After 41 years there will be another Eurovision Song Contest from the Netherlands tonight. In the first semifinal from the Rotterdam Ahoy, sixteen countries will be covered, ten of which will advance to Saturday’s final. Tonight we will see Lithuania, Russia, Cyprus and Ukraine, among others. In addition, Malta will also make an appearance, they are a top favorite with the bookmakers.
The show is hosted by Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager. The semi-finals will be opened by Duncan Laurence with Feel Something. After the songs it is time for the interval acts with videos with former participants, a part How Not To Win Eurovision with Nikkie de Jager, but the main part consists of a performance by Davina Michelle and Thekla Reuten under the title The Power of Water. During this semi-final we also see fragments of the songs from Italy, Germany and the Netherlands that are already directly in the final. These candidates performed on Monday evening during the jury final. Those performances will also be online afterwards.
Tonight’s result is based on 50% jury and 50% televoting. The jury was already watching last night and determined the votes based on that. The TV audiences from the sixteen participating countries, along with those from Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, will vote tonight. Tonight, only the ten finalists will be announced in no particular order. The full results will follow after the final.
Starting order 1st semifinal:
- Lithuania: The Roop – Discoteque
- Slovenia: Ana Soklič – Amen
- Russia: Manizha – Russkaya Zhenschina
- Sweden: Tusse – Voices
- Australia: Montaigne – Technicolor
- North Macedonia: Vasil – Here I Stand
- Ireland: Lesley Roy – MAPS
- Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou – El Diablo
- Norway: TIX – Fallen Angel
- Croatia: Albina – Tick Tock
- Belgium: Hooverphonic – The wrong place
- Israel: Eden Alene – Set Me Free
- Romania: Roxen – Amnesia
- Azerbaijan: Samira Efendi – Mata Hari
- Ukraine: Go_A – Shum
- Malta: Destiny – Je Me Casse