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Tonight, 24 May 2008, the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest takes place live from the Beogradska Arena, Belgrade, Serbia.
The Belgrade Arena, venue for the Contest, is among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, with a total capacity of more than 20,000 seats.
Serbia gained the right to host the Contest after Marija Serifovic won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland.
The show will be hosted by Jovana Jankovic and Zeljko Joksimovic.
Here are all the 25 songs that will participate.
Some are the official videos and the rest were taken from semifinals.
1. Romania: Nico & Vlad Mirita - “Pe o margine de lume” (English translation: On the edge of the world)
2. United Kingdom: Andy Abraham - “Even If”
3. Albania: Olta Boka - “Zemren E Lame Peng” (English translation: “We put our hearts at stake”)
4. Germany: No Angels - “Disappear”
5. Armenia: Sirusho - “Qele Qele” (Come on, come on)
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Laka - “Pokusaj” (Try)
7. Israel: Boaz - “The Fire In Your Eyes”
8. Finland: Terasbetoni - “Missa miehet ratsastaa” (Where men ride)
9. Croatia: Croatian - “Romanca” (Romance)
10. Poland: Isis Gee - “For Life”
11. Iceland: Euroband - “This Is My Life”
12. Turkey: Mor ve Otesi - “Deli” (Crazy)
13. Portugal: Vania Fernandes - “Senhora do Mar (Negras Aguas)” (Lady of the Sea (Dark Waters))
14. Latvia: Pirates of the Sea - “Wolves of the Sea”
15. Sweden: Charlotte Perrelli - “Hero”
16. Denmark: Simon Mathew - “All Night Long”
17. Georgia: Diana Gurtskaya - “Peace Will Come”
18. Ukraine: Ani Lorak - “Shady Lady”
19. France: Sebastien Tellier - “Divine”
20. Azerbaijan: Elnur and Samir - “Day After Day”
21. Greece: Kalomira - “Secret Combination”
22. Spain: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - “Baila el Chiki Chiki” (Dance the Chiki Chiki)
23. Serbia: Jelena Tomasevic and Bora Dugic - “Oro” (Hora)
24. Russia: Dima Bilan - “Believe”
25. Norway: Maria - “Hold On Be Strong”
Countries missing from the final for several years such as Iceland, Denmark and Portugal will take their places in the grand final once again and reactions in all of them have been very encouraging.
