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Armenia to participate in Eurovision 2009 first semi-final
30.01.2009 21:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On January 30, 2009, the draw held in Mariott Aurora
Moscow decided which countries will appear in either the first or
second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Going on last years’ system of events, all countries were separated
into six individual pots based on voting patterns in previous
contests. The draw has been created to ensure countries who are most
likely to give each other points in the competition will not
participate in the same semi-final. Out of these six pots it was known
which countries would participate in the first semi-final and the
second semi-final respectively. It was also determined that Germany,
Spain, and the United Kingdom would vote in the first semi-final,
while France and Russia would vote in the second semi-final. The draw
for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of
voting, will occur in March 2009.

The list of the first semi-final performers included Armenia, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Sweden, Israel, Belgium, Andorra, the Czech Republic,
Montenegro, Island, Georgia, Bulgaria, Portugal, Switzerland,
Macedonia, Finland, Belarus, Turkey, Romania and Malta.

Slovenia, Denmark, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Latvia, Hungary, Serbia,
Norway, Ukraine, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, Estonia, Moldova,
Cyprus, Ireland, Slovakia and Albania will appear in the send
semi-final.

According to preliminary data, Armenia will be represented by Inga and
Anoush Arshakyan sisters.