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Tonight is the first live show of this years Eurovision Song Contest. 18 countries will fight it out for the 10 places available in Saturday’s final. Eurovision.tv will report the qualifiers for you as soon as they are announced. Remember that you can watch the First Semi-Final LIVE right here on Eurovision.tv via our ESCTV player, streaming Europe’s Favourite TV Show right to your computer.

We have our ten qualifiers, and these are as follows, in the order they were announced:-

• Romania
• Moldova
• Iceland
• Hungary
• Denmark
• Albania
• Cyprus
• Greece
• Russia
• Ireland

Build up to the show

Thousands of fans arrived at the Baku Crystal Hall to watch the First Semi-Final of Europe’s Favourite TV Show. The atmosphere built with everyone wondering which ten songs will qualify for Saturday’s Final. Check out our gallery below to see some images of the fans arriving.

Data provided by eurovision.tv