Despite a strong performance, Molly Sterling has not been voted into this year's final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
#Eurovision2015 @ConchitaWurst backstage #IRL @SterlingMolly after her performance https://t.co/SdsrlToR9X @RTE2 @rte pic.twitter.com/hacQM9J47t
— RTÉ Player (@RTEplayer) May 21, 2015
The 10 countries that qualified in tonight's semi-final are Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Montenegro, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Latvia and Israel.
All the finalists who will take part in the Grand Final to be held this Saturday are now known.
Tonight's result was determined by a 50/50 split between national expert juries and televoting. The combined scores created the final outcome.
Ireland missed out on a place this year, but 17-year-old Molly Sterling has a promising future career.
Here's the gang in #eurovision green room! For more behind-the-scenes action follow RTE2 on Instagram #IRL pic.twitter.com/3yZih1QtHc
— RTÉ (@rte) May 21, 2015
The countries drawn in the first half of the final are: Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Estonia, France, Serbia and United Kingdom.
Direct finalists have rehearsed today - Check out the sum-up of the day: http://t.co/HiwkDYaR5z #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/hstVF7rd5Q
— ESC Webs (@_escwebs) May 17, 2015
The countries drawn in the second half of the final are: Austria, Albania, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Russia.
All of the automatic finalists have been on the #Eurovision stage, and they all gave great performances. pic.twitter.com/VtpotOuvEl
— louis🌞 (@louidusoleil) May 17, 2015