We have our first set of 10 qualifiers for Saturday night’s Grand Final
The First Semi-Final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest has now come to its exciting conclusion after being broadcast to us live from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna. The 70th Contest now has 10 more songs to compete in the Grand Final on Saturday 16 May.
The First Semi-Final qualifiers
(Songs are listed in order of their announcement)
🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – Ferto
🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius x 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
All of the artists that competed at the First Semi-Final this evening put all their creativity and energy into their performances on the Eurovision stage, and are worthy of applause.
With all the celebration around our qualifiers comes a little disappointed too. The five entries that did not qualify this evening are (in order of performance):
🇵🇹 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 – Superstar
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If you missed the First Semi-Final you can catch it on our YouTube channel (if available in your region). You can also watch all of the performances on one handy playlist!
How the result was decided
The Semi-Final result was determined through a mixture of a jury vote and a public vote, from audiences all across the world, with a 50% weighting given to each.
The public vote took place during the live broadcast of the show. The 15 participating countries, as well as Italy and Germany, were voting in this Semi Final.
The 10 qualifiers will join the qualifiers from the Second Semi-Final (on Thursday 14 May), as well as the Big 4 (France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom) plus reigning Contest champions Austria, in the Grand Final on Saturday 16 May.
If you want to vote in the Second Semi-Final or the Grand Final, you can find all the details right here.