MALMO, SWEDEN (Top40 Charts) Yetsreday in the second two hour show of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from Malmö Arena, 17 countries took part in the Second Semi-Final in order to qualify for the last 10 places available in Saturday's final.
We have another ten qualifiers, and these are as follows, in the order they were announced:
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Romania
Norway
Iceland
Armenia
Finland
Malta
Greece
The 17 acts were competing in the Second Semi-Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in order of appearance:
Latvia: Here We Go by PeR
San Marino: Crisalide (Vola) by Valentina Monetta
FYR Macedonia: Pred Da Se Razdeni by Esma and Lozano
Azerbaijan: Hold Me by Farid Mammadov
Finland: Marry Me by Krista Siegfrids
Malta: Tomorrow by Gianluca
Bulgaria: Samo Shampioni by Elitsa & Stoyan
Iceland: Ég Á Líf by Eyþór Ingi
Greece: Alcohol Is Free by Koza Mostra featuring Agathon Iakovidis
Israel: Rak Bishvilo by Moran Mazor
Armenia: Lonely Planet by Dorians
Hungary: Kedvesem by ByeAlex
Norway: I Feed You My Love by
Margaret Berger
Albania: Identitet by Adrain Luljuraj & Bledar Sejko
Georgia: Waterfall by Nodi Tatishvili &
Sophie Gelovani
Switzerland: You And Me by Takasa
Romania: It's My Life by Cezar
Second Semi-Final concludes
The second ten finalists (beside those already known: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and last year's winning country Sweden, but also those chosen in the First Semi-Final), will take part in the Grand Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place on Saturday the 18th of May.
The result was determined by way of a 50/50 split between national expert juries and televoting. The combined scores created the final outcome. In yesterday's Jury Final, the expert juries already determined their votes for the Second Semi-Final by watching the live performances. Televoting took place tonight during the live show.
17 Songs: 20 countries voted
Seventeen songs have participated in the Second Semi-Final, and professional juries and viewers in each of the participating countries, as well as in Germany, France and Spain have voted tonight. For the first time, smartphone and tablet users had a chance to vote using the official Eurovision app.
Each jury is comprised of five members, (including a chairperson). Each jury member ranked last night all the songs in the show and TV viewers have voted during tonight's show. The EBU's televoting partner Digame merged the points given by the jury and the televoters per individual country.
About the show
More than ten thousand fans arrived at Malmö
Arena to watch the Second Semi-Final of Europe's Favourite TV Show. The atmosphere built with everyone wondering which ten songs will qualify for Saturday's Final. Check out our gallery below to see some images of the fans arriving.
For 42 years it was a part of the Eurovision Song Contest. The live orchestra supported contestants and gave traditional value to Europe's Favourite TV Show. Back then, all participating countries were invited to send their best conductors. The performance of Urban Orchestra (An Orchestra of dancers) demonstrated traditional orchestra's role in Eurovision Song Contest and how the modern way of making music made an entrance in the show. It's was a tribute to the past and welcome to the future!
After the performance of 17 contestants, the audience in the Malmö
Arena and millions of viewers across
Europe could enjoy the Interval act called Swedish Pop Voices - the performance of Swedish pop stars
Agnes and Darin.
