The hosts also teased the wide variety of acts showing up in the grand final, including mentalist Lior Suchard, who performed a quick trick with four of the competing acts, Austrian Eurovision legend Conchita Wurst and Sweden's Manz Zelmerlow.And at the end of the evening, 10 of the 18 countries competing in the second semi-final made it through to the grand final: North Macedonia, The Netherlands, Albania, Sweden, Russia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Malta.That means that the Eurovision dreams of Armenia, Ireland, Moldova, Latvia, Romania, Austria, Croatia and Lithuania were cut short in the early hours of Friday morning.The winning countries from the second semi-final will join the 10 who advanced on Tuesday night: Greece, Belarus, Serbia, Cyprus, Estonia, Czech Republic, Australia, Iceland, San Marino and Slovenia, as well as the big five - Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the UK - and host country Israel.And they'll all share a stage with none other than Madonna herself.Here is the performance by The Shalva Band at the #Eurovision with HUGE support from the crowd. #DareToDream indeed. pic.twitter.com/xAgjdpsQKp
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