I got to watch the Second Semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest after the fact, albeit a bit earlier than the first. Watch the full Eurovision 2015 SF2 on Youtube, and also check out the International Sign Language version, which is a new addition to the contest this year.
© Andres Putting (EBU)To start things off, let’s find out how Europe (and Australia!) voted on the songs that are part of Semi-final 2. Here are the second semi-final results in their running order (the ones marked in bold qualified to the final):
- Lithuania — Qualified to the Final
- Ireland
- San Marino
- Montenegro — QF
- Malta
- Norway — QF
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Israel — QF
- Latvia — QF
- Azerbaijan — QF
- Iceland 😮
- Sweden — QF
- Switzerland
- Cyprus — QF
- Slovenia — QF
- Poland — QF
Thanks to the votes from all across Europe (and Australia!) Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, Norway, Montenegro, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, Cyprus, and Azerbaijan are all through to the finals on Saturday (Sunday morning in Australia, and where I live). Now that I’ve watched the full second semi-finals show (thanks to Youtube), here is how I rank the qualifiers going into the final: