WATCH TONIGHT: The Grand Final of Eurovision 2019!
18 May 2019 at 12:47 CESTTonight is the night! The Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest will take place live from Expo Tel Aviv at 21:00 CEST. The show is presented by Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub.
Tune in to the live broadcast of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final on our official YouTube Channel.
Who are participating?
The 20 countries to qualify from the two Semi-Finals will join the six pre-qualified entrants, host nation Israel, as well as France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom (collectively known as the Big Five) on stage. The running order for the show was decided by the show producers (LINK) and ratified by the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group shortly after the second Semi-Final, once all participating countries drew to perform in the first or second half of the show.
The 26 countries participating in the Grand Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest are:
- Malta - Michela with Chameleon
- Albania - Jonida Maliqi with Ktheju tokës
- Czech Republic - Lake Malawi with Friend of a Friend
- Germany - S!sters with Sister
- Russia - Sergey Lazarev with Scream
- Denmark - Leonora with Love Is Forever
- San Marino - Serhat with Say Na Na Na
- North Macedonia - Tamara Todevska with Proud
- Sweden - John Lundvik with Too Late For Love
- Slovenia - Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl with Sebi
- Cyprus - Tamta with Replay
- The Netherlands - Duncan Laurence with Arcade
- Greece - Katerine Duska with Better Love
- Israel - Kobi Marimi with Home
- Norway - KEiiNO with Spirit In The Sky
- United Kingdom - Michael Rice with Bigger Than Us
- Iceland - Hatari with Hatrið mun sigra
- Estonia - Victor Crone with Storm
- Belarus - ZENA with Like It
- Azerbaijan - Chingiz with Truth
- France - Bilal Hassani with Roi
- Italy - Mahmood with Soldi
- Serbia - Nevena Božović with Kruna
- Switzerland - Luca Hänni with She Got Me
- Australia - Kate Miller-Heidke with Zero Gravity
- Spain - Miki with La Venda
READ MORE: The participants of the Grand Final
Where to watch
Tune in to your country's national public broadcaster on tv or watch their live stream to enjoy your national commentary and on-screen voting numbers. Note that live stream links have been provided by the participating broadcasters and may be geo-restricted to the respective territory.
You can also watch the international live stream without commentary on YouTube.
* Due to rights limitations, the YouTube live stream is not available in Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Behind the scenes
During the show, use #Eurovision and #DareToDream on your favourite social media channel. You can follow the official Eurovision channels on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and for exclusive material from behind the scenes.
How to vote
Last night, during the Jury Final, the national juries from all 41 participating countries already cast their vote. Their vote counts for 50% of tonight's result.
READ MORE: Find out more about the juries and how they vote here.
You determine the other half of the outcome. You can vote starting as soon as the hosts open the lines, as soon as the last contestant has performed. You can vote from all 41 participating countries, but you cannot vote for your own country. You can vote up to 20 times, or as much as national regulations allow. You can find voting information at the bottom of the screen during the show.
As soon as the voting lines have closed, Digame, the EBU's official voting partner of the Eurovision Song Contest, will aggregate the televotes from all participating countries. Under the supervision of the EBU and EY notaries, the scores are then verified.
First, all 41 spokespersons will reveal the jury points. From each country the points 1-8 and 10 will appear and the scoreboard, the spokesperson will then reveal that country's 12 points. Next, all countries’ televoting points will be added together, to be revealed starting at the bottom of the scoreboard, working towards a thriller finale.
Close to 1:00 CEST we will finally know the winner of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest.
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