These are the world’s reactions to the artist’s participation in Eurovision 2024: “Iolanda sings with soul”

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Iolanda was the big surprise of the first Eurovision 2024 Semifinal. The international public is captivated by the Portuguese artist.

Summary:

Iolanda was one of the big winners of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024, standing out with a solid and soul-filling performance;
Today the Second Semi-Final of the festival takes place but the world is still reacting to his performance, some say it could be a surprise;
The Portuguese artist will participate in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 next Saturday, May 11th.

Iolanda was one of the Finalists to emerge from the first Semi-Final of the festival and was one of the first names to be called. The Portuguese song stood out for its simplicity and the artist’s powerful voice, amidst several repetitive performances and eccentric themes, “Grito” was literally a scream against the current, an authentic breath of fresh air.

Portuguese fans have already known about Iolanda’s talent since the 2024 Song Festival, but it is only now that the Eurovision community has noticed the artist that Portugal took to the festival. All over the world, there are very positive reactions to Iolanda’s performancethere are those who point to the Portuguese representative as the “big surprise of Eurovision 2024”.

The world surrendered to the Portuguese representative

Social media within the festival community left, for the most part, full of praise for Iolanda’s performance and music. On the popular Instagram page, eurovisionw, several fans showed their support for Portugal in the post’s comments about the first finalists. Among the various comments, they congratulate Portugal and users are happy for Iolanda’s passage to the final. On the festival’s official page, the comments are equally positive, where you can read, “art is finally perceived”, “what music, the best”, “Iolanda sings with her soul”among other comments of the same nature.

Today, from 10:39 pm (Mainland Portugal), on RTP1, the Second Semi-Final of Eurovision will take place with representatives from Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, Armenia, Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia , Israel, Norway and the Netherlands.

During the festival, we spoke to several of the competitors and you can read all the interviews below!