
{"id":12520,"date":"2025-05-13T23:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/?p=12520"},"modified":"2025-05-15T23:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:16:31","slug":"qualifiers-demi-finale-eurovision-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/qualifiers-demi-finale-eurovision-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2025: List of the 10 qualifiers for the first Eurovision semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/qualifiers-finale-eurovision-2025\/\">list of the 20 countries qualified for the Eurovision 2025 Final.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 15 contestants this evening performing live from the St. Jakobshalle in Basel in a bid to win a place in the Eurovision 2025 final, but unfortunately there were only 10 places available. Spain and Italy already had their ticket for Saturday evening as the \"best of the best\" countries.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/big-5\/\">Big 5 member<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb as well as Switzerland, the host country. Here is an overview of the qualifying countries for the first Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 10 countries qualified after the first Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the ten countries that have qualified for the Eurovision 2025 Final, to be held on Saturday 17 May at 21:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iceland:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/vaeb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V\u00c6B<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>R\u00d3A<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Poland:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/justyna-steczkowska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justyna Steczkowska<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>GAJA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sweden:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/kaj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KAJ<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Bara Bada Bastu<\/em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2bad16c0-53e4-4eb0-9e3f-19b2e0338a84\"><strong>Norway:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/kyle-alessandro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kyle Alessandro<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Lighter<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Albania:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/shkodra-elektronike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shkodra Elektronike<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Zjerm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Netherlands:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/claude\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claude<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>C'est La Vie<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>San Marino:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/gabry-ponte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabry Ponte<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Tutta L'Italia<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Estonia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/tommy-cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tommy Cash<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Espresso Macchiato<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Portugal:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/napa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAPA<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Deslocado<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ukraine:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/ziferblat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ziferblat<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Bird of Pray<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"10403b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #10403b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Countries qualified for the first Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final - Illustration on Instagram @eurovision\" class=\"wp-image-12551 not-transparent\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1-96x120.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESC-2025-SF1.jpg 1080w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Countries qualified for the first Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final - Illustration on Instagram @eurovision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Non-qualifying countries:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slovenia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/klemen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Klemen<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>-<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>How Much Time Do We Have Left<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Belgium:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/red-sebastian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Sebastian<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Strobe Lights<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Azerbaijan:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/mamagama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mamagama<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Run With U<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Croatia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/marko-bosnjak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marko Bo\u0161njak<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Poison Cake<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyprus:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/theo-evan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Theo Evan<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Shh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are the candidates in the second semi-final?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second semi-final will be held tomorrow, Thursday 15 May at 9pm. Here are the countries that will be performing on the night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Australia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/go-jo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go-Jo<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Milkshake Man<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Montenegro:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/nina-zizic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nina \u017di\u017ei\u0107<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>-&nbsp;<em>Dobrodo\u0161li<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Ireland:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/emmy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMMY<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Laika Party<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Latvia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/tautumeitas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tautumeitas<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Bur Man Laimi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Armenia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/parg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PARG<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>SURVIVOR<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Austria:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/jj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JJ<\/a><strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Wasted Love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United Kingdom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/remember-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remember Monday<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>What The Hell Just Happened?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Greece:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/klavdia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Klavdia<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Asterom\u00e1ta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. Lithuania:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/katarsis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katarsis<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Tavo Akys<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. Malta:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/miriana-conte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miriana Conte<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>SERVING<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Georgia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/mariam-shengelia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mariam Shengelia<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Freedom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>France:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/louane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louane<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>maman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11. Denmark:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/sissal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sissal<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Hallucination<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. Czechia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/adonxs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADONXS<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Kiss Kiss Goodbye<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13. Luxembourg:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/laura-thorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laura Thorn<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>-&nbsp;<em>La Poup\u00e9e Monte Le Son<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14. Israel:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/yuval-raphael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuval Raphael<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>New Day Will Rise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Germany:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/abor-tynna\/\">Abor &amp; Tynna<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Baller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15. Serbia:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/princ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Princ<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>Mila<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16. Finland:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/performer\/erika-vikman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika Vikman<\/a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>ICH KOMME<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can discover each song from Semi-Final 2 via the Youtube playlist below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_38037\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ReOYuSSSIWg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ReOYuSSSIWg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mise \u00e0 jour : liste des 20 pays qualifi\u00e9s pour la finale Eurovision 2025. Ils \u00e9taient 15 concurrents ce soir \u00e0 se produire en direct de la St. Jakobshalle de B\u00e2le pour tenter de d\u00e9crocher une place pour la finale de l&rsquo;Eurovision 2025, h\u00e9las il n&rsquo;y avait que 10 places disponibles. L&rsquo;Espagne et l&rsquo;Italie avaient &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"represented_country":[],"class_list":["post-12520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurovision-2025"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12574,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520\/revisions\/12574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12520"},{"taxonomy":"represented_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/represented_country?post=12520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}