Sweden, Ukraine and the Netherlands qualify for Eurovision final

Studer said that this is the “most sustainable Eurovision ever”, with around 80% of the outfits recycled.

Ziferblat from Ukraine performs the song Bird Of Pray during the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland (Martin Meissner/AP)

Sweden, Ukraine and the Netherlands have qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Dutch act Claude Kiambe, 21, went through with his track C’est La Vie, a blend of English and French that promotes a message of dealing with life as it is, as did current favourites KAJ with the Swedish song Bara Bada Bastu, about Nordic sauna culture.