The qualifiers from the Semi-Final One of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 have been revealed.
The First Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place this evening at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. Fifteen artists performed live, each hoping they had done enough to gain support from viewers across Europe. In the end, only ten acts could make it through to Saturday’s Grand Final. The qualifiers were chosen by juries and the public in seventeen countries, plus the Rest of the World voters online.
The ten qualifiers from Semi-Final One in order of announcement, are as follows:
🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – “Ferto”
🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius and 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 Ceecah – “Sólo quiero más”
🇵🇱 Poland: Alicja – “Pray”
The acts out of the contest are:
🇬🇪 Georgia: Bzikebi – “On Replay”
🇸🇲 San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George – “Superstar”
🇵🇹 Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – “Rosa”
🇲🇪 Montenegro: Tamara Živković – “Nova zora”
🇪🇪 Estonia: Vanilla Ninja – “Too Epic to Be True”
This year sees the semi-final qualifiers announcement revert back to the traditional approach, with the hosts revealing each act individually in a random order.
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 takes place on Thursday at 21:00 CEST.
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