EUROVISION: Semi Final 2 – Conchita Steals The Show

<p>That’s it, the second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest has been sung and won, and we now know all the countries that will be performing in the Grand Final on Saturday night.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/aaronholloway">by Aaron Holloway</a> | 9th May 2014</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609542202.jpg" width="460" height="306" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>The second show really got moving quickly with all countries making use of the awesome staging. None more so than Austria’s amazing Conchita Wurst who completely stole the show with an incredible performance of Rise Like a Phoenix. </p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609542204.jpg" width="460" height="306" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>Another crowd favourite was Finnish school-boy-band Softengine. Their dance-rock number included most of Copenhagen’s lights to make their number stand out from the crowd.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609542206.jpg" width="460" height="306" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>When Austria was finally announced as getting through to the final, the crowd went wild. <a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/Eurovision-Drag-Queen-Faces-Backlash-From-Russia/8018471">Partly because of the vitriol Conchita has been getting from various media outlets</a>, and partly because her song was without a doubt the best one of the night. (Except for the amazing performance by Jessica Mauboy from Australia) .</p><p></p><p>No doubt the show on Saturday night will be an awesome spectacle. We are still waiting with bated breath to hear who will be playing in which order, the countries have all picked their half (see below) and the actual running order will be released soon. We’ll keep you updated on that as soon as it comes to hand. </p><p>The split - by half of the Grand Final.</p><p></p><p>Based on all the draws that have taken place, the split of countries currently looks like this (in order they were drawn at the press conferences):</p><p></p><p>First half</p><p>Germany</p><p>Azerbaijan</p><p>Montenegro</p><p>Armenia</p><p>Ukraine</p><p>Sweden</p><p>Iceland</p><p>Poland</p><p>Romania</p><p>Norway</p><p>Greece</p><p>Belarus</p><p>Austria</p><p></p><p>Second half</p><p>United Kingdom</p><p>France</p><p>Italy</p><p>Spain</p><p>Hungary</p><p>Russia</p><p>San Marino</p><p>The Netherlands</p><p>Switzerland</p><p>Slovenia</p><p>Malta</p><p>Finland</p><p>Denmark (has been drawn to perform in 23rd position)</p><p></p><p>The final running order will be brought to you on Eurovision.tv shortly.</p><p></p><p>The Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on the 10th of May at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, Denmark.</p><p></p><p>Don’t forget to follow the party on Saturday night at <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/Eurovision">www.thegayuk.com/Eurovision</a> and tweet along with us using the hash tag #TGUKEurovision. </p><p></p><p></p><p>ALSO READ:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/Eurovision-Heat-1---Copenhagen-Denmark/8070391">Eurovision Semi Final One</a></p><p> </p>