Serbia is performing in the second semi-final on 24th of may

The keys of the "Eurovision Song" have been symbolically turned over and the hosts have launched the slogan and the logo of the "ESC Baku 2012".

In the main ceremony in the beautiful Bata palace in Baku, Dirk Elbers, mayor of Dusseldorf, the town that hosted the 2011 Eurosong, symbolically presented the keys of the contest to the mayor of Baku, Hajibalu Abutalibova.

The address to the Eurovision public by ESC executive producer "Jon Ola Sand, was the introduction to the draw that determined the participants of the first and second semi-final.

In the first semi-final of "2012 Eurovision Song Contest"on May 22nd the following countries will perform: Montenegro, Iceland, Romania, Albania, Belgium, Latvia, Switzerland, Finland, Greece, Moldova, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Russia, San Marino, Israel, Ireland, Hungary.

The participants representing countries that will perform in the second semi-final on May 24th are: Serbia, Holland, Portugal, FYR Macedonia, Belarus, Malta, Ukraine, Armenia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Georgia, Slovenia, Estonia, Turkey, Slovakia, Croatia, Norway, Litvania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The occasion has also been used to decided in which of the finals the professional jury and the public from Azerbaijan and the "Big Five" countries will have the right to vote.

Italy, Azerbaijan and Spain will be allowed to vote for the representatives appearing in the first semi-finals For the contestants in the second semi-finals the voting will be carried out by Great Britain, France and Germany. This right applies to the countries- EBU members which are considered founders of ESC and to the host country, whose representatives are not performing in the semi-finals but will be competing in the finals.

The order of performance of all 43 competing participants during the first and second semi-finals will also be determined by a draw on March 18th during the traditional meeting of the heads of delegations or all participating countries.

That's when we will find out the line-up for the the second semi-finals of the "2012 Eurovision Song Contest" on May 24th when Serbian representative Zeljko Joksimovic will perform his song.

The hosts have presented the new visual identity of the 57th "Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest ", as well as the slogan:" Light your fire!"