The semi final who will decide which of the sixteen songs will compete in Saturday's final has just kicked off to an impressive dancing start. esctoday.com is reporting live from you from backstage. The excitement in the packed hall is huge! There's been a big surprise for Mihai tonight – thanks to the readers of esctoday.com – more to report on that later.
LIVE COVERAGE
Live coverage can be found on esctoday.com here.
Later tonight, esctoday.com in association with escmalta.com, malta's leading Eurovision Song Contest website, will be bringing you all the news reactions, video and photograph footage from the Semi Final and those artists through to the grand final on super saturday.
TORNERO
Shortly before the semi final started, Barry Viniker of esctoday.com presented Mihai of Romania with the esctoday.com 2006 Song of the Year award. The event was filmed by Net TV and will be shown on Lejn il-Eurovision, Malta's best Eurovision Song Contest news and report show. The show will be webcast so all our our readers will be able to see Mihai receive the award as voted for by you, the readers and members of esctoday.com. More details about this will follow later.
