It’s official: Mimicat goes to the Eurovision final thanks to him heart. The semi-finals of the 67th edition of the festival, which marks the start of the competition, were held on Tuesday night, from the Liverpool Arena, in Liverpool, England. Mimkat, or Marissa Mena, will be singing at the finale on Saturday, May 13th. The song already had an overwhelming reaction from the audience and ended up, as the bookmakers predicted, being one of the chosen songs.
The ceremony, which was led by the British Alesha Dixon from d girl squad From the early 2000s Mis-Teeq, represented here by Waddingham, is the star of the series Ted LassoAnd Ukrainian Julia Sanina, singer of The Hardkiss, who opened the night, also chose nine more songs to be heard at the final in Liverpool. They are Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic, Israel, Sweden, Serbia and Norway. Also known were excerpts from songs by France, Germany and Italy, which are part of the “Big Five” of Eurovision, the countries that automatically qualify for the final and have been able to vote at this stage. It was a celebration held by Ukraine right from the opening. After all, it was last year’s winning country, which ended up not hosting the contest due to the Russian invasion.
The Croatian was the first to qualify Mama ŠČ, a bizarre and dramatic Eurovisive anti-war rock anthem by Let 3 veterans, who end up playing in their underwear, their highlight. Moldavia followed, with Pasha Parvini’s visionary European folklore, with flute and all, and soarele she luna, a song about marriage that he co-wrote with his wife. Another passing anti-war anthem was the Swiss ballad Water pistolby Remo Forrer, followed by the last song introduced, tea tea teafrom Finland, from Käärijä, which is Rapper And the singer, another Eurovision antics, dances with a touch of trance and influence from Rammstein, the interpreter’s favorite band.
From the Czech Republic, he qualified for the final My sister’s crown, by the folk group Vesna, sings about being puppets of the person the song is intended for. Israel has a diverse unicornby Noa Kirill, in which the singer says she has the power of a unicorn, while Sweden has it tattooRepeating Lorraine, who won the festival in 2012. Serbia, voiced by Luke Black and her owner Samu Mi Si Spavaan electronic pop song tinged with drama and darkness, and the Norwegian queen of kings Alisa, Queen of Kingsthe first night to be performed, was the last qualifier to be announced.
The duo left the Netherlands Burning daylightWritten by Mia Nicolay and Dionne Cooper, Sixpence-style pop rock is Nobody’s Rich Tell me moreby Azerbaijani duo TuralTuranX, We are oneby Irish rock band Wild Youth Egaby Latvian rock band Sudden Light, and dance (our private party)by Maltese Busker.
In addition to the songs in the competition, and the previous performance by Julia Snina at the opening with a copy of Together in Electric Dreamsby Philip Oakley with Giorgio Moroder, There’s Still Room for diverse For Rita Ora, Rebecca Ferguson, and Alyosha.
The second semi-final match will be held this evening, Thursday, May 11. Songs from 16 countries compete: Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Estonia, Belgium, Cyprus, Iceland, Greece, Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, San Marino, Austria, Albania, Lithuania and Australia.
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