WATCH TONIGHT: The first Semi-Final of Eurovision 2018!
08 May 2018 at 02:00 CESTTonight's show will come to you live from Lisbon's Altice Arena and will be presented by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.
Who are participating
Tonight, 19 countries will take to the stage in Lisbon in the first Semi-Final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest: Azerbaijan, Iceland, Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Israel, Belarus, Estonia, Bulgaria, F.Y.R. Macedonia, Croatia, Austria, Greece, Finland, Armenia, Switzerland, Ireland and Cyprus. Only ten will qualify for Saturday's Grand Final, which means nine acts will see their Eurovision dream come to an end tonight.
READ MORE: The participants of the first Semi-Final
Where to watch
If you live in one of the 43 participating countries you can watch on television via your national public broadcaster. You can also watch the show (without commentary and voting details) via the official Eurovision YouTube channel.*
The following countries shared their live stream links with us:
- Belgium (VRT)
- Denmark (DR)
- Germany (NDR)
- Iceland (RÚV)
- Latvia (LTV)
- Malta (PBS)
- Moldova (TRM)
- Portugal (RTP, geo-blocked)
- San Marino (SMRTV)
- Slovenia (RTVSLO)
- Ukraine (UA:PBC, geo-blocked)
During the show, use #Eurovision and #AllAboard on your favourite social media channel. You can follow the official Eurovision channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat for loads of exclusive material from behind the scenes.
* Due to rights limitations, the YouTube live stream is not available in the United States, Canada, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
How you can vote
Is your country taking part in tonight's first Semi-Final or are you living in Spain, the United Kingdom or Portugal? Excellent! You will be able to vote for your favourites. Once all songs have been performed, the voting window will be open for ±15 minutes. Voting is possible via the official Eurovision app, by telephone and SMS through the numbers shown on your screen. Rates and legal terms will be shown on screen as well.
Through the official app, you will also receive a special thank-you message from the artists you voted for!
DOWNLOAD: The official app
You can vote up to twenty times, but you cannot vote for the country you are voting from. Televotes make up 50% of the result; the other 50% of tonight's result has already been determined by a professional jury last night.
Watching the first Semi-Final at the Eurovision Village in Lisbon? Download the app and use the OSRAM light voting feature. Based on your vote several landmark buildings in Lisbon will be lit in different colours.
DOWNLOAD: Your personal voting sheet for the first Semi-Final
Who will get your vote tonight? Will it be Aisel, Ari Ólafsson, Eugent Bushpepa, Sennek, Mikolas Josef, Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Netta, ALEKSEEV, Elina Nechayeva, EQUINOX, Eye Cue, Franka, Cesár Sampson, Yianna Terzi, Saara Aalto, Sevak Khanagyan, ZiBBZ, Ryan O’Shaugnessy or Eleni Foureira? Let us know in the comments!