{"id":584402,"date":"2026-05-14T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584402\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:53:08","slug":"eurovision-2026-the-second-semi-final-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584402\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"2v0s9\">We have our last set of 10 qualifiers for Saturday night\u2019s Grand Final<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4rkxv\">The Second Semi-Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest played out in spectacular fashion at the Wiener Stadthalle on Thursday 14 May. Vienna 2026 now has the remaining 10 slots filled in its glittering Grand Final this Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>The Second Semi-Final qualifiers<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8fv8b\">(Songs are listed in order of their announcement)<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4t7v4\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgaria: DARA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Mxq2WCAhT4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangaranga<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2jum1\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine: LEL\u00c9KA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSUIylL64XU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ridnym<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1d98d\">\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway: JONAS LOVV &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FcFaMMTz5-M?si=YB-CCYcaeQKjuObv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YA YA YA<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4qv13\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia: Delta Goodrem &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xlze1NdwlII\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9g841\">\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romania: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xJgWNtg6YPo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Choke Me<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6m8il\">\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 Malta: AIDAN &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FpG_DV2jAQo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bella<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"al4vv\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus: Antigoni &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QMjGilVXpD0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JALLA<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"75gni\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 Albania: Alis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FBoF2J8Mrbw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">N\u00e2n<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2f887\">\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: S\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lqXYe1SHNZA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F\u00f8r Vi G\u00e5r Hjem<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"d17ro\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia: Daniel Zizka &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNfJxo04M5I\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CROSSROADS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dkjkq\">All of the artists that competed at the Second Semi-Final this evening put all their creativity and energy into their performances on the Eurovision stage, and are worthy of applause.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"atnao\">With all the celebration around our qualifiers comes a little disappointed too. The five entries that did not qualify this evening are (in order of performance):<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6en0o\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan: JIVA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQDvYwYIT54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Just Go<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"56cj3\">\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg: Eva Marija &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-oTfj9ysTJ0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Nature<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"a86sp\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia: SIM\u00d3N &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pw8UJGEDF-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paloma Rumba<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2mjap\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ujoHtVkrx54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alice<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"ach97\">\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Atvara &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m8QhLXwxGpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0112n\u0101<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How the result was decided<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fp1sc\">The Semi-Final result was determined through a mixture of a jury vote and a public vote, from audiences all across the world, with a 50% weighting given to each.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2cogn\">The public vote took place during the live broadcast of the show. The 15\u00a0participating countries, as well as France and the United Kingdom, were voting in this Semi Final.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cca0d\">The 10\u00a0qualifiers will join the qualifiers from the First Semi-Final (which happened on Tuesday 12 May), as well as the Big 4 (France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom) plus reigning Contest champions Austria, in the Grand Final on Saturday 16\u00a0May.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"h6m5\">If you want to vote in the Grand Final, you can find all the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovision.com\/pages\/vote-and-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have our last set of 10 qualifiers for Saturday night\u2019s Grand Final The Second Semi-Final of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-584402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}