The second semi-final of Eurovision 2018: where to watch, online and video broadcasts

On Thursday, May 10, will pass. It will feature 18 participants, including the Ukrainian contestant - Melovin. He will close the second semi-final with the song "Under the Ladder".

They will try to reach the final together with Ukraine Norway, Romania, Serbia, San Marino, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, Netherlands, Australia, Georgia, Poland, Malta, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden, Montenegro Slovenia.

The second semi-final of Eurovision 2018 can be watched online on "UA: First", "UA: Crimea" and "STB". The broadcast starts at 22:00. Also, the second semi-final will be shown on Eurovision.ua and the official website of Eurovision 2018 - Eurovision.tv. You can watch the online broadcast of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2018 on our website.

Unlike the first semi-final, Ukrainians will be able to vote for any of the participants in the second semi-final, except for the Ukrainian contestant Melovin. For the song you like, we can vote up to 20 times.

Like last year's Eurovision winner will be determined as a result of separate evaluations from the judges and from the audience. Thus, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will not be known until the last minute. The grand final will take place in Portugal on May 12 at 22:00.

Eurovision-2018: participants of the second semi-final

In the second semi-final, one of the favorites of Eurovision-2018, Alexander Rybak, who already won the contest in 2009, will perform. This time he predicted 2nd place.

Ukrainian singer Melovin is predicted by bookmakers to advance to the final from 4th place, but according to the results of the final, he is predicted only 18th place (out of 26). Also, success in the second semi-final, according to experts, awaits the contestants from Sweden, Moldova, Australia, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Hungary and Latvia.

But the Russian Yulia Samolova, who last year Ukraine did not let into the competition in Kyiv, according to forecasts, will not pass to the final of Eurovision-2018.

The participants of the second semi-final will perform at Eurovision 2018 in this order:

1. Norway - Alexander Rybak "That" S How You Write A Song "
2. Romania - The Humans "Goodbye"
3. Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika "Nova deca"
4. San Marino – Jessika (feat. Jenifer Brening) "Who We Are"
5. Denmark - Rasmussen "Higher Ground"
6. Russia - Julia Samoylova "I Will not Break"
7. Moldova - DoReDos "My Lucky Day"
8. Netherlands - Waylon "Outlaw in "Em"
9. Australia - Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love"
10. Georgia - Iriao "Sheni Gulistvis"
11. Poland - Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer "Light Me Up"
12. Malta - Christabelle "Taboo"
13. Hungary - AWS "Viszlát nyár"
14. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl"
15. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off"
16. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanovic "Inje"
17. Slovenia - Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!"
18. Ukraine - MELOVIN "Under the Ladder"

You can listen and watch the performances of the participants of the second semi-final of Eurovision before the start of the contest on the official video from Eurovision.

Who made it to the Eurovision 2018 final from the first semi-final

As a result of the first semi-final of the contest, 10 countries made it to the grand final of Eurovision-2018. Among them are two favorites of bookmakers - the representative of Israel Netta Barzilai and the participant from Cyprus Eleni Foureira. Experts promise Cyprus 1st place, and Israel - 3rd place. Although a week before the start of the competition, bookmakers predicted Nette's victory.

Experts interviewed by "Glavred" are inclined to believe that the singer from Israel will still get the "gold" at Eurovision this year. They predict that and the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon should be won by something either danceable, or aggressive, or freaky. And the song and the image of Netta fit perfectly into this description.

Wheelchair-bound Russian singer Yulia Samoilova performed in the second semi-final international competition Eurovision Song Contest at Lisbon's Altis Arena. Having performed the musical number "I Won" t Break "(" I will not break "), Samoilova could not get the required number of votes from the jury and the audience.

The absence of a Russian artist from the Eurovision final is the first such case since 2004, when this gradation system was applied in the competition.

Representatives of Moldova, Serbia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Slovenia made it to the final. Russia, however, could not pass along with Poland, Romania, Latvia, Montenegro, Georgia, Malta and San Marino.

The opinions of the audience about the performance of Yulia Samoilova were divided. Someone praised the singer for her emotional performance, and someone believes that for Eurovision the song should have been different, "an order of magnitude better."

The most disastrous moment of the Russian number was the seconds when Samoilova fell silent and the voices of the backing vocalists came to the fore - the audience suggested that the singer forgot the words and "burned out".

According to NSN, the leader of the Russian delegation at Eurovision, the main producer of music and entertainment programs on Channel One, Yulia Samoilova did not have a mission to win the competition in 2018.

“We do not have the task of winning, bringing Eurovision to Russia. Circumstances give us the opportunity to once again tell about ourselves, about Russians, to sing what excites us, ”said the producer.

“I am very sorry for Yulia, I am afraid that it will not be easy for her now. Once we're done talking, I'll go up to her and try to calm her down. An artist is responsible for the fact that he has his country behind him, and he is a representative of this country, ”said Aksyuta.

Another Russian producer said that there is "nothing masterpiece" in Samoilova's song. At the same time, he noted that everything is “beautiful and logical, absolutely formatted.”

“The fact that Yulia Samoilova is going [to the competition] this year is all logical. I can't say that the song is better or worse than the previous one. It is absolutely Eurovision, the clip is absolutely normal, worthy, understandable, ”said Prigogine.

According to FAN, foreign viewers appreciated the courage of Yulia Samoilova.

“Sorry, Julia. I admire your courage and your presence here at the competition, but, unfortunately, it was not very strong. Let her rest. She tried her best."

- said one of the English-speaking viewers.

And one of the Russian viewers simply said that Yulia Samoilova "fulfilled her dream."

Recall that in 2017 Ukraine did not let Russian singer for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. Due to allegedly illegal visits to Crimea and participation in a concert in Kerch, the artist was blacklisted.

Alexandra Gordeeva

Lisbon hosted the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the results of the evening, ten participants were determined who received the right to speak in the final. Yulia Samoilova, who represented Russia and performed the song I Won't Break, failed to enter their number. About the voting results - in the material RT.

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On Thursday, May 10, the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest took place on the stage of the Altis Arena in Lisbon.

The representatives of Romania, San Marino, Georgia, Poland, Malta, Latvia and Montenegro failed to get enough votes.

Also, the participant from Russia Yulia Samoilova, who performed the song I Won’t Break (“You Can’t Break Me”), was not among the finalists.

Room and scenery

Samoilova performed with the support of a team of backing vocalists and dancers of the Todes show-ballet Ildar Gainutdinov and Anastasia Dzhurkina, who embodied the images of Adam and Eve on stage. The singer herself was at the top of the scenery, resembling a mountain.

As director-producer Alexei Golubev told RIA Novosti, it was very difficult to prepare this number.

“Within 30 seconds, we have to take the scenery to the stage, lay it out. It must be fixed very clearly so that the projection hits these points ... There is a very good organization on the backstage, the whole team works very professionally. They deal with our challenges. We have everything alive,” he said.

According to Golubev, each new run is different due to the emotions of all its participants.

“At the second rehearsal, we worked on the acting component. Julia gave out such an emotion that I wanted to run away, climb this mountain and kiss it, because this is what should keep the viewer, ”the director emphasized.

The same team that prepared the song Flame is Burning for Eurovision in Kyiv worked on the creation of the composition I Won't Break: Netta Nimrodi, Leonid Gutkin and Arie Burshtein.

"The song is absolutely no"

According to some viewers, Russia should have chosen a different song to perform at Eurovision.

However, the audience was most outraged by the episode when the singer fell silent during the song and the voices of the backing vocalists came to the fore.

“Samoilova didn’t sing at all. Well, nothing at all ... I remember her performance at the Olympics, I cried. Julia just burned out, in my opinion, ”emphasizes another user of social networks.

Why Russia did not qualify for the Eurovision final - a report from Lisbon

On the evening of May 10, the second semi-final of Eurovision 2018 took place, where 18 participating countries competed for a place in the final. The representative of Russia, Yulia Samoilova, did not have enough points to enter the next stage of the competition. Why did it happen, the correspondent of HELLO.RU Daria Labutina, who is now at the scene, argues.

We watched the broadcast of the semi-finals in the press center, we were collectively worried about Yulia. Of course, no one expected such an alignment. Since 2004, when Eurovision began to be held in three stages, Russia has always been in the final - if only because our viewers make up a large share of the audience and it is simply not profitable for broadcasters to deprive themselves of such an audience. But yesterday it happened. The first channel will still broadcast the final, and Yana Churikova, together with Yuri Aksyuta, will comment on the competition of other participants despite the absence of Russia in the list. Our country will be able to take part in next year's competition despite this result.

It is difficult to say why Yulia Samoilova was not allowed to go further. The song, prophetically called I won't break, by musical material strong, Julia performed it very emotionally, soulfully. I must say, listening to it in the recording and live - two different sensations. When I first heard the song at a rehearsal, I was struck by its sincerity and touchingness, although the composition seemed too sad for Eurovision. The competition is dominated by songs of the entertainment genre: a disco beat, an uncomplicated melody, a bright number ... Yulia admitted that she shouldn’t sing frivolous songs about the beach and discos, a composition with meaning, a strong message, although funny songs she does not reject.

After the announcement of the results, the artist burst into tears. It was noticeable before that the competition and rehearsals wore her down to the semi-finals. Yulia has already begun to be protected from the press and excessive communication with fans, her mother came to support her, her husband Alexei Taran was always nearby. Producer Yuri Aksyuta came out to talk to the press after the semi-finals. For 18 years of experience of participating in Eurovision, this is the first case of Russia's failure in his practice. He called it his own failure as a producer, although he repeated several times that Eurovision is a roulette, and it is impossible to predict the result. Aksyuta urged the audience not to blame Yulia for this outcome, who did everything she could. According to him, she, as an artist, feels responsible for the country and tends to reproach herself for the result. Collecting her thoughts, Yulia wrote down an appeal in which she thanked the fans for their support and her team for the "cool experience" that Eurovision gave her.

There is a version that the selection of participants in the second semi-final did not play into our hands - there was no one to vote for us. According to the rules, only residents of those countries that participate in the same semi-final can vote. And of our neighbors, only Georgia, Latvia, Ukraine and Moldova were there. Belarus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, for the same reason, were eliminated in the first semi-final. But the list of winners included the coalitions Norway-Sweden-Denmark, Romania-Hungary-Moldova. According to Aksyuta, this year the competition is on the level, all the songs are worthy and there are many potentially strong participants, although there is no one bright leader, as it was, for example, in 2009 with Alexander Rybak.

Now, according to the forecasts of bookmakers, the participant from Cyprus, a Greek woman of Albanian origin, Eleni Foureira, with an incendiary number in the style of Beyoncé, is in the lead. Second on the list is Israeli Netta Barzilai with a song about body positivity and harassment. She became the favorite of the competition from the very beginning - due to her extravagant image and unusual manner of performance: in the chorus, Netta reproduces funny sounds, either beatboxing or clucking. In third place is France - the duet Madame Monsieur with a song about refugee children who died at sea.

Representative of Cyprus Eleni Foureira
Netta Barzilai, Israel
Madame Monsieur, France Alexander Rybak, who was predicted to be second, lost several positions, but his Scandinavian colleague, Swede Benjamin Ingrosso, with the disco track "Dance you off" pulled ahead. Unexpectedly, an artist from Lithuania, Eva Zasimauskaite, took the fourth place. You can continue to cheer for the pupils of Philip Kirkorov, the winners of the New Wave-2017 DoReDos group from Moldova.

Alexander Rybak, Norway Fans are growing in Lisbon, the atmosphere of the competition is becoming more evident. On the streets, even during the day, you can meet people dressed up in intricate costumes with the symbols of Eurovision and in the colors of national flags, and last night in the subway after the final, the trains were filled with fans of the contest from all over the world. I rode next to artists from Georgia. They didn't make it to the final either, but they didn't look particularly upset - they were eating tangerines and laughing.

MINSK, May 10 - Sputnik. Participants from eight countries did not make it to the finals of the Eurovision international music contest, which is taking place these days in Kiev: among the losers are Georgia, Latvia, Albania, Montenegro, Finland, the Czech Republic, Iceland and Slovenia.

The first semi-final of "Eurovision-2017" took place on Tuesday evening in Kyiv - representatives of 18 countries fought for the right to reach the final. Among the finalists were contestants from Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus and Belgium. The second semi-final will be held in Kyiv on May 11.

Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - "Keep The Faith"

Georgian singer Tamara Gachechiladze said that Eurovision was not worthy of her, and the contest is politics.

"People! Friends! My beloved! Don't think for a single minute that I'm either nervous or upset. It's just very funny to me. And don't be sad and raise your head up!" - so she urged her fans not to be upset because of the defeat in the competition.

Iceland: Svala - "Paper"

Icelandic artist Slava tried to seduce Eurovision viewers with a plunging neckline and a song about strong woman, however, she did not succeed: she will no longer compete for a place in the final.

Albania: Lindita - "World"

The country was represented by the English version of Botë, written by Clodian Kafoku and Gerald Kshari and performed by Lindita Halimi. Albania has taken part in the competition fourteen times, the country's best result being fifth place in 2012.

Latvia: Triana Park - "Line"

The song was written by the band members Agnese Rakovska, Kristaps Eglis and Kristians Rakovskis. Latvia is a relatively recent start to take part in Eurovision: this Baltic country made its debut at the contest in 2000.

Montenegro: Slavko Kalezic - "Space"

The Montenegrin performer participated in the X Factor show before representing the country at Eurovision.

"Representing my country and my people is a great honor. I want to demonstrate my artistic abilities to the world and, through my voice, tell about the main mission of my life. We can become one," said the participant from Montenegro.

Finland: Norma John - "Blackbird"

Leena Tirronen became famous after participating in the X Factor show in 2010. Subsequently, the artist signed a contract with Sony Music. The singer presented her first album in 2010. She has known the second member of the duet, Lasse Piirainen, since her studies at the Lyceum. At home, many believe that their music is cinematic and showcases Scandinavian beauty.

CZ: Martina Bárta - "My Turn"

Martina regularly performs with various musical projects at jazz festivals and collaborates with famous musicians while working on her own project "Scotch and Soda".

Slovenia: Omar Naber - "On My Way"

The artist represented his country with the song "Stop" at Eurovision in 2005 in Kyiv. He said he thinks Eurovision is the biggest music festival, which helped him to realize himself in creativity, and therefore decided to return.

The Belarusian group NaviBand will take part in the second semi-final of Eurovision 2017, which will take place on the evening of May 11. Follow the news about the competition on the Sputnik website.