From the end of the contest in Lisbon last year and the build up to Tel Aviv’s selection as a host city, from the first submissions back in September, the first selection in December, all the way through the cold winter months with hundreds of potential entries and on through the preview parties and endless media events, the time has finally come. Tonight is the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019!
26 countries have made it to this year’s final, which promises to be a fantastic spectacle full of strong performances and special guests.
The 26 lucky participants are as follows;
MALTA – Michela Pace – Chameleon
ALBANIA – Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës
CZECH REPUBLIC – Lake Malawi – Friend of a Friend
GERMANY – S!sters – Sister
RUSSIA – Sergey Lazarev – Scream
DENMARK – Leonora – Love is Forever
SAN MARINO – Serhat – Say Na Na Na
NORTH MACEDONIA – Tamara Todevska – Proud
SWEDEN – John Lundvik – Too Late For Love
SLOVENIA – Zala Kralj & Gašper Santl – Sebi
CYPRUS – Tamta – Replay
NETHERLANDS – Duncan Laurence – Arcade
GREECE – Katerine Duska – Better Love
ISRAEL – Kobi Marimi – Home
NORWAY – KEiiNO – Spirit in the Sky
UNITED KINGDOM – Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us
ICELAND – Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra
ESTONIA – Victor Crone – Storm
BELARUS – ZENA – Like It
AZERBAIJAN – Chingiz – Truth
FRANCE – Bilal Hassani – Roi
ITALY – Mahmood – Soldi
SERBIA – Nevena Bozovic – Kruna
SWITZERLAND – Luca Hänni – She Got Me
AUSTRALIA – Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity
SPAIN – Miki – La venda
The show will also see performances in the opening act from Netta, Dana International, Ilanit and Nadav Guedj, and interval acts from Conchita, Måns Zelmerlöw, Eleni Foureira, Verka Serduchka, Gali Atari, Netta, Idan Raichel Project, Gal Gadot, Quavo and Madonna.
The voting system has been changed this year, and now the televoting results will be announced in order of where each country finished in the jury vote i.e. the song in 26th with the jury will receive their televote points first.
We will be live with a pre-show and post-show, as well as bringing #YOU the reactions from our team and the press centre for the results, so make sure to subscribe to ESC United on YouTube with notifications!
The show will begin at 20:00 BST / 21:00 CEST / 22:00 IST.
Image credit: Thomas Hanses, EBU
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