The ESC will now take a full week, with two semi-finals being held today and Thursday, before a grand final will be broadcast worldwide on Saturday, May 11. Like last year, 37 countries will participate, leaving 26 contestants to compete in the final. And like last year, there has been intense debate about the dividing lines between music, art and politics ahead of the contest. But unlike last year, no clear favorite has yet emerged during rehearsals.
Bookmaker Paddy Power currently has Croatia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy and the Netherlands with the lowest chances of winning. Croatian singer-songwriter Marko Purisic, better known as Baby Lasagna, is representing with “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”. Ethno-dance banger Balkan with Adam Ant vibes. Meanwhile, it looks like Switzerland has finally learned their lesson after a decade of boring songs and sent up Nemo with “”.code” – a number with lots of dramatic strings that can work very well with the right staging.
Ukraine has sent two of the country’s most successful artists – Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, “withTeresa and Maria,” a song written to emphasize that it is our actions that define us. Italy, for its part, can repeat its 2021 victory with Angelina Mango’s very catchy number “La Noia”. And the Netherlands has become completely bizarre Joost Klein’s “Europapa”.” – a lyrical ode to the Schengen area, as well as a highly emotional song about the tragic loss of his parents at a young age. It has an intense 1990s Euro-dance sound; A kind of reflection that Vengaboys must go through the turbulent waters (canals?) of life to eventually become Vengamen.
,[The competition’s] Very open. , , I can see the Netherlands and Croatia doing well, but it’s hard to predict how the jury will react to that,” said Paul Jordan, better known as Dr. Eurovision. This is because now the semi-finals have been decided. Especially with how the public views the vote, The final decision is divided between public and jury votes. However, the “Rest of the World” vote, which began last year, is being continued, giving the public a slightly greater influence on the final outcome, with 37 jury votes compared to 38 televotes – about 50.6 percent.
The only change this year is that the time period for voting is longer. Viewers at home in participating countries can begin voting as soon as the first performance of the final begins, rather than waiting for the lines to open at the end, while those watching around the world now have 24 hours before the grand final. Ultimate – a system that Swedish organizers say job well done With its national selection show Melodifestivalen.
As an example of how the public and jury votes can differ, Jordan cited Finland’s performance last year, when, ahem, freaking “Cha Cha Cha” Cariza received the maximum possible 12 points from 18 countries, but still finished second behind Sweden, as the jury was not nearly as enthusiastic. Whatever the case, Finland won Windows95Man this year with “No Rules!” Has made people crazy by sending it with. And a performance that includes what I can only describe pyrotechnic catapult,