Genealogy to perform 2nd in Semi-Final 1
The running order for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-finals has been announced today. The band Genealogy representing Armenia will perform second in semi-final on 19 May. A total of 33 countries will compete in the 2 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals. 16 countries will compete in semi-final 1 on 19 May, whilst 17 countries will compete in semi-final 2 on 21 May. A total of 27 countries will compete in the Grand final on 23 May The BIG 5 (United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Germany), Australia and the host country Austria along with the 20 qualifying countries from the semi-finals (10 from each semi-final). The running order of the Semi-finals has been determined by ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster in liason with the EBU’s Reference Group. The running order for the grand finale of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed after Semi-final 2 scheduled to be held on 21 May. The host country Austria will compete in 14th place in the final (its running order was determined by a lot during the Heads of Delegations meeting). According to the official website of Eurovision Song Contest, the following running order was decided for the Semi-Finals: Semi-Final 1 1. Moldova 2. Armenia 3. Belgium 4. The Netherlands 5. Finland 6. Greece 7. Estonia 8. FYR Macedonia 9. Serbia 10. Hungary 11. Belarus 12. Russia 13. Denmark 14. Albania 15. Romania 16. Georgia Semi-Final 2 1.Lithuania 2.Ireland 3. San Marino 4. Montenegro 5. Malta 6. Norway 7. Portugal 8. Czech Republic 9. Israel 10. Latvia 11. Azerbaijan 12. Iceland 13. Sweden 14. Switzerland 15. Cyprus 16. Slovenia 17. Poland On March 17, the Armenian entry was renamed in an attempt to remove any questions regarding the meaning of the song. Originally, the song was titled “Don’t Deny”. Turkish and Azeri fans and media alleged Armenia was promoting a 'political message' promoting the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the year marking the centennial of the 1915 massacres. “The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) Reference Group took notice of Armenian Public TV’s (AMPTV) request to change the title of their entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest into “Face The Shadow”, after having submitted the song formally to the competition, the Song Contest’s official website said. The meaning of the song “Face the Shadow” is to unite people, bring people together in harmony, which was the initial meaning of the Eurovision Song Contest. Armenian TV channel has stated that the song means“Happiness is born when people are united and live in harmony with themselves, their families, love relationships and so on. Generations are shifting with time but the genealogy remains, thus the values of love and peace are stable”.
