A total of 17 acts competed in last night’s show from the Expo Tel Aviv. Following the performances, the votes were counted and after much suspense, the 10 finalists were announced to cheers from the thousands watching in the arena. They will join acts from the pre-qualified ‘Big Five’ countries; France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom and this year’s host country Israel.
The first 10 finalists are:

A draw will decide whether the 10 qualifiers will perform in the first or second half of the Grand Final on 18 May. The Eurovision journey has unfortunately ended for the seven countries which failed to qualify. These are:
- Montenegro (RTCG) – D Mol, Heaven
- Finland (YLE) – Darude, Look Away
- Poland (TVP) – Tulia, Fire of Love
- Hungary (MTVA) – Joci Pápai, Az én apám
- Belgium (RTBF) – Eliot, Wake Up
- Georgia (GPB) – Oto Nemsadze, Sul tsin iare
Portugal (RTP) – Conan Osíris, Telemóveis
Each country’s score was calculated based on points awarded by the national expert juries and audiences voting via the Eurovision app and phone at home. These points were then combined to create an overall score for each act which determined the final result.
10 more songs will qualify for the Grand Final on the 18th off May from the second Semi Final on Thursday. That’s when our Michela will be competing…
The 18 acts competing on Thursday, in order of appearance, are:
- Armenia (AMPTV) – Srbuk, Walking Out
- Ireland (RTE) – Sarah McTernan, 22
- Moldova (TRM) – Anna Odobescu, Stay
- Switzerland (SRG/SSR) – Luca Hänni, She Got Me
- Latvia (LTV) – Carousel, That Night
- Romania (TVR) – Ester Peony, On A Sunday
- Denmark (DR) – Leonora, Love Is Forever
- Sweden (SVT) – John Lundvik, Too Late For Love
- Austria (ORF) – PAENDA, Limits
- Croatia (HRT) – Roko, The Dream
- Malta (PBS) – Michela Pace, Chameleon
- Lithuania (LRT) – Jurij, Run With The Lions
- Russia (RTR) – Sergey Lazarev, Scream
- Albania (RTSH) – Jonida Maliqi, Ktheju Tokës
- Norway (NRK) – KEiiNO, Spirit In The Sky
- Netherlands (AVROTROS) – Duncan Laurence, Arcade
- North Macedonia (MKRTV) – Tamara Todevska, Proud
- Azerbaijan (ICTIMAI TV) – Chingiz, Truth