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First Eurovision Semi-Final: Ireland makes it through as five acts exit 2024 Contest

Connor Gotto by Connor Gotto
May 8, 2024
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Five acts are out of the running for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 prize after Tuesday (May 7) night’s first Semi-Final.

Taking place live at the Malmö Arena in Sweden, the show saw 15 acts compete for a place in Saturday’s Grand Final, with 10 making it through to the next stage of the competition.

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Among the successful acts was Croatia’s Baby Lasagna and Finland’s Windows95Man – both of whom are strong contenders – along with Ireland’s Bambie Thug, marking the country’s first qualifier in six years.

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However, it was bad news for Australia as Electric Fields failed to qualify, along with entries from Moldova (Natalia Barbu) and Iceland (Hera Björk).

The full results for the first Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final are below.

Qualifiers
🇷🇸 Serbia | TEYA DORA – RAMONDA
🇵🇹 Portugal | iolanda – Grito
🇸🇮 Slovenia | Raiven – Veronika 
🇺🇦 Ukraine | alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria 
🇱🇹 Lithuania | Silvester Belt – Luktelk
🇫🇮 Finland | Windows95man – No Rules! 
🇨🇾 Cyprus | Silia Kapsis – Liar
🇭🇷 Croatia | Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim 
🇮🇪 Ireland | Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | TALI – Fighter

Eliminated
🇵🇱 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 (One Blood) 

The Eurovision Song Contest continues with a second Semi-Final on Thursday. The Grand Final takes place on Saturday.

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