Live from Vienna, the first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, at 21:00 CET.
Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrwoski hosted the show, while Emily Busvine was the Green Room host
You can watch the show here:
The running order for semi-final 1 was as follows:
- 1. 🇲🇩 Moldova: Satoshi – Viva, Moldova
- 2. 🇸🇪 Sweden: FELICIA – My System
- 3. 🇭🇷 Croatia: LELEK – ANDROMEDA
- 4. 🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – Ferto
- 5. 🇵🇹 Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – Rosa
- 6. 🇬🇪 Georgia: Bzikebi – On Replay
- AQ. 🇮🇹 Italy: Sal Da Vinci – Per sempre sì
- 7.🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin
- 8. 🇲🇪 Montenegro: Tamara Živković – Nova Zora
- 9. 🇪🇪 Estonia: Vanilla Ninja – Too Epic To Be True
- 10. 🇮🇱 Israel: Noam Bettan – Michelle
- AQ. 🇩🇪 Germany: Sarah Engels – Fire
- 11. 🇧🇪 Belgium: ESSYLA – Dancing on the Ice
- 12. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más
- 13. 🇸🇲 San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George – Superstar
- 14. 🇵🇱 Poland: ALICJA – Pray
- 15. 🇷🇸 Serbia: LAVINA – Kraj mene
The Results
Based on 50% jury votes and a 50% public vote, 10 countries made it to the final:
- 🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – Ferto
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: ESSYLA – Dancing on the Ice
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: FELICIA – My System
- 🇲🇩 Moldova: Satoshi – Viva, Moldova
- 🇮🇱 Israel: Noam Bettan – Michelle
- 🇷🇸 Serbia: LAVINA – Kraj mene
- 🇭🇷 Croatia: LELEK – ANDROMEDA
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más
- 🇵🇱 Poland: ALICJA –Pray
This means that the following 5 countries didn’t qualify for the final:
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro: Tamara Živković – Nova Zora
- 🇪🇪 Estonia: Vanilla Ninja –Too Epic To Be True
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – Rosa
- 🇬🇪 Georgia: Bzikebi – On Replay
- 🇸🇲 San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George – Superstar
Soon, the qualifiers will draw their grand-final draw:
- First half of the show
- Second half of the show
- Producer choice (can be allocated either in the first or second half)
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