Switzerland, Armenia, Iceland, Lithuania, Portugal, Norway, Greece, Ukraine and Moldova also made it to the final, next Saturday in Turin.
Only Sweden and Ukraine have achieved an even longer run of final places. Ukraine even qualified for the final battle for the seventeenth time in a row on Tuesday evening. The country, which has been participating since 2003, did not miss a single final.
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Sweden is now at ten and can come to eleven on Thursday. Israel and Cyprus have also been in the final in the past six years and can reach seven in the second semi-final if they do well.
Since Anouk helped the Netherlands out of a deep Eurovision valley in 2013, only Trijntje Oosterhuis failed to reach the final in 2015. Before that, the Netherlands set a record-long series of eight missed finals in a row.
Since then, the Netherlands has been seriously participating again, with the highlights of The Common Linnets’ second place in 2014 and Duncan Laurence’s victory in 2019.