We're in the final!
Will Kaleen “rave” her way into the ESC final tonight?
Hooray, Kaleen has made it! With her party song "We Will Rave" and a super-hot performance in a glittery bodysuit, the 29-year-old has made it through to the grand ESC final in Malmö on Saturday. "The moment on stage was amazing," explained Kaleen in the krone.tv interview. For her, the "biggest dream has become reality".
In addition to our song contestant, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Greece, Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia and Armenia can also look forward to a ticket to the final.
Kaleen deservedly made it to the grand final of the Song Contest on Thursday evening, following Teya & Salena, who also won a ticket to the final for Austria last year.
The international bookmakers, who had predicted that Austria would advance to the grand final in advance, were ultimately right again. Kaleen's place in the semi-finals will not be revealed until after the final. In any case, she will start with bib number 26 and will be the last act to finish the final.
"Biggest dream come true"
After advancing to the final, it was difficult for Kaleen to put her emotions into words. "I really feel like my biggest dream has come true," she enthused about her participation in the Song Contest and her success in the semi-final. She is therefore also a little emotional right now.
"Performing in front of so many beautiful people is amazing!" She had been working towards this moment for many years, so to finally be able to stand on the ESC stage was simply amazing. "It was such an incredible feeling we had up there. And I said to my dancers, 'Yes, this is Eurovision'," smiled Kaleen.
Sexy designer outfit
The likeable Upper Austrian put on a fantastic performance in the hall in Malmö on Thursday evening and entered the ESC stage with start number 6 in a sexy outfit.
Underneath the white imitation leather coat with wide genuine leather straps and rose gold buckles, created by Austrian designer Marina Hoermanseder, was a silver metallic bodysuit, which was designed in three parts and reflected the stage light perfectly thanks to a multitude of Swarovski crystals.
It took almost three weeks to make the costume and the matching metallic-colored boots, which were designed by US-based designer Stefan Orlić. What a sensational look!
"We tried out two great outfits during the rehearsals. It wasn't an easy decision, but in the end it turned out to be the lighter look, which simply stands out better on the dark stage set," Kaleen revealed shortly before her performance.
No wonder Kaleen's hot performance, in which the Upper Austrian focused on a combination of dance, movement, singing and personality, left no one in the audience in their seats.
"Already a visual winner"
And there was also a jubilant mood on X: "She's already won visually," said one ESC fan. "Very well done, Kaleen," said another, showering our song contestant with roses.
"Best entry is Kaleen. Change my mind", another X user was also thrilled by Kaleen's performance in Malmö. Another could only agree: "Good performance, Kaleen rocked the place."
Sexy start
Malta's Sarah Bonnici gave Austria's Kaleen a run for her money right from the start of the second semi-final with the song "Loop" in terms of the modest stage wardrobe, four equally revealing backing dancers and disco suitability. What a sexy start!
The show continued with Besa from Albania, who is one of the country's established music stars and has already worked as a coach for "The Voice of Albania". She performed the song "Titan", a mixture of hip-hop and ESC ballad.
Favorites among themselves
Ooopahh! Greek singer Marina Satti and her song "Zari" combined Greek bouzouki sounds with a reggaeton style and a sexy outfit. A real ESC groove!
No, it wasn't Bibo, but Nemo from Switzerland, who caused a sensation in Malmö with his unusual outfit and his song "The Code". He certainly lived up to his role as favorite with this performance.
Aiko from the Czech Republic is not relying on four dancers, but four female dancers behind her - four clones of herself, to be precise. What they all have in common is their bare upper bodies, which are only scantily covered by a mesh shirt, and an actually very contemporary pop song entitled "Pedestal" about self-empowerment in the Dua Lipa style.
Calm tones and folklore
After Kaleen's magnificent performance for Austria, the show continued with a lot of shouted out suffering from Denmark. Singer Saba lamented the house of sand they had built for themselves in the relationship.
Lots of folklore came from Armenia this year. The duo Ladaniva - consisting of the Albanian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and the multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas from France - performed the song "Jako". Cute, lovable traditional costume theater that came across as likeable.
The horror bunnies are coming!
Instead of positive ESC vibes, Latvia preferred to focus on world-weariness. With his song "Hollow", Dons pleads for a life against convention.
After the creepy bambie in semi-final 1, San Marino gave us goosebumps on Thursday - horror bunnies included. Will Megara also scare the ESC fans with her song "11:11"?
Hot show and glittery six-pack
For Georgia's Nutsa Buzaladze, the title of the song was the program. In "Firefighter", things get hot on stage in more ways than one. Flames, a sexy outfit and hot rhythms. ESC-Her, what more could you want?
For Belgium, singer Mustii relied on a glittery six-pack and vocal power for his song "Before the Party's Over". Iggy Pop sent his regards!
Estonia, on the other hand, is the new record holder - in terms of the longest ESC title of all time. "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" (translated roughly as "We (really) know nothing about (this) drug") also has two fathers: the hip-hoppers of the 5Miinust formation and the folk duo Puuluup. Pretty weird!
Mixed reaction to Eden Golan
There was a lot of excitement about Israel's entry even before the 2nd semi-final. Not only did Eden Golan have to change the lyrics and title of her song "Hurricane" because it was too political according to the EBU, the 20-year-old had to be specially protected by the Israeli secret service in Malmö due to fears of anti-Semitic attacks.
The good pop number almost faded into the background, but she was also cheered at the second semi-final in Malmö, while the sound faded out the boos.
In an interview with krone.at shortly before her performance, the Israeli revealed that she had not only been met with negativity in recent weeks. "To be honest, I've received so much support and love from different countries around the world and so many messages," Golan said happily. "It touches me and gives me so much strength."
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"Europapa!"
Norway not only sang in its national language this year, but also offered monumental folk rock. A bit of the dark Middle Ages against all the bright, cheerful colors of the competition.
Joost Klein from the Netherlands took the ESC by storm with his hit "Europapa". No wonder, the retro-style song simply creates a good mood despite the serious background. A worthy conclusion to the 2nd semi-final!
Bottomless Finns and Rocker Croats already in the final
The 68th Song Contest, which is being held in Malmö after Sweden's Loreen won last year, is being held this year under the motto "United by Music". On Tuesday, Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Luxembourg qualified for the final on Saturday.
The "Big Five", Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Italy and France, as well as last year's winners Sweden, are already seeded for the final. The fixed starters will also be performing in the second semi-final.
France's Slimane sang his way into the hearts of ESC fans with "Mon Amour", Italy's Angelina Mango created a party atmosphere in Malmö with "La Noia" and Spain's Nebulossa performed their song "Zorra".
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