Austria Eurovision 2026

Semifinal 1

10 entries qualified for Saturday's Grand Final after the first live semi-final at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna.

CityVienna
ArenaWiener Stadthalle
Date12 May 2026
Qualified10

Quick Facts

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Host cityVienna
ArenaWiener Stadthalle
Competing countries15
Qualifying places10
Grand Final16 May 2026

Night Outcome

10/15
Qualified
10
Eliminated
5
First half
7
Second half
8

Through to the Final

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1Greece flag
GreeceAkylas - Ferto
Qualified
2Finland flag
FinlandLinda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen - Liekinheitin
Qualified
3Belgium flag
BelgiumESSYLA - Dancing on the Ice
Qualified
4Sweden flag
SwedenFELICIA - My System
Qualified
5Moldova flag
MoldovaSatoshi - Viva, Moldova!
Qualified
6Israel flag
IsraelNoam Bettan - Michelle
Qualified
7Serbia flag
SerbiaLavina - Kraj Mene
Qualified
8Croatia flag
CroatiaLELEK - Andromeda
Qualified
9Lithuania flag
LithuaniaLion Ceccah - Solo quiero mas
Qualified
10Poland flag
PolandALICJA - Pray
Qualified

Out of the Contest

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11Portugal flag
PortugalBandidos do Cante - Rosa
Out
12Georgia flag
GeorgiaBzikebi - On Replay
Out
13Montenegro flag
MontenegroTamara Zivkovic - Nova Zora
Out
14Estonia flag
EstoniaVanilla Ninja - Too Epic To Be True
Out
15San Marino flag
San MarinoSenhit feat. Boy George - Superstar
Out

Starting Order

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1
Opening blockMoldova, Sweden, Croatia, Greece and Portugal set the first run.
2
Automatic guestsItaly and Germany performed and voted, but did not compete in this semi-final.
3
Closing stretchBelgium, Lithuania, San Marino, Poland and Serbia closed the competitive lineup.

What Happened?

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15
Countries performed15 songs competed for 10 Grand Final places.
10
Grand Final spots filledThe qualifiers join the pre-qualified countries and semi-final 2 qualifiers.
2
Next live showsSemi-final 2 follows on 14 May, with the Grand Final on 16 May.
Sources: Eurovision.com, Eurovision.com qualifiers, Eurovisionworld. Updated 13 May 2026