My Eurovision blogging is truly underway. And, I'm starting to throw out articles hot off the press.

Here's the way the Semi-Finals look for The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Countries denoted with an asterisk are "The Big Five", who instantly qualify due to their large degree of funding.




First Semi-Final:

Albania

Finland

Armenia

Switzerland

Norway

Georgia

Turkey

Serbia

Russia

Poland

Croatia

Azerbaijan

Lithuania

Malta

San Marino

Iceland

Greece

Portugal

United Kingdom *

Spain *




Second Semi-Final Acts:

Hungary

The Netherlands

Bosnia&Herzegovina

Ukraine

Cyprus

Austria

Sweden

Moldova

Belgium

Slovakia

Israel

FYR Macedonia

Denmark

Belarus

Bulgaria

Latvia

Estonia

Romania

Slovenia

Ireland

Germany *

France *

Italy *

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