Jury final for Semi-final 1 of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest (with predictions)

Half of the votes for the first semi-final have been cast. Despite some technical problems, tonight, juries across Europe and Australia were voting. Which 10 acts will secure themselves a place in the grand final on Saturday?

Aside from being the second dress rehearsal, tonight’s run through of the first semi-final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest also functioned as the jury final. Juries in all the first semi-final countries, plus Spain, United Kingdom and Italy were voting. Their votes determine half of the result.

Some technical problems occurred as Armenia was about to start. The music for Czech Republic started. It took about a minute to find the right song and get Artsvik started. At the end Greece was allowed to sing again. It turns out Demy had some problems with the in-ear sound.

But the juries weren’t the only ones voting. We were watching the show with several team members here in Kyiv, and asked them for their predictions. Some were watching in the arena, and others in the press centre.

Watching in the arena:

Josef from Czech Republic and Alvaro from Portugal

Watching in the press centre:

Giannis from Greece, Michael from United Kingdom, Lauren from USA, Dewayne from USA, Wouter from the Netherlands and Charlotte from Denmark.

Country Josef Alvaro Giannis Michael Dewayne Lauren Wouter Charlotte
Sweden Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Georgia Qualifier  Qualifier
Australia  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Albania Qualifier Qualifier
Belgium Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Montenegro Qualifier
Finland  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Azerbaijan  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier
Portugal  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Greece  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Poland  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Moldova  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Iceland  Qualifier
Czech Republic  Qualifier
Cyprus Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier
Armenia Qualifier  Qualifier Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier  Qualifier
Slovenia  Qualifier Qualifier
Latvia

Don’t miss our videos from the first dress rehearsal for this first semi-final this afternoon. Check them out in the playlist below where you can watch all the videos, or skip to your favourite acts.

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