BASEL, Switzerland (AP) —The 69th Eurovision Song Contestwill holds itsgrand finalon Saturday night. TheSwiss city of Baselplayed host this week to competitors representing37 countries. They danced, they sang, they engaged in disco diplomacy as part ofone of the world's biggest spectacles. Semifinal performances on Tuesday and Thursday whittled the competitors down to just 26 acts. They're competing for the coveted crystal microphone trophy. The finalists are: Norway, Luxembourg, Estonia, Israel, Lithuania, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Austria, Iceland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Poland, Germany, Greece, Armenia, Switzerland, Malta, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, France, San Marino and Albania. The contest airs Saturday at 9 p.m. local time (1900GMT). ___ Photographer Martin Meissner from Germany switches from sports to entertainment for a week to photograph hisfifth Eurovision. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
