:00:00. > :00:07.This programme contains scenes of Repetitive Flashing Images.
:00:08. > :00:09.Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden and welcome to the second semifinal
:00:10. > :00:14.Tonight, 18 more acts will be taking to the stage to win those final ten
:00:15. > :00:19.I'll tease you with one gem you've got to look forward to -
:00:20. > :00:28.Plus in homage to our new home on BBC4, we'll be giving
:00:29. > :00:30.you an insight into the world of Eurovision, Scandi-drama style.
:00:31. > :00:33.And more importantly, you lot at home get to vote
:00:34. > :01:07.If you missed the first semifinal, shame on you.
:01:08. > :01:09.Nevertheless, in a nutshell, we're at a venue called
:01:10. > :01:11.The Globe Arena and the theme of this year's Eurovision
:01:12. > :01:22.So on Tuesday night, 18 countries competed
:01:23. > :01:25.and the ten who made it through to the final were-
:01:26. > :01:29.Azerbaijan, Russia, The Netherlands, Hungary, Croatia, Austria,
:01:30. > :01:44.Armenia, Czech Republic, Cyprus and Malta.
:01:45. > :01:50.Iceland didn't go through. A real shock for everybody. They are saying
:01:51. > :01:53.this is possibly the toughest Eurovision Song Contest ever,
:01:54. > :01:57.tonight. You didn't tell me that, Scott.
:01:58. > :02:03.That is what they are saying. There could be more shocks and surprises.
:02:04. > :02:08.Look a at this, lovely Sweden. Friends getting together.
:02:09. > :02:12.# Somebody rowing a boat # Spreading all over the country.
:02:13. > :02:16.They are good hosts. They put on a good show.
:02:17. > :02:24.Fabulous. We are having such a good time. Look at them, they look fun.
:02:25. > :02:28.It's like an enormous golf ball in the middle of Stockholm, the Globe
:02:29. > :02:30.Arena. Oh... Hipster, looking worried. Here
:02:31. > :03:08.we go. Welcome to the Eurovision
:03:09. > :03:12.Song Contest 2016! Sweden's hottest new double act,
:03:13. > :03:15.Petra and Mans are back. Did you know Petra is a certified
:03:16. > :03:17.Stockholm city tour Now, brace yourselves
:03:18. > :03:22.because you are in for one heck Welcome to the Eurovision
:03:23. > :03:48.Song Contest 2016! Yes, good evening and welcome
:03:49. > :03:50.to Stockholm and to Tonight, ten more songs will be
:03:51. > :03:56.chosen for Saturday's Grand Finale, and you, together with your national
:03:57. > :04:15.juries, have got the power. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
:04:16. > :04:22.And my name is Petra Mede, but tonight is not about us.
:04:23. > :04:31.Well, it is for a few more minutes, but then we turn our focus
:04:32. > :04:47.... Petra! It is not only about us tonight! Soon, we focus
:04:48. > :04:52.towards the artists, the composers and you, the audience.
:04:53. > :04:54.An audience that is constantly growing bigger and bigger.
:04:55. > :04:56.Now Australia is part of the contest and this year,
:04:57. > :04:58.the US and China is broadcasting the show live!
:04:59. > :05:02.So to all our new viewers - a very warm welcome!
:05:03. > :05:05.And all these newcomers from all around the world must be
:05:06. > :05:10.looking at us right now thinking the exact same thing.
:05:11. > :05:14.Yes, I'm sure they're thinking, "What are these people doing?
:05:15. > :05:20."And who is that beautiful woman on stage?"
:05:21. > :05:26."And why is her son standing next to her?"
:05:27. > :05:30."And why doesn't he just shut up and sing?"
:05:31. > :05:32.Well, these are all fair questions, especially if you're watching
:05:33. > :05:40.What is this wonderful Eurovision Song Contest thing?
:05:41. > :05:43.Well, let us try and explain it to you.
:05:44. > :06:04.It's a multinational competition, with a collaborative mission, so
:06:05. > :06:10.much like the Olympics in a way... # Sure it is rather less athletic
:06:11. > :06:16.# Less energy gettic # More colourful and what is the
:06:17. > :06:19.word # Theatrical
:06:20. > :06:25.# We make music and friends with every nation
:06:26. > :06:31.# And brunt the hosting TV station # To help to sure up a post-war
:06:32. > :06:35.Europe in 1956 it all began # The set rather uncertain was
:06:36. > :06:40.nothing about a curtain # Seven countries and a cameraman
:06:41. > :06:44.# Then it started growing # Now Australia is ours
:06:45. > :06:47.# We are a black hole sucking in the stars
:06:48. > :06:50.# We take over the world and then conquer Mars
:06:51. > :06:55.# That's Eurovision # It's a celebration of our culture
:06:56. > :06:59.# The highlight of our year # And a victory that can catapult
:07:00. > :07:01.you # Look at my career
:07:02. > :07:06.# So we see # You get to share the stage with me
:07:07. > :07:10.# We are all excited # The fans United
:07:11. > :07:14.# All the way to Rome # At Eurovision
:07:15. > :07:16.# No derision, wherever you come from
:07:17. > :07:24.# Here is home # I get bullied at school
:07:25. > :07:29.# We when we we get to together # We don't feel it at all
:07:30. > :07:32.# As when we come together, that's Eurovision
:07:33. > :07:35.# To get your song disgraced # But when Sweden gets 12 points
:07:36. > :07:43.from Norway # It is clearly good taste
:07:44. > :07:50.# That factor, the whacky, the weird # Celine on a tractor, the beard
:07:51. > :07:54.# Pirates and penguins # Puppets on strings
:07:55. > :07:56.# These are a few of my favourite things
:07:57. > :08:02.# The singers come together # Like song birds of a feather
:08:03. > :08:07.# They hope and pray and beg # They wait in the green room
:08:08. > :08:10.# Wishing competitors break a leg # The impact of a show one cannot
:08:11. > :08:14.overstate # It's a source of debate
:08:15. > :08:17.# But it's something you either love or hate
:08:18. > :08:22.# That's Eurovision # And the interval act is your one
:08:23. > :08:39.big chance TORP to fail, to live up to... Riverdance
:08:40. > :08:48.# Where else can you hear Luxembourg and silence in a made up tonbe
:08:49. > :08:51.# Slovak # You Iranian
:08:52. > :08:54.# Slovenia # Ar mainian
:08:55. > :08:57.# Bulgarian # Georgian
:08:58. > :09:03.# Bosnian # German Italy East Anglian
:09:04. > :09:14.# French, Polish # Although I do not check, Swahili
:09:15. > :09:20.is # But Eurovision is a language we
:09:21. > :09:24.# # Eurovision
:09:25. > :09:31.# You could be a hero # Of our time
:09:32. > :09:37.# At the Eurovision family # We do it would you say single
:09:38. > :09:42.handedly # This is my Eurovision
:09:43. > :09:55.# His Eurovision # Your Eurovision
:09:56. > :10:05.# Gabriela Guncikova is our guest # At the Eurovision Song Contest! I
:10:06. > :10:13.mean, seriously. Fantastic! Nick Willcox tweeted
:10:14. > :10:21.saying: Can that opening win the whole contest. It was twinkling and
:10:22. > :10:27.hot. I love the Eurovision uberfans as well. So good.
:10:28. > :10:32.I guess that is basically all we need to know.
:10:33. > :10:40.But one more thing, the voting. Yes, of course, tonight... Oh, gosh.
:10:41. > :10:45.Look at you, you are not even tired. I feel like I run marathon in high
:10:46. > :10:48.heels. Tonight it is up to you to decide which ten countries are the
:10:49. > :10:53.best to come to the final on Saturday.
:10:54. > :10:55.So from tonight's 18 countries, only ten will make it
:10:56. > :10:57.through to the Grand Final on Saturday, and the good
:10:58. > :11:00.news is that viewers in the UK can vote tonight.
:11:01. > :11:05.As always, you can vote by phone and you can also vote via the App
:11:06. > :11:17.Voting won't open until all 18 acts have performed, so please don't vote
:11:18. > :11:21.before then as your vote won't count and you may still be charged.
:11:22. > :11:23.For full terms and conditions, and details of how to get
:11:24. > :11:25.the Eurovision App, visit the website at bbc.co.uk/eurovision.
:11:26. > :11:29.Just a reminder that some of tonight's performances contain
:11:30. > :11:52.OK, then! Let the competition begin. We are straight off to Latvia. This
:11:53. > :11:57.is Justs. We would love to hear what you think of tonight's performances.
:11:58. > :12:02.Please get in touch via the Eurovision website, Facebook or
:12:03. > :12:09.Twitter. Do you have the Fig Rolls out? Got the fizzy drinks out? Are
:12:10. > :12:16.you crafting? In a blanket? Have you come in from work with your socks
:12:17. > :12:20.and suspenders on? What are they? Come on, they are for keeping up
:12:21. > :12:27.your socks. Now, this guy is lovely. I talked to
:12:28. > :12:30.him a couple of days ago. He is singing from the heart it is Justs
:12:31. > :12:39.from Latvia with Heartbeat. # And things I did
:12:40. > :13:00.for sure were wrong # Feeling again that
:13:01. > :13:27.you're breathing with me # I learned by heart
:13:28. > :13:35.You're not my own # Feeling again that
:13:36. > :14:16.you're breathing with me # Feeling again that
:14:17. > :14:29.you're breathing with me # Feeling again that
:14:30. > :15:12.you're breathing with me # # Feeling again that
:15:13. > :15:42.you're breathing with me # I was genuinely scared at the end. I
:15:43. > :15:47.loved the jacket just off the shoulder, there. It is kind of
:15:48. > :15:50.casual? Patrick on Twitter says, "That was the campest opening I've
:15:51. > :15:56.ever seen a derision and that is saying something". It certainly was.
:15:57. > :16:01.Next, Poland, this is Mishal Szpak, and before going on stage, he downs
:16:02. > :16:08.a raw egg to help his vocal performance. I'm an advocate of
:16:09. > :16:14.that! Sorry. I get it. Sorry, carry on! He's also a big fan of leggings.
:16:15. > :16:19.You with their well. He was standing at a bus stop one day and a man
:16:20. > :16:23.turned to his girlfriend and said, "That is how girls should wear
:16:24. > :16:28.leggings". He took it as a massive compliment and possibly some of the
:16:29. > :16:33.worst lyrics in this year's contest. Color Of Your Life, this is.
:16:34. > :16:38.# When loneliness is knocking on your door
:16:39. > :16:51.# Everything you loved just disappears
:16:52. > :16:53.# And when you feel that everything is lost
:16:54. > :16:59.# You need to know there's no life without tears
:17:00. > :17:27.# No-one is forever beautiful and young
:17:28. > :17:36.# Everything you know just disappears
:17:37. > :17:39.# Fame and gold are nothing you can be sure
:17:40. > :17:44.# When there is no love in your heart
:17:45. > :17:48.# The choice is yours who you really want to be
:17:49. > :18:01.# So when you feel that everything is lost
:18:02. > :18:07.# You need to know there's no life without fear
:18:08. > :18:35.# Every day we must fight with the wind
:18:36. > :18:47.# All these things are just empty desire
:18:48. > :19:41.Wow, a bit like an cheetah without the make-up. David on Twitter says,
:19:42. > :19:48."Somewhere, a circus ringleader is missing his code"! Barely came up
:19:49. > :19:53.with a great line early on Twitter, I'm not going to take your Jokanovic
:19:54. > :19:56.credit you, that would be bad. Disses reedy-macro for Switzerland.
:19:57. > :20:00.She's going to be singing barefoot. We have had five barefoot winners of
:20:01. > :20:11.your original including sandy Shaw in 1967, in 2003, 2008 and 2012 and
:20:12. > :20:16.in 2013 as well. But will it give her the winning streak? Celine Dion,
:20:17. > :20:24.of course, a past Swiss winner, from Vancouver. Rykka also hails from
:20:25. > :20:29.Vancouver so no pressure! By the way, does anybody have a fire
:20:30. > :20:34.extinguisher? You will see why in just a second. This is Switzerland.
:20:35. > :20:48.# And it's stronger Stronger than water
:20:49. > :20:56.# Deeper than reason Longer than time
:20:57. > :21:00.# Here we are at the end of the movie
:21:01. > :21:18.# It's a whole new world and we're facing the fire
:21:19. > :21:50.# This is paradise Turn off the searchlight
:21:51. > :21:59.# Standing tall at the end of the story
:22:00. > :22:13.# It's a whole new world and we're facing the fire
:22:14. > :22:38.# Here we are now with nothing to lose
:22:39. > :22:43.# I know without love We won't pull through, oh
:22:44. > :22:49.# Cos deep in the night there is a light
:22:50. > :23:01.# It's a whole new world and we're facing the fire
:23:02. > :23:45.Imagine a planning meeting for that. "So, You walk out on stage and your
:23:46. > :23:51.armpits are on fire!" That's really good, let's do it. "Human Smoke
:23:52. > :23:56.machine", says David on Twitter. Get in touch tonight on Twitter. No one
:23:57. > :24:01.even came to put her out! I know, she's left their standing, very much
:24:02. > :24:04.on fire. One of the most popular contestant in Stockholm this year,
:24:05. > :24:09.he's made friends with everyone, he is Hovi Star, one of the biggest
:24:10. > :24:13.stars in Israel and his voice is on lots of Disney songs in the Hebrew
:24:14. > :24:16.versions of movies like Prison and Cinderella. He and his team have
:24:17. > :24:21.tweaked to this song four times before deciding on the version you
:24:22. > :24:24.will hear. It's been revamped a lot from the original. Israel qualified
:24:25. > :24:28.for the final last year but did not for the previous four before that so
:24:29. > :24:33.he has really wanted to go through tonight. Lots of people like this.
:24:34. > :24:39.Hovi Star for Israel, Made Of Stars Noble.
:24:40. > :24:46.# You speak, I listen I'm your friend
:24:47. > :26:40.# Like there's no floor and there's no ceiling and
:26:41. > :26:47.# Dance with me like we are made of stars
:26:48. > :27:05.# We are made of stars Cos we are
:27:06. > :27:32.# Dance with me like we are made of stars. #
:27:33. > :27:47.He is rocking that flock of seagulls hairdo. The dreams that you dare to
:27:48. > :27:51.dream really do come true, thank you, your! Very strong and talking
:27:52. > :28:00.fair, I would like to introduce you to Ivan from Belarus. So much to
:28:01. > :28:03.say. Listen, get your heads out of the mini Scotch egg selection
:28:04. > :28:12.because there is a man in the bath, singing to a wolf coming up shortly.
:28:13. > :28:22.Actually naked. For a little bit and then you see him with the soup.
:28:23. > :28:26.Lovely Ivan, a bit Game Of Thrones or three B from Friends? Maybe not
:28:27. > :28:30.close-up. Good eyebrow, though. -- FEB from friends. This is Ivan from
:28:31. > :28:47.Belarus with Help You Fly. # I will help you learn
:28:48. > :28:56.how to fly, how to fly # Do you remember
:28:57. > :29:01.when you were younger # Now all the questions
:29:02. > :29:11.and no direction # I will help you learn
:29:12. > :29:37.how to fly, how to fly # Free, leave all the madness
:29:38. > :29:50.behind, far behind # It's time to heal
:29:51. > :30:00.you from the pain # I know that you've
:30:01. > :30:06.been the hunted # I will help you learn
:30:07. > :30:31.how to fly, how to fly # Free, leave all the madness
:30:32. > :31:01.behind, far behind # If I can fly
:31:02. > :31:15.# I will help you learn how to fly, how to fly
:31:16. > :31:28.# Free, leave all the madness behind, far behind
:31:29. > :31:52.Aaron on Twitter says he is sure that guy was on Jeremy Kyle this
:31:53. > :31:54.morning. I don't know why there is a baby
:31:55. > :32:01.there. Wow!
:32:02. > :32:03.Thank you to Ivan from Belarus, with song number five.
:32:04. > :32:07.You know, it was first rumoured that Ivan was going to perform live
:32:08. > :32:10.on stage totally naked together with wolves, but unfortunately,
:32:11. > :32:15.the EBU decided it was against the rules.
:32:16. > :32:30.All my Christmases have come at once. That was absolutely
:32:31. > :32:34.marvellous. Now we saw him compete successfully in the first
:32:35. > :32:43.Semi-Final. I am here with Douwe Bob singing for the Netherlands. Douwe
:32:44. > :32:47.Bob, hello! How you? Hello. I'm well, how are you you I'm well. You
:32:48. > :32:49.are not