Tonight : The second Eurovision Semi Final

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The second semi final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place tonight at Duesseldorf's Espirit Arena starting at 21:00 CET. Artists from 19 countries will perform live on stage and 10 of them will qualify for the grand final to be held on May 14th.

The show

Since 2008 it was decided that the Eurovision Song Contest will use two semi finals instead of one in order to draw the participants list for the grand final. Artists from 19 countries will perform on the stage ofDuesseldorf's Espirit Arena hoping to make the list of the 10 acts that will advance to the final. The winners will decided by a combination of tele voting (50%) and national juries (50%).France, Germany and Italywill also broadcast and vote in this semi final.

Participants

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina : Dino Merlin – Love in rewind
  2. Austria : Nadine Beiler – The secret is love
  3. Netherlands : 3JS – Never alone
  4. Belgium : Witloof Bay – With love baby
  5. Slovakia : TWiiNS – I'm still alive
  6. Ukraine : Mika Newton – Angel
  7. Moldova : Zdob si Zdub – So lucky
  8. Sweden : Eric Saade – Popular
  9. Cyprus : Christos Mylordos – San aggelos s'agapisa
  10. Bulgaria : Poli Genova – Na inat
  11. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia : Vlatko Ilievski – Rusinka
  12. Israel : Dana International – Ding dong
  13. Slovenia : Maja Keuc – No one
  14. Romania : Hotel FM – Change
  15. Estonia : Getter Jaani – Rockefeller street
  16. Belarus : Anastasiya Vinnikova – I love Belarus
  17. Latvia : Musiqq – Angel in disguise
  18. Denmark : A Friend in London – New tomorrow
  19. Ireland : Jedward – Lipstick

The interval act

The Flying Steps from Berlin will perform during this semi final.