Belgrade, Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Eurovision 2008: the first semi-final, vote by vote
19 songs, 21 countries voting. Greece finished first on 156 points; ten songs went through to the final.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 156 pts
Greece Kalomira “Secret Combination”
Sang no. 19 · through, 3rd in the final
Top marks from San Marino, Azerbaijan, Romania and Germany
- 2 139 pts
Armenia Sirusho “Qélé, Qélé (Քելե Քելե)”
Sang no. 14 · through, 4th in the final
Top marks from Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, Russia and Greece
- 3 135 pts
Russia Dima Bilan “Believe”
Sang no. 18 · through, 1st in the final
Top marks from Israel and Armenia
- 4 106 pts
- 5 104 pts
- 6 96 pts
Azerbaijan Elnur and Samir “Day After Day”
Sang no. 7 · through, 8th in the final
- 7 94 pts
Romania Nico and Vlad “Pe-o margine de lume”
Sang no. 17 · through, 20th in the final
Top marks from Moldova
- 8 79 pts
Finland Teräsbetoni “Missä miehet ratsastaa”
Sang no. 16 · through, 22nd in the final
Top marks from Estonia and Andorra
- 9 72 pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina Laka “Pokušaj”
Sang no. 13 · through, 10th in the final
Top marks from Montenegro, Slovenia and Norway
- 10 42 pts
- 11 36 pts
Moldova Geta Burlacu “A Century of Love”
Sang no. 4 · out
- 11 36 pts
Slovenia Rebeka Dremelj “Vrag naj vzame”
Sang no. 8 · out
- 13 27 pts
Netherlands Hind “Your Heart Belongs to Me”
Sang no. 15 · out
- 14 23 pts
Montenegro Stefan Filipović “Zauvijek volim te (Заувијек волим те)”
Sang no. 1 · out
Top marks from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 15 22 pts
Ireland Dustin the Turkey “Irelande Douze Pointe”
Sang no. 11 · out
- 16 22 pts
- 17 16 pts
- 18 8 pts
Estonia Kreisiraadio “Leto svet (Лето свет)”
Sang no. 3 · out
- 19 5 pts
San Marino Miodio “Complice”
Sang no. 5 · out
Who gave what
Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down.
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Montenegro
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10 Slovenia
- 8 Russia
- 7 Greece
- 6 Armenia
- 5 Israel
- 4 Norway
- 3 Azerbaijan
- 2 Finland
- 1 Ireland
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Israel
- 12 Russia
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Romania
- 7 Greece
- 6 Norway
- 5 Azerbaijan
- 4 Andorra
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Netherlands
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Estonia
- 12 Finland
- 10 Russia
- 8 Norway
- 7 Ireland
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Greece
- 4 Azerbaijan
- 3 Andorra
- 2 Armenia
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Moldova
- 12 Romania
- 10 Azerbaijan
- 8 Finland
- 7 Russia
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 5 Armenia
- 4 Greece
- 3 Norway
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Estonia
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San Marino
- 12 Greece
- 10 Poland
- 8 Armenia
- 7 Norway
- 6 Romania
- 5 Moldova
- 4 Finland
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Israel
- 1 Montenegro
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Belgium
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Greece
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 Israel
- 6 Romania
- 5 Azerbaijan
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Russia
- 2 Finland
- 1 Norway
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Azerbaijan
- 12 Greece
- 10 Israel
- 8 Russia
- 7 Norway
- 6 Romania
- 5 Moldova
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 3 Poland
- 2 Netherlands
- 1 Slovenia
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Slovenia
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10 Montenegro
- 8 Greece
- 7 Russia
- 6 Romania
- 5 Armenia
- 4 Israel
- 3 Finland
- 2 Norway
- 1 Andorra
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Norway
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10 Israel
- 8 Russia
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Finland
- 5 Romania
- 4 Greece
- 3 Armenia
- 2 Poland
- 1 Ireland
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Poland
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Azerbaijan
- 8 Russia
- 7 Norway
- 6 Greece
- 5 Finland
- 4 Israel
- 3 Romania
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Andorra
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Ireland
- 12 Poland
- 10 Greece
- 8 Norway
- 7 Romania
- 6 Finland
- 5 Azerbaijan
- 4 Russia
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2 Armenia
- 1 Andorra
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Andorra
- 12 Finland
- 10 Norway
- 8 Azerbaijan
- 7 Israel
- 6 Romania
- 5 Greece
- 4 Russia
- 3 Armenia
- 2 San Marino
- 1 Moldova
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 12 Montenegro
- 10 Slovenia
- 8 Greece
- 7 Russia
- 6 Armenia
- 5 Israel
- 4 Norway
- 3 Azerbaijan
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Finland
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Armenia
- 12 Russia
- 10 Greece
- 8 Norway
- 7 Israel
- 6 Moldova
- 5 Romania
- 4 Slovenia
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Azerbaijan
- 1 Poland
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Netherlands
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Belgium
- 8 Greece
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 6 Israel
- 5 Norway
- 4 Azerbaijan
- 3 Romania
- 2 Russia
- 1 Ireland
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Finland
- 12 Norway
- 10 Israel
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Estonia
- 6 Russia
- 5 Azerbaijan
- 4 Armenia
- 3 Greece
- 2 Ireland
- 1 Romania
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Romania
- 12 Greece
- 10 Moldova
- 8 Russia
- 7 Azerbaijan
- 6 Israel
- 5 Armenia
- 4 Norway
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Poland
- 1 Slovenia
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Russia
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Azerbaijan
- 8 Israel
- 7 Norway
- 6 Greece
- 5 Moldova
- 4 Finland
- 3 Poland
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Romania
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Greece
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Russia
- 8 Romania
- 7 Azerbaijan
- 6 Finland
- 5 Israel
- 4 Moldova
- 3 San Marino
- 2 Slovenia
- 1 Poland
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Germany
- 12 Greece
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Azerbaijan
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 6 Russia
- 5 Poland
- 4 Israel
- 3 Romania
- 2 Finland
- 1 Norway
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Spain
- 12 Andorra
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Romania
- 7 Greece
- 6 Finland
- 5 Russia
- 4 Israel
- 3 Poland
- 2 Norway
- 1 Ireland
The full scoreboard
Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.
The grid is 21 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Montenegro | Israel | Estonia | Moldova | San Marino | Belgium | Azerbaijan | Slovenia | Norway | Poland | Ireland | Andorra | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Armenia | Netherlands | Finland | Romania | Russia | Greece | Germany | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 23 | 1 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 104 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Estonia | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| San Marino | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 16 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 96 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Slovenia | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Norway | 106 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Poland | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ireland | 22 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andorra | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 72 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Armenia | 139 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Netherlands | 27 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 79 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Romania | 94 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Russia | 135 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Greece | 156 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- in the interval
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- Slobodan Trkulja with an orchestra
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.