User:Fameglory/sandbox/Eurovision 2024
Semi-final 1
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The first semi-final took place on 7 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST[1] and featured fifteen competing countries. Those countries, plus Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final.[2] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March.[3] In addition to the competing entries, the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden performed their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Ireland, Iceland and Moldova, respectively.[4] Croatia was awarded the most points in the semi-final, and qualified for the final alongside, in order of points total, Ukraine, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Finland, Portugal, Slovenia, and Serbia. The countries that failed to reach the final were Australia, Poland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Iceland.[5]
This semi-final was opened by former participants Eleni Foureira, Eric Saade and Chanel, who performed their respective competing songs – "Fuego" (Cyprus 2018), "Popular" (Sweden 2011) and "SloMo" (Spain 2022).[6] The interval acts included three-time winner for Ireland (1980, 1987 and 1992) Johnny Logan performing the 2012 Swedish winning entry "Euphoria",[7][8] and 2018 Swedish entrant Benjamin Ingrosso performing a medley of his songs "Look Who's Laughing Now", "Kite" and "Honey Boy".[9][8]
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Cyprus
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Silia Kapsis | "Liar" | 6 | 67 |
| 02 |  Serbia
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Teya Dora | "Ramonda" | 10 | 47 |
| 03 |  Lithuania
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Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | 4 | 119 |
| 04 |  Ireland
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Bambie Thug | "Doomsday Blue" | 3 | 124 |
| 05 |  Ukraine
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Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil | "Teresa & Maria" | 2 | 173 |
| 06 |  Poland
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Luna | "The Tower" | 12 | 35 |
| 07 |  Croatia
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Baby Lasagna | "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | 1 | 177 |
| 08 |  Iceland
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Hera Björk | "Scared of Heights" | 15 | 3 |
| 09 |  Slovenia
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Raiven | "Veronika" | 9 | 51 |
| 10 |  Finland
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Windows95man[a] | "No Rules!" | 7 | 59 |
| 11 |  Moldova
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Natalia Barbu | "In the Middle" | 13 | 20 |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan
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Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov | "Özünlə apar" | 14 | 11 |
| 13 |  Australia
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Electric Fields | "One Milkali (One Blood)" | 11 | 41 |
| 14 |  Portugal
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Iolanda | "Grito" | 8 | 58 |
| 15 |  Luxembourg
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Tali | "Fighter" | 5 | 117 |
Semi-final 2
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The second semi-final took place on 9 May 2024 at 21:00 CEST[1] and features sixteen competing countries. Those countries plus France, Italy and Spain, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" vote, voted in this semi-final.[2] The running order (R/O) was determined by the contest producers and was announced publicly on 26 March.[3] In addition to the competing entries, France, Spain and Italy performed their entries during the show, appearing on stage after the entries from Czechia, Latvia and Estonia, respectively.[4] Israel was awarded the most points in the semi-final, and qualified for the final alongside, in order of points total, the Netherlands, Armenia, Switzerland, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia, Austria, and Norway. The countries that failed to reach the final were Czechia, Denmark, Belgium, San Marino, Albania, and Malta.[10]
This semi-final was opened by a pre-recorded segment, in which presenters Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman performed the 2023 winning song "Tattoo" with minor lyrical changes.[11][12] The interval acts included Helena Paparizou, Charlotte Perrelli and Sertab Erener performing their respective winning songs – "My Number One" (Greece 2005), "Take Me to Your Heaven" (Sweden 1999) and "Everyway That I Can" (Turkey 2003) – with the audience taking part in a sing-along;[9] and "We Just Love Eurovision Too Much", a musical number performed by Mede that satirised various aspects of the contest and Sweden's success in the event, with appearances by Perrelli, Sarah Dawn Finer reprising her role as Lynda Woodruff, and 2023 Finnish representative Käärijä performing an excerpt of his competing song "Cha Cha Cha". 1984 winners for Sweden, Herreys, performed their winning song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" after the qualifiers were announced.[13][14][15]
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Malta
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Sarah Bonnici | "Loop" | 16 | 13 |
| 02 |  Albania
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Besa | "Titan" | 15 | 14 |
| 03 |  Greece
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Marina Satti | "Zari" | 5 | 86 |
| 04 |  Switzerland
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Nemo | "The Code" | 4 | 132 |
| 05 |  Czechia
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Aiko | "Pedestal" | 11 | 38 |
| 06 |  Austria
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Kaleen | "We Will Rave" | 9 | 46 |
| 07 |  Denmark
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Saba | "Sand" | 12 | 36 |
| 08 |  Armenia
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Ladaniva | "Jako" | 3 | 137 |
| 09 |  Latvia
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Dons | "Hollow" | 7 | 72 |
| 10 |  San Marino
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Megara | "11:11" | 14 | 16 |
| 11 |  Georgia
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Nutsa Buzaladze | "Firefighter" | 8 | 54 |
| 12 |  Belgium
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Mustii | "Before the Party's Over" | 13 | 18 |
| 13 |  Estonia
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5miinust and Puuluup | "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" | 6 | 79 |
| 14 |  Israel
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Eden Golan | "Hurricane" | 1 | 194 |
| 15 |  Norway
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Gåte | "Ulveham" | 10 | 43 |
| 16 |  Netherlands
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Joost Klein | "Europapa" | 2 | 182 |
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- ^ a b "Major changes for Malmö: Big Five & Sweden perform Live in Semi-Finals and you can vote for longer". EBU. 11 March 2024. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b "First Semi-Final of Malmö 2024". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Eleni Foureira, Eric Saade and Chanel to open Malmö 2024 First Semi-Final". Eurovision Song Contest. 4 May 2024. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "The original double winner is coming to Malmö: Johnny Logan returns". Eurovision Song Contest. 2 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b Farren, Neil (6 May 2024). "Live From Malmö: Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final One Jury Show". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Semi-Final interval acts announced: A Eurovision all-stars lineup!". Eurovision Song Contest. 1 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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- ^ Savage, Mark (9 May 2024). "The Netherlands, Israel and Switzerland among countries heading to the Eurovision final". Live Reporting. BBC News Online. BBC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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