In the spotlights: Sam Ryder

It’s been five months since the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 In Malmö has come to an end. In this new series we’re having a look at the participants, and what they have been up to. Today we’re starting with the acts who performed in the First Semi Final. Silia Kapsis She opened this year’s Eurovision, and secured the 15th place in the Grand Final. We’re talking about Silia Kapsis. During the summer the 17 year old singer released her new song “Red Flag”. Silia performed at multiple big events throughout Greece and Cyprus, and is performing all over Europe with Eurovision On Tour starting next month.   Silvester Belt After representing Lithuania with “Luktelk”, Silvester has been traveling all over Europe, and even performing at arenas with a 30 thousand capacity. After scoring a number one hit with his Eurovision song, he followed it up with “Tyliai Tyliai” late July.   Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil Alyona & Jerry, the powerful duo from Ukraine secured third place in this year’s contest. Next month Jerry is starting her tour throughout Ukraine, but that is not all she’s been doing. All throughout the summer she’s been hard at work in the studio. Not only did she release new music, Jerry is now also a member of the Grammy Academy. That means “Teresa & Maria” might end up scoring a Grammy. Alyona has released a new song as well, and is going on tour. Next month she’s not only performing her songs all over Europe, but she’s also touring in Canada and the U.S. in November!   Luna She didn’t make the Grand Final, but that didn’t stop her from getting creative. Luna has been spending her time in London, and has been seen making lots of new music. She released “Alive” back in July, and will release her new single “Wild West” tomorrow (at the time of writing). On August 30th Luna celebrated her birthday together with the Eurovision winner Nemo.   Baby Lasagna After Marko won the televote with his “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, he’s become one of the biggest stars in the Balkan. He knows how to keep the hype going, as he’s been performing at festivals and organized gigs all over Europe. He also signed with Universal Music and he released two new songs and video clips!   Raiven She kept the Slovenian qualification streak going with “Veronika. Raiven has been traveling all over the world, as she’s seen the streets from London to Tokyo, and she is not stopping there. Tomorrow (as time of writing) Raiven will release the dates of her European tour, as well as her newest single “Mama”.   Windows95man After winning UMK, Windows95man has been performing at lots of European festivals. In August the DJ even performed and met up at the same festival with Darude (Finland 2019), Kaleen, and Joost Klein. Fun fact, Windows95man plays “Europapa” at every gig he plays. He’s also announced his USA tour for early 2025. You’re now all caught up with all the info regarding the Semi Final 1 acts. Stay tuned as for next week we’re catching you up with everything you need to know about the semi 2 acts. See you there! 📸: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett/Corinne Cumming/ Share