Semi finals

16 countries took part in the first semi-final. Australia, Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final. Ten songs qualified for the final Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01  Moldova English Eduard Romanyuta "I Want Your...

Albania, Armenia, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Estonia, Georgia, Serbia and Belgium proceed to Gate 27, please… Moldova, Netherlands, Finland, Macedonia, Belarus and Denmark… go back...

This afternoon’s rehearsal as seen from the press centre!!! A sublime opening with the graphic of the Building Bridges logo being formed from lighted shots...

Little beer in the pub next door to the arena and I’m struggling to call the ten qualifiers… RUSSIA ESTONIA Dead certs and potential winners… Then we have...

Yes, myself and our good chum John Stanton from Eurovision Ireland will be guiding you through this afternoons shenanigans…. I bet you can’t wait!!! 14.52.17...

Not sure I’ll find time to do this for semi 2 as well, but let’s get my thoughts in some sort of order. POTENTIAL WINNERS Realistically,...

Lots of things have gone on that I Can't tell you about, suffice to say that Porridge is lovely and Norman Stanley Fletcher needs...

Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom also voted in this semi-final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 Malta English Firelight "Coming Home" 9 63 02 Israel English, Hebrew Mei Finegold "Same Heart" 14 19 03 Norway English Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 6 77 04 Georgia English The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" 15 15 05 Poland Polish, English Donatan...

You asked for it! Well, maybe not but you're getting it anyway. Enjoy our experts' views on the 10 lucky(?) songs that made it...

Gosh it's almost a full house this afternoon for this run through. Nearly had to rolling blog standing up dear reader! Straight into this semi...