The Douze Points semi final:
Another year has flown by and this month it was time to vote on the 2011 first semi-finalists. They are:
| 1 | 2011 | POLAND | Jestem | Magdalena Tul | Polish |
| 2 | 2011 | NORWAY | Haba Haba | Stella Mwangi | English / Swahili |
| 3 | 2011 | ALBANIA | Feel The Passion | Aurela Gaçe | English |
| 4 | 2011 | ARMENIA | Boom Boom | Emmy | English |
| 5 | 2011 | TURKEY | Live It Up | Yüksek Sadakat | English |
| 6 | 2011 | SERBIA | Caroban | Nina | Serbian |
| 7 | 2011 | RUSSIA | Get You | Aleksey Vorobyov | English |
| 8 | 2011 | SWITZERLAND | In Love For A While | Anna Rossinelli | English |
| 9 | 2011 | GEORGIA | One More Day | Eldrine | English |
| 10 | 2011 | FINLAND | Da Da Dam | Paradise Oskar | English |
| 11 | 2011 | MALTA | One Life | Glen Vella | English |
| 12 | 2011 | SAN MARINO | Stand By | Senit | English |
| 13 | 2011 | CROATIA | Celebrate | Daria Kinzer | English |
| 14 | 2011 | ICELAND | Coming Home | Sjonni's Friends | English |
| 15 | 2011 | HUNGARY | What About My Dreams? | Kati Wolf | English / Hungarian |
| 16 | 2011 | PORTUGAL | A Luta É Alegria | Homens Da Luta | Portuguese |
| 17 | 2011 | LITHUANIA | C'est Ma Vie | Evelina Sašenko | English |
| 18 | 2011 | AZERBAIJAN | Running Scared | Ell & Nikki | English |
| 19 | 2011 | GREECE | Watch My Dance | Loucas Yiorkas Feat. Stereo Mike | Greek / English |
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:
Hungary!
Click here to see the scoresheet with the full results.
The Second semi final will take place on Thursday 28th 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 5th May!
April's first playlist:
These were the songs played tonight (including some of the 2011 songs) The playlist is shorter than usual due to the showing of the semi-finalists:
| 1 | 2011 | SPAIN | Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao | Lucía Pérez | Spanish |
| 2 | 2011 | ITALY | Madness Of Love | Raphael Gualazzi | English / Italian |
| 3 | 2011 | GERMANY | Taken By A Stranger | Lena Meyer Landrut | English |
| 4 | 2011 | FRANCE | Sognu | Amaury Vassili | Corsican |
| 5 | 2011 | UNITED KINGDOM | I Can | Blue | English |
| 6 | 2010 | Serbia | Ovo Je Balkan | Milan Stankovic | Serbian |
| 7 | 2005 | Greece | My Number One | Helena Paparizou | English |
| 8 | 2007 | Denmark | Drama Queen | DQ | English |
| 9 | 1985 | Norway | Let It Swing | Bobbysocks | English |
| 10 | 2006 | Sweden | Invincible | Carola | English |
| 11 | 2010 | Romania | Playing With Fire | Paula Seling featuring Ovi | English |
| 12 | 2011 | Hungary | What About My Dreams? | Kati Wolf | English / Hungarian |
| 13 | 1998 | Israel | Diva | Dana International | English |
| 14 | 2010 | Iceland | Je Ne Sais Quoi | Hera Björk | English |
| 15 | 1994 | Finland | Bye Bye Baby | Cat Cat | Finnish |
| 16 | 2008 | Ukraine | Shady Lady | Ani Lorak | English |
| 17 | 2003 | Spain | Dime | Beth | Spanish |
| 18 | 2010 | France | Allez! Ola! Olé! | Jessy Matador | French |
| 19 | 1999 | Sweden | Take Me To Your Heaven | Charlotte | English |
| 20 | 2007 | Ukraine | Dancing Lasha Tumbai | Verka Serduchka | Multilingual |
| 21 | 2010 | Germany | Satellite | Lena Meyer-Landrut | English |
| 22 | 1979 | Israel | Hallelujah | Milk & Honey | English |
| 23 | 1993 | Switzerland | Moi Tout Simplement | Annie Cotton | French |
| 24 | 1980 | Ireland | What's Another Year ? | Johnny Logan | English |
| 25 | 2009 | United Kingdom | It's My Time | Jade Ewen | English |