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For the third year running, the team at Phoenix have been voting for our favourite songs from each Semi Final, but who will qualify for our grand final? Read on to find out!

Our first qualifier is…

Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ

They call her Gaja and at Phoenix, we’re calling her a Eurovision finalist! Justyna was a safe qualifier finishing in 6th place in our semi final.

Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช

No surprises here, Eurovision fan favourites KAJ have made it to our Eurovision final and won the semi final scoring 72 points!

Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ

In the ground, in the sky, in the afterlife, and in the Phoenix Eurovision final! Cyprus have been surprising many Eurofans with their grand Eurovision staging, could they pull off more surprises at the live semi final in Basel?

Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด

Albania ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

Everyone’s favourite Albanian music duo are a safe qualifier in our semi final, finishing in 2nd place, just 1 point behind Sweden!

Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

San Marino ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น

Portugal are our 9th qualifier! Their gentle song ‘Deslocado‘ struck a chord with some of our Phoenix team picking up 2 sets of 12 points!

Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Last but not least, it’s Iceland! The brothers scored points from almost everyone to finish in 4th place. It would be a dream for Vร†B to qualify for the real Eurovision final, will it come true next week?

These were our full results!

  1. Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 72 points
  2. Albania ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 71
  3. Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด 61
  4. Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ 52
  5. Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น 49
  6. Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ 44
  7. Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช 44
  8. Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ 44
  9. San Marino ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 42
  10. Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 38
  11. Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 23
  12. Azerbaijan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ 13
  13. Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช 10
  14. Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท 10
  15. Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ 7

The team at Phoenix were pretty united on our 10 favourite songs of this semi final, but there were some surprises with Eurovision powerhouses Ukraine failing to qualify for the final in 11th place. For the second year in a row, Azerbaijan finishes in 12th place in our Phoenix Semi Final. Estonia’s Tommy Cash proved to be too polarising for us finishing in joint 13th place with Croatia, and Slovenia finished in last place scoring 7 points.

Remember, these are just our results though, and aren’t necessarily what will happen in Eurovision! Who are your Eurovision Semi Final qualifiers? Let us know in the comments!

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