The first semi-final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on May 14, 2019. According to the results, ten applicants were selected out of seventeen contestants by means of voting, who will compete for victory on the third day of the show. The final will take place on May 18, 2019. What are the names of the first Eurovision finalists this year?
The first finalist of the 64th International Song Contest was a singer named Katerina Duska. A girl with a bright appearance and catchy vocals represents Greece this year. She took the stage with the song "Better Love". Katerina's musical career started in 2013. To date, she has recorded one full-length album and released a number of singles.
The next finalist was a talented girl representing Belarus. Her name is Zena (real name Zina Kupriyanovich), and she is only sixteen years old. At Eurovision 2019 Zena performed the song "Like It". This is not the first vocal competition for Zena. Previously, she had already become the winner of the Slavianski Bazaar, in addition, she appeared on the stage of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 and 2016.
The third performer to take the stage on Saturday evening is a vocalist from Serbia, whose name is Nevena Bozhevich. At Eurovision she presents a very dramatic and powerful track "Kruna". Eleven years ago, the talented singer performed at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she managed to take the honorable third place.
The fourth candidate to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was Tamta. She represents Cyprus, performs a song called "Replay". Several years ago, Tamta had already tried to qualify for this prestigious competition, but her candidacy was not approved.
The fifth lucky person who will compete for the victory this year is the representative of Estonia - Viktor Kron. He took the stage with the song "Storm", which is sure to become a hit in the very near future. It is worth noting that the performer had previously tried to get into the European song contest. In 2015, he wanted to represent Sweden, but was not selected.
A musical group from the Czech Republic called Lake Malawi, which took the stage in Tel Aviv with the song "Friend of a Friend", became the sixth in the top ten finalists on the basis of the first Eurovision Song Contest day. The band performs music in the style of indie pop. The group got together in 2013, and in 2017 their first studio album was released.
The number "seven" became a lucky number for the Australian singer. This country is represented in the 2019 song contest by an opera singer named Keith Miller-Heideck. The track that Keith brought to the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel is called "Zero Gravity". In her homeland, the singer is very popular. She not only performs on the stages of opera houses, but also records studio albums. As a rule, the vocalist's original tracks are a mixture of pop, folk and opera.
The eighth in the final was the most controversial, most informal group, which stands out very sharply against the background of the rest of the participants of the first day of Eurovision 2019 - Hatari. This group represents Iceland with the song "Hatrið mun sigra". The group formed in Reykjavik in 2015. It is difficult to say unequivocally what style these guys represent, but their performance with elements of BDSM and Gothic did not leave the audience of the show indifferent.
The penultimate finalist of the 2019 competition on the first day was a singer representing the small state of San Marino. Serhat, the vocalist's name, took the stage in Tel Aviv with the song "Say Na Na Na". An uncomplicated melody, a positive message, a laconic but bright number - all this conquered the audience. Serhat's career began back in 1997, today he is not only a singer, but also a producer, musician, TV presenter.
A duo from Slovenia was lucky to snatch a lucky ticket at the very last moment, to get to the Eurovision final in 2019. Zala Kral and Gašper Chantl present a song called "Sebi" at the song contest. The duet of two talented young people was formed in 2017, and their first song became popular in Slovenia in a matter of days.
It should be added that the second semi-final of the competition, in which Sergey Lazarev will take part as a representative of Russia, will take place on Thursday, May 16, 2019.
