In addition to “Grito”, songs from Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland, and Luxembourg were also chosen to advance to the final.

In the first semi-final, which was broadcast live in Portugal on RTP1, 15 songs competed for ten places. Poland, Iceland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Australia were left out of the final.


This year, 37 countries participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, but only 26 reach the final: the ten chosen today, ten that will be selected on Thursday, in the second semi-final, and the so-called 'Big Five' (France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and Italy) and the host country.

Although they were not in competition, as they entered directly into the final, in today's semi-final the songs from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden were also presented.