Sakis the 13th and Mila

Moscow is looking for the presenter of Eurovision final on 16 May in Hollywood final. This is the what the Russian television channels and websites report to the faithful audience of the European competition, where already the name of Mila Jovovich was mentioned as a possible show hostess. As was broadcasted by Channel 1 of Russia, the two semifinals on 12th and 14th of May, will be hosted by Alsou and famous show man Andrey Malahov. The draw of the country during the two semi-finals was last Monday in Moscow. Sakis Rouvas will appear in the 13th position of the second semi-finished on 14 May, after Azerbaijan and before Lithuania. Cyprus is also in the 2nd semi-final in 7th place after the presentation of the Song of Norway. The No. 13-position, although the number is concidered jinx our country was positively commented and remains one of the favorites. Sakis continues to tour in Europe promoting the participation of Greece.

In the meantime, the meeting of the leaders of missions of the participating countries was completed in Moscow. Apart from the order of appearence of the participating countries in the final and semifinals the order of the anouncement of the votes of each country was decided. 

Order of Appearance

12 May-A semifinal

1. Montenegro
2. Tsechia 
3. Belgium 
4. Belarus 
5. Sweden 
6. Armenia 
7. Andorra 
8. Switzerland 
9. Turkey 
10. Israel 
11. Bulgaria 
12. Iceland 
13. FYROM 
14. Romania 
15. Finland 
16. Portugal 
17. Malta 
18. Bosnia-Herzegovina

May 14-second semifinal 

1. Croatia 
2. Ireland 
3. Latvia 
4. Serbia 
5. Poland 
6. Norway 
7. CYPRUS 
8. Slovakia 
9. Denmark 
10. Slovenia 
11. Hungary 
12. Azerbaijan 
13. Greece 
14. Lithuania 
15. Moldova 
16. Albania 
17. Ukraine 
18. Estonia 
19. Netherlands

* Countries qualify without semifinal will occur as follows:

France (3rd)

Russia (10th)

Germany (17th)

United Kingdom (23rd)

Spain (25th)

18 MAR 2009

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