Article by Melanie Dillmann
The 68th Eurovision Song Contest came to an eventful conclusion last month and the participants have their names forever recorded in history.
The Contest is a fantastic way for artists to promote their music to a global audience and build fans who will support them beyond Malmö.
With this in mind, we tracked down the Instagram accounts of our 2024 alumni to see who is the most followed.
Some artists already went into Eurovision with large fan base while some gained a following along the way.
So from the 37 participating countries and 40 artists, here are the rankings in reverse order.
Top 40
40. Hera Björk @herabjork (Iceland) 10.5K followers
39. Ilkin Dovlatov @ilkindovlatov (Azerbaijan) 12.2K followers
38. SABA @saba0o (Denmark) 14.6K followers
37. FAHREE @itsfahree (Azerbaijan) 16.2K followers
36. Puuluup @puuluupband (Estonia) 17K followers
35. Sarah Bonnici @sarah.bonnici_ (Malta) 25.6K followers
34. Electric Fields @electricfields_music (Australia) 26.2K followers
33. Aiko @aikomakesmusic (Czechia) 29.5K followers
32. Natalia Barbu @nataliabarbu_official (Moldova) 34.7K followers
31. Gåte @gaate_official (Norway) 37.8K followers
Interestingly, 8 out of the 10 artists with the fewest Instagram followers, failed to qualify for the Grand Final.
Top 30
30. MEGARA @wearemegara (San Marino) 38.6K followers
29. Mustii @mustiimusic (Belgium) 39.1K followers
28. 5MIINUST @5miinust (Estonia) 47.8K followers
27. Kaleen @kaleenmusic (Austria) 51.1K followers
26. ISAAK @isaak.music (Germany) 51.2K followers
25. iolanda @iolandamusic (Portugal) 51.7K followers
24. TALI @taligolergant (Luxembourg) 59.9K followers
23. Raiven @raivenofficial (Slovenia) 60.3K followers
22. Windows95man @windows95man (Finland) 67.6K followers
21. LUNA @musicofluna (Poland) 74.3K followers
30 to 21 revealed all the remaining Grand Final non-qualifiers except for BESA. iolanda also proved you don’t need a large Instagram following to make the top 10 in a Eurovision Grand Final.
Top 20
20. Nebulossa @nebulossa_oficial (Spain) 84K followers
19. Silia Kapsis @silia_kapsis (Cyprus) 90.4K followers
18. Silvester Belt @silvesterbelt (Lithuania) 114K followers
17. Dons @dons_lv (Latvia) 130K followers
16. TEYA DORA @iamteyadora (Serbia) 135K followers
15. LADANIVA @landaniva.ladaniva (Armenia) 156K followers
14. Bambie Thug @bambiethug (Ireland) 255K followers
13. Marina Satti @marina_satti (Greece) 336K followers
12. Eden Golan @golaneden (Israel) 400k followers
11. Baby Lasagna @the_baby_lasagna (Croatia) 449K followers
Top 10
10. BESA @besaofficial (Albania) 453K followers
9. Nemo @nemothings (Switzerland) 469K followers
8. alyona alyona @alyona.alyona.official (Ukraine) 498K followers
7. Olly Alexander @ollyalexanderr (United Kingdom) 788K followers
6. Jerry Heil @thejerryheil (Ukraine) 823K followers
10 to 6 featured the Grand Final winner, Nemo and 3rd place recipients, Ukrainian duo alyona alyona & Jerry Heil.
Top 5
5. Nutsa Bazaladze @nutsabuza (Georgia) 1M followers
4. Marcus & Martinus @marcusandmartinus (Sweden) 1.4M followers
3. Angelina Mango @angelinamango_ (Italy) 1.5M followers
2. Slimane @slimane (France)1.6M followers
The Top 5 revealed three Top 10 Grand Final finishers, Marcus & Martinus, Angelina Mango and Slimane.
The winner
Who is number one? Who has the most Instagram followers out of all the 2024 Participants?
1. Joost Klein @joostklein (Netherlands) 1.8M followers
Joost Klein, who was controversially disqualified from the Grand Final, has 200,000 more followers than the next closest participant.
For many this will only add to the speculation, “How might Joost Klein’s inclusion in the Grand Final have altered the outcome?” The answer to that question, we will never know.
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