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Eurovision 2023: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers

11 May 2023 at 23:08 CEST
All the action from the Green Room during the Eurovision 2023 Second Semi-Final in Liverpool Corinne Cumming / EBU
The Second Semi-Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest has drawn to a close at Liverpool Arena in the United Kingdom, and we now have our final set of 10 qualifiers for Saturday night’s Grand Final.

During a TikTok live on the official Eurovision Song Contest account, before the start of the Press Conference following the Live Show, each qualifying country’s act randomly drew the half of the running order that they will perform in during the Grand Final.

You can watch all performance on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

Eurovision Song Contest 2023: Second Semi-Final Qualifiers:

All the action from the Green Room during the Eurovision 2023 Second Semi-Final in Liverpool
Corinne Cumming / EBU


(Acts are listed in order of their announcement)

🇦🇱 Albania | Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje (First Half)

🇨🇾 Cyprus | Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart (First Half)

🇪🇪 Estonia | Alika - Bridges (First Half) 

🇧🇪 Belgium | Gustaph - Because Of You (Second Half)

🇦🇹 Austria | Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? (First Half)

🇱🇹 Lithuania | Monika Linkytė - Stay (Second Half)

🇵🇱 Poland | Blanka - Solo (First Half)

🇦🇺 Australia | Voyager - Promise (Second Half)

🇦🇲 Armenia | Brunette - Future Lover (Second Half)

🇸🇮 Slovenia | Joker Out - Carpe Diem (Second Half)

All the action from the Green Room during the Eurovision 2023 Second Semi-Final in Liverpool
Corinne Cumming / EBU

And, of course, with all the celebrations comes a little heartbreak too… the six acts that did not qualify this evening are (in order of performance):

🇩🇰 Denmark | Reiley - Breaking My Heart

🇷🇴 Romania | Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On)

🇮🇸 Iceland | Diljá - Power

🇬🇷 Greece | Victor Vernicos - What They Say

🇬🇪 Georgia | Iru - Echo

🇸🇲 San Marino | Piqued Jacks - Like An Animal

All of the artists this evening, regardless of if they qualified or not, put their hearts and souls into their time on the Eurovision stage, and are worthy of applause! Keep supporting your favourite acts throughout their careers by following them on their social media channels!

If you missed the Second Semi-Final you can catch it on our YouTube channel (if available in your region) or via the catch-up service of your national broadcaster.

All the action from the Green Room during the Eurovision 2023 Second Semi-Final in Liverpool
Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

How the result was decided

The Semi-Final result was determined through televotes. The televote took place during the live broadcast of the show. The 16 participating countries, as well as Spain, the United Kingdom and Ukraine, were voting in this Semi Final.

The 10 successful qualifiers now join the qualifiers from the Tuesday night's First Semi-Final, as well as the Big Five plus reigning Contest champions Ukraine, in the Grand Final on Saturday 13 May.

You can listen to all 37 songs of Eurovision 2024 via your favourite streaming service or watch the music videos on our YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday 7 May (First Semi-Final), Thursday 9 May (Second Semi-Final) and Saturday 11 May (Grand Final) 2024.

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