Voting of Eurovision-2012 first semifinal winners finishes in Baku

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 / Trend / The voting of Eurovision-2012 first semifinal winners finishes in Baku. The contest is being held at the Baku Crystal Hall, built on the shores of the Caspian Sea specifically for Eurovision 2012. The hall seats 23,000 spectators and another 16,000 spectators are able to watch the contest's semi-finals and final live on big screens. Representatives of 42 countries participate in this 57th contest. The television audience of Eurovision 2012 is more than 100 million people in 50 world countries. Montenegro (Rambo Amadeus), Iceland (Greta Salóme & Jónsi), Greece (Eleftheria Eleftheriou), Latvia (Anmary), Albania (Rona Nishliu), Romania (Mandinga), Switzerland (Sinplus), Belgium (Iris), Finland (Pernilla), Israel (Izabo), San Marino (Valentina Monetta), Russia (Buranovskiye Babushki), Cyprus (Ivi Adamou), Denmark (Soluna Samay), Hungary (Compact Disco), Austria (Trackshittaz), Moldova (Pasha Parfeny) and Ireland (Jedward). The second semi-final will be held on May 24 and the grand final on May 26. Azerbaijan won the right to host the prestigious European song contest after the victory of Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell / Nikki) at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany last May. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az