On May 16, 2019, at the Expo Tel Aviv site, where Eurovision 2019 is being held, the second semi-final of the international song contest took place. After the announcement of the voting results, the countries that will take part in the final concert became known. They will join the previously named contestants, who decided after the first day of the semi-final, and those countries that automatically enter the competition. Who became the finalists on the second day of Eurovision?
The third culminating day of the 64th International Song Contest will take place in Israel on May 18, 2019. The list of countries that traditionally make it to the final of the show without selection are:
- France, the country is represented by singer Bilal Assani;
- Spain, representative - Miki;
- Italy, from this country there will be a vocalist named Mamud;
- Germany, the country is represented by the duo "S! Sters";
- Great Britain, from which performer Michael Rice will perform on the Eurovision 2019 stage.
Israel has also joined the "big five" this year, where a song show is being held. Actor and musician, singer Kobe Marimi will perform in Tel Aviv.
Earlier, on May 14, 2019, the first ten countries that will compete for victory in the final were announced. Among them are, for example, Iceland, Belarus, Czech Republic.
In the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, eighteen countries were represented. As a result of voting, only ten went to the final again. Who will re-enter the stage in Tel Aviv on Saturday night?
North Macedonia became the first country to reach the final on the second qualifying day of Eurovision 2019. The country is represented by singer Tamara Todevska with the song "Proud". In the past, the performer has already participated in national selections, and in 2008 she appeared on the stage of an international song competition as part of a musical group. However, in that year, North Macedonia did not manage to break through to the final.
The second finalist was the singer representing the Netherlands (Holland). His name is Duncan Lawrence. Lawrence took to the stage in Tel Aviv with the lyrical composition "Arcade". It is worth noting that many bookmakers predict victory for this particular performer. The singer's real name sounds like Duncan de Moore. From childhood he studied music, wrote his songs.
The next contender for the victory in the 64th song contest was Yonida Malici. She represents Albania. Yonida entered the Eurovision 2019 stage with the song "Ktheju tokës". Today, the singer is very popular in her home country. And her career began when Yonida was only thirteen years old.
The fourth lucky person to break through from the semifinals to the final was a singer and musician from Sweden. His name is Jon Lundvik. At Eurovision 2019, the singer presents the song "Too Late For Love". Since 2010, Yon has been building a career as a songwriter and, I must say, he does it very successfully.
The fifth finalist was Sergey Lazarev, who re-represents Russia at the international song contest. This year the singer is trying to conquer Europe with a very soulful song "Scream". Lazarev's career as a great singer started in 2001, when he began working in a duet with Vlad Topalov. In 2016, he took an honorable third place at Eurovision.
Chingiz from Azerbaijan became the sixth finalist. The singer performed on the Israeli stage with an incendiary song "Truth". Chingiz's homeland is Russia, however, at the age of six, the future singer and virtuoso guitarist moved with his family to Azerbaijan. The first popularity came to him in 2007. And in 2013 he performed in Jurmala at the New Wave competition.
The singer from Denmark got the seventh ticket to the final. Her name is Leonora (Leonora), on stage in Tel Aviv she sang a very gentle and positive song called "Love Is Forever". The singer began to study vocals and music professionally only five years ago, at that time she was fifteen years old. Leonora is now an extremely popular performer in Scandinavia.
Musicians representing Norway were eighth in the final of Eurovision 2019. KEiiNO brought the song "Spirit in the Sky" to Tel Aviv. The music of this group is very cleverly intertwined with traditional Norwegian motives, Sami chants and popular melodies. The team was formed in 2018.
The ninth country to qualify for the 2019 Eurovision final was Switzerland. At the competition, this state is represented by a vocalist named Luca Hanny. He sings a song called "She Got Me". Luka has been seriously involved in music since the age of five. His first album topped the charts in Switzerland and Austria.
The last finalist was a young singer named Michela Pace with the song "Chameleon". She represents Malta. Mikela was the winner of the "X-Factor Malta" show, the League of Musical Talents (Latvia), and also attended the final of the Baltic Voices vocal competition.
