Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 18 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST).^[74] Sixteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 30 March 2021.^[105] Malta won the most points, followed by Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Israel, Cyprus, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Belgium, and Norway. The countries that failed to reach the final were Slovenia, Australia, North Macedonia, Ireland, Croatia, and Romania. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.^[31] Belarus was originally allocated to participate in the first half of the semi-final, but was disqualified from the contest after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline.^[20]

This semi-final was opened by Duncan Laurence performing "Feel Something",^[106] and featured singer and YouTuber Davina Michelle and actress Thekla Reuten in an interval act titled "The Power of Water", centering on the Netherlands' history of water management.^[107]^[108] Michelle performed her new single "Sweet Water" in the performance. In both acts, augmented reality was used. The Dutch, German, and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.

Qualifiers

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Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021^[109]
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Lithuania	The Roop	"Discoteque"	203	4
2	Slovenia	Ana Soklič	"Amen"	44	13
3	Russia	Manizha	"Russian Woman"	225	3
4	Sweden	Tusse	"Voices"	142	7
5	Australia^[h]	Montaigne	"Technicolour"	28	14
6	North Macedonia	Vasil	"Here I Stand"	23	15
7	Ireland	Lesley Roy	"Maps"	20	16
8	Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	"El Diablo"	170	6
9	Norway	Tix	"Fallen Angel"	115	10
10	Croatia	Albina	"Tick-Tock"	110	11
11	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"The Wrong Place"	117	9
12	Israel	Eden Alene	"Set Me Free"	192	5
13	Romania	Roxen	"Amnesia"	85	12
14	Azerbaijan	Efendi	"Mata Hari"	138	8
15	Ukraine	Go_A	"Shum"	267	2
16	Malta	Destiny	"Je me casse"	325	1

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Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 20 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST).^[74] Seventeen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 30 March 2021.^[105] Switzerland won the most points, followed by Iceland, Bulgaria, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Moldova, Serbia, San Marino, and Albania. The countries that failed to reach the final were Estonia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Georgia, Latvia, and Denmark. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus France, Spain and the United Kingdom.^[31] Armenia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to its social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.^[19]

This semi-final was opened by breakdancer Redouan "Redo" Ait Chitt and singer-songwriter Eefje de Visser,^[112]^[113] with ballet dancer Ahmad Joudeh and BMX-er Dez Maarsen performing during the interval;^[114] the acts are titled "Forward Unlimited" and "Close Encounter of a Special Kind", respectively. The British, French, and Spanish artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played.

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Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021^[115]
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	San Marino	Senhit^[d]	"Adrenalina"	118	9
2	Estonia	Uku Suviste	"The Lucky One"	58	13
3	Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	"Omaga"	23	15
4	Greece	Stefania	"Last Dance"	184	6
5	Austria	Vincent Bueno	"Amen"	66	12
6	Poland	Rafał	"The Ride"	35	14
7	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	"Sugar"	179	7
8	Iceland^[i]	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"10 Years"	288	2
9	Serbia	Hurricane	"Loco loco"	124	8
10	Georgia	Tornike Kipiani	"You"	16	16
11	Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	"Karma"	112	10
12	Portugal	The Black Mamba	"Love Is on My Side"	239	4
13	Bulgaria	Victoria	"Growing Up Is Getting Old"	250	3
14	Finland	Blind Channel	"Dark Side"	234	5
15	Latvia	Samanta Tīna	"The Moon Is Rising"	14	17
16	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	"Tout l'univers"	291	1
17	Denmark	Fyr og Flamme	"Øve os på hinanden"	89	11

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Final

The final took place on 22 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST).^[74] Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all thirty-nine participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was published on 21 May 2021.^[118] Italy won with 524 points, also winning the televote. France came second with 499 points, with Switzerland (who won the jury vote), Iceland, Ukraine, Finland, Malta, Lithuania, Russia, and Greece completing the top ten. San Marino, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom occupied the bottom five positions, of which the last four countries received no points from the televote.

The final was opened by the traditional flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, accompanied by a remix of "Venus" produced and performed by 16-year-old DJ Pieter Gabriel, with co-presenters Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Edsilia Rombley singing parts of the song.^[119]^[120] The interval acts included a medley of "Hero", "Ten Feet Tall" and "Titanium" performed by DJ Afrojack, singers Wulf and Glennis Grace, and an orchestra composed of young Dutch musicians;^[121]^[122] the "Rock the Roof" interval act, where six former Eurovision winners – Måns Zelmerlöw, Teach-In, Sandra Kim, Lenny Kuhr, Helena Paparizou and Lordi – performed their winning songs – "Heroes", "Ding-a-dong", "J'aime la vie", "De troubadour", "My Number One" and "Hard Rock Hallelujah" respectively – atop several venues in Rotterdam;^[123] and Duncan Laurence, who performed his winning song "Arcade" and his new single "Stars".^[j]^[125]^[120] A dance sketch titled "The Human Countdown" was then performed, which signified the closure of the voting window.^[120]

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Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021^[126]
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	"El Diablo"	94	16
2	Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	"Karma"	57	21
3	Israel	Eden Alene	"Set Me Free"	93	17
4	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"The Wrong Place"	74	19
5	Russia	Manizha	"Russian Woman"	204	9
6	Malta	Destiny	"Je me casse"	255	7
7	Portugal	The Black Mamba	"Love Is on My Side"	153	12
8	Serbia	Hurricane	"Loco loco"	102	15
9	United Kingdom	James Newman	"Embers"	0	26
10	Greece	Stefania	"Last Dance"	170	10
11	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	"Tout l'univers"	432	3
12	Iceland^[i]	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"10 Years"	378	4
13	Spain	Blas Cantó	"Voy a quedarme"	6	24
14	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	"Sugar"	115	13
15	Germany	Jendrik	"I Don't Feel Hate"	3	25
16	Finland	Blind Channel	"Dark Side"	301	6
17	Bulgaria	Victoria	"Growing Up Is Getting Old"	170	11
18	Lithuania	The Roop	"Discoteque"	220	8
19	Ukraine	Go_A	"Shum"	364	5
20	France	Barbara Pravi	"Voilà"	499	2
21	Azerbaijan	Efendi	"Mata Hari"	65	20
22	Norway	Tix	"Fallen Angel"	75	18
23	Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	"Birth of a New Age"	11	23
24	Italy	Måneskin	"Zitti e buoni"	524	1
25	Sweden	Tusse	"Voices"	109	14
26	San Marino	Senhit^[d]	"Adrenalina"	50	22

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Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:^[127]

Israel – Lucy Ayoub
Poland – Ida Nowakowska
San Marino – Monica Fabbri
Albania – Andri Xhahu
Malta – Stephanie Spiteri
Estonia – Sissi [et]
North Macedonia – Vane Markoski
Azerbaijan – Ell and Nikki
Norway – Silje Skjemstad Cruz
Spain – Nieves Álvarez
Austria – Philipp Hansa
United Kingdom – Amanda Holden
Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
Slovenia – Lorella Flego
Greece – Manolis Gkinis
Latvia – Aminata Savadogo
Ireland – Ryan O'Shaughnessy
Moldova – Sergey Stepanov (also known as "Epic Sax Guy")
Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva [bg]
Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
Belgium – Danira Boukhriss
Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
Australia – Joel Creasey
Finland – Katri Norrlin [fi]
Portugal – Elisa
Ukraine – Tayanna
Iceland – Hannes Óli Ágústsson (as Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
Romania – Cătălina Ponor
Croatia – Ivan Dorian Molnar
Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
Georgia – Oto Nemsadze
Lithuania – Andrius Mamontovas
Denmark – Tina Müller
Russia – Polina Gagarina
France – Carla
Sweden – Carola
Switzerland – Angélique Beldner
Netherlands – Romy Monteiro^[k]