2009 New Cambria National Song Contest Semi-Finals

The Semi-Finals for the 2009 New Cambria National Song Contest will begin on 7 November, and run for five consecutive Saturdays before the Grand Final Gala on 12 December. Forty songs will compete in the Semi-Finals, from which fifteen will qualify to the Grand Final.

Format
The format for the Semi-Finals changed substantially from the previous year. A total of ten songs will compete in each weekly round, from which three will directly qualify for the Grand Final, and another three will receive an invitation to compete in the Wild Card Semi-Final. The results will be produced from a 50/50 mixture of telephone/SMS voting and a three-personal professional jury.

Semi-Final One
The first Semi-Final will be held on 7 November. The John Cabot Concert Hall will host the first round, as it has the past three years.

Semi-Final Two
The second Semi-Final will be held in St. Saviour on 14 November.