EUROVISION 2026: THE SEMI-FINAL RESULTS - SWITZERLAND THE UNLUCKY ONE

I must say I pretty much nailed it with Estonia and Switzerland being the 11th ones in their semi-finals. Georgia and Azerbaijan finishing last were expected. Bulgaria scored highest already here among all semi-finalists but Poland and Norway scoring so high is a bit of a surprise after all. Judging the results this year next year's national finals will be filled with insane nonsense bangers, violins and rock.

Finland was second for the juries and fifth for the televoters and third in combined.

Semi-final One

1. Israel 269 (jury 106 + tele 163)

2. Poland 247 (137 + 110)

3. Finland 227 (127 + 100)

4. Moldova 208 (62 + 146)

5. Serbia 187 (56 + 131)

6. Croatia 175 (85 + 90)

7. Greece 159 (88 + 71)

8. Lithuania 101 (46 + 55)

9. Sweden 96 (79 + 17)

10. Belgium 91 (81 + 10)

11. Estonia 79 (33 + 46)

12. Portugal 74 (39 + 35)

13. Montenegro 71 (26 + 45)

14. San Marino 41 (18 + 23)

15. Georgia 5 (3 + 2)

In a jury only semi-final the qualifiers would have been the same, but in a televote only semi-final Estonia and Montenegro would have qualified and Sweden and Belgium would have been out! Sweden can be happy for the voting change this year and yes, I knew Estonia would please the televoters enough to qualify. Poland won the jury and Israel the tele.

Semi-final Two

1. Bulgaria 278 jury 94 + tele 184)

2. Romania 234 (87 + 147)

3. Australia 122 (137 + 85)

4. Norway 206 (109 + 97)

5. Denmark 199 (124 + 75)

6. Ukraine 174 (75 + 99)

7. Albania 158 (45 + 113)

8. Malta 143 (84 + 59)

9. Czechia 142 (108 + 34)

10. Cyprus 122 (47 + 75)

11. Switzerland 108 (48 + 60)

12. Luxembourg 60 (26 + 34)

13.Latvia 43 (28 + 21)

14. Armenia 49 (30 + 19)

15. Azerbaijan 2 (2 + 0)

Australia won the jury and Bulgaria the tele. Bulgaria was only fifth with the juries. In a jury only semi.final Switzerland would have qualified and Albania out, and in the televote only semi again Switzerland would have qualified and Czechia out. Swiss had it real bad luck finishing 9th in both and yet not qualifying. Azerbaijan scored zero from the public.

In the final Bulgaria and Romania scored points from every country.

Israel scored from every country but Australia, Croatia and Lithuania.

18 countries scored 12 from the juries in the final

13 countries scored 12 points from the public in the final

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