The first 10 countries to go through to the final of the Eurovision Song Content, one of the world's biggest singing competitions, have been selected after the first semi-final was held in the Swedish city of Malmö on Tuesday evening.
The countries that booked their spot in Saturday's final were Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Luxembourg.
The unlucky countries were Australia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Poland and Moldova.
Australian duo Electric Fields had hoped that their hit "One Milkali," with its lyrics partly in an Aboriginal language, would carry them through, but were to be disappointed.
Ireland's goth-electro-pop outfit Bambie Thug were over the moon to be through to the final with their song "Doomsday Blue," but were forced to change their stage make-up which was deemed to be pro-Palestinian.
Tuesday's semi-final also featured performances by two of the so-called Big Five countries that provide the majority of the funding for the competition - the United Kingdom and Germany - as well as Sweden, who as winners of last year's Eurovision are this year's hosts and also automatic finalists.
The next semi-final is due to take place on Thursday evening when the entries from 10 more countries are to be selected for the final from 16 competitors. Thursday also sees performances from the last three of the Big Five: France, Spain and Italy.
Organized by the European Broadcasting Union, Eurovision has been running annually since 1956. It draws huge viewing figures, with over 160 million tuning in in 2023.
The Grand Final takes place in the Malmö Arena on Saturday evening, starting from 1900 GMT.