The Second Semi Final of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest took place tonight in Stockholm and what a Semi it was. From start to finish, Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw but on an amazing show. Well done to the host broadcaster SVT, I’m really looking forward to Saturdays show! (I especially liked Mans here…)
The show started off with an amazing opening act on “What is Eurovision?” Do watch it, it reminded me of the interval act from 2013, the Swedish Smörgåsbord also starring Petra.
We also got a bit of history of the Eurovision Song Contest in the form of Numbers which amazed the nerds like me…
So on to the qualifiers. The ten countries that made it to the Grand Final are:
- Latvia
- Georgia
- Bulgaria
- Australia
- Ukraine
- Serbia
- Poland
- Israel
- Lithuania
- Belgium
So hard luck to Ireland, Switzerland, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, Denmark, Norway and Albania who don’t make it through.
For those wondering I got 9/10 again on my predictions! Damn you Georgia!
We shall find out the running order for the final tomorrow ahead of the Jury Final tomorrow night. Join me again on the @UCCExpress Twitter account for some views and opinions on the final which will air at 8pm on Saturday Night on RTÉ One with Marty Whelan and on BBC One with Graham Norton.
