Eurovision 2026 Vienna Semi Final 1 - Tuesday 12 May 8pm

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Welcome to 2026’s MN Live Eurovision Threads. This year is once again marred by controversy (When hasn't it been?) I mean Sehit for a fourth time for San Marino with Boy George!!!? (Yes that Boy George) Fix!

Anyway, putting all the nonsense to one side this is for those of you who are here for the pan pipes (Yes we have pan pipes!), old crooners, the complusory appearance of the Eurovision violin, 70s/80s throwback costumes, Kryten from Red Dwarf and Joost Klein wannabies.

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
ITALY Sal Da Vinci - Per Sempre Si
7 FINLAND Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen - Liekinheitin
8 MONTENEGRO Tamara Živković - Nova Zora
9 ESTONIA Vanilla Ninja - Too Epic To Be True
10 ISRAEL Noam Bettan - Michelle
GERMANY Sarah Engels - Fire
11 BELGIUM Essyla - Dancing On The Ice
12 LITHUANIA Lion Ceccah - Sólo Quiero Más
13 SAN MARINO Sehit - Superstar
14 POLAND Alicja - Pray
15 SERBIA Lavina - Kraj Mene

Ten to Qualify for the Final.

The UK can not vote in this Semi Final (you vote in the semi you appear in).
Voting for participants opens after the last song has been performed.
Non participating countries (Hello Ireland) can vote as part the Rest of The World from midnight before the Semi-Final until the show starts when voting closes temporary before reopening after the acts have all performed.

Voting Changes from previous years
The jury vote returns for the Semi-Finals. This means there is less emphasis on the Televote than in previous years which should favour the more technically musical, reduce odd voting patterns and be harder for the quirker entries (which you might want to keep in mind when voting). There is also a bigger restriction on how many times you are allowed to vote, with everyone being cut to ten votes.

This is shite

One knee-high boot. Edgy.

Belgium falls into the unmemorable category I’m afraid

loreen vibes

It’s a bit boring.

Disappointingly, Belgium have not resurrected staging that includes an ice skater despite having a song entitled “Dancing on the Ice” - a missed opportunity! (But she has taken inspiration from Love Love Peace Peace - it begins to snow)

The song doesn't seem to go anywhere. You keep expecting it to and it doesn't.

I’d be slipping on the ice.
🧊

This makes me think of a young soap "starlet" attempting a music career and doing a nightclub performance

Guaranteed not to qualify I reckon.

maybe they've ran out.

It deserves to be frozen out.

I didn't like Belgium, despite the long boot/short boot combo. Which was different, at least.

They got them on offer

😂

Spray painted man.

least its not a living statue situation

Kryten and the TinMan's Love Child.

In an Alice in Wonderland oversized coat. Cyberman singing.

Belgium could have been more..definite. Missing something. Maybe too static.

ooh- I have no idea what is going on here, but I like the silver robot vibes.

And they are fully clothes. So, marks for that.

It was like a Traitors inflatable costume.

Weirdly this is in Lithuanian, Spanish and English!

I must admit I was scrolling whilst listening to Lithuania, looked up and nearly spat my drink out, wasn't expecting that aesthetic 😂

And Shouty