Eurostream 2020: First semi final results determined

Eurostream 2020: First semi final results determined
Wednesday, 06 May 2020

  • Eurostream 2020 saw its first semi final show take place last evening determining the first 10 spots of the final round . 

    Depsite the disappoitmenting cancellation of Eurovision 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the initial shock was left behind and all involved entitites are trying to make the best out of the unprecedent situation.  fAmong them several fan media outlets decided to run an alternative online version of the contest : Eurostream 2020! 

    Eurostream 2020 sees the 41  ESC 2020 competing countries that were to take part in this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will run entirely online and will consist of three parts of live streaming , on 5, 7 and 9 May, just as in the real Eurovision contest.  The 41 countries will compete in two semi final rounds ( 5 and 7 May) according to the draw allocation taken place earlier in January. 10 countries from each semi final will advance to the Grand final, where they will join last year’s winner, The Netherlands, and the Big-5 countries ( France, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany), just exactly as in real Eurovision.

     

    First Semi Final Results

    In this first heat we saw the first ESC semi final countries compete while a jury determined 50% of the vote with the fans casting  their votes for 3 to 5 entries determining the rest 50% of the score. In semi final 1 competed the following countries:

    • Australia – Montaigne – “Don’t Break Me”
    • North Macedonia – Vasil – “You”
    • Ireland – Lesley Roy – “Story of My Life”
    • Belarus – VAL-  “Da vidna”
    • Lithuania – The Roop – “On Fire”
    • Russia – Little Big – “Uno”
    • Slovenia – Ana Soklič – “Voda”
    • Sweden – The Mamas – “Move”
    • Azerbaijan – Efendi – “Cleopatra”
    • Belgium – Hooverphonic – “Release Me”
    • Israel – Eden Alene – “Feker libi”
    • Croatia – Damir Kedžo – “Divlji vjetre”
    • Cyprus – Sandro – “Running”
    • Malta – Destiny – “All of My Love”
    • Norway – Ulrikke – “Attention”
    • Ukraine – Go_A – “Solovey”
    • Romania – ROXEN – “Alcohol You”

    10 countries qualified to the final . Along with the 10 qualifiers the running order draw took place determining in which place the qualifying entries will appear in the final round.

     

    THE 10 SEMI FINAL 1 QUALIFIERS ARE:  

    Lithuania (to appear 6th in the final)

    Malta (to appear 3rd in the final)

    Romania (8th)

    Sweden (to appear 16th in the final)

    Russia (to appear 13th in the final)

    Israel (to appear 21st in the final)

    Norway (to appear 12th final)

    Australia (to appear 2nd in the final)

    Azerbaijan (to appear 26th in the final)

    Belgium  (will appear 17th in the final)

    In case you missed out last night’s semi final 1 you can watch the entire show in the following video: