After delivering a powerful performance in the second semifinal, the Azerbaijani duet AySel & Arash broke into the Eurovision Song Contest final among the 10 strongest acts. According to the draw, the Azerbaijani duet will sing under number 11 in the Contest final. 11 is a magic number for us as follows: 11= Aysel 1 + Arash 1, so Azerbaijan will be the first!!!The second semi-final of the Eurovision-2009 took place in Olympysky sports complex in Moscow on May 14-15. The final list of finalists was determined. The contest began with the potpourri of songs of former Eurovision winners of previous years accompanied with Russian national dancers, Russian dolls, and big white and black bears. (Trend)
Presenters were Nataliya Vodyanova and Andrei Malakhov. Specialists say the strongest participants performed in the second semi-final. The participants performed in the following order (country and performer):
1), Croatia, Igor Tsurkov, "Lijepa Tena", 2) Ireland, a group of Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy, "Et Cetera", 3), Latvia, Intars Busulis, "Probka", 4), Serbia, Marko Kon & Milaan, "Cipela , 5), Poland, Lidia Kopaniya, "I Don't Wanna Leave", 6) Norway, Alexander Rybak, "Fairytale", 7), Cyprus, Christina Metaxa, "Firefly", 8), Slovakia, Kamil Mikulchik and Nela Potsiskova, "Let tmou", 9) Denmark, Niels Brink, "Believe Again", 10), Slovenia, the group Quartissimo feat. Martina, "Love Symphony", 11), Hungary, Adok Zoli, "Dance With Me", 12) Azerbaijan, Aysel and Arash, "Always", 13), Greece, Sakis Ruvas, "This Is Our Night", 14) Lithuania, Sasha Son, "Love", 15) Moldova, Nelli Cobanu, "Hora din Moldova", 16) Albania, Casey Tolai, "Carry Me In Your Dreams", 17), Ukraine, Svetlana Loboda, "Be my Valentine", 18) Estonia, group of Urban Symphony, "Randajad", 19) The Netherlands, the group The Toppers, "Shine".