Good evening everyone and welcome to our live blog of the first semi-final of Eurovision 2018!

Tonight, 19 acts will perform with the hope of impressing Europe and obtaining their ticket for the Final of Eurovision 2018. As you may already know, the 10 first qualifiers of Eurovision 2018 will be announced at the end of the show.

The following countries will perform in this first semi-final:

• • Azerbaijan
  • Iceland
  • Albania
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Lithuania
  • Israel
  • Belarus
  • Estonia
  • Bulgaria
  • Macedonia
  • Croatia
  • Austria
  • Greece
  • Finland
  • Armenia
  • Switzerland
  • Ireland
  • Cyprus

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