It was held the first night of the European Song Contest, Tel Aviv, Israel.
The night was opened with the performance of last year's winner, Netta, who grabbed the big prize with the song "Toy".
Musical event was introduced by Erez Tal, Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub and the renowned supermodel Bar Refaeli. The 5 countries that are automatically qualified in the finals (Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain and Israel) will join another ten finalists from today, namely: Greece, Belarus, Serbia, Cyprus, Estonia, Republic of Czech Republic, Australia, Iceland, San Marino and Slovenia.
This year, Eurovision was also followed directly to the channels of the United States, Australia and China.
