The first semi-final of 2024 is already behind us. We saw 15 countries on stage fighting for promotion. Among them was Poland, represented this year by Luna with the song “The Tower”. The viewers chose 10 artists who made it to the grand finale of the competition, but unfortunately the Pole was not among them.
Eurovision 2024. Ireland stole the show and divided the audience
Ireland undoubtedly caused the greatest emotions during the semi-final. “After a series of spectacular failures and absolutely bland songs, she decided that things couldn’t get any worse and entered the competition with Bambie Thug with the song ‘Doomsday Blue’. Since 2014, they have only made it through the semi-finals once (in 2018) and thanks to Bambi, these statistics will probably not change will change,” wrote Magda Walma from Gazeta.pl, reporting on the event.
However, the show combining burlesque, occult symbolism, dark atmosphere and heavy sounds was liked by Eurovision fans, and Bambi Thug can enjoy advancing to the final. After the performance, voices appeared on social media that Bambie Thug’s stage exploits were equally attention-grabbing, disturbing and even frightening to some. “This is sick”, “a higher level of madness”, “disgusting, such things should not appear on public television” – viewers commented.
Bambie Thug. Who is the person representing Ireland at Eurovision?
Bambie Thug, aka Cuntry Ray Robinson, is the first non-binary person in history to perform at Eurovision. He has been active on the stage since 2020, mixing genres, experimenting, and also wants to represent his minority. The song “Doomsday Blue”, which viewers could hear during the Eurovision semi-finals, talks about heartbreak, being deceived and feeling the pain of unrequited love. Robinson emphasizes in interviews that the goal was to mix as many genres as possible in the song to deny the existence of any divisions in music. The composition is described as a mixture of alternative rock, pop and jazz, and electro-metal.
One viewer commented in a comment that Eurovision is no place for Bambi Thug aesthetics. “This song should not be allowed to be broadcast on television, and certainly not in a competition that has been watched by entire families for so many years.” “We don’t need evil spirits on stage,” another comment echoed a fan of the competition. Interestingly, the ominous “spells” from the text of “Doomsday Blue” are, among others, an incantation of a well-known phrase from the Harry Potter book series.
The song features “Avada Kedavra”, a well-known spell from Aramaic popularized by JK Rowling’s book series. In the Harry Potter universe, the password causes instant and painless death.
Source: Gazeta
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