Among thez 53 participants of World Song Contest .59, Haiti and Zimbabwe made their first appearance. Both managed to qualify for the final. At that time, Haiti made the headlines after an earthquake devastated the island. Did this tragedy help the country to collect some votes ? We will never know, but Haiti emerged as the runner-up of the competition. Europe is usually the continent with the best results. But this time none of the songs of the top 4 came from European countries. In fact, only 7 entries of the top 20 were European. America did the same but had only 10 songs in the competition. The rest of the top 20 was composed as followed: 3 from Asia, 2 from Oceania and 1 from Africa. The first time Israel won was in WSC .14. Since then the country realised some good results, but never won again. It was time for Efrat Gosh to change things with her song "Ah Ah Ah". She scored 126 points, 8 more than Haiti and 16 more than China. >> Your Comments
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>> Semi Finals >> Scoreboard
| 1 |
| Israel | Efrat Gosh: Ah Ah Ah | 126 pts |
| 2 |
| Haiti | Mélissa Laveaux: My Boat | 118 pts |
| 3 |
| China | Han Hong: Lang La Shan Qing | 110 pts |
| 4 |
| Venezuela | Mariana Vega: Contigo | 105 pts |
| 5 |
| Norway | Ingrid Olava: Only Just Begun | 103 pts |
| 6 |
| South Africa | The Parlotones: I'll Be There | 94 pts |
| 7 |
| United Kingdom | Doves: Kingdom of Rust | 90 pts |
| 8 |
| Serbia | Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra: When Life Was A Miracle | 89 pts |
| 9 |
| Argentina | Liliana Herrero: Canto Labriego | 82 pts |
| 10 |
| Poland | Anita Lipnicka: Lovely Fake | 78 pts |
| 11 |
| United States of America | Idina Menzel: I Stand | 78 pts |
| 12 |
| Canada | Billy Talent: Rusted From The Rain | 77 pts |
| 13 |
| Malaysia | Pete Teo: I Go | 76 pts |
| 14 |
| Australia | Kaz James feat. Macy Gray: Can't Hold Back | 75 pts |
| 15 |
| Mexico | Quiero Club: Showtime | 75 pts |
| 16 |
| Sweden | Ola Joyce: Window Shopping | 72 pts |
| 17 |
| Brazil | Diogo Nogueira: Tô Fazendo a Minha Parte | 68 pts |
| 18 |
| New Zealand | Amie: Lovely Bones | 64 pts |
| 19 |
| Germany | Slut: If I Had A Heart | 62 pts |
| 20 |
| The Netherlands | Stereo: Still Here | 62 pts |
| 21 |
| Portugal | Sean Riley & The Slowriders: Houses and Wives | 59 pts |
| 22 |
| Zimbabwe | Chiwoniso: Listen To The Breeze | 58 pts |
| 23 |
| Italy | Comaneci: Sweetness | 57 pts |
| 24 |
| Monaco | Arnaud-Fleurent Didier: France Culture | 57 pts |
| 25 |
| France | Phoenix: Fences (Boombass Remix) | 57 pts |
| 26 |
| Belgium | Balthazar: Fifteen Floor | 55 pts |
| 27 |
| Liechtenstein | Rockstroh: Licht | 51 pts |
| 28 |
| Albania | Anjeza Shahini: Erdhi Momenti | 49 pts |
| 29 |
| India | Himani Kapoor: Nazrein Yun Jo Tumse Mili | 47 pts |
| 30 |
| Iceland | Dikta: From Now On | 45 pts |
| 31 |
| Greece | Yiorgos Sambanis feat. Rallia Christidou: Meres Pou Den Sou Eipa S'agapo | 43 pts |
| 32 |
| Ireland | Gemma Hayes: Out Of Our Hands | 41 pts |
| 33 |
| Switzerland | Lovebugs: Shine | 36 pts |
| 34 |
| Cyprus | Giorgos Papadopoulos: Soma Me Soma | 20 pts |
| 35 |
| Malta | Christabelle: Everytime I Bleed | 16 pts |
| 36 |
| Greenland | Varna: A Change In The Weather | 5 pts |
| 37 |
| Luxembourg | BB Brunes: Lalalove You | DNQ |
| 38 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Regina: Zvaću Te Pile Moje | DNQ |
| 39 |
| Croatia | Ivana Radovniković & Kristijan Beluhan: Kada Me Poljubiš | DSQ |
| 40 |
| Turkey | Gökhan Özen: Bize Aşk Lazım! | DNQ |
| 41 |
| Andorra | José Galisteo: Lógicamente No | DNQ |
| 42 |
| Japan | YUI: Life | DNQ |
| 43 |
| Austria | Oliver Wimmer: Blown Away | DNQ |
| 44 |
| Spain | David DeMaría: A Media Voz | DNQ |
| 45 |
| The Philippines | Southwind: Freeway | DNQ |
| 46 |
| Quebec | Porcelaine: Étoile de Mer | DNQ |
| 47 |
| Estonia | Merka: Iga Kord | DNQ |
| 48 |
| South Korea | DBSK: Rainbow | DNQ |
| 49 |
| Bulgaria | Stenli: Obseben | DSQ |
| 50 |
| Taiwan | Mrs. This: Er Wo | DNQ |
| 51 |
| Belarus | Serdce Duraka: Maci | DNQ |
| 52 |
| Romania | Dan Balan: Chica Bomb | DSQ |
| 53 |
| Puerto Rico | Chayanne: Boom Boom | DSQ |