Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final 1 Results (Reaction & Discussion)
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- We react to the Semi-Final 1 results of Eurovision 2024, which were determined 100% by the public vote (and without a jury). Croatia's Baby Lasagna narrowly beat Ukraine's Jerry Neil & alyona alyona with Ireland's Bambie Thug in third.
SEMI-FINAL 1 RESULTS
Croatia - 177 points
Ukraine - 173 points
Ireland - 124 points
Lithuania - 119 points
Luxembourg - 117 points
Cyprus - 67 points
Finland - 59 points
Portugal - 58 points
Slovenia - 51 points
Serbia - 47 points
Australia - 41 points
Poland - 35 points
Moldova - 20 points
Azerbaijan - 11 points
Iceland - 3 points
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Croatia really killed it this year,no matter the placement THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! 👏🇭🇷
Such an incredible year for them. Can’t wait to see their first win! 🏆
Metler won thanks to cheating because it is impossible to win when you are only 5th among people. How can you accept? Everyone else won fair and square
Croatia definitely deserved to win in 2024, just like in 1998 with "Neka Mi Ne Svane," 1999 with "Maria Magdalena," and in 2000 with "Kada Zaspu Anđeli," all Eurovision classics. "Kada Zaspu Anđeli" was very popular in European music charts for months. As I mentioned in another entry, some countries (Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, Moldova, San Marino, Cyprus, Czechia, Albania, Iceland, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland) are always underrated in Eurovision and they stand no chance of winning in the current system against the always-overrated "big shots" like Sweden and the like. These countries, at most, can achieve an honorable third or runner-up position. Eurovision should be a SONG contest, not a COUNTRY contest.
CROATIA❤.William thank you for your efort this year. LOve from Dubrovnik from all my family
❤ Thank you so much! Only love to 🇭🇷
Broadcasters don’t tell juries how to vote but at the same time seeing some countries not giving Ukraine any points is pretty… well, raises questions.
The fact that we thought Ireland was borderline out at one stage
Right? They silenced all haters and skeptics 💥
If you got 12 points from everyone in this semi its a maximum of 204 points, so Croatia at 177 and Ukraine at 173 is MASSIVE OMG! Did not expect THAT much support for both of them! Bravooo!! 🥳🥳🥳
Max vote in this semi is 216 not 204
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@@eurofansf Yeah, still didn't get used to the Rest of the world vote, thx! 😅
Slovenia deservedly in the final, Australia deservedly not.
Slovenia deserved final, I voted from the rest of the world🎉
I completely agree with giving juriew less power, I get their purpose, but this is a second year in a row where 5 people in juries choose a winner instead of millions.
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That also occurred in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2018 when Azerbaijan, Sweden, Ukraine, and Israel emerged victorious instead of Italy, Italy, Russia, and Cyprus, respectively.
I think Moldova's staging was actually really good.
She might have been alone on the stage, but she had perhaps the best graphics of this year to back her amazing voice and presence.
Remember Zoë from 2016? she was alone on the stage with just her graphics as well and it did well.
The song "In the middle" also didn't lack a public appeal, everyone was clapping in the arena (and I did the same at home).
She deserved more in my opinion.
BOMBA LAZANJA 🚀
The thing is the jury have been more split in the past. No jury winner got more than 283 points between 2018 and 2022 with many top 4 songs getting over 200 points.
So has anything happened in the jury guidelines that made them change how they evaluate songs?
From Finland here. Just getting to Final was enough for this year after last year. And being in Top 20 even better. The UMK quality this year was good again but not as superior as last year, which is probably partly because of the succes Käärijä made so some artists, who possibly could have better songs, might not have wanted to be compared to that all the time. Next year will probably be better (if the current Eurovision crisis isnt affecting things too much :/ ). And if we get better song next year, then there is kind of starting to be pattern where we have mega succes every second year and then "break year" between them 😶
Croatia The Best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Regarding having non music professionals like staging directors on the juries, Ukraine had Kostyantyn Tomilchenko as a juror. He did the iconic stagings for Jamala, Melovin, and Go_A (Greenjolly too, but I'll let that slide).
in love with Freddy
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I didnt get how the producers put Ukraine on the death spot in the finale. They almost won the semi.
They put Ukraine there on purpose, knowing it has chances to win the televote
26:35 I agree. I'm happy for Loreen and for Nemo but it does get anti climactic. When Switzerland got their 10th 12pts after just like 15-20 countries and Croatia just being 4th in the juries so far, pretty sure we knew Switzerland's gonna win the same way as Sweden last year.
It can’t always be a shock when the best song wins ☺️
Best song? What a joke!!!@@sparkart7061
😅 You mean, it can't always be a shock when a worse song wins.
I feel it coming ooooh
Been here before and never got it right 🎵
In my opinion, there should be more points available for each country to give.
Now each can give points just to 10 other countries. You can be 11th in all countries, and yet you get 0 points.
Its just too many competitors, so it is difficult to select only 10.
It could be interesting to see resoults if each country would get points. From 15 to 1 in first semifinal, and from 25 to 1 in finals.
Slovenia was awesome. Australia was super boring :P
Raiven😊😊
I was disappointed Australia missed out but not surprised based on the staging and vocals
Love you two!! 🫶🏼✨
I cant believe that Australia came that close to qualifying with the performance they gave on the night , really weird to me
Probably because the song and performance was pure joy. But i see your point
@@TotalbadassX If you don't properly look into the performance which most people wont be able to if they only see it 1 time for 3 minutes than it is just pure joy as you say but when you properly look into the performance you see there were quite a few major problems with it
Switzerland and Croatia are both winners😊❤
Switzerland was not the winner in the public's eye. Trash song and trash performance
No, Croatia is the runner-up.
Switzerland wasn't the winner in the public's eye.
@@tami3456 Neither was Croatia, who has 11 million streams on Spotify.
Meanwhile The Netherlands has 60 million streams on Spotify and 40 million views on CZcams.
@@akizaizinskii Rim Tim Tagi Dim is No.5 on Spotify, at least was this morning, haven't checked tonight. It passed Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus.
I think there should be a change to 60/40% or bring a third party who focuses more on the viewers perspective
Nothing against nemo but nobody should win who came only 5th in televote (with a good running order!)
I think a solution would be to change the three top scores from the public vote to 9, 11, 13. For instance, this year 111 more points in play from the public vote. Just an easy way to "fix the problem".
UPDATE... BABY just got 50.000 euros from goverment and refused it for charity. Wooow
And we love him for it. wiwibloggs.com/2024/05/16/baby-lasagna-re-gifts-e50000-prize-from-croatian-government-to-two-hospitals/281772/
@@Wiwibloggs daaaamn, you are fast.
More from Freddie please....
He can get it, let's be honest.
We are ready 🎉❤
The power of the running order is real when you compare Serbia and luxembourg results in the semi (times 2 points), vs in the final Serbia got more televote than lux from a slightly later running order.
When I watched the first sem-finale I was upset Australia and Moldova didn't made it through, especially as Moldova presented an act that I found different and more interesting than I was used to. And I always appreciated a lot the songs written by the artists themselves, it's often more authentic and personal.
5 people should have that power as they are empowered, qualified and destined to vote on these matters. Public are unqualified and cannot be trusted.
50/50 split to remain!
Has there been any other year when the country that placed second was given the “death slot?” So proud of Ukraine for breaking that curse after a long time though.
Yea that was kinda weird to put Ukraine on the 2nd spot in the final.
But to be honest, it absoluteley doesn't matter where you put Ukraine in running order, because they gonna kill the televote either way. So i guess producers couldn't put Serbia or Cyprus (from semi final 1) at the 2nd spot in the final because of their running orders in semi final, so it was the best choice to give the 2nd spot to Ukraine.
Also the 2nd spot can barely be called the death spot anymore if you can vote from the get go. Honestly surprised that Wiwiblogs themselves keep referring to it being the death spot under these new rules
@@ceelientjaa In 2010 too, they had vote from the beginning, and they placed at no.20 or there about. So, it didn’t seem to make any difference then. I think the reverse recap at the end might’ve helped, but I think we need to wait a few more years to see who places in that spot and where they place on the scoreboard to make a decision whether the “death spot” is still a fair term. Serbia barely made it through the semis from the same spot, but that was an underdog anyway. So, I guess it’s different.
CROATIE IS ROBBED!!!! ROBBED!!!! Baby Lazanja won the hearts of the poeple!!!!!
The yidaki player Fred Leone did amazing… I wish he had been on stage more. Most of us thought it was going to be tough for us to get through. The staging could have been better but hopefully we will be back next year and we will be back on that left hand side again!
I love Ukraine and their song, but they also have sympathy from the people because they are surviving the war so I expected them to be in top 3 from televote.
Why are there always doubts about Slovenia? annoying every year really. the quality is obviously not for Eurovision.
As an Australian, I hope the broadcaster (SBS) brings back Australia Decides. It is important to choose the best song of the year. As Electric Fields repeatedly said, their song was a song they had discounted from when they came second in AD 5 years ago with “2000 and Whatever”
I feel like the jury ensures that the final scoreboard reflects the quality of the songs/performances, but the people should pick the winner. Agree with both of your proposed solutions
I don’t understand why everyone was surprised about Slovenia. She has the vocals and an intense story and performance. One of my favorites from the beginning.
Oh, I wish you could come watch Ukrainian Vidbir. Actually, I wish we in Ukraine could do this as well
Such a great competition. We hope to attend one day ❤
I would put Azerbaijan and Australia over Luxembourg and Finland, but I wasn't shocked they didn't qualify - Australia had problems with cameras and how their performance was shown and Azerbaijan was kinda non engaging to the audience
So proud of Ireland in their redemption era🇮🇪
Came here because I needed to hear someone say they were said Australia didn't go through, and I had a feeling William would give me that. LOL! For me, Finland going through and Australia not just doesn't compute. Plus having loved them since 2000 and whatever and understanding but being disappointed they didn't win - they're finally going made me so happy, and then it ended for them before the final. 😓
haha, YES! Still sad about it!
@@Wiwibloggs thank you! It honestly helps! (People in my house are my only irl fans of ESC,and they have totally different taste from me! 😂)
I loved Azerbaijan! The vocals are so beautiful, and I love the swirling strings. Sure, the hands and staging were a bit odd. But the song is amazing.
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Winner ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Baby Lasagna, The Best one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
EBU, are you watching this?
EBU, your "tehnicall" winner was just 5th by votes of audience of million people
How is possible that 5th position by votes of million people could be winner just because a few people of jury ? 👎
Never mind... we have our WINNER... only one.... BABY LASAGNA...❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Baby Lasagna represent the the best of spirit what Eurovision should represent... song, joy, community.... ❤️❤️❤️ and not political activism etc.. there another platforms for it... By the way BL wrote song by himselvs... not like project team for "tehnical" winner .... By the way congrats to Nemo, for AMAZING voice...🌸🇨🇭
Now I am going to sing and dance.. and smile...
Dear EBU members, solve problems you caused, Eurovision become JURIvision... and congrats on new slogan: "Unite by MUSIC, Dvided by JURY"
Bravo EBU ✌️✌️✌️
Speaking about jury diversity. This year, Ukrainians chose who they want to be on the Ukrainian jury. And the composition was: a singer (Alyosha), a music producer, two choreographers, one of whom has extensive experience in staging TV shows and Ukrainian Eurovision acts, and a music journalist and reviewer. I guess it could be a bit different, but EBU requires gender mix (either 3 women and 2 men or 3 men, 2 women).
It’s a yidiki in Zs language, the general use name is a Didgeridoo
Random question. Does anyone know why Deban wasn’t at this year’s Eurovision? Maybe I missed something
boycott i think
Deban hasn't been at Eurovision for years.
He used up all of this holidays at work, so it wasn’t possible for him to be at ESC for two weeks.
Slovenia was amazing!
Australian lead singer was off key on the prolonged notes. Even with that, they would've qualified if not for the neighborly votes received by Serbia and Slovenia which is great. Love to see Veronika and Ramonda qualify tho
Kaliopi also qualified from the 2nd spot, but that was centuries ago 😂 also baby Lasagna got less points than the winner and the runner up from the second semifinal, im curious how good Joost wouled have done with the televote in the final. The results at the end would’ve been fire, i mean Switzerland not winning.
Freddy is lovely, but I really really miss Deban?
Greetings from Croatia
Meow cat, please meow back
I think the results did match what a lot of people expected from semi final 1. I was a bit surprised Luxembourg did as well as they did, but it was well staged and performed. I also thought Poland would’ve done better, but I agree that the vocals did hinder its chances. Interestingly Australia would’ve gone through if Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia each didn’t give each other 10 and 12 points, but I liked Serbia and Slovenia so glad they did make it.
I don’t agree at all with Portugal!!! It qualified merely because of the polished visuals and dancers, if not, despite her vocals, the song would have been forgotten!!
I would love a whole video about juries and their impact on the ESC and why should they have less impact on the result.
I don't think diaspora or solidarity votes should have more impact. When it comes to national finals it makes sense, but not for the actual contest.
They shouldnt be less important.
They should not have less impact lol if anything we should completely get rid of the televote
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saying no rules would’ve done so much better with televote that sara siipola when they got like 30 points in the tele vote in the final …
ICELAND PLEASE 🙏 🥺🤩🥺
I might have a crush on Freddy!🙈
Btw, you should visit DORA final next year!🎉
We hope Severina performs again - then we are definitely there 😊
Semi 1 Top 10 its Not so diferent from the Final Top 10!!!! Semi 1 the weakest!???? Dont think so...🤘🏼
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I told you, Australia was close to qualifying and that Serbia finished 10th.
why is nobody talking about poland? :(
Hey William, you should make one separated video about what was in mind of 5 people that selected 24(!!) songs for Croatian national final (two semi finals), but initialy they didn't put Baby Lasagna into these 24 songs.
Everyone should talk about that, not only here in Croatia, but also everywhere outside of Croatia.
Ma daj, nemoj me nasmijavati!
Azerbaijan didnt deserve this point 😕
Am i wrong or Australia had bad vocal moment ? For me that was the reason.
For me the act was really underwhelming in every aspect not only vocally but the staging and styling was lacking too.
Jurors were just afraid of Ukraine winning given that Ukraine was a cohost just last year and Ukraine won’t be able to host. Ukraine could have overtaken Croatia and Switzerland if more jurors had given Ukraine points. There were way too many jurors who gave Ukraine 0 points. And producers strategically put Ukraine second in the running order.
This was so unfair! Ukraine is always disadvantaged.
@@Circle46 How are Ukraine disadvantaged when they always get a top 5 televote result?
@@gemz2023 disadvantaged by juries and producers. The songs are top-knotch, so they deservedly get televotes.
@@Circle46 We all know why Ukraine do so well in the televotes and it's not because of the song. Last year Ukraine had one of the worst vocals on the night and still got 4th in the televotes. Ukraine finished as good as they deserved, they have won twice in 8 years they do not need to win again so soon. Other countries are way more disadvantaged than Ukraine in Eurovision.
@@gemz2023 i agree with u on last year, voted for smbd else last year. "They dont need to win" is not the attitude though - Ireland and Sweden both won multiple times in a decade cos their songs were the best and that's what matters, and the only thing that should matter. Sorry but lets not be delusional, Ukraine's songs are among the best in Europe for the past 20 years, starting with Ruslana who singlehandedly turned a stagnant kitsch retro tv contest into a dynamic modern show.
Actualy quite surprised for almost everyone sounded good live! Sorry but iolanda is The ONLY One sounding better every time!
Another thing that I ONLY noticed today is..seeing another video....Sweden actualy made a half tone down chance of kye to Sing live!!!! To Sing more confortably or to sound more Doom heavy...
Croatia
Wow Freddy is hot 🔥😎
I can confirm he is a lovely person too!
Go to festival da canção
Finland was fun❤️🇫🇮 And they weren't last in the final, there were 6 countries behind them.
I wanted Australia & Iceland through!
Australia had the amazing cultural aspects, but it would have been better having Zachaariaha on a large rock, that resembles Ayres rock with a hug flowing outfit on as the wind machine blowed. Would have loved colourful aboriginal art saturating the L.E.D's.
With Iceland, I naturally wanted Hera to go through as I'm a huge fan of hers. Broke my heart when she crashed out, even though I knew in my heart of hearts, the song wasn't enough to get her through. Glad you guys loved her too. She's such a dance diva!
I agree, I would've taken out Luxembourg and Serbia, as the Serbian song didn't go anywhere for the first two minutes. It lost me.
With Finland, they likely would have done better had they changed the presentation dramatically from their UMK performance. It had been seen by that point and it lost its newness and its charm, so people were moving over to acts from Croatia or the Netherlands.
Cyprus really upped their game. She kept improving with every performance and eneded up leaving me impressed, even though I didn't really care for the song. And those lyrics were awful, but she sold the song. For someone so young, she's a great performer.
Loved Lithuanua. Sylvester really did deliver a fantastic performance. One of my favourite songs this year.
Ireland honestly had the BIGGEST glow up! From that thrown together performance on their national selection, Bambie stepped up, and they put everything in to it and delivered such an amazing, unique and memorable performance!
I don't think Croatia will be coming back to the contest for years or maybe yes but nobody will care. The whole country was behind BL and supported him for months and it still didn't work out. Nah.
I agree. I dont think that Baby Lasagna 2nd place will encourage Croatia to send good songs to Eurovision, because ppl thinking that BL deserved win. So, its more likely that Croatia, after next 1 or 2 bad results , will withdraw from Eurovision.
Cmon guys. It has taken other countries also 20+ years for a victory. Regain forces and try again next year
@@esc1074you just don't understand how bad Dora is for the last 20 years. BL is not a rule. He is a very unique occurrence.
Most of our music industry sucks.
2nd place is great place and no one should withdraw competition becouse that. People were behind him becouse his song and his personality, not becouse 1st place is MUST.
@@esc1074its 31 years for Croatia now 😂. Ppl thinking : we send excellent entry to Esc, catchy song, good guy with good story behind, nice styling, whole arena singing with him...what more are you expecting for win Eurovision, Pavarotti's voice?? So, ppl are very, very disapointed especially because winner is decided by giving huge jury points to Nemo.
I am amazed that Ukraine almost won the semifina! Only 4 points behind Croatia. I think the buzz for Croatia has been much more than everyone thought it'd be a clear sweep winner, but in reality, it was not the case. I never bought the song (which I think it's a basic repetitive rock song, with an ordinary rock staging. Audience pleasing due to its repetitive lyrics...but that's all)...I think he nevertheless gave a great show on stage, but I don't think Croatia deserved the win (neither a Top3 tbh).
Congrats to well deserved winner Nemo! and congrats to Ukraine (my absolute favorites!).
Music is subjective issue... ✌️
Votes of audience of million.people dont agree with you. sorry
Numbers / mathematic font lie
Have a nice day 🌸🐈
@@dalmatiandream4452 music is subjective indeed and my taste is as valid as the audience of millions of people who, by the way, awarded Ukraine just got 30 points less than Croatia on the televote...
@@bins88😂Don't make us laugh! It's normal that millions voted for Ukraine when there are more of you outside Ukraine than in it! 38 million Ukrainians vs 3.8 million Croats! Who are all in Croatia! That's why Ukraine has always been at the top of the ESC since the war!
2.BL is the only one of them all who is the author and performer of his own song. He is the most charismatic performer. It has the original text. Looking at the other songs, his is the most recognizable. His energy is contagious. The audience sang and danced with him from start to finish. With the song Rim tim tagi dim performs for the first time as a performer. It's his first performance!
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CROATIA IS STOLEN! The number of audience points won by BL is the 5th best result in ESC history. So in 2024, Marko -BL won the largest number of audience votes! Nemo was only 5.
4. It NEVER happened that the jury gave only 2x12 points to the audience winner! Shameful! Despite this, BL was ranked third by the jury!
5. After the performance in the final, BL jumped to 58% on bookmakers. Nemo was, if I'm not mistaken, 5th with 12%. It NEVER happened that there was such a difference between the votes of the audience and the jury! Because the jury was influenced by some lobbies. It has NEVER happened in the history of the ESC that the 5th beat the 1st in the bookmakers who has as much as 58%! Yes, not to mention that BL beat Nema and won the ESC award for best performer! Need more proof that Nemo didn't deserve to win?
@@gordanamarijavukovic2424 1st, I'm not Ukranian, but Spaniard. 2nd, you may love Croatian song...but claiming it's original, is a far-fetch statement. It's a generic, rock song. Zitti and Buoni was waaay better (and that's why they won). 3rd, if you don't like eurovision rules, don't watch it. Juries voted, people voted, Nemo won. your "proofs" are not proofs, just because something never happened before doesn't mean it's unfair if it happens. so....sorry but not sorry, and congrats to Switzerland, Croatia and Ukraine for the podium.
Australia was one my favourite but every just went flat with me the background singers I didn't understand the stage.
Overall very happy. Not fan of Ireland but that my personal taste
Yeah I don't want to change the way the vote is going at all whatsoever, I don't know how anyone could look at what almost happened this year and say "Yes, give me more televote impact!" the televoters are far less objective than the juries, people used to complain about the juries being subjective and other such complaints, but the televoter will just vote for their political allies at this point. They're really the ones to commit the politics and Eurovision problem not the juries anymore.
Don't be ridiculous. I have been watching for 45 years, always the Nordic countries allocate between themselves, the Benelux countries between themselves, the rest are the same politically. At a time when there were not so many wars, but there was a cold war, it was the same. Politics is always there and unfortunately it will continue to be. With more lobbies for other things that were not there before and are now visible for miles.
@@stsplit8973❤BRAVO!
We want more Freddie, we NEED more Freddie. Just saying.
Luxembourg got the Israeli vote in SF1...
CROATIE SHOULD OF WON!!!!
Can we talk about how fine Freddy is? 😍
Let s be honest: without war, Ukraine 🇺🇦 would have been 4-5 in SF and mid scoreboard in GF
Go-A, Verka Serduchka
@@user-gt2he4hf9x yes and ?
Hi lovely couple ❤❤❤❤❤
Australians did many things wrong. 1- the dress ( the dress didn’t look good on (whatever that person is, he, she, ….) 2. Bad camera angles 3. Bad staging.