What to expect from Eurovision's first semi-final
will open tonight's show with a royal themed, up-tempo banger, Queen of Kings, performed by Alessandra.the name the Czech Republic enters Eurovision as, also continues the royal theme, with My Sister's Crown by girl group Vesna.The show starts at 20:00 BST and, after all 15 acts perform, voting lines open.
This year a "rest of the world" vote has been introduced so countries not participating can have their say. Those votes will be added up to come from one extra country. And added to those from participating countries. That theme runs throughout tonight's show, including an interval performance from Liverpudlian Rebecca Ferguson. She duets with Ukraine's 2010 entrant Alyosha who fled her country last year when Russia invaded.
The slogan for this year's competition is United by Music and tonight there will be something to suit everyone's taste.What the cameras won't capture tonight are the talented stage technicians who have choreographed in a month how to change the stage setup between performances in less than 60 seconds.
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