Eurovision Song Contest 2023 semi-final 2 running order and countries taking part on Thursday night

Thursday night will see the second Eurovision Song Contest 2023 semi-final take place.

A further 16 acts will battle it out for a chance to end up in the grand final taking place on Saturday, May 13 - with 10 acts qualifying for the grand final.

The semi-final will be broadcast live on BBC One from 8pm. Hosting again will be Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, actress Hannah Waddingham and pop star and TV presenter Alesha Dixon, with Rylan Clark and Scott Mills taking on commentating duties.

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Viewers at home will be the ones who decides who qualifies to the final. Those watching who live in the 16 countries taking part in semi-final 2 will be eligible to vote alongside three of the other countries pre-qualified for the grand final – Spain, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

Those watching in the participating countries can vote using the official Eurovision Song Contest app, or by telephone or text messaging the relevant numbers displayed on screen.

Viewers watching in any other eligible non-participating country can vote via secure online platform esc.vote. This will count towards the ‘Rest Of The World’ vote.

Here's a rundown of all the countries taking part in tonight's show and their song...

Overall, there will be 16 acts taking part tonight. Here is the running order and the act's name and their song.

This year's Eurovision Song Contest festivities kicked off on Sunday when the 37 competing acts took to a turquoise carpet welcome ceremony. The first semi-final took place on Tuesday.

Mae Muller, 25, will compete for the UK with her track I Wrote A Song. Countries confirmed in the grand final so far are France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Croatia,