Eurovision 2026: The Second Semi-final results complete the Grand final line-up

Eurovision 2026: The Second Semi-final results complete the Grand final line-up
Thursday, 14 May 2026

  • The Eurovision 2026 Second Semi-final determined this evening the last 10 qualifiers for this year's Eurovision Song Contest Grand final.

    Following last Tuesday's Semi Final 1 Live show, tonight the Semi-final 2 LIve show took place at Wiener Stadthalle Arena in Vienna, Austria determining the second set of 10 qualifying entries to Saturday's Grand final show completing the final line-up of the show. 

    From the 35 participating coutries the second set of 15 countries competed in this evening's  second semi-final live show determining the rest 10 spots of the Grand final while the Big-5 countries ( Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom) along with the hosting nation Switzerland have pre-qualified for the Grand final. 

    The Live Semi-Final One Show was hosted by Victoria Swarowski and Michael Ostrowski, who will be guiding the audience through all three live shows while the organisers will treat the spectators with a number of interval acts. 

     

    Opening Act

    The show opened with out two hosts presenting on stage a parody performance of last year's winning entry 'Wasted Love' by JJ . A hillarious performance of a staging that nothing going as planned!

     

     

    The Competing Performances

    A total of 15 nations took the stage this evening and three non-competing countries, France and the United Kingdom from the Big-5 countrie and the host nation, Austria .The 15 competing entries that  took to the stage this evening competed in the following running order: 

     

    01. Bulgaria: DARA - Bangarang

     

    02. Azerbaijan: JIVA - Just Go

     


    03. Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me

     


    04. Luxembourg: Eva Marija - Mother Nature


    05. Czechia: Daniel Zizka - CROSSROADS

     


    *** France: Monroe - Regarde !

     


    06. Armenia: SIMÓN - Paloma Rumba


    07. Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro - Alice


    08. Cyprus: Antigoni - JALLA

     


    *** Austria: COSMÓ - Tanzschein

     


    09. Latvia: Atvara - Ēnā

     


    10. Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før Vi Går Hjem

     


    11. Australia: Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

     


    12. Ukraine: LELÉKA - Ridnym

     


    *** United Kingdom: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei

     


    13. Albania: Alis - Nân

     


    14. Malta: AIDAN - Bella

     


    15. Norway: JONAS LOVV - YA YA YA

     

     

    Rest of the World Voting

    The Rest of the World fans will have a say in the outcome of the show. In order to sychronize the different time zones,  the Rest of the World online vote opened from the end of the Jury Show the previous evening from the live show. The vote was open until the end of the voting window during the live broadcast of Semi-Final One.

    Fans from non participating countries had the chance to cast their votes once they prewatched a clip of all of the cometing entries. 

    The 10 qualifiers were determined by a combination of jury voting (50%) that was cast in last night's Jury rehearsal and televoting (50%). 

     

     

    The results

    A total of 10 qualifiers made it to Saturday's Grand final show which are: 

     SEMI FINAL2

     

    This second set of qualifiers completed the Grand final line-up along with the first semi-final show qualifiers. Later in the evening the organisers will reveal the running order of the Grand final show. 

     GRAND FINAL 2026

     

    News Source: Eurovision.tv

    Images/Videos : EBU/Eurovision.tv

     

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