Eurovision 2024 Semi-final 2 thread
Eurovision 2024 Semi-final 2 thread
As there has been some interest in a live thread such as the ones on r/eurovision, here is the live thread for the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Sadly, I didn’t find any Lemmy equivalent to https://reddit-stream.com/. But as this community is still pretty small, I think refreshing the website once after each song should be okay.
Sort by New to see the newest comments or additionally click on the Chat button to break the replies apart and even show the newest replies.
Talking about German fans and showing a group with a Belgian flag. Nailed it!
3Did you see the dude with the Austrian flag and Ireland hat?
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This is my first time hearing Armenia’s entry and I am really digging it. I love folk music especially when modernized.
2Dude Armenias so good this year. Her energy is fantastic!
2But why are they named after a car?
1Same reason as Pantera?
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Ah yes, the Witcher combat music entry.
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San Marino’s show is wild AF!
2And somhow didn't qualify for the final.
2They were robbed for sure.
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Yes; such a positive surprise (for me) :D. Singlehandedly improved the song so much on my rating
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Belgium, dude no wonder I can never find a decently priced mic any longer you bought them all.
2The last piece is from Windows95man - European Thong Contest indeed.
1Spain has entered the chat. (Unsure if that is what you are referring to, I am at work and catching it between customers, plus I am in the states and likely seeing it behind EU)
0My comment referred to the moderation part before. They showed 'esc merch' for fans - a t-shirt, a hat and a thong :D
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🫲🏻🟢🟢😎🟢🟢🫱🏻
1What I love about Eurovision: there's always a weird, funny, silly entry from either the eastern countries or the northern ones, and on some years you get more than one. This is a good year for that. So thank you Netherlands, Finland, Estonia and all the others that make me laugh out loud.
1I always enjoy browsing Xitter(formerly known as muskless) during eurovision, but all I'm seeing is posts about people calling hate on Israel antisemitic and people defending Israel's actions using whataboutism. I know I shouldn't expect anything else from xitter, but I'm still appalled. They defend annihilating an entire country for what a certain group in said country did.
By giving voting money to a song contest, and bragging on social media, I guess.
1Damn Switzerland really fucking slayed huh
1Did you listen to the lyrics? It's a 100% win. Well done, Switzerland, you know how the game is played!
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GÅTE is the crossover chevron7@lemmy.world has been waiting for!
1Anyone know what the violin keytar is called? And those pants the guitarist was wearing are excellent.
ETA: it is !chevron7@lemmy.world
1the violin keytar
Nyckelharpa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyckelharpa
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Very hyped for Angelina Mango - she's been sounding better and better in every preparty.
Edit: I hope they change the sound mixing in the finale. Her voice is disappearing a bit too much in the drumbeat.
1Why does it feel like every song I really love has performances that are a bit less than what I hoped for and every song I didn't like that much has so much better performances than I expected?! xD
1Honestly surprised at the lack of boos for Israel
0They have anti boo filters.
But if there's enough booing it gets through. That it did means there was a decent amount.
Also apparently in the practice round there was a bunch of booing.
Edit: apparently EBU also added fake cheering during Israel's performance. So much for EBU being "non-political". It's one thing to remove disruptive sounds but another to artificially hype up a song.
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Well… I'm happy for the artists that they got through. While I was very happy with the first semi final, I'm rather mixed with this one. 3 of the 10 qualifiers are from my worst tier 😅
03 of the 10 qualifiers are from my worst tier
Same. In fact, 3 of the qualifiers WERE my worst tier under everyone else!
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Just on song 11. And semi final 1 seems much higher quality. Hard to see anyone beating Croatia, but Spain and Malta both stand outs so far tonight so far
0These interchangeable long-haired women in skimpy outfits with the dance style of rhythmic pelvic floor gymnastics are a bit boring...
I prefer fun performances and hope that these artists do well.
1I prefer fun performances
Aaaand here comes Estonia for that. I had only seen a little of their song. Love how they have the crowd chanting, the traditional instruments, the on-stage beefing. Good show.
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How the fuck did Latvia qualify?
-1Staging was one of the worst if not the worst, but vocally he was one of the best. Guess that still matters for some.
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Well, the final proof of Eurovision being rigged (other than last year's jury vote making Sweden win) is Israel making it in.
I'm boycotting the Finals.
-1In 2014, Russia got 7th place, after attacking Crimea. The contest is not "rigged". Many people vote primarily based on the music, no matter how you judge that. And in case of Israel, I also assume there are people voting specifically for them.
-1Funny you should mention Russia while pretending that it's NOT rigged..
Russia and Belarus are both deservedly banned due to the actions of their fascist governments, but the fascist apartheid regime of Israel is behaving at least as atrociously and not only are they allowed to participate, but they were portrayed as less unpopular than they are by adding anti-boo filters and fake applause!
Guess it's only a matter of time before more US/EU allied countries with zero respect for the human rights of minorities get added to the competition and mollycoddled like Netanyahu's representatives are.
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