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"May we have your votes please?"

11 May 2018 at 23:44 CEST
As if you are right there with us — inside the second Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Photo: Andres Putting
During the Grand Final, each country has a spokesperson who will deliver the jury results via live satellite connection. The journey will begin in Ukraine and ends in... Portugal!

A dozen of the spokespersons are actually former Eurovision Song Contest participants.

  • 1. Ukraine - Nataliia Zhyzhchenko - Lead singer of 2017 interval act ONUKA
  • 2. Azerbaijan - Asadov Tural - TV presenter
  • 3. Belarus - NAVIBAND - Belarusian Eurovision 2017 participant
  • 4. San Marino - John Kennedy O'Connor - Eurovision historian   
  • 5. The Netherlands - OG3NE - Dutch 2017 participant
  • 6. F.Y.R. Macedonia - Jana Burcheska - Macedonian 2017 participant 
  • 7. Malta - Lara Azzopardi - Actress and TV presenter
  • 8. Georgia - Tako Gachechiladze - Georgian 2017 participant
  • 9. Spain - Nieves Alvarez - TV presenter and model 
  • 10. Austria - Kati Bellowitsch - Radio and TV presenter   
  • 11. Denmark - Ulla Essendrop - TV presenter   
  • 12. United Kingdom - Mel Giedroyc - TV presenter   
  • 13. Sweden - Felix Sandman - Runner-up in Swedish national selection   
  • 14. Latvia - Dagmāra Legante - TV presenter and comedian   
  • 15. Albania - Andri Xhahu - Radio journalist   
  • 16. Croatia - Uršula Tolj - Presenter   
  • 17. Ireland - NIcky Byrne - Irish 2016 participant  
  • 18. Romania - Sonia Argint-Ionescu - TV presenter   
  • 19. Czech Republic - Radka Rosická - Presenter and fashion model
  • 20. Iceland - Edda Sif Pálsdóttir - TV presenter and sports reporter   
  • 21. Moldova - Julieta Ardovan - TV journalist   
  • 22. Belgium - Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis - TV host   
  • 23. Norway - Aleksander Walmann & JOWST - Norwegian 2017 participant 
  • 24. France - Élodie Gossuin - TV and radio presenter   
  • 25. Italy - Giulia Valentina Palermo - Presenter   
  • 26. Australia - Ricardo Goncalves - SBS World News presenter   
  • 27. Estonia - Ott Evestus - Singer   
  • 28. Serbia - Dragana Kosjerina - Show host and presenter   
  • 29. Cyprus - Hovig - Cypriot 2017 participant
  • 30. Armenia - Arsen Grigoryan - Actor and singer
  • 31. Bulgaria - Joanna Dragneva - Bulgarian 2008 participant
  • 32. Greece - Olyna (Olympia) Xenopoulou - Radio and TV presenter, actress
  • 33. Hungary - Bence Forró - TV presenter   
  • 34. Montenegro - Natasa Sotra - Director of Science and Children Programme   
  • 35. Germany - Barbara Schöneberger - TV presenter   
  • 36. Finland - ABREU - Singer   
  • 37. Russia - Alsou - Russian 2000 participant and Eurovision 2009 presenter
  • 38. Switzerland - Leticia Carvalho - Teacher and singer   
  • 39. Israel - Lucy Ayoub - Journalist and TV presenter
  • 40. Poland - Mateusz Szymkowiak - Journalist  
  • 41. Lithuania - Eglė Daugėlaitė - Presenter and journalist   
  • 42. Slovenia - Amaya - Slovenian 2011 participant (as Maja Keuc)
  • 43. Portugal - Pedro Ricardo Pacheco Fernandes - Television presenter

The order of the spokespersons was determined by the EBU several weeks ago.

After publication of this list, Poland (TVP) changed their spokesperson to Mateusz Szymkowiak.