ESC live ticker semi-finals: Fans in costume inspire in Turin – to see a number of Dutch flags

Created: 05/10/2022, 20:42

By: Jonas Erbas, Matthias Kernstock

Shortly before the first ESC semi-final, the fans are already in a party mood - a good omen for the big final on Saturday © Mario Hanousek

ESC live ticker: The first semi-final of the "Eurovision Song Contest" will take place on May 10, 2022. IPPEN.MEDIA is live on site and reports from Turin.

Here you can find the latest information in the live ticker.

• The first

  "Eurovision Song Contest" semi-final

  will start soon: Ukraine is the

  clear favorite

  and hopes to get

  one of ten final

  tickets on Tuesday evening .

  The decision will be made by a jury and by public voting.

• "Eurovision Song Contest" semi-finals

  are coming up: Today 17 nations

  are fighting for the ESC final ticket

  , on Thursday the remaining 18 candidates will compete.

  Only a total of 20 of them can qualify.

• This news ticker for the first "Eurovision Song Contest" semi-final, reported live from Turin by IPPEN.MEDIA reporter Mario Hanousek, is constantly being updated.

May 10th, 8:40 p.m.:

The mood is rising in Turin – and the first winners of the evening already seem to be emerging, less than half an hour before the first “Eurovision Song Contest” semi-final: Norway, for example, comes with a huge fan club and tonight the Scandinavian subwoolfers will surely get a few more fans.

"Give That Wolf A Banana" has a good chance of becoming a crowd pleaser.

The group practices the right dance while romping around in front of the hall.

Norway can count on a huge fan club at the Eurovision Song Contest © Mario Hanousek

"Eurovision Song Contest" fans flock to the venue: costumed ESC fans inspire again

May 10th, 8:10 p.m.:

In Turin, more and more spectators are arriving in front of the hall.

While the die-hard ESC fans have once again put a lot of effort into the costumes, many Italians are also on site today to see the host act Mahmood & Blanco.

We spoke to a Ukrainian who lives here in Italy, and she believes that the “special song” can help Kalush Orchestra win.

A particularly large number of Dutch flags are represented among the "Eurovision Song Contest" fans, as reported by IPPEN.MEDIA reporter Mario Hanousek (Twitter profile), who has been in Turin since Monday.

It's about to start: In front of the "Eurovision Song Contest" location in Turin, many fans are currently cavorting © Mario Hanousek

The first "Eurovision Song Contest" semi-final will start soon: Ukraine is the favorite at the start

May 10th , 7:45 p.m.:

In just over an hour it finally starts: 17 countries compete against each other in the first “Eurovision Song Contest” final and fight for a total of ten places for the grand finale on Saturday (May 14th) .

The Albanian singer Ronela Hajati will open the music competition in Turin.

However, the focus is primarily on the Ukraine (Kalush Orchestra; starting position 6), which is one of the hottest favorites in the musical ESC race.

The band Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine enters the "Eurovision Song Contest" with "Stefania" and is considered one of the hottest favorites © Luca Bruno / dpa / AP

All 17 nations participating in the first ESC semi-final are entitled to vote.

France and Italy (both already seeded) also have a say in who will be among the 25 finalists on Saturday evening.

The decision is made by a jury and a public decision, whose judgments both count equally.

As usual, you can't vote for your own country in either the semi-finals or the final.

The first "Eurovision Song Contest" semi-final is running here: live stream with preliminary report or on TV from 9 p.m

May 10, 7:00 p.m.:

From 8:15 p.m., the ESC pre-reporting, moderated by Alina Stiegler and Stefan Spiegel, will start live on eurovision.de.

After the warm-up, the first “Eurovision Song Contest” semi-final starts punctually at 9 p.m.

The event can also be seen in the eurovision.de live stream, on the

offshoot

on TV or in the ARD media library.

ESC trouble at NDR: the broadcaster has to change the German jury – Jessica Schöne instead of Felicia Lu

May 10, 4:40 p.m.:

In consultation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is the producer behind the “Eurovision Song Contest”, NDR has agreed to exclude Felicia Lu from the German ESC jury.

The successor is KiKA TV presenter Jessica Schöne.

The 33-year-old has already reported on the "Junior Eurovision Song Contest", a variant of the music competition for young talents below the ESC age limit.

ESC disaster involving singer Felicia Lu: NDR excludes singers from the jury – “Crazy situation for me”

May 10, 1:30 p.m.:

There is an ESC disaster.

Singer Felicia Lu, who was actually on the official ESC jury the day before, had to give up her place as a member a few hours later.

The reason: the 26-year-old published her ESC favorites on a fan blog in March.

Thus, Felicia Lu can no longer be part of the German ESC jury.

"Eurovision Song Contest" semi-finals are coming up: 35 nations are fighting for a place in the ESC final

25 nations will compete in the final of the "Eurovision Song Contest" on Saturday evening (May 14), but before that, in two semi-finals (May 10 + May 12), 17 and 18 candidates each have to fight for ten starting places per round (a total of 20). line up

Germany (Malik Harris at ESC 2022), France, Spain, the United Kingdom and hosts and last year's winner Italy (here all ESC candidates 2022) have already qualified.

Russia was disqualified in advance because of the Ukraine war.

A Russian participation would "bring the music competition into disrepute," said the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is responsible for the ESC.

The otherwise neutral “Eurovision Song Contest” is therefore more political than ever this year.

Ukraine, on the other hand, has a good chance of winning if you want to believe the bookmakers.