First Semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Today, it was the 1st semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, hosted in Malmo, Sweden. Of the 16 contries that participied on the contest today, 10 were chosen to take part of the final, on Saturday. 

The contest is looking very promising this year, almost all of the 16 songs deserved a place on the final, although the 10 songs that were qualified are great.

The contries taking part on the 1st semi-final were:

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• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Croatia

• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Ireland

• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Russia

• Serbia
• Slovenia
• The Netherlands
• Ukraine

Untill now are qualified to the final:

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• Belarus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• France

• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Lithuania

• Moldova
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden

• The Netherlands
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom