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Two-thirds eliminated in Queen Elisabeth competition

Two-thirds eliminated in Queen Elisabeth competition

The 24 semifinalists were named overnight, culled from 60 contestants. It looks like most of the Chinese entrants failed to make the cut.

The survivors are:

Robert Bily
Rachel Breen
Valère Burnon
Jacopo Giovannini
Arthur Hinnewinkel
Wataru Hisasue
Miguel Iglesias Lista
Mirabelle Kajenjeri
Masaya Kamei
Uladzislau Khandohi
Song Hyeon Kim
Shiori Kuwahara
Denis Linnik
Nikola Meeuwsen
Nathalia Milstein (pictured)
Jiaxin Min
Yumeka Nakagawa
Shion Ota
Jinhyung Park
Davide Ranaldi
Changyong Shin
Sergey Tanin
Yuki Yoshimi
Yali Zaken

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