Eurovision got its last 10 finalists last night during the second Semi-Final. At the end of the show, the name of the 10 countries that went through the final with the 6 countries pre-qualified (Big5 + host country) and the 10 countries that got their seat in the final on Tuesday were revealed. After this Semi-Final we know the 26 countries of this Saturday Grand Final are already known
The show started at 21:00 CEST withing 2 hours of music and moments that will remain for history. Apart from the 17 songs that took part in this Semi-Final, we could enjoy some acts with dutch artists during the beginning of the show and the interval act.
2ND SEMIFINAL VIEWING FIGURES
These are the second Semi-Final viewing figures data across Europe’s broadcast televisions:
| Channel | Viewers | Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Iceland | RÚV1 | 131,000 | 64.5% |
 | Finland | YLE1 | 650,000 | 57% |
 | Denmark | DR1 | 745,000 | 50.5% |
 | The Netherlands | NPO1 | 2,903,000 | 49% |
 | Norway | NRK1 | 499,000 | 48,7% |
 | Lithuania | LRT televizija | 356,900 | 45.6% |
 | Sweden | SVT1 | 997,000 | 43% |
 | Serbia | RTS1 | 902,097 | 29.9% |
 | Cyprus | RIK1 | 72,780 | 25.9% |
 | Switzerland | SRF Swei / RSI 2 | 263,000 / 7,000 | 21.7% / 8% |
 | Poland | TVP1 | 2,553,000 | 20.9% |
 | Austria | ORF1 | 464,000 | 18.5% |
 | Greece | ERT1 | 840,000 | 16.4% |
 | Portugal | RTP1 | 744,100 | 16.1% |
 | Russia | ПЕРВЫЙ КАНАЛ | 429,400 / 1,485,500 | 13.3% / 10.4% |
 | Albania | RTSH1 | 9,7% | |
 | Bulgaria | BNT1 | 162,000 | 8.47% |
 | Czech Republic | ČT2 | 169,000 | 5.18% |
 | United Kingdom | BBC Four | 666,000 | 4.2% |
 | Spain | La 2 | 600,000 | 4.1% |
 | Germany | One | 720,000 | 2.8% |
 | Italy | RAI4 | 555,000 | 2.3% |
 | Romania | TVR1 | 122,000 | 1.9% |
 | France | France 4 | 301,000 | 1.3% |
 | Belgium | ÉEN / La Une* | 646,843 / 88,960* | |
 | Ireland | RTÉ 2 | 78,000 |
* EUROVISION 2021 SECOND SEMIFINAL WAS BROADCASTED ON BELGIUM (LA UNE) ON DELAY (22:35 CEST)
** FIRST DATA IN RUSSIA REFERS TO MOSCOW AUDIENCE AND SECOND DATA TO CITIES WITH +100K INHABITANTS AUDIENCE
ND= NO DATA
This data are going to be updated regularly
NETHERLANDS, NORWAY AND SWEEDEN REACHED THE TOP
The Netherlands got the largest viewers for the second semifinal with 2,903,000 viewers in NPO1 and reaching a 49% share. Sweden got also very high ratings with the second semifinal reaching 997,000 viewers and 43% of share.
Greece and Austria reached also very good ratings with the second semifinal, reaching 16.4% of share in the Mediterranean country and 464,000 viewers and an 18.5% share in Austria.
Spain got 600,000 viewers, making yesterday’s semifinal the Second Semifinal most-watched since Semi-Finals were introduced in 2004. The highest audience during the first Semi-Final in the country was during the voting recap.
Italy and Germany also got good rates during the first semifinal. In Italy, the first semi-final got an increase of 30% in viewers compared to 2019 and in Germany, the second semi-final attracted more audiences than in previous years.
Sources: Kantar Media / Dos 30′ / ORF / Davide Maggio / DWDL.de / Eurofestival News / MMS / Zappit / Kijkonderzoek / Nielsen Admosphere Bulgaria / Finnpanel / Eurovoix / ESCPortugal / Kantar Norway / Telemetrix Albania / SRF / AGB Nielsen Cyprus / TNS Gallup Denmark / RSI.ch / Kantar Emor Estonia / TNS Gallup Denmark / MediaLive / RTS Serbia / ATO / Gallup Iceland / Kantar Lithuania