The Azerbaijani representative Jamila Hashimova, who competed in the second semi-final of the "Eurovision 2026" international song contest hosted by Vienna, the capital of Austria, was eliminated.
Medianews.az reports that the countries that advanced to the final from the May 14 lineup are:
Bulgaria
Romania
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Australia
Ukraine
Albania
Malta
Norway.
The countries that qualified from the first semi-final held on May 12 are:
Moldova
Sweden
Croatia
Greece
Finland
Israel
Belgium
Lithuania
Poland
Serbia.
Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy join the competition in the final (May 16).
Since 1956, in the "Eurovision" contest, a project of the European Broadcasting Union – the public tele-radio broadcasting organization, Ireland and Sweden have won 7 times, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom 5 times, Israel 4 times, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Norway, and Ukraine 3 times, Spain and Germany 2 times, Monaco, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Greece, Finland, Serbia, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Portugal once each.