The Second Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has just taken place at Malmö Arena. Sixteen countries competed at today’s show, but only ten have advanced to the final of the competition, which is set to take place on Saturday, May 11th.
Following the change made last year, the ten lucky acts were determined by audience voting via app, web, SMS and phone. They will join the qualifiers from the First Semi-Final and the Big 5 + Sweden in the upcoming final:
Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman have hosted the Second Semi-Final of Europe’s favorite TV show. During the show, we also watched short clips of the performances of three of the automatic qualifiers, Spain, France and Italy, which also voted in this Semi-Final. Tonight’s competing countries were:
- Malta: Sarah Bonnici – Loop
- Albania: Besa – Titan
- Greece: Marina Satti – ZARI
- Switzerland: Nemo – The Code
- Czechia: Aiko – Pedestal
- Austria: Kaleen – We Will Rave
- Denmark: Saba – SAND
- Armenia: Ladaniva – Jako
- Latvia: Dons – Hollow
- San Marino: Megara – 11:11
- Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze – Firefighter
- Belgium: Mustii – Before The Party’s Over
- Estonia: 5Miinust x Puuluup – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi
- Israel: Eden Golan – Hurricane
- Norway: Gåte – Ulveham
- Netherlands: Joost Klein – Europapa
Past Eurovision winners Helena Paparizou (2005), Sertab Erener (2003) and Charlotte Perrelli (1999) opened the show by performing their winning entries. Before the results, we could also enjoy the special performance of the host Petra Mede “We Just Love Eurovision Too Much”, which also featured Charlotte Perrelli and 2023 runner-up and televote winner Käärijä from Finland.
If you missed the show, you can watch it right below:
What do you think about tonight’s qualifiers? Are you happy with the result?
