Tonight, the second semi final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Moscow. 19 countries will compete for the last ten spots in the grand final this Saturday, 16th May.

The programme

The show will start at 21:00 CET and it will be hosted by Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow. The semi final will be opened bya folk orchestra andthe interval act will be Russian ballet performance.

The voting

19 countries will present one song each. Nine countries will be chosen by televoting to move forward to the grand final this Saturday and the tenth spot will go to the country that placed the highest in the voting of the juries but did not qualify through televoting. Only the qualifiers will be announced during the show, thecomplete results will be revealed after the final. Apart from the 19 copeting countries, the finalists Spain, Russia and France will vote in this semi final.

Internet broadcast

If you cannot follow the show on television, you can watch the show through the eurovision.tv internet live stream (without commentary) here. If you have not done so yet, don't forget that you will have to install the Octoshape plugin before the show starts. Another webcast will be provided by ERT here.

The line-up

(Composer/lyricist in brackets)

1. Croatia – Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea – Lijepa Tena
   (Tonci Huljic/Vjekoslava Huljic)
2. Ireland – Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy – Et cetera
   (Christina Schilling, Niall Mooney, Daniele Moretti, Jonas Gladnikoff)
3. Latvia – Intars Busulis – Et cetera
   (Karlis Lacis/Janis Elsbergs, Sergej Timofejev)
4. Serbia – Marko Kon & Milaan – Cipela
   (Marko Kon, Aleksandar Kobac, Milan Nikolic/Marko Kon, Aleksandar Kobac)
5. Poland – Lidia Kopania – I don't wanna leave
   (Alexander Geringas, Bernd Klimpel, Rike Boomgaarden, Dee Adam)
6. Norway – Alexander Rybak – Fairytale
   (Alexander Rybak)
7. Cyprus – Christina Metaxa – Firefly
   (Nikolas Metaxas)
8. Slovakia – Kamil Mikulcík& Nela Pocisková – Let' tmou
   (Rastislav Dubovský/Nella, Ada Zigová)
9. Denmark – Brinck – Believe again
   (Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Ronan Keating)
10. Slovenia – Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle – Love symphony
    (Andrej Babic, Aleksandar Valencic/Andrej Babic)
11. Hungary – Zoli Ádok – Dance with me
    (Zé Szabó/Kasai)
12. Azerbaijan – AySel & Arash – Always
    (R. Uhlmann, A. Labaf, A. Papakonstantinou, M. Englöf, J. Bejerholm, A. Wrethov, E. Wrethov)
13. Greece – Sakis Rouvas – This is our night
    (Dimitris Kontopoulos/Craig Porteils, Cameron Giles-Webb)
14. Lithuania – Sasha Son – Love
    (Sasha Son)
15. Moldova – Nelly Ciobanu – Hora din Moldova
    (Veaceslav Daniliuc/Nelly Ciobanu, Andrei Hadjiu, Aristotelis Kalimeris)
16. Albania– Kejsi Tola – Carry me in your dreams
    (Edmond Zhulali/Agim Doçi, June Muftaraj Taylor)
17. Ukraine – Svetlana Lobody – Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis girl)
    (Svetlana Loboda/Yevgeny Matyushenko)
18. Estonia – Urban Symphony – Rändajad
    (Sven Lõhmus)
19. Netherlands – The Toppers – Shine
    (Bas van den Heuvel, Ger van de Westelaken)

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