10 out of 16 participants will advance to the finals.
22:45 Group LADANIVA represents Armenia at Eurovision with the energetic “Jako”. The band features vocalist Jaclyn Bagdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas. They created the group back in 2019, and they gained popularity thanks to the song “Vay Aman”.
22:41 The seventh singer appears on stage Saba with the song “Sand”, which represents Denmark. She worked as a model and ran her own business. However, one day the artist replaced her actress sister in a musical. Since then she has been performing on stage. In the song she uses the metaphor of sand as a symbol of time.
22:36 Next to speak Kaleen with the song “We Will Rave”, which represents Austria. She was the creative director of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
22:32 Performance by France, the founding country that will automatically compete in the grand final. Today she is represented by the singer Slimane with the song “Mon Amour”.
22:24 The 24-year-old singer performs at number 5 Aiko with the song “Pedestal”. She represents the Czech Republic. The performer was born in Russia, but later her family emigrated to the Czech Republic. Interestingly, it was Aiko who became the first Czech artist to appear on the screens of Times Square in New York. In the song “Pedestal” she sings of self-love.
22:20 Next to speak Nemo – Representative of Switzerland. For a long time, the performer with his composition “The Code” was the bookmakers’ favorite. The participant aims to raise awareness of gender identity and mental health. It is worth noting that Nemo positions himself as a non-binary person, and asks to be addressed using the pronoun “they”.
22:15 Greece performs at number 3. Singer Marina Satti performs the song “ZARI”. The artist successfully combines Greek, Arabic and Balkan motifs in her work. She is also the co-founder of the a cappella vocal group The Singing Tribe.
22:11 The second singer performs Besa. Today she represents Albania with the song “Zemrën n’dorë” (“Hand in the Heart”) – an emotional track that reflects the contrast of human feelings. The singer participated in many music competitions, and also competed in the national selection in Romania 15 years ago.
22:07 A representative of Malta, a 25-year-old singer, appeared on stage Sarah Bonnici. She performs the song “Loop”. The performer represents the country in a rather frank manner. In her composition she glorifies the sympathy between men and women.
22:03 The hosts of the competition, Petra Mede and Malin Akerman, appear on stage.
22:02 Speech by Eurovision 2023 winner Lorin. She represented Sweden with the song “Tattoo”
22:00 Start of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2024.
21:40 In just 20 minutes the second semi-final of the Eurovision 2024 international song contest will begin.
Where to watch Eurovision 2024 online
In Ukraine, the live broadcast of Eurovision 2024 in real time will be carried out on three platforms:
- TV channel Suspilne Culture
- Suspilne Culture website
- Suspilne Eurovision website
The competition can also be watched online on the cinema and television platform Kyivstar TV at no additional cost, regardless of the mobile operator or Internet provider.
How to vote for your favorite country
To vote for your favorite, you can use the following platforms:
- Eurovision Song Contest mobile application, which is available for Android, iOS or Windows. Viewers from countries that are not participating in the semi-finals will be able to vote in the application;
- participating countries can cast their vote by phone and/or SMS using numbers that will be announced during the broadcast;
- Countries that are not participating can vote on the esc.vote website.
It is worth noting that Ukrainians will not vote today, because alyona alyona and Jerry Heil with the song “Teresa & Maria” have already reached the grand final of the song competition.
By the way, the grand final, where participants will compete for the crystal cup, of the competition will take place on May 11. 26 countries will take part: 10 participants from each semi-final, the founding countries (UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France) and Sweden, since this year the competition is held here.
Let us remind you that Ukraine previously became the record holder at Eurovision.
