As Olly Alexander took to the stage in Malmo, Sweden for his first live performance of Dizzy at the Semi Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday evening, fans all said the same thing after he sparked concern.
The 33-year-old is representing the UK for the iconic song contest and was joined by a group of hunky shirtless dancers as they performed to the fun track on stage.
The singer wore a white vest top with cut outs and some red velvet trousers as he commanded the stage with his male back-up dancers. However, fans pointed out that his vocals weren’t quite up to the mark and rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their opinions.
One viewer said: “I thought we might have a chance of winning Eurovision this year because Dizzy is an amazing song, but I’m struggling to understand how an experienced artist like Olly Alexander could perform it so badly. Something went seriously wrong with his vocals.”
Another Eurovision enthusiast expressed: “Olly Alexander needs to work on his vocals by Saturday if the UK stands any chance of being on the left side of the #Eurovision leaderboard! Phenomenal staging and imagery, but very shaky vocals…”
Somebody else penned: “If Olly Alexander had concentrated less on the staging and more on the vocals it might not have been so dreadful. #Eurovision.”
Despite fans not being too pleased with the vocals, some were impressed with the staging and the clever camera work during his performance.
One person said: “Well, Olly’s vocals were a little dodgy in places, but that staging was superb. What an ending. #Eurovision2024 #uk.”
The performer previously admitted he didn’t think he’d be able to go all the way and win the song contest in Sweden.
He told The Times: “I’m probably not going to win.” Olly said getting in the top half would be an achievement, adding: “That’d be good. But the performance is challenging so success will be not falling over and managing to hit the high note.”
Speaking about signing up for Eurovision, he shared: “It’s fun. The drama. But also I’m ten years into my music career and I haven’t had a big hit for a while.
“I’m not Dua Lipa — I’m not streaming crazy amounts — and this is a route to lots of people hearing your song.”
The Eurovision Song Contest final airs on Saturday at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
