{"id":7232,"date":"2016-04-08T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=7232"},"modified":"2016-04-11T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:48:22","slug":"belgie-sluit-tweede-halve-finale-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/stockholm2016\/belgie-sluit-tweede-halve-finale-af\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium closes second semifinal, Netherlands as the sixth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #D49D6E; font-weight: bold;\" class=\"post-p-lead\">Unfortunately this article is not available in English and has been automatically translated. Please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/\">homepage<\/a> for all English content or get an overview of all English articles <a href=\"http:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/english\">here<\/a>. You can also request a translation by sending us an <a href=\"mailto:info@songfestival.be\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The start order for the upcoming Eurovision song contest is well known. SVT, the Swedish host broadcaster, is our compatriot Laura Tesoro mirthful. They may shut down the second semi.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, when SVT even though the song contest organized, the host broadcaster itself determine the running order to get a <strong>varied show<\/strong> in which each entry. However, it was determined through drawing lots in what part of the show each country will occur. So Laura Tesoro knew already that they in the second half of the second semifinal would be allowed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First semifinal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Douwe Bob, who in the first semifinal for <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> takes office, as sixth to the bucket. He comes after the occurrence of the Croatian Nina Kralji\u0107 and goes the Armenian Iveta Mukuchyan in advance. The first semi is opened by the Finnish Sandhja while Ira Losco from Malta can end. The complete running order of the first semifinal:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-231\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-231\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">#<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Land<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Artiest<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Nummer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Finland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sandhja<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Sing It Away<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Griekenland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Argo<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Utopian Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Moldavi\u00eb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lidia Isac<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Falling Stars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hongarije<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Freddie<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Pioneer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kroati\u00eb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nina Kralji\u0107<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lighthouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nederland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Douwe Bob<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Slow Down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Armeni\u00eb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Iveta Mukuchyan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LoveWave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">San Marino<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Serhat<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">I Didn't Know<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rusland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sergey Lazarov<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">You're The Only One<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tsjechi\u00eb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Gabriela Gun\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">I Stand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cyprus<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Minus One<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Alter Ego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oostenrijk<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">ZO\u00cb<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Loin d'ici<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Estland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">J\u00fcri Pootsmann<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Play<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Azerbeidzjan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Samra<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Miracle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Highway<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Real Thing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">IJsland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Greta Sal\u00f3me<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Hear Them Calling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bosni\u00eb &amp; Herzegovina<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Deen &amp; Dalal ft. Ana Rucner &amp; Jala<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Ljubav je<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Malta<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ira Losco<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Walk On Water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-231 from cache -->\n<p>Here you&#8217;ll find the 18 semifinalists in a short <em>recap<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"B_ZS_RBgZEQ\" data-time=\"0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Second semifinal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Friday morning became known with <em>What&#8217;s The Pressure<\/em> her semi may <strong>shut down<\/strong>, a windfall for our country. Fun fact: it&#8217;s only <strong>the third time<\/strong> in the Eurovision history that Belgium will last. Earlier happened that just in <a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/geschiedenis\/1959-cannes\/\" target=\"_blank\">1959<\/a> with Bob Benny and Telex with the group in <a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/geschiedenis\/1980-den-haag\/\" target=\"_blank\">1980<\/a> . In Stockholm will our country be preceded by the Albanian Eneda Tarifa. The show is opened by Justs from Latvia. The complete running order of the second semifinal:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-232\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-232\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">#<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Land<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Artiest<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Nummer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Letland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Justs<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Heartbeat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Polen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Micha\u0142 Szpak<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Color of Your Life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zwitserland<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Rykka<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Last of Our Kind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td 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