Portugal's song “Deslocado” by Napa, was not expected to make it through to the final on Saturday however the public chose to put them through.

In addition to Portugal, the following also secured their place: Norway (with the song “Lighter”/performed by Kyle Alessandro), Albania (“Zjerm”/Shkodra Elektronike), Sweden (“Barra Bada Bastu”/KAJ), Iceland (“RÓA”/VÆB), Netherlands (“C’est l’a vie”/Claude), Poland (“GAJA”/Justyna Steczkowska), San Marino (“Tutta l’Italia/Gabry Ponte), Estonia (“Espresso Macchiato/Tommy Cash) and Ukraine (“Bird of pray”/Ziferblat).

Left out of the final: Slovenia (“How much time do we have left”/Klemen), Belgium (“Strobe lights”/Red Sebastian), Azerbaijan (“Run with you”/Mamagama), Croatia (“Poison cake”/Marko Bošnjak) and Cyprus (“Shh”/Theo Evan)

The first semi-final also featured songs from Spain (“Esa diva”/Melody), Italy (“Volevo essere un duro”/Lucio Corsi) and Switzerland (“Voyage”/Zoë Më), countries that are guaranteed a place in the final. The first two because they are part of the ‘Big5’ group and the last because it is the host country, winner of last year’s edition.

In addition to the representatives of the countries competing in Eurovision this year, other singers also took to the stage, including the Portuguese singer Iolanda.

Iolanda, who last year secured Portugal 10th place in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Grito”, took part in a tribute to Céline Dion.

The Portuguese singer performed, with the Greek Marina Satti, the Ukrainian Jerry Heil and the Lithuanian Silvester Belt, “Ne partez pas sans moi”, the song with which Céline Dion represented Switzerland in Eurovision in 1988, winning the contest.

In the second semi-final, on Thursday, 16 more countries will compete for another ten places in the final: Australia, Montenegro, Ireland, Latvia, Armenia, Austria, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Georgia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Israel, Serbia and Finland.

On that day, songs from three other countries with direct entry to the final will be presented - France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the three remaining elements of the ‘Big5’.