Cyprus and Greece will be competing Tuesday evening at the Eurovision song contest first semi final to take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Both countries hope to secure a place in the grand final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest set for Saturday.
Cyprus is competing with Greek singer Eleni Foureira and the song `Fuego` and will appear 19th. Yianna Terzi and the song `Oneiro mou-My dream` will represent Greece to appear in the 14th place.
The second semi final is set for Thursday. Tonight, a total of 19 countries will take to the stage in Lisbon in the first semi final: Azerbaijan, Iceland, Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Israel, Belarus, Estonia, Bulgaria, F.Y.R. Macedonia, Croatia, Austria, Greece, Finland, Armenia, Switzerland, Ireland and Cyprus. Only ten will qualify for Saturday`s Grand Final.
Semi-final 1 participants
| # | Country | Artist | Song title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | Aisel | X my heart |
| 2 | Iceland | Ari Ólafsson | Our choice |
| 3 | Albania | Eugent Bushpepa | Mall |
| 4 | Belgium | Sennek | A matter of time |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef | Lie to me |
| 6 | Lithuania | Ieva Zasimauskaitė | When we’re old |
| 7 | Israel | Netta | Toy |
| 8 | Belarus | Alexeev | Forever |
| 9 | Estonia | Elina Nechayeva | La forza |
| 10 | Bulgaria | Equinox | Bones |
| 11 | FYR Macedonia | Eye Cue | Lost and found |
| 12 | Croatia | Franka Batelić | Crazy |
| 13 | Austria | Cesár Sampson | Nobody but you |
| 14 | Greece | Yianna Terzi | Oniro mou |
| 15 | Finland | Saara Aalto | Monsters |
| 16 | Armenia | Sevak Khanagyan | Qami |
| 17 | Switzerland | ZiBBZ | Stones |
| 18 | Ireland | Ryan O’Shaughnessy | Together |
| 19 | Cyprus | Eleni Foureira | Fuego |