Eurovision 2008 First Semi-Final Winners

Tonight we enjoyed a magnificent show. The First Semi-Final was a blend of wonderful songs and performances. Only 10 survived out of the 19 participants.

Here is the list of the songs qualifying for the Final on 24 May:

 

  • Greece
  • Romania
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • Israel
  • Azerbaijan
  • Armenia
  • Poland
  • Norway

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135 Responses to “ Eurovision 2008 First Semi-Final Winners ”

  1. Azerbaijan’s song is the best !

  2. Armenia is the best not Azerbaijan nor Turkey. Azerbaijan is just boring opera. Rubbish.

    Move Armenia!!!! Come Armenia!!!!

    Qele Qele!!!!
    I am Armenia but live in London.

  3. juhuu Aaerbaijan IS WiNER ….

  4. GREEK SONG IS THE BEST OF THE BEST KALOMIRA 4EVER LETS VOTE GREECE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY SECRET COMBINATION

  5. 12 POINTS GOES TO GREECE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. kalomira for ever…..vote for greece ……

  7. 12 points goes to Greece!!!
    The best song ever…
    Kalomira 4 ever!!!

  8. Azerbaijan is the best best best. And youuuuuuuu
    Vanouhi even cant write your nationality write.
    First go and learn to write your nationality that tell something about which song is best and which not.

  9. go greece! go kalomoira!

  10. F?NAL : TWELVE POINTS GO TO “”"”"”"”"”"”"TURKEY”"”"”"”"”"”"”"

  11. THE BEST SONG OF THIS EUROVISION ITS FROM GREECE.
    GO GREECE.
    I AM FROM ARMENIA but every I SAY THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BEST SONG OF EUROVISION. ARMENIA I BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO 2nd PLACE.

  12. SORRY FOR THIS BUT I BELIEVE EUROVISION ITS A VERY GOOD SONG CONTEST AND I WANT TO TELL THE TRUTH. THATS ALL

  13. You must be joking - GREECE? Rubish!! Destination, celebration… uhhhh let me think of more words that end with “-tion”… If you like the greek song (for other reasons than stupid nationalism of course) then you have no taste…

    Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Israel are the best songs from last night without doubt… put into alphabetical order! :) Belgium was OK, Finlad a bit boring, Dima Bilan agan standard, probably wont do badly, but everything else was complete rubbish…

  14. APOEL THRILOS PROTA8LIMA! GO CYPRUS GO

  15. THE BEST SONG IS THE BALLAD OF ROMANIAAAAAAAAAAA. GO FOR IT!

  16. HER SECRET COMBINATION IS REVEALED. KALOMOIRA HAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE AND THE BEST POP SONG. VOTE FOR GREECE

  17. Although Greek,I’m not in favor of the Greek Song.Honestly.I believe it’s a piece of shit and nothing else.

    AZERBAIJAN 4 EVER.
    GoGoGoGoGo…

  18. AZERBAIJAN

    Elnur & Samir The BEST!

  19. Azerbaijan’s song is the best all! Vanouhi, you and your fellow countrymen are jealous of Azerbaijans success - as always! You are soooooooooo bad!!!!!

  20. MR MADPROFESSOR,YOU SHOULD NOT INSULT THE PARTICIPANTS AND YOU MUST NOT CALL THEM RUBBISH. I’M SORRY BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS RUDE.

  21. I think the best songs were : Greece’s and Armenia’s ….

    Personally i want Ukraine to finish first , or Switzerland ..

    kisses

  22. Iceland is good too but not as good as Azerbaijan of course.

  23. bueno yo soy española y me hubiese gustado que hubiese estado Macedonia . Solo quiero decir que mucha suerte para los paises que participan en especial Spain , España bailar el chikichiki es una cancion muy pegadiza y votarnos quien nos vote mas seran los mejores A por ellos chikilicuatre bailemos danci 1 el brekindan 2 el crusaito 3 el maiquel jason 4 el roboco Tu tierra te apollara

  24. eiste oloi blakes to kalutero einai tou israil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. Poland was the best , second Israel , third Bosnia

  26. 1 el brikindance 2 el crusaito 3 el maiquel jason 4 el robocor

  27. Vote for Bulgaria! The best song!

  28. Greek song is so boring and bad…. I can’t understand how it can be the best song for someone…..

  29. Of Course Turkey !! Everyone knows^^ w8in 4 ur Votes on 22th and 24th May !! GO TÜRK?YE GO TURKEY

  30. andrea_5 I Agree with U !! How it can be the best 4 someone? -THE ANSWER IS——> for a greek omg :S

  31. Forza AzerbaijaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaN!!!! Love U Samir And Elnur… GOOOOOOOOOo AZERBAIJAAAAAAAAN! We R The Best!!!! Azeri Poweeeeeer!!

  32. guys,most of all i liked Aazerbaijan’s music,greek was not so good. yeah Armenia is also ok. Sirusho well done. But Azerbaijan was better, also i liked Bosnia and San Marino. But San Marino couldn’t pass this round. i’ll vote for Azerbaijan and Bosnia :)

  33. i heart ireland!

    IRELANDE DOUZE POINT!

  34. i should admit that the best song is’’secret combination” of kalamoira

  35. irelande zero points
    israil zero points
    armenia zero
    spain zero points
    poland -6 points
    greece 12 points

  36. the best two songs
    chiki chiki & secret combination

  37. i don’t think so ”dominique” only GREECE

  38. what do you know about music ? you like bosnia . in my opinion two crazy people who do not have sth else to do and kept running on the stage . Azerbaizan the song was not good but their perfonmance or ireland I remained speechless when I heard it . the best were Greece , Armenia , Romania and Norway , PLEASE VOTE THEM ESPECIALLY GREECE DESERVE IT

  39. MY THREE FAVORITE SONGS ARE FROM TURKEY,ALGERIA AND ISRAIL

  40. As I know the festival is called Eurovision which means that the countries which are in Europe should take part and win . And Turkey . Algeria ahd Israel are not in europe SO VOTE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY ANY WAY WE ARE EUROPEANS NOT ASIANS

  41. I liked Armenia, Israel & Romania. But I think ROMANIA MUST WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  42. As a Human I should vote for the best (or less worse)
    As an hellen, some think I should go for Hellas/Greece, but it is impossible to my ears to support this girl’s voice.
    I also cannot understand why everybody is singing in English, it is Anglovision?
    Anyway I don’t understand a word of jewish but at least they speak their language and the melody was quite nice.
    I also liked the norvegian balad (though in english) and the armenian girl had a fantastic energy.
    Go for Armenia.
    But I’m also waiting for the other semi finalists. Hoping that spain, germany, portugal italy france will sing in their language.
    Eurovision is the oportunity to admire the diversity of cultures in Europe and the beauty of its countries and its rich identities. Singing in English should be forbidden. Unfortunately, with the years, we have seen a globalization of the culture too. And to say my opinion, it is very sad to realize that this snapshot of culture is a reflexion of poor reality. No roots anymore. Just crap. The world is going crazy and though we’re improving life and the limits of knowledge we lose the most important thing that define us as humans: identity (through culture) and free will. We are stereotypes. we should be inteligent enough to reverse this course but it just doesn’t happen.
    Of course it is nice to have a langage to share and talk together in a forum with a common langage we all understand. But not more.
    So, until now, go Armenia.
    regards and greetings from Hellas,
    Alexandre

  43. Metal scene is the best one! Finland and Azerbaijan are great! But I like Bosnia cause it’s special and unusual and I have to say very interesting.

    Greece has nice, sweety song.

    Romania is a bit boring, song is really nice, but not for eurovision.

    Kiss For Europe!

    We are the best!

  44. Be original, be yourself! Don’t be fucking copy! Sing in your language and stop licking others ass! Be proud on your country! SERBIA IS MOTHER! SRBIJA!!!!!

  45. Finland is best!!

  46. The best song is”Day after day”!
    The best singer is”Elnur and Samir”!
    The best country is”Azerbaijan”!
    I love you Azerbaijan,my native motherland!

  47. Go Kalomira go!!!!Greece forever!!!!!!!!!our secret combination for the victory!!!!!!!!!!!

  48. Favourite songs:
    Ireland (should’ve won, just for the irony)
    Azerbaijan
    Norway
    Andorra
    And of course Estonia :D
    Eurovision is supposed to be camp and funny, with some talent as well. Greece wasn’t bad, just nothing memorable about it.

  49. guys,how can you like bosnia? it’s awful! what exactly did you find interesting? the hole concept has no meaning.. and i don’t refer to the voices or the performance of the singers.. even ireland was much more interesting!
    personally i like norway,irsail and azerbaijan and as a greek of course i support kalomoira, although the song isn’t so good. i don’t know.. she is so good as a person that i can’t say something bad about her. in the end i like the way she works and the passion she has and i want her to go well..
    finally i expected much more from finland, especially when i heard that they play symfonic metal, but when i didn’t listen even a violin i was truly disappointed..

  50. VOTE FOR ARMENIA AND GIVE YOUR COUNTRY’S 12 POINT TO ARMENIA.

    VOTE FOR ARMENIA

  51. Kalomoira has great energy,passion, she is good on stage as well and the song has great lyrics , music and it will be played on all the night clubs all over the world!!!
    It’s really a happy song and her voice get better and better everyday.
    I vote for Kalomoira all the way!!!
    Go baby Go

  52. GO ARMENIA WE LOVE YOU AND PROUD OF YOU

  53. I am Armenian but i liked Andora

  54. ARMENIA very very good,GO ARMENIA GO ARMENIA!!!!!!

  55. I am from Azerbaijan and I liked our guys’ performance. They gave their hearts and it worked. Too bad can’t vote for my own country. From the first semis i also like Bosnia and Greece. And Israel.
    Besides that English song is goood, Turkish is great (very nice video), but Bulgaria is my favorite :) 12 points Bulgaria!

  56. SIRUSHO IS THE BEST!!!SHE HAS A GREAT VOICE.KALOMOIRA CAN’T SING.SHE IS CUTE AND THAT’S ALL.ARMENIA WILL WIN.GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.

  57. Armenian song? Common guys! This song full of Turkish, Azeri, Greece and Israel tunes? Dancing ? lol Common, it was traditional Eastern dances :)
    Show your own traditional something, than will be good.
    I’m proud for Samir and Elnur! I liked Norway, Israel and Moldova. It was a pity didn’t see Moldova in the winner list.

  58. Eurovision is becoming countries’ political approach. If we value the real art and music then the best were Azerbaijan, Poland, Israel and Norway. If we are objective they will include the first ten.

  59. The song of Azerbaijan is interesting because it is improvisation of rock, opera and national Mugam. Especially Mugam is new and interesting for Europe. This is the national rhythm of the song of Azerbaijan. According to the meaning of the performance of Elnur & Samir, the devil converts to angel by singing Mugam. Mugam is really the magical form of music that belongs only Azerbaijanis. No one is able to sing Mugam except Azerbaijanis; fortunately, otherwise it would also be stolen by our neighbor…
    Want to tell Vanouhi, opera can’t be rubbish. Be tolerant please, if you can.

  60. Viva Azerbaijan! Everybody would agree that the song of Azerbaijan was fantastic and guys did a great performance! Bravo!

    Everybody, value the real art, vote for Azerbaijan, the Land of Fire!

  61. Azerbaijan should not win. It is too FAKE. The best songs of the first semifinal: Norway, Greece, Poland and Armenia! And all the other things that you are saying are crap…Be serious…

  62. Poland:*:*:*Isis!:*:*:*For live:*:*:*

  63. I enjoyed the song of Azerbaijan & Greece.

  64. To mend Turkish, Azerbaijani and Arabic rhythms and present it as Armenian song – this is FAKE…!

  65. Hi guys!!!!I’m greek and also a kalomoira’s fan!!!
    However i believe that kalomoira’s unique voice does not deserve this song. I assure you that kalomoira is one of the 8 best perfomers of our century!! You must first listen to her performing the folk song “ah provatina mou”(oh my female sheep) in order to appreciate the depth of her voice! I hope people vote for her,although this mediocre song limits her prestigious voice!!

  66. Mouskouri I believe Kaloimoira’s best song has been ‘Paizeis’ (you play with me). In my opinion it showcases both her beautiful voice as well as her dancing skills (in the music video).

    I too, am dissapointed in Kalomoira’s song choice. She should have consulted Michalis Rakintzis.

  67. not one of the best, the best! . i am praying for Kalomoira every night to win the contest.. it will be unfair if she doesn’t win but i believe that Europeans have a great taste in music and will vote for greece. You are right kalomoira’s unique voice suits better in traditional songs but
    “my secret combination ” is not such mediocre . i believe it combines the tradional style with the modern style . just listen carefully to the song and you will seeeeyy it!!!!

  68. azerbajians re turk 2! we luv them so much,and hope we’ll be first or AZERBAJIAN! luv u AZERBAJIAN! umar?z azerbaycan veya türkiye birinci olur! TURKEY & AZERBAJIAN! :) sonuna kadar azerilerin yan?nday?z! :)

  69. azerbajians re turk 2! we luv them so much,and hope we’ll be first or AZERBAJIAN! luv u AZERBAJIAN! umar?z azerbaycan veya türkiye birinci olur! TURKEY & AZERBAJIAN! :) sonuna kadar azerilerin yan?nday?z! :)

  70. We re 1. 4ewa! GO TURKS! GO TURKEY!!! :) GOOD LUCKS 2 MOR VE OTES? :)

  71. How does somebody like kalomira’s song and the Azerbaijan’s song? They r very different styles. but the AzErbeijan’s song really good. Go!! TURKEY & AZERBAIJAN

  72. i love the GREEK SONG no matter what the others say(madprofessor)!!!!They just don’t know a thing about what good music is.VOTE GOR GREECE!!!!!!!!GO KALOMOIRA…..

  73. This year there are a lot of great songs such as: Ukraine, Sweeden, Armenia i like it very much!! and of course GREECE!!! Kalomoira is a very cute and adorable person!! she has it alls,voice and presentation!! so GO GREECE!!! as for cyprus is a very different song for eurovision but i think is very unique!! i hope that the best song is going to win!!!:)

  74. i think that kalomoira should win this eurovision song contest due to her appearance, voice & talent. Personally i dislike ajerbaijan’s song. ajerbaijan & Finland want to copy lordi and do sth new in order to vote them. The only 2 good songs are Greece(secret combination) and Armenia (qele qele). The other contestants just wanna to appear sth new as the appearance is concerned.
    i’m from Finland

    *reply to my letter plz

  75. 12 points go to greece

  76. plz everybody VOTE SECRET COMBINATION

  77. 12 points:Greece-Cyprus
    10 points:Armenia
    8 points: ireland(but it doesn’t participate in finals)
    6 points: Bosnia&Herzegovina
    4 points: Ajerbaijan
    2 points:Turkey

  78. I am from Armenia, but I think the most original song was from Azerbajdshan…. I hope, that Armenia can win… because Sirusho was a little bit nervous…Armenia 4ever, but Azerbajdshan was objective very original….

  79. Isis Gee you must win!!!You’re the best.This song is beautiful.Poland go go go go go!!!

  80. 12 points go to Poland!!!!

  81. Please everybody we must voting for Isis Gee and her song “For Life”.This is link to the video of this beautiful song http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=gvu188dImZo

  82. POLAND REVELATION, OFFENBARUNG, RÉVÉLATION, RIVELAZIONE, ????????

  83. I am greek….
    Best songs:
    Turkey (it is a good non-Eurovision rock tune and the performer is great)
    Greece(she has a nice (but not very good voice) but has lots of passion, move excellent and is a natural entertainer!)

    Rest is just Eurovision…!

  84. POLISH SONG THE BEST SONG!! 12 POINTS

  85. Yeah !! that s it !! Turkey passed the semi final !! I know that THNX EUROPE THNX COUNTRIES WHICH VOTED TURKEY !!

  86. Poland the winner! 12 points
    Norway 10 points the next final in warsaw??

  87. GO PORTUGAL!

  88. En boyuk TURK bashka buyuk yok! Viva Azerbaijan & Turkiye! U r the best!

  89. 12 PONTS TO AZERBAIJAN AND 11 TO TURKIYE

  90. ROMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  91. Who cares what the best song was? The armenian and greek ladies were hot!!

  92. 12 pts Kalomoira
    10 pts Kalomoira
    8 pts Kalomoira

    and yes, I am greek

  93. WHAT ABOUT DIMA BILAN?HIS VOICE IS AMAZING AND I REALLY ADMIRE HIM.I’M SURE HE’LL BE THE WINNER.I’MGREEK BUT I LOVE DIMA!GO FOR IT!

  94. EVERYBODY LOVES RUSSIA’S SONG!I THINK AJERBIJAN HAS A REALLY GOOD SONG AND I’LL VOTE IT TOO!

  95. Kalomira!!!!!!!!!!!! Secret combination=the best!!!!!!

  96. i have to admit that Kalomoira is the best performer…
    GREECE 12 POINTS!

  97. I THINK KALOMOIRA IS GOOD ENOUGH BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SHE SEEMS TO HELENA PAPARIZOU A LOT!

  98. TURKEY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  99. You must be joking - GREECE? Rubish!! Destination, celebration… uhhhh let me think of more words that end with “-tion”… If you like the greek song (for other reasons than stupid nationalism of course) then you have no taste… BOSNIA is the best. I think Bosnia has the most original song and its crazy how they perform thats why you have to vote for BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA!!!!!!!!!!!!

  100. Sirusho from Armenia ROCKS the stage and makes the world SPIN w/her devine charm, beauty and talent!!!

  101. Norway!!!
    Hold on be strong!!! 12 points..

  102. 12 points to Azerbaijan.
    All VOTE for it.
    Elnur & Samir you are the best of all.

  103. KALOMIRA KALOMIRA!Her secret combination is the song that definately deserves to win!Kalomira has given her soul to the song,as you can see from her apperence on the stage!She deserves the victory!

    I would also like Azerbaijan to win,if Kalomira won’t make it…And Armenia has a pretty good song…And Israel’s ballad is charming!

  104. ???? ?? ???? ???? ?????????,??????? ??? ??????? ?? ??????? ???? ??????!!!!??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??????!!!GO GREECE GOOOOOOOOO!!!

  105. DEN PANA LETE OTI 8ELETE KALOMIRA, ARMENIA, KAI TOYRKIA 8A PAIXOYN STO TELIKO!!TI ATZERMPAITZAN KAI MALAKIES KAI PEIRATES!EINAI GIA TA MPAZA!!GOOOOOO GREECE

  106. 100 points for Azerbaijan, 100 points for Turkey, 100 points for Germany!

  107. Go Azerbaijan and Turkey! You are the best of all!!!!! Gooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  108. AZERBAIJAN HAVE TO BE FIRST!!!!!!! VOTE FOR AZERS !!!!!
    LISTEN TO SONG YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!! LETS TAKE AT LIST FIRST THIRD PLACE!!!

  109. and 12 points goes to …………………….. POLAND !!!!!!!!! Vote for this beautiful song http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=gvu188dImZo

  110. Go !! ——– MOR VE OTESI — !!! All Love U !! [TuRKeY]

  111. I really loved Azerbaijanian song. Congrets, very professional work! Good luck from Armenia

  112. No ofence everyone, but the romanians have the great interpretation , and the song is just great!
    So my 12points goes to ROMANIA!
    GO ROMANIA!!

  113. IN MY OPINION ISIS GEE FROM POLAND IS THE BEST. BEAUTIFUL VOICE, VERY EXCITING MELODY… THAT IS THE WINNER! :) GOOD LUCK POLAND!

  114. DIANA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS NUMBER 1.
    GORGIA WILL BE FIRST.
    NEXT EUROVISION WILL BE IN TBILISI.
    YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE GEORGIA IS BEST.
    IN MY OPINION GORGIA IS GREAT.
    EWRI WHAN EUROP PLEAS VOUT GEORGIA NUMBE 14. AFTER EVRO VISION EWERY WHAN COME WITH MY IN PARTY GOOD GEROGIAN GORLS MANAGUA MARIQUANA.
    OK BY BY EUROPEAN PIGS.

  115. Força PORTUGAL!

  116. Hi guys! this is how I see things this year:
    1.Germany
    2.Ukraine
    3.Latvia
    4.Sweden
    5.Belarus

    Vote for NO ANGELS!

  117. Portugal was perfect!!! Keep tradition with a amazing voice!!!

    WELL DONE VANIA))))

  118. PORTUGAL 12 POINTS
    SWEEDEN 10 POINTS
    SERBIA 8 POINTS
    ARMENIA 6 POINTS
    GERMANY 5 POINTS
    GREECE 4 POINTS
    BOSNIA 3 POINTS
    POLAND 2 POINTS
    NORWAY 1 POINT))))))))

  119. GO Regína Ósk and Friðrik Ómar
    ICELAND RULES

  120. AZERBAYCAN!!!! AZERBAYCAN!!! AZERBAYCAN!!!! TEBRIKLER!!!!

  121. Azerbaijan is the best!!!!! GO AZERBAIJAN and TURKEY! I live in Baku and will vote for Turkey!!!!

  122. Azerbaijans guys were really very good, they will win! 100 %!

  123. POLAND!!!! NO 1

  124. Russia is the best…!!!!Vote Russia ans Denmark….!!!!!!!!
    The singers are very hot guys…!!!!

  125. Poland go go go !!!!!!!! I. Gee you must win, becouse you’re the best! You have everything to win this competition: beautiful melody, deep and romantic lyrics and amazing voice !!!
    VOTE FOR POLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  126. GREECE WIN THIS NIGHT !!!
    300 POINTS FOR GREECE!

  127. bulgaria hello

  128. turkey_azerbajcan_crotia_ my favorites

  129. PLEASE PHOTE FOR GREECE I BEG YOU . GREECE IS ONE OF TE BEST . IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME SEE HER TONIGHT AFTER SEEING HER YOU WILL BE SPEECHLESS

  130. Kalomoira and Romania 12 and 12 :D

    Goooooo Vlad
    Goooooo Kalomoira

  131. Greece Secret Combination 4 the win
    AND
    Romania RULEZZZZ

    VOTE FOR THEM

  132. I’m from the UK and I think that the Israeli song is amazing!

  133. nice eurovision this year, i like the song of iceland , israel and poland

  134. ONE WORD: ***** ISRAEL *********

  135. the israeli singer boaz (i think) was great!!!!!
    i’m votting ISRAEL!!!!!!!

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