The Douze Points semi final:
Another year has flown by and this month it was time to vote on the 2009 first semi-finalists. They are:
| 1 | Moldova | Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira | Run away |
| 2 | Russia | Peter Nalitch & Friends | Lost and forgotten |
| 3 | Estonia | Malcolm Lincoln | Siren |
| 4 | Slovakia | Kristina | Horehronie |
| 5 | Finland | Kuunkuiskaajat | Työlki ellää |
| 6 | Latvia | Aisha | What for? |
| 7 | Serbia | Milan Stankovic | Ovo je Balkan |
| 8 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Vukašin Brajic | Thunder and lightning |
| 9 | Poland | Marcin Mrozinski | Legenda |
| 10 | Belgium | Tom Dice | Me and my guitar |
| 11 | Malta | Thea Garrett | My dream |
| 12 | Albania | Juliana Pasha | It's all about you |
| 13 | Greece | Giorgos Alkaios & Friends | OPA |
| 14 | Portugal | Filipa Azevedo | Há dias assim |
| 15 | FYR Macedonia | Gjoko Taneski | Jas ja imam silata |
| 16 | Belarus | 3 + 2 | Butterflies |
| 17 | Iceland | Hera Björk | Je ne sais quoi |
Due to the popularity of the competition, tickets went on sale last month. Juries were allocated to groups of people at the start of the evening and after a marathon event, the eventual winner was:
Iceland!
The other songs that will be going through to our final on 13th May are:
Albania |
Finland |
Slovakia |
Greece |
Portugal |
Moldova |
Belgium |
Belarus |
Malta |
Click here to see the scoresheet with the full results.
The Second semi final will take place on Thursday 29th April. Make sure you buy your ticket!
To ensure that you have a say in the final result, don't forget to buy your ticket for the 13th May!
April's first playlist:
These were the songs played tonight (including some of the 2010 songs) The playlist is shorter than usual due to the showing of the semi-finalists:
| 1 | 2010 | SPAIN | Algo Pequeñito | Daniel Diges | Spanish |
| 2 | 2010 | NORWAY | My Heart Is Yours | Didrik Solli-Tangen | English |
| 3 | 2010 | UNITED KINGDOM | That Sounds Good To Me | Josh Dubovie | English |
| 4 | 2010 | FRANCE | Allez! Ola! Olé! | Jessy Matador | French |
| 5 | 2010 | GERMANY | Satellite | Lena Meyer-Landrut | English |
| 6 | 1978 | Israel | A Ba Ni Bi | Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta | English |
| 7 | 1993 | United Kingdom | Better The Devil You Know | Sonia | English |
| 8 | 2006 | Sweden | Invincible | Carola | English |
| 9 | 2000 | Netherlands | No Goodbyes | Linda Wagenmakers | English |
| 10 | 1983 | Israel | Hi | Ofra Haza | Hebrew |
| 11 | 1995 | France | Il Me Donne Rendez-vous | Nathalie Santamaria | French |
| 12 | 2005 | Spain | Brujeria | Son De Sol | Spanish |
| 13 | 2002 | Finland | Addicted To You | Laura | English |
| 14 | 2001 | Slovenia | Energy | Nusa Derenda | English |
| 15 | 2005 | Iceland | If I Had Your Love | Selma | English |
| 16 | 2009 | Romania | The Balkan Girls | Elena Gheorghe | English |
| 17 | 2004 | Greece | Shake It | Sakis Rouvas | English |
| 17 | 2006 | Germany | No No Never | Texas Lightning | English |
| 18 | 2004 | Belgium | 1 Life | Xandee | English |
| 19 | 2008 | Greece | Secret Combination | Kalomoira | English |
| 20 | 2008 | Malta | Vodka | Moreno | English |
| 21 | 2007 | Ukraine | Dancing Lasha Tumbai | Verka Serduchka | Multilingual |
| 22 | 2003 | Turkey | Everyway That I Can | Sertab Erener | English |
| 23 | 2009 | Norway | Fairytale | Alexander Rybak | English |
| 24 | 2009 | Iceland | Is It True ? | Yohanna | English |
| 25 | 2008 | Portugal | Senhora Do Mar | Vânia Fernandes | Portuguese |
| 26 | 2007 | Hungary | Unsubstantial Blues | Magdi Rúzsa | English |
