We now have our first set of 10 qualifiers for Saturday night’s Grand Final.

The First Semi-Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest came to us live from St. Jakobshalle in Basel. After a public vote from audiences at home, all across the world, the Grand Final now has 10 more competing entries.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025: First Semi-Final Qualifiers:

(Acts are listed in order of their announcement)

🇳🇴 Norway | Kyle Alessandro – Lighter

🇦🇱 Albania | Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

🇸🇪 Sweden | KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu

🇮🇸 Iceland | VÆB – RÓA

🇳🇱 Netherlands | Claude – C’est La Vie

🇵🇱 Poland | Justyna Steczkowska – GAJA

🇸🇲 San Marino | Gabry Ponte – Tutta L’Italia

🇪🇪 Estonia | Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato

🇵🇹 Portugal | NAPA – Deslocado

🇺🇦 Ukraine | Ziferblat – Bird of Pray

Grand Final Draw

After the Live Show of the First Semi-Final, the artists each got to draw in which part of the Grand Final they would perform in. The choices were to perform in the First Half, in the Second Half, or a Producer's Choice option - which means that host broadcaster SRG SSR can decide in which position of the running order they will get.

The results of the draw were:

And, of course, with all the celebrations comes a little heartbreak too… the five acts that did not qualify this evening are (in order of performance):

🇸🇮 Slovenia | Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left

🇧🇪 Belgium | Red Sebastian – Strobe Lights

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | Mamagama - Run With U

🇭🇷 Croatia | Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake

🇨🇾 Cyprus | Theo Evan – Shh

All of the artists this evening, regardless of if they qualified or not, put their hearts and souls into their time on the Eurovision stage, and are worthy of applause! Keep supporting your favourite acts throughout their careers by following them on their social media channels!

If you missed the First Semi-Final you can catch it on our YouTube channel (if available in your region) or via the catch-up service of your national broadcaster .

How the result was decided

The Semi-Final result was determined through televotes. The televote took place during the live broadcast of the show. The 15 participating countries, as well as Switzerland, Spain and Italy, were voting in this Semi Final.

The 10 successful qualifiers will join the qualifiers from the Second Semi-Final (on Thursday 15 May), as well as the Big 5 plus reigning Contest champions Switzerland, in the Grand Final on Saturday 17 May.