Lithuanian singer Sasha Son(g), qualified for the finals of the international Eurovision song context during semi-finals in Moscow on Thursday.

Among other qualifiers from the second group of semi-finalists are Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Moldova, Norway and Ukraine.

Under Eurovision rules, votes were only accepted Thursday from the 19 countries whose entries performed at the Olimpisky arena in Moscow. Votes received by each of the songs are withheld.

Nine finalists were determined by votes, with the tenth picked by a special jury.

Among performers at the finals on Saturday will also be qualifiers from the first semi-finals, namely, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Iceland, Israel, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Turkey.

Performers from France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain and Russia, the winner of last year’s Eurovision competition, automatically proceed to the finals, which will include 25 songs this year.

A total of 42 countries sent entries for this year’s 54th Eurovision song contest.

After LT United won Lithuania’s highest 6th place in Eurovision in 2006, performers did not qualify for the finals in the past two years.

 

Link: Eurovision 2009: Sasha Son will represent Lithuania