Running order for ESC 2018 semi-finals revealed
Running order for ESC 2018 semi-finals revealed
After weeks of speculation, this lunchtime the running order for the semi-finals of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest was officially revealed.
Azerbaijan will open the first semi-final. As we confidently predicted in our recent post, they will be followed by Iceland in the “cannon fodder” second position. Bookies’ favourite Israel gets a comfortable 7th slot in the semi 1 running order, while – as we speculated – the producers have opted to give the intimate Irish entry a late starting position, although it is Cyprus who will have the honour of closing the show.
In the second semi-final, the producers clearly believe that Alexander Rybak’s path to the final will be unhindered by opening proceedings, so viewers will get to enjoy his tips on how to write a song before judging his 17 competitors on the same criteria. The back-to-back Georgia and Hungary option in the second half of the semi has been avoided (boo), but we were right to think that Mélovin from Ukraine could close the show – does this mean he’s definitely bringing the steps, the piano, the pyro and all?
The full running order is as follows:
| SEMI-FINAL 1 | SEMI-FINAL 2 | |
| 1. Azerbaijan 2. Iceland 3. Albania 4. Belgium 5. Czech Republic 6. Lithuania 7. Israel 8. Belarus 9. Estonia 10. Bulgaria 11. Macedonia 12. Croatia 13. Austria 14. Greece 15. Finland 16. Armenia 17. Switzerland 18. Ireland 19. Cyprus |
1. Norway 2. Romania 3. Serbia 4. San Marino 5. Denmark 6. Russia 7. Moldova 8. Netherlands 9. Australia 10. Georgia 11. Poland 12. Malta 13. Hungary 14. Latvia 15. Sweden 16. Montenegro 17. Slovenia 18. Ukraine |
The countries had previously been drawn into halves of each semi-final at the allocation draw in January.
The semi-finals of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest will be held on Tuesday 8 May and Thursday 10 May.
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