Kaleen sings with starting number 6 for the finals
Vienna (OTS) – Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Luxembourg – these ten countries qualified yesterday evening, May 7th, 2024, for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, May 11th. Tomorrow, Thursday, May 9th, the second semifinal can be seen live on ORF 1 from 9 p.m. 16 countries – including Austria with start number 6 – are in the race for one of ten additional tickets for the grand finale. Viewers in Austria can cast their vote on 0901 050 25 and the attached two-digit start number (50 cents per call or SMS). You cannot vote for Austria’s artist Kaleen. “Mr. Song Contest” Andi Knoll, who will start the ESC evening on ORF 1 at 8:15 p.m. with the second part of “Mr. Song Contest proudly presents” opens.
ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz: “Three minutes of full power – Kaleen has worked hard for this moment and I am sure that she will deliver a good show tomorrow. I keep my fingers crossed for her and hope she can enjoy her performance too.”
Kaleen’s stage outfit and SWAROVSKI crystal pyramid
Kaleen: “We tried out two great outfits in rehearsals. It wasn’t an easy decision, but in the end it became the lighter look, which simply stands out better in the dark stage set.” Her outfit for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö consists of two parts. First, a white faux leather coat with wide, genuine leather straps and rose gold buckles, designed by the Austrian designer Marina Hoermanseder. This coat gives Kaleen a powerful yet glamorous presence on stage. Under the coat she wears a silver metallic bodysuit, which is designed in three parts and together forms a unified ensemble. Each element seamlessly emphasizes her movements and reflects the stage lights. Transparent cuts on the arms, stomach and back of the costume create a visual effect that makes the costume appear like an extension of her body. The costume is made from four different materials and is also decorated with a variety of SWAROVSKI crystals that add extra sparkle. The costume and the matching metallic-colored boots took almost three weeks to make and were designed by US-based designer Stefan Orlić.
A pyramid hovers above Kaleen with the top pointing downwards. It symbolizes female energy and strength and also represents the element of water. After days of handwork, thousands of SWAROVSKI crystals were applied to the 3×3 meter steel construction, which, in the laser and spotlight light, make the stage shine with sparkling splendor and create a fascinating atmosphere.
The starting order of the second ESC semi-final on May 9th – live from 9 p.m. on ORF 1
1. Malta: Sarah Bonnici, “Loop” 2. Albania: BESA, “TITAN” 3. Greece: Marina Satti, “ZARI” 4. Switzerland: Nemo, “The Code” 5. Chechnya: Aiko, “Pedestal” Austria: Kaleen, “We Will Rave” 7. Denmark: SABA, “SAND” 8. Armenia: LADANIVA, “Jako” 9. Latvia: Dons, “Hollow” 10. San Marino: MEGARA, “11:1 Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze, “Firefighter” 12. Belgium: Mustii, “Before the Party’s Over” 13. Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup, “(last) narcotics and tea me (cold) day” 14. Israel: Eden Golan, “Hurricane “ 15. Norway: Gåte, “Ulveham.” 16. The Netherlands: Joost Klein, “The Pope of Europe”
„Mr. Song Contest proudly presents (2)“ am 9. Mai um 20.15 Uhr in ORF 1
Andi Knoll is also back as “Mr. Song Contest” in action and presents his personal favorites among the countries competing that evening. Together with Austria’s this year’s representative Kaleen and the former ESC acts Zoë Straub and Cesár Sampson, he discusses the competition and the best tips for being successful in the song contest.
Supporting program and current reporting in the ORF programs
“Mercie Chérie – Austria and the Song Contest” will also look back on Thursday, May 9th at 4:15 p.m. – to March 5th, 1966, when Udo Jürgens won and his international career began. Afterwards, at 5 p.m., the documentary “Twelve points for a hit – The Eurovision Song Contest” will explore the question of what makes the ESC so fascinating, where people from different backgrounds and languages are on stage. At 6:00 p.m. and 6:55 p.m., shortly before the second semifinal with Austrian participant Kaleen, there will be the opportunity to get in the mood for the decisive ESC evening with Dacapos from “ABBA Forever” and “Conchita – On the Wings of the Phoenix”.
During the decision week, the current “Zeit im Bild” programs, “Aktuell nach eins”, “Aktuell nach Five” and “Guten Morgen Österreich” report from Malmö, as well as the “Seitenblicke”, “Studio 2”, “Guten Morgen Österreich”. “, the ORF regional studios and the ORF radios are dedicating their programs to the ESC 2024. “Studio 2” will celebrate “10 years of Conchita’s ESC victory” on Friday, May 10th at 5:30 p.m. on ORF 2. Norbert Oberhauser and Martin Ferdiny talk to Armin Doppelbauer about this year’s ESC final on May 11th. And ORF KIDS also reports on the ESC: In the program “MINI SPEZIAL” on the final day, May 11th, at 5:55 p.m., the funniest performances of the last few years are shown and explain how exactly the song contest actually works.
The “Eurovision Song Contest 2024” barrier-free on ORF
The 68th “Eurovision Song Contest” from Malmö – under the existing motto “United By Music” – is already traditionally broadcast on ORF without barriers for audiences with hearing or visual impairments. For national broadcast, ORF offers live subtitling of all three ESC evenings – the two semi-final shows on Tuesday, May 7th and Thursday, May 9th (song performance and decision), and of course the final show ( including countdown and aftershow) on Saturday, May 11th – on ORF 1, on ORF TELETEXT on page 777 and on the ORF TVthek app in the live stream. At the same time, both semi-finals, the countdown, the ESC final and the after show – also live – will be audio commented on for blind and visually impaired people. The experienced audio commentators Juliana Kühberger, Sebastian Aster, Johannes Karner and Sebastian Kaufmann accompany the audience through the shows with their acoustic image descriptions. The audio version can be accessed on the second audio track, which can be set via the remote control. The two-part documentary “Mr. Song Contest proudly presents”, presented by “Mr. Song Contest” Andi Knoll – at 8:15 p.m. before the semi-final shows on ORF 1 – will be subtitled live on ORF TELETEXT on page 777 and in the ORF TVthek app. The barrier-free programs are available on ORF ON and in the ORF TVthek as video-on-demand for six months.
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on the ORF.at network and on ORF TELETEXT
ORF.at is dedicated to the song contest with its usual broad coverage. There are preliminary reports for the semifinals and the grand finale with the most important information about the event and the acts and their songs. The multimedia ORF.at live ticker for the live stream then comments on what is happening in Malmö every minute for the entire evening of the show. For everyone who can’t follow the action live, ORF.at brings summaries and results of the shows with videos of all performances. ORF.at is devoting a comprehensive review to the grand finale on Sunday.
Streams of the TV broadcasts of the semifinals and the final as well as programs and contributions relating to the ESC are made available on ORF ON and in the ORF TVthek and are also centrally summarized in a separate lane for fans. As in the previous year, Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz will once again comment on the ESC final for FM4 – on the radio and in the video stream on fm4.ORF.at, which will also be available in the ORF TVthek app. And if you would like to review Austria’s artists and songs from the past decades, you can watch and listen to them in the video archive “Austria at the Song Contest”.
The ORF TELETEXT also offers all the important news about artists and shows about the ESC – which can be found in the magazine “Kultur und Show” (pages 107, 110 and from 190).
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on mein.ORF.at
The participation site mein.ORF.at expands the range of offerings relating to the “Eurovision Song Contest” and offers the perfect accompaniment for the event with promotions, competitions and interactive elements (e.g. Andi Knoll’s ESC Bingo and the ESC Scoreboard). TV evening. Fans can show their support for Kaleen with their own WhatsApp sticker packs, Instagram filters and smartphone wallpapers.
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on the ORF social media channels
Idan Hanin is live on location in Malmö and follows the Eurovision Song Contest on social media, including on TikTok and Instagram. There are regular updates on the ORF social media channels from ORF, ORF 1, Hitradio Ö3, Radio FM4 and Zeit im Bild.
The “Eurovision Song Contest 2024” on Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3 takes listeners to the ESC in Sweden:
Ö3 reporter Clemens Stadlbauer reports on all the highlights of this year’s “Eurovision Song Contest” in the current Ö3 program from Malmö. The comedy brother duo Dr. Bohl is with Ö3 at the ESC in Malmö and will report on the Ö3 social media channels from the second semi-final on Thursday, May 9th, in the usual Dr. Bohl style. And shortly before this year’s song contest participant Kaleen flies to Malmö, she will be a guest of Claudia Stöckl on the Ö3 show “Breakfast with Me” (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) on Sunday, April 28th.
Böhmermann and Schulz again for FM4 at the “Eurovision Song Contest”
They do it again! In 2023, the satirist and late-night host Jan Böhmermann and the musician Olli Schulz hosted the song contest live for FM4 for the first time. Now they are ready for the next round – this time live from Malmö. Jan and Olli will comment on the ESC for FM4 together on the final day, May 11th, from 8:45 p.m. on Radio FM4 and in the video stream on fm4.ORF.at and in the ORF TVthek. As a warm-up, the two FM4 hosts Philipp Emberger and Alica Ouschan will have an acoustic pre-party for the event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. FM4 will also report on the semi-final broadcasts during the ESC week from May 6th to 11th. On Thursday, May 9th, FM4 will broadcast a four-hour special broadcast from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. about the second semi-final taking place that day – with entries from Malmö from the final preparations of the Austrian participant Kaleen and of course also from Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz , who are already looking forward to the big finale.
Podcast “Mr. Song Contest meets Merci Chérie” on ORF Sound and ORF ON
In six episodes, “Mr. Song Contest” Andi Knoll the Eurovision podcasters from “Merci, Chérie”, Alkis Vlassakakis and Marco Schreuder. In each episode they discuss insights, analysis, stories and rumors about the Eurovision Song Contest. Whether politics, fans, music or ABBA, every corner of the biggest music show in the world is illuminated – with glitter, fun and lots of music. The three will also give their tips on who will win the ESC 2024. The podcast series concludes with a conclusion after the grand finale. All episodes are available on ORF Sound, on all common podcast platforms and as a video podcast on ORF ON.
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