ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster and the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have tonight held the first Semi Final, of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna.

Following tonight’s broadcast of Semi Final One, we have our first ten qualifiers for the Grand Final. They will join the Big 4 and Austria on Saturday night. The ten qualifiers are:

1. Greece
2. Finland
3. Belgium
4. Sweden
5. Moldova
6. Israel
7. Serbia
8. Croatia
9. Lithuania
10. Poland

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: EBU