Social media reacts after Bambie Thug blows roof off Eurovision semi-final

Ireland's Eurovision hopeful Bambie Thug blasted the roof off the Malmö Arena during Tuesday night's Eurovision Song Contest semi-final with an electrifying performance of their "genre-defying" track Doomsday Blue.

The 31-year-old Cork native was the fourth act to take to the stage following performances by Cyprus, Serbia and Lithuania.

Earlier on Tuesday, Bambie was touted as the fifth favourite to win the competition outright following a whirlwind month which saw them float about before breaking into the top 10 and then moving to the current dizzying heights they find themselves.

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Tuesday's semi-final performance by Bambie was met with what was easily the loudest applause of the night, as those in attendance wholeheartedly vaunted Ireland's Eurovision hopeful owing to their dynamic rendition of their electro-metal hit.

Bambie opened up their act in an eccentric black ensemble consisting of a voluminous skirt of black feathers and a black headdress with two horns and shoes that snaked around their legs. Towards the end, this was all stripped down to reveal a leotard of interlocking cut out shapes in pinks and blues in the colours of the Trans flag.

Bambie Thug with song Doomsday Blue representing Ireland performs on stage during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday night.
(Image: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/REX/Shutterstock)

Social media users are losing their minds at the performance, it would seem, as one overseas user wrote on X: "Can't believe that I just witnessed the best 30 seconds in Eurovision history and that coming from Ireland? I AM BLOWN AWAY."

Another wrote excitedly: "NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THIS IS WINNER MATERIAL."

One user struck a more composed but very optimistic tone, saying: "If you had told me this was Ireland’s staging 10 years ago, I’d have laughed. but wow, this year’s performance is out of this world."

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