Vienna – Noticeably more people watched the second semi-final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on ORF 1 on Thursday evening than the first semi-final on Tuesday. An average of 680,000 viewers attended the largest show block from 9:35 p.m., around 60,000 more than on Tuesday evening. 439,000 more viewers also stayed late to decide who would advance to the final (1st semi-final: 391,000).