{"id":1392066,"date":"2026-05-11T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/eurovision-2026-where-to-watch-the-first-semi-final-and-when-ukraine-will-perform\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:22:58","slug":"eurovision-2026-where-to-watch-the-first-semi-final-and-when-ukraine-will-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/eurovision-2026-where-to-watch-the-first-semi-final-and-when-ukraine-will-perform\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026: where to watch the first semi-final and when Ukraine will perform"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 will start on May 12, in which 17 countries will perform their songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The show will start at 22:00 Kyiv time. The pre-show with host Timur Miroshnychenko, as well as Vasyl Baydak, Svitlana Tarabarova and alyona alyona will start earlier – at 21:30 on the Eurovision Ukraine<\/a> YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

You can watch the first semi-final on the websites Suspilne Kultura<\/a> and Suspilne Eurovision<\/a> , on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel<\/a> , on the Megogo media service, and also listen on Radio Promin<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The broadcast will also be interpreted into sign language. You can watch this broadcast on the Public Eurovision website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The representative of Ukraine, singer LEL\u00c9KA, will perform in the second semi-final, which is scheduled for May 14. That’s when Ukrainians will be able to vote for their favorites.<\/p>\n

You can vote via the official Eurovision Song Contest App, SMS, phone call, or via the special esc.vote platform, which only works on live broadcast days.<\/p>\n

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According to bookmakers’ forecasts, Finland is considered the main favorite in this year’s competition. Its chances of winning are estimated at 38%, while Ukraine is currently given about 2%. <\/p>\n

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The first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 will start on May 12, in which 17 countries will perform their songs. The show will start at 22:00 Kyiv time. The pre-show with host Timur Miroshnychenko, as well as Vasyl Baydak, Svitlana Tarabarova and alyona alyona will start earlier – at 21:30 on the Eurovision Ukraine YouTube channel. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1392058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24160,76871,76872,76878],"class_list":["post-1392066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-ru","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}