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Today, the bosses at the Eurovision Song Contest have released the voting results from both semi-finals. It would appear that some of the favourite songs which should have gone through, missed out by just a few points.

This one is of the 1st Semi-Final

and this one is for the 2nd Semi-Final

Sometime during the week, they will also release the split voting for the viewers and the jury votes so make sure you pop back to see how the votes were compiled.

Last night saw the Grand Prix for the 55th Eurovision Song Contest live from the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. It was probably on e of the best shows of recent years, cumulating with GERMANY winning the contest. There were so ups and downs, including a stage invasion during Spain’s song – and they were allowed to perform again after all songs had performed. Also every time Russia got any votes the arena booed, just like they did on Tuesday during the semi-final. Seems I’m not the only one who thinks its a depressing song (I did warn you to keep the razor blades away from your wrists).

Big surprises is that Ireland sung fantastically but ended up 23rd and poor old Josh Dubovie, singing was OK but the backing singers were soooooo out of tune, he never had a chance to win the contest. Even so he ended up 25th.

So here is the final result – make sure you come back during the week after the bosses at the ESC release the semi-final voting results and the split results from tonight’s show.

01 – GERMANY – 246 points
02 – Turkey – 170 points
03 – Romania – 162 points
04 – Denmark – 149 points
05 – Azerbaijan – 145 points
06 – Belgium – 143 points
07 – Armenia – 141 points
08 – Greece – 140 points
09 – Georgia – 136 points
10 – Ukraine – 108 points
11 – Russia – 90 points
12 – France – 82 points
13 – Serbia – 72 points
14 – Israel – 71 points
15 – Spain – 68 points
16 – Albania – 62 points
17 – Bosnia & Herzegovina – 51 points
18 – Portugal – 43 points
19 – Iceland – 41 points
20 – Norway – 35 points
21 – Cyprus – 27 points
22 – Moldova – 27 points
23 – Ireland – 25 points
24 – Belarus – 18 points
25 – United Kingdom – 10 points

For all the news and gossip from behind the scenes at the final check out the official Eurovision Song Contest website.

Well after Tuesday’s & Thursday’s semi-finals, the 25 songs competing in this years contest has finally been announced. There were some shock exits from the competition, and there were even boos from the arena when Russia were announced as finalist – not sure though which countries were responsible for the boos and to be honest, the song is a depressing song – when you hear it on Saturday please make sure you keep the razor blades well away from your wrists.

So the final is shaping up to be one of the best in recent years, with a mixture of ballads, europop, rock and traditional music, its anybody’s guess on who is going to win.

I predict that Azerbaijan will win it, with either Germany or Denmark coming in second place. It’s also a welcome return to the “Kings” of Eurovision – Ireland made it to the final with a former winner, Niamh Kavanagh trying for glory for a 2nd time.

Well here is the list of the 25 countries and the position in which they will be performing on Saturday’s final.

01 – Azerbaijan
02 – Spain
03 – Norway
04 – Moldova
05 – Cyprus
06 – Bosnia & Herzegovina
07 – Belgium
08 – Serbia
09 – Belarus
10 – Ireland
11 – Greece
12 – United Kingdom
13 – Georgia
14 – Turkey
15 – Albania
16 – Iceland
17 – Ukraine
18 – France
19 – Romania
20 – Russia
21 – Armenia
22 – Germany
23 – Portugal
24 – Israel
25 – Denmark

So, place your bets on who you think will win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Last night saw the 2nd (and in my personal opinion) the better of the two semi-finals where the last 17 countries bying to reach Saturday’s final took place. All the sounds sounded like they should all reach the final, but as you Eurovision fans know – only 10 could joing the other 15 songs to Saturday’s final.

Here is who qualified in the order that they were announce.

01 – Georgia
02 – Ukraine
03 – Turkey
04 – Israel
05 – Ireland
06 – Cyprus
07 – Azerbaijan
08 – Romania
09 – Armenia
10 – Denmark

SHOCK – No Sweden, No Netherlands, No Croatia – all were favourites to reach the final.

Straight after the show, the draw to see where these finalist would perform, also took place and here is where they are singing:

Georgia go 13th
Ukraine go 17th
Turkey go 14th
Israel go 24th
Ireland go 10th
Cyprus go 5th
Azerbaijan go 1st
Romania go 19th
Armenia go 21st
Denmark go 25th

Now as you all know, if not you will by the end of this post, that the voting has yet again changed. Still in play is last year’s 50% televote and 50% jury vote but the BIG difference is that the phone lines to vote for your favourite song, will be opened at the START of the show. So you haven’t got to wait for all participants to perform, before you cast your vote. Excellent news if you love the Azerbaijani song (which I do) and not such good news if you like the Danish song (which I also love). The reason for me saying this is because if you haven’t heard any of the songs, then the earlier the song is performed, then the likelyhood of them receiving more votes than the songs which perform later.

If you want to keep up to date with all the happenings of what is going on in Oslo, then you can check out the official Eurovision.tv website for the news and gossip.

Well last night saw the 1st semi-final take place for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, from Norway. All 17 semi-finalists who were drawn to take part, sung their hearts out, but unfortunately only 10 countries could join the already qualified Spain, Norway, United Kingdom, France & Germany. And here who’s qualified this is in the order that the results were announced live on television.

01 – Bosnia & Herzegovina
02 – Moldova
03 – Russia
04 – Greece
05 – Portugal
06 – Belarus
07 – Serbia
08 – Belgium
09 – Albania
10 – Iceland

Straight after the show, the draw to see where these finalist would perform, also took place and here is where they are singing.

Bosnia & Herzegovian go 6th
Moldova go 4th
Russia go 20th
Greece go 11th
Portugal go 23rd
Belarus go 9th
Serbia go 8th
Belgium go 7th
Albania go 15th
Iceland go 16th

All the performers who tool place last night sung their hearts out and congratulations to all 10 finalists. Don’t forget you can watch the 2nd semi-final on BBC Three (in the UK) tomorrow (27th May) at 8pm. Also don’t forget to check out the official Eurovision Song Contest web site for all the latest news and gossip from this year’s event.

Well after the 2 draws for the semi-finals, and the draw for the “Big 4″ and Norway’s position in the final, the bosses at Eurovision decided to allocate the draw for the running order, in which the countries will give their votes, after all 25 songs have performed.

And here is the full list of the order in which all 39 countries will announce their votes.   As this is the 2nd year this type of voting has taken place 50% will be made up of televotes and the other 50% will be made up from juries. Before the top 3 scores are announced, the points from 1-7 will be shown and then the delegate from that country will announce their 8 point song, 10 point song and finally the magic “douze points” for the country’s favourite song.

01 – Romania
02 – Ireland
03 – Germany
04 – Serbia
05 – Albania
06 – Turkey
07 – Croatia
08 – Poland
09 – Bosnia & Herzegovina
10 – Finland
11 – Slovenia
12 – Estonia
13 – Russia
14 – Portugal
15 – Azerbaijan
16 – Greece
17 – Iceland
18 – Denmark
19 – France
20 – Spain
21 – Slovakia
22 – Bulgaria
23 – Ukraine
24 – Latvia
25 – Malta
26 – Norway
27 – Cyprus
28 – Lithuania
29 – Belarus
30 – Switzerland
31 – Belgium
32 – United Kingdom
33 – Netherlands
34 – Israel
35 – F.Y.R. Macedonia
36 – Moldova
37 – Georgia
38 – Sweden
39 – Armenia

So you know the order of the 1st semi final, well here is the 2nd semi-final, which is due to take place on Thursday 27th May 2010, again the top 10 countriews proceed through to the Saturday Live Final on the 29th May 2010. 50% of the vote is made up by the viewing public and the other 50% by the juries.

01 – Lithuania – InCulto – Eastern European Funk
02 – Armenia – Eva Rivas – Apricot Stone
03 – Isreal – Hovel Skaat – Milim
04 – Denmark – Chanee & N’evergreen – In A Moment Like This
05 – Switzerland – Michael von der Heide – Il Pleut se L’Or
06 – Sweden – Anna Bergendahl – This Is My Life
07 – Azerbaijan – Safura – Drip Drop
08 – Ukraine – Alyosha – Sweet People
09 – The Netherlands – Sieneke – Ik Ben Verliefd (Sha-La-Lie)
10 – Romania – Paula Seling & Ovi – Playing With Fire
11 – Slovenia – Ansambel Zlindra & Kalamari – Naradnozabavni Rock
12 – Ireland – Niamh Kavanagh – It’s For You
13 – Bulgaria – Miro – Angel Si Ti
14 – Cyprus – Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders – Life Looks Better In Spring
15 – Croatia – Feminnem – Lako Je Sve
16 – Georgia – Sofia Nizharadze – Shine
17 – Turkey – maNga – We Could Be The Same

Point to note, the Irish Entry is the 1993 Eurovision Winner, Niamh Kavanagh won the contest with her song “In Your Eyes” – she is making a return to try and regain her former crown lol.

The “Big 4″ and last year’s winners Norway’s songs are as follows, even though as of yet their final position in the Saturday’s final has yet to be determined.

France – Jessy Matador – Allle Olla Ole
Germany – Lena – Satellite
Norway – Didrik Solli-Tangen – My Heart Is Yours
Spain – Daniel Diges – Algo Pequenito (Something Tiny)
United Kingdom – John – That Sounds Good To Me

Update to the “Big 4″ and Norway’s position in the final.

Spain go 2nd
Norway go 3rd
United Kingdom go 12th
France Go 18th
Germany (who got the wildcard) go 22nd

Again, if you want to keep up to date with all the news and gossip from Oslo, then head on over to the official Eurovision Song Contest site.

Well after last year’s “Fairtytale” for the Norwegians, this year’s contest comes from Oslo. With the 1st semi-final taking place on Tuesday 25th May 2010, the second semi-final on Thursday 27th May 2010 and the Grand Prix Final on Saturday 29th May 2010 (and believe me, I shall be watching all 3)

So it’s time for the Unofficial Chart Blog to let all you readers out there, who is singing what and in what semi-final they are singing in. Remember that the draw for the final will not take place until after each semi-final, with the exception on the “Big 4″ already through to the final along with the winning country from 2009. For those of you who don’t know who the “Big 4″ are, they are France, Germany, Spain & The United Kingdom. They automatically qualify for the final along with Norway (as they won the contest last year).

So here is the list of the 1st semi-final – which is due to take place on Tuesday 25th May.

01 – Moldova – Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira – Run Away
02 – Russia – Peter Nalitch & Friends – Lost & Forgotten
03 – Estonia – Malcolm Lincoln – Siren
04 – Slovakia – Kristina Pelakova – Horehronie
05 – Finland – Kuunkuiskaajat – Tyolki Ellaa
06 – Latvia – Aisha – What For?
07 – Serbia – Milan Stankovic – Ovo Je Balkan
08 – Bosnia & Herzegovina – Vukasin Brajic – Thunder & Lightning
09 – Poland – Marcin Mrozinski – Legenda
10 – Belgium – Tom Dice – Me & My Guitar
11 – Malta – Thea Garrett – My Dream
12 – Albania – Juliana Pasha – It’s All About You
13 – Greece – Giorgos Alkaios & Friends – OPA
14 – Portugal – Fillipa Azevedo – Ha Dias Assim
15 – F.Y.R. Macedonia – Gjoko Taneski – Jas Ja Lmam Silata
16 – Belarus – 3+2 – Butterflies
17 – Iceland – Hera Bjork – Je Ne Sais Quio

10 of these acts will go through to Saturday’s Live Final, with 50% of the vote coming from the viewers and the other 50% coming from juries.

You can keep up to date with all things Eurovision at the official site

So as Noway won this year’s contest, the 2010 contest will be held in Oslo and preparation for the contest are already under way.  The venue for next year’s contest has been decided and will the Telenor Arena, which is south of the capital, will be used to host the annual event.

No presenters have yet been decided but the dates for the semi-finals and the final have been announce.

Semi-Final 1 will take place on Tuesday 25th May 2010
Semi-Final 2 will take place on Thursday 27th May 2010 and the
Final will be held on Saturday 29th May 2009.

18 countries have already confirmed that they wish to participate in the contest and they are:

Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Finland
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Israel
The Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom

2nd August 2009 – Denmark & Turkey have now also confirmed that they will participate in next year’s contest.

8th August 2009 – Armenia have now also confirmed that they will participate in next year’s contest.

According to the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) they are pulling out all the stops to try and convince Austria, Italy & Monaco to come back to the Eurovision Song Contest, but as of yet nothing has been confirmed whether they will or will not be returning.