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Live Blog: First Semi-Final 2023

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Vesna performed My Sister’s Crown for Czechia at the First Semi-Final at Liverpool Arena Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

The interval fun continues…

It takes a while to count the votes, so there’s plenty of time for some fun stuff. That means Alesha chatting to Timur Miroshnychenko in the commentary box, an unexpected visit from Ireland’s 2008 entry Dustin The Turkey in the Green Room, and 2015 winner/2016 presenter Måns Zelmerlöw playing a Eurovision guessing game with Filomena Cautela, who was one of the presenters in Lisbon in 2018. If you’re new to Eurovision, literally none of this will make sense. Embrace it anyway, we're here all week.