You better be in your seats on time on Tuesday. That’s because three beloved legends of the Eurovision Song Contest will open the show.
Eleni Foureira, Eric Saade, and Chanel have been selected by SVT to kick off the celebratory festivities with a spectacular show opener titled “United By Music.” This opening act not only embodies the official motto of the Eurovision Song Contest, but also serves as a testament to the legacy left by artists who have graced the Eurovision stage. Give us that popular slo-mo fire, honey!
Eleni Foureira, Eric Saade and Chanel are the Semi-Final 1 opening acts
The Semi-Final 1 opening act will be nothing short of WOW. Accompanied by 24 dancers, Eleni, Chanel, and Eric will perform their iconic entries that cemented their place in the Eurovision hall of fame.
Spain’s Chanel famously placed third in 2022 (“SloMo”); Eleni came second in 2018 (“Fuego”); and Eric Saade came third in 2011 (“Popular”).
None of them won on the night, but they’ve gone on to rack of tens of millions of streams and their tracks remain a staple of Eurovision parties the world over.
Edward af Sillén, the director and screenwriter of Eurovision 2024, shares his vision for the opening act of the first semi-final:
“Our goal is to kick off this year’s event with a high-energy pop spectacle that showcases Sweden’s unwavering passion for the Eurovision Song Contest and serves as an example of our collective bond through music. These three amazing artists, although they may not have won the top prize, have undoubtedly won the hearts of fans across Europe. This performance is ready to set the tone for an exceptional week, and we hope that viewers will be captivated by its magic.”
You can tune in to the First Semi-Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday, May 7th at 21:00 CET.
Do you believe that this incredible trio will meet the expectations of Eurovision fans and possibly even surpass the legendary switch song act of 2019?
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Respect to Hatari and all the rest who have had the courage and guts to speak up – Eric Saade as well!
Hatari was not courage or brave, but cowards.
They didn’t do it during or right after their performance, but just a banner in the Green Room, after the votes for them were secured.
Eric Saade appearing IS surprising, in a good way. I’m sure he will make some gesture. Small like Madonna, or big like Hatari? Who knows.
There must surely be SOME official acknowledgment of all that’s happening. Like “You’ll Never Walk Alone” last year, or the stomping of “Give Peace a Chance” during the opening in Torino. Even going all the way back to Jerusalem 199 when all the acts came out at the end to sing Hallelujah for victims of war.
It would be so weird to just ignore events entirely.
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He’s been trashing the EBU and the ESC and spreading disinformation about both and then he got rewarded by getting an invite despite the high chance that he’ll make this political and cause some provocation so no. I don’t think that it’s a good thing that he was invited. I don’t see why this should be made into a thing during the competition. The competition shouldn’t be made political and the situation in Israel shouldn’t be given a special gesture more than the situation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. It’s not like with the Ukraine situation where it was a European… Read more »
Maybe he’ll wear an outfit in the flag colors of red, black, green and white?
I hope they will ignore it since Its a MUSIC competition
I agree with Dane. It’s a music and song competition for all Ebu countries.
Even if the Ebu wants or accepts to do a statement vaguely and disguised ”for all victims of war”,
you shouldn’t invite a singer who is running a campaign to boycott Eurovision or ‘Exclude Israel from the song contest’.
First he wanted that everybody boycotts the contest because of Israel, and now he’s performing himself?
Oh well, i think they will allow his political statement anyway, or pretend that they didn’t know before.
I hope he will do nothing.
i love how they are bringing back foureira for the second time… she is the winner in our hearts!!
foureira….????????????????????
Viva Chanel.She was the real winner!
And somebody please tell me there shall be no Mans Zelmerlove anywhere in sight. I’ll get down on my knees, corn and all…
I bet he’s one of the grand final interval acts.
Ugh NOOOOOO!
Guy in insufferable.
Or he could be the Swedish spokesperson for the Swedish jury, although I don’t know if Sweden has announced their spokesperson yet
More Eurovision artists with no morals. Very disappointed.
As I said the other day, I woukd love Lena Ph in some capacity. Think she woulda made a teriffic host with Petra. Never heard of this Marlin person.
Another great line up, all three are still bangers to this day! Perfect way to start a party!
Love how they keep getting Eleni back, it’s like they know she should have won in 2018.
Yeah ikr she was incredible!!
Eric will try to make a provocation against Israel on stage and it’s not fair! The EBU should cancel his performance. We don’t need any more mess on stage. I hope that KAN11 will talk to the Eurovision management about this.
Yep, they’re inviting someone to perform who’s so vocal about the war, as if he’s just going to sing and that’s it…
We can all expect him to probably bring the flag with him, one way or another…
Lets hope, lets show our support and love for this nation while they are going through a gen0coide by a country that should have been kicked out of eurovision years ago
He’s been very vocal about his outrage towards the EBU. I wonder if he actually has the balls to disrupt the show. Does SVT actually hope for him to do something? Probably not, I think the care about a perfectly planned show the most so they’ll probably keep him in line and maybe let him have a small orchestrated nudge of some sort.
Are you afraid of a flag???
He is half Lebanese, what do you expect?
he can use his social medias, but stop trying to ruin Eurovision for us who wanna watch it. He should maybe just boycot, but no he wants the money
Well then we nees him. I don’t think he can sing, but this sounds promising.
Go fot it, man!
Can’t artists call for ceasefire on TV?
No, it’s a Music contest, and a call for ceasefire would be a political call.
I just know that Eric Saade will try to ruin it with a political statement
Is calling for ceasefire a political statement?
Of course.
Maybe not but its provocative since he is very vocal about the current situation
wow!
It makes sense all of them are swedish products
yes and you masturbate to dead babies
Slomo was done by a Spanish/american team, where is sweden involved?
Queens (and King)!
Can’t wait what a brilliant selection of artists and songs. Absolute Eurovision classics
Eric Saade – we knew it was coming.
Eleni and Chanel will outshadow some of the contestants, especially the wannabes.
I would prefer Dua Lipa and Hoodienie
whenever Albania hosts ESC then Dua Lipa can be a interval act, same as other albanian queen Ava Max
Dua’s daddy Dukagjin to take part in the next edition of FiK please
Don’t forget miss Ora and miss Rexa.
Dua didn’t touch Swedish producers for RO, so there really wasn’t any reason for the invite. Plus, I don’t think she’ using Morrocan Oil, if you know what I mean.
Same old faces year after year…. anyway, I always use this interval act time for pooping, and never watch opening show so doesn’t really care…
I’m just glad we’re getting Sertab Erener this year, and not Mans like every year since 2015 basically
How is Chanel the same face year after year if she almost won 2 years ago?!
The ladies two should have been the winners. This is nice. If they actually let them sing instead of just holding a mic.
* two ladies
Finally Chanel getting the recognition as a modern eurovision Legend! The fact they had Cornelia jacobs perform last year and not Chanel is still astounding to me, especially since that was a week or two after she put out Clavaito, one of the biggest hits in Spain in 2023
Will this be lipsynched?
Queen Foureira !
Fuego is still burning