Eurovision fans are overjoyed as forgotten Hollywood star makes her comeback hosting the song contest: ‘I can’t get over it!’
It wasn’t just the bizarre and entertaining performances that fans were talking about on Tuesday night after the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final.
But viewers were also delighted when they recognized one of the presenters as a major Hollywood star.
Hostess Swedish actress and presenter Petra Mede was joined for the evening by her co-presenter Malin Akerman and fans quickly recognized the Swedish actress as a Hollywood star.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans shared their surprise when they made the link to where they knew Malin from.
As the realization set in, someone wrote, “I, two hours later, realized that Malin Akerman played Tess in the movie 27 Dresses.”
Eurovision fans were overjoyed when forgotten Hollywood star Malin Akerman made her comeback on Tuesday evening as Eurovision host for the semi-final
Fans quickly recognized the Swedish actress as a Hollywood star known for her role in 27 Dresses (pictured alongside Edward Burns in the 2008 film)
In addition to her breakout roles in The Heartbreak Kid and Watchmen, Malin’s Hollywood resume also includes films such as The Utopian Society (2003), Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) and 27 Dresses (2008).
She also starred in Couples Retreat (2009), Wanderlust (2012) and Rock Of Ages (2012) and Chick Fight (2020).
The star spent four seasons on the hit drama series Billions (2016-2019) and had a recurring role on the comedy series Dollface for two seasons (2019-2022).
The movie star was born in Stockholm, but grew up in Canada and then moved to Los Angeles, where many fans forgot her Swedish background.
Others wrote of their shock: ‘OMG is she playing Juna Milken from the gay cult classic The Comeback presenting the Eurovision Song Contest with Petra!?!?!?! IT IS’
‘Wait a minute…is that MALIN AKERMAN?!!! MALIN AKERMAN FROM TROPHY WOMAN?!!!’; “I thought this host was Malin Akerman from Watchmen and Billions. I can’t get over it!’
“She was one of the main characters in The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow, the Watchmen movie, The Proposal, Billions… it’s Malin Akerman.”
‘#MalinAkerman Co-hosting #Eurovision #Eurovision2024 is a REVELATION!!! Where has she been all this time?!?’; ‘As an actress I have always liked Malin Akerman, but do I love her a little more now that she is involved in the Eurovision Song Contest? Yes!’
Hostess Swedish actress and presenter Petra Mede was joined for the evening by her co-presenter Malin and fans quickly recognized the Swedish actress as a Hollywood star
On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans shared their surprise when they made the link to where they knew Malin from
The movie star was born in Stockholm but grew up in Canada and then moved to Los Angeles, where many fans forgot her Swedish background (pictured in Watchmen 2009)
Malin said of the Eurovision Song Contest presentation: “I can’t really describe my feelings about this. I’m very excited and a little nervous, but in a positive way.
‘I have always loved Eurovision and to be part of this fantastic show with Petra is a dream come true.
“Plus, Petra is one of the funniest women I’ve ever met.”
The first ten acts were confirmed on Tuesday evening after representatives from half the countries took to the stage in Malmö, Sweden to compete for a place in the final.
Ireland takes to the stage with an extraordinary performance and goes straight to the final, with many viewers even predicting that they could win the competition.
She also starred in Couples Retreat in 2009 with Vince Vaughn
The star spent four seasons on the hit drama series Billions (2016-2019) (pictured alongside Damian Lewis), and had a recurring role on the comedy series Dollface for two seasons (2019-2022).
Bambie Thug, 31, a non-binary artist from County Cork, delivered a breathtaking performance of their song Doomsday Blue as they sang while performing a ritual surrounded by candles and was joined on stage by a male dancer wearing demonic makeup and false teeth.
Ireland will also be joined in the final by Serbia’s TEYA DORA, Portugal’s Iolanda, Slovenia’s Raiven and Ukraine’s Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil.
As well as Silvester Belt from Lithuania, Windows95man from Finland, Silia Kapsis from Cyprus, TALI from Luxembourg and Baby Lasagna from Croatia, who are also a big fan favorite.
Unfortunately, however, Australia didn’t do enough when their band Electric Fields was cut in a brutal elimination.
The group, consisting of singer Zaachariaha Fielding and musician Michael Ross, set the stage on fire with their song One milkali (One blood), which contains Yankunytjatjara lyrics – the language of the Anangu people.
They were joined on stage by vocalists Brendan Maclean, Alyson Joyce and Simi Vuata, and didgeridoo player Fred Leone.
Ireland’s Bambie Thug leads the country to the final as Australia exits the competition with a shock result
Sadly, Australia didn’t do enough when their band Electric Fields was brutally eliminated, despite debuting the first ever indigenous performance
Olly Alexander made the heart beat faster when he performed his Eurovision song Dizzy live for the FIRST TIME on Tuesday evening during the semi-finals
It was the first time that indigenous texts had been performed on the Eurovision stage, and also the first time that a contestant had ever played the didgeridoo.
Australia is one of five of the fifteen bands that didn’t make the cut, along with Poland’s Luna, Iceland’s Hera Björk and Azerbaijani FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov and Natalia Barbu from Moldova.
A further 10 will be confirmed on Thursday after the second semi-final, as 20 countries advancing will join the Big Five – Britain, Italy, France, Spain and Germany – who have an automatic place in the final, as do the winners from last year. Sweden.
On Thursday, the remaining countries Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, Armenia, Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands will compete for their place in the second live semi-final.
The Eurovision Song Contest final will be broadcast on BBC One on Saturday at 8pm.