EROVISION-2010 TO FEATURE FIRST SEMIFINAL TODAY

25.05.2010 [18:49]
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Baku, 25 May (AZERTAC). First semifinal of the Eurovision 2010 Song Contest will take place in Oslo today, bringing together participants from 17 countries. The contest will take place at the Telenor Arena in Norway, a suburb of Oslo.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced that the voting system used in the semi-finals will change from previous years to balance jury voting with televoting, while the return of the orchestra was also proposed. Thirty-nine countries will take part in the contest.

Public Television of Azerbaijan will broadcast live show this night. Azerbaijani citizens inside the country can’t vote in the First Semifinal. They will vote in the Second Semifinal for 16 participants except Azerbaijani representative Safura Alizadeh with her Drip Drop. Azerbaijanis living abroad can vote for Safura.

France, Germany, Spain, Britain and Eurovision 2009 winner Norway are already in the final stage.

Nadia Hasnaoui, Eric Solbakken and Haddy Njie will host the Eurovision 2010 show.

EROVISION-2010 TO FEATURE FIRST SEMIFINAL TODAY

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