of the stage and where the orchestra is standing. During the song she is going up and down.

Break

09. Latvia: Dons – Hollow 

Due to technical issues, we could not watch Latvia’s rehearsal.

Spain: Nebulossa – ZORRA (not competing)

Not much has changed staging-wise compared to the national final. At some point the dancers take off their clothes and there’s pyro. In the end, the singer stands at the top of the prop.

10. San Marino: MEGARA – 11:11 

With one word: Pink! A very energetic performance by Megara. At some point there’s an outfit change, smoke and -of course- pyro. Visuals show various designs in pink and black.

11. Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze – Firefighter 

The performance starts with a closeup to Nutsa. Much smoke since the beginning and behind her, there’s a red circle which “catches fire” as the first chorus commences and times, her face also appears. During the dance break, there is of course much fire. At the end, she is standing on an elevating platform. Vocally, Nutsa is powerful, as usual.

12. Belgium: Mustii – Before The Party’s Over 

Golden hues prevail. The concept of multiple microphones remains, as Mustii goes towards them and stands in the center. After the first chorus there is smoke on stage and many closeups. During the bridge, the light turns white and after that, he reveals his chest which is covered in golden glitter. Vocally, there are a few weaknesses.

13. Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi 

In the beginning one of the singers is standing with the audience. A minimal performance when it comes to light changes, but with lots of dance and energy. On the LED screen we see figures of the singers.

Italy: Angelina Mango – La Noia 

In the beginning, behind Angelina we see a plant-like visual. During the chorus, she is dancing alongside 5 female dancers and there is a “La Noia” visual written with rose petals. As the bridge is sung, Angelina is sitting on a throne and at the acapella part, the lights go slightly down. At the end there is pyro rain behind her.

14. Israel: Eden Golan – Hurricane 

In the beginning, Eden is bending in the middle of the ring prop. There is smoke behind her and as the first chorus commences, the dancers are on the prop. Blue hurricane-like visuals on the screen and on the floor appear and at the bridge of the song the light turns yellow.

15. Norway: Gåte – Ulveham

Aurora-like lighting prevails. The singer is standing in the middle of the stage on a rock platform with branches and behind her there are water visuals. At some point there is lots of smoke on stage. A very mystical performance and vocally great.

16. Netherlands: Joost Klein – Europapa 

 Joost is standing on stage with 2 dancers and his friends, one of whom is dressed as a blue bird. On the LED screen we see visuals like a 2000s videogame and European foods. In the end, he is sending his moving message to his parents.

Interval acts 

The first recap of the competing countries.

The biggest sing-along in the world! People from across Europe are on the screen as Helena Paparizou takes the stage to sing her iconic “My Number One”. Next is Charlotte Perelli who is singing “Take Me To Your Heaven”, followed by Sertab Erener and “Everyway That I Can”.

The second and last recap of the songs.

Now we are seeing an ABBA tribute, considering this year it marks 50 years since their victory.

Petra is doing an act, where she is singing about Sweden and Eurovision. Charlotte Perelli joins her.

We could not watch the rest of the interval acts due to technical issues.

After today’s performances, I will attempt to predict the qualifiers. 

Certain qualifiers 

Greece

Switzerland

Armenia

Georgia

Israel

Norway

The Netherlands

Borderline 

Malta

Austria

Denmark

Belgium

Estonia

Non-qualifiers 

Albania

Czechia

Lavia

San Marino

 

The results 

Of course, these results are neither valid nor real, but they come about in order to serve the rehearsal’s purposes. 

Due to technical issues, we were not able to see the virtual results.

 

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Eurovision 2024: Herrey’s join the interval act list of the second semi final!

Eurovision 2024 turns out to be an all-star show. The Swedes had prepared an all-star participants’ line-up for last night, which during the First Semi-Final included Eleni Foureira, Chanel, Eric Saade as well as the King of Eurovision, Johnny Logan.

 

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Who else will be joining Herreys in the Second Semi-Final?

With Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Sertab Erener (Turkey 2003), and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999, 2008) and Käärijä (Finland 2023), the all-star lineup continues and Herreys (Sweden 1984 – Winners, “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley“) will also appear as revealed by the EBU! Live performances by all of them are scheduled for the Second Semi-Final.

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Eurovision 2024: Käärijä will appear during the Second Semi-Final!

Eurovision 2024 turns out to be an all-star show. The Swedes have prepared an all-star participants’ line-up, which during the First Semi-Final included Eleni Foureira, Chanel, Eric Saade as well as the King of Eurovision, Johnny Logan.

However, the surprises do not stop here and it was officially announced that Käärijä, last year’s runner-up, will take the Eurovision stage once again during the Second Semi-Final on May 9.

 

Who else will be joining Käärijä in the Second Semi-Final?

With Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Sertab Erener (Turkey 2003), and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999, 2008), the all-star lineup continues. Live performances by all three of them are scheduled for the Second Semi-Final on, as promised by the organizers, World’s Biggest Sing-Along.

The Second Semi-Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place tomorrow evening(9/5) at 20:00 CET, live from Malmö, Sweden.


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Eurovision 2023: These are the 10 finalists of the Second Semi-Final!

The Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final season comes to an end as the 10 finalists of the second semi-final of this year’s edition have been officially chosen,with the final line-up coming to its completion.

Tonight’s show was hosted by Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and the Ukrainian star Julia Sanina.

A total of 16 acts competed for a ticket to Saturday’s Grand Final on Saturday,with the a total of 19 countries (including Italy,Spain,the UK and Ukraine) voting for their favorite acts,ten of which proceed to the Grand Final.

The following 10 acts secured a spot for Saturday’s Grand Final:

  • Albania
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Belgium
  • Austria
  • Poland
  • Lithuania
  • Australia
  • Armenia
  • Slovenia

Eurovision 2023 Semi-final 2 result

A few words about the second semi-final

The hosts of the second semi-final were Julia Sanina from The Hardkiss, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon.

The acts that performed tonight were:

Running Order

Country

Performer

Song

01 🇩🇰Denmark Reiley Breaking My Heart
02 🇦🇲Armenia Brunette “Future Lover“
03 🇷🇴Romania Theodor Andrei “D.G.T.”
04 🇪🇪Estonia Alika “Bridges“
05 🇧🇪Belgium Gustaph “Because Of You“
06 🇨🇾Cyprus Andrew Lambrou “Break A Broken Heart“
07 🇮🇸Iceland Diljá “Power“
08 🇬🇷Greece Victor Vernicos “What They Say“
09 🇵🇱Poland Blanka (Beijba) “Solo“
10 🇸🇮Slovenia Joker Out “Carpe Diem“
11 🇬🇪Georgia Iru “Echo“
12 🇸🇲San Marino Piqued Jacks “Like an Animal“
13 🇦🇹Austria Teya & Salena “Who The Hell is Edgar?“
14 🇦🇱Albania Albina & Kelmendi Family “Duje“
15 🇱🇹Lithuania Monika Linkyte “Stay“
16 🇦🇺Australia Voyager “Promise“

 

Interval Acts

The second semi-final included live interval performances. The first was a contemporary montage led by Mariya Yarmechuk, who represented Ukraine in Eurovision 2014 and reached a respectable 6th place.

The ‘Music Unites Generations’ performance delved into the connection between different generations of Ukrainians and their love for music. The piece will be accompanied by a collaborative performance from OTOY, Zlata Dziunka, and Mariya.

Spain,Ukraine and the United Kingdom

Moreover,the second semi-final featured appearances by the rest of the automatic qualifiers of Saturday’s Grand Final:Spain,Ukraine and the United Kingdom.You can check their performances below:

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Eurovision 2023: Second Semi-Final takes place tonight!

The moment that every Eurofan waited for is finally here! The 67th Eurovision Song Contest officially begun on Tuesday, with the First Semi-Final, and is now continuing, as the Second Semi-Final takes place tonight, live from Liverpool!

The sixteen remaining countries will take part in tonight’s show, with ten of them qualifying to the Grand Final of Saturday, where the winner of Eurovision 2023 will be decided.

The hosts of this evening will be Julia Sanina from The Hardkiss, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon.

The 16 countries that take part in tonight’s first semi-final are:

Running Order

Country

Performer

Song

01 🇩🇰Denmark Reiley Breaking My Heart
02 🇦🇲Armenia Brunette “Future Lover“
03 🇷🇴Romania Theodor Andrei “D.G.T.”
04 🇪🇪Estonia Alika “Bridges“
05 🇧🇪Belgium Gustaph “Because Of You“
06 🇨🇾Cyprus Andrew Lambrou “Break A Broken Heart“
07 🇮🇸Iceland Diljá “Power“
08 🇬🇷Greece Victor Vernicos “What They Say“
09 🇵🇱Poland Blanka (Beijba) “Solo“
10 🇸🇮Slovenia Joker Out “Carpe Diem“
11 🇬🇪Georgia Iru “Echo“
12 🇸🇲San Marino Piqued Jacks “Like an Animal“
13 🇦🇹Austria Teya & Salena “Who The Hell is Edgar?“
14 🇦🇱Albania Albina & Kelmendi Family “Duje“
15 🇱🇹Lithuania Monika Linkyte “Stay“
16 🇦🇺Australia Voyager “Promise“

Apart from the 16 countries taking part, Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom also have the right to vote in the Semi-Final as part of the BIG 5 and previous winner. In addition, there is a new category that can vote in both Semi-Finals, Rest Of The World.

The second semi-final will be broadcasted on 21:00 CET and you can watch it live from your country’s public broadcaster, or from the livestream on the official Eurovision YouTube channel:


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Eurovision 2022: The 10 finalists of the 2nd Semi-Final!

The 2nd Semi-Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 ended a few minutes ago, held Pala Olimpico in Turin, Italy.

The 10 countries that advanced to Saturday’s grand final are:

  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Azerbaijan
  • Poland
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • Australia
  • Sweden
  • Romania
  • Serbia

The 2nd Semi- Final began with an opening act in which in one of the presenters Alessandro Cattelan danced with a group of dancers to the viral TikTok song “My name is Chiki”.

In total, 18 countries claimed the 10 tickets leading to the Final. Those were:

  1. Finland: The Rasmus – “Jezabel”
  2. Israel: Michael Ben David – “I.M.”
  3. Serbia: Konstrakta – “In Corpore Sano”
  4. Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli – “Fade to Black”
  5. Georgia: Circus Mircus – “Lock Me In”
  6. Malta: Emma Muscat – “I Am What I Am”
  7. San Marino: Achille Lauro – “Stripper”
  8. Australia: Sheldon Riley – “Not the Same”
  9. Cyprus: Andromache – “Ela”
  10. Ireland: Brooke – “That’s Rich”
  11. North Macedonia: Andrea – “Circles”
  12. Estonia: Stefan – “Hope”
  13. Romania: WRS – “Llámame”
  14. Poland: Ochman – “River”
  15. Montenegro: Vladana – “Breathe”
  16. Belgium: Jérémie Makiese  – “Miss You”
  17. Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
  18. Czech Republic: We Are Domi – “Lights Off”

Interval Acts

After the end of the competing part Mika along side with Laura Pausini performed exceptionally Sting’s Fragile, and Patti Smith’s People Have the Power, conveiyng an antiwar message.

Il Volo also got on stage to perform another version of their 2015 entry Grande Amore.

Spain, United Kingdom and Germany

Right before the announcement of the aforementioned finalists, we had the chance to see clips from the performances of Spain, United Kingdom and Germany, the member of the Big 5 who had the right to vote in this Semi – Final.

https://youtu.be/a6uq6oSP5MI

https://youtu.be/rbtPxZby4js

https://youtu.be/ohzfN-ueDZE

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Lithuania: The artists and the running order of the second semi-final!

A few hours ago, the Lithuanian broadcaster, LRT, announced the artists who will compete and the order in which they will perform in the second semi-final of Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 (Let’s try again! 2022).

The artists of the second semi-final are:

  1. Urtė Šilagalytė – “Running Chords”
  2. Mary Mo – “Get Up”
  3. Titas ir Benas – “Getting Through This”
  4. Ieva Zasimauskaitė – “I’ll Be There”
  5. Rūta Loop – “Call Me From the Cold”
  6. Augustė Vedrickaitė ft. Under – “Before You’re 6”
  7. Vilija Matačiūnaitė – “Šimtas vienas”
  8. Monika Liu – “Sentimentai”
  9. Moosu X – “Love that Hurts”

The second semi-final will take place on Saturday, February 5 at 20:00 CET!

Pabandom iš naujo! 2022 consists of six shows. Three heats that have already been completed, two semi-finals and a grand final. The winner will be chosen 50% by public vote and 50% by a jury.

Source: LRT

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