Having finished with the 15 countries in semi final 1, we move to the first country in semi final 2. It is Denmark’s Reiley who will open the show with his up-tempo bop Breaking My Heart.

Reiley comes from the remote Faroe Islands, which has a population of about 10% the size of Liverpool. But he’s also a HUGE star on TikTok, with nearly 11 million followers, which is Denmark and Norway combined.

The Danish entry is definitely one of the more contemporary tracks in this year’s Eurovision, and the Eurovision.tv staff are having a little bop in the Green Room. Reiley’s set is a really clever three-pronged revolving structure – each turn presents a room in a different colour as he moves through the doorways, making good use of the LED floor and projected graphics too. The visuals flow from swirling clouds to hearts and emojis – it’s fun and cute and gives the whole performance a dreamlike quality. Very Gen Z, but right now everyone in the arena is smiling.

This is also one of several songs this year about hearts, broken or otherwise.

Stephan Herholdt has designed a promo CD of the Danish entry for ESC Covers and here it is.