By Maja Gojkovic

Thursday 22nd May saw the second of the Eurovison Song Contest 2008 take place, the second semi final.

This is the first time in the competitions history that there has been two semi finals, in order to determine which 25 countries go through to the final.

The second semi final was as good as the first if not better, the theme of the show was ‘water’ and included some special touches such as during one of the breaks, a viedo clip showing Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic welcoming viewers to her home city of Belgrade.

After the remaining 19 participants performed, the voting commenced. The voting revealed that the final 10 countires going through to the final were: Ukaraine, Croatia, Albania, Iceland, Georgia, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, Turkey and Portugal.

The second semi final winners will join those from the first semi final (Greece,Romania,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Russia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Poland and Norway) to battle it out in tonights final round of the Eurovison Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. France, United Kingdom, Spain and Germany also join the group but their entries qualified straight to the final as they are part of the big four. 

The countries that are not going to the final and that are heading home include: Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Never mind and better luck next year, sometimes taking part is better than winning hahaha.

The final of the competition takes place this evening, you can watch it live on www.eurovision.tv.