Tonight starts the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the first semi-finalwhich will be held at 9:00 p.m. at the Malmö Arena. 15 countries are playing for a place in the grand final this Saturday through audience televoting.
To inaugurate the 68th edition of EurovisionSwedish public television has announced that three legendary artists who competed in the musical contest will perform their greatest hits and the festival anthem in a grand opening act. Is about Chanel (Spain 2022), Eleni Foureira (Cyprus 2018) and Eric Saade (Sweden 2011).
Before the announcement, the networks They have exploded with emotion upon knowing that these artists so loved by the public They return to the festival as guests. “They won a large number of followers with their Eurovision performances and since then they have released a multitude of greatest hits,” Swedish television explained.
Eleni Foureira and Chanel at Eurovision
In this trio, both women have stood out among the public, above all. Chanel came third a couple of years ago in the Eurovision Song Contest with a total of 456 pointsgetting the best result for Spain in years with its already historic ‘Only Mo’.
The result of the Catalan produced a great excitement among the Spaniards, who had not seen themselves so high in the classification for years, but it also caused the discontent of a part of the public after the result of the Catalan, which many described as “heist” by political issues.
For its part, Eleni Foureira She was the runner-up of the 2018 festival, in which Israel won, with her song ‘Fire’, which aroused passions among Eurofans. The Greek-Albanian got the best result for Cyprus in the history of Eurovision and, furthermore, it has already been guest on another occasion to make a special appearance.
In 2019, he teamed up with Conchita Wurst, Måns Zelmerlöw and Verka Serduchka for “exchange“his successes in the contest through the ‘Switch Song’. Foureira interpreted the Ukrainian proposal of 2007, ‘Dancing Lasha Tumbai’.
Two Eurovision divas
The meeting of Eleni Foureira and Chanel has immediately caused fury in networks. Many have described them as the two divas of Eurovision and many have joked with the union of the “Fire” (song with which Foureira represented Cyprus) and the “Water” (Chanel album name and word she shouts at the end of ‘Slo Mo’). Coincidentally, they were also dressed in the respective colors of these elements.
They are both Eurovision participants. very loved by fans that have marked the course of the following editions of the contest. “All copies of Chanel and Eleni seeing that they are going to perform this year,” wrote one user.
Both, together with Eric Saadewill officially kick off Eurovision 2024, of which there are three major favorites to win: Croatia, Switzerland and Italy.
