here is all the finalists WHO will compete tonight
Semi-final 2
Country - Artist - Song
01 Norway
Alexander Rybak - "That's How You Write a Song"
02 Romania
The Humans - "Goodbye"
03 Serbia
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - "Nova deca" (Нова деца)
04 San Marino
Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - "Who We Are
05 Denmark
Rasmussen - "Higher Ground"
06 Russia
Julia Samoylova - "I Won't Break
07 Moldova
DoReDos - "My Lucky Day
08 Netherlands
Waylon - "Outlaw in 'Em
09 Australia
Jessica Mauboy - "We Got Love
10 Georgia
Iriao - "For You
11 Poland
Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - "Light Me Up"
12 Malta
Christabelle - "Taboo"
13 Hungary
AWS - "Viszlát nyár"
14 Latvia
Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl"
15 Sweden
Benjamin Ingrosso - "Dance You Off"
16 Montenegro
Vanja Radovanović - "Inje"
17 Slovenia
Lea Sirk - "Hvala, ne!"
18 Ukraine
Mélovin - "Under the Ladder"
Youtube has block the web-tv for usa
So you cant watch it from there
This is where I belive you can watch it live on tv
DENMARK -
www.dr.dk/tv/live/dr1 (LIVE WEB-TV)
GERMANY –
www.eurovision.de/news/Zweites-ESC-Halbfinale-2018-Alle-Infos,portugal548.html or try this
live.flyp.tv/eurovision/esc-halbfinale2_2018/index.html +++++++++++++++++++++++
Look like china has been censure some songs from esc semi 1
Becours of gay/lesbian and tattoos on the show stage
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No thanks to gay love and tattoos: China censors Eurovision
Chinese television chose to censor more contributions when they broadcast the first semi-final of the year in the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday.
Television broadcasters across Europe sad last night in front of the television, when the year's first Eurovision semi-final ran over the screen. The same did they do in China, where the big show was broadcast on Chinese television - but the Chinese television viewers did not get it all.
In China, one had chosen to cut all of the evening's performances completely out of the program.
Thus, the Chinese television viewers were cheated on both the Albanian and Irish Grand Prix contributions, as the web channel Mango TV broadcasted the broadcast a couple of hours after the show took place. It writes Eurovoix .
In China it is not legal to show tattoos on television, so the Albanian Eugent Bushpepa and his tattooed arms were cut out of the broadcast . Thus, the Chinese did not allow him to pass the Albanian contribution 'Mall'.
Switzerland's contribution was also subjected to censorship as the TV channel chose to blur the Swiss singer's tattoo on the right arm, as seen in the picture below. However, despite their blurring, their performance was allowed to stay in the broadcast.
DR's Asia correspondent Philip Khokhar, despite the country's tight rules, is surprised that China has chosen to censor the two appearances.
"Tattoos are quite common in China, and I would like to say that in the big cities of China we see more tattoos than you do in Denmark," he says.
Gay dancers also cut out
Irish Ryan O'Shaughnessy charmed many viewers when he was accompanied by two male dancers who portrayed a crushing homosexual couple during his contribution 'Together'.
However, the Chinese television viewers were not allowed to experience Irish gay romance, as Ireland's performance was completely cut out of the program.
"It is not surprising that one chooses to remove such an appearance. There has been a clear tightening in recent years when it comes to showing homosexuality on television, says Philip Khokhar.
Also rainbow flags, known as a symbol of homosexuality, among the audience were blurred during the broadcast.
China is known for its strict rules when it comes to censorship on both television and the internet. By 2016, the Chinese government decided to clue the view of so-called ' vulgar, amoral and unhealthy content ' on television - including homosexuality, infidelity and smoking.
- It's a bit paradoxical, because Eurovision is known as a homofest, so why do you choose to show it on Chinese television? Instead, the Chinese end up doing these little bitter attempts at censorship to follow the rules.
“ From the Chinese government's side there is a great concern for anything that can in one way or another be interpreted as a political symbol.
Philip Khokhar, DR's Asia correspondent
The Chinese are careless
Earlier this year it was also established that neither hip hop music nor tattoos belong in the Chinese media if it is the country's leaders.
"What you should understand is that, from the Chinese government, there is a major concern about anything that can in one way or another be interpreted as a political symbol," says Philip Khokhar, pointing out that the Chinese television channels Often it is cautious when it comes to censorship rules.
- The people who are in charge of controlling such a broadcast tend to be very careful and would rather often censor a little too much than risk making mistakes.
As China does not participate in the competition, the Chinese can get away with censoring in the broadcast, but if one of the participating countries did the same, there was a breach of the rules and the country had risked a possible disqualification.
Censored contributions to the final
In Tuesday's semi-final, there was no trace of the songs from Albania and Ireland on the Chinese television signal in the traditionally packed song of all night's songs. The songs were thus completely cut out of the program.
Therefore, some Chinese Grand Prix viewers have got oolong-toe in their throats and wondered a bit, as Albania and Ireland later in the broadcast were called as two of the evening's ten entries, which secured a ticket to the final.
Europe's musical compilation guild has been broadcast on various television channels in China since 2013, and the channel Mango TV also has several Chinese journalists present at this year's competition in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.
Although China transmits the show, they do not have the right to vote in either semifinals or in the finale, which ends on Saturday. You can see it - including the Albanian and Irish contributions - Saturday at 21 o'clock on DR1 and DRTV.
Same time and place you can already come along Thursday evening when Denmark and Rasmussen fight in the second semi-final this year.
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