Eurovision Song Contest: ESC: Favorites are cool and Tynna wears a kind of wedding dress

With the best May weather, Basel opened the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) with an exuberant parade through the city. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets along a 1.3 km long turquoise carpet from the town hall to the exhibition center. Singers stepped out of the town hall like on a fashion running bridge, in front of the district president Conradin Cramer.

The hope of Germany is the Austrian sibling duo Abor and Tynna with the song “Baller”. Tynna stepped onto the catwalk in a white, bridal -like dress with a train.

From Tuesday it will only be serious

The stars drove along the enthusiastic spectators with historical trams to the Eurovision Village in the exhibition center, where the whole next week is party. The delegations were accompanied by traditional costume and music clubs and many costumes of the clubs, which otherwise celebrate the legendary Basel carnival every year after Ash Wednesday.

The actual ESC competition starts on Tuesday with the first semi-finals. Germany appears in the second semi -final on Thursday, but out of competition: the countries with the five largest broadcasters are automatically qualified for the final, as well as hosts Switzerland. The other 31 countries have to prevail for the other 20 final places in the semi -finals.

The betting shops have been acting as favorites for weeks. The three guys who come from Finland and sing funny about the joys of the sauna session were relaxed in Basel with the favorite role. “If we win, the Finns could complain as a victory, but Sweden has to pay for the start of the next ESC,” they said happily when they arrived at the Eurovision Village.

Many clips are already circulating on social media, in which people imitate dance performances with a sauna towel from the video for the Swedish song “Bara Badu Bastu”.