Is Tamara Gachechiladze Appeared to be Engulfed in Flames???

Eurovision 2017 kicked off in dramatic fashion in Kiev on Tuesday night.

The first semi final of the contest launched in front of a live audience in the Ukraine, with 18 spellbinding performances, with an eventual ten voted through to Saturday's grand final.

One act literally set the stage alight though, as Georgia's song contest hopeful Tamara Gachechiladze appeared to be on fire during her performance.

Girl on fire: Eurovision 2017 kicked off in dramatic fashion in Kiev on Tuesday night, with Georgia's hopeful Tamara Gachechiladze appearing to be on fire during her performance

34-year-old singer/songwriter and actress Tamara represented her country in the nail-biting opening semi final, and put on a show to remember.

Pictures of her performance appear to show the beauty engulfed in flames as pyrotechnics raged around her during her performance of Keep The Faith.

Looking stunning in a glittering red dress, Tamara gave the song her all but viewers were distracted by her impressive staging, with many taking to social media to check she was unharmed by the onstage fire.

Red hot! 34-year-old singer songwriter and actress Tamara represented her country in the nail-biting opening semi final, and put on a show to remember

Careful! Pictures of her performance appear to show the beauty engulfed in flames as her pyrotechnics raged around her during her performance of Keep The Faith

'Tamara's on fire!' wrote a viewer on Twitter while another added: 'Her dress is on fire!'

Unfortunately the fire wasn't enough to send Tamara through to Saturday's final, as her song failed to win enough public votes.

The first ten finalists for this year’s Eurovision were revealed after the 18 performances with Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Cyprus, Belgium and Armenia all sent through.

Dramatic: Looking stunning in a glittering red dress, Tamara gave the song her all but viewers were distracted by her impressive staging

Wow factor: Tamara looked incredible in a red glitter gown accessorised with a cape which she dramatically whipped off halfway through

She's out: Unfortunately the fire wasn't enough to send Tamara through to Saturday's final, as her song failed to win enough public votes

Australia also qualified for their third annual Eurovision final after their Tuesday performance.

18 more acts will perform on Thursday night, with another ten sent through to Saturday.

Joining the 20 successful semi final acts will be host country Ukraine, who automatically qualify alongside the 'big five' - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, who have automatically qualified for the Grand Final since the introduction of a Semi-Final in 2004.

Big night: The first ten finalists for this year’s Eurovision were revealed after the 18 performances on Tuesday night.

She tried: While Tamara failed to go through to Saturday's final Australia qualified for their third annual Eurovision final after their Tuesday performance

Stiff competition: Joining the 20 successful semi final acts will be host country Ukraine, who automatically qualify alongside the 'big five' - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK

Former X Factor star Lucie Jones is representing the UK this year. The 26-year-old Welsh songstress is singing Never Give Up On You, and hopes to triumph for her country, for the first time since Katrina and the Waves won the contest in 1997.

The ex X Factor singer was knocked out by two-time Eurovision contestants Jedward in 2009, and since then has found big success in musical theatre.

Lucie faces stiff competition though, as bookies have called Italy’s entry Francesco Gabbani as the favourite this year thanks to his bizarre dance routine with an ape.

The track Occidental Karma is already a viral hit in Italy where it went gold within a week, double platinum within the month and achieved 50 million YouTube views.

Eurovision 2017 continues with the second semi final on Thursday night, on BBCFour.