The Belgian Gustaph, the Austrians Teya & Salena and the Slovenian Joker Out have fulfilled the forecasts by qualifying in a second Eurovision 2023 semifinal of a much more decaffeinated flavor than the first and without great favorites to the triumph of this sixty-seventh edition.

Held in Liverpool due to the impossibility for Ukraine to welcome him in its territory due to the Russian invasion, in which they have also obtained their pass Armenia, Poland, Cyprus, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania and Australia, a very different fate to that of Denmark, Romania, Iceland, Greece, Georgia and San Marino, who dropped out of the competition this Thursday.

The qualifiers will perform in the final on May 13 together with the defending champion, Ukraine, as well as the countries of the ‘Big Five’ (Spain, Germany, Italy, France and the United Kingdom) and to the other 10 qualified in the first round: Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Norway, Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Israel and Serbia.

Under the slogan “United by music”, “drag queens” and the surprise cameo of the children’s character Peppa Pig have colored a night in which they also wanted to underline the presence of Ukraine as co-host of the edition with tributes to its folklore (including what seemed like a transpolation of the Mystery of Elche).

For Spain this semifinal has had the added attraction of allowing its viewers to vote for their favorites and, above all, that they could enjoy a first preview of the performance that their candidate Blanca Paloma will perform in the final with the song ‘EaEa’, which remains fifth in the bets.