Eurovision Song Contest fans are breathing a sigh of relief, after the plug was pulled on a controversial change to the way the semi final qualifiers are announced.
On Thursday last week, a post from a Eurovision podcast host appeared on Twitter, featuring what looked like a set of stage instructions for the Eurovision semi finals next week, with semi final 1 kicking things off on Tuesday, May 9, before the second semi follows on May 11.
The sheet instructed that Eurovision hosts Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina would reveal the first five qualifiers, before co-presenter Alesha Dixon chatted to those acts, with the same approach then also taken for the remaining five. Only 10 countries will advance through to the grand final from each semi, meaning that five acts will go out of the contest on May 9, with six axed two nights later.
