Aussievision team's Eurovision 2026 semi-final predictions post-rehearsals
- Hayley Bessell
- 35 minutes ago
- 2 min read
Following a week of rehearsals with images and some footage made available, the Aussievision team revisited our semi-final predictions for Eurovision 2026.
The Aussievision team had earlier made predictions of the qualifiers before seeing the rehearsals for semi-final 1 and for semi-final 2.
Our contributors from across Australia and the Asia Pacific each chose their 10 qualifiers and we've tallied up the totals for an overall Aussievision team prediction.
Semi-final 1
The 10 acts the Aussievision team has collectively picked to qualify from semi-final 1 are:
(The percentage of team members picking that nation in brackets)
Sweden - 100%
Israel - 100%
Finland - 100%
Moldova - 94%
Croatia - 94%
Greece - 94%
Poland - 81%
Serbia - 81%
Lithuania - 69%
Portugal 56%
With the following entries missing out:
Montenegro - 44%
San Marino - 37.5%
Belgium - 31%
Estonia - 25%
Georgia - 6%
What has changed since pre-rehearsal prediction?
IN Poland
OUT Georgia
Semi-final 2
The 10 acts the Aussievision team has collectively picked to qualify from semi-final 2 are:
(The percentage of team members picking that nation in brackets)
Australia - 100%
Ukraine - 100%
Romania - 100%
Denmark - 93%
Albania - 87%
Cyprus - 73%
Bulgaria - 73%
Norway - 73%
Malta - 73%
Czechia - 73%
With the following entries missing out:
Armenia - 67%
Switzerland - 33%
Luxembourg - 27%
Latvia - 27%
Azerbaijan - 0%
What has changed since pre-rehearsal prediction?
IN Czechia
OUT Armenia
How accurate will these predictions be? Last year the team collectively had a 80% success rate and the year before 85%, so many picks may be right, but we know there will be some surprises.
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