Delta Goodrem will likely be flying the flag for Australia through the second semi-final of Eurovision 2026
Delta Goodrem is representing Australia (Picture: Christian Bruna/Getty Photographs)
Delta Goodrem has been dealt a crushing blow simply hours earlier than the second semi-final of Eurovision 2026. The primary reside semi-final happened on Tuesday (Could 12), with 15 nations battling it out for a spot in Saturday’s (Could 16) grand remaining.
On the finish of the evening, it was confirmed that Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Serbia, and Sweden had made it by means of, with Montenegro, Estonia, San Marino, Georgia, and Portugal lacking out on qualification.
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Hundreds of followers will descend on the Wiener Stadthalle space once more tonight (Thursday, Could 14) for the second semi-final. The nations competing are Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Romania, Luxembourg, Czechia, Armenia, Switzerland, Cyprus, Latvia, Denmark, Australia, Ukraine, Albania, Malta, and Norway.
Aussie icon Delta Goodrem will likely be representing her dwelling nation with a strong ballad referred to as Eclipse. She is without doubt one of the favourites to win the entire competitors, however has confronted a setback forward of her semi-final efficiency.
Australia are one of many favourites to win the competition (Picture: Christian Bruna/Getty Photographs)
In response to BOYLE Sports activities, Australia face robust competitors from Denmark, who’re main the betting at 6/4 to win the second semi-final, and are virtually sure to qualify at 1/100. With odds of 5/1, singer Søren Torpegaard Lund is at present the second favorite to win your complete contest together with his track, Før Vi Går Hjem, behind Finland.
Australia are shut behind at 15/8 to win the semi-final, and are at present at 12/1 to say their first Eurovision crown.
This is not the one setback for Delta, as she notably got here second within the press and viewers ballot at yesterday’s semi-final costume rehearsal. The acclaimed singer and former Neighbours star misplaced out to Bulgaria’s dance entry Bangaranga, which is sang by DARA. Might this have an effect on Australia’s possibilities of successful the competition?
On the different finish of the market, Azerbaijan are the least fancied to qualify at 8/1, whereas Luxembourg, Armenia, Switzerland and Latvia are additionally seen as susceptible heading into tonight’s public vote. With solely ten acts progressing, the percentages counsel one other tightly fought qualification battle forward of the grand remaining.
The UK may even be performing within the second semi-final (Picture: Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Regardless of not being first within the polls, Delta Goodrem appears set to impress audiences and juries with an incredible efficiency. Talking on This Morning earlier at this time, BBC commentator Angela Scanlon teased: “It does really feel like, within the rehearsal yesterday, there’s positively some pleasure about having any person of that ilk on stage, and he or she did not maintain again.
“She’s received this wonderful robe that took an insane quantity of hours to make, it is received a whole lot of hundreds of Swarovski crystals. Can I say she emerges from a piano. There’s a bit of little bit of hazard concerned within the staging, which I feel persons are going to like. Yeah, it appears like persons are lapping it up.”
In addition to the 15 competing nations, the second semi-final may even see performances from computerized qualifiers France, Austria and the UK – who’s represented by Look Mum No Laptop, aka Sam Battle. After watching Sam’s rehearsal, Rylan joked: “My goodness, there’s a lot occurring on that stage, I want an aspirin!”
The second Eurovision semi-final will air at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer on Thursday, Could 14, forward of the grand remaining at 8pm on Saturday, Could 16
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