The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest will BEGIN.
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OFFICIAL PREVIEW VIDEOS OF THE 43 PARTICIPANTS
Eurovision Song Contest - Belgrade 2008 Preview Player
For MORE Information VISIT:
The OFFICIAL Eurovision Song Contest Website The contest is well known for the international celebrity artists who've participated or won the contest:
ABBA
Celine Dion
Olivia Newton John
Gina G
Bucks Fizz
Dana International
There will be 43 countries participating.
There will be 2 official Semi Finals and 1 official Grand Final.
The contest will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on May 20th, 22nd, 24th.
The following countries will take part in the 1st Semi Final:
01. Montenegro
02. Israel
03. Estonia
04. Moldova
05. San Marino
06. Belgium
07. Azerbaijan
08. Slovenia
09. Norway
10. Poland
11. Ireland
12. Andorra
13. Bosnia and Herzegovina
14. Armenia
15. Netherlands
16. Finland
17. Romania
18. Russia
19. Greece
The following countries will take part in the 2nd Semi Final:
01. Iceland
02. Sweden
03. Turkey
04. Ukraine
05. Lithuania
06. Albania
07. Switzerland
08. Czech Republic
09. Belarus
10. Latvia
11. Croatia
12. Bulgaria
13. Denmark
14. Georgia
15. Hungary
16. Malta
17. Cyprus
18. FYR Macedonia
19. Portugal
The following countries will take part in the Grand Final:
01. SF Qualifier
02. United Kingdom
03. SF Qualifier
04. Germany
05. SF Qualifier
06. SF Qualifier
07. SF Qualifier
08. SF Qualifier
09. SF Qualifier
10. SF Qualifier
11. SF Qualifier
12. SF Qualifier
13. SF Qualifier
14. SF Qualifier
15. SF Qualifier
16. SF Qualifier
17. SF Qualifier
18. SF Qualifier
19. France
20. SF Qualifier
21. SF Qualifier
22. Spain
23. Serbia
24. SF Qualifier
25. SF Qualifier
NOTE:
People in each country can vote by tele-vote or SMS. Each country's 10 favourite songs are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through to 1 points based on the votes of the population of each country.
All participating countries in the semi-finals and final will have the right to cast points in the final
The top nine countries from the first semi-final plus one wildcard from the jury will qualify into the Final.
The top nine countries from the second semi-final plus one wildcard from the jury will qualify into the Final.
Australian Broadcasting
Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, the event will be broadcast on SBS. The first semi-final is to be broadcast on Friday 23 May at 7.30pm local time, the second semi-final is to be broadcast on Saturday 24 May 2008 at 7.30pm local time, with the Final being broadcast on Sunday 25 May 2008 at 7.30pm local time. For the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, SBS local host, Julia Zemiro, will comment on events in the broadcast and tie the broadcasts commercial breaks together. In previous years, Australia has aired the United Kingdom's BBC broadcast, including commentary. The contest in recent years has been one of SBS's top rating special with viewers.
Worldwide Broadcasting
A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast worldwide by satellite through European streams such as ERT World, Armtv, TVE Internacional, TRT International, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional, RTS Sat and SVT Europa. The official Eurovision Song Contest website will also provide a live stream without commentary using the peer to peer transport Octoshape.
Stay tuned for MORE updates on Press Conferences and Rehearsals COMING SOON
The official countdown to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest BEGINS!!!
Jordan
