The second semi-final of theEurovision Song Contest 2024scheduled in Malmö (Sweden) from 7 to 11 May.
Ten other nations have ticketed for Saturday's final: the favourites Swiss And Netherlands they don't fail, they return to the final Georgia And Latvia after a wait of eight years while they remain outside San Marino (with Megara, winners of the third edition of A voice for San Marino) and above all the Belgium that almost everyone saw among the potential finalists.
Before delving into the evening, let's start with the error of Rai.
During the live broadcast, the Italian director broadcast a graphic showing the results of the televoting and the results were also shared on official social channels.
We remind you that the data relating to televoting cannot be disclosed until the end of the event, as per the regulations.
EUROVISION 2024 second semi-final
These are the ten nations qualified for the final and their respective songs:
🇬🇷 GREECE: Marina Satti, ZARI
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND: Nemo Mettler, The Code
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA: Kaleen, We Will Rave
🇦🇲 ARMENIA: LADANIVA, Jacob
🇱🇻 LATVIA: Dons, Hollow
🇬🇪 GEORGIA: Nutsa Buzaladze, Firefighter
🇪🇪 ESTONIA: 5MIINUST x Puuluup, (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi
🇮🇱 ISRAEL: Eden Golan, Hurricane
🇳🇴 NORWAY: Gåte, Ulveham
🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS: Joost Klein, Europe
These, however, are the six nations that did not pass the round and are leaving the competition:
🇲🇹 MALTA: Sarah Bonnici, Loops
🇦🇱 ALBANIA: Besa Kokëdhima, Titan
🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC: AikoPedestal
🇩🇰 DENMARK: Saba Lykke Oehlenschlæger, Sand
🇸🇲 SAN MARINO: MEGARA, 11:11
🇧🇪 BELGIUM: Mustii, Before The Party's Over
Among the candidates to win this 68th Eurovision, the Swiss seemed among the most convincing: the technically very complicated performance of Nemo Mettler, combined with a song that describes the realization of her non-binary gender identity, also convinced in the live broadcast and remains in the group of potential favorites ahead of Saturday. Potential darling of the public of this edition will be the Dutch Joost Klein, who closed this semi-final with a song that seems to want to pick up the legacy of the 2023 runner-up Käärijä (who appeared as an interval act with his Cha Cha Cha).
The surprise was the Latvian's qualification Dons, which bettors credited with a 15% chance of passing the round: for Latvia it is the first final since 2016, when it was Justs Sirmais who won the ticket for the final act and brought the Baltic country to an honorable 15th final position. Another nation that dispels the taboo of a long negative streak is the Georgia, also dry since 2016, again in the final thanks to Nutsa Buzaladze and his crew of Italian dancers (including Dante Jonathan Gerlo, competitor in 2012 of the eleventh edition of Friends of Maria de Filippi).
However, the negative streaks continue Malta, Denmark And San Marino, to which is added a bitter disappointment for the Belgian Mustii who before the start of the tests was among the potential favorites to win and instead leaves the competition prematurely: in his case he certainly paid for a strong and radio-friendly song but not exactly “competitive”, which came out weakened by the live test bench and by the somewhat cold and redundant performance of the Walloon artist.
However, everyone's attention was monopolized by the passing of the turn Israel, nation already in the eye of the storm due to the protests that have involved its participation for months due to the conflict in Palestine.
Further controversy ensued due to an error caused by the director Rai 2which inadvertently showed the results of the televoting at the end of the broadcast (protected by embargo until after the final), revealing that the Israeli singer Eden Golan and his song Hurricane they received 39% of the total votes.
Three of the Big 5 also performed in this second semi-final (the five nations which, in addition to host country Sweden, have already qualified for the grand final). In addition to France and to Spain, it was finally up to Angelina Mango take the stage at the Malmö Arena in a performance that managed to dispel the doubts that had arisen yesterday: Angelina she seemed much more at ease than in the first two dress rehearsals, reacting very well to contact with the audience and convincing in particular in the last minute (with the camera cuts revised and decidedly improved compared to yesterday). At the moment the bookmakers place her in sixth position in the ranking of contenders for the final victory.
At the end of the semi-final, the traditional draw was held for the halves of the final in which the ten qualifiers will perform. There Greece he caught the first half, Austria And Norway the second, while Switzerland, Armenia, Latvia, Georgia, Estonia, Israel And Netherlands they will be sorted according to Producer's Choice (a new mechanism introduced this year which will lead producers to choose the position of thirteen out of twenty-six nations within the entire lineup).
