Eurovision 2024: candidates eliminated before the final!

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Eurovision 2024 candidates eliminated before the final

Eurovision takes place this Saturday evening, but candidates have already been excluded. The 2024 competition takes place in a context of tensions linked to the participation of Israel…

The essential

  • Eurovision 2024 takes place this Saturday evening in Malmö, Sweden. The competition is broadcast on France 2 from 9 p.m.

  • 26 countries have qualified for the Eurovision final and 11 have already been eliminated this week in the semi-finals.

  • Slimane is France’s candidate for Eurovision 2024. He will move to penultimate position in the evening.

  • The predictions give a huge favorite, the Croatian Baby Lasagna and his title “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”.

  • The weeks leading up to the competition were marked by a controversy over Israel’s participation and an incident with a candidate the day before the final.

Live

14:27 – What happened to Joost Klein, the candidate from the Netherlands?

According to a source close to the production, Joost Klein would be involved in an altercation which would have taken place with a photographer or a camerawoman during the parade of flags, a key moment before the opening of rehearsals for the final. Swedish public television SVT also reported a physical confrontation between Joost Klein and a photographer on Friday afternoon. It is this incident which would have led the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizer of the competition, to exclude the singer from the final rehearsals, initially scheduled for 9 p.m.

14:16 – An “incident” and an exclusion before the Eurovision final

Dutchman Joost Klein was sidelined from rehearsals for an “incident” on Friday, without it being clear what incident it was. He was excluded this Saturday at midday. He had very ostensibly shown his hostility to the Israeli candidate seated near him during a press conference, covering her face with a flag and encouraging her to answer the journalists’ political questions.

14:05 – Countries and candidates have already been eliminated

The Eurovision 2024 semi-finals took place this week. And there are 11 countries that were taken out of the competition. So you won’t see them this evening. These are Poland (Luna – The Tower), Iceland (Hera Björk – Scared of Heights), Moldova (Natalia Barbu – In the Middle), Azerbaijan (Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar) , Australia (Electric Fields – One Milkali), eliminated Tuesday during the first semi-final, as well as Belgium (Mustii – Before the Party’s Over), San Marino (Megara – 11:11), Denmark ( Saba – Sand), the Czech Republic (Aiko – Pedestal), Malta (Sarah Bonnici – Loop) and Albania (Besa – Titan), eliminated on Thursday for the second semi-final.

14:01 – Eurovision takes place this evening in Malmö!

Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to Eurovision 2024. The European song contest will experience its grand final this Saturday evening in Malmö, Sweden, in a tense context. Israel’s participation in the competition was widely criticized by several artists and by demonstrations around the Malmö Arena, where the event will take place, because of the war in Gaza. Yesterday, an “incident” was reported without knowing precisely whether it is linked to these protests. The Dutch candidate has been sidelined from the competition “until further notice”.

Here are the 26 countries qualified for the Eurovision 2024 final with the participating artists and titles, in the order of appearance drawn at random by the organizers. Slimane and France were placed in penultimate position at the very end of the evening, just after the big favorite Baby Lasagna:

  1. Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable

  2. Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria

  3. Germany: ISAAK – Always On The Run

  4. Luxembourg: TALI – Fighter

  5. Netherlands: Joost Klein – Europapa

  6. Israel: Eden Golan – Hurricane

  7. Lithuania: Silvester Belt – Luktelk

  8. Spain: Nebulossa – ZORRA

  9. Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup – (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi

  10. Ireland: Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue

  11. Latvia: Donations – Hollow

  12. Greece: Marina Satti – ZARI

  13. Great Britain: Olly Alexander – Dizzy

  14. Norway: Gåte – Ulveham

  15. Italy: Angelina Mango – La Noia

  16. Serbia: TEYA DORA – RAMONDA

  17. Finland: Windows95man – No Rules!

  18. Portugal: iolanda – Grito

  19. Armenia: LADANIVA – Jako

  20. Cyprus: Silia Kapsis – Liar

  21. Switzerland: Nemo – The Code

  22. Slovenia: Raiven – Veronika

  23. Croatia: Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim

  24. Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze – Firefighter

  25. France: Slimane – My Love

  26. Austria: Kaleen – We Will Rave

The countries eliminated during the Eurovision semi-finals are 11 in number. They include Belgium, for a historic exit from the competition even before the final:

Eliminated during the 1st semi-final:

Eliminated during the 2nd semi-final:

Croatia, with Marko Purišić aka “Baby Lasagna” and his rock song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, established themselves as the bookmakers’ favorites, 24 hours before the final, ahead of Switzerland, with Nemo and his song “The Code “. Here are all the predictions compiled in real time according to the odds of around fifteen bookmakers:

While a favorite seemed unbeatable just a week ago, the bookmakers’ rankings have been completely turned upside down in recent days. It was the Croatian Baby Lasagna, with the title “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, who was announced as the winner of the competition with more than 40% chance of victory, according to the aggregation of odds from around fifteen betting sites. online Friday evening, 24 hours before the final.

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