Russia and Azerbaijan qualify for Eurovision 2019 final

Russian singer Sergey Lazarev and representative of Azerbaijan Chingiz Mustafayev reached the final of the Eurovision-2019 song contest.

The Eurovision Song Contest has decided the final 10 contestants who will battle to be crowned Europe’s best pop act, following the event’s second semifinal Thursday: Netherlands, Sweden, North Macedonia, Albania, Russia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Malta.

The line-up will be completed by the "big five" nations who bypass the semi-final stage - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom - and host nation Israel.

The contestants eliminated from the running are Ireland, Armenia, Moldova, Latvia, Romania, Austria, Lithuania and Croatia.