{"id":671406,"date":"2026-05-14T23:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671406\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:39:12","slug":"eurovision-2026-semi-final-2-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671406\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026: Semi Final 2 qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\tAustralia is through to the 2026 Final following a knockout performance by Delta Goodrem in Vienna.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Australia has qualified for the 2026 Eurovision Final in Vienna following a stunning performance of \u201cEclipse\u201d by the luscious Delta Goodrem.<\/p>\n

Delta staged a soaring performance of the song, commencing on the main stage before taking to the catwalk and being raised above a piano, resplendent in gold before a pyro waterfall.<\/p>\n

It is our first qualification in three years.<\/p>\n

Australia is now sitting at #2 with the bookies\u2026 with Finland still the hot favourite by some distance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 qualifying nations through to the Final:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgaria: DARA \u2013\u00a0Bangaranga<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine: LEL\u00c9KA \u2013\u00a0Ridnym<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway: JONAS LOVV \u2013\u00a0YA YA YA<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia: Delta Goodrem \u2013\u00a0Eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romania: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu \u2013\u00a0Choke Me<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 Malta: AIDAN \u2013\u00a0Bella<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus: Antigoni \u2013\u00a0JALLA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 Albania: Alis \u2013\u00a0N\u00e2n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: S\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund \u2013\u00a0F\u00f8r Vi G\u00e5r Hjem<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: Daniel Zizka \u2013\u00a0Crossroads<\/a><\/p>\n

But missing out for qualification were:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan: JIVA \u2013\u00a0Just Go<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg: Eva Marija \u2013\u00a0Mother Nature<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia: SIM\u00d3N \u2013\u00a0Paloma Rumba<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro \u2013\u00a0Alice<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Atvara \u2013\u00a0\u0112n\u0101<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Final Running Order of 25 acts is expected later today.<\/p>\n

Semi-Final 1\u00a0\u2013 Rpt Friday 15 May at 7:30pm<\/p>\n

Semi-Final 2 \u2013 Rpt Saturday 16 May at 7:30pm<\/p>\n

Grand Final\u00a0\u2013 Sunday 17 May at 5:00am AEST on SBS (rpt Sunday 17 May at 7:30pm)<\/p>\n

NB: TV Tonight will publish Live Results AEST on May 17.<\/p>\n

SBS Eurovision website<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tWho will win Eurovision 2026?
\n\t\t Australia
\n\t\t Finland
\n\t\t Greece
\n\t\t Denmark
\n\t\t France
\n\t\t Israel
\n\t\t Sweden
\n\t\t Other
\n\t\t Not sure<\/p>\n

View Results<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo: Alma Bengtsson \/ EBU<\/p>\n

This post updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia is through to the 2026 Final following a knockout performance by Delta Goodrem in Vienna. Australia has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-671406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}