Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the 2006 contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Finnish television presenter Jaana Pelkonen and musician and TV-host Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
True Fantasy
Dates
Semi-final	10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)
Final	12 May 2007 (2007-05-12)
Host
Venue	Hartwall Areena Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)	Jaana Pelkonen Mikko Leppilampi Krisse Salminen (green room; final)
Directed by	Timo Suomi
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	Heikki Seppälä
Host broadcaster	Yleisradio (YLE)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/helsinki-2007
Participants
Number of entries	42
Number of finalists	24
Debuting countries	Czech Republic  Georgia  Montenegro  Serbia
Returning countries	Austria  Hungary
Non-returning countries	Monaco
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song	Serbia "Molitva"
2006 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2008

Forty-two countries participated in the contest - three more than the previous record of thirty-nine, that took part in 2005. The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.^[1] The Czech Republic and Georgia participated for the first time this year, with Montenegro and Serbia taking part as independent nations for the first time.^[2] Austria and Hungary both returned, after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Monaco decided not to participate,^[3] despite initially confirming participation.^[4] Monaco has not competed in Eurovision Song Contest ever since.

The winner was Serbia with the song "Molitva", performed by Marija Šerifović and written by Vladimir Graić and Saša Milošević Mare. This was Serbia's first victory in the contest, coincidentally the first year it competed as an independent nation. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Israel's "Diva" in 1998. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Bulgaria rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Belarus achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved its worst placing in the contest up until that point, finishing twenty-fourth (last place) in the final. Of the "Big Four" countries, Germany placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

Location

 

 

Helsinki

 

Espoo

 

Tampere

 

Turku

 

Kittilä

 

Lahti

 

Rovaniemi

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Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

Helsinki, the Finnish capital, was chosen as the host city, although other cities were in the running; the second-largest city of Espoo, the third-largest city of Tampere, and the city of Turku all submitted bids to host the contest alongside Kittilä, Lahti and Rovaniemi. The choice of Helsinki was justified, among other things, by the requirements of the number of people and technology, as well as its superior flight and transport connections and accommodation capacity.^[5]

Venue

 

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki - host venue of the 2007 contest.

A total of 11 venues in seven locations applied for hosting rights. The known possible venues for the contest included LänsiAuto Areena in Espoo, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Fair Center, industrial workshop buildings at Pasilan konepaja [fi] in Helsinki, Lahden suurhalli [fi] in Lahti, Rovaniemi Lapland Arena, Pirkkahalli (main hall of Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre), Tampere Ice Stadium and Turkuhalli.^[6]

In the end, Helsinki was chosen, with the host venue being the Hartwall Areena.^[5] The venue is a large multi-functional indoor arena, which opened in 1997, and can take some 12,000–15,000 spectators for concerts. Its name comes from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki. For the contest, the arena was referred to as the Helsinki Arena.

Format

On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song.^[7] The United Kingdom chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

 

The hosts Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by Nordic communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country.^[8] The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F.^[9] The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme.

The shows were produced and broadcast in high-definition for the first time, following tests at the previous edition.^[10]

An official CD and DVD were released. An official fan book was also released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories occurring in different Finnish landmarks.

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 – Participation summaries by country
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.

42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007.^[2] Monaco announced its non-participation on 12 December 2006,^[3] and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007^[11][12]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Albania	RTSH	Frederik Ndoci	"Hear My Plea"	English, Albanian	Adrian Hila Pandi Laço
Andorra	RTVA	Anonymous	"Salvem el món"	Catalan, English	Anonymous
Armenia	AMPTV	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	English, Armenian	Hayko Karen Kavaleryan
Austria	ORF	Eric Papilaya	"Get a Life – Get Alive"	English	Austin Howard Greg Usek
Belarus	BTRC	Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	English	Karen Kavaleryan Philipp Kirkorov
Belgium	RTBF	The KMG's	"LovePower"	English	Wakas Ashiq Paul Curtiz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT	Marija Šestić	"Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена)	Serbian	Goran Kovačić Aleksandra Milutinović
Bulgaria	BNT	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	Bulgarian	Elitsa Todorova Stoyan Yankoulov
Croatia	HRT	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	"Vjerujem u ljubav"	Croatian, English	Dado Topić
Cyprus	CyBC	Evridiki	"Comme ci, comme ça"	French	Dimitris Korgialas Poseidonas Yiannopoulos
Czech Republic	ČT	Kabát	"Malá dáma"	Czech	Kabát
Denmark	DR	DQ	"Drama Queen"	English	Peter Andersen Claus Christensen Simon Munk
Estonia	ETV	Gerli Padar	"Partners in Crime"	English	Hendrik Sal-Saller Berit Vaher
Finland	YLE	Hanna Pakarinen	"Leave Me Alone"	English	Miikka Huttunen Hanna Pakarinen Martti Vuorinen
France	France Télévisions	Les Fatals Picards	"L'Amour à la française"	French, English ("Franglais")	Ivan Callot Yves Giraud Laurent Honel Paul Léger Jean-Marc Sauvagnargues
Georgia	GPB	Sopho	"Visionary Dream"	English	Beqa Japaridze Bibi Kvachadze
Germany	NDR^[a]	Roger Cicero	"Frauen regier'n die Welt"	German, English	Matthias Hass Frank Ramond
Greece	ERT	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" (Γειά σου Μαρία)	English	Marcus Englöf Mack Alex Papaconstantinou
Hungary	MTV	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	English	Imre Mózsik Magdi Rúzsa
Iceland	RÚV	Eiríkur Hauksson	"Valentine Lost"	English	Peter Fenner Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson
Ireland	RTÉ	Dervish	"They Can't Stop the Spring"	English	Tommy Moran John Waters
Israel	IBA	Teapacks	"Push the Button"	English, French, Hebrew	Kobi Oz
Latvia	LTV	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	Italian	Kjell Jennstig Francesca Russo Torbjörn Wassenius
Lithuania	LRT	4Fun	"Love or Leave"	English	Julija Ritčik
Macedonia	MRT	Karolina	"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)	Macedonian, English	Grigor Koprov Ognen Nedelkovski
Malta	PBS	Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo"	English	Gerard James Borg Philip Vella
Moldova	TRM	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	English	Alexandru Brașoveanu Elena Buga
Montenegro	RTCG	Stevan Faddy	"'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи)	Montenegrin	Slaven Knezović Milan Perić
Netherlands	NOS	Edsilia Rombley	"On Top of the World"	English	Martin Gijzemijter Maarten ten Hove Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Norway	NRK	Guri Schanke	"Ven a bailar conmigo"	English	Thomas G:son
Poland	TVP	The Jet Set	"Time to Party"	English	Mateusz Krezan David Junior Serame Kamil Varen
Portugal	RTP	Sabrina	"Dança comigo"	Portuguese	Emanuel Tó Maria Vinhas
Romania	TVR	Todomondo	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You)	English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian	Mister M Todomondo
Russia	C1R	Serebro	"Song #1"	English	Daniil Babichev Maxim Fadeev
Serbia	RTS	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Serbian	Vladimir Graić Saša Milošević Mare
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	Slovene	Andrej Babić
Spain	RTVE	D'Nash	"I Love You Mi Vida"	Spanish	Thomas G:son Rebeca Pous del Toro Andreas Rickstrand Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson
Sweden	SVT	The Ark	"The Worrying Kind"	English	Ola Salo
Switzerland	SRG SSR	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	English	René Baumann Axel Breitung
Turkey	TRT	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	English	Kenan Doğulu
Ukraine	NTU	Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	German, English, Surzhyk	Andriy Danylko
United Kingdom	BBC	Scooch	"Flying the Flag (For You)"	English	Andrew Hill Morten Schjolin Russ Spencer Paul Tarry

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Evridiki	Cyprus	1983 (backing singer for Stavros and Constantina), 1987 (backing singer for Alexia), 1992, 1994
Eiríkur Hauksson	Iceland	1986 (as member of ICY), 1991 (for   Norway, as member of Just 4 Fun)
Karolina	Macedonia	2002
Edsilia Rombley	Netherlands	1998

Contest overview

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

  Qualifiers

Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007^[14]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	146	6
2	Israel	Teapacks	"Push the Button"	17	24
3	Cyprus	Evridiki	"Comme ci, comme ça"	65	15
4	Belarus	Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	176	4
5	Iceland	Eiríkur Hauksson	"Valentine Lost"	77	13
6	Georgia	Sopho	"Visionary Dream"	123	8
7	Montenegro	Stevan Faddy	"'Ajde, kroči"	33	22
8	Switzerland	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	40	20
9	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	91	10
10	Netherlands	Edsilia Rombley	"On Top of the World"	38	21
11	Albania	Frederik Ndoci	"Hear My Plea"	49	17
12	Denmark	DQ	"Drama Queen"	45	19
13	Croatia	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	"Vjerujem u ljubav"	54	16
14	Poland	The Jet Set	"Time to Party"	75	14
15	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva"	298	1
16	Czech Republic	Kabát	"Malá dáma"	1	28
17	Portugal	Sabrina	"Dança comigo"	88	11
18	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet"	97	9
19	Norway	Guri Schanke	"Ven a bailar conmigo"	48	18
20	Malta	Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo"	15	25
21	Andorra	Anonymous	"Salvem el món"	80	12
22	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	224	2
23	Estonia	Gerli Padar	"Partners in Crime"	33	22
24	Belgium	The KMG's	"LovePower"	14	26
25	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	140	7
26	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	197	3
27	Austria	Eric Papilaya	"Get a Life – Get Alive"	4	27
28	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	168	5

Final

The finalists were:

• the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
• the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
• the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.

The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.

  Winner

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007^[15]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marija Šestić	"Rijeka bez imena"	106	11
2	Spain	D'Nash	"I Love You Mi Vida"	43	20
3	Belarus	Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	145	6
4	Ireland	Dervish	"They Can't Stop the Spring"	5	24
5	Finland	Hanna Pakarinen	"Leave Me Alone"	53	17
6	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet"	73	14
7	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	66	15
8	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	128	9
9	Lithuania	4Fun	"Love or Leave"	28	21
10	Greece	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria"	139	7
11	Georgia	Sopho	"Visionary Dream"	97	12
12	Sweden	The Ark	"The Worrying Kind"	51	18
13	France	Les Fatals Picards	"L'Amour à la française"	19	22
14	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	54	16
15	Russia	Serebro	"Song #1"	207	3
16	Germany	Roger Cicero	"Frauen regier'n die Welt"	49	19
17	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva"	268	1
18	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	235	2
19	United Kingdom	Scooch	"Flying the Flag (For You)"	19	22
20	Romania	Todomondo	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"	84	13
21	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	157	5
22	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	163	4
23	Armenia	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	138	8
24	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	109	10

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting.^[16] The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.

1.   Montenegro – Vidak Latković
2.   Belarus – Juliana
3.   Armenia – Sirusho
4.   Andorra – Marian van de Wal
5.   Austria – Eva Pölzl [de]
6.   France – Vanessa Dolmen [fr]
7.   Denmark – Susanne Georgi
8.   Greece – Alexis Kostalas [el]
9.   Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu [es]
10.   Serbia – Maja Nikolić [sr]
11.   Finland – Laura Voutilainen
12.   Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
13.   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimović
14.   Belgium – Maureen Louys
15.   Portugal – Francisco Mendes
16.   Albania – Leon Menkshi
17.   Romania – Andreea Marin Bănică
18.   Cyprus – Giannis Haralambous
19.   Croatia – Barbara Kolar
20.   Slovenia – Peter Poles
21.   Israel – Jason Danino-Holt^[17]
22.   Germany – Thomas Hermanns
23.   Lithuania – Lavija Šurnaitė [lt]
24.   Norway – Synnøve Svabø
25.    Switzerland – Sven Epiney
26.   Czech Republic – Andrea Savane
27.   Netherlands – Paul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley
28.   Ireland – Linda Martin
29.   Malta – Mireille Bonello
30.   Estonia – Laura Põldvere
31.   Georgia – Neli Agirba
32.   Bulgaria – Mira Dobreva
33.   Sweden – André Pops
34.   Ukraine – Kateryna Osadcha
35.   Russia – Yana Churikova
36.   Latvia – Jānis Šipkevics [lv]
37.   Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
38.   Poland – Maciej Orłoś [pl]
39.   Moldova – Andrei Porubin
40.   United Kingdom – Fearne Cotton
41.   Macedonia – Elena Risteska
42.   Hungary – Éva Novodomszky

Detailed voting results

All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, then a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used juries. A draw was held in Helsinki to establish the order in which the countries presented their votes during the final.

Semi-final

Detailed voting results of the semi-final^[18][19]

Voting procedure used:   100% televoting   100% jury vote		Total score	Montenegro	Belarus	Armenia	Andorra	Austria	France	Denmark	Greece	Spain	Serbia	Finland	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	Portugal	Albania	Romania	Cyprus	Croatia	Slovenia	Israel	Germany	Lithuania	Norway	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Netherlands	Ireland	Malta	Estonia	Georgia	Bulgaria	Sweden	Ukraine	Russia	Latvia	Iceland	Poland	Moldova	United Kingdom	Macedonia	Hungary
Contestants	Bulgaria	146	5		1		6	8		10	10	5	2	12	3	2	5	1	1	12	6	3	6	4				10			3		3			2					5	6	7	8
	Israel	17						6																	4			2				3					1		1
	Cyprus	65			4			5		12						5		8	7				4	3										7								10
	Belarus	176	4		12				1	7		4		5	2		1	4	3	10			12		10	3		5		6	7	7	4	6	3	12	12	10	4	4	12		4	2
	Iceland	77		3					10				12												5	12						6	1		12			6						10
	Georgia	123		8	8			4		6	3		4	10		1				7			8		8				5			10		3		10	10	7		3	8
	Montenegro	33										8			5			7			5	5																					3
	Switzerland	40				6			3	2										2	1	2		8							10	2						4
	Moldova	91		12	7					3	6			8			12		12	6			3							2			7	1		6	6
	Netherlands	38				5			4							10	3						1			1	1				8													5
	Albania	49	6				3			8				4	4						3			1			7							2								1	10
	Denmark	45				2						3											5			4			1	5	6				4				8			7
	Croatia	54	7				7					6			10			3				8		2			5																6
	Poland	75	1	5	5	10	4	3	2			2								3				5	3					10			6			5		1	2			3	2	3
	Serbia	298	12	10	10		12	7	6	5	5		8		12	4	4	2	6	8	12	12	7	10	1	8	12	12	10	8	1		8	8	10	8	8	2	10	5	6	5	12	12
	Czech Republic	1																														1
	Portugal	88		7	6	12		10			8	1				3				1		1		7			8		4									3		10	7
	Macedonia	97	10				5					10		6	7			10	2		8	10					6	6						12	5
	Norway	48	2		3	3			7		4		1				2												3		2	4			6				7	2	1			1
	Malta	15												7				6																								2
	Andorra	80		4						4	12		5	2			6				2	4	2		2	2		7		4		5			2		4		6	6			1
	Hungary	224		1		4	8	2	12		1	12	10	1	1	7	10	5	10	4	7	6		6	7	10	4	8	8	7	4	8	10	4	8	4	3	8	12	8		4
	Estonia	33											6												6					3			2					12			4
	Belgium	14																											2				12
	Slovenia	140	8	6		8	2	1			7	7		3	6	6	7		4		10					5		4	6	1	5			5		7	5	5		7	3		5	7
	Turkey	197	3		2	7	10	12	8		2		7		8	12		12	8					12		6	10	1	12					10	7	1	7		3	1	10	12	8	6
	Austria	4				1																					3
	Latvia	168		2			1		5	1			3			8	8		5	5	4	7	10		12	7	2	3	7	12	12	12	5		1	3	2		5	12	2	8		4

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Serbia	Austria,   Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Croatia,   Czech Republic,   Hungary,   Macedonia,   Montenegro,   Slovenia,    Switzerland
6	Turkey	Albania,   Belgium,   France,   Germany,   Netherlands,   United Kingdom
5	Belarus	Armenia,   Israel,   Moldova,   Russia,   Ukraine
	Latvia	Estonia,   Ireland,   Lithuania,   Malta,   Poland
3	Hungary	Denmark,   Iceland,   Serbia
	Iceland	Finland,   Norway,   Sweden
	Moldova	Belarus,   Portugal,   Romania
2	Bulgaria	Cyprus,   Turkey
1	Andorra	Spain
	Belgium	Georgia
	Cyprus	Greece
	Estonia	Latvia
	Macedonia	Bulgaria
	Portugal	Andorra

Final

Detailed voting results of the final^[20][21]

Voting procedure used:   100% televoting   100% jury vote		Total score	Montenegro	Belarus	Armenia	Andorra	Austria	France	Denmark	Greece	Spain	Serbia	Finland	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	Portugal	Albania	Romania	Cyprus	Croatia	Slovenia	Israel	Germany	Lithuania	Norway	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Netherlands	Ireland	Malta	Estonia	Georgia	Bulgaria	Sweden	Ukraine	Russia	Latvia	Iceland	Poland	Moldova	United Kingdom	Macedonia	Hungary
Contestants	Bosnia and Herzegovina	106	7		1		8	1	7			8		10				8			10	8		3		6	8	4	7						6								4
	Spain	43	4					6		1						3	8	12					2				5				2
	Belarus	145	3		10					5		2			4		1	2	1	6			12		7			2			10	7	8	1		12	12	8	4	7	10		7	4
	Ireland	5																5
	Finland	53		1		7			4															1	5	4	1					6			12				12
	Macedonia	73	10				1					10		1	8			3			8	10					6	5					1	10
	Slovenia	66	8	4							3	5			7	2	3				7				1						5					4	3	4		4			6
	Hungary	128				6	2		8			12	10			5	2		8		4	5		7	4	8	3		4	5	1	4	5		8			5	8	2		2
	Lithuania	28		2		1																								12								10				3
	Greece	139		3	8			3	1		2	4		4	3	8		7	10	12			1	10			4	3	5				4	12	4				5		6	10	3	7
	Georgia	97		6	5					3			7	5	1	6				1	2	2	6		12			1	2	1		5				8	7	6		5	4			2
	Sweden	51				2			12				8													12													10			7
	France	19			2	8												4							3							2
	Latvia	54																	2		1	6			10	3			3	10	4	10								1		4
	Russia	207	6	12	12	3		2	2	8	4	7	3	8	2		4		3	7	3	3	8	6	6	5		6		6	6	12	7	5	5	10		7	1	3	8	6	5	6
	Germany	49				5	7		5		5		1					6									7		6			3			1				2			1
	Serbia	268	12	7	7		12	8	6	4	1		12		12	7	5	1	6	3	12	12	3	8		10	12	8	8	4	8		6	6	10	6	5	3	7	8	5		12	12
	Ukraine	235	2	10	6	12	4	4	3	7	7	3	6	3	5	1	12		4	4	5	4	10	5	8	2	2	12	1	8	3	8	10	3	3		8	12	6	12	7	8	2	3
	United Kingdom	19																												7	12
	Romania	84				10	3	7		2	12			2			7			5			7							3				2		2	1	1			12			8
	Bulgaria	157	5		4		6	5		12	10	6	5	6	6	4	6		5	10	6	7		4				7			7	1				3	4	2			3	5	8	10
	Turkey	163	1				10	12	10				4		10	12		10	7					12		7	10		12				2	7	7	1	2		3		1	12	10	1
	Armenia	138		5			5	10		6	8			12		10				8			5	2				10	10				12	8		5	10			10	2
	Moldova	109		8	3	4				10	6	1	2	7			10		12	2		1	4		2	1				2			3	4	2	7	6			6			1	5

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Serbia	Austria,   Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Croatia,   Finland,   Hungary,   Macedonia,   Montenegro,   Slovenia,    Switzerland
5	Ukraine	Andorra,   Czech Republic,   Latvia,   Poland,   Portugal
	Turkey	Belgium,   France,   Germany,   Netherlands,   United Kingdom
3	Russia	Armenia,   Belarus,   Estonia
	Belarus	Israel,   Russia,   Ukraine
2	Armenia	Georgia,   Turkey
	Finland	Iceland,   Sweden
	Greece	Bulgaria,   Cyprus
	Sweden	Denmark,   Norway
	Romania	Moldova,   Spain
1	Bulgaria	Greece
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Hungary	Serbia
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Moldova	Romania
	Spain	Albania
	United Kingdom	Malta

Broadcasts

The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Albania	RTSH		All shows
Andorra	RTVA	ATV	All shows	Meri Picart [ca] and Josep Lluís Trabal	^[22]^[23]
Armenia	AMPTV		All shows
Austria	ORF	ORF 1	All shows	Andi Knoll	^[24]^[25]^[26]
Belarus	BTRC		All shows	Denis Kurian and Alexander Tikhanovich	^[27]
Belgium	RTBF	La Une, RTBF Sat	All shows	Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr]	^[28]^[29]^[30]
		La Première			^[28]
	VRT	Eén		André Vermeulen and Anja Daems	^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT	BHT 1	All shows	Dejan Kukrić	^[35]^[36]
Bulgaria	BNT		All shows
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1	All shows	Duško Ćurlić	^[37]^[38]
Cyprus	CyBC		All shows
Czech Republic	ČT	ČT1	All shows	Kateřina Kristelová [cz]	^[39]^[40]^[41]
			Final	Josef Vojtek
Denmark	DR	DR1	All shows	Søren Nystrøm Rasted and Adam Duvå Hall [da]	^[42]^[43]^[44]
Estonia	ETV		All shows	Marko Reikop	^[45]
Finland	YLE	YLE TV2	All shows	Heikki Paasonen, Ellen Jokikunnas and Asko Murtomäki [fi]	^[46]
		YLE FST5		Thomas Lundin [sv]	^[47]^[48]
		YLE Radio Suomi		Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki	^[46]
		YLE Radio Vega			^[49]^[50]
France	France Télévisions	France 4	Semi-final	Peggy Olmi [fr] and Yann Renoard	^[29]^[51]
		France 3	Final	Julien Lepers and Tex [fr]	^[30]
Georgia	GPB		All shows
Germany	ARD	NDR Fernsehen	Semi-final	Peter Urban	^[52]^[53]
		Das Erste	Final
Greece	ERT	NET, Deftero Programma	All shows	Fotis Sergoulopoulos [el] and Maria Bakodimou	^[54]^[55]^[56]
		NET 105.8	Final
Hungary	MTV	m1	All shows	Gábor Gundel Takács [hu]	^[57]^[58]^[59]
Iceland	RÚV	Sjónvarpið	All shows	Sigmar Guðmundsson [is]	^[60]^[61]
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ Two	Semi-final	Marty Whelan	^[62]
		RTÉ One	Final
		RTÉ Radio 1		Larry Gogan
Israel	IBA		All shows
Latvia	LTV	LTV1	All shows	Kārlis Streips [lv]	^[63]^[64]
Lithuania	LRT		All shows	Darius Užkuraitis	^[65]
Macedonia	MRT	MRT 1	All shows		^[66]
Malta	PBS	TVM	All shows		^[67]^[68]
Moldova	TRM	Moldova 1	All shows		^[69]
		Radio Moldova
Montenegro	RTCG	TVCG 1	All shows		^[70]
Netherlands	NPO	Nederland 1	All shows	Cornald Maas	^[31]^[32]^[71]
			Final	Paul de Leeuw
Norway	NRK	NRK1	All shows	Per Sundnes	^[42]^[43]
		NRK P1	Final
Poland	TVP	TVP1	All shows	Artur Orzech	^[72]
Portugal	RTP	RTP1, RTP Internacional	All shows	Isabel Angelino [pt] and Jorge Gabriel	^[29]^[30]^[73]^[74]^[75]
		RTP África	Final
Romania	TVR	TVR1	All shows		^[76]^[77]
Russia	Channel One		All shows	Yuriy Aksyuta [ru]	^[78]
Serbia	RTS	RTS1, RTS Sat	All shows	Duška Vučinić-Lučić	^[79]
Slovenia	RTVSLO	TV SLO 2 [sl]	Semi-final	Mojca Mavec [sl]	^[80]^[81]^[82]^[83]
		TV SLO 1 [sl]	Final
		Radio Val 202	All shows	Jernej Vene and Aida Kurtović
Spain	RTVE	La 2	Semi-final	Beatriz Pécker [es]^[b]	^[84]
		La Primera, TVE Internacional	Final		^[30]^[85]
Sweden	SVT	SVT1, SVT HD	All shows	Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach [sv]	^[86]^[87]^[88]
	SR			Carolina Norén	^[89]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF 2	Semi-final		^[24]^[25]
		SF 1	Final	Bernard Thurnheer [de]
		TSR 2	Semi-final	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	^[29]^[30]^[90]
			Final	Jean-Marc Richard and Henri Dès
		TSI 2	Semi-final		^[29]^[30]
		TSI 1	Final
Turkey	TRT		Semi-final
		TRT 1	Final	Hakan Urgancı	^[91]
Ukraine	NTU	Pershyi Natsionalnyi	All shows		^[92]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC Three	Semi-final	Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood	^[93]^[94]^[95]^[96]
		BBC One, BBC HD	Final	Sir Terry Wogan
		BBC Radio 2		Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Show(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Australia	SBS	SBS TV^[c]	Semi-final	Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood	^[97]
			Final	Terry Wogan
Azerbaijan	İTV				^[98]
Gibraltar	GBC	GBC TV	Final		^[99]

International broadcasts

•   Australia – Although Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast the event on SBS, and as per previous years, took commentary from the BBC.^[100] As was the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones.^[97] The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year.^[101]
•   Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan was willing to enter the contest, but since AzTV applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, the country missed the contest and had to wait until it was accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a preliminary EBU member at the time, and had broadcast it for the previous two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.^[98]

High-definition broadcast

YLE produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 surround sound.^[102] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The British broadcaster BBC broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD.^[93] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on SVT HD.^[88] However, the event was available on DVD in standard-definition only, with no DVD or Blu-ray version available in high-definition.

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.^[103] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composers Award, and Press Award.^[104]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award	Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić Saša Milošević Mare
Composers Award	Hungary	"Unsubstantial Blues"	Magdi Rúzsa	Magdolna Rúzsa Imre Mózsik
Press Award	Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	Verka Serduchka	Andriy Danylko

OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2007 poll was also the winner of the contest, Serbia's "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović; the top five results are shown below.^{[d][105][106][107]}

Country	Performer(s)	Song	OGAE result
Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva"	184
Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	159
Switzerland	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	156
Cyprus	Evridiki	"Comme ci, comme ça"	142
Greece	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria"	107

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

Country	Performer(s)
Ukraine	Verka Serduchka

Official album

 

Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 was the official compilation album of the 2007 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 20 April 2007. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2007 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.^[108]

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[109]	3

Notes and references

Notes

1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD^[13]
2. The Spanish commentary in the semi-final featured guest appearances from David Civera, José María Íñigo, Karina, Rosario Mohedano [es], Mariano Mariano [es], Teté Delgado [es], Gisela and Alfredo Amestoy [es].^[84]
3. Deferred broadcast of the semi-final on 12 May at 20:30 AEST (10:30 UTC) and the final on 13 May at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC)^[97]
4. Table reflects the corrected result of Switzerland since the cited source had a calculation error.

References

1. "Eurovision EBU Press conference". esctoday.com.
2. "Helsinki 2007". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
3. , 12 December 2006, ESCtoday.com
4. , 19 November 2006
5. "Helsinki sai Euroviisut". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 21 June 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
6. "Eurovision YLE gives more details on 2007 organisation". ESCToday.com. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
7. Barak, Itamar (1 March 2007). "ESCToday". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
8. The 2007 Eurovision Song Contest theme is True Fantasy 8 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 27 November 2006, YLE

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