Eurovision 2017 finalists confirmed as Lucie Jones battles it out for song contest victory in Kiev
Saturday's grande finale is set to be an epic affair in the Ukrainian city
THE 26 finalists for Eurovision Song Contest 2017 have been revealed.
Eighteen acts took to the stage on Thursday night to fight for the last ten places in Saturday's grand finale, and now they have all been confirmed.
Bulgaria's Kristian Kostov, Belarus' Naviband and Croatia's Jacques Houdek were voted through alongside Hungary's Joci Papai, Denmark's Anja, Israel's IMRI and Romania's Ilinca and Alexa Forea.
Norway's JOWST, The Netherlands' O'G3NE and Austria's Nathan Trent rounded out the ten acts from the second semi-final.
They will join the ten acts confirmed in the first semi-final and the big six countries already through to Saturday.
Armenia's Artsvik, Azerbaijan's Dihaj, Italy's Francesco Gabbani, Moldova's Sunstroke Project, Poland's Kasia Mos, Portugal's Salvador Sobral, and Australia's Isaiah are all through.
They join Belgium's Blanche, Cyprus' Hovig, France's Alma, Germany's Levina, Greece's Demy, Spain's Manel Navarro, Sweden's Robin Bengtsson, Ukraine's O/Torvald and the United Kingdom's own Lucie Jones.
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Earlier in the second semi-final, Serbia's Tijana Bogicevic began the show with In Too Deep before Austria's Nathan Trent took to the stage with his cheesy song Running on Air.
Macedonian singer Jana Burceska revealed the news that she is pregnant to her fans across Europe before her performance.
In her video montage before she took to the stage, Jana was seen getting a baby scan before going shopping for baby clothes.
The songstress then took to the stage with her song Dance Alone with an energetic performance.
Malta returned to the competition with another ballad as Claudia Faniello sang Breathlessly to the arena in Kiev.
In a total turn around, Romania gifted Europe a yodelling group Ilinca and Alex Florea with their song Yodel It!, and they did with some bizzarely placed canons.
Commentator Scott Mills revealed the BBC's boss in Kiev had his head in his hands at the song but he wasn't sure if he was laughing or crying.
Science themed girlgroup O'G3NE performed next for Netherlands with their song Light and Shadows.
Hungary's Joci Papai stormed the stage with his Hungarian language song Origo, before Australia's Anja performed for Denmark with her song Where I Am.
Ireland's entry Brendan Murray performed next with a balloon and his song Dying to Try, while X Factor judge Louis Walsh sat in the audience watching his country's entrant perform.
San Marino's Eurovision legend Valentina Monetta - who has represented the nation four times so far in pursuit of glory - returned with Jimmie Wilson with their duet Spirit of the Night.
Pop-era singer Jacques Houdek put on a duet with himself to represent Croatia, alternating between pop singing and an operatic performance for his song My Friend.
Norway's dance act JOWST followed with their eclectic song Grab the Moment, before Timebelle took to the stage with her song Apollo for Switzerland.
The singer wore a Disney princess style frock in brightest yellow for her performance, which Mel Giedroyc pointed out no Eurovision winner had ever worn yellow during their performance.
Naviband, representing Belarus performed next with their song Story of My Life, and they were swiftly followed by fan favourite Kristian Kostov from Bulgaria with his song Beautiful Mess.
Lithuania's own Fusedmarc took to the stage next with Rain of Revolution dressed in a vivid red pantsuit.
Estonia were represented by singers Koit Toome and Laura with their song Verona, a modern take on Romeo and Juliet.
Israel's IMRI closed the show with I Feel Alive and won himself a legion of fans with his performance.
Fans flocked to social media to gush about the hunky singer.
The Eurovision Song Contest's live Grand Finale airs on Saturday night at 8pm on BBC One
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