Azerbaijan, Baku, May 22 / Trend Vugar Imanov, Murad Aliyev /
The informal voting has been completed in Baku Crystal Hall press-center. About 10 finalists from the first semifinal have been chosen following the voting.
The voting was organized by the Eurovision Organizing Committee and the EBU.
Journalists, accredited fans, and delegations from different countries attended the voting.
According to the voting results, the first ten finalists are as follows: Russia, Greece, Romania, Iceland, Cyprus, Ireland, Denmark, Moldova, Switzerland, Albania.
The voting is underway to choose the participants of the second semifinal. The participants from Sweden, Serbia and Turkey are in the lead.
Everyone can take part in interactive voting only once, as well as vote for the 10 representatives from each semi-final, who will reach the finals.
A new voting technology based on a touch screen booth has been used in Azerbaijan for the first time in the history of the Eurovision song contest. The voting has been held since May 15.
