esctoday.com has received official confirmation that the proposals put forwards by the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group for final approval by the EBU Television Committee includes the intention for both semi finals to be broadcast live.
Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest, confirmed in an email to esctoday.com that the proposal put forwards for approval is for both semi finals to be broadcast live. Each country will broadcast the semi final in which they participate in and can vote in that semi final.
With both shows being broadcast live on Tuesday 20th May and Thursday 22nd May, broadcasters will be able to broadcast both shows live if they wish to do so. esctoday.com has also learnt that the provisional list of countries that have applied to participate at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will be announced in December, although no date has yet been decided upon.
Mr. Stockselius also confirmed that the Big Four countries, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, along with host country Serbia, will be divided between the semi finals and each will have voting rights in the show that they are assigned to. Click here for more on this story.
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