Tonight is the night. The first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is going to take place at the EXPO Tel Aviv in Israel. Seventeen acts will be battling for just ten tickets to the Grand Final. Who do our editors think will make it?
Three unanimous picks
26 members of the ESCXTRA.com Team have sent in their predictions for tonight. Each of the members was asked to name their ten qualifiers in no particuliar order.
The team agreed unanimously on three qualifiers. These three were the hot favourites if we’re following the odds: Greece, Cyprus and Australia. The three ladies from these countries were picked by each of our editors. At the other end of the board, no one believes Montenegro will make it, with only one editor thinking Finland will qualify. No other act scored less than five votes.
Full predictions
The table below displays the prediction from each of our editors. You can check out their individual choices below!
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| Ryan Cobb | Rigmo Kannike | Constantinos Christou | Oliver Lewis | Miki Gligorov | Aivis Indāns | Natalie Walpole |
| Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Belgium | Belgium | Belarus | Cyprus | Cyprus | Belgium | Cyprus |
| Cyprus | Cyprus | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Cyprus | Czech Republic |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Greece | Greece | Czech Republic | Estonia |
| Estonia | Greece | Greece | Hungary | Hungary | Greece | Finland |
| Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Iceland | Iceland | Hungary | Greece |
| Hungary | Iceland | Poland | Poland | Poland | Iceland | Hungary |
| Iceland | Poland | Portugal | Portugal | Portugal | Poland | Iceland |
| Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | San Marino |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | Slovenia | Slovenia | Slovenia | Slovenia | Serbia |
| Nick van Lith | Tom Ryan | Dimitris Ioannou | Nathan Waddell | Tom O’Donoghue | Lisa Bird | Isaac Sturtridge |
| Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Belgium | Belarus | Cyprus | Belarus | Belarus | Belarus | Belgium |
| Cyprus | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Belgium | Belgium | Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Georgia | Cyprus | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Estonia |
| Estonia | Estonia | Greece | Estonia | Czech Republic | Estonia | Greece |
| Greece | Greece | Hungary | Georgia | Estonia | Greece | Hungary |
| Hungary | Hungary | Iceland | Greece | Greece | Hungary | Iceland |
| Poland | Iceland | Poland | Hungary | Hungary | Iceland | San Marino |
| San Marino | San Marino | Serbia | Poland | Iceland | Poland | Serbia |
| Serbia | Serbia | Slovenia | Slovenia | Poland | Serbia | Slovenia |
| Angelos Noutsos | Danny Ni | Matt Baker | Wivian Renee Kristiansen | Tim Jumawan | Hlynur Sigurðsson | Sami Luukela |
| Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Cyprus | Cyprus | Belarus | Belgium | Belarus | Cyprus | Belgium |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Cyprus | Cyprus | Belgium | Estonia | Cyprus |
| Estonia | Estonia | Czech Rep | Czech Republic | Cyprus | Georgia | Czech Republic |
| Georgia | Georgia | Estonia | Greece | Czech Republic | Greece | Estonia |
| Greece | Greece | Greece | Hungary | Greece | Hungary | Greece |
| Hungary | Hungary | Hungary | Iceland | Hungary | Iceland | Hungary |
| Iceland | Iceland | Iceland | Poland | Iceland | Poland | Iceland |
| Serbia | Serbia | Portugal | Portugal | San Marino | Serbia | San Marino |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Slovenia | Serbia |
| Luke Fisher | Edward Montebello | Vincent Mazoyer | Rodrigo Romero Hidalgo | Luke Malam | ||
| Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | Australia | ||
| Belgium | Belarus | Cyprus | Belgium | Belarus | ||
| Cyprus | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Cyprus | Cyprus | ||
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Georgia | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | ||
| Estonia | Greece | Greece | Greece | Estonia | ||
| Greece | Hungary | Hungary | Hungary | Greece | ||
| Hungary | Iceland | Iceland | Iceland | Hungary | ||
| Iceland | Portugal | Portugal | Poland | Iceland | ||
| Serbia | Serbia | San Marino | Portugal | Poland | ||
| Slovenia | Slovenia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia |
Who are our ten qualifiers?
We know Australia, Cyprus and Greece were the three top choices from our ESCXTRA.com Team. But who would also qualify according to them? Check it out below!
| Country | Entry | Number of votes |
| 1. Australia | Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity | 26 |
| 2. Greece | Katerine Duska – Better Love | 26 |
| 3. Cyprus | Tamta – Replay | 26 |
| 4. Hungary | Joci Pápai – Az Én Apám | 25 |
| 5.Serbia | Nevena Božović – Kruna | 24 |
| 6. Iceland | Hatari – Hatrið Mun Sigra | 24 |
| 7.Czech Republic | Lake Malawi – Friend Of A Friend | 23 |
| 8.Estonia | Victor Crone – Storm | 15 |
| 9.Poland | Tulia – Pali Się (Fire Of Love) | 14 |
| 10.Slovenia | Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – Sebi | 14 |
| 11.Belgium | Eliot – Wake Up | 12 |
| 12.Belarus | ZENA – Like It | 9 |
| 13.Portugal | Conan Osíris – Telemóveis | 8 |
| 14.San Marino | Serhat – Say Na Na Na | 7 |
| 15.Georgia | Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going | 6 |
| 16.Finland | Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman – Look Away | 1 |
| 17.Montenegro | D Mol – Heaven | 0 |
Who do you tihnk will qualify tonight? Let us know what you think!
