So, who do we have in the final this year?
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Russia, Romania, Greece and Ukraine are in again. They haven't missed one finalsince the semifinals were introduced, just like the host country Azerbaijan.
Iceland is in for the 5th time in a row, so is Denmark. Moldova does 4th year in a row. Norway and Turkey return after missing the final last year and Italy is trying to better they excellent return last year after 13 years of absence and scoring a 2nd place.
Hungary, Albania, Lithuania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland, Cyprus, Romania, Malta, Macedonia and Moldova are hunting their first win.
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Spain, Macedonia and Serbia sing in their own language (6),
Russia, France, Italy and Romania a mix of English and something else (4) and the rest (16) in English.
We have 12 female artists, 9 male artists, 3 bands and 2 duos.
In the first semifinals the juries and televoters agreed on eight songs. Then both pushed one song to the final .
In the second semifinal they agreed only on six entries and the 10th place even was a tie! According the rules the country that gets points from more countries gets ahead. If it's still a tie we start checking on 12s, 10s and so on until those Siamese twins have been separated and one of them emerges as the qualifier. Out of those four two got in to the final thanks to the juries and two thanks to the televotes so it has been very equal match then.
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