The line up for Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final has been confirmed, following Thursday’s knock-out semi-final. 26 countries will compete for the crystal microphone tomorrow.
The UK is staging this year’s contest on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine.
What time is the Eurovision 2023 final?
The grand final takes place at 8pm on Saturday, broadcast live from Liverpool Arena on BBC One.
It’s the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the UK for 25 years.
The competition is made up of two semi-finals and the grand final.
The first and second semi-finals were held on Tuesday and Thursday, where 20 acts qualified to join the “big five” that have a guaranteed spot in the final -France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom- and last year’s winner, Ukraine.
Who qualified for the final?
The winners of Tuesday’s semi-final were Croatia, Czechia, Finland, Israel, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland and Sweden. Azerbaijan, Ireland, Latvia, Malta and The Netherlands failed to qualify.
On Thursday, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia got through to the final.
The running order for the final has been revealed. Austria will open the show and final act will be UK’s Mae Muller.
Who will represent the UK?
Mae Muller will represent the UK with her track I Wrote A Song, the country’s first female Eurovision entrant for five years.
She was born in 1997 – the year the UK last won Eurovision – and has previously supported Little Mix on tour.
Can I still get Eurovision tickets?
The short answer is no. When tickets for all of the Eurovision shows went on sale on Tuesday 7th March they sold out.
AÂ final batch were released on Monday, 24th April.
As well as the three televised live shows – the semi-finals and the final – there are six preview shows which double as dress rehearsals.
Check out our two Spotify Eurovision Playlists.