Eurovision 2024: Tonight marks the first semifinal!

The moment all Eurofans have been waiting for has arrived! The 68th Eurovision Song Contest officially kicks off today in Malmo with the staging of the first semifinal.

Fifteen countries will participate in tonight’s show, with ten of them advancing to Saturday’s grand final, where the winner of Eurovision 2024 will be crowned.

Among the countries participating in the first semifinal is Cyprus, represented by Silia Kapsis with the song “Liar”. Cyprus is set to open this year’s show, being the first competing country to take the stage in the competition.

The presenters for tonight’s event, as well as all shows until Saturday, will be Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman.

The 15 participating countries in tonight’s first semifinal are:

R/O	COUNTRY	ARTIST	SONG
1	Cyprus	Silia Kapsis	“Liar”
2	Serbia	Teya Dora	“Ramonda“
3	Lithuania	Silvester Belt	“Luktelk“
4	Ireland	Bambie Thug	“Doomsday Blue”
5	Ukraine	Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil	“Teresa & Maria”
6	Poland	Luna	“The Tower”
7	Croatia	Baby Lasagna	“Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
8	Iceland	Hera Björk	“Scared of Heights”
9	Slovenia	Raiven	“Veronika”
10	Finland	Windows95man	“No Rules!”
11	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	“In the Middle”
12	Azerbaijan	Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov	“Özünlə apar“
13	Australia	Electric Fields	“One Milkali (One Blood)”
14	Portugal	Iolanda	“Grito“
15	Luxembourg	Tali	“Fighter”

Let’s not forget that in this year’s contest, for the first time, we will see the Big 5 and the host country, Sweden, present their songs in the semifinals via live stream. Therefore, today we will witness the United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden perform on stage. These countries, in addition to performing, will also vote for their favorite entries from the first semifinal of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

The first semifinal kicks off at 21:00 CET, and you can watch it live on the official Eurovision YouTube channel, as well as on various public broadcaster across Europe.