On Thursday, Norway and Israel take part in another Eurovision semi-final. Here you get the latest news about everything happening in Malmö.
In VG’s Eurovision voting form you can give the artists points, now these are the VG readers’ favourites:
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Photo: Jessica Gow/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån / NTB
The following countries will be on stage tonight. They are not ranked according to my own favorites, but who will go out first.
We fix and tweak the list a bit along the way to make it clear who has been on stage. The countries in bold have already sung.
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Malta: Sarah Bonnici – Loop
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Albania : BESA – TITAN
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Greece: Marina Satti – ZARI
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Switzerland: Nemo – The Code
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Czech Republic: Aiko – Pedestal
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France: Slimane – Mon amour
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Austria: Kaleen – We Will Rave
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Denmark: SABA – SAND
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Armenia: LADANIVA – Jako
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Latvia: Dons – Hollow
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Spain: Nebulossa – ZORRA
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San Marino: MEGARA – 11:11
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Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze – Firefighter
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Belgium: Mustii – Before The Party’s Over
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Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup – (nendest) narcotikumidest ei tea me (küll) magida
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Italy: Angelina Mango – La Noia
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Israel: Eden Golan – Hurricane
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Norway: Riddle – Ulveham
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The Netherlands: Joost Klein – Europapa
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Press here
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Now you can vote
Voting is open. Go guys!
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What a show
Lord what a night we’ve had. In advance, San Marino was announced as a favourite, but I have to bite the bullet and switch to Italy.
Now we just have to wait for the results.
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The last one of the evening is a hero
God how catchy from the Netherlands. I imagine hearing this at a techno club in Germany, can it get any better?
Someone reports Eurovision’s most handsome, although I have no idea about that part. Yeah.
The end of the song is also a tribute to the artist’s dead parents.
Beautiful, as simple as that.
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Crazy good
– Twelve points! Insanely well executed, I think we can be very proud of the Norwegian contribution. I am even more certain that it will continue, says Kristian Sognli in ESC Norway about Gåte.
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– Their support means everything in the world to me
That’s what Eden Golan says after the performance.
She went live on Instagram shortly after the performance.
There has also been booing during today’s performance. Aftonbladet’s Tobbe Ek believes there has been more booing during today’s semi-final than previous tests.
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Have great faith in Latvia this year. I think that song can quickly become the big hit of the summer
He gets
Guess you’ll bounce a Polar Bear, sit on a bench at Birkelunden, and play it to the max this summer, father.
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Roll three for Israel
Photo: Jessica Gow/TT
Tor Martin Bøe rolls a three for Israel:
– The conflict in Gaza stands in the way of “Hurricane”, no matter what you think. Eden Golan has a flexible vocal, but represents several challenges; the feeling that the song blocks both for itself, the other contestants, as well as love and the “united in music” message that the competition embraces. Israel and the Golan would probably have benefited not to show up.
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Riddle is on stage
Norway is working on Gåte! Here I am excited about the audience’s reaction.
I haven’t written much about Norway so far this evening. It must be reported that we make a good profile, that is. This can’t possibly go any other way than to the final?
– Damn the south is so powerful, says NRK on its live broadcast.
Could not agree more. First tears with Jan Teigen, dance with Italy, then straight back to tears. It’s fantastic.
VG’s reviewer is very pleased with his compatriots.
– You may not be able to sing along to the chorus of “Ulveham”. Or the verse for that matter. Even if you understand Norwegian. Gåte’s contribution is nevertheless one of the more explosive musical elements in this semi-final, without using other means than his own physics and music. Both in execution and, not least, in the release of energy. This is the strongest version I’ve seen so far, even after three very convincing dress rehearsals. That’s how it should sound… Riddle!
That’s what VG’s reviewer writes, who gives the puzzle a five.
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Italy gets four
– They could have liked a little less storm, but rarely has a synchronized suit with a missing arm looked so stylish, writes VG’s reviewer.
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Enter five seconds and Norway will be there!
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What is the point of giving Israel more attention than the other participants? Now that they’re in, you can just let them play and not get excited or pay attention. Totally unnecessary if you ask me
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