Recommendations of the Editorial team
On Tuesday (May 13th), the ESC week in the St. Jakobshalle in Basel started the hot phase with the first semi-finals. Zoë Më was also there. As a participant for the host country, the Swiss is automatically qualified, but a trial appearance in one of the semi-finals is now a tradition.
Even if “voyage” worked perfectly and the anti-bullying message was immediately understandable, the performance went wrong. The reason for this was problems with the transfer to the Internet.
In addition ESCCommentator Thorsten Schorn: “Some of the staging went into the pants. The Swiss wanted to make the counter -draft to everything we see this evening: only a camera without a cut. And it was then in the middle.”
ESC picture froze when Zoë Më appears
Instead of power singing, there were only fidget scenes and finally a frozen picture. A conceivably bad omen for the 24-year-old, who still has to overcome the not simple hurdle, at least not to undercut the impressive appearance of Nemo last year.
In the first semi -final round, a total of ten nations qualified for the final on Saturday (May 17th): Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine, Poland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Portugal, Albania and San Marino. For Croatia, Cyprus, Belgium, Azerbaijan and Slovenia, the ESC trip ended prematurely.
For Germany, the sibling duo Abor & Tynna is launched. There is also competition from an ULK title: Estonia musician Tommy Cash made it into the final round with his Italo parody “Espresso Macchiato”. The song went before the ESC Viral for weeks and even angered Italian politicians.