Eurovision 2026: Semi-Final 1 YouTube views in 24 hours
- Kyriakos Tsinivits
- May 14
- 2 min read
Updated: May 14
Just 24 hours ago, 15 artists competed in semi-final 1 of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
YouTube views help in looking at which entries left an impression on the general televoting public. It's safe to say a televoter is more likely to vote for songs that they readily seek out after the show!
We've crunched the numbers for the number of YouTube views the performances have amassed 24 hours after being uploaded to the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
The views were collated 24 hours after the first semi-final 1 performance was uploaded to the channel.
We also included Italy and Germany who weren't competing in the semi, but did perform.
Take a look at the results:
Results
1. Akylas - Ferto (Greece) - 1,096,239
2. Alicja - Pray (Poland) - 714,879
3. Sal Da Vinci - Per Sempre Sì (Italy) - 693,021
4. Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen - Liekinheitin (Finland) - 592,505
5. Lelek - Andromeda (Croatia) - 585,640
6. Lavina - Kraj mene (Serbia) - 545,537
7. Noam Bettan - Michelle (Israel) - 491,511
8. Satoshi - Viva, Moldova! (Moldova) - 472,113
9. Sarah Engels - Fire (Germany) - 311,257
10. Felicia - My System (Sweden) - 282,431
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11. Essyla - Dancing on the Ice (Belgium) - 231,004
12. Lion Ceccah - Sólo quiero más (Lithuania) - 227,551
13. Senhit - Superstar (San Marino) - 156,236
14. Tamara Živković - Nova zora (Montenegro) - 138,009
15. Bzikebi - On Replay (Georgia) - 114,076
16. Bandidos do Cante - Rosa (Portugal) - 113,249
17. Vanilla Ninja - Too Epic to Be True (Estonia) - 94,049
Akylas for Greece has smashed it with the most YouTube views out of all the semi-final 1 performances in 24 hours - could we be witnessing a huge result for Greece in the Grand Final?
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