Eurovision 2025 semi-final LIVE: Why is the UK banned from voting tonight?

Ahead of the Grand Final on Saturday 17 May, where 26 countries will perform to be crowned the new Eurovision 2025 champion, there are two live Semi-Finals for Eurovision fans to review. This means 37 countries will compete in tonight's offering, but only 26 can sing in the Grand Final - who'll make it through? As one of the Big Five countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, Italy), the United Kingdom has a guaranteed place in Saturday's Grand Final and host country Switzerland is also guaranteed a place in the Grand Final thanks to Nemo's victory in 2024. Here's everything you need to know about tonight's live semi-final.

The first semi-final will be on iPlayer and BBC One, Radio 2 and BBC Sounds from 8pm on Tuesday 13 May and this is the running order with the first 15 countries performing tonight: , Iceland, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Spain, Ukraine, Sweden, Portugal, Norway,Belgium, Italy, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Albania, The Netherlands, Croatia, Switzerland and Cyprus but only 10 acts will make it through.

The second semi-final takes place on Thursday 15 May and will feature performances from the UK's entry Remember Monday, along with delegates from Austria, France, Israel and Australia.

Both semi-finals are being broadcast on BBC One from 8pm, with presenters Rylan and Scott Mills providing commentary.