The Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, witnessed the first semi-final of the much-awaited Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on May 13 2026. Hosted by Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski, along with Emily Busvine acting as the Green Room host, broadcasters from thirty-five countries are participating in the contest, two fewer than in 2025 and the smallest number of participants since 2003, before the introduction of semi-finals.
 What is the Eurovision Song Contest?
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries’ songs to determine a winner.
 Eurovision has been held annually since 1956. It was cancelled only once, in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world’s longest-running television programmes.
Semi Final 1 Results
Eurovision Semi Final 1 Results
15 countries performed their pre-submitted songs in the first semi-final. These 15 countries, plus Germany and Italy, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated “Rest of the World” online vote, voted in this semi-final.
The 15 countries and their songs performed are as followed-
|
S.No. |
Country |
Artist |
Song |
|
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 |
|
7. |
Finland |
Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen |
Liekinheitin |
|
8. |
Montenegro |
Tamara Zivkovic |
Nova zora |
|
9. |
Estonia |
Vanilla Ninja |
Too Epic to Be True |
|
10. |
Israel |
Noam Bettan |
Michelle |
|
11. |
Belgium |
Essyla |
Dancing on the Ice |
|
12. |
Lithuania |
Lion Ceccah |
Solo quiero mas |
|
13. |
San Marino |
Senhit |
Superstar |
|
14. |
Poland |
Alicja |
Pray |
|
15. |
Serbia |
Lavina |
Kraj mene |
10 qualified for the Grand Final including Moldova, Sweden, Greece, Finland, Israel, Belgium, Lithuania, Poland and Serbia, to be held on May 15.
Semi Final 2
The second semi-final will take place on 14 May 2026 at 21:00 CEST. Fifteen countries will compete in this semi-final. Those countries, plus Austria, France and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated “Rest of the World” online vote, will vote in this semi-final. Along with Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Romania, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Armenia, Switzerland, Cyprus, Latvia, Denmark, Australia, Ukraine, Albania, Malta, and Norway, France, Austria, and the United Kingdom will perform their entries during the show.
Where to watch the Semi Final 2 and Grand Final in India?
Since the official broadcast is limited to the member broadcasting nations of the European Broadcasting Union, live television broadcast is not available in India. However, viewers can watch it on Eurovision’s official YouTube channel, which streams the event live.
Where to watch the Semi Final 2 and Grand Final in the USA?
In the USA, viewers can watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 live on Peacock and for free on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. All three live shows, the First Semi-Final (May 12), Second Semi-Final (May 14), and Grand Final (May 16), will be available through these platforms.
