First Semi Final: 10 countries qualified for the grand final!

Yesterday the first semi final of the Eurovision 2018 was held in Lisbon's Altice Arena and ten countries qualified for the final taking place this Saturday. There were many surprises in this hard semi final.

The 10 qualifiers are as follows in order of announcement:

• Austria
• Estonia
• Cyprus
• Lithuania
• Israel
• Czech Republic
• Bulgaria
• Albania
• Finland
• Ireland

Unfortunately Azerbaijan, Iceland, Belgium, Belarus, Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Armenia and Switzerland failed to qualify for the final.