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The first qualifying round for Eurovision 2024 took place this Tuesday, May 7. From 9 p.m., 15 of the 37 participating countries competed on the stage of the Malmö Arena, in Malmö (Sweden), in the first semifinal of this 68th edition.
Ten of them qualified at the end of this afternoon. In this way, they will be part of the 26 countries that will perform during the grand final this Saturday, May 11. Here is the list of winners of this first semi-final:
Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Luxembourg.
Divided into two previous evenings.
Sixteen countries will compete on Thursday, May 9, in the second semi-final. These are Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, Armenia, Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands. Again, 10 will qualify for the final.
To the 20 countries classified during these two previous evenings, the six automatically qualified will be added: the five members of the Big Five (the largest financial contributors, including France) and Sweden, as last year’s winner. with the song Tattoo by Loreen.
They will also perform during the two semi-finals, three per night: the German, Swedish and British candidates will perform this Tuesday and the French, Italian and Spanish artists will perform their piece on Thursday.
As desired the rules, voting for each semifinal is open to viewers from the countries that appear there. The pre-qualified countries are in the same boat; Thus, French viewers were not able to vote this Tuesday but will be able to participate in Thursday’s vote.
Voting for one’s own country is prohibited for three nights. To vote, viewers can go to the site. www.esc.voto, download the official Eurovision app or do it by phone or SMS. The contact number is displayed on the screen during each of the three nights.
Since last year, countries that do not participate in the contest can participate in the voting; Their paths are united in the same category, called “The rest of the world“, which acts as an additional country.
The outcome of the semi-finals is determined solely by viewer voting. Only on the night of the final does a jury made up of experts from each participating country come into play, representing 50% of the points awarded by each country.
Source: BFM TV
