The first semi final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest is about to be held. 18 countries will compete for ten spots in the grand final this Saturday.

The show will start at 21:00 CET.

A webcast is provided on eurovision.tv here (needs Octoshape plugin).

The line-up

(Composer/lyricist in brackets)

1. Montenegro – Andrea Demirovic – Just get out of my life
   (Ralph Siegel/Bernd Meinunger, José Juan Santana Rodriguez)
2. Czech Republic – Gipsy.cz – Aven romale
   (Radoslav Banga)
3. Belgium – Copycat – Copycat
   (Miam Monster Miam/Jacques Duvall)
4. Belarus – PetrElfimov – Eyes that never lie
   (Petr Elfimov/Valeriy Prokhozhy)
5. Sweden – Malena Ernman – La voix
   (Fredrik Kempe/Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman)
6. Armenia – Inga & Anush – Nor par
   (Mane Akopyan/Avet Barseghyan, Vardan Zadoyan)
7. Andorra – Susanne Georgi – La teva decisió (Get a life)
   (Pernilla Georgi, Susanne Georgi, Rune Braager,Lene Dissing, Marcus Winther-John/Josep Vila)
8. Switzerland – Lovebugs – The highest heights
   (Adrian Sieber, Thomas Rechberger, Florian Senn)
9. Turkey – Hadise – Düm tek tek
   (Sinan Akçil/Hadise, Sinan Akçil, Stefan Fernande)
10. Israel – Noa & Mira Awad – There must be another way
    (Noa, Mira Awad, Gil Dor)
11. Bulgaria – Krassimir Avramov – Illusion
    (Krassimir Avramov, William Tabanou/Casie Tabanou, Krassimir Avramov, William Tabanou)
12. Iceland – Yohanna – Is it true?
    (Tinatin Japaridze, Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Chris Neil)
13. FYR Macedonia – Next Time- Nešto što kje ostane
    (Damjan Lazarov, Jovan Jovanov/Elvir Mekic)
14. Romania – Elena Georghe – The Balkan girls
    (Daris Mangal, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Laurentiu Duta/Laurentiu Duta, Alexandru Pelin)
15. Finland – Waldo's People – Lose control
    (Karima, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen/Karima,Annie Kratz-Gutå, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen, Waldo)
16. Portugal – Flor-de-Lis – Todas as ruas do amor
    (Pedro Marques/Pedro Marques, Paulo Pereira)
17. Malta – Chiara – What if we?
    (Marc Paelinck/Gregory Bilsen)
18. Bosnia & Herzegovina – Regina – Bistra voda
    (Aleksandar Covic)