Bambie Thug has become the first Irish Eurovision Song Contest finalist since 2018 following a vote for their performance of Doomsday Blue in Malmo, Sweden. The Cork-born singer, 31, made it through with a mesmerising execution of their chanty alternative song Doomsday Blue at the semi-finals on Tuesday.
During their first Eurovision performance, Bambie’s male dancers looked almost devil-like with blue paint, highly exaggerated ears and fake teeth. Halfway through the end of the song, they also revealed the trans flag on their costume ahead of fire appearing to be set off around the stage.
Also making the final were Ukraine duo Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil with their religious infused Teresa & Maria, Finland’s Windows95man with the absurd No Rules! and Serbia contestant Teya Dora with Ramonda.
Cyprus contestant Silia Kapsis with Liar, Lithuania singer Silvester Belt with Luktelk, Croatia’s Baby Lasagna with Rim Tim Tagi Dim, Slovenia’s Raiven with Veronika, Portugal’s Iolanda with Grito, and Luxembourg’s Tali with Fighter will also compete on Saturday with those who go through from the semi-finals on Thursday.
The “big five”, which includes the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, as the biggest donor to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have already made the final along with Sweden’s contestant Marcus & Martinus. The Norwegian-born twin singers performed their love song Unforgettable, which saw them turn the stage into a dance club.
Elsewhere, Olly Alexander delivered his first performance, which featured an energetic upside-down locker room staging of Dizzy. It is the first time the UK, which is already through to the finals, has performed in a semi-final.
Alexander had cameras rotated to give a spinning feel to him and the dancers as the singer wore a white singlet, red trousers, and boots.
The first Eurovision semi-final was hosted by Swedish comedian Petra Mede and Hollywood actress Malin Akerman.
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