The Eurovision semi-final concluded with some surprising results: Ireland celebrated their passage to Saturday night’s final, while Australia were sadly sent home despite debuting the first indigenous performance.
The top 10 acts were confirmed on Tuesday afternoon, after half of the countries’ representatives took to the stage in Malmo, Sweden, to fight for a place in the final.
Ireland took the stage with an extraordinary performance and went straight to the final, with many viewers even predicting that they could win the contest.
Bambie Thug, 31, a non-binary artist from County Cork, performed a spectacular performance of her song Doomsday Blue while They sang while performing a ritual surrounded by candles and were joined on stage by a dancer with demonic makeup and false teeth.
Bambie Thug immediately began trending on X/Twitter during the show and many viewers praised her outstanding performance.
Eurovision 2024 semi-final results: Ireland’s Bambie Thug leads country to final as Australia exits competition with shock result
Sadly, Australia didn’t do enough as his band Electric Fields was eliminated in a brutal elimination, despite debuting the first indigenous act.
Also joining Ireland in the final will be Serbia’s TEYA DORA, Portugal’s Iolanda, Slovenia’s Raiven and Ukraine’s Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil.
As well as Silvester Belt from Lithuania, Windows95man from Finland, Silia Kapsis from Cyprus, TALI from Luxembourg and Baby Lasagna from Croatia, who are also a firm fan favourite.
However, sadly Australia did not do enough as their band Electric Fields were eliminated in a brutal elimination.
The group, made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and musician Michael Ross, lit up the stage with their song One milkali (One Blood), which contains lyrics in Yankunytjatjara, the language of the Anangu people.
They were joined on stage by vocalists Brendan Maclean, Alyson Joyce and Simi Vuata, and didgeridooist Fred Leone.
It was the first time indigenous lyrics were performed on the Eurovision stage, as well as the first time a contestant played the didgeridoo.
Sadly, it wasn’t enough to win over the crowd as they failed to make it past the first semi-final, making it the worst result for Australia since singer Montaigne failed to qualify for the 2021 grand final.
Australia is one of five bands out of 15 that didn’t make the cut, along with Luna from Poland, Hera Björk from Iceland and FAHREE feat from Azerbaijan. Ilkin Dovlatov and Natalia Barbu from Moldova.
A further 10 will be confirmed on Thursday after the second semi-final, as 20 qualified countries join the Big Five (UK, Italy, France, Spain and Germany) who automatically have a place in the final, plus the year’s winners past. Sweden.
Bambie Thug, 31, a non-binary artist from County Cork, performed a spectacular performance of her song Doomsday Blue.
They sang while performing a ritual surrounded by candles and were joined on stage by a dancer with demonic makeup and false teeth.
Electric Field, made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and musician Michael Ross, lit the stage with their song One milkali (One blood), which contains lyrics in Yankunytjatjara, the language of the Anangu people.
On Thursday, the remaining countries: Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, Armenia, Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands will compete for their place in the second live semi-final . .
Meanwhile, Olly Alexander gave it his all in the first performance of his catchy song Dizzy.
The Years and Years singer, 33, who represents Great Britain, was accompanied by a group of handsome shirtless dancers as they performed the explosive number.
With the help of some clever camera work, Olly and his dancers appeared to be spinning and walking on the ceiling in the packed performance.
Olly’s boxing-themed routine, which is already guaranteed a place in Saturday’s Grand Final, saw him don a distressed vest and red pants which he wore with a colour-coordinating jockstrap on top.
In the racy number, Olly sensually ran his hands over the dancers’ shirtless bodies before they entered a dance sequence and the singer pushed to the beat.
Filmed inside the hall for most of the performance, it was only in the final chorus that the entourage burst onto the stage as he sang the final notes.
As the crowd went wild, commentary hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark exclaimed: ‘Yes Olly, that’s how it’s done!’
Olly Alexander set pulses racing as he performed his Eurovision song Dizzy live for the FIRST TIME in the semi-finals on Tuesday night.
And while fans go crazy over the staging, some share their concerns about his ‘shaky voice’ and hope the singer is ‘saving his voice’ for Saturday’s final.
However, it seems fans were divided over the performance and took to Twitter to share their opinions.
While half seemed to love the song and praised the expressive staging, others noted that Olly’s voice was a bit muffled and shaky, and one even hoped he was saving his voice before Saturday’s final.
Excited by the performance, fans exclaimed: ‘I’m so proud of you Olly! You destroyed it, the voice, the staging, the visuals, the choreography and the dancing were amazing! And those incredible pirouettes of the dancers! Well done #teamdizzy #Eurovision #Eurovision2024 xxx’.
‘I loved Olly. Great song. Great staging. Fabulous performance’; OMFG @alexander_olly OFF THE SCALE TONIGHT!!!!! SO SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!#Eurovision2024 #Eurovision2024 @bbceurovision always doing a great job!!!!!’
However, others shared their concerns about Olly’s voice, writing: “Well, Olly’s voice was a little iffy in places, but the staging was excellent. What an ending!’
“I’m not sure if Olly got overexcited or nervous, but that voice was very high-pitched. I’ve heard him live before and he can do much better than that. I just hope the over-staging doesn’t detract too much from the performance.” voice.