{"id":671741,"date":"2026-05-15T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671741\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:11:11","slug":"here-are-the-10-qualifiers-of-eurovision-2026s-second-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671741\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the 10 qualifiers of Eurovision 2026&#8217;s second semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second semi-final of Eurovision 2026 has just concluded, and we now have the ten qualifiers of the evening, who will go to Eurovision!<\/p>\n<p> The last ten finalists <\/p>\n<p>The ten finalists were announced in a \u201crandom\u201d order, using the pre-2025 format : one announcement at a time.<\/p>\n<p>They are, in the order of reveal (which is not the ranking):<\/p>\n<p>  \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgaria \u2013 Dara \u2013 \u201cBangaranga\u201d \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine \u2013 LEL\u00c9KA \u2013 \u201cRidnym\u201d \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway \u2013 JONAS LOVV \u2013 \u201cYa Ya Ya\u201d \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia \u2013 Delta Goodrem \u2013 \u201cEclipse\u201d \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romania \u2013 Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu \u2013 \u201cChoke Me\u201d \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 Malta \u2013 AIDAN \u2013 \u201cBella\u201d \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus \u2013 Antigoni \u2013 \u201cJalla\u201d \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 Albania \u2013 Alis \u2013 \u201cN\u00e2n\u201d \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark \u2013 S\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund \u2013 \u201cF\u00f8r vi g\u00e5r hjem\u201d \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia \u2013 Daniel Zizka \u2013 \u201cCrossroads\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, not all could make it through. The five acts that did not advance to the grand final are:<\/p>\n<p>  \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan \u2013 JIVA \u2013 \u201cJust Go\u201d \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg \u2013 Eva Marija \u2013 \u201cMother Nature\u201d \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia \u2013 Sim\u00f3n \u2013 \u201cPaloma Rumba\u201d \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland \u2013 Veronica Fusaro \u2013 \u201cAlice\u201d \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia \u2013 Atvara \u2013 \u201c\u0112n\u0101\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Three of the five automatic qualifiers, France, Austria and the United Kingdom, performed and voted in the second semi-final. They will return to the stage Saturday, May 18 for the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>Did you favourites qualify? Who do you think may have qualified thanks to the jury\u2019s return? 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