The Eurovision Song Contest is set to undergo a major change in format for how its semi final results will be revealed, with talk of an X Factor style format where the acts will stand on stage in front of a packed audience and millions of viewers at home to await their fate.
On Thursday morning, 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 instructs that Eurovision hosts Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina will reveal the first five qualifiers, before co-presenter Alesha Dixon chats 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
