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First Semi-Final: The Qualifiers!

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Posted by Marco Brey on 12 May 2009 at 22:57 updated 13 May 2009 at 15:28
First Semi-Final: The Qualifiers!
Above: Inga and Anush. Photo: Alain Douit (EBU)
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Tonight, the First Semi-Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Olimpiyskiy Arena in Moscow. In an exciting show, the representatives of ten countries were picked to advance to the Final. Find out who qualified here!

Millions of viewers tuned in tonight to watch the First Semi-Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The show was broadcast live from the Olimpiyskiy Arena in Moscow, and it was presented by Natalia Vodyanova and Andrey Malakhov. Nine qualifying countries were picked by televoting, and a tenth finalist was selected by the national juries all over Europe. All the countries represented in the First Semi-Final were voting, as well as Germany and the United Kingdom. This is the list of countries that qualified (the full results will be revealed after the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest):

  • Turkey
  • Sweden
  • Israel
  • Portugal
  • Malta
  • Finland
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Romania
  • Armenia
  • Iceland

That now means that 15 out of 25 participants of the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest are known. The remaining 10 finalists will be known after the Second Semi-Final, to take place on May 14th at 21:00 CET!

Image gallery: First Semi-Final: the qualifiers

The 10 qualifiers of the first Semi-Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Image gallery: First Semi-Final: Backstage

Before and during the First Semi-Final, eurovision.tv met the participants backstage.

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Here are some videos showing backstage and green room impressions of the artists in the First Semi-Final.

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Comment by 161981

Posted on 21 May 2009 at 10:57
Armenia . INga ANUSH the best barvoooooooooooooooooooo

Comment by eurovision-2009

Posted on 19 May 2009 at 07:52
I like Norway song, good luck Alexander

video, video klipai, atvirukai,

sveikinimai, nuorodu katalogas, zaidimai, paslaugos, zaidimai
Ra Mona

Comment by Ramona from Romania

Posted on 16 May 2009 at 23:45
Of course ACCEPT NORWAY who really deserve to win, the rest are political votes. Moldova and Romania are better then Ucraine or Israel ior Russia
Ra Mona

Comment by Ramona from Romania

Posted on 16 May 2009 at 23:12
I try to vote Moldova , all the lines are full!! Go Moldova!! Go Romania! Go Norway!!

Kiss kiss
monika monika

Comment by Moni_ka

Posted on 16 May 2009 at 12:48
Unique composition with ancient ethnic sounds from ARMENIAN HIGHLANDS mixed modern.... This is armenien from the bigining to the end.
We can listen echo of 5000 years old armenian civilization . I like it very much, they mixed modern and old together GO ON ARMENIA- YOU ARE WINNER.
12 point from sweden finland norway denmark and icland
We here in scandinavia like this song very much. we play it in the clubs.

Comment by Butterfly

Posted on 16 May 2009 at 08:21
Hello everybody.
Tonight is the "big time".
My vote goes definetly for ROMANIA, MOLDOVA, PORTUGAL, GREECE, ESTONIA, BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA, ARMENIA , ICELAND, AZERBAIJAN, NORWAY. This my top 10 :)
I wish all finalists good luck and may the best win!
Ruka Lopes

Comment by ruka1970 from Portugal

Posted on 16 May 2009 at 00:22
Gosh what´s all the fuss about Turkey, Greece and Armenia? Well apart from the fact that they spend time bickering on eachother? The same old music, no creativity and Greece? All performance...great but the music...sorry! My favs from 1st round were Iceland, Portugal and Bosnia & Hertz! Second semi-final? A real freak show! This is not worthy to watch anymore! ;-(

Comment by McrticiBaghdasarian from Niue

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 22:39
I think Armenia Will win...

Comment by x_bebeq_35 from Austria

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 21:38
TURKEY is the BEST . WE WiiLL ROCK EUROViSiON !!!

HADiSE has got a PERFECT SONG !

good luck to azerbaijcan .. :)

Comment by Nazar

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 16:47
please vote here
http://www.hot.ee/eurovision2009/finalpoll.html
aylin aylin

Comment by aylin09 from France

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 16:36
please..please..please..respect the others' ideas!! if you dont respect them, they dont respect yours, it is very simple:)))
my favorites are...
1. TURKEY ( when i hear this great song i wanna dance with them:) soooooo provocative:)) )
2. AZERBAIJAN ( very good partner, song&voice are very soft )
3. NORWAY (This song makes me fly )
4. ICELAND (her voice is really nice)
5. GREECE (show is very good, his voice is ok also, but it is not enough to get this competition!_shake it was great_)
dephne fff

Comment by dephne

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 11:57
turkish singer hadise will be successful when her song and exotic dance(if the most impressive figures of it arent interrupted unfortunately) are combined tomorrow evening.she is a nice ,sincere girl.she isnt the queen of the ice .so she always deserves better.good luck for the '' the sultan of the fire'' and her team.believe yourself and do your best

Comment by paranzem

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 01:08
Vote for Armenia!!!!!!!!!
Jan - Jan!!!
Dance the Nor Par!!!!!
nina lassila

Comment by ninalassila

Posted on 15 May 2009 at 00:35
oh dear. It's so much fun again!!! And I'm in Paris and can vote for all my favourites (and 1point to my Suomi because they are worth it).
Annoying that the hosts are not really talented...weird, that they could not find any proffessionals in a big nation like that.

my fav, are:
Norway 12 p this is a winner...hope his voice will make it...
Iceland just beautiful
Sweden cool & dramatic!
Portugal soo cute...
Estonia special
Israel beautiful, wont , win though
France (can't vote..)
Moldova & Armenia (beacuse they wake me up! so crazy!)

and I don't get why people seem to like the Turkis Dum Tek Tek (tired of this sex thing...babes in tight jeans shaking their skinny bottoms...)

The rest is probably quite ok...

Comment by salsa

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 20:37
What do you guys think of Bosnia&Herzegovina?

Comment by danni123 from Iceland

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 19:23
yesss go iceland
lejla becar

Comment by lejla

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 19:07
see u in SARAJEVO next year!!!!

(L) BOSNIA (L)

Comment by trinity_303

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 19:05
My winner is definitely HADİSE, but it's not about that I'm Turkish. The song has everything I like. We needed a song like that after Sertap!!
But last night I was shocked when I listened the song. Hadise is much more better than that. I hope she het well very very soon.
Iceland was really good. The song was good, but I especially loved Yohanna's voice. The song could be better.
I liked Armenia, Israel, Sweden and Romania as well... I gotta say, Armenia's song made me remind some of the songs of our regions in our country. Last year, Armenia was my first; this year can't be that high.
We haven't listen to Spain live yet, but it's my favorite. Spain's song is really really really great. I definitely give my 12 points to that song.
No importa si quieres o no
Porque hoy mando yo

Es una cancion muy buena que sera primero o segundo...

Comment by amino

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 18:39
I Think the best songs are -1.croatia 2. armenia 3.iceland 4.turkey 5.spain 6.uk 7.germany 8.france 9.norway 10.greece & the others followings them......
good luck for all

Comment by Glenn

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 17:52
Best voice and live performance was definitely I C E L A N D !!!!! 12 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Butterfly

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 17:40
Hi.
I don't understand why some people around here are looking for all sorts of reasons for their country's performance: the stage is too big, the cameramen are lousy, the lights are too strong or the costumes aren't suitable.....
The voice, the song, the message, etc don't matter no more?
Get real!
Elena Tolnai

Comment by Elena Tolnai

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 17:36
Please vote for Eurovision's Sexiest woman. I choose Turkey or Moldova! http://wiwibloggs.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/eurovisions-next-top-model-vote-now/

Comment by Colombina from Romania

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 17:12
GOOD LUCK ROMANIA...GOOD LUCK ELENA...U ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT.

LOOK HERE AND VOTE FOR ROMANIA 8-))))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyuOU-OdQw

Comment by Alstergruss

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 16:12
I don't understand this hot discussion about Hadise...If Turkey belongs to Europe or not - if the singer was ill or not - these topics don't have anything to do with any possible results. Hadise is a very sympathic (and sexy) singer, but unfortunately her song is quite bad!
My favorites (after Semifinal 1) are Iceland (excellent singer with a nice song) and Bosnia&Herzegowina (very interesting and innovative). Malta sent a great singer, but a boring ballad without any high spots. What a pity, that the lead singer from Switzerland was that bad - I liked that song. And: I don't understand, why Finland passed the qualification - a really stupid dancefloor-song! Finally: Israel - an interesting project and two good, charismatic singers, whose voices harmonize very well; their ballad could have been a bit more interesting - but I think, they'll can do TOP 5.
I'm looking forward to tonight and especially to Saturday night!
Let's all have fun! The best may win!
ralf hamburg

Comment by reval666

Posted on 14 May 2009 at 15:40
i just cannot understand how belarus and switzerland could not came through, its unbelivable. this shows that music is not the priority of this competition. everybody votes fore their neighbours. from estonia
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