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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-05-18
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[01] Semi-final of Eurovision song contest held in Athens late Thursday
night
[01] Semi-final of Eurovision song contest held in Athens late Thursday
night
The semi-final of the 51st Eurovision song contest began late Thursday
night at OAKA's Olympic indoor hall in Athens and were expected to
finish in the early hours of Friday.
The television viewers were to vote the ten best songs which will
compete in the final on Saturday night.
Taking part in Thursday night's semi-final were 23 countries: Armenia
(which is taking part for the first time in the history of the
competition), Bulgaria, Slovenia, Andora, Belarus, Albania, Belgium,
Ireland, Cyprus, Monaco, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, The Netherlands, Lithuania,
Portugal, Sweden, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland.
The ten best that were to be elected late Thursday night will compete
in Saturday's final with the best top songs of last year's Eurovision,
that is, Switzerland, Moldova, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Malta, Denmark,
Romania, Croatia, the four major countries which traditionally
participate in the competition - Spain, Germany, France and the United
Kingdom - and Greece which won the Eurovision song contest in 2005.
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