Ahead of first rehearsals of Semi-Final 1 of Eurovision 2024, we asked our readers to vote across two polls: Who should win Semi-Final 1? and Who should qualify from Semi-Final 1? After counting more than 40,000 votes, the results are in….
Semi-Final 1 poll results: Croatia is our readers’ favourite to win ahead of rehearsals
In line with the betting odds, Croatia’s Baby Lasagna has come out on top — and by some distance. He earned 4,441 votes — or nearly a quarter of all those cast. That put him well ahead of Lithuania’s Silvester Belt, who earned around 2,000 votes.
- 🇭🇷 Croatia 23.51% 4,441 votes
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania 10.53% 1,989
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine 9.48% 1,791
- 🇷🇸 Serbia 8.85% 1,672
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus 6.97% 1,317
- 🇮🇪 Ireland 6.65% 1,256
- 🇵🇹 Portugal 6.27% 1,185
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia 5.97% 1,127
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 4.45% 840
- 🇫🇮 Finland 4.21% 795
- 🇵🇱 Poland 4.12% 779
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 3.18% 601
- 🇦🇺 Australia 2.90% 548
- 🇲🇩 Moldova 1.51% 286
- 🇮🇸 Iceland 1.40% 264
Total Votes 18,891
Who do you want to qualify from Semi-Final 1 of Eurovision 2024?
Of course, winning the semi-final isn’t of huge importance. What matters is qualifying for the final where everything can change. Our readers diverge from the bookies in two keys ways. In our poll, Slovenia’s Raiven and Portugal’s Iolanda make it through. Finland’s Windows95man and Australia’s Electric Fields do not.
- 🇭🇷 Croatia 11.47% 2,493
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine 9.46% 2,055
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania 9.42% 2,047
- 🇷🇸 Serbia 8.66% 1,881
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia 8.11% 1,763
- 🇵🇹 Portugal 6.97% 1,514
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus 6.77% 1,470
- 🇵🇱 Poland 6.72% 1,460
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 6.56% 1,426
- 🇮🇪 Ireland 6.55% 1,424
- 🇫🇮 Finland 5.60% 1,217
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 4.56% 991
- 🇦🇺 Australia 4.54% 986
- 🇲🇩 Moldova 2.46% 534
- 🇮🇸 Iceland 2.14% 465
Total Votes 21,726
Who is your winner? And which 10 are you putting through? Let us know down below….
I really miss hating Philipp Kirkorov at this time of year.
No. Let him stay quiet wherever he is now. Forever and ever and ever. Let’s just forget about him!
Did you see his apology for attending partygate in Moscow? It has to be read to be believed…
I agree! His presence was always in the topic. Everybody haded xd
Get outta here with this eurofan cringe… Croatia had one of the weakest rehearsals today
Feel like you might have missed “Ahead of the rehearsals”
The song is soooo bad…
Well thank god there’s a jury on the final adds a bit of sanity to the results.
This year I would be happy if one of four countries would win.
Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia or UK.
F‘ck all these stupid haters here, they can’t be ESC fans.
In your dreams.
Loving Croatia, Poland stagings the most
I see the comments here that he is hot. Am I missing something? I don’t see it.
Hey girl, who do you consider hot, i would like to know, let’s share some tea lol
The Polish and Cypriot dancers. Cyprus needs it because the song is not gonna be enough.
Yeah, i like them. They have that middle east look that i like, same as guys from Israel or Lebanon.
Honestly I still can’t get over Pol Soto from Chanel’s dance crew. 😀
Yeah, he’s hot. Spanish boys are totally my type usually. It’s either that or plain white cute blond lol
Nope, don’t find him hot either. Looks a generic Croatian man
Jessica, I love you
i never wanted Croatia to nq as much as this year, with that stinking fishbreath baby lasagna loser
I think your pissed cuz u can see he’ll have a great placement, that’s so lovely for me to see, cry more
Quit being delusional lol
I kinda wish zsa zsa didnt withdraw so we couldve had something more authentic from croatia
If he ranks high i am done with this loser contest
Why are you so hateful? Must be a sad life…
They’re Spirit Rangers ready to predict the qualified countries, and I put Poland to qualify instead of Ukraine:
NQ:
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Moldova
Iceland
Croatia can’t qualify otherwise i hope something terrible happens to them, disgusting generic country with their 100% qualifying streak and all their wins YUK
You are disgusting dude
Rammstein goes DJ BoBo, an insult to my precious rockgod Till
That is how BL comes across for me
What’s wrong with Rammstein and DJ BoBo?
Both lovely! Aren’t they!
yes am a DJ BoBo fan, also like Rammstein
the fusion of this, hmm it is a choice indeed, but luckily for BL i love a good bit of cheesiness in the staging, outfit etc so i give him benefit of the doubt and i’ll cheer for him, and if this is a tune which makes young people from the balkans emotional, well that is quite lovely, how rim tim tagi dim can become an balkan anthem same how stefania is a sort of anthem now in ukraine for military
Do you hate Croatia? Where are you from? Serbia? Bosnia & Herzegovina?
Baby Lasagna totally disgusts me YUK, the way he looks in that picture like a moron
a pro-refugee song more like then, let them stay in their own countries i’d say
I really don’t understand the hype. I do want a new country to win eurovision, but the song is not giving me winner material and I have tried so hard to love it
only hyped because he’s hot, the fandom are oh so predictable lmao, none of the fandom except cares about music, just whoever has the best looks
OMG but he looks so hooooot, you have a case against me, sue me lol
if it was a song contest, Mario Battifiaca & Robert Ferlin should’ve more represented Croatia this year, or Sasa Lozar
but yeah unfortunately nepotism exists and HRT rigged it for their pet Baby Lasagna (first making Zsa Zsa quit and now giving Baby Lasagna the best staging, bribing the EBU with many millions)
Im not gonna lie, i don’t know who those people are, and idk, im not gonna google it. Im glad my boy is a big boy now … Xo xo
Vodu Piti Trizan Biti = the new In Corpore Sano what could’ve been
You’ll never top “Eden win or we riot” :p
Keep trying tho. Knock yourself out.
but he is not even hot :((((
Early today I was looking at the european map of countries taking part to ESC 2024 and it made me really sad (once again). Seeing eastern Europe giving up on the contest is terrifying me. I can’t consider ESC as a european party when more than half of eastern Europe doesn’t participate anymore. For this reason, even though Croatia is far from being my favorite, I’m thinking that a victory for Baby Lasagna could bring back interest in the contest for the balkan countries. Switzerland and Italy are my favorite so I’m voting for them but I’m definitely voting for… Read more »
Well those countries never tried to promote the contest to their audiences, and the LGBTQ+ friendly enviroment seems to be too much for them too, then there’s lack of money.
Bulgaria for instance just bought their entries 2016 forward, with little to no effort to even reach audiences at home, ran out of money and then just said that “They never even cared about Eurovision” and left.
Adding this: The contest was extremly uninteresting in western Europe as people saw it being dated and such, and since then a lot of countries have put much more effort in their entries. It’s gaining popularity more and more each year, songs get millions of listeners and it’s seen interesting and current once again.
I understand that but we have to find a way to maintain the contest quality while raising the interest of eastern Europe for the contest and make them come back. Eurovision will go nowhere if everyone withdraw from it.
Number one thing is to atleast broadcast the contest, but I haven’t seen much effort in that, which is sad. Can’t get people interested in Eurovision, without showing what it is.
Plus it’s not only a question of wanting to make effort or not. It’s also a question of money/ Lack of money + lack of interest = withdraw
Don’t get your hopes too high, Tino! I seriously doubt Croatia will win. My number 1 grudge with Eurovision is this: the contest is too extravagant, too high-tech, too expensive, too whatever. Thus, only well-off countries can afford to host it. Thus, only well-off countries make that extra effort to try to win it. Thus, every year only a few countries have a real chance of winning the contest. Even some well-off countries aren’t very keen on winning. Look at Germany & Switzerland, for instance. Participating from the beginning and only have 2 victories. And Belgium only has 1. The… Read more »
“only well-off countries make that extra effort to try to win it” I need to develop on this. This statement isn’t even true. There is a bias from the EBU towards certain countries. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria & Romania did make that extra effort to try to win it. When they lost their innocence. When they finally realized it would take them decades before they would be granted the possibility to win, they decided to quit. For Slovakia on the other hand, it was such an uphill battle to even qualify that they wouldn’t be bothered with participating. And I… Read more »
because majority of eastern europe doesn’t care about a westernized plastic contest anymore
soon we’ll only have Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Israel, Denmark participating lol aka the rich and privileged, perfect countries
thanks for calling my country perfect
Actually the uk and Germany are both doubtful after this year. The uks broadcaster bbc have lost their funding rights of charging British people a licence fee to watch their Channel and have said Eurovision is on their list of savings potential they need to make. Viewing figures have plunged in Germany and the costs of them showing the show in Germany are no longer financially viable.
Do you people know where Croatia is on map? How Slovenia and Italy are west and Croatia east country, please explain me that??
It’s not geographically.
It’s still the pre 1989 division of West – East (Soviet influences).
Greece is seen as Western Europe, because of this.
Croatia/Yugoslavia was not a country behind the Iron curtain. What are you talking about?
I don’t think Eastern Europe has given up on eurovision. It’s mostly the cost of living crises and tv broadcasters finances that have stopped them from entering not apathy with the contest. They will be back when things stabilise. Even Bosnia and herzogavina want to return but are unable to do so at the moment because of very tight finances of the broadcaster.
Cyprus is winning semi 1 lets be real, ethno banger Liar for Da win
Cyprus, Malta, Austria, Sweden and Israel really saving this year honestly
These songs are more plastic than Nicky Minaj.
plastic is good, sells easily for lots of international chart potential, global sales
let Salvador puke some more hopefully lmao
Let him have this fake Croats voting polls, but in Eurovision another person will celebrate.
Croatia and Netherlands will fight against which one is the biggest failure.
That’s only what you hope for… but it’s not gonna happen.. very evil and jealous comment.
It’s just a poll! I personally want Nemo to win but will be happy for any of the acts to win.
Silia is winning deal with it
Exactly it’s only a poll, one which is almost always completely wrong to the final result. I don’t get how people on wiwi blogs have become so negative and on occasion downright rude and hostile to other people, pretty sad. I agree with you, nemo is the most likely winner this year, it’s appealing to both the juries and viewers at home. I also wouldn’t rule out a uk or Italy win if the staging is good. Lithuania deserves a win though, they have consistently sent good songs over the years and this year is no exception, so would be… Read more »
Curious, what is you opinion on OGAE winner?
Portugal & Slovenia out Australia & Azerbaijan in. Also i prefer Poland over the mess that is Finland. Lets see what happens as rehearsals go on.
We get it that you don’t like Finland, but to mention that on EVERY comment since February is getting tiring.
After the wonderful Kaarija last year and when there were better songs in the Finland finals yes i am disappointed this is at Eurovision. However im not over the top about Poland either but we will see. And no i haven’t mentioned it on EVERY comment just that it is applicable to this posting
Finland sometimes brings really good music. But for every good song they bring, they then try to numb us by releasing a string of 3 or 4 songs that are totally worthless. Like Darude, one of Eurovision’s all-time worst songs & probably the degree 0 in music. Or like this year… No Rules! is so tasteless, it’s actually very daring that they have selected it.
fascinating how almost every person who voted for ireland also voted for them to win the semi. That’s the kind of strong support a polarizing act needs.
Slovenia and Portugal to the final, please !
Finland as a NQ would be a great moment. But I fear that this will not happen….
There is a reason Finland will get massive more televotes than Portugal.
A fun song beats a slow art song every time.
Finland will slay in semi 1. And it’s deserved.
le croissant douze points
I rather have Australia and Azerbaijan to qualify instead of Cyprus and Poland. The only reason I want Luxembourg to qualify is so that they want to return again next year and not drop out right away again.
I feel the same about Luxembourg; I don’t think the song deserves to qualify but I want their comeback to not be a complete disaster. Cyprus will do better with the public than it has with ESCStans. I’d be surprised if they don’t qualify. I could happily lose Serbia this year and I suspect that, if this Top 10 is wrong, it will be either Serbia or Portugal who NQ. I’ll send a few votes Azerbaijan’s way but I think that song is too classy for this contest.
I agree with you !
Also I loved Luxembourg’s National Final. Will be great to watch again next year
The honorary award for most passionately toxic fanbase of the season:
Toxic how?
And you completely unrelated to this article calling out people as toxic… is not toxic?
Complaining to everyone who dares to not be in love with the Croatian entry is also toxic, yes.
Where exactly did I complain to someone not being in love with Croatia. I actually have no issue with people not liking the song (not everybody has same taste and there is no right or wrong). I only have issue when ANY song is called garbage, crap or artist behind the song is being insulted in any way.
Surely you meant The Code for 2024?
Toxic person comenting trash lmao get on with your life i got way more hate from netherland fan base then Croatian or Finland last year but you do you
2024 is Hurricane, 2021 was Tick Tock
OMG you named my winners :))) also, don’t hate, participate lol
Absolutely! Croatians and a very few international fans of Rim Tim Tagi Dim are disgusting bellow basically every single article.
United by no brain cells strikes again lol
Why do you even care about BL? It’s hilarious at this point. It’s almost like you are obsessed with him… Maybe you would like a piece of lasagna lol
United by Music. You have been the most disgusting hater below every article about this year Croatian entry. You have been inventing facts, sharing conspiracy theories, lying etc. But, when you are confronted with actual facts, you remain silent.
Everything I write are indeed facts.
LOL… ok 🙂 if you belive in them, who am I to shatter your dreams and imagination
Croatians being have because they’re close to their best result in over 20 years is disgusting?
SloMo fans got aggressive after it became clear that, statistically, SloMo would have won without the massive 439 points Ukraine got in the GF (which is a fact, SloMo would have won neither the jury nor the televote but would have won in general)
Cha Cha Cha fans were aggressive the entire time
But 2024 has no aggressive and toxic fanbase so far. Only aggressive and toxic haters.
It’s actually the opposite this year. Everyone attacking Croatia also wants BL to die it seems.
I’d say Tattoo 2023.
Besides Iceland winning this semi ofc, someone also has to go and give their top 10 spot up for Australia. This nice song needs to be in the final.
Agree about Australia. I don’t think Iceland will qualify though
I believe in Mother Hera.
(Someone has to)
Haha. One must always have faith!
Mother Hera will rise to the occasion and win
This is probably about accurate, though I’d rather see that melting, mysterious Azerbaijani song qualify than the Serbian snoozefest.
Obviously Icelandic Mother Hera is the real winner. I feel it coming!