Watch Tonight: Live From Liverpool The Eurovision 2023 Second Semi-Final Show

Thursday, 11 May 2023

• The Eurovision week is progressing  to the Semi Final 2 Live Show taking place this evening at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool at 21:00 CET. 

  As Eurovision week is unwinding, following last evening's Jury rehearsal show for the Semi Final 2 competing acts, tonight the Semi-final 2 Live show will take place in M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

   

   

  The story so far

  How did we end up in Liverpool? Since Ukraine who won last year's contest couldn't host the contest due to the war in the region the EBU released a statement revealing that the 2022 runner-up, United Kingdom. Then the race among the British cities went on with 7 of them shortlisted to continue in the race. Out of the seven candidate cities two went through to the final stage (Glasgow and Liverpool) with Liverpool eventually named Eurovision 2023 host city under the slogan 'United by Music'. 

   

  Semi-final Two show

  A total of 37 countries will be taking part in the 67th edition , with 31 countries competing in the two semifinals on May 9 and 11 while the Big 5 countries ( United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) will qualify directly to the Grand final on May 13, 2023 along with last year's winning country, Ukraine.

  Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon. will have the honor to guide the viewers throughout tonight's show. In this evening's semi-final Two 16 competing acts will take the stage and perform their entries. Namely here is how the show will unfold on screen: 

  1. Denmark: Reiley - Breaking My Heart
     
  2. Armenia : Brunette - Future Lover
     
  3. Romania: Theodor Andrei - D.G.T (Off and On)
     
  4. Estonia: Alika - Bridges
     
  5. Belgium: Gustaph - Because Of You
     
  6. Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart
     
  7. Iceland: Diljá - Power
     
  8. Greece: Victor Vernicos - What They Say
     
  9. Poland: Blanka - Solo
     
  10. Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem
      
  11. Georgia: Iru - Echo
      
  12. San Marino: Piqued Jacks - Like An Animal
      
  13. Austria: Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar?
      
  14. Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje
      
  15. Lithuania: Monika Linkytė - Stay
  16. Australia: Voyager - Promise

   

  What else to see tonight

  As this year's contest is held on behalf of Ukraine the organisers pay respect to the nation in many way. The show will kick off with Luke Evans, the famous actor, who will recite a text based on the history of the competition. As the night progresses, the interval act will feature Ukrainian artists Mariya Yaremchuk, Otoy and Zlata Dziunka who will present “Music Unites Generations”, a medley of famous Ukrainian tracks. In addtion, we will enjoy a special show entitled "Be Who You Wanna Be". It is a dance performance choreographed by Jason Gilkison starring three drag artists and the Ukrainian dance troupe Podilya.

   

  The results

  While in previous years the result was determing 50% by the jury votes count and the 50% by televoting, this year the audience will exclusively select the 10 qualifiers that will advance to the final. The viewers in the competing countries and those of Spain, United Kingdom and Ukraine will be able to cast their vote to determine  the results. In addition in this edition we will have an extra set fo votes coming from the Rest of the world, with the international vierwers having their say on who will go through to the final. 

   

  How to vote

  The viewers can cast their votes either by following  the directions of the participating national broadcasters of the country they live in or as rest of the world voters. In any case you can download the official  https://eurovision.tv/app

  How to Watch

  The Second Semi-final show is set to hit the screen at 21:00 CEST and you can watch either in one of the participating broadcaster or streamed on the official Eurovision Youtube Channel  or through the national broadcasters found HERE.