
Semi 1: Here’s the ten qualifiers!

Semi 1: Here’s the ten qualifiers!
There were a few surprises along the way, but tonight Europe (and Australia) selected its ten qualifiers from the first semi-final of ESC 2019!
Here are the lucky ten and the halves of the final they drew at the press conference afterwards:
FIRST HALF
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
San Marino
Slovenia
SECOND HALF
Australia
Belarus
Estonia
Iceland
Serbia
And for the record, in terms of the escgo! team’s predictions, Martin got 8/10, Felix got 7/10 and Shi got 7/10.
Now let’s see what the second semi-final brings!
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