If the social media platform TikTok decided the race for the first semi-final of the song contest, Austria would still be in the second round. TikTok is the new cooperation partner of the European Broadcasting Union in the Song Contest and has now developed into a very useful forecasting tool for the success of songs. In this respect, it is worth taking a look at which ESC contributions are currently being viewed particularly frequently by users or are being processed into videos. And here we can say: The Austrian duo LUM!X feat. Pia Maria does well.
The betting shops see the two teenagers with their dance techno “Halo” for the 1st semi-final tonight as shaky candidates for promotion to the final. Unlike TikTok. If you look at the number of video views, Austria is 9th in the overall ranking. Only three songs of today’s semi-final are ahead of LUM!X feat. Pia Maria, with Kalush from Ukraine also taking first place in video views, followed by Mahmood & Blanco from Italy.
It looks even better if you look at the number of videos created, i.e. the number of reuses. Austria even moves up to 6th place here. Surprisingly, Malik Harris from Germany, who can be found in the lower ranks of betting shops, is in 1st place.
The 66th Eurovision Song Contest will take place this year in the Pala alpitour hall, which offers space for around 15,000 spectators. During the ESC, however, it bears the name PalaOlimpico without a name sponsor. The first semi-final starts today at 9 p.m.. 17 countries compete, ten qualify for the final.
