The second semi-final has now take place, where a total of 18 songs have taken to the stage to fight for the last 10 spots in the Eurovision Grand Final for 2017. The 10 qualifiers were:
Bulgaria: Beautiful Mess by Kristian Kostov
Belarus: Story of My Life by Naviband
Croatia: My Friend by Jacques Houdek
Hungary: Origo by Joci Pápai
Denmark: Where I Am by Anja
Israel: I Feel Alive by IMRI
Romania: Yodel It! by Ilinka ft. Alex Florea
Norway: Grab The Moment by JOWST
The Netherlands: Lights and Shadows by OG3NE
Austria: Running On Air by Nathan Trent
This means that the following songs end their Eurovision journey in the semi-final:
Serbia: In Too Deep by Tijana Bogićević
F.Y.R. Macedonia: Dance Alone by Jana Burčeska
Malta: Breathlessly by Claudia Faniello
Ireland: Dying To Try by Brendan Murray
San Marino: Spirit of the Night by Valentina Monett and Jimmie Wilson
Switzerland: Apollo by Timebelle
Lithuania: Rain Of Revolution by Fusedmarc
Estonia: Verona by Koit Toome & Laura
With all 20 qualifiers chosen, we now also know the running order for the Grand Final, taking place on Saturday night, or Sunday morning for Aussies! These 20 will join the Big 5, Spain, UK, Germany, Italy and France, as well as the host country Ukraine in the final. Each act selected their ‘half’ of the show at random, and then the final order was decided by the show’s producers.
Here is the running order:
Israel
Poland
Belarus
Austria
Armenia
The Netherlands
Moldova
Hungary
Italy
Denmark
Portugal
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Australia
Greece
Spain
Norway
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Romania
Germany
Ukraine
Belgium
Sweden
Bulgaria
France
Are you happy with tonight’s qualifiers? Who do you want to win the 2017 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest?