Eurovision 2025: How can the UK vote in the second semi-final?
Eurovision 2025: How can the UK vote in the second semi-final?
It's time to cast your semi-final vote, are you ready?
Scott Mills and Rylan will be presenting this year's Eurovision semi-finals on behalf of the UK
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The first ten countries to qualify for this year's Eurovision Song Contest grand final have already been decided following the first semi-final on Tuesday, May 13. They have joined the Big Five and the host country who automatically qualify for the biggest singing competition in the world.
Tonight, Thursday, May 15, we'll see another ten acts compete in the second semi-final to be in with a chance of joining the lucky 16 acts. Good news for UK viewers, they will also be able to vote for their favourites in tonight's semi-final, so get ready to cast your votes.
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Tonight, you can vote for your favourite Eurovision song via the app, phone and SMS (via details on screen), and esc.vote.
In the semi-final, voting will open after the last song has been performed, and will stay open for roughly 18 minutes.
This year's semi-finals will be commentated and presented across BBC One and BBC iPlayer by Scott Mills and Rylan. However, they will also be available to listen to on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds which will be presented by Richie Anderson and Sara Cox.
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In this year's semi-finals, the Big 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and this year's host country (Switzerland) will perform as part of the show, even though they are already pre-qualified for the Grand Final. Semi-final two will see the United Kingdom, France and Germany's performances.
So, if you want your favourite act to go through to this year's grand final, take a look at the list below and make your vote during tonight's semi-final.
The line-up and running order (not including Big Five performances):
1. Australia: Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
2. Montenegro: Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
3. Ireland: EMMY – Laika Party
4. Latvia: Tautumeitas – Bur Man Laimi
5. Armenia: PARG – SURVIVOR
6. Austria: JJ – Wasted Love
7. Greece: Klavdia – Asteromáta
8. Lithuania: Katarsis – Tavo Akys
9. Malta: Miriana Conte – SERVING
10. Georgia: Mariam Shengelia – Freedom
11. Denmark: Sissal – Hallucination
12. Czechia: ADONXS – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
13. Luxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son
14. Israel: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
15. Serbia: Princ – Mila
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16. Finland: Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME
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