Sixteen countries fought the battle last night in the Eurovision 2025 semifinal to secure a place on Saturday’s big final, but only 10 got the gold ticket.

Among them was Claudia with the “Asteromata” who, with her stunning interpretation and her imposing stage presence (by the hand of Eurovision’s “Magician”, Fokas Evangelinou) enchanted the viewers.

The apostasy from the public to the Arena St. Jakobshalle of Basel and the bitter comments on social media have confirmed the success of Claudia’s appearance (and Polls prognosis).

Greece’s qualification to Saturday’s final was recently announced, making the anxiety greater.

Claudia: “I came close to the heart attack!”

After the impressive second semifinal full of intensity, the 10 countries qualifying for the big Eurovision 2025 final gave the established press conference.

With humor and intense emotion, Claudia began her interview saying: “I came very close to the heart attack, I was the last to be announced!”

According to ogaegreece.com, she acknowledged that she for a while she felt discouraged, until she heard her name and the people of the mission ran to her. Now “he feels he is flying.”

For the 3 minutes on stage, she said she felt strength and confidence, wanting to give a show to everyone – both those who were in the stadium and to those who watched her act at home.

The 10 countries qualified:

– Lithuania,

– Israel

– Armenia,

– Denmark,

– Austria,

– Luxembourg,

– Finland,

– Latvia,

– Malta and

– Greece.

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will take place on Saturday May 17th and will be broadcast live by ERT1.

The commentary will again be the amazing Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis, while the actress and presenter Jenny Theona will announce the 12th of the Greek jury.