The first semi-final for the Eurovision Song Contest is about to kick off in 2 hours and ESCToday’s Big Poll ballot is officially closed! During the last 3 weeks, the readers of ESCToday were asked to cast their predictions about how their country will vote on the first semi-final

The Results

No more delays! The 10 countries PREDICTED to proceed through to the grand final taking place this Saturday 23 May, are:

[table]
#,,Country,,Country
[Albania],Albania,[Armenia],Armenia
[Belgium],Belgium,[Estonia],Estonia
[FYR Macedonia],FYR Macedonia,[Georgia] ,Georgia
[Greece],Greece,[The Netherlands],The Netherlands
[Russia],Russia,[Serbia],Serbia
[/table]

Stay tuned at esctoday and enjoy the show tonight!


Michalis Vranis is the General Manager of ESCToday. Since 2007 he writes about Eurovision, media, technology, voting and the wider political and cultural issues surrounding the contest.