The first Semi-final in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest takes place tonight. Rylan and Scott Mills bring you all the action live from Sweden for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. There’s also coverage with Richie Anderson on BBC Radio 2.
For the first time, “the big 5” will also perform during the semi-finals, even though they’re automatically in Saturday night’s grand final.
Tonight’s Eurovision Semi Final Running Order
1 ๐จ๐พ Cyprus / Silia Kapsis – Liar
2 ๐ท๐ธ Serbia / TEYA DORA – RAMONDA
3 ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania / Silvester Belt – Luktelk
4 ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland / Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom / Olly Alexander – Dizzy
5 ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine / alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria
6 ๐ต๐ฑ Poland / LUNA – The Tower
7 ๐ญ๐ท Croatia / Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim
8 ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland / Hera Bjรถrk – Scared of Heights
ย ๐ฉ๐ช Germany / ISAAK – Always On The Run
9 ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia / Raiven – Veronika
10 ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland / Windows95man – No Rules!
11 ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova / Natalia Barbu – In The Middle
๐ธ๐ช Sweden / Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable
12 ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan / FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – รzรผnlษ Apar
13 ๐ฆ๐บ Australia / Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood)
14 ๐ต๐น Portugal / iolanda – Grito
15 ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg / TALI – Fighter
Christer Bjรถrkman, Contest Producer, commented:
โIt’s a very good year! Itโs playful with high energy and very fun to work with! Above that, all participating countries have great ideas, which makes it extremely inspiring for us on the Contest team.
In addition, we are so thrilled now that The Big Five and Sweden get to show themselves fully in the Semi-Finals. They are fully integrated into the shows which gives them the chance to grow into the Grand Final.โ