Semi-Final Two Eurovision Song Contest

This programme contains scenes 8.00pm in the UK, midnight in Baku,

which until last night I was was a table light from Ikea. We're live

in the Crystal Hall. Welcome too the second semifinal of the yurks

2012. On Tuesday Jedward and the Russian beganies got through. --

Welcome the Baku's Crystal Hall. It still smells of paint. Baku is the

most easterly situated contest ever. Everywhere you look there are vur

vision branded items. We are just This programme contains scenes

You're all looking lovely tonight. Wow! Did you practise your French

Leila? What did it mean? I said today is the second semifinal.

you are right, Leila. Isn't she? Yes, Leila is right. Thank you

Nargiz and Eldar. So now you know our names as well.

APPLAUSE At the moment we have 16 finalists identified. The ten

countries that were voted into the Grand Final two days ago and the

six countries which are already qualified for the Grand Final.

These are the host country, us, or more precisely Azerbaijan. Go crazy

lots of flags up in the air. the big five - France. Italy. Spain.

The United Kingdom. Massive! Germany.

As we said on Tuesday the big five are the five countries who

basically give a bit of cash. They give the biggest financial

contributions to Eurovision Song Contest, so they are guaranteed

places in the final. 18 more countries are dreaming of

participating in the big Saturday Show and you can help your

favourite by voting for it. In the first semifinal the vote willing

start after you've seen all the competitors. Tonight viewers in the

United Kingdom can vote. You can vote for your favourites. Phone

lines don't open until all 18 advise have performed. Please do

not call before then, as your calls will not count and you may be

Now we can sit down, relax and light the fire.

That's the theme of this year's vurks, light your fire Europe, let

the Eurovision Song Contest gifpblt It is a massive night. We are

starting off with Serbia. Before each song you will see a

short film about life in Azerbaijan. They usually involve tea, some

horses tonight, which I love, and some dance as well. First up is a

singer who has performed here once before, in 2004 he was a runner-up.

He Eurovision is pumping through his veins. He hosted the contest in

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

Belgrade. He is singing a song # Better luck next time

# Know that even if you leave Something yours will stay

# Love is not a thing That I can just give back to you

# This is only me I've only ever loved you

# Love is not a thing That I don't know what do to with

# I wish you just the best This love is my sinking ship

# Your love is not a thing That I can just give back to you

# This is only me I've only ever loved you

# My love is not a thing That I don't know what to do with

# I wish you just the best This is my sinking ship

# Go, just, just go Fly away, sing

# Give your heart to someone else

# But know that goodbye is not the end

# My love is not a thing That I don't know what to do with

# I wish you just the best This is my sinking ship. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For

For Serbia

For Serbia there,

For Serbia there, Zeljko Joksimovic doing a great job.

You can vote tonight in the UK. We really want to hear from you, so

you've got to get in touch. We love your funny comments. Tell us if

you're having a good time. Tell us what you think of tonight's acts.

Poke fun at them gently. There is lots of material to work with. We

want your funny comments on Facebook and Twitter. Details

should be on screen. If you are sensitive to strobe this is next

act has lots of flashing lights. It is a former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia. It is Kaliopi singing Crno I Belo. It picks up towards

# Baby look into my eyes # I am fragile but won't break

# Darling, open up your soul Let go of all control

# You're the restless part of me You're the dreamer in my sea

# I'm being born again in your every breath

# Everything's black and white Only one truth, only one lie

# Sharing the same delight

# I choose to smile You choose to cry

# Everything's black and white The good, the bad, equal, the same

# Day drowns in the night As you pull me, back in the game

# Baby, look into my eyes I'm wearing no disguise

# I'm naked, wild and free Now it's time, step into me

# Darling, open up your soul Let go of all control

# You're the restless part of me You're the dreamer in my sea

# I'm being born again with your every breath

# Everything's black and white Only one truth, only one lie

# Sharing the same delight

# I choose to smile You choose to cry

# Everything's black and white The good, the bad, equal, the same

# Day drowns in the night As you pull me, back in the game

# Everything's black and white Only one truth, only one lie

# Sharing the same delight

# I choose to smile You choose to cry

# Everything's black and white The good, the bad, equal, the same

# Day drowns in the night As you pull me, back in the game

# Everything's black and white. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Kaliopi

Kaliopi there.

Kaliopi there. Nice

Kaliopi there. Nice of Nigella Lawson to lend her a suit for

tonight's performance. And Scott Mills is here! Do get in touch. A

few people are saying that Serbia has a touch of the geno D'Acampo

about him. I know what you mean. This is Joan Franka and it tells

the story of her first crush and how she used to play cowboys and

Indians. She is not over it, as she is wearing a native Indian

headdress. Forget it. Get with the one with the teeth on the violin.

This is Joan Franka, you youfplt # I was five, you were three

# Saw the birds and wondered why # In the morning I would wake

# In the evening # And I couldn't wait

# It's you and me and everybody out there

# And I can see that everybody knows about

# You and me but I don't really care for it

# I can see that everybody knows about us

# We grew up knowing love Thanking God up above

# That we could be together for ever

# We would never say goodbye cos we promised, you and I

# But our love couldn't handle time

# And I see you walking by my house

# And wonder why we don't play around no more

# Such a shame we had no time They were wrong and we were right

# I still love you and in my mind

# It's you and me and everybody out there

# And I can see that everybody knows about

# You and me but I don't really care for it

# I can see that everybody knows about us

# So I'm laying in bed thinking about the old days

# Thinking 'bout it all and how it ends sometimes

# Was it wrong or right? Was I good enough?

# It's you and me and everybody out there

# And I can see that everybody knows about

# You and me and everybody out there

# And I can see that everybody knows about

# You and me but I don't really care for it

# I can see that everybody knows about us. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I

I really

I really like

I really like that one. Very catchy. Very Eurovision. If she took off

the headdress she could be from Liverpool, do you know what I mean?

Here we go, it's Malta, Kurt Calleja. It's their 25th time at

Eurovision but they've never won. They've been runner-up twice. He

worked in the UK as an air steward. Will you put your doors to manual

for Kurt Calleja tonight? This sums up the magic of Eurovision. There

is one lemon, leather glove and a dance with their feet that me and

Scott keep trying to do. It is impossible. And there's a pretend

DJ. This is Kurt Calleja with This Is The Night. Will it be the night

# Hey, look at me # As from this moment on

# This is the night # I will be the star

# I've been waiting for # Singing hey hey hey hey

# Yea-ea-ea-eah Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night This is the night

# I'll be flying high

# This is the night

# Hey, I believe

# You and me We are meant to be

# I can't set you free

# Can't you see this is killing me?

# As from this moment on You and I can reach the stars

# All I need is one more chance

# This is the night This is the night

# I will be the star Let me into your heart

# This is my life, this is the life

# I've been waiting for I'll be back with more

# Singing hey hey hey hey

# Yea-ea-ea-eah Yea-ea-ea-eah

# Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night This is the night

# I'll be flying' high This is the night

# Let me into your heart

# Hey, hey, hey, hey Yea-ea-ea-eah

# Yea-ea-ea-eah Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night This is the night

# This is the night Woa-oah, yea-ea-eah

# This is my life, this is my life

# I've been waiting for I'll be back with more

# Singing hey, hey, hey, hey Yea-ea-ea-eah

# Yea-ea-ea-eah Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night This is the night

# I'll be flying high This is the night... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Will

Will it

Will it be

Will it be Malta's night? That was Kurt Calleja. His message is this

Malteser is the noughtiest way to enjoy Eurovision. Nicola says Malta

have to go through for the foot dance alone. I'm going to learn

that this weekend. If it kills me. We love what you're saying about

the semifinal tonight. Belarus next. It has all been going off about

this entry. The band were runners- up to support their country but

there was a huge public outcry and the President of Belarus got

involved, said the result was rigged and this band got to

represent the country instead. They really love that. They've taken

part in the pre-selection rounds three times but failed. They are

using the mic stands they made in real -- metalwork. This is

# When the night is falling # When the world is deaf

# You're not alone # Hold on to me

# Whatever's standing in my way # Cos we are the winners

# We're breaking down the walls We're gonna hit them all

# Cos we are believers We are the dreamers

# No matter what they say No matter what they do

# I'll make it all right I'll make it for you

# We're breaking down the walls

# We are the heroes

# As I stand beneath the starry sky

# I just lose faith in gravity

# And it feels like I can learn to fly

# Bring to life all my fantasies

# You're not alone We're against them all

# Hold on to me I'll never let you fall

# Even if some day all hope is gone

# I will not give up

# Whatever's standing in my way We'll make it through the day

# Cos we are the winners We are the heroes

# We're breaking down the walls We're gonna hit them all

# Cos we are believers We are the dreamers

# No matter what they say No matter what they do

# I'll make it all right I'll make it for you

# We're breaking down the walls

# We are the heroes

# We are the heroes

# Oh-oh-oh-oh...

# We'll make it through the day Cos we are the heroes

# We are the heroes

# We're breaking down the walls We are the heroes

# We are the dreamers

# No matter what they say No matter what they do

# I'll make it all right I'll make it for you

# Breaking down the walls

# We are the heroes... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yes

Yes to

Yes to the

Yes to the chain mail. It's not every day you get to go to

Azerbaijan, so me and Sara had a little look round. Here we are in

the self-dubbed land of fire. guess they call it that because of

the vibrancy of the place and the passion of the people and the

people of the country. No, it's because it is literally on fire.

When you visit a new city it is not all about sitting in the plush

hotel bar with dancing girls. You've got to see the sights.

Fountain Square in Baku. Try to language - Salaam! We've got to get

a carriage, some kind of tram maybe. A traditional way of getting around

Azerbaijan... Taxi! All you need to know is this. In a nutshell... This

is Maiden Tower. That's the Flame Towers. And that is the old bath.

That's Bakram killing a dragon. And this is the carpet museum in the

And this is the bar. I think this is my favourite actually. Me too.

Thirsty work all that cultural stuff, to be fair. It sure is, Sara.

We've had a lovely time. The people are friendly. The city is alive

with Eurovision. It has been so, so good. It's been brilliant running

around. We need your comments on the acts.

The funnier the better. We love them. You've got us chuckling. On

the Portugal with Filipa Sousa and Vida Minha. It is their 46th

appearance. They've taken part more than any other country but never

managed to win it. They reached sixth in 1996. Philippa says when

she is singing this song she thinks of her boyfriend. And I'm sure he

is thinking of you, Scott. That's your hotel room, Scott! Shut up!

I'm sure he is thinking of you at home on a wicker recliner. This is

IN TRANSLATION: # I walk the streets # There's a feeling of nostalgic

# There's a child running A peeking neighbour

# And within me, there's only desire To come home and hold you

# And within me, there's only desire To come home and hold you

# If you were light, my love You would be the light of day

# An inspiring smile of fantasy

# If you were water, my love You would be like pure water

# Sating the thirst of the flower of tenderness

# If you were light, my love You would be the light of day

# An inspiring smile of fantasy

# But of all the things you can be in life

# I just want you, my love To be life of mine

# And within me, there's only desire To come home and hold you

# If you were light, my love You would be the light of day

# An inspiring smile of fantasy

# If you were water, my love You would be like pure water

# Sating the thirst of the flower of tenderness

# If you were light, my love You would be the light of day

# An inspiring smile of fantasy

# But of all the things you can be in life

# I just want you, my love To be life of mine

# La la la-la la-la la-la la-la la

# But of all the things you can be in life

# I just want you, my love

# To be life of mine. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank

Thank you!

I've

I've had

I've had this

I've had this song in my head all day. Ayup, you were doing that the

other night having a wrestle. Who won? You. Gaitana belts this one

out while some boys play trumpets behind her far too fast with their

shirts undone. She sounds a bit like Heather Small and looks a bit

like a Dolmio puppet off the ad. This is Gaitana for the Ukraine.

# Welcome, girl and boy # From the bottom of my heart

# You can be my guest Guest Yeah!

# You can be my guest You can be my

# Guest

# People, be my guest

# Guest

# You can be my guest You can be my

# You can be my guest You can be my

# Welcome, people, be my guest

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na

# Welcome, stay with me Be my friend, you are free

# To lead your life To share your love with the world

# You can count on me Darling, I'm your friend

# I'll do anything for you

# From the bottom of my heart I wish you, I wish you the best

# People, be my guest

# Guest

# Now you can be my guest

# Guest

# Now you can be my guest

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na

# I'm always here for you # I lo-o-o, lo-o-o, lo-o-o, lo-o-o

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na Now you can be my guest

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na Now you can be my guest

# Na na, na na na, na na na na na Now you can be my guest

She's

She's been

She's been on

She's been on holiday to Hawaii. Did she beat her chest at the end?

I think she did. That was Ukraine. And that's the lesser-seen older

Kardashian sister there! And now from Bulgaria, mar mar mafrplt we

love this girl. Bulgaria fail -- from Bulgaria, Sofi Marinova. We

love this girl. Fingers crossed. Love Unlimited features Sofi

singing in many languages. No Geordie in there, which is a

shame. That would have been nice. # The song has

# Everybody's singing all over the world about love

# Always sings about love

# Love has no borders, language or colour

# It's one and the same for everyone in this world

# For you, for me, for them

SINGS IN MANY LANGUAGES

SINGS IN MANY LANGUAGES

# There are no limits for us

# The pain has no border, language and colour

# It doesn't recognise the rich or the poor

# Same tears fall down when life hurts us

# The love has no border, language or colour

# It's equal for everyone

# For you, for me, for them

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem ya!

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem ya!

# Seviyorum seni, Sagapao poli

# Yo te quiero a ti Volim te, mon cheri

# I love you, I love only you

# I'm saying I love you

# But dehaftu mange Voglio bene a te

# Men seni sevirem, Yahabibi je t'aime

# I love you, I love only you

# There are no limits for us

# I love you so much

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem!

# Dorem dem dem dem! I love you so much. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I

I love

I love her

I love her little shiny-lipped smile and her dance moves. Sofi

Marinova for Bulgaria with Love Unlimited. Alex in Whitham says I

love Bulgaria. I am drunk though. We do want more of your messages.

We are on Facebook and Twitter. Get involved. You are really making us

laugh. Chris Williams says a great track from Bulgaria but she does

look like a divorced woman who has just found Lambrini. Had now to

Slovenia. Eva Boto says her worst has been sit laziness. I hope she

comes on. She might have walked off for a fag or is watching Cash In

The Attic. This song is Verjamem, IN TRANSLATION:

# I'm painting sun # Which say goodbye without memory

# I believe that we'll again find # And that yesterday

# Even the song will find its way # I feel that I'm going down

# A silent voice sings # I believe that we'll again

# And that yesterday # A new day is hungry for the sun

# I never surrender # I never surrender

# I never surrender # I survive in my own way

# I will never surrender to the very end

# I survive in my own way with yearning

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Six

Six jilted

Six jilted brides

Six jilted brides there from Slovenia. Next up we have Croatia.

Nina Badric. This song Nebo, or Sky. Look up for the dancers coming up.

Not my thing, men in net skirts. Even they look embairsdz. They

tried to fasten a -- embarrassed. They lied to fasten a hang-glider

to leave the stage. Let's see how they do. They've been without a win

for 20 long years. Best position they've managed is

four. I could do with a little pancake. This is Nina Badric with

# Listen to me when I say # You're still in my thoughts

# And I hear you're in love and people tell me

# That you just don't care

# Like I've lost my mind I still keep hoping for you

# Well heaven settles every debt and remembers everything you owe

# Each of us dreams, but heaven sets the path along which you go

# Heaven settles every debt Someone up above sees it all

# And these tears of mine will weigh heavily on your soul

# And I hear you're in love and people tell me

# That you just don't care

# Like I've lost my mind I still keep hoping for you

# Well, heaven settles every debt and remembers everything you owe

# Each of us dreams, but heaven sets the path along which you go

# Heaven settles every debt Someone up above sees it all

# And these tears of mine will weigh heavily on your soul

# Well, heaven settles every debt and remembers everything you owe

# Each of us dreams, but heaven sets the path along which you go

# Heaven settles every debt Someone up above sees it all

# And these tears of mine will weigh heavily on your soul

# Ooh-ooh Someone up above sees it all. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Her

Her husband

Her husband is

Her husband is going to be at home, lighting a few candles, and a few

rose petals. "Come on, darling." Nebo was the song, understand was

Nina Badric from Croatia. This next one is a big favourite to win the

entire contest. It is Loreen of Sweden. They always do well in

Eurovision. They've got Abba to thank for that. This is mesmerising.

Sara has a girl crush on her. think she is really cool. I hope

we'll stay in touch. Have you got her number? I probably will get it.

And you knocked on her dressing room door earlier to have a picture.

If strobing lights aren't your thing, this one is all strobes,

flashes and lights. This the Loreen from Sweden and the track is

# Why, why can't this moment # Tonight, tonight

# No, don't ever stop doing the things you do

# Don't go

# In every breath I take I'm breathing you

# Euphoria Forever, till the end of time

# From now on, only you and I We're going u-u-u-u-u-up

# Euphoria An everlasting piece of art

# A beating love within my heart We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

# We are here We are alone in our own universe

# We are free

# Where everything's allowed and love comes first

# Forever and ever, together We sail into infinity

# We're higher and higher and higher We're reaching for divinity

# Euphoria Forever, till the end of time

# From now on, only you and I We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

# Euphoria An everlasting piece of art

# A beating love within my heart We're going u-u-u-u-u-up

# Forever, we sail into infinity

# Ooh-ooh-ooh we're reaching for divinity

# Euphoria

# Euphoria We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

# Euphoria An everlasting piece of art

# A beating love within my heart We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

# Euphoria

# Euphoria We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Some

Some people

Some people are

Some people are saying Kate Bush - like Rob. I like the dancing, says

Elinor. That is Loreen, but we met her in the week and she says it is

Loren. Right now we have an overview of

the voting numbers for the second seemy final... Viewers in the

United Kingdom can vote tonight - good news. But lines don't open

until all 18 countries have performed. You can't vote until all

18 countries have performed. So don't try to dial now. Your votes

won't count but you still may be charged. We continue with Anri

Jokhadze, the first male singer to ever presents his country, Georgia!

Here we go with Georgia. Brace yourselves. The track is I'm A

Joker and it is Anri Jokhadze. Look out for the dancers, they are lick

a Moulin Rouge group. And trito guess if they are gay. What about

these guys? This one has been going around my head all week. It is like

ten songs in one. This is I'm A IN TRANSLATION:

# I regret my every day # And there is always something

IN ENGLISH: # Hold me baby, love me baby

# I'm a poker Oh, yeah

# Got no fear, got no tear, baby Never and never

# I'm a talker and straight-walker

# I'm a broker, evil-blocker

# Got no fear, got no tear baby

# Never and never, go!

# I'm a slaker, trouble-breaker

# Fortune-maker, care taker

# I'm just a womaniser Let me be your supervisor

# I'm a joker, I'm a rocker

# I'm a shocker, I'm a poker

# Got no fear, got no tear, baby

# Never, never, never, never, never

# I'm a talker, and straight-walker

# I'm a broker, evil-blocker

# Got no fear, got no tear, baby

# Never, never, baby!

# Don't let me go

# Or my dreams could tumble down baby

# No, no fluctuation!

# Shake your body up And do the dance, honey

# Shake your body up Ain't got no funny

# I wanna fly...

# Oooo...

# Ooooooo, oooooo, ooooo, baby! Ooh!

# I'm a joker, I'm a rocker

# I'm a shocker, I'm a poker

# Hold me, baby, rock me, baby for ever and ever

# Don't let me go

# Or my dreams could tumble down, baby

# Never and never

# For ever and ever! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

He's

He's ridiculous!

He's ridiculous! Wow!

He's ridiculous! Wow! Georgia. Anri Jokhadze. Play along at home - gay

or European is taking off on the social networking sites.

certainly is. I think a lot of you might be wrong. Really? Do you play

it by the pool on holiday? Hours of fun. The next act is a man called

Can Bonomo. Something very clever happens in this performance where

Turkish blokes turn into a boat in front of your eyes. Scott, are you

seeing man-boats again? It does happen.

Look at that venue. Crystal Hall is looking amazing. This is Can Bonomo

# Oh, hey, hey! # Oh, hey, hey!

# Never ever sink my ship # Oh, oh, ah!

# Give me all the love I need And I'll be gone

# I'm a lonely sailor Drinking the night away

# My ship is made from hope She's searching for your bay

# But you don't care

# Hop on to my ship, baby I'll make you fly

# You love me and you know that baby, don't you lie

# Like me like I like you and say na, na, na

# Oh, oh, oh! We need a bit of rock and roll

# Oh, oh, oh! We need a bit of rock and roll

# Baby, don't you crush my soul and make me fall

# Oh, hey, hey! Baby, love me back today

# Don't you ever sink my ship and sail away

# Hop on to my ship, baby I'll make you fly

# You love me and you know that baby, don't you lie

# Like me like I like you and say na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na na, na na na

# Pirates, high seas, cautions cannons and potions

# A sailor's passion can always conquer the oceans

# Sing with me, my children

# Hop on to my ship, baby I'll make you fly

# You love me and you know that baby, don't you lie

# Like me like I like you and say na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na na, na na na

# Haydii!

# Na na na na na na Na na na, na na na

# Na na na na na na Na na na, na na na. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A

A message

A message from

A message from us saying, is that a song from Oliver? And Lesley says

it is more like the Inspector Gadget song. There was a boat. I

apologise. Bruno and Borat all in one. Get involved. You are being

hilarious. We are laughing out of our faces. Next up is Estonia and

Ott Lepland with Kuula. He won Estonian Pop Idol in 2009 and has

starred in the lead role in the Estonian version of High School

Musical. He is procedure Zac Ephron. Look at his brand-new teeth. I

think he bought them specially for IN TRANSLATION:

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

# Just listen # Just listen

For Estonia it's Ott Lepland, dressing to his right tonight I

see! And now brace yourselves ladies and gentlemen. Two special

boys we bumped into yesterday. Scott, I'm close to the waterline.

Like the Jedward song. Yeah. I do love Jedward so. I'm so pleased

they are through to the final. too. I wish we could chat to them

somewhere fun. Like a funfair. Imagine that!

I feel like I'm in Neverland with Scott Mills. Have you noticed that

your horses move but ours stay still? That's because we are moving

higher in the right direction. Those aren't like proper twins.

Normally a boy and a girl, you are not identical. You can be the hump

if you want to put it on. Today on our funfair ride your hair is up

but for the performance your hair was down. That was my decision.

Why? To show the world that Jedward can still have flat hair and people

recognise us. Can you teach us a bit of the dance?

She loves and you go - waves crash. Crash. And do some of Engelbert

Humperdinck's moves. How are you feeling about doing a

trio like a band with Engelbert? I'm John, he is Engelbert and

I felt like I was on there for hours. This man paid the costs of

participating in Eurovision himself. He even sold his car. He goes to

the gym two or three times a week. So do I but I don't look that buff.

This is Max Jason Mai from Slovakia. He says, "I have only my own recipe

for show - maximum efforts and maximum show for viewers and

maximum performance of Max Jason Mai." Strobing and flashing lights

in this one, just to warn you. Don't Close Your Eyes, for Slovakia.

Do close your eyes if you are # Hey, where is the way

# Look around What's happening abounds

# And listen to the frequency of a sound

# Of the beat, of a heartbeat Of your death beat

# Don't close your eyes and pray all the night

# Try to call all angels to save our lives

# How do you feel now

# After all fails in love embraced by devils' arms?

# Look around What's happening abounds

# And listen to the frequency of a sound

# Of the beat, of a heartbeat Of your death beat

# Don't close your eyes and pray all the night

# Try to call all angels to save our lives

# Let me get out of here Let me get out of here

# Let me get out of here Let me get out of here

# Don't close your eyes Stay awake

# And pray all the night Say your prayer now

# Try to call all angels Angels above

# To save our lives Save our lives

# Don't close your eyes Don't close your eyes

# To save our lives. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

He'll

He'll never

He'll never get

He'll never get a comb through that tonight. Not only did he sell his

car, but he sold all his tops to get himself into Eurovision this

year. That was Slovakia. Loving him, says Rachel. Loving the semifinals

on BBC Three says Gemma on a revision break. Not too keen on

Slovakia. Here we go with Norway. Seeing as it is trending worldwide

shall we have another round of gay or European? Is he gay or just

European? He could just be European. That's

the tricky thing isn't it? That's the great thing about this game.

You can plate for hours. Norway have won three times. Will they win

this time with Tooji? Born in Iran and raised in Norway. His track is

# I hear music # Start moving to the rhythm

# I hear the people shout out Turn up the music louder

# Better start running if you can't stand the heat

# What you doin' to me? I feel you're settin' me free

# It's like I'm losing all control

# You know it's making me hot and, baby, I don't stop

# It's like a fire in my soul

# I don't know what I'm doing tonight

# But this rush is making me stronger

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know

# I want you to

# Stay

# Na na na na na

# Stay

# Na na na na na

# My heart beats faster as I'm scanning the crowd

# My meters are peaking I can tell you're around

# It's like I'm on a High now

# Nothing can pull me Down now

# Sirens are calling and I can't kill the sound

# What you doing to me? I feel you're settin' me free

# It's like I'm losing all control

# You know it's making me hot and, baby, I don't stop

# It's like a fire in my soul

# I don't know what I am doing tonight

# But this rush is making me stronger

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know

# I want you to

# Stay

# Na na na na na na

# Stay

# Na na na na na na

# Work it, move your body, baby

# You better work, you better work Come on now

# Work it move your body, baby

# You better work, you better work

# I don't know what I am doing tonight

# But this rush It is making me stronger

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know

# I want you to stay

# I don't know what I am doing tonight

# But this rush it is making me stronger

# But, baby, I want you to stay

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know I want you to

# Stay

# Na na na na na

# Stay

# Na na na na na. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Has

Has he

Has he finished!

Has he finished! Sorry about that. I'm saying European. You're saying

European? So am I then. Tooji with Stay. Sorry, I got

overexcited there. Next, we haven't got long to go now.

We've got some shoulder pads coming up. Bosnia and hertz Government

India next. A -- Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A nice nod to Shirley from EastEnders there! This girl is

called Maya Sar. She has been on the Eurovision stage before.

She played piano for last year's IN TRANSLATION:

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# I need love # Cos if you did

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# After all, I don't know # I need love

# Cos if you did # How come

Maya Sar for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Coming up next we've got Lithuania.

We seem to have caught Radio 1 DJ Greg James enjoying his weekly

bondage session. Easy there, sorry, it was Donny Montell of Lithuania

with Love Is Blind. I see now. That makes sense. He is referencing the

Love Is Blind theme. He has won the Lithuanian version of strictly come

dancing. He does moves I've never seen the likes of before. This is

# When the day becomes the night # And I cannot control my heart

# Loneliness is killing me I'm helpless without your love

# Knowing when you touch someone I can't understand

# Now it's tearing me apart I want you back

# And it's made me realise just what I had

# Love is blind, it's true Nobody is like you

# My endless melody I play for me and you

# Love is blind, it's true I'm on my knees for you

# Cos I'd give it all I can to have you back again

# Love is blind

# I just can't believe you're gone and I let it slip away

# I can't believe I was the one who caused you pain

# You should know deep down inside

# She didn't mean a thing to me Yeah!

# What can I do to win back your heart

# And make you stay...?

# Love, love blind It's true, nobody is like you

# My endless melody I play for me and you

# Love is blind, it's true I'm on my knees for you

# Cos I'd give it all I can to have you back again

# Love is blind

# Love is blind. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'm

I'm paranoid

I'm paranoid now

I'm paranoid now about speaking too soon. No, he's definitely finished.

That was the final song of the Now for the That was the fun part.

Now we are speaking. Go to speak Why is she speak like a femme what.

-- like a ferks mbot? -- like a fembot. UK viewers, do

not vote just yet. Your votes will not count and you may still be

charged. The national jury watched the dress

rehearsal last night and awarded Remember, you cannot vote for your

own country... Not all these instructions apply for UK viewers.

You cannot text, my friend. You can't text tonight.

The phone lines are open! Calls cost 15p from a BT land line. Other

networks may vary. Calls from mobiles will cost considerably more.

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You can vote for your favourite # Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night # Whatever's standing in my way

# We're breaking down the walls We're gonna hit them all

# Cos we are believers We are the dreamers

# If you were water, my love You would be like pure water

# Sating the thirst of the flower of tenderness

# Welcome, stay with me Be my friend, you are free

SINGS IN MANY LANGUAGES

# I believe that we'll again find a common beat

# Each of us dreams, but heaven sets the path along which you go

# Heaven settles every debt Someone up above sees it all

# A beating love within my heart We're going u-u-u-u-u-up

# Hold me baby, love me baby for ever, ever, ever

# Got no fear, got no tear, baby Never and never

# You love me and you know that baby, don't you lie

# Like me like I like you and say na, na, na

# Listen now

# Just listen to these simple moments

# Don't close your eyes and pray all the night

# Try to call all angels to save our lives

# I don't know what I'm doing tonight

# But this rush is making me stronger

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know

# I want you to

# Stay

# And I, I need to tell you that

# Not now, cos you're in a hurry...

# Everything I lost

# Love is blind, it's true Nobody is like you

# My endless melody I play for me and you

# Love is blind, it's true I'm on my knees for you

18

18 great

18 great performances

18 great performances and one problem - we will only see ten of

them in the Grand Final. You have the power to decide by voting for

your favourite. You can either call or send a text message, but time is

ticking. Jan from Netherlands, how are you doing? I've got my

headdress on! I love it. If you want to know more about your

favourites and other back-stage stories, go to the we are site.

This is where they blatantly try to sell you Eurovision merchandise.

And now it is time for our super post card. Enjoy. As you know, UK

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viewers can vote tonight. We've In the half-time performance,

something I was astounded by in rehearsal earlier. See what you

think. Get your comments on the BBC Eurovision website, Twitter or

Facebook. We would love to hear As the hosts of the show we know

that in fact no-one is really listening to us. Each broadcasting

country has their own commentators to prance late their words into

their mother tongue. I know this, because I did it for Azerbaijan. So

these few seconds are for you... Blah, blah, blah.

Blah, blah, blah. Attention. Here is the second recap of tonight's

# Everything's black and white # I choose to smile

# And I can see that everybody knows about

# You and me but I don't really care for it

# Yea-ea-ea-eah Yea-ea-ea-eah

# This is the night This is the night

# I'll be flying high

# This is the night

# Whatever's standing in my way We'll make it through the day

# Cos we are the winners We are the heroes

# And within me, there's only desire To come home and hold you

This

This is

This is a

This is a subtitle test for Russell # I believe that we'll again find

# Well heaven settles every debt and remembers everything you owe

# Each of us dreams, but heaven sets the path along which you go

# A beating love within my heart We're going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

# Hop on to my ship, baby I'll make you fly

# You love me and you know that baby, don't you lie

# Like me like I like you and say na, na, na

# Listen to how your land breathes

# Listen now

# Try to call all angels to save our lives

# I don't know what I'm doing tonight

# But this rush is making me stronger

# I don't know if it's wrong or it's right

# But I know

# And if I ask, you just leave...

# After all we've said and done

# You seem more than strong

# My endless melody I play for me and you

The

The lines

The lines are

The lines are closed for tonight. While the votes are being

calculated. Let's do a quiz. If you can tell me the Eurovision winners

of the last five winners Nargiz you will get a prize. Well, Ell & Nikki

and Alexander Rybak and Dima Bilan and Marija Serifovic. Bingo! You

are right. What's my prize? Hold on to your hat. The winners of the

past five years are performing together on the stage, featuring

traditional Azerbaijany musical # I fall if love

# The Garban that's inside is going to break my fall

# Nothing's going to dim my light within

# But if I can have it all # It would never be impossible

# Not today, not today # Believe that as long as I breathe

# There is not a limit to what I can dream

# Believe that nothing else can stop me

# If I just believe # Believe that we can, nothing can

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stop me if I just believe # She was mine and we were

sweethearts # That was then but then it's true.

Good evening! # I'm in love with a fairy-tale

# Even though it hurts I'm in love with a fairy-tale

# Even though it hurts # I don't care if I lose my mind

# I even did my hair for you # I even said, "I do "

# When I do, I'm gonna love you either way

# Love, oh, love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you

# Because I can't go a minute without your love

# Like I said, I may know another way around you

# And now we go into the night # Can't go a minute without your

love # Love oh love

# I gotta tell you how I feel about you note I can't go a minute

without your love # Like a satellite, I will know

another way around you # I will go out into the night

# Can't go a minute without your # My, my, at Waterloo

# And how could I ever refuse? I feel like I win when I lose

# Waterloo I was defeated, you won the war

# Waterloo Promise to love you for evermore

# Waterloo Couldn't escape if I wanted to

# Waterloo Knowing my fate is to be with you

# Whoa, whoa, whoa

# Waterloo Finally facing my Waterloo

# So how could I ever refuse? I feel like I win when I lose

# Waterloo Couldn't escape if I wanted to

# Waterloo Knowing my fate is to be with you

# Waterloo Knowing my fate is to be with you

# Waterloo Finally facing my Waterloo. #

# Whoa, whoa, whoa

# Waterloo Finally facing my Waterloo. #

CHEERING

CHEERING AND

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow!

Wow! The

Wow! The crowd

Wow! The crowd here at the semifinal absolutely loved that

here in Baku. The last five years of winners. I'm not sure the

Serbian, Maria, was loving Waterloo as much. Lena was going for it.

Lots of flags up during that. Very exciting. We've been following the

Hump, our UK entry, around Baku. This is my first visit into the

Arena. One of the contestants. Sounds nice. Very impressive. And

they built this specially for me? I can't believe that. First

impressions, it's awesome. It is going to be a pleasure standing on

that stage. I'm about ready for my first rehearsal. Welcome to the

stage. Not bad for a first time. How are you doing, Fly?

A lovely day, lovely sunshine. Now Note kiss him in the moonlight... #

I'm Katrina from Sweden. I didn't know you before. I'm sorry. That's

OK. I've only sold 150 million albums! LAUGHTER Azerbaijan,

Let me put this on for a minute. The best of luck for the final.

Thank you so much. We know you can do this. Yes? You gotta love the

Hump. It's Greta. They got through on Tuesday, from Iceland. Hello

guys. Hi. Pardon? Thank you for having us. You are most welcome.

You were here eight years ago weren't you, representing Iceland.

Has Eurovision changed in that time? It is a bit bigger now than

it was eight years ago and now I have this beautiful lady with me on

the stage, Greta. Is he quite a handful? Sometimes, but he does his

job really well. That's important. You got through on Tuesday. Was it

the best night ever? Was it exciting? It's one of the greatest

experiences I have ever lived. We are so happy to be able to perform

on this stage again on Saturday. It's a great feeling. You are going

to do Never Forget. What one thing do you want not to forget in the

final? I have a big violin solo in my song. I wouldn't want to forget

my violin. You could play it like a tiny guitar. Well, yeah. Maybe.

Teach me how to say good luck in Icelandic? Donkey? Donkey or gonky?

No donkey! Good luck! What's the plan now between now and Saturday?

How will you be preparing for the big snin We'll be rehearsing and

doing the same stuff we've been doing. We are going to keep on

doing what we've been doing. lucky socks or lucky hair gel?

brought a Teddy bear from Iceland which we were given in our last gig

in Iceland. And I've got a lucky hat from a young friend of mine. He

said lit bring me luck. We'll bring that to the green room. The best of

luck for Saturday. I think the show And now it's time to uncover

tonight's ten winners. Before we start to open the

envelopes, just one question: how is everything? CHEERING

Everything is good. Everything is good lailla. I have a result for

you. Ten winners will proceed to the final on Saturday. Here they

are. Take it away.

Europe has voted. The ten countries with the most points advance to the

Grand Final. They will be announced Ladies and gentlemen, let's open

the envelopes. Finalists number one is...

Lithuania! Wow! So first three tonight for Lithuania. Donny

Montell with Love Is Blind. Lithuania have qualified three

times in seven attempts, so they'll be pleased with that tonight.

Finalist number two is... Do you know which country it is?

I don't know. But they know.

The second finalist from this semifinal is... Bosnia and

Herzegovina! That is Maya. They have had a 100% success rate in

qualifying for the final and that continues. Well done.

Finalist number three is... Which country will we see on the

stage? The third finalist is Serbia.

That is Anri Jokhadze -- that is Zeljko Joksimovic from Serbia.

Ukraine! Ukraine are through to Saturday's big final. That was Be

My Guest, Gaitana. All eastern European countries so

far. Finalist number five is...

Who do you want to see here? Finalist number five is... Sweden!

Its was the favourite for a lot of people. Sweden. Loreen, her track

was Euphoria. They always do well, Sweden. They've only failed to

qualify once, in 2010. Loreen is through.

Finalist number six is... Remember, the Netherlands have never

qualified in seven attempts. Could they get through tonight? Or Turkey.

Big favourites in the hall here in Baku.

The sixth finalist is the former Yugoslav republic of Yugoslavia.

Kaliopi for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia through to

Finalist number seven is... more ex-Yugoslav countries are left.

Norway are through next! That is Tooji.

Big celebrations for Norway. They really wanted there.

-- They really wanted this. Estonia! Estonia go through. That's

Ott Lepland. Estonia have only qualified on two occasions in

previous years, so that's a good result for them. Sometimes it is

not the ones you think it is going to be. Finalist number nine is...

This Is The Night. They'll be happy with that. They've only qualified

twice in six attempts in the euro vision final. Who is the last one

going to be? Will it be the Netherlands, who have never

qualified for the final? Will it be Belarus? Maybe it's Portugal. We

haven't heard from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia. Georgia aren't

in. Turkey, or Slovakia. One more place left in Saturday's Eurovision

big final. One place still remains.

Which country will be the next one to celebrating this evening?

Which country will get the last spot in the Grand Final?

Which country will get the Golden Ticket tonight? And where is the

Golden Ticket? Here it comes. make a meal of this. It's just a

piece of paper. Please applaud our last country and

my colleagues. Please applaud a... Ticket! This is the Golden Ticket.

The last country to qualify for the Grand Final 2012. The only one

place left. Nine remaining countries. That's hard. The country

with the Golden Ticket... The last contestant to qualify for the big

Saturday Show is... I reckon it has There we are. Feel pleased for

Turkey. I feel sad for the girl in the headdress. Netherlands aren't

through again. There might come a point where they give up.

We now have the rest of our finalists for Saturday's big

Eurovision song con test final. Thank you once again to all the

countries that did not make it. Remember, you can vote on the

Saturday too. We'll meet again in two days for

the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Here in Baku's

Crystal Hall. That's it for this evening. We now know all 26

countries in Saturday's Grand Final, on 8.00pm on BBC 13 with Graham

Norton. Lithuania, they were the surprise

last year as well. And Malta final through through. They've missed out

for the last couple of years. And the fact that Slovenia didn't.

is a battle of the Balkans on Saturday night. We've got strong

ballads from the Balkans. Serbia's Zeljko Joksimovic and Bosnia and

Herzegovina. It could be one to watch. Sweden and Loreen, my

favourite. She is wicked. And she got through. It was a big fan

favourite. It is not my cup of tea, but it is favourite with the