Finally, the grand final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is about to start at 10:00pm tonight, with 26 countries preparing to take to the stage in Lisbon in order to be the crowned winner.
The Grand Final comes after 36 countries competed in the semi-finals, which took place on Tuesday 8 May and Thursday 10 May, to win the chance to perform tonight.
Competing tonight are: Austria, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Israel, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Albania, Finland, Ireland, Serbia, Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, Sweden, Australia, Forward, Denmark, Slovenia, The Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
Cyprus act Eleni Foureira is currently favourite to top the leader board this year, as Foureira stunned viewers during Tuesday night’s semi-final with single Fuego!
The running order of the Grand final:
- Ukraine
- Spain
- Slovenia
- Lithuania
- Austria
- Estonia
- Norway
- Portugal
— break position
- United Kingdom
- Serbia
- Germany
- Albania
- France
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Australia
— break position
- Finland
- Bulgaria
- Moldova
- Sweden
- Hungary
- Israel
- The Netherlands
- Ireland
- Cyprus
- Italy
