The first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 has just concluded, and we now have the ten qualifiers of the evening, who will go to Eurovision!
The first ten finalists
The ten finalists were announced in a “random” order, using the pre-2025 format : one announcement at a time.
They are, in the order of reveal (which is not the ranking):
- 🇬🇷 Greece – Akylas – “Ferto”
- 🇫🇮 Finland – Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen – “Liekinheitin”
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – Essyla – “Dancing on the Ice”
- 🇸🇪 Sweden – Felicia – “My System”
- 🇲🇩 Moldova – Satoshi – “Viva Moldova!”
- 🇮🇱 Israel – Noam Bettan – “Michelle”
- 🇷🇸 Serbia – Lavina – “Kraj Mene”
- 🇭🇷 Croatia – LELEK – “Andromeda”
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Lion Ceccah – “Sólo quiero más”
- 🇵🇱 Poland – ALICJA – “Pray”
Unfortunately, not all could make it through. The five acts that did not advance to the grand final are:
- 🇵🇹 Portugal – Bandidos do Cante – “Rosa”
- 🇬🇪 Georgia – Bzikebi – “On Replay”
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Tamara Živković – “Nova Zora”
- 🇪🇪 Estonia – Vanilla Ninja – “Too Epic To Be True”
- 🇸🇲 San Marino – Senhit feat. Boy George – “Superstar”
Two of the five automatic qualifiers, Italy and Germany, performed and voted in the first semi-final. They will return to the stage Saturday, May 18 for the Grand Final.
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