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Second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Ten more countries qualify

Posted 24 May, 2012 - 22:56 by Verena Teuber

The line up for the final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is completed. Tonight we saw the second semifinal. 18 countries competed for ten remaining spots in the big final. Beside the participating countries the United Kingdom, France and Germany were allowed to vote.

Video: Ten qualifiers from first semi-final

Posted 24 May, 2012 - 19:11 by Charlotte Jensen

While we are waiting to find out which ten acts will qualify from second semi-final let's take a look at how it looked when the qualifiers from the first semi-final was presented and drew their starting position for the final.

The First Semifinal of 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Was Held This Evening: Ten in and Eight Out!

Posted 22 May, 2012 - 22:35 by Serkan Uluçay

Europe's biggest event, the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has started with the first semi-final in Baku’s Crystal Hall this evening. Eighteen countries have participated in the first battle for the final where only lucky ten countries could make it to Saturday evening.

Video: 10 qualifiers from first semi-final makes their appearance at press conference

Posted 26 May, 2010 - 14:06 by Charlotte Jensen

Shortly after the first semi-final had ended a press conference with all ten qualifiers were held. In this video you can see how the 10 lucky ones made their appearance when they met the press knowing that they had qualfied for the final on Saturday.

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Editorial: 2009 allocation draw analysis

Posted 31 January, 2009 - 01:48 by Charlotte Jensen

A bit of luck in the draws can help a country towards winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Now that we know who have been allocated to which semi-finals it is time to start speculating about who has been given a bit of a walk over to the final and who is in for what appears to be a mission impossible.

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The dust settles: the last 10 qualifiers

Posted 23 May, 2008 - 15:06 by Denis McEvoy

Many were already regarding the second semi final as a far superior affair even before last night's show. The result will be seen as positive by many of Eurovision's 'Old countries' but is already being taken badly in some of the unlucky nations.