2017 Eurovision Song Contest

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Kiev, Ukraine, on 9 May for the first semifinal, 11 May for the second semifinal and 13 May for the grand final.

Notable countries that will be returning are Portugal after winning the UEFA Euro 2016, and Romania who were forced to sit out from the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina will be absent after returning to the Eurovision stage in 2016; making BIH's 4th withdrawal in the last five years (2013, their first FIFA World Cup appearance in 2014 and 2015).

Results
TBD

Results
TBD

Qualified automatically
The big 5 (UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and France) and the host Ukraine automatically make the final.

Trivia

 * Spain returns a song with Spanish lyrics for the first time since 2015, after it used a song with entirely English lyrics for the 2016 contest.
 * Italy's song needed to be shortened to 3 maximum minutes since it went over 3 minutes and 30 seconds.