Semi 1 – Tuesday 6 May 8pm RTÉ TWO
Live from the B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark, artists from 16 countries will take to the stage tonight to sing for a place in the Grand Final on Saturday in the 59th annual contest.
The contest takes place in Denmark, following Emmelie de Forest’s win in the 2013 contest with the song Only Teardrops. This will be the third time that Denmark will host the contest, the last time being in 2001.
Eurovision this year is hosted by Pilou Asbæk, best known to viewers as Kasper Juul in Danish political drama series Borgen; musician Nikolaj Koppel and former X-Factor Denmark host Lise Rønne.
Television commentary by Marty Whelan.
www.eurovision.tv
The line-up (in order of appearance):
- Armenia Aram MP3 Not Alone
- Latvia Aarzemnieki Cake to Bake
- Estonia Tanja Amazing
- Sweden Sanna Nielsen Undo
- Iceland Pollaponk No Prejudice
- Albania Hersi One Night’s Anger
- Russia Tolmachevy Sisters Shine
- Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova Start a Fire
- Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk Tick-Tock
- Belgium Axel Hirsoux Mother
- Moldova Cristina Scarlat Wild Soul
- San Marino Valentina Monetta Maybe
- Portugal Suzy Quero Ser Tua
- The Netherlands The Common Linnets Calm After the Storm
- Montenegro Sergej Cetkovic Moj svijet
- Hungary Andras Kallay-Saunders Running
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Semi 2 – Thurs 8 May 8pm RTÉ TWO
Live from the B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark, artists from 15 countries including Ireland’s entry Heartbeat, performed by Can-Linn featuring Kasey Smith will take to the stage tonight to compete for a place in the Grand Final on Saturday in the 59th annual contest.
Eurovision this year is hosted by Pilou Asbæk, best known to viewers as Kasper Juul in Danish political drama series Borgen; musician Nikolaj Koppel and former X-Factor Denmark host Lise Rønne.
Television commentary by Marty Whelan.
www.eurovision.tv
The line-up (in order of appearance):
Semi-Final 2
- Malta Firelight Coming Home
- Israel Mei Finegold Same Heart
- Norway Carl Aspen Silent Storm
- Georgia The Shin and Mariko Three Minutes to Earth
- Poland Donaton & Cleo My Slowanie – We are Slavic
- Austria Conchita Wurst Rise like a Phoenix
- Lithuania Vilija Mataciunaite Attention
- Finland Softengine Something Better
- Ireland Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith Heartbeat
- Belarus Teo Cheesecake
- F.Y.R. Macedonia Tijana To the Sky
- Switzerland Sebalter Hunter of Stars
- Greece Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd Rise Up
- Slovenia Tinkara Kovac Round and Round
- Romania Paula Seling & Ovi Miracle