Belarus

Germany has won the 55th Eurovision Song Contest by a big margin, beating Turkey into second place. Romania achieved its best result by finishing third.

After months of preparation and two weeks of rehearsals, tonight things got serious. The first semi-final was beamed live around Europe. Viewers around Europe were welcomed by hosts, Nadia Hasnaoui, Erik Solbakken and Haddy Jatou N'Jie, who explained the voting system.

EuroVisionary has boarded a time-machine, travelled to the end of the 1st semi-final, and can now reveal who will be happy at the end of tomorrows show, and who will be considering going home early.

Day six of the biggest musical show on earth saw twelve countries rehearse again, from Albania - participating in the first semi-final, to Sweden - who has been drawn in the second semi-final.

Balladeers 3+2 were back today for their second rehearsal.  They were in good spirits at their party last night, so would this show?

Today, the nine remaining countries in the first semi-final held their first rehearsals and press conferences, including Iceland who, ironically, managed to reach Oslo with no trouble at all while others, like the Irish delegation, are experiencing problems thanks to that volcano.

3+2 had their first rehearsals this afternoon and there's a lot going on. Belarus has several gimmicks and props that they plan to use. The only problem is that it's all a bit much.

After Tuesday’s draw for the running order the two semi-finals are almost planned in details. EuroVisionary has been informed about when we can expect advert breaks and re-caps. This can add even more information to the ones who wants to speculate on influence of the starting positions.