Nemo triumphs at the Malmö Arena. According to the Croatian Baby Lasagna
Of Marco Castoro,
May 12, 2024
With the ongoing wars, politics comes in full force on music. The activist even returned to the streets Greta Thunberg to contest Israel’s presence in the Eurovision Song Contest. The slogan ‘United By Music’ was not enough to keep conflicts and protests out of the singing competition. Already last year, Ukraine received sympathetic treatment due to the situation it is experiencing. This year there was the Israel case and the protests from those who support Palestine and cry out about the ongoing genocide. Singer Eden Golan was loudly booed by the audience at the Malmo Arena. It is no coincidence that the juries ran the risk of mixing “artistic” reasons with political ones. By not voting or by voting for the Israeli singer, there was a risk of being seen as pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli. Unfortunately, Italy, also due to the large number of votes that ended up being viewed and the high percentage obtained by the Israeli Golan, fell into the sea of controversy, ending up disfavoring Angelina Mango, who was not voted for by many because the percentages expressed by Italian voters were appeared too pro-Israel. Mango didn’t even get a first place from the quality juries. At most second place from the juries of San Marino, Austria, Albania and Moldova. The Swiss Nemo obtained 12 first place points from 21 juries of the 37 that voted.or. And he also confirmed his primacy in televoting. Second place for the Croatian Baby Lasagna, seventh place for Angelina Mango.
In this regard, it should be underlined that on the eve of the final Angelina Mango also dropped in the bookmakers’ quotations, while the Israeli jumped to second place, behind the Croatian favorite Baby Lasagna. A shame because Angelina Mango could have also attempted to climb to the podium because her number was liked, she inflamed the audience, she sang and danced putting on two high quality performances in which the hand of Mecnun Giasar, aka Majnoon, was seen . The choreographer who in the past has collaborated with other huge stars such as Madonna, Rosalìa and Bts. In Malmö Majnoon also curated the performance of the Greek Marina Satti. There were 25 and not 26 countries that performed at the Malmö Arena. The representative of the Netherlands, singer Joost Klein, was excluded from the final because the Swedish police launched an investigation into a complaint lodged by a woman from the production team following an incident that occurred after their performance in the semi-final on Thursday evening . The quality juries and the spectators voted via televoting.
