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]

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