Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi-Final (1)

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Venue	Olimpiysky Arena
Host(s)	Natalya Vodyanova & Andrey Malakhov
Date	Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Participants	18
EBU Scrutineer	Svante Stockselius
Executive Producer	Yury Aksyuta
Director	Andrey Boltenko

Voting method

Tele-voting and jury (more information about the exact procedure can be found at the bottom of this page)

For the second time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, two Semi-Finals will be held to decide which 25 countries will be represented in the Final. The first Semi-Final will take place on Tuesday, 12th of May.

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi-Final (1)

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	Montenegro RTCG	Andrea Demirovic complete participant profile	Just Get Out of My Life song writer(s) & composer(s)	044	11
02	Czech Republic ČT	Gipsy.cz complete participant profile	Aven Romale song writer(s) & composer(s)	000	18
03	Belgium RTBF	Copycat complete participant profile	Copycat song writer(s) & composer(s)	001	17
04	Belarus BTRC	Petr Elfimov complete participant profile	Eyes That Never Lie song writer(s) & composer(s)	025	13
05	Sweden SVT	Malena Ernman complete participant profile	La Voix song writer(s) & composer(s)	105	04
06	Armenia AMPTV	Inga & Anush complete participant profile	Jan Jan song writer(s) & composer(s)	099	05
07	Andorra RTVA	Susanne Georgi complete participant profile	La Teva Decisió (Get A Life) song writer(s) & composer(s)	008	15
08	Switzerland SRG SSR idée suisse	Lovebugs complete participant profile	The Highest Heights song writer(s) & composer(s)	015	14
09	Turkey TRT	Hadise complete participant profile	Düm Tek Tek song writer(s) & composer(s)	172	02
10	Israel IBA	Noa & Mira Awad complete participant profile	There Must Be Another Way song writer(s) & composer(s)	075	07
11	Bulgaria BNT	Krassimir Avramov complete participant profile	Illusion song writer(s) & composer(s)	007	16
12	Iceland RÚV	Yohanna complete participant profile	Is It True? song writer(s) & composer(s)	174	01
13	F.Y.R. Macedonia MKRTV	Next Time complete participant profile	Neshto Shto Ke Ostane song writer(s) & composer(s)	045	10
14	Romania TVR	Elena complete participant profile	The Balkan Girls song writer(s) & composer(s)	067	09
15	Finland YLE	Waldo's People complete participant profile	Lose Control song writer(s) & composer(s)	042	12
16	Portugal RTP	Flor-de-lis complete participant profile	Todas As Ruas Do Amor song writer(s) & composer(s)	070	08
17	Malta PBS	Chiara complete participant profile	What If We song writer(s) & composer(s)	086	06
18	Bosnia & Herzegovina BHRT	Regina complete participant profile	Bistra Voda song writer(s) & composer(s)	125	03

The voting during the show

Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS. Direct finalists United Kingdom and Germany will also vote in this Semi-Final (tdecided by draw). Originally, Spain had drawn to vote in this Semi-Final as well, but requested this to be changed for scheduling reasons.The reference group approved their request

Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes. The top-9 of the tele-voting qualifies for the Final. The highest ranked entry of the back-up jury that has not qualified for the Final in the tele-voting also qualifies for the Final. The 10 qualified countries will be presented in randomly drawn order at the end of the show. The complete results of the tele-voting will not be announced until after the Final, to keep the tension high.