Noam Bettan wins Eurovision semi

Israel’s Noam Bettan emerged as the winner of Eurovision 2026’s first semi-final with “Michelle,” according to Eurovisionworld’s results page published on May 20. The page lists Bettan on 269 points from the May 12 show in Vienna, ahead of Poland’s Alicja and Finland’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen. Eurovision’s first semi-final sent 10 acts through to the Grand Final from a field of 15. The detailed score breakdown also shows Israel leading both the combined total and the qualifying table for Semi-final 1. ### When did Noam Bettan actually win this semi-final? May 12 was the date of Semi-final 1 in Vienna, according to Eurovisionworld’s event page. Eurovisionworld’s results page says Israel won that semi-final with “Michelle,” performed by Noam Bettan, and recorded 269 points. May 20 was the date cited in the story context for Eurovisionworld’s reporting, but the contest round itself had already been held a week earlier. The result page identifies the host city as Vienna, the venue as Wiener Stadthalle, and the broadcaster as ORF. ### How far ahead was Bettan in the Semi-final 1 scoreboard? Eurovisionworld lists Israel first on 269 points, with Poland second on 247 and Finland third on 227. Moldova followed on 208, then Serbia on 187 and Croatia on 175. The same page shows Israel receiving 163 public-vote points and 106 jury points. Poland, by comparison, received 110 from the public and 137 from juries, according to the scoreboard. That left Bettan 22 points clear of Alicja at the top of the semi-final table. ### Which countries qualified alongside Israel? Ten countries advanced from Semi-final 1, according to Eurovisionworld’s results page. The qualifiers listed there were Israel, Poland, Finland, Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, Sweden and Belgium. Five countries did not advance from that semi-final. Eurovisionworld lists Estonia in 11th place, followed by Portugal, Montenegro, San Marino and Georgia. ### What do the published numbers show about “Michelle”? “Michelle” was Israel’s entry for Eurovision 2026, and Eurovisionworld’s country page for Israel identifies Noam Bettan as the performer. That page also says Israel later finished second in the Grand Final with 343 points. Eurovisionworld’s Semi-final 1 page shows Bettan performing from the first semi-final lineup and then topping the scoreboard. The published breakdown indicates Israel combined a strong televote with a solid jury score rather than relying on only one side of the vote. ### Was this only a semi-final result, or the overall contest result too? Eurovisionworld separates the semi-final tables from the full-contest results. Its Eurovision 2026 results page shows Bulgaria’s Dara winning the Grand Final with 516 points, while Israel finished second on 343. That means Bettan’s Semi-final 1 win did not become the overall Eurovision 2026 title. The semi-final result established qualification and ranking for that round; the Grand Final produced the contest winner. ### Where can readers check the next layer of results? Eurovisionworld’s 2026 results pages include both the Semi-final 1 scoreboard and the full Eurovision 2026 final table. Those pages also publish the public and jury point splits by country, alongside the list of qualifiers and non-qualifiers. The most relevant next documents are Eurovisionworld’s Semi-final 1 page for Bettan’s 269-point win and its 2026 final results page for the Grand Final standings, where Dara of Bulgaria finished first and Bettan placed second.