Azerbaijan, Baku, May 22 / Trend /
Users of Trend International News Agency will be able to watch live the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 on the agency's website.
The first semi-final will be held from 00:00 to 02:00 local time.
Representatives of Montenegro, Iceland, Greece, Latvia, Albania, Romania, Switzerland, Belgium, Finland, Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Denmark, Hungary, Austria, Moldova and Ireland will participate in the first semi-final.
The contest will be held at the Baku Crystal Hall, built on the shores of the Caspian Sea specifically for Eurovision 2012. The hall seats 23,000 spectators and another 16,000 spectators will be able to watch the contest's semi-finals and final live on big screens. The television audience of Eurovision 2012 is more than 100 million people in 50 countries.
Representatives of 42 countries will participate at this 57th contest.
The semi-finals will be held on May 22 and May 24 and the final on May 26.
The logo for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is Fire Flower, while the motto is Light your fire.
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.