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Eurovison's first ten finalists revealed

20 May 2015 [13:59] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

Many music lovers were glued to their TVs on May 19, as the first show of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was broadcasted live from the Wiener Stadthalle in Austria.

The contest, which for the second time was held in the country’s capital, Vienna saw the performances of 16 countries among the 40 competing. All were battling to partake in the first Semi-final, for which only 10 places are available. The final will take place on May 23rd.

Albania, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Estonia, Georgia, Serbia, Belgium and Armenia were able to get into the final following their performances.

The names of the other 10 participants will be known in the second semi-final to be held on May 21.

The ten who go through on Thursday will meet the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy and France, which automatically qualify every year.

Azerbaijan will be represented by the very strong voice of Elnur Huseynov, who will perform his mystical ballad “Hour of the Wolf” under the 11th number.

Elnur is no stranger to the contest, as in 2008, he appeared on “the Eurovision Song Contest” in Belgrade, together with Samir Javadzada, who brought 8th place to Azerbaijan.

The right for hosting the contest by Austria came when Conchita Wurst brought home the trophy with her Rise Like A Phoenix from Copenhagen in 2014. The official slogan of 2015 Eurovision Song Contest will be "Building Bridges".

The contest which is being held for the 60th time in Europe has seen the victory of 46 women participants. The last man contestant to win the contest was Azerbaijani Eldar Gasimov in the music duo Ell & Nikki with Nigar Jamal brought the first place from German to Azerbaijan in 2011.


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