Tonight the first semi-final of Eurovision 2023 has come to a conclusion after fifteen of the 37 acts took to the stage in Liverpool.
The following countries have been selected to move forward in the competition:
- Croatia
- Moldova
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Czechia
- Israel
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Serbia
- Norway
The qualifiers for the semi-final were decided using a televoting only process in contrast to the 50/50 jury and televoting structure utilized in recent years.
These ten countries will join the final ten qualifiers from semi-final two, which airs on Thursday May 11th at 21:00 CET.
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