Entries that ended semi-final qualification / final appearance streaks (2026 edition)
I counted a Qualification streak as two consecutive semi-final qualifications in a row. (non-participation doesn't break a streak)
This is a reverse of the other list I made of entries ending NQ streaks
* For sake of consistency and clarity for some entries, I will also be including finals streaks that are not technically part of a semi-final qualifying streak.
*(final: Q streak) means there's a difference between the two due to circumstances (2004-2007 auto Q system, 1st NQ for a country that debuted pre-2004, was a host nation, etc.)
Oslo 1996 -
Denmark "Kun med dig" (first NQ, joined 1957; 1957-1966, 1978-93, 1995; 27 finals)
Germany "Planet of Blue" (first NQ, joined 1956; 1956-95; 40 finals)
Hungary "Fortuna" (second NQ, joined "officially" 1994, attempted 1993; 1994-95; 2 finals)
Israel "Shalom Olam" (first NQ, joined 1973; 1973-79, 1981-83, 1985-93, 1995; 20 finals)
Russia "Ya eto ya" (first NQ, joined 1994; 1994-95; 2 finals)
Istanbul 2004 -
Denmark "Shame on You" (1997, 1999-2002; 5 finals)
Estonia "Tii" (second NQ, joined "officially" 1994, attempeted 1993; 1994, 1996-2003; 9 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Finland "Takes 2 to Tango" (first NQ, joined 1961; 1961-69, 1971-94, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002; 37 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Israel "Leha'amin" (1998-2003; 6 finals)
Latvia "Dziesma par laimi" (first NQ, joined 2000; 2000-03; 4 finals)
Lithuania "What's Happened to Your Love" (first NQ, joined 1994; 1994, 1999, 2001-02; 4 finals)
Monaco "Notre planète" (first NQ, joined 1959; 1959-79; 21 finals)
Portugal "Foi magia" (first NQ, joined 1964; 1964-69; 1971-99, 2001, 2003; 37 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Slovenia "Stay Forever" (first NQ, joined 1993; 1993, 1995-99, 2001-03; 9 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Switzerland "Celebrate" (first NQ, joined 1956; 1956-94, 1996-98, 2000, 2002; 44 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Kyiv 2005 -
Austria "Y así" (first NQ, joined 1957; 1957-68, 1971-72, 1976-97, 1999-2000, 2003-04; 41 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Belgium "Le Grand Soir" (first NQ, joined 1956; 1956-93, 1995-96, 1998-2000, 2002-04; 46 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Iceland "If I Had Your Love" (first NQ, joined 1986; 1986-97, 1999-2001, 2003-04; 17 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Ireland "Love?" (first NQ, joined 1965; 1965-82, 1984-2001, 2003-04; 38 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Netherlands "My Impossible Dream" (first NQ, joined 1956; 1956-84, 1986-90, 1992-94, 1996-2001, 2003-04; 45 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Poland "Czarna dziewczyna" (first NQ, joined 1994; 1994-99, 2001, 2003-04; 9 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Athens 2006 -
Albania "Zjarr e ftohtë" (first NQ, joined 2004; 2004-05; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Cyprus "Why Angels Cry" (first NQ, joined 1981; 1981-87, 1989-2000, 2002-2005; 23 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Helsinki 2007 -
Croatia "Vjerujem u ljubav" (first NQ, joined 1993; 1993-2006; 14 finals; 4 year Q streak)
Denmark "Drama Queen" (2005-06; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Israel "Push the Button" (2005-06; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Malta "Vertigo" (first NQ, joined 1971; 1971-72, 1975, 1991-2006; 19 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Norway "Ven a bailar conmigo" (first NQ, joined 1960; 1960-69, 1971-2001, 2003-06; 45 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Switzerland "Vampires are Alive" (2005-06; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Belgrade 2008 -
FYR Macedonia "Let Me Love You" (second NQ, joined "officially" 1998, attempted 1996; 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004-07; 7 finals: 4 year Q streak)
Hungary "Candelelight" (1997-98, 2005, 2007; 4 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Ireland "Irelande Douze Pointe" (2006-07; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Lithuania "Nomads in the Night" (2006-07; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Moldova "A Century of Love" (2005-07; 3 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Moscow 2009 -
Latvia "Probka" (2005-08; 4 finals: 3 year Q streak)
Serbia "Cipela" (first NQ, joined 2007; 2007-08; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Slovakia "Leť tmou" (second NQ, joined "officially" 1994, attempted 1993; 1994, 1996, 1998; 3 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Oslo 2010 -
Croatia "Lako je sve" (2008-09; 2 finals)
Finland "Työlki ellää" (2006-09; 4 finals: 3 year Q streak)
Sweden "This is My Life" (first NQ, joined 1958; 1958-63, 1965-69, 1971-75, 1977-2009; 49 finals: 4 year Q streak)
Dusseldorf 2011 -
Albania "Feel the Passion" (2008-10; 3 finals)
Armenia "Boom Boom" (first NQ, joined 2006; 2006-10; 5 finals: 4 year Q streak)
Israel "Ding Dong" (2008-10; 3 finals)
Norway "Haba Haba" (2008-10; 3 finals)
Portugal "A luta é alegria" (2008-10; 3 finals)
Turkey "Live it Up" (first NQ, joined 1975; 1975, 1978, 1980-93, 1995-2010; 32 finals: 6 year Q streak)
Baku 2012 -
Georgia "I'm a Joker" (first NQ, joined 2007; 2007-08, 2010-11; 4 finals)
Malmo 2013 -
Serbia "Ljubav je svuda" (2010-12; 3 finals)
Copenhagen 2014 -
Estonia "Amazing" (2011-13; 3 finals)
Ireland "Hearbeat" (2010-13; 4 finals)
Lithuania "Attention" (2011-13; 3 finals)
Moldova "Wild Soul" (2009-13; 5 finals)
Vienna 2015 -
Belarus "Time" (2013-14; 2 finals)
Denmark "The Way You Are" (2008-14; 7 finals: 6 year Q streak)
Finland "Aina mun pitää" (2013-14; 2 finals)
Iceland "Unbroken" (2008-14; 7 finals)
Malta "Warrior" (2012-14; 3 finals)
Netherlands "Walk Along" (2013-2014; 2 finals)
Stockholm 2016 -
Bosnia and Herzegovina "Ljubav je" (first NQ, joined 1993; 1993-97, 1999, 2001-12; 18 finals: 9 year Q streak)
Greece "Utopian Land" (first NQ, joined 1974; 1974, 1976-81, 1983, 1985, 1987-98, 2001-15; 36 finals: 10 year Q streak)
Montenegro "The Real Thing" (2014-15; 2 finals)
Norway "Icebreaker" (2012-15; 4 finals)
Slovenia "Blue and Red" (2014-15; 2 finals)
Kyiv 2017 -
Georgia "Keep the Faith" (2015-16; 2 finals)
Latvia "Line" (2015-16; 2 finals)
Lithuania "Rain of Revolution" (2015-16; 2 finals)
Serbia "In Too Deep" (2015-16; 2 finals)
Lisbon 2018 -
Armenia "Qami" (2013-17; 5 finals)
Azerbaijan "X My Heart" (first NQ, joined 2008; 2008-17; 10 finals: 9 year Q streak)
Belgium "A Matter of Time" (2015-17; 3 finals)
Croatia "Crazy" (2016-17; 2 finals)
Poland "Light Me Up" (2014-17; 4 finals)
Romania "Goodbye" (third NQ, joined "officially" 1994, attempted 1993; 1998, 2000, 2002-15, 2017; 17 finals: 10 year Q streak)
Russia "I Won't Break" (1997, 2000-16; 18 finals: 9 year Q streak)
Tel Aviv 2019 -
Austria "Limits" (2014-18; 5 finals: 4 year Q streak)
Hungary "Az én apám" (2011-18; 8 finals)
Moldova "Stay" (2017-18; 2 finals)
Portugal "Telemóveis" (2017-18; 2 finals: 1 year Q streak)
Rotterdam 2021 -
Australia "Technicolour" (first NQ, joined 2015; 2015-19; 5 finals: 4 year Q streak)
Czech Republic "Omaga" (2018-19; 2 finals)
Denmark "Øve os på hinanden" (2017-19; 3 finals)
Estonia "The Lucky One" (2018-19; 2 finals)
Slovenia "Amen" (2018-19; 2 finals)
Turin 2022 -
Albania "Sekret" (2018-19, 2021; 3 finals)
Bulgaria "Intention" (2016-18, 2021; 4 finals)
Cyprus "Ela" (2015-19, 2021; 6 finals)
Israel "I.M" (2015-19, 2021: 6 finals: 5 year Q streak)
San Marino "Stripper" (2019, 2021; 2 finals)
Liverpool 2023 -
Azerbaijan "Tell Me More" (2019, 2021-2022; 3 finals)
Greece "What They Say" (2019, 2021-22; 3 finals)
Iceland "Power" (2019, 2021-2022; 3 finals)
Netherlands "Burning Daylight" (2016-19, 2021-22; 6 finals: 5 year Q streak)
Malmo 2024 -
Australia "One Milkali (One Blood)" (2022-23; 2 finals)
Belgium "Before the Party's Over" (2021-23; 3 finals)
Czechia "Pedestal" (2022-23; 2 finals)
Moldova "In the Middle" (2021-2023; 3 finals)
Poland "The Tower" (2022-23; 2 finals)
Basel 2025 -
Croatia "Poison Cake" (2023-24; 2 finals)
Cyprus "Shh" (2023-24; 2 finals)
Serbia "Mila" (2018-19, 2021-24; 6 finals)
Slovenia "How Much Time Do We Have Left" (2023-24; 2 finals)
Vienna 2026 -
Armenia "Paloma Rumba" (2022-25; 4 finals)
Estonia "Too Epic to Be True" (2022-25; 4 finals)
Latvia "Ēnā" (2024-25; 2 finals)
Luxembourg "Mother Nature" (first NQ, joined 1956; 1956-58, 1960-93, 2024-25; 39 finals: 2 year Q streak)
Portugal "Rosa" (2021-25; 5 finals)
Switzerland "Alice" (2019, 2021-25; 6 finals: 5 year Q streak)
Current Semi-final Q Streaks (Parenthesis = Last NQ year)
Ukraine - 16 years (Never NQed before)
Sweden - 12 years (2010)
Norway - 9 years (2016)
Finland - 6 years (2019)
Lithuania - 6 years (2019)
Israel - 4 years (2022)
Austria - 3 years (2022)
Greece - 3 years (2023)
Albania - 2 years (2024)
Denmark - 2 years (2024)
Malta - 2 years (2024)
Netherlands - 2 years (2023)
Poland - 2 years (2024)
Australia - 1 year (2025)
Belarus - 1 year (2018)
Belgium - 1 year (2025)
Bulgaria - 1 year (2022)
Croatia - 1 year (2025)
Cyprus - 1 year (2025)
Czechia - 1 year (2025)
France - 1 year (Never NQed before)
Iceland - 1 year (2024)
Moldova - 1 year (2024)
Romania - 1 year (2023)
Serbia - 1 year (2025)
Serbia and Montenegro - 1 year (Never NQed before)
Spain - 1 year (Never NQed before)
Turkey - 1 year (2011)
United Kingdom - 1 year (Never NQed before)
Never competed in a Semi-final
Italy, Morocco, Yugoslavia