MINOR SPOILERS: Here's a taste of some of what you will see at Eurovision's First Semi Final. This article promises to give no results on which participants has made it through or finished their run. The following article gives you a taste of the production, the show, the hosts and whether Moscow put on a good show or not without spoiling the best bits.

"Hello Europe! Hello Moscow! Welcome to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009," said Natalya Vodyanova.

Moscow turned it on for Eurovision 2009 in a spectacular first Semi Final. The execution of the musical elements was assured with an array of sights, sounds and colours. The stage with the movable LED screens proved a fantastic design.

The enthusiastic audience was, naturally, waving flags and flashing cameras. Unlike last year, this time only a few empty seats were visible. Without giving away too much more, the pre-show opener has a pantomime feel to it (and a narrator with a lisp).

Once again the hosts of the show do not disappoint. Their thick accents make it impossible to be anywhere else other than the city of the Red Square.

Natalya and Andrey Malakhov wee gushing in their enthusiasm, their adjectives and superlatives.

Some of their best lines were:
"I want to take this dress off you know?"
"Natalya has three kids."
"The country that wins has to give me citizenship."

Andrey can barely stop touching Natalya he is so thrilled to be there. A few times Natalya struggles with her French, the official language of the contest. But who cares, it's half the fun?

As the acts unfold look for a lot of acts in white costumes, and an overworked wind machine this year.

One montage will show how Moscow has readied for the big event with the makeover of the stadium and the arrival of the delegations. Busses transport the stars through the city.

Look out for the Green Room host Dimitri, a handsome young man in the centre of the waiting performers. He gets so enthusiastic that he doesn't even know how to finish some of his sentences.

Amongst the musical acts you can expect to see 80s hair, a Ginger-Spice lookalike, fire jugglers, some Saturday Night Fever dance moves, semi-naked stilt walkers, a piano accordion, flute, ukulele and renaissance costumes.

The mid-show entertainment by the Russians is fantastic with everything from a Red Army Choir to Cossack dancers and a pink painted tank.

And when the results for the coveted ten places gets underway, Andrey declares, "We are reaching the excitement moment of the evening."

We sure are Andrey, we sure are.

Eurovision First Semi Final airs 7:30pm Friday on SBS.

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