Azerbaijan, Baku, May 16 /Trend V.Imanov, E.Mehhdiyev/
The press centre of Baku Crystal Hall has revealed the preliminary results of Eurovision-2012 semi-final voting.
"A new technology based on the kiosk touch voting is used for the first time in the history of Eurovision in Azerbaijan," coordinator of public programmes of Eurovision-2012 Fariz Gasimli told Trend on Wednesday.
Journalists, accredited fans, as well as delegations from different countries are participating in the voting planned by the Organising Committee of the Eurovision and the EBU.
Everyone can take part in interactive voting only once and vote for 10 representatives from each semi-final, who, in his or her opinion, will go to the final. The final results will be announced three hours before each of the semi-finals.
Currently Russia, Romania and Greece are leading in the first sub group and Ukraine, Sweden and Turkey in the second.
The semi-finals of the contest will be held on May 22 and May 24, while the final is on May 26. The logo for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is 'Fire Flower', while the motto is Light your fire.
The 57th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Baku Crystal Hall. The arena has a capacity for up to 23,000 spectators. Approximately 16,000 people will be able to attend each of the three Eurovision Song Contest live shows.
Azerbaijan won the right to host the prestigious European song contest after the victory of Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell / Nikki) at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany last May.
