Song of the decade: Line-up for the first semi final

esctoday.com is currently searching for the best Eurovision Song Contest entry of this decade. Polls were held over the last weeks to determine the mos popular song of each competing country. The remaining 46 songs were split into two semi finals and now it is time to reveal the line-up of the first semi final.

Line-up

The semi final allocation and the running order are random and based on a computer-aided draw.

Vote

You can vote here . Anyone has just one single vote to give, so choose wisely! The poll is open until 24th September, when the polls for the second semi final will be opened.

Complete results

Here you can find the complete results for 22 of the 23 countries above in the first round. Slovakia's entry was directly qualified for the second round as it was the country's only entry in this decade.

Malta:

1. 2005 (44.21%)
2. 2002 (17.14%)
3. 2007 (7.08%)
4. 2004 (6.97%)
5. 2008 (6.38%)
6. 2001 (4.26%)
7. 2006 (4.26%)
8. 2000 (4.02%)
9. 2009 (3.66%)
10. 2003 (1.30%)

Czech Republic:

1. 2008 (60.08%)
2. 2007 (26.05%)
3. 2009 (13.87%)

Georgia:

1. 2007 (71.93%)
2. 2008 (28.07%)

Lithuania:

1. 2009 (29.66%)
2. 2005 (21.03%)
3. 2006 (15.14%)
4. 2007 (13.14%)
5. 2001 (8.51%)
6. 2002 (6.26%)
7. 2004 (3.38%)
8. 2008 (2.88%)

Croatia:

1. 2006 (26.50%)
2. 2005 (12.76%)
3. 2001 (10.18%)
4. 2002 (9.57%)
5. 2003 (9.57%)
6. 2000 (8.34%)
7. 2004 (7.24%)
8. 2008 (6.75%)
9. 2009 (6.63%)
10. 2007 (2.45%)

Portugal:

1. 2008 (52.96%)
2. 2009 (18.34%)
3. 2003 (13.51%)
4. 2007 (8.44%)
5. 2005 (3.50%)
6. 2004 (2.17%)
7. 2006 (0.60%
8. 2001 (0.48%)

Moldova:

1. 2007 (39.39%)
2. 2009 (27.06%)
3. 2005 (21.09%)
4. 2008 (8.13%)
5. 2006 (4.32%)

Bosnia & Herzegovina:

1. 2006 (36.59%)
2. 2009 (18.58%)
3. 2008 (11.15%)
4. 2005 (9.64%)
5. 2004 (9.06%)
6. 2007 (9.06%)
7. 2003 (3.48%)
8. 2001 (1.63%)
9. 2002 (0.81%)

Montenegro:

1. 2009 (46.22%)
2. 2005 as part of Serbia & Montenegro (42.82%)
3. 2008 (6.55%)
4. 2007 (4.41%)

Cyprus:

1. 2004 (38.47%)
2. 2007 (30.71%)
3. 2005 (6.12%)
4. 2002 (6.00%)
5. 2009 (5.41%)
6. 2008 (5.18%)
7. 2000 (4.35%)
8. 2006 (3.06%)
9. 2003 (0.71%)

Norway:

1. 2008 (32.64%)
2. 2009 (31.15%)
3. 2006 (12.76%)
4. 2005 (8.97%)
5. 2003 (6.90%)
6. 2004 (2.30%)
7. 2007 (2.07%)
8. 2001 (1.84%)
9. 2000 (1.38%)

Netherlands:

1. 2007 (22.83%)
2. 2005 (19.17%)
3. 2003 (14.65%)
4. 2000 (11.97%)
5. 2008 (10.99%)
6. 2001 (7.45%)
7. 2004 (4.88%)
8. 2006 (4.52%)
9. 2009 (3.54%)

Switzerland:

1. 2005 (38.48%)
2. 2008 (28.77%)
3. 2009 (15.44%)
4. 2007 (6.97%)
5. 2000 (4.98%)
6. 2006 (2.62%)
7. 2002 (2.37%)
8. 2004 (0.37%)

Hungary:

1. 2005 (51.90%)
2. 2007 (31.04%)
3. 2008 (8.71%)
4. 2009 (8.34%)

Albania:

1. 2004 (39.62%)
2. 2009 (22.35%)
3. 2008 (21.33%)
4. 2005 (8.58%)
5. 2006 (4.63%)
6. 2007 (3.50%)

Latvia:

1. 2000 (38.01%)
2. 2005 (15.62%)
3. 2002 (13.53%)
4. 2003 (9.72%)
5. 2007 (8.00%)
6. 2008 (7.26%)
7. 2006 (3.20%)
8. 2004 (2.21%)
9. 2009 (1.72%)
10. 2001 (0.74%)

Bulgaria:

1. 2007 (53.02%)
2. 2008 (21.36%)
3. 2006 (14.32%)
4. 2005 (7.16%)
5. 2009 (4.13%)

Serbia:

1. 2007 (39.79%)
2. 2004 as part of Serbia & Montenegro (38.25%)
3. 2008 (18.65%)
4. 2009 (3.31%)

France:

1. 2009 (29.73%)
2. 2001 (26.20%)
3. 2002 (11.52%)
4. 2008 (7.64%)
5. 2005 (6.58%)
6. 2004 (6.46%)
7. 2007 (5.17%)
8. 2003 (4.11%)
9. 2006 (1.88%)
10. 2000 (0.71%)

Romania:

1. 2006 (43.83%)
2. 2005 (28.57%)
3. 2009 (6.35%)
4. 2008 (6.23%)
5. 2003 (4.03%)
6. 2002 (3.91%)
7. 2007 (2.69%)
8. 2004 (2.56%)
9. 2000 (1.83%)

Germany:

1. 2006 (30.34%)
2. 2007 (16.17%)
3. 2001 (11.22%)
4. 2009 (9.86%)
5. 2003 (8.15%)
6. 2008 (6.73%)
7. 2004 (6.49%)
8. 2000 (4.25%)
9. 2002 (3.78%)
10. 2005 (3.19%)

United Kingdom:

1. 2009 (39.56%)
2. 2002 (23.05%)
3. 2005 (9.86%)
4. 2001 (6.54%)
5. 2000 (5.16%)
6. 2006 (4.47%)
7. 2003 (3.33%)
8. 2007 (3.33%)
9. 2004 (2.41%)
10. 2008 (2.29%)

Video recap

This video recap was produced by Aaron Way. We want to send him a big thank you!