The voting results announced and here the full list of the first finalists Greece , Russia, Denmark, Albania , Cyprus ,Romania , Moldova, Iceland, Hungary!
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*****01:58The First Semi-Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest started at the Baku Crystal Hall.
Tonight, some 18 countries will compete for just 10 places in the Grand Final. The broadcast will be hosted by Nargiz, Eldar and Leyla who are all eager to welcome the millions of viewers to Baku for tonight's show!
The 18 acts competing in the First Semi-Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in order of appearance are:
1. Montenegro: Rambo Amadeus - Euro Neuro
2. Iceland: Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
3. Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou - Aphrodisiac
4. Latvia: Anmary - Beautiful Song
5. Albania: Rona Nishliu - Suus
6. Romania: Mandinga - Zaleilah
7. Switzerland: Sinplus - Unbreakable
8. Belgium: Iris - Would You
9. Finland: Pernilla - När Jag Blundar
10. Israel: Izabo - Time
11. San Marino: Valentina Monetta - The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh)
12. Cyprus: Ivi Adamou - La La Love
13. Denmark: Soluna Samay - Should've Known Better
14. Russia: Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody
15. Hungary: Compact Disco - Sound Of Our Hearts
16. Austria: Trackshittaz - Woki Mit Deim Popo
17. Moldova: Pasha Parfeny - L?utar
18. Ireland: Jedward - Waterline
Of the 18 entries, 10 will qualify to the Grand Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place on Saturday the 26th of May. The result will be determined by way of a 50/50 split between national expert juries and televoting. The combined scores will create the final outcome.
In yesterday's Jury Semi-Final, the expert juries already determined their votes by watching the live performances. These results have however not been revealed. The televoting will take place during the live show once the final performance has taken place.
The viewers of the 18 competing nations as well as thee viewers watching in Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain will have the opportunity to televote for their favourite song with the numbers being revealed by their respective national broadcaster during the live show.
Once the televotes have been collected, these will be combined with the jury votes and centrally added up. The countries successful in qualifying to the final will then be announced in random order with the opening of virtual envelopes on screen.
*****The last finalist is Ireland!
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Greece and Russia!
*****00:55Next finalists are Denmark, Albania , Cyprus
*****00:52Now, the voting results are disclosed. The finalists are Romania , Moldova, Iceland
, Hungary
*****00:41The voting was completed in the first semifinal of "Eurovision 2012" in Baku. Now Natig rhytm group accompnaied by dancers perform Azerbaijan's national music on the stage !
*****00:25The announce the voting rules in the semifinals and list the 18 participants in the first semifinal and footage of their performances are shown.
00:11Jedward performing Waterline will be the last performers of today’s show.
*****01:07Time has come for the 19th song of tonight , now meet Moldova: Pasha Parfeny – Lautar!
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Another participant of the semi-finals - a group of " Trackshittaz " with Woki Mit Deim Popo from Austria.
*****01:01Compact Disco is now on stage with - Sound Of Our Hearts!
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Russia’s Buranovskie Babushki now will perform for you, Babushki with Party For Everybody are the favorites of tonight.
*****00:56It’s is time of Denmark - Soluna Samay - Should've Known Better. Soluna Samay takes stage following Cyprus- Ivi Adamou who sang La La Love.
*****00:49Time has come social networks! Meet Valentina Monetta representing San Marinowith The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh).
*****00:44We already reached the top ten! MeetIzabo from Israel with Time!
*****00:40Time has come for the 9th song of tonight , now meet Finland with Pernilla - När Jag Blundar!
*****00:37The eight participant of the semi-finals Iris from Belgium with the song Would You.
*****00:34Another participant of the semi-finals - a group of " Sinplus " with Unbreakable from Switzerland .
*****00:27 Now the presenters will inform about the voting process and number of the participant countries.
Agter, meet Mandinga, representing Romania with Zaleilah .
*****00:20Representative of Albania Rona Nishliu now will perform on the Baku stage.
It should be noted that videos showing the beauty of Azerbaijan and its capital gives special brilliance to the show.
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00:18Time has come for the 4th song of tonight , now meet Latvia with Anmary - Beautiful Song!
*****00:15Eleftheria Eleftheriou, representing Greece today will now perform the Aphrodisiac song.
*****00:10Representative
of the Montenegrin Rambo Amadeus with the song "Euro Neuro" performed
first on the Crystal hall Stage. Now, it’s time for Island Greta Salóme
& Jónsi - Never Forget.