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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Roisin O'Connor

HISTORICAL FACTS: Full list of countries through to eurovision finale after first semi final as boy george makes cameo - Caught on Camera

  • Veteran British pop star Boy George performed with San Marino’s Senhit during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
  • The 64-year-old Culture Club singer performed Superstar, which he co-wrote, at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, appearing on a silver throne midway though the song, wearing a black suit with a silver hat, as Senhit shouted “Boy George”.
  • San Marino will go no further in the competition, though, after being eliminated along with Portugal, Georgia, Montenegro and Estonia.
  • Italy and Germany – along with France and the UK who will perform in the second semi-final on Thursday – automatically gain a place in the final as members of the “Big Four”, who make the biggest financial contributions to Eurovision each year. Austria is also guaranteed a spot in the final as this year’s host.
  • Here are the countries that qualified from the first semi-final: Greece, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Moldova, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania and Poland.

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