Eurovision 2019 is the very famous European song contest! This year it will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel!
But do you know everything there is to know about Eurovision 2019?
- The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
- The contest is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Following Israel’s victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal
- With the song “Toy”, performed by Netta
- This is the third time that Israel has hosted the contest
- Having previously hosted in 1979 and 1999
- The contest is being held at Expo Tel Aviv
- The city’s convention centre
- It consists of two semi-finals
- On 14 and 16 May
- And the final on 18 May 2019
- The three live shows are being hosted by Erez Tal, Bar Refaeli, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub
- Forty-one countries are taking part in the contest
- With Bulgaria and Ukraine absent
- Both for the first time since 2015
- The contest is taking place at Expo Tel Aviv’s 7,300-seat congress and convention centre called “Bitan 2” (Pavilion 2)
- Which was inaugurated in January 2015
- Located on Rokach Boulevard in northern Tel Aviv
- The convention centre serves as a venue for many different events
- Including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, and conferences
- The fairground has ten halls and pavilions
- Plus a large outdoor space
- The new pavilion hosted the 2018 European Judo Championships from 26 – 28 April
- On 8 April 2019, it was confirmed that Madonna will perform “Future” featuring Quavo and “Like a Prayer” during the final
- On 15 April 2019, the EBU released further information regarding the opening and interval acts
- The first semi-final will be opened by Netta Barzilai
- Who will perform a new version of her winning song “Toy”
- The first semi-final will also feature Dana International with “Just the Way You Are”
- The second semi-final included Shalva band with the song “Million Dreams”
- And the mentalist Lior Suchard
- The Grand Final will include performances from six former Eurovision participants
- Conchita Wurst who will perform “Heroes”
- Måns Zelmerlöw with “Fuego”
- Eleni Foureira with “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”
- Verka Serduchka with “Toy”
- Gali Atari with her winning song “Hallelujah”
- And Netta Barzilai with “Nana Banana”
- The opening of the show will feature Netta Barzilai, Dana International with “Diva” and “Tel Aviv”
- Nadav Guedj with “Golden Boy”
- And Ilanit. Idan Raichel will perform the song “Bo’ee – Come to Me” together with the twenty-six finalists
- While Miss Israel 2004 Gal Gadot will also make an appearance at the Grand Final
- The first semi-final took place on 14 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST)
- Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final
- Those countries plus France, Israel and Spain voted in this semi-final
- The countries that qualified were Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Belarus, Serbia, Australia, Iceland, Estonia, San Marino
- The second semi-final took place on 16 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST)
- Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final
- Those countries plus Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final
- Switzerland was pre-drawn into this semi-final due to scheduling issues
- The countries that qualified to the finals were Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Malta, Russia, Albania, Norway, North Macedonia, Azerbaijan
- The countries from the two semi- finals will compete at the finals alingside teh Big Five (England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France) and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 (Israel)
- The final will take place on 18 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST)
- Twenty-six countries will participate in the finals
- With all 41 participating countries eligible to vote
- The favorite to win is Netherlands
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