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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;

  1. 🇲🇹 MALTA – Michela Pace – Chameleon
  2. 🇦🇱 ALBANIA – Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës
  3. 🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC – Lake Malawi – Friend of a Friend
  4. 🇩🇪 GERMANY – S!sters – Sister
  5. 🇷🇺 RUSSIA – Sergey Lazarev – Scream
  6. 🇩🇰 DENMARK – Leonora – Love is Forever
  7. 🇸🇲 SAN MARINO – Serhat – Say Na Na Na
  8. 🇲🇰 NORTH MACEDONIA – Tamara Todevska – Proud
  9. 🇸🇪 SWEDEN – John Lundvik – Too Late For Love
  10. 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA – Zala Kralj & Gašper Santl – Sebi
  11. 🇨🇾 CYPRUS – Tamta – Replay
  12. 🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS – Duncan Laurence – Arcade
  13. 🇬🇷 GREECE – Katerine Duska – Better Love
  14. 🇮🇱 ISRAEL – Kobi Marimi – Home
  15. 🇳🇴 NORWAY – KEiiNO – Spirit in the Sky
  16. 🇬🇧 UNITED KINGDOM – Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us
  17. 🇮🇸 ICELAND – Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra
  18. 🇪🇪 ESTONIA – Victor Crone – Storm
  19. 🇧🇾 BELARUS – ZENA – Like It
  20. 🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN – Chingiz – Truth
  21. 🇫🇷 FRANCE – Bilal Hassani – Roi
  22. 🇮🇹 ITALY – Mahmood – Soldi
  23. 🇷🇸 SERBIA – Nevena Bozovic – Kruna
  24. 🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND – Luca Hänni – She Got Me
  25. 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA – Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity
  26. 🇪🇸 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

Who do #YOU want to win Eurovision 2019? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!

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