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Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

• The first semi-final will take place in Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf on 10 May 2011.
• The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the final.
• Spain and United Kingdom must broadcast and vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Video	Notes	Score	Likes (100+)
06	Serbia	Serbian	Nina	"Čaroban" (Magical)	[1]		4.00	70.02%
07	Russia	English	Alexey Vorobyov	"Get You"	[2]	Rehersal was very bad (mic problems)		51.74%
08	Switzerland	English	Anna Rossinelli	"In Love for a While"	[3]	Tiresome melody	5.00	76.75%
09	Georgia	English	Eldrine	"One More Day"	[4]	Noise	5.00	53.92%
10	Finland	English	Paradise Oskar	"Da Da Dam"	[5]	Echo		66.88%
14	Iceland	English	Sigurjón's Friends	"Coming Home"
15	Hungary	English, Hungarian	Kati Wolf	"What About My Dreams?"
17	Lithuania	English	Evelina Sašenko	It's my life
18	Azerbaijan	English	Ell and Nikki	"Running Scared"
19	Greece	English, Greek	Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike	"Watch My Dance"

1.^ Includes two phrases in French.

Semi-final 2

• The second semi-final will take place in Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf on 12 May 2011.
• The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the final.
• France, Germany and Italy must broadcast and vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Video	Notes	Score	Likes (100+)
01	Bosnia and Herzegovina	English, Bosnian	Dino Merlin	"Love in Rewind"	[6]	Old guy with guitar. Bad song.	4.0	76.87%
02	Austria	English	Nadine Beiler	"The Secret Is Love"	[7]	Excellent singer. Performance might not capture the imagination.	8.0	74.64%
03	Netherlands	English	3JS	"Never Alone"	[8]	Stylist appears to have gone AWOL. Voice is not pitch perfect. Song ok.	5.0	63.46%
04	Belgium	English	Witloof Bay	"With Love Baby"	[9]	Beat box choral group. Has a village feel about it.	5.0	50.24%
05	Slovakia	English	TWiiNS	"I'm Still Alive"	[10]	Mediocre pop ballad, 2 female performers. Vocals are not fantastic	5.0	54.82%
06	Ukraine	English	Mika Newton	"Angels"	[11]	Solo female ballad (sand drawings)	5.0	56.48%
07	Moldova	English	Zdob şi Zdub	"So Lucky"	[12]	Cone headed rap. Initial laughter soon turned to rage.	4.0	47.18%
08	Sweden	English	Eric Saade	"Popular"	[13]	Abercrombie model.	6.0	46.57%
09	Cyprus	Greek	Christos Mylordos	I loved you like an angel	[14]	Slow start. Impressive tilting moves. Becomes more dramatic. Greek limits appeal.	6.0	77.10%
10	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Poli Genova	For spite	[15]	Melodic song. Short haired tattooed vocalist. Bulgarian language limits appeal.	5.0	75.54%
11	Macedonia	Macedonian, English	Vlatko Ilievski	Russian girl	[16]	Powerful intro. Poor singer / song	4.0	47.66%
12	Israel	Hebrew, English	Dana International	"Ding Dong"	[17]	Partly in hebrew. Not catchy	4.0	48.21%
13	Slovenia	English	Maja Keuc	"No One"	[18]	Female vocalist. Good voice. Song is poor.	6.0	87.96%
14	Romania	English	Hotel FM	"Change"	[19]	Powerful male vocalist. Sadly the song is distinctly average.	7.0	83.03%
15	Estonia	English	Getter Jaani	"Rockefeller Street"	[20]	Girl solo. Part melodic part shouting	5.0	73.47%
16	Belarus	English	Anastasia Vinnikova	"I Love Belarus"	[21]	Firey nationalistic anthem. Deep female vocalist.	4.0	45.52%
17	Latvia	English	Musiqq	"Angel in Disguise"	[22]	Male vocalist. Freestyle rap half way through.	5.0	80.32%
18	Denmark	English	A Friend In London	"New Tomorrow"	[23]	Tediously repetitive. Performers look is "grunge-inspired".	5.0	69.60%
19	Ireland	English	Jedward	"Lipstick"	[24]	Poor song. unlikely to appeal to male viewers	4.0	76.79%

2.^ Includes two words in Russian.

Final

• The final will take place on 14 May 2011.
• Only the "Big Five" countries will automatically qualify for the final
• From the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May 2011, twenty countries will qualify for the final. A total of twenty-five countries will compete in the final.
• The voting system used will be the same as used in the 2010 contest, with a combination of televotes and jury votes selecting the winner. Viewers will be able to vote during the performances; the voting window will end 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Notes	Score	Likes (100+)
11	France	Corsican	Amaury Vassili	"Sognu" (Dream)
12	Italy	Italian, English	Raphael Gualazzi	"Madness of Love"
14	United Kingdom	English	Blue	"I Can"
16	Germany (Host)	English	Lena	"Taken by a Stranger"
22	Spain	Spanish	Lucía Pérez	Let them take the good things I've lived

3.^ Spanish colloquialism. Literally means "Let them take away the things I've danced"