{"id":83762,"date":"2026-05-12T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=83762"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:25:16","slug":"vanavond-1e-halve-finale-songfestival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/fr\/wenen-2026\/vanavond-1e-halve-finale-songfestival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanavond: 1e halve finale Songfestival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-p-lead\">Vanavond om 21.00 uur start in de Wiener Stadthalle in Oostenrijk de 1e halve finale van het 70e Eurovisiesongfestival. 15 landen, waaronder Belgi\u00eb, strijden om 10 plekken in de finale nu zaterdag.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Waar kun je kijken?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De liveshow start om 21.00 uur en zal ongeveer <strong>twee\u00ebnhalf uur<\/strong> in beslag nemen. Meekijken kan op VRT1, VRT Max, NPO1, NPO Start en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yy510SZZDw4&amp;pp=0gcJCQMLAYcqIYzv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">het YouTube-kanaal van het Songfestival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Op de Vlaamse televisie wordt de uitzending voorafgegaan door een voorbeschouwing van een kwartier. Presentator <strong>Kobe Ilsen<\/strong> gaat in gesprek met commentator Peter Van de Veire (vanuit Brussel) en VRT NWS-journalisten Gianni Paelinck (vanuit Wenen) en Inge Vrancken (vanuit Tel Aviv) om het Songfestival te contextualiseren.<\/p>\n<p>Op de Nederlandse televisie neemt de NOS de uitzendingen over van omroep AVROTROS, die zich dit jaar terugtrok uit de wedstrijd. Vanaf 20.30 uur al zendt NPO1 een voorbeschouwing uit. De presentatie is in handen van <strong>Merel Westrik<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wat krijgen we te zien?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De halve finale wordt geopend met een montage over <strong>een Oostenrijkse Songfestivalfan genaamd Toni<\/strong> die de wedstrijd al van in het begin in 1956 volgt. De opening is nu al te bekijken op <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I60TXs70v90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Verder krijgen we ook een optreden van <strong>Vicky Leandros<\/strong>, die in 1972 het Songfestival won met\u00a0<em>Apr\u00e8s toi<\/em>. Maar ze zal vanavond haar andere Songfestivalklassieker brengen.<\/p>\n<p>Met\u00a0<em>L&rsquo;amour est bleu<\/em> eindigde ze eerder 4e in 1967, toen de <em>Grand Prix<\/em> voor het eerst in Wenen plaatsvond.<\/p>\n<p>Terwijl de lijnen open zijn en de stemmen worden geteld krijgen we een optreden van presentatoren <strong>Victoria Swarovski en Michael Ostrowski<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wenen-2026-info\/wie-zijn-victoria-swarovski-en-michael-ostrowski-presentatoren-songfestival-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over wie je in dit artikel meer leest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ze willen vanavond voor eens en altijd het verschil tussen Oostenrijk en Australi\u00eb (in het Engels <em>Austria\u00a0<\/em>en\u00a0<em>Australia<\/em>) duiden.<\/p>\n<p>Daarin worden ze bijgestaan door <strong>Go-Jo<\/strong>, die vorig jaar\u00a0<em>down under\u00a0<\/em>vertegenwoordigde met het lied\u00a0<em>Milkshake Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Daarnaast krijgen we een acrobatisch dansoptreden van de Oostenrijkse groep <strong>Zurcaroh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wat is het stemsysteem?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In de vijftien deelnemende landen en ook in Itali\u00eb en Duitsland stemmen het publiek samen met zevenkoppige vakjury&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>Ze geven per land elk <strong>punten van een tot en met twaalf aan hun top tien<\/strong>. Al die punten worden samengevoegd en de top tien stoot door naar de finale zaterdagavond.<\/p>\n<p>Daarnaast stemt <strong>een internationale publieksstemming<\/strong> mee, waardoor kijkers uit de hele wereld online kunnen meestemmen. Die zogenaamde\u00a0<em>Rest of the world vote<\/em> telt mee voor \u00e9\u00e9n puntenset van een tot en met twaalf.<\/p>\n<p>De volledige uitslag van vanavond wordt pas na de finale bekendgemaakt. De presentatoren zullen aan het einde van de show enkel<strong> op willekeurige volgorde<\/strong> tien finalisten afroepen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Waar vind ik een scoreblad om zelf mee te stemmen?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Onze jaarlijkse <strong>scorebladen<\/strong> om te printen en met je gezelschap samen in te vullen vanavond vind je <a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wenen-2026-info\/download-hier-scorebladen-halve-finales-songfestival-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hier<\/a> terug.<\/p>\n<p>Antwoorden op <strong>de onvermijdelijke vragen van niet-Songfestivalfans<\/strong> bieden we ook aan. Daarvoor dient <a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wenen-2026-info\/jouw-handige-gids-antwoorden-op-meest-gestelde-vragen-over-songfestival-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dit artikel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wat is de startvolgorde?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Het volledige deelnemersveld vind je hieronder terug <strong>op volgorde van verschijnen<\/strong>. Daarnaast komen twee van de vijf landen die al zeker zijn van een plek in de finale ook aan bod.<\/p>\n<p>De Italiaan Sal da Vinci zingt zijn <em>Per sempre s\u00ec<\/em> na de inzending uit Georgi\u00eb. Vlak voor onze ESSYLA komt de Duitse Sarah Engels aan bod met\u00a0<em>Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"results\" class=\"countrytop\"><div class=\"wrapper\"><div class=\"column-12\"><div class=\"post-history-detailresults\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"popup-trigger\" data-popupid=\"popup-points-event\" data-popuptitle=\"Eurovisiesongfestival 2026\" data-popupdata=\"2026-pointsfinal-ESC\"><i class=\"fa fa-th controls-colorbar\"><\/i>Details total<\/a><\/div>\t\n\t<table id=\"escdb-table\">\t\n\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t<tr class=\"escdb-results-header-row wrappernomax\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32\">Artiste<\/th>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2128\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Satoshi\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SViojHjNSzc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/satoshi-moldavie-2026-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Satoshi\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81377\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/MD.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Moldavie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81377\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/MD.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Satoshi<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81377\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viva, Moldova!<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2153\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Felicia\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-se\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ibbfS8iG450\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/feliciamysystem_zweden2026_promo2-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Felicia\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82440\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/SE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Su\u00e8de<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82440\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/SE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Felicia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82440\/\" target=\"_blank\">My System<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2135\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"LELEK\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-hr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vl7Jqnw10sU\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lelek_kroatie_2026_promo-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"LELEK\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81918\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/HR.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Croatie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81918\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/HR.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>LELEK<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81918\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andromeda<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2136\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Akylas\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-gr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NGwNTd_DA9s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akylasgriekenland2026--390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Akylas\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81925\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/GR.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Gr\u00e8ce<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81925\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/GR.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Akylas<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81925\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ferto<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2155\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Bandidos do Cante\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-pt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyHaE6GqaaQ\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bandidos-do-cante-portugal-2026-promo-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Bandidos do Cante\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82446\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/PT.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Portugal<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82446\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/PT.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Bandidos do Cante<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82446\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosa<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2126\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Bzikebi\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-ge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=coh-lygCINY\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bzikebigeorgie2026_promo-390x205.png\" alt=\"Bzikebi\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81239\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/GE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>G\u00e9orgie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81239\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/GE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Bzikebi<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81239\/\" target=\"_blank\">On Replay<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2142\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-fi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9bfwNIYb96Q\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/petelinda_finland2026-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82200\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/FI.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Finlande<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82200\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/FI.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82200\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liekinheitin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2124\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Tamara \u017divkovi\u0107\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-me\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nuvy2d60HbI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tamara-ivkovi-nikola-radii-montenegro2026-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Tamara \u017divkovi\u0107\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81182\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/ME.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Mont\u00e9n\u00e9gro<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81182\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/ME.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Tamara \u017divkovi\u0107<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nova zora<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2138\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Vanilla Ninja\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-ee\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lOiWuol3t3o&pp=ygUXZXVyb3Zpc2lvbiAyMDI2IGVzdG9uaWE\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vanillaninja2026_estland-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Vanilla Ninja\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81934\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/EE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Estonie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81934\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/EE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Vanilla Ninja<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81934\/\" target=\"_blank\">Too Epic to Be True<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2130\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Noam Bettan\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-il\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xWCnWSoG8nI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/noam-bettan_israel2026_picshai-franco-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Noam Bettan\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81423\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/IL.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Isra\u00ebl<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81423\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/IL.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Noam Bettan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81423\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2134\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"ESSYLA\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-be\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9sfI4g6DWTU\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/essyla4-390x205.png\" alt=\"ESSYLA\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81891\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/BE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Belgique<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81891\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/BE.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>ESSYLA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/81891\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing on the Ice<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2146\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Lion Ceccah\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-lt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0H-PXnbhG7A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lion-ceccahlitouwen2026_yt-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Lion Ceccah\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/LT.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Lituanie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/LT.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Lion Ceccah<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82215\/\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00f3lo quiero m\u00e1s<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2152\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"Senhit feat. Boy George\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wOQe-fQSFxg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/senhit_sanmarino2026_promo-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"Senhit feat. Boy George\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82390\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/SM.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Saint-Marin<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82390\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/SM.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Senhit feat. Boy George<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82390\/\" target=\"_blank\">Superstar<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2154\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"ALICJA\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-pl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q78cnYIoF9Y\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/polenalicjaszemplinskafototvp-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"ALICJA\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82444\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/PL.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Pologne<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82444\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/PL.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>ALICJA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82444\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pray<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr id=\"kanrow-2145\" class=\"escdb-results-data-row escdb-listed wrappernomax row-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <td data-order=\"LAVINA\" class=\"escdb-nocenter escdb-artistcol escdb-column-32 country-rs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"video-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJTLKBOOE98\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"play-button\" alt=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/play.svg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lavina_servie2026promo-390x205.jpg\" alt=\"LAVINA\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"escdb-countrylink\" href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82211\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/RS.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>Serbie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"escdb-results-data-row-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82211\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/wp-content\/themes\/songfestival\/img\/vlaggen\/RS.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" class=\"allsongsvlag\" \/>LAVINA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/kandidaten\/82211\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kraj mene<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        <\/div>\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanavond om 21.00 uur start in de Wiener Stadthalle in Oostenrijk de 1e halve finale van het 70e Eurovisiesongfestival. 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