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Fans clearly madeEurovision: The Story of Fire Saga.
(Its also somehow managed to create one of the most incomprehensible voting systems outside the Electoral College.)
So weve compiled a quick guide to all the appearances and references that lendEurovisiona sense of authentic drama.
Apologies to those fans.)
Lundvik finished fifth in Tel Avivs 2019 competition withToo Late for Love.
His backing singers,The Mamas, were set to represent Sweden in 2020.
In the film, she joins Lundvik on Believe in the song-along.
Bilal Hassani (France)
Bilal Hassani is a French singer-songwriter and YouTube star.
He performed Roi in Tel Aviv and finished 16th.
Hes the blonde in the glasses and fringe in the song-along.
He joins Loreen as she walks out into the garden during the song-along.
He plays the fiddle as everyone starts singing Ray of Light in the song-along.
She gets a happier cameo in the movie, starting Waterloo in the song-along.
Elina Nechayeva (Estonia)
Nechayeva finished eighth in 2018 with her operatic ballad La Forza.
Shes the singer in the white dress (without a beard) in the song-along.
Conchita, her beard, and her abs team up with Elina Nechayeva in the song-along.
She can be seen exiting a car and starting off I Gotta Feeling in the song-along.
He plays himself in the press box and throughout the movies competition.
Hes at the end of the row of commentators reporting on the semifinals in the movie.
ABBA
Before the musical, before the museum, the foursome won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo.
They are heavily referenced throughout the story.
with Hard Rock Hallelujah in 2006.
In the film, Moon Fang, from Belarus, pays homage to Lordi in the first semifinal.
(Russias official policy of homophobia doesnt extend to exploiting queer communities for Eurovision glory.)
Unfortunately, he couldnt overcome Russias massive unpopularity for doing things likepersecuting its LGBTQIA residentsand invading Crimea.
Mita Xenakis/Eleni Foureira
Mita Xenakis (Melissanthi Mahut) should have been from Cyprus, not Greece.
Why?Thisis Eleni Foureira.
Sometimes it involves an obscure traditional instrument or horn, sometimes its an act like DenmarksRasmussen.
Global pop music has Robyn, so the Eurovision universe gets the Vikings.
Its part of the deal made long ago in the fjords.
This performance was enough for sixth place.
The hamster wheel doesnt have the same lucky effect when Fire Saga performs in the movies semifinal though.
If sparks arent erupting during a live performance, theres probably fire in the official video.
More than one act has brought out aburning piano.
There may be vests, but they dont stay on for long.
Eurovision hasnt evolved very far beyond what older millennials probably heard at roller skating rinks.
Despite global pop musics reputation as music by and for youth, Eurovision loves old people.
A human cannot feel anything but love forBuranovskiye Babushki.
He had the good sense to notperform swingin the 21st century.
