El Ikwaya kagogo waseRussia kanye neDenmark Soluna Samay, ababili ababekhethwe kahle kakhulu kubhejethi ngokunqoba ku- I-Eurovision 2012, bahlanganise amathuba abo emdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu wokuqala namuhla, balungela umdlalo wamanqamu omkhulu ozoba ngoMgqibelo enhlokodolobha yase-Azerbaijan, iBaku.
Abanye amazwe ayisishiyagalombili Obani abathole ukudlula kwabo, ngenxa yenhlanganisela yamaphuzu avela kuthelevishini kanye nejaji elisezingeni eliphezulu, kube yiCyprus, iRomania, iMoldova, iHungary, i-Iceland, i-Albania, iGrisi ne-Ireland. IMontenegro, iLatvia, iSwitzerland, iBelgium, iFinland, i-Israel, iSan Marino ne-Austria basala ngaphandle.
Abaphumelele abayishumi izolo bazotholana neshumi lama-semifinal ngoLwesine oluzayo kanye namazwe e- "Big Five" (Spain, Italy, Germany, France kanye ne-United Kingdom), ngaphezu komsingathi, Azerbaijan.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga eziningi kwenziwa amalungiselelo nenhlangano enkulu, la mandla kawoyela akhombisa amakhadi omncintiswano wawo wokuqala noziqhenyayo we-Eurovision Song Contest ngokugubha owamanqamu wokuqala, osakazwe yiRTVE nalapho umphakathi waseSpain ukwazile ukuvota .
Umdlalo owandulela owamanqamu wesibili, ozobanjwa ngoLwesine, uzoba nemidlalo evela kwamanye amazwe ayi-18, ezobhekwa, eyeSweden, eyintandokazi enkulu, kanye neyeSerbia, iNorway ne-Ukraine. Siyakukhumbula lokho UPastora Soler izovikela iSpain ngoMgqibelo ozayo kowamanqamu.
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