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Did you enjoy the first semifinal? Did you favourite crash and burn or soar to new heights? Following the show, the ten qualifiers got to draw when they would perform in Saturday’s Grand Final – first or second half, or ‘producer’s choice’ meaning they’ll fit where logistics work best.
| Iceland | Væb | “Róa” | First Half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | Justyna Steczkowska | “Gaja” | Producer’s Choice |
| Estonia | Tommy Cash | “Espresso Macchiato” | Producer’s Choice |
| Ukraine | Ziferblat | “Bird of Pray” | First Half |
| Sweden | KAJ | “Bara bada bastu” | Producer’s Choice |
| Portugal | Napa | “Deslocado” | Second Half |
| Norway | Kyle Alessandro | “Lighter” | Producer’s Choice |
| San Marino | Gabry Ponte | “Tutta l’Italia” | Producer’s Choice |
| Albania | Shkodra Elektronike | “Zjerm” | Second Half |
| Netherlands | Claude | “C’est la vie” | Producer’s Choice |
Additionally, Spain gets to perform in the first half of the show. Italy was assigned ‘producer’s choice’. On 17 March 2025, during the Heads of Delegation meeting, Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 19.
Post match analysis with Mr Phil
Well that was certainly a thing wasn’t it dear reader?! – Just goes to show that the grand old lady that is this contest can throw up enough surprises for everyone. She certainly surprised me, I only scored 6/10 and the mathematical minimum is five!
I mean where does one start with this lot? The first surprise for me (and my adjacent pals) was Norway. Kyle was flat on the high notes and the lyrics mean nothing and yet someone, somewhere, spent money on him and voted him through to the final. He’s gonna have to get better.
The same could be said about Iceland. I’m personally really glad that the boys got through cos they have played the game magnificently from beginning to end but does it deserve to go through? – For all we know it could be in 10th place but even so, they now have a shot at the big prize. (Narrator : No, no they don’t)
Belgium was the biggest shock of the night not qualifying. They were all for winning it and last night he was good enough to qualify. However, this afternoon he started to wobble on some of the notes and the whole act seems not to have cut through. I guess not everyone who watches the Eurovision is a 20 yr old twink that goes to clubs – who’d have thunk it?!
Ukraine are probably going to be thought of as “the country who’s diaspora is spread the widest” and that could well be true with this one. I don’t think it qualified on merit, and it could be argued it qualified instead of Belgium when you take a long look at things? Mind you, Portugal would be a close second. A song with no redeeming features whatsoever!
Cyprus we here could all see failing a mile off. From the leaked rehearsal footage and his dodgy vocal to last night with his dodgy vocal to this afternoon… well you get the picture. Vitruvian man is well and truly downed because the song is such a piece of pretentious nonsense – I mean listen to the lyrics like Europe did!
Seven qualifiers were from the first half of the draw (1-8) including Poland breaking part of the curse of number two, which is good and the last three qualifiers were all drawn together as well (11-13). Also, did anyone else notice the filling that was taking place in the green room? – conspiracy theories abound on the Oneurope group chat about late voting results or shenanigans taking place but as Martin is not allowed to talk to Europe any more from his bunker, he must know something?!?
Of the Automatic qualifiers, Spain is brilliant and that’s a phrase I rarely say on here – Top 5 I reckon. Italy was gorgeously crafted and Switzerland was beautiful, apart from the mistake with the camera.
Same time again on Wednesday for another live blog?! – I’d think so!
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