Ireland’s Bambie Thug and Croatia’s Baby Lasagna through to Eurovision 2024 final

Eire has secured a spot within the 68th Eurovision Tune Contest ultimate for the primary time since 2018, because of “goth gremlin goblin witch” Bambie Thug.

The Cork-born, London-based singer (actual title Bambie Ray Robinson), 31, was voted via following their efficiency of “Doomsday Blue” on the semi-finals in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday (7 Might)

Ryan O’Shaughnessy was beforehand the final contestant to achieve the grand ultimate for Eire with “Collectively” in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2018, the place he got here sixteenth.

Bambie now has an opportunity to take Eire to the win, which the nation has not achieved since 1996 with Eimear Quinn’s “The Voice”.

Throughout their first Eurovision efficiency, Bambie’s dancers carried out their routine whereas sporting blue paint, extremely exaggerated ears and faux tooth.

In the direction of the tip of the tune, Bambie additionally revealed the trans delight flag on their costume earlier than pyrotechnics flared up across the stage.

Eire’s Taoiseach Simon Harris hailed their achievement and mentioned it was “time to carry the Eurovision again to Eire”.

“Congratulations to Bambie Thug, who has certified for the Eurovision ultimate tonight,” he wrote on X/Twitter.

“Bambie will develop into the primary Irish act within the Eurovision finals since 2018. It’s time to carry the Eurovision again to Eire and Bambie is the act to do it!”

Croatia’s Child Lasagna, one other Eurovision 2024 favorite, additionally made it via together with his techno-rock tune “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”, together with Finland’s Windows95Man.

Delegates from Luxembourg, Serbia, Ukraine, Portugal, Lithuania, Finland and Cyprus are additionally via to the ultimate.

Elsewhere on the evening, the UK’s entry, Years and Years singer Olly Alexander, delivered his first Eurovision efficiency, which featured upside-down locker room staging.

It’s the first time the UK has carried out in a semi-final. Alexander, 33 has a assured spot within the grand ultimate because the UK is likely one of the “massive 5” international locations that make the most important contributions to the Eurovision Tune Contest.

The singer has come underneath intense stress to boycott the competitors in current months as a result of Israel’s involvement, which many Eurovision followers have objected to as a result of nation’s ongoing battle on Gaza.

Alexander mentioned in a current interview that, whereas he believes his targets are the identical as Queers for Palestine, his participation or not in Eurovision “isn’t going to make a distinction to these issues, in order that’s why I’m nonetheless doing it”.

Organisers behind the Eurovision Tune Contest have constantly rejected calls to ban Israel from competing amid its battle on Gaza.

Widespread protests are anticipated in Sweden on the evening of the grand ultimate, which is scheduled to happen on Saturday 11 Might.

Internet hosting duties can be carried out reside from the Malmö Enviornment by Swedish-American actor Malin Åkerman and Eurovision veteran Petra Mede.

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