An exciting show took place at the Globe Arena in Stockholm this evening with the second semi-final, where we was 18 more countries compete for one of the 10 remaining places in Saturday night’s grand final.

This evening saw a mixture of different music genres and styles throughout the second semi-final from each of tonight’s 18 competing nations, with hosting-duo Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw making a return to the Eurovision stage to present and entertain the audience and viewers.

Graphics and special effects remained strong in tonight’s semi-final following on from Tuesday’s first semi-final, with effective use of holograms and video graphics being presented throughout each of tonight’s performance.

An interval dance act appeared in tonight’s show featuring performances from 3 dancers who together danced alongside 3 specially designed robots, performing cleverly choreography to a number of worldwide hits.

Semi-final 2 interval Eurovision 2016
Anna Velikova (EBU) ©

The results of the second semi-final were decided by both a national jury from each of tonight’s competing countries along with a public vote.

Semi-final 2 results

The 10 qualifiers from tonight’s show were announced in random order.

  • Latvia
  • Georgia
  • Bulgaria
  • Australia
  • Ukraine
  • Serbia
  • Poland
  • Israel
  • Lithuania
  • Belgium

Later this evening, the semi-final 2 qualifier allocation draw will take place, where the running order will be decided and announced in the early hours of the morning.


Jessica was born and raised in the United Kingdom. Eurovision has been a huge part of her life for a number of years, getting to see the contest live for the first time in 2015. Jessica joined the ESCToday team in November 2013.