Rehearsals for Eurovision 2024 are well underway and all the contestants in semi-final 1 have now had two appearances on the Malmö stage.
We’ve been given 30-second teasers of all 15 acts who will compete next Tuesday 7 May.
But which of these second rehearsals impressed you the most?
Inspect the rehearsal footage for yourself, then scroll down to vote in our poll and share your opinions.
Eurovision 2024 second rehearsals: Wednesday 1 May
Poll: Who had the best second rehearsal at Eurovision 2024 on Wednesday (1 May)?
You can vote for as many of the acts as you would like. But you’ll only be able to vote once — so choose wisely!
Who did you vote for? Who was your biggest grower of the day? Let us know in the comments below.
Until now biggest rise on the odds since the beggining of the rehearsals:
Portugal! 53% chance of Q—-> 69% Q six days after!
I want Portugal in the final so bad! They totally deserve their 4th qualificaton in a row!
WOW Im impressed with so many hater around…
Are you sure you like Eurovision?? Enjoy…relax… 🙂
Portugal to the final
Bit worried.
I was a bit disappointed by Teresa and Maria, because I had high expectations.
They said themselves that the NF were too dark, so I hoped for something more light and colorful.
But the dress and clothes are good and light, though.
It has a good famous director, looks very professional.
Without a doubt, Portugal! I’m really supresed by this!
Never seen an almost borderline qualifier entry is so overhyped :/ In odds, there are even fourth last :/
Check again! Haaaaateeeeeerr alert! The usual…
It’s so good to see all the comments supporting Ireland :’) brings a tear to my eye
Don’t think I’ve ever seen so much support for Ireland on this site before.
Fingers and toes crossed! C’mon the Bambz!!! <3
I don’t know about you all but I love Ukraine’s performance. It wasn’t even in my top 10 before the rehearsals but what they are doing on stage is genius ??
I find Ukraine’s song really boring and don’t want another top5 result for this song. Their stage is good but it’s just Lion the King version.
The Lion Queen.
Jerry is Simba.
After all bashing for Finland here people had voted it 5.? Doesn’t make sense. xD
The pixelated version of Windows95man fits well and closes those concerns some had about nudity, also Henri has proven to have really good vocals and the stage show has been elevated from UMK.
Finland is a surprise for me. Good voice.
And he is better dressed then Olly or the ladies in body suits with nipple appliquees.
Ireland’s staging is managed by a 22-year old Spanish boy, Sergio Jaen. And get the name because I guess we will be hearing from him a lot in the future Eurovision stagings, like a new Sacha Jean Baptiste, Martin Dietmann or Fokas Evangelinos. Mark my words.
Croatia’s staging is managed by his girlfriend.
By Baby Lasagna’s girlfriend, you mean? Sergio Jaen does not have a girlfriend.
Definitely Croatia… Regular viewers will not buy Ireland, and bookies are seeing it as well…. Croatia back to first place in odds…I guess Swiss staging was bad (again) or no money for marketing anymore…. Liked Serbia but camera angle shots on this snippet are strange.
We will definitely see Ireland in the Finals.
Bambi’s stage presentation is miles ahead of everyone else in this semi, including my two favourites: Croatia & Lithuania. I can’t wait to see the full three minutes, even though I’m not a fan of the song.
As for Switzerland…not sure what they were thinking when they chose that outfit.
.
Ireland, by far.
If a Nordic country sent this, fans would be salivating at our new winner.
Remember there used to be a time decades ago that the Nordic countries would have loved sending acts like Ireland to ESC in the 90’s.
Maybe its Irelands turn again??
Sure qualification imo!!
My take on the snippets (don’t read if you want constructive criticism): Cyprus: looks too dark Serbia: nice graphics, still I’m a bit worried about it Lithuania: too much flashing, other then that – looks solid Ireland: the next moment she was going to pull up the guy, it’ll be awesome performance, I can feel it Ukraine: very classy and artistic Poland: did she changed her shoulder towers? or did it look so bad only on the photos? this is better Croatia: yup, this is qualifying Iceland: Hera is a goddess, her song nice, but forgetable. Anyway does anyone have… Read more »
Croatia has now overtaken Switzerland in the odds.
This proves that cats eat pink flamingos for breakfast.
Voted Portugal, but it would be even better if the dancers unmasked themselves on that big note
I voted for Croatia, Ireland and Lithuania.
I don’t get the Portugal entry. I honestly tried to befriend it. I usually like Portugese acts. I liked “Saudade”, Salvador Sobral and I LOVED “Telemoveis”, but “Grito” gives me nothing, sorry.
Judging only these little snippets, it’s clearly Ireland and Ukraine and I have neither of those as favourites. Ireland is trying hard to succeed this time. Interesting: Ukraine chose a snippet completely without the rapper (which is fine for me because I only like the singing parts anyway) and Finland a snippet without the singer and only the creepy windows guy. Choices.
These snippets can of course be so misleading but I’m concerned about Slovenia’s chances.
Ukraine is just a gradient and gold lights. It’s ok. Depends how many refugees vote on the night too
It’s gonna work.
Croatia will work better
No need to! The song and the staging is epic enough! The only worthwhile winner in this year freak contest!
Id rather have characters than a country that plays off the war 3 years running
Finland’s snippet choice was… interesting, that’s for certain.
Snippet feels like an apt word for Finland’s attire.
It’s quite a nice word to say, now I think about it. Snippet. It’s very British.
It’s a very snappy word, dare I say so myself 😛
🙂
I’d prefer if the “attire” was switched around between these two
Portugal amazing song.
Pure art.
Croatia
Ireland
Slovenia
Finland
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
In that order!
Ukraine?
What about it? It’s awful. The song, the staging… Tacky is an understatement. And don’t get me started on the falling missiles!
Ireland for certain. Honestly, I was actually pleasantly surprised with Azerbaijan’s.
I love Croatia, Ireland and Lithuania. I still have this feeling Ireland will not qualify though.
Ireland is definitely going through.
We shall see, I wouldn’t mind obviously. 🙂
I am so sad for Slovenia… The studio cut gives Epic, flame tornado, thunder, rage. I did not got that from the clip, and the clip showed thé climax…
I deeply Root for her and Hope it will Q, but I think it is very veeery borderline.
Bear in mind that you’ve seen only the end of it, and the rest of it may be a bit more what you expected. I’m hoping for the same.
Absolutely… With Bambie we got the ‘pull the plaster in one go’ intro… With Slovenia we got the outro… Their both hiding something wonderful.
https://youtu.be/8yfcwY2xLGE?si=3xK3JXs_yxhRFqS7
Crown the witch!
I need more footage… I feel starved… Tuesday is too far away 🙁
You hit the nail on the head, Dr Sherlock. With these restrictions, the EBU has killed the momentum the contest used to get the week before. Shame on them.
Oh please… We’re friends… Call me Fergal… And that’ll be €100… Hehe
It’s been 24hrs: https://youtu.be/ZomwVcGt0LE?si=aFzXVjymkSDAAisn
Does anyone know if we get to see a larger clip of the acts before the actual shows? Would they be official (proper audio/camera angles) or unofficial (phone cam capture)?
I believe this is it, no more clips other than their 2nd rehearsals.
Noooooooo… Daddy needs his Bambie Fix 🙂
(thanks dude)
So much to unpick there Fergal
This is a no-brainer. Portugal of course, followed by Ireland and Cyprus. Everything else pretty messy (like Poland) or underwhelming (like Moldovia) or both (like Croatia)
The director of Slovenian stage should be fired. They went into a completely wrong way.
The lasagna is only winning the poll because of Croatians voting for themselves, therefore Portugal is the moral winner of this poll…
No, Portugal’s song is just boring; the stage is also empty
Of course, we rigged this poll, and the one on the Eurovisionworld, and bookies, maybe we rig some elections next, while we are on the roll?
At this point, I think the whole thing is between Italy and Ukraine, of course depending on GF allocation. But can’t see Croatia winning with these angles.
They can correct these camera angles I guess.
They can, still unsure it will be enough for enough points from both public and juries. Forgot to say I think Switzerland still has a chance, although looks slimmer than Ukraine or Italy to me.
Not sure about the juries but Croatia would get high points from the public, their song is funny. Plus, there is a Croatian diaspora in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and some other countries as well.
Yes, I don’t see it as impossible, but I do think will be hard. It will also depend on GF placement.
The two that gives me the chills (in a good way) are Portugal and Ukraine. Portugal is class and elegance defined and you can’t doubt the quality of the Ukrainian vocal. i like Croatia as a song and like Baby as a performer but the clip looked messy and disappointing. i think that Ireland looks like pure art and I love the sense of vision and integrity. I think it will do really well. People have been urging Ireland to do something that celebrates Irish culture in a way that doesn’t feel cheesy or cringe and I think that Bambie… Read more »
Ireland is amazing, period! However, highly disagree with you in relation to how much this act is connected to Irish culture. It has minus 100 % of connection to it. Australia, Serbia, Slovenia, those are the only countries in this semi that actually showcase something related to their culture, hystory, art. Doesn’t meter who likes or dislikes these songs, i’m just referring to the cultural thing 🙂
Forgot to add Croatia, due to their costims, and lyrics.
Finnish entry has several cultural connections. The egg comes from the Finnish national epic Kalevala. And in Henri’s costume has been used some really old craftsmanship techniques (tuohivirsut, paanukatto).
Well there is a connection to Irish culture. Bambie has ogham writing on their face, which was used in Ireland between the 4th and 7th century. It was also used to write the Irish language, so there is a connection to Irish culture and history in their performance. I would imagine that the drawing on their forehead is Celtic, and if it is, then it is important to note that Ireland have a very strong Celtic heritage. These are what I have noticed from the pictures and second rehearsal clip, there could be more connections to Irish culture, so I… Read more »
For me Ireland was the best. Ukraine also had an impressive staging.
My NQs would be Azerbaijan, Moldova, Iceland, Serbia, and Cyprus.
Me too, I don’t understand why Cyprus has to qualify. That song is booooring!
Ireland and Ukraine had the best 30s clip.
Songs are 3min long… Anything could happen.
Song I don’t personally love, but I need to admit was ALWAYS delivered live is Portugal. Again, not my personal choice. But realistically, this needs to qualify.
Croatia put all of the money in this performance, for a reason, they will not have this chance for winning in the next 25 years… Last top 10 for Croatia was in 2001. ( I think ). I wish them to best that result.
There are 37 countries participating, so statistically a win before 2038 is a very good thing for Croatia. If not this year, anytime in the coming 14 years…
Ukraine and Ireland were the best
Portugal also was on top
Serbia had awful camera work
Croatia will flop))
Croatia are the best !!!??????
Are you serious? Croatia will flop?
You Will flop with your braun!
Good luck to all entrants of SF2 and big5 which would perform today 🙂
I liked Croatia’s staging, Lithuania as well. I also liked Ukraine’s staging but the song is just “1944” 2.0; war-theme song and boring :/
Ireland – by a mile! Followed by Portugal and Serbia!
Definitely Ukraine and Portugal!!
The only certain NQ is Moldova
Australia brings nothing either, Iceland as well.
Ireland and Finland are just horrible. I can’t see the appeal of anyone in a lot of countries voting for them.
Azerbaijan is boring.
Slovenia is just screems all over.
What a weird semifinal.
If Portugal and Serbia don’t qualify instead of those it will be a crime against humanity.
Looking forward to see Big5 countries’ staging today and SF2 countries as well 🙂
Might be unpopular opinion but I find Ukraine’s song is 2024 version of Jamala’s winner entry in 2016. Nice visuals but boring, overhyped song, especially rap part looks unfit for this song.
It’s overrated because it is Ukraine of course 🙂
Stage looks small but after seeing entries’ videos; it also looks empty
Just give Ireland the trophy now!!
Today, I watched all the performances for semi-final 1, and I have to say, the quality is quite disappointing.
First part of the Ukraine song is a good as the 2. part is bad. Honestly if the song was with her alone and no rap part, i think it could win and deserve it, unlike last time, with the war sympathy win.
I agree – this is the first ever Ukraine entry that I really love. I wouldn’t be disappointed if it wins.
This song is another war-theme song(what a surprise) and doesnt deserve to be in top3
I would, the rap part, is so freaking bad, she has literally no charm either.
The first one, is pretty, has a pretty voice and charm, 2. girl is everything opposite
Yes, since Ruslana would be worthwhile winner!
Funny, I find the rap part is the best part ?
The rap is the best part. 😉
IO don’t get the fuss about the song – it has never grabbed (even less with the rap) – and the The Lion King staging – hm … I’m not sure that’s very innovative!
Lion Queen then.
Jerry is Simba.
Serbia’s staging was disappointing.. One of my favs this year will probably struggle to qualify to the GF. Even if they manage to go through, they’ll be around 20-24th place, which is quite sad.
I feel the qualification is going to be between Serbia and Portugal.
I would bet on Serbia. The song and staging are good. With the juries, that song would feel safer to qualify. Only televoting makes it a bit more challenging.
*My complete TOP 15 of the “Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Semi-final 1” entries (FINAL, after 2nd rehearsals):* 1. Croatia – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” (SONG: 10/10) – (STAGING/VISUAL EFFECTS, OUTFITS: 10/10) – (2ND REHEARSAL: 10/10) –(OVERALL: 30/30) 2. Ireland – “Doomsday Blue” (SONG: 10/10) – (STAGING/VISUAL EFFECTS, OUTFITS: 10/10) – (2ND REHEARSAL: 10/10) –(OVERALL: 30/30) 3. Portugal – “Grito” (SONG: 10/10) – (STAGING/VISUAL EFFECTS, OUTFITS: 10/10) – (2ND REHEARSAL: 10/10) –(OVERALL: 30/30) (+1) 4. Poland – “Tower” (SONG: 10/10) – (STAGING/VISUAL EFFECTS, OUTFITS: 10/10) – (2ND REHEARSAL: 9/10) –(OVERALL: 29/30) (-1) 5. Lithuania – “Luktelk” (SONG: 9.5/10) – (STAGING/VISUAL… Read more »
Ireland by far, and it’s not even a competition. Also, really impressed by Ukraine, Poland and of course, Portugal.
Kinda dssapointed by Serbia and Slovenia, although the latter may still have chances to qualify, I’m starting fo feel scared for both. And I need BOTH of these songs in the Grand Final.
Whoops, forgot to mention Croatia, of course they remain the clear favorites for me to win the entire thing.
Lol
Was really impressed with Ukraines staging. The sad thing is the images of war shells from the sky falling to the ground i think are very impactful. The fact this is really happening sends a very sad message
Another war-theme song aiming for pity-voting
Sends a cry for more sympathy votes, its pathetic
You are heartless man, innocent people are dying and it can be a message.
About the artists/songs selected by national finals, i.e., that we already saw their live performances: Ukraine is the most surprising, though the staging kinda reminds of Bulgaria 2021. 10/10 Lithuania and Portugal are perfect, don’t fix what ain’t broken. However, Lithuania should have a male backing vocalist instead of a woman (like the studio version. It would fit the song more). 10/10 Serbia is too dark, they should use purple in the led background, just like they did in the NF (it is the same color of the Ramonda flower). 9/10 (but an 8 considering the stage alone). Iceland: it’s… Read more »
honestly, lux’s song is blander than i thought…
expect a big score from the juries in the grand final 😡
not sure why that emoji is there lol
I didn’t even think Wiwi could DO emojis
You’ve done emojis on wiwi yourself this season 😉 🙂
Freudian emoji
Probably. I think it’s a borderline performance but I also want Luxembourg to stay with us, so I don’t mind.
Deliberately given “favourable” starting position though Jim which stinks a little in my book
Needs to get to final first though…..
Ireland looks amazing. I really think they could come top 3 in the semi now as it’s 100% televoting. I just hope juries appreciate it in the final as this performance really deserves to be in the top 10 at least.
I think I’m the only one in the wiwi comments who stans Azerbaijan this year but… what happened to his vocals today? They were much stronger in the first rehearsal.
It’s not bad, it’s not good either. It goes unnoticed, which is what no country in the ESC wants.
I love Azerbaijan this year too. The staging gives the ethereal, mystical vibes I was hoping. Maybe he is sick or his voice is tired. I’m hoping for the best
Since my reply disappeared I’ll send it again. This song was top 10 for me on first listen. The staging gives the ethereal, mystical vibe I was hoping for. I’m hoping his voice was off because he was tired or sick
I personally like the song too but this staging is catastrophic. They went futuristic and sterile when they should have gone earthy and light, like the music video! Those outfits? Barbara Dex.
Ukraine has killed it today. I say that confidently and without any hesitation. Some are right when they say that it’s tiring to see how well Ukraine does with songs (and especially staging) year after year, but I promise you, even leaving the staging aside, the song is a real stunner. The chorus alone is a real earworm. I’m just being honest. Ireland is also doing incredibly well, but I HATE the chorus. I hate the blue colors. I hate the random dancer. The song is very off-kilter, and I think the chorus might let it down. I’m not going… Read more »
Ireland!!! wow I did not see this coming… Dublin 2025 River Dance 2.0… yes please
Best was Ukraine, but I think hiring an expensive and experienced director was useless. The cliff they brought on stage changes nothing. They had energetic performance in the NF already. Ukraine can just stand behind the microphone and sing, we have enough stagings with rings and fire as it is.
Why Portuguese fans comment positive comments constantly about their own country and vote it so much, this type of behaviour doesn’t help. We’ve seen how Armenian’s mass voting their own entry didn’t help either.
You are right, but this time, maybe by coincidence, Portugal is one of the best in this semi.
Portugal is as good as a sleeping pill ?
Soy Español y he votado a Portugal
Unfortunately Portugal’s act leaves absolutely nothing. There’s nothing memorable there.