Eurovision 2024 is already underway. The 68th edition of the European song festival started in style this Tuesday at the Malmö Arena, with a triple performance by Eleni Foureira, Eric Saade and the Spanish Chanel. One of the main characteristics of the contest are the risky, even fun, bets presented by the candidate countries. A trend that has not been lost this year.
Ireland has been the first to appear on the scene in a more surprising way thanks to Bambie Thug and his Doomsday Blue, a song produced by Elche native Sergio Jaén. Croatia has followed suit with Rim Tim Tagi Dim by Baby Lasagna, a more continuous bet with its line from the previous year but taking inspiration from Käärijä, Finland's representative in 2023. For its part, this year's artist from the Nordic country He did not want to fall short.
Windows95man has returned the Finns to the path of electronic pop with No Rules!, a colorful and exaggerated song accompanied by an equally striking staging. With a hat and t-shirt with the censored operating system logo, fireworks and chaotic movements, the DJ and visual artist Teemu Keisteri has given a more festive touch to the first semi-final held on Swedish territory.
As many festival specialists anticipated in the previous weeks, the performance of No Rules! has attracted attention on social networks. “Finland has a story with a bizarre staging where they have had to pixelate the Windows logo to avoid publishing. Defines FANTASY,” commented a user on Elon Musk's platform. The other comments have followed a similar line.
“Don't give the cat a hard time with Finland. It's super fun, and you have to enjoy it for what it is. To all this: better nudity effect than in the UMK, but somewhat worse in some parts. You have to enjoy it a little from the absurd, it is not for everyone,” another user analyzed after the performance. “The Asshole Heat of Finland will guarantee the fun of the Eurovision parties on Saturday. "They have to pass!" read another of the responses.
The first semi-final started with a triple performance with the presence of Chanel. The Catalan singer has once again drawn applause and ovations from the public with SloMo, the song that lifted her to third place in Turin. Wearing a blue dress with rhinestones and transparencies, Chanel repeated the first verse and chorus of the song, including the dancebreak that would become a trend in so many other Eurovision songs later on.
