The first semi final of Eurovision 2023 is only a few short hours away! Here’s the running order of the show acts and a taste of what to expect. REMEMBER: Everyone can vote this year! Find out more at ESC.vote.

Scroll to the bottom to see Ursula and Christa’s rankings heading into this semi!

NORWAY – “Queen of Kings” by Alessandra

MALTA – “Dance (Our Own Party)” by Busker

SERBIA – “Samo mi se spava” by Luke Black

LATVIA – “Aijā” by Sudden Lights

PORTUGAL – “Ai Coração” by Mimicat

IRELAND – “We Are One” by Wild Youth

CROATIA – “ŠČ” by Let 3

SWITZERLAND – “Watergun” by Remo Forrer

ISRAEL – “Unicorn” by Noa Kirel

MOLDOVA – “Soarele și Luna” by Pasha Parfeni

SWEDEN – “Tattoo” by Loreen

AZERBAIJAN – “Tell Me More” by TuralTuranX

CZECHIA – “My Sister’s Crown” by Vesna

NETHERLANDS – “Burning Daylight” by Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper

FINLAND – “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä

Watch Semi Final 1 on
PeacockTV.com at 12pm PST
(premium subscription required)

Ranking & Voting!

YES YOU CAN VOTE! This year, for the first time EVER, everyone everywhere around the globe can vote on the Eurovision app or at ESC.vote and all the votes cast in non-participating countries will be aggregated and counted as one “Rest of the World” category.

This is going to be one tough final – the competition is FIERCE. (In a perfect world we would like 12 of these acts to advance from Semi Final 1 and only our top 8 from Semi Final 2…) :/ Here are our rankings according to the Eurovision Song Contest Points System: Points go to the top 10 favorite songs – 12 points for the most popular song, 10 points for the second, and then 8 to 1 points.

Country	C’s Ranking with the ESC Points System	U’s Ranking with the ESC Points System
Norway	10	8
Malta	–	1
Serbia	7	10
Latvia	–	–
Portugal	4	5
Ireland	–	–
Croatia	5	7
Switzerland	2	3
Israel	3	–
Moldova	8	6
Sweden	6	4
Azerbaijan	–	–
Czechia	1	2
Netherlands	–	–
Finland	12	12