First semi-final of Eurovision 2014 to be held on 6 May

The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen will take place at the B&W Hallerne on 6 May.

It will choose the first ten participants of the final show.

All in all, representatives of 16 countries will perform in the first semi-final:

1. Armenia - Aram MP3 "Not alone"

2. Latvia - "Aarzemnieki" "Cake to bake"

3. Estonia - Tanja "Amazing"

4. Sweden - Sanna Nielsen "Undo"

5. Iceland - "Pollaponk" "No Prejudice"

6. Albania - Hersi Matmuja "One Night’s Anger"

7. Russia - Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine"

8. Azerbaijan - Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire"

9. Ukraine - Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock"

10. Belgium - Axel Hirsoux "Mother"

11. Moldova - Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul"

12. San Marino - Valentina Monetta "Maybe"

13. Portugal - Suzy "Quero ser tua"

14. The Netherlands - "The Common Linnets" "Calm After the Storm"

15. Montenegro - Sergej Cetkovic "Moj svijet"

16. Hungary - Andras Kallay-Saunders "Running"

On 6 May only residents of the countries partaking in the first semi-final will have a right to vote. On 10 May during the final show residents of all 37 countries will participate in the voting.

The Big Five countries (Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and United Kingdom) together with Denmark, the winner of Eurovision 2013, automatically get into the grand final.

The first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2014 will start at 22.00 (Minsk time). The show will be broadcast live by Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 TV channels.