Manizha starts the act in an huge dress, and steps out of it. At the end, the background fills with a kind of Zoomsession, with, ofcourse…all (Russian?) women. They turn to the screen to show their respect. Manizha comes across as confident and vocally strong.
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The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has been allowed to delay their decision about participating in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes Eurovision, has given them until at least November 1 to decide. AVROTROS explained that a meeting with the EBU’s leadership has started a positive conversation. To give this conversation a chance, they asked for more time to decide if they will participate. The EBU agreed to this delay, and AVROTROS is thankful for it. The broadcaster started questioning their participation after the EBU disqualified Dutch artist Joost Klein from this year’s Eurovision final in Malmö, Sweden. Klein had an argument with a camerawoman, which led to his disqualification. AVROTROS disagreed with the EBU’s decision. Recently, Swedish authorities closed the case, saying there wasn’t enough evidence. Next year’s Eurovision will take place in May in Basel, Switzerland. The EBU hopes that the Netherlands will take part and plans to announce the list of participating countries by the end of the year. Share
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 They secured third place in this year’s contest, we’re of course talking about the powerful duo of Ukraine: Alyona & Jerry. Next month Jerry is starting her tour throughout Ukraine, but she’s been creative in the studio all summer long. And 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 too, and is going on tour aswell. Next month she’s performing her songs all over Europe, but that’s not all, as 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 put her new single “Wild West” out tomorrow (at the time of writing). On August 30th Luna has celebrated her birthday together with the Eurovision winner Nemo. Baby Lasagna After winning the televote with his “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, he’s become one of the biggest stars in the Balkan. Marko knows how to keep the hype going, as he’s been performing at festival and organized gigs all over Europe. Not only did he sign in at Universal Music, he’s also put out two new songs and video clips! Raiven She kept the Slovenian qualification streak going with “Veronika. Raiven has been traveling a lot over the world, as she seen the streets of London to Tokyo, and she is not stopping there. Tomorrow (as time of writing) Raiven will release the dates of her European tour, aswell 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
