The songs from Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland are the last ten finalists chosen for the final of the 67th Eurovision Song, which takes place on Saturday in Liverpool, in the United Kingdom.
In the second semi-final, held tonight and broadcast live in Portugal on RTP Play, 16 songs competed for ten places, with the candidates from Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Romania and San Marino remaining outside the final.
Portugal was selected in the first semifinal, last Tuesday, with “Ai Coração”, by Mimicat, along with themes from Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic, Israel, Sweden, Serbia and Norway.
This year, 37 countries participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, but only 26 make it to the final: the ten chosen today, the ten that were selected on Tuesday, in the first semifinal, the so-called ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Spain , UK and Italy) and Ukraine, for winning last year.
According to the average of several bookmakers, calculated by the website eurovisionworld.com, specialized in the contest, the three favorites to win the contest this year are Sweden, Finland and Ukraine.
Last year, Ukraine was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, with “Stefania” by the Kalush Orchestra. Therefore, it should have hosted the competition this year, but the war that ravaged the country ended up leading the organization to decide that the United Kingdom, second place, would be the host country.
Ukraine’s victory was essentially due to the popular vote. The country, which had been invaded by Russia months earlier, won a total of 631 votes, 439 of them by public vote.
In 2022, Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Saudade, saudade”, by Maro, which reached 9th place in the contest.
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be shown live on RTP1 at 20:00 in Lisbon.
