Just 15 minutes’ walk from The Cavern club scene, which has been called the birthplace of The Beatles, 16 artists are singing tonight to advance to Saturday’s Eurovision final. John, Paul, George and Ringo played 292 concerts at The Cavern over two years at the start of the 1960s. Ten of tonight’s semi-final artists get to sing one more time in Liverpool. These ten artists advanced tonight Armenia: Brunette with “Future Lover” Estonia: Alika with “Bridges” Belgium: Gustaph with “Because of You” Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou with “Break a Broken Heart” Poland: Blanka with “Solo” Slovenia : Joker Out with “Carpe Diem” Austria: Teya and Salena with “Who the Hell Is Edgar?” Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi with “Duje” Lithuania: Monika Linkytė with “Stay” Australia: Voyager with “Promise” Norway, Sweden and Finland progressed as expected on Tuesday. Denmark and Iceland smoke out on Thursday evening. TikTok generation Denmark and Reiley with “Breaking my heart” did not touch enough European hearts. “Off, off, off! Denmark out of Eurovision before the final for the 3rd year in a row,” is the headline of DR. Ekstra Bladet is no kinder, calling it a huge fiasco and writing: “Fiasco. Flop. Fuse.” The contribution was a proposal to the TikTok generation, with a digital sound image, according to the president of the Norwegian MGP club, Morten Thomassen. He is happy that Denmark finally sent something modern. In recent years, Denmark has almost traveled in a time machine back to the 1980s. – This contribution sounds like it finally comes from the right decade, says Thomassen. – His huge following on TikTok is Denmark’s strength. If enough of them vote, it is in the final, said ESC expert Anders Tangen. Before the semi-final. Because there weren’t enough of them. The Danes were not voted into the final. Both agree that Reiley’s singing performance is not up to par. – He delivered better than in the exercises, but it is still a weak and rather sugary performance, says Thomassen. – Denmark appears stylish visually. But choppy musically. Not easy to get this to fly, says Tangen. Weak semi-final While the starting field on Tuesday contained big favorites such as Sweden and Finland, Thursday’s semi-final was seen as clearly weaker. – This is the worst semi-final in Eurovision since 2018, when Alexander Rybak represented Norway. Then Rybak won his semi-final, but was only number 15 in the final, says Morten Thomassen, president of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix club. The Icelanders from “Saga Island” in the west were not left much of a chance. – Iceland sent a song that could have been a jury favourite, but in the semi-final only the people voted. Even my Icelandic friends and Eurovision fans couldn’t believe it. – This is probably tonight’s pee break, Thomassen told news before the show. Romania and San Marino were at the bottom of the odds, and neither advanced. – It’s like an 18-year-old performing on the Russian TV show, with a song only a mother can love, said Thomassen about the song to Romania. The problem was the song, and not the artist, we believe the expert. – Theodor is a talented fellow, it is the song that is too bad here. I’ll tell you a funny thing, he can actually sing the Tix song “Ut Av Mørket” in Norwegian. Nail-biting for Alessandra The finalists were read out in random order. On Tuesday, Alessandra and Norway were called up as the last nation, after a nail-biting reading. – It was a real kick. The atmosphere was electric! said Alessandra after the performance. news’s reviewers rolled both 1s and 6s on the dice during Tuesday’s semi-final: Final-ready Eurovision artists These advanced from Tuesday’s semi-final: Croatia: Let 3 with “Mama ŠČ!” Moldova: Pasha Parfeni with “Soarele și luna” Switzerland: Remo Forrer with “Watergun” Finland: Käärijä with “Cha cha cha” Czech Republic: Vesna with “My Sister’s Crown” Israel: Noa Kirel with “Unicorn” Portugal: Mimicat with “Ai coração” Sweden: Loreen with “Tattoo” Serbia: Luke Black with “Samo mi se spava” Norway: Alessandra with “Queen of Kings” These six nations were pre-qualified for the final. In addition to last year’s winner Ukraine, there are “the big five”: Germany: Lord of the Lost with “Blood & Glitter” Great Britain: Mae Muller with “I Wrote a Song” France: La Zarra with “Évidemment” Spain: Blanca Paloma with “Eaea” Italy: Marco Mengoni with “Due vite” Ukraine: Tvorchi with “Heart of Steel” Saturday’s final in Liverpool starts at 9pm, and is broadcast on news.
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“Failure. Flop. Fuse.” – news Culture and entertainment
