Tonight the second semi-final of the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place in Kyiv, Ukraine with 18 songs competing.
The International Exhibition Centre played host to the second semi-final of the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Eighteen countries took to the stage tonight, competing for ten places in the Grand Final of this year’s contest. The ten qualifiers are decided by 50% jury voting and 50% public vote, the juries voted in last nights jury show, while the public voted tonight.
The qualifying nations, taking a place in the grand final of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest are detailed below along with their final running order position (first or second half).
- Austria – Nathan Trent, “Running On Air” – First Half
- Romania – Ilinca & Alex Florea, “Yodel It!” – Second Half
- Netherlands – O’G3NE, “Lights and Shadows” – First Half
- Hungary – Joci Pápai, “Origo” – First Half
- Denmark – Anja, “Where I Am” – First Half
- Croatia – Jacques Houdek, “My Friend” – First Half
- Norway – JOWST, “Grab the Moment” – Second Half
- Belarus – Naviband, “Story of My Life” – First Half
- Bulgaria – Kristian Kostov, “Beautiful Mess” – Second Half
- Israel – Imri, “I Feel Alive” – First Half
And so, the 26 finalists in this Saturday’s Grand Final will be split into the first and second halves as:
First half
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
Second Half
- Australia
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Norway
- Romania
- Spain
- Sweden
- Ukraine (position 22)
- United Kingdom
The final running order will be revealed by the morning of Friday 12th May. The Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will air on Saturday 13th May at 21:00 CET.
