In 2004, the Eurovision Song Contest introduced a semi final stage before Saturday night’s show to accommodate the rising number of countries wishing to compete at Europe’s favourite music competition. And ever since 2008, this has become two semi finals in which countries must compete in order to join the host and the Big 5 in the Grand Final.
The First Semi Final might start off the contest, but Thursday’s Second Semi Final is where things really begin to heat up! We already know the majority of the finalists and there are only 10 spots left… and of course, the Grand Final is now within sight!
So before you decide who gets your 12 points this year, here is how to say “Second Semi Final” in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Gjysmëfinalja e dytë
- Arabic – ثاني نصف نهائي (Thani nisf nihayiyin)
- Armenian – երկրորդ կիսաեզրափակիչ (Yerkrord kisayezrap’akich)
- Azerbaijani – İkinci yarımfinal
- Basque – Bigarren finalerdia
- Belarusian – Другі паўфінал (Drughi paowfinal)
- Bulgarian – Втори полуфинал (Vtori polufinal)
- Catalan – Segona semifinal
- Croatian – Drugo polufinale
- Czech – Druhého semifinále
- Danish – Anden semifinale
- Dutch – Tweede halve finale
- Estonian – Teine poolfinaal
- Faroese – Seinni hálvfinala
- Finnish – Toinen semifinaali
- French – Deuxième demi-finale
- Georgian – მეორე ნახევარფინალი (Meore nakhevarpinali)
- German – Zweites Halbfinale
- Greek – δεύτερος ημιτελικός (Deúteros imitelikós)
- Greenlandic – Appassaani semi-finale-tullia
- Hungarian – Második elődöntő
- Icelandic – Seinni undankeppnin
- Irish Gaelic – An dara babhta
- Italian – Seconda semifinale
- Jèrriais – Deûxième d’mi finnal
- Latin – Secundus semifinalis
- Latvian – Otrais pusfināls
- Lithuanian – Antrasis pusfinalis
- Low German – Tweete Halffinale
- Luxembourgish – Zweeter Halleffinale
- Macedonian – Второ полуфинале (Vtoro polufinale)
- Maltese – It-tieni semifinali
- Manx – Yn nah lieh-yerrinaght
- Monégasque – Segundu mesu finale
- Northern Sami – Nuppi oassefinála
- Norwegian – Andre semifinale
- Polish – Drugi półfinał
- Portuguese – Segunda semi-final
- Romanian – A doua semifinală
- Russian – Второй полуфинал (Vtoroy polufinal)
- Scots Gaelic – An dara iar-chuairt dheireannach
- Serbian – Друго полуфинале (Drugo polufinale)
- Slovak – Druhé semifinále
- Slovene – Drugi predizbor
- Spanish – Segunda semifinal
- Swedish – Andra semifinal
- Swiss German – Zwaitä Halbfinal
- Turkish – Ikinci yarı-final
- Ukrainian – Другий півфінал (Drugiy pivfinal)
- Welsh – Ail rownd gyn-derfynol
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Author: James Scanlan
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