Sweden and Finland rehearse their favorite status at the start of Eurovision

Their representatives also Portugal, Norway, Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Israel, Serbia, Malta, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Netherlands and Ireland were excluded..

The broadcast, which is counted among the performances of the famous singer out of the competition, Rita is praying, “Eurovision is coming to Liverpool!” she started shouting. In the city that sees the birth of pop music as the cradle of the Beatles and opened as the venue of the festival due to the impossibility of realizing it in the winning country of 2022, Ukraineacting as co-server.

This was seen in the quartet of presenters British Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Graham Norton and Ukrainian Julia Sanina, as well as postcards before the performances, combining images from both countries, as well as from the country of origin. .

15 people participated in the semi-finals, which started this Tuesday. Norwegian Alexandra and her Viking sing the fading ‘Queen of Kings’ hymn These days it’s been phasing out in betting houses as testing progresses, but it still gets the pass.

Maltese band The Busker’s dynamic staging took over, elevating the saxophone-funky touch of their ‘Dance (Own Our Party)’ songs, as in young Serb Luke Black’s gothic electronica ‘Samo mi se spava’, and the Croats satirized them on Let3’s corruption. a ridiculous waste of humor leaving her on stage in her underwear.

Latvian ‘landed’ Ani Işıklar’s call to world conscience with ‘Aijaa’ was not as epic as it was intended.a force that includes an ‘Ai Coraçao’ that combines cabaret with folk elements such as the Portuguese guitar, and the Portuguese Mimicat.

It became more representative of contemporary folklore, for example the Moldavian Pasha Parfait with ‘Soarele çi Luna’ and its electronic arrangements, or the empowering choral song of Czech Vesna with hip hop touches with ‘My sister’s crown’.

U2 influence was felt in Irish Wild Youth’s ‘We Are One’ drama and message.not so much in the easy chorus or the inexplicably golden Elvis-like wardrobe, as there’s an Israeli Noa Kirel ‘Unicorn’ and a daring (and somewhat forced) choreographic transition for the diva in this edition. media like Chanel in 2022 to beat everyone.

Confirmed towards the end this is not the year of the balladwith neither presence nor weak punch, like the ‘Water Rifle’ by the Swiss Remo Forrer, especially when compared to the exception that confirms the rule: Loreen’s cathartic ‘Tattoo’ is an Atlas with the weight of emotional heartbreak at its headalso a mage with miles of spikes that summons lightning.

After that, Azerbaijanis TuralTuranX became completely harmless with the candid ‘Tell me more’ and Dutch duo Nicolai & Cooper ‘Burning Daylight’, even before. the last bomb, Käärijä and that ‘Cha Cha Cha’ bit Rammsteincrazy and fun, pregnant with iconic moments in its visual presentation and so catchy that it ended with half the venue singing the chorus.

This Thursday, 16 more countries will compete for 10 qualifiers in a second decaf semi-final.but you can also see a preview of Spanish Blanca Paloma’s performance with ‘EaEa’, currently fifth in the bets.