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Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the 2008 contest with the song "Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Channel One (C1R), the contest was held at the Olimpiysky Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and a final on 16 May 2009. The semi-finals were presented by Russian model Natalia Vodianova and television presenter Andrey Malakhov, while the final was presented by Russian television presenter Ivan Urgant and former Russian contestant Alsou Abramova, becoming the first and to date only time that two different sets of presenters had hosted the semi-finals and finals.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Dates
Semi-final 112 May 2009 (2009-05-12)
Semi-final 214 May 2009 (2009-05-14)
Final16 May 2009 (2009-05-16)
Host
VenueOlimpiysky Arena
Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)
Directed byAndrei Boltenko
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerYury Aksyuta
Host broadcasterChannel One (C1R)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009
Participants
Number of entries42
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Slovakia
Non-returning countries
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2009
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points in semi-finals Czech Republic (SF1)
Winning song
2008 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2010

Forty-two countries participated in the contest - down one from the record forty-three the year before. Slovakia returned to the contest for the first time since 1998, while San Marino did not enter due to financial issues. Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention not to participate, but it was later stated by the EBU that both countries would indeed participate.[2] However, Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of the contest rules.

The winner was Norway with the song "Fairytale", performed and written by Alexander Rybak. The song received a record-breaking 387 points out of a possible 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest. Iceland, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the United Kingdom rounded out the top five, with the latter achieving their best placing since 2002. Iceland's second-place finish was the country's best placing in a decade.

After criticism of the voting system in 2007, changes in the voting procedure were finally made prior to this contest, with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting for the final, while the format of the semi-finals remained the same.

Location

 
Olimpiysky Arena, Moscow – host venue of the 2009 contest.

The contest was held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia, with Dima Bilan's "Believe".[3] Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, stated that the contest would be held in Moscow.[4]

It was proposed by Channel One that the contest be held in Moscow's Olimpiysky Arena, and this proposal was evaluated by the EBU and confirmed on 13 September 2008.[4][5] The Director-General of the venue, Vladimir Churilin, refuted rumours of emergency reconstruction of the building, saying: "It will not be required for the Eurovision Song Contest. We now can take up to 25 thousand spectators."[citation needed]

Format

Thirty-seven countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest, with the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host (Russia) pre-qualified for the final.[2] In addition to those pre-qualified, the final also included the ten selected countries from each semi-final, making a total of twenty-five participants.

A discussion on changes to the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest had taken place at an EBU meeting in Athens, Greece in June 2008 where a proposal was made that could have resulted in the "Big Four" losing their automatic place in the final of the contest.[6] However, it was confirmed that the "Big Four" countries would continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.[7]

Graphic design

 
The stage design of the contest

Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub-logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009.[8] The sub-logo is based upon a "Fantasy Bird", which can be used with many colours. As in previous years, the sub-logo was presented alongside the generic logo.[8] 2009 is the only year since 2002 without a slogan.

The stage was designed by New York-based set designer John Casey, and was based around the theme of contemporary Russian avant-garde. Casey, who had previously designed the stage for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin, was also involved in design teams for the 1994 and 1995 contests. He explained that "even before [he] worked with the Russians on the TEFI Awards in Moscow in 1998, [he] was inspired by and drawn to art from the Russian Avant Garde period, especially the constructivists... [He] tried to come up with a theatrical design for the contest that incorporates Russian avant-garde art into a contemporary setting, almost entirely made up of different types of LED screens."[9] Casey explained that together, the various LED shapes form the finished product. Furthermore, large sections of the stage can move, including the circular central portion of curved LED screens, which can be moved to effect and allow each song to have a different feel.

Postcards

The music accompanying the postcards used to introduce each participating country was written and produced by British electronic musician Matthew Herbert.[10]

The postcards opened with the words "Moskva 2009" (Москва 2009), the transliterated Russian way to say "Moscow 2009". It continued with the appearance of Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia, and then a group of famous landmarks from the participating country were shown in computer animation. The animation would simulate a pop-up book, with each "page turn" showing different landmarks. Then Sukhinova reappeared again, wearing a hat comprising all of the landmarks shown (as well as having different hairstyle & make-up each time) and a T-shirt with the colours of the respective country's flag. The Russian video had the exact appearance of Sukhinova shown in the first part of every video, and no different hairstyle was shown for the Russian entry.

Then, on the right, the 2009 contest logo appeared with the name and the flag of the country. Finally a phrase in transliterated Russian word and its English translation were shown. The words shown were as were as following, listed in alphabetical order:

  •   Albania – Ikra (Икра – Caviar)
  •   Andorra – Potselui (Поцелуй – Kiss)
  •   Armenia – Sibir (Сибирь – Siberia)
  •   Azerbaijan – Valenki (Валенки – Winter boots)
  •   Belarus – Karavai (Каравай – Round loaf of bread)
  •   Belgium – Veselo (Весело – Cheerfully)
  •   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bud Zdorov (Будь здоров – Bless you)
  •   Bulgaria – Krasota (Красота – Beauty)
  •   Croatia – Matryoshka (Матрешка – Russian doll)
  •   Cyprus – Druzhba (Дружба – Friendship)
  •   Czech Republic – Privet! (Привет! – Hi!)
  •   Denmark – Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз – Santa Claus)
  •   Estonia – Gagarin (Гагарин – Surname of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, first man in history to go to space)
  •   Finland – Na zdarovie! (На Здоровье! – Cheers!)
  •   France – Lublu (Люблю – Love)
  •   Germany – Poehali! (Поехали! – Let's go!)
  •   Greece – Vsego dobrogo (Всего доброго – Good luck)
  •   Hungary – Mir (Мир – Peace/World)
  •   Iceland – Sneg (Снег – Snow)
  •   Ireland – Balalaika (Балалайка – Music instrument)
  •   Israel – Horosho (Хорошо – Good/OK)
  •   Latvia – Borsch (Борщ – Beetroot soup)
  •   Lithuania – Kosmos (Космос – Space)
  •   Macedonia – Klassno (Классно – Great/Cool)
  •   Malta – Skazka (Сказка – Fairytale)
  •   Moldova – Chudo (Чудо – Miracle)
  •   Montenegro – Dobro Pojalovat! (Добро пожаловать! – Welcome!)
  •   Netherlands – Zima (Зима – Winter)
  •   Norway – Babushka (Бабушка – Grandmother)
  •   Poland – Vecherinka (Вечеринка – Party)
  •   Portugal – Pozhalusta (Пожалуйста – Please)
  •   Romania – Tantsui (Танцуй – Dance)
  •   Russia – Davai-Davai (Давай-Давай – Come on!)
  •   Serbia – Schastie (Счастье – Happiness)
  •   Slovakia – Medved (Медведь – Bear)
  •   Slovenia – Vmeste (Вместе – Together)
  •   Spain – Spasibo (Спасибо – Thank you)
  •   Sweden – Muzika (Музыка – Music)
  •   Switzerland – Vesna (Весна – Spring)
  •   Turkey – Kak dela (Как дела – How are you?)
  •   Ukraine – Shick! (Шик! – Glamour)
  •   United Kingdom – Zazhigai! (Зажигай! – Let's Rock!)

Semi-final allocation draw

On Friday 30 January 2009, the draw to decide which countries would appear in either the first or second semi-final took place at the Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel. The participating countries excluding the automatic finalists (France, Germany, host country Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom) were split into six pots, based upon how those countries have been voting. From these pots, half (or as close to half as is possible) competed in the first semi-final on 10 May 2009. The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second semi-final on 12 May 2009.[11][12][13] The draw for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of voting, occurred on 16 March 2009 at Cosmos Hotel.[14][2]

Voting system

In response to some broadcasters' continued complaints about politically charged, neighbourly and diaspora voting, the EBU evaluated the voting procedure used in the contest, with the possibility of a change in the voting system for 2009. Contest organisers sent a questionnaire regarding the voting system to participating broadcasters, and a reference group incorporated the responses into their suggestions for next year's format.[15] Telewizja Polska (TVP), the Polish broadcaster, suggested that an international jury similar to the one used in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest be introduced in the Eurovision Song Contest to lessen the impact of neighbourly voting and place more emphasis on the artistic value of the song.[16] A jury would lead to less political and diaspora voting as the jury members, mandated to be music industry experts, would also have a say in addition to "random members of the public".[17]

It was decided that for the contest final, each country's votes would be decided by a combination of 50% televoting results and 50% national jury.[18] The method of selecting the semi-final qualifiers remained the same for the most part, with nine countries, instead of the ten as in years past, qualifying from each semi-final based on the televoting results.[19][20] For the tenth qualifier from each semi-final, the highest placed country on the back-up jury scoreboard that had not already qualified, was chosen for the final.[18] At the final, each country combined their 1–7, 8, 10,12 points from the televote with their 1–7,8,10,12 jury points to create their "national scorecard". The country with the most points received 12 points, the second placed country received 10 points, the third placed country received 8 points and so on to 1 points. If a tie arose, the song with the higher televote position was given the advantage and the higher point value.[18] National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting having become mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.

Edgar Böhm, director of entertainment for Austria's public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), has stated that the 2008 format with two semi-finals "still incorporates a mix of countries who will be politically favoured in the voting process," and "that, unless a clear guideline as to how the semifinals are organised is made by the EBU, Austria will not be taking part in Moscow 2009."[21][22] Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria did not return to the contest in 2009.[23]

Juries

"In each of the 42 participating countries, a jury of five music industry professionals (including one jury chairperson) will judge the entries taking part in the Final. Their decision will be based on the second dress rehearsal. The names of the jury members must be revealed by the respective participating broadcasters before or during the Final.

  • Each jury member of each national jury will make a ranking of his or her ten favourite songs and award points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. The chairperson will allocate 12 points to the song having obtained the highest number of votes from all jury members, 10 points to the song having obtained the second highest number of votes, 8 points to the song having obtained the third highest number of votes, 7 points to the next, and so on down to 1 point for the song having obtained the tenth highest number of votes from all jury members. In the event of a tie for any of the above positions, the order of the tying songs shall be ascertained by a show of hands by the jury members (abstentions are not allowed).
  • The jury should consist of a variety of members in terms of age, gender and background. All jury members must be citizens of the country they are representing.
  • None of the jury members must be connected with any of the participating songs/artists in such a way that they cannot vote independently. The participating broadcasters must send a letter of compliance with the voting instructions together with signed declarations by each jury member stating that they will vote independently. The jury voting will be monitored by an independent notary and auditor in each country". – Quotes from Eurovision.tv[24]

Participating countries

 
  Countries in the first semi-final
  Countries in the second semi-final
  Countries voting in the first semi-final
  Countries voting in the second semi-final

Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU, 42 countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which returned to the contest after 11 years.[2][25] Georgia originally announced that it was not to participate in the contest due to the Russo-Georgian War in protest of the foreign policies of Russia,[26][27] but later decided to return to the contest, inspired by its win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as well as Russia's 12 points to it in the same contest.[28][29] The country eventually withdrew from the contest due to its entry being deemed to contain political references, including in the title a play on words of Russia's prime minister's surname.[30]

Rumours arose surrounding the participation and return of San Marino and Monaco. Télé Monte Carlo (TMC), the Monegasque broadcaster, confirmed that there were talks with the EBU over a Monegasque return to the 2009 contest.[31] At the same time, rumours spread that San Marino's broadcaster, Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), would not participate in the contest due to poor placing at the 2008 contest.[32] In the end, after originally confirming their intent to participate in Moscow, SMRTV was forced to withdraw from the event due to financial difficulties that prevented a second entry.[33][34]

 
Alexander Rybak after winning the final.

The Latvian broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), had reportedly withdrawn from the 2009 contest on 17 December 2008, three days after the final participation deadline. This came about due to budget cuts of over 2 million lati (2.8 million euros) from the LTV budget, hindering their ability to pay the participation fee.[35] LTV confirmed that they had informed the EBU of their intent to withdraw based solely on financial difficulties. LTV then went into discussions with the EBU in an attempt to find a solution that would keep the country in the contest.[36][37] On 20 December 2008, LTV announced that it would be withdrawing from the contest, and that both the EBU and Channel One had agreed not to force a financial penalty on the late withdrawal of the broadcaster from the 2009 contest. LTV also announced its intent to be at the 2010 contest.[38][39] However, on 12 January 2009, it was announced that Latvia would participate in the 2009 contest.[2] Each country chose its entry for the contest through its own selection process. Some countries selected their entry through an internal selection, where the representing network chose both the song and artist, while others held national finals where the public chose the song, the artist, or both.

Thirty-seven countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest.[2] The semi-final allocation draw took place on 30 January 2009,[12][13] while the draw for the running order was held on 16 March 2009.[40][41]

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Chiara   Malta 1998 and 2005
Petr Elfimov   Belarus 2004 (as backing singer for Aleksandra and Konstantin)
Sakis Rouvas   Greece 2004
Alexandros Panayi (backing singer for Rouvas) For   Cyprus: 1989 (as backing singer for Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis), 1991 (as backing singer for Elena Patroklou), 1995, 2000 (as member of Voice)
For Greece: 2005 (as backing singer for Helena Paparizou)
Martina   Slovenia 2003 (for   Croatia, as backing singer for Claudia Beni), 2007 (as backing singer for Alenka Gotar), 2008 (for   Montenegro, as backing singer for Stefan Filipović)
Friðrik Ómar (backing singer for Yohanna)   Iceland 2008 (as member of Euroband)

Semi-final 1

The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May 2009. The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi-final.[42] Before its withdrawal, Georgia was originally drawn to perform in this semi-final.

  Televoting qualifiers
 Back-up jury qualifier
R/O Country Artist Song Language[43] Points Place[44]
1   Montenegro Andrea Demirović "Just Get Out of My Life" English 44 11
2   Czech Republic Gipsy.cz "Aven Romale" English, Romani 0 18
3   Belgium Copycat "Copycat" English 1 17
4   Belarus Petr Elfimov "Eyes That Never Lie" English 25 13
5   Sweden Malena Ernman "La Voix" French, English 105 4
6   Armenia Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան) English, Armenian 99 5
7   Andorra Susanne Georgi "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" Catalan, English 8 15
8   Switzerland Lovebugs "The Highest Heights" English 15 14
9   Turkey Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" English[b] 172 2
10   Israel Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" English, Hebrew, Arabic 75 7
11   Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov "Illusion" English 7 16
12   Iceland Yohanna "Is It True?" English 174 1
13   Macedonia Next Time "Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане) Macedonian 45 10
14   Romania Elena "The Balkan Girls" English 67 9
15   Finland Waldo's People "Lose Control" English 42 12
16   Portugal Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" Portuguese 70 8
17   Malta Chiara "What If We" English 86 6
18   Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina "Bistra voda" Bosnian 125 3

Semi-final 2

The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May 2009. France and Russia voted in this semi-final.[42] Spain was also scheduled to televote in this semi-final, but due to scheduling errors at TVE, the semi-final was aired late and Spanish viewers were not able to vote, so the Spanish jury's vote was used instead.[45]

  Televoting qualifiers
 Back-up jury qualifier
R/O Country Artist Song Language[43] Points Place[46]
1   Croatia Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena" Croatian 33 13
2   Ireland Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" English 52 11
3   Latvia Intars Busulis "Probka" (Пробка) Russian 7 19
4   Serbia Marko Kon and Milaan "Cipela" (Ципела) Serbian 60 10
5   Poland Lidia Kopania "I Don't Wanna Leave" English 43 12
6   Norway Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" English 201 1
7   Cyprus Christina Metaxa "Firefly" English 32 14
8   Slovakia Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková "Leť tmou" Slovak 8 18
9   Denmark Brinck "Believe Again" English 69 8
10   Slovenia Quartissimo feat. Martina "Love Symphony" English, Slovene 14 16
11   Hungary Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me" English 16 15
12   Azerbaijan AySel and Arash "Always" English 180 2
13   Greece Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" English 110 4
14   Lithuania Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 66 9
15   Moldova Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Romanian, English 106 5
16   Albania Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams" English 73 7
17   Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" English 80 6
18   Estonia Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Estonian 115 3
19   Netherlands The Toppers "Shine" English 11 17

Final

The finalists were:

  • the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
  • the host country Russia;
  • the top nine countries from the first semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries;
  • the top nine countries from the second semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries.

The final took place in Moscow on 16 May 2009 at 23:00 MST (19:00 UTC) and was won by Norway.

  Winner
R/O Country Artist Song Language[43] Points Place[47]
1   Lithuania Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 23 23
2   Israel Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" English, Hebrew, Arabic 53 16
3   France Patricia Kaas "Et s'il fallait le faire" French 107 8
4   Sweden Malena Ernman "La Voix" English, French 33 21
5   Croatia Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena" Croatian 45 18
6   Portugal Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" Portuguese 57 15
7   Iceland Yohanna "Is It True?" English 218 2
8   Greece Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" English 120 7
9   Armenia Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան) English, Armenian 92 10
10   Russia Anastasia Prikhodko "Mamo" (Мамо) Russian, Ukrainian 91 11
11   Azerbaijan AySel and Arash "Always" English 207 3
12   Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina "Bistra voda" Bosnian 106 9
13   Moldova Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Romanian, English 69 14
14   Malta Chiara "What If We" English 31 22
15   Estonia Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Estonian 129 6
16   Denmark Brinck "Believe Again" English 74 13
17   Germany Alex Swings Oscar Sings! "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" English 35 20
18   Turkey Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" English[b] 177 4
19   Albania Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams" English 48 17
20   Norway Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" English 387 1
21   Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" English 76 12
22   Romania Elena "The Balkan Girls" English 40 19
23   United Kingdom Jade Ewen "It's My Time" English 173 5
24   Finland Waldo's People "Lose Control" English 22 25
25   Spain Soraya Arnelas "La noche es para mí" Spanish, English 23 24

Detailed voting results

There were a few glitches out of the 84 total televote counts from the two semi-finals and grand final.[48] In the second semi final, Spain's and Albania's delays in broadcasting the show meant that their results were provided by the back-up juries. In the final, SMS voting was the only method used to provide the Hungarian public voting scores as the televotes could not be counted due to a technical problem, and Norway's jury vote was used because a technical mistake by the local telephone operator rendered the televotes and SMS texts unusable. The full split jury/televoting results of the final were announced by the EBU in July 2009.[49]

Semi-final 1

  Televoting qualifiers
 Back-up jury qualifier
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1[50][51]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
Total score
Montenegro
Czech Republic
Belgium
Belarus
Sweden
Armenia
Andorra
Switzerland
Turkey
Israel
Bulgaria
Iceland
Macedonia
Romania
Finland
Portugal
Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
United Kingdom
Contestants
Montenegro 44 3 5 1 2 5 1 8 1 6 10 2
Czech Republic 0
Belgium 1 1
Belarus 25 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 6 4 1
Sweden 105 6 4 7 8 7 4 4 7 10 3 4 10 8 8 4 4 7
Armenia 99 4 12 10 10 5 1 10 10 8 2 2 8 1 1 10 5
Andorra 8 1 4 3
Switzerland 15 2 2 2 5 2 2
Turkey 172 8 5 12 6 7 10 5 12 6 12 7 12 12 7 5 10 12 12 12
Israel 75 5 4 3 4 6 7 8 5 3 4 6 1 3 6 4 5 1
Bulgaria 7 2 5
Iceland 174 7 10 7 12 12 12 10 7 8 12 6 4 10 12 12 12 7 6 8
Macedonia 45 10 3 6 6 10 2 8
Romania 67 6 2 1 2 4 7 8 5 4 7 10 2 6 1 2
Finland 42 3 1 10 3 12 1 3 5 4
Portugal 70 2 6 3 12 10 2 2 8 7 2 3 7 6
Malta 86 1 7 8 8 4 3 6 3 5 3 5 6 3 6 5 3 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 12 8 5 5 8 6 8 12 3 7 3 10 5 8 7 7 8 3

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 1st semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
8   Turkey   Belgium,   Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Bulgaria,   Germany,   Macedonia,   Romania,   Switzerland,   United Kingdom
7   Iceland   Armenia,   Belarus,   Finland,   Israel,   Malta,   Portugal,   Sweden
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Montenegro,   Turkey
1   Armenia   Czech Republic
  Finland   Iceland
  Portugal   Andorra

Semi-final 2

  Televoting qualifiers
 Back-up jury qualifier
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2[52][53]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Croatia
Ireland
Latvia
Serbia
Poland
Norway
Cyprus
Slovakia
Denmark
Slovenia
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Greece
Lithuania
Moldova
Albania
Ukraine
Estonia
Netherlands
France
Russia
Spain
Contestants
Croatia 33 12 2 10 1 3 1 1 3
Ireland 52 1 5 3 3 4 10 2 7 2 7 4 3 1
Latvia 7 6 1
Serbia 60 12 2 4 12 2 5 6 12 5
Poland 43 10 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 6 6 2 4
Norway 201 8 8 10 8 10 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 12 10 8 10 12 12 3 10 12
Cyprus 32 2 1 2 1 7 12 1 6
Slovakia 8 1 4 2 1
Denmark 69 2 7 3 1 12 3 5 3 2 2 5 5 8 7 4
Slovenia 14 7 5 2
Hungary 16 2 8 3 3
Azerbaijan 180 6 6 8 6 12 6 10 12 8 6 12 7 10 12 12 10 8 10 12 7
Greece 110 3 4 10 2 1 12 5 2 4 6 4 4 6 12 4 5 10 6 4 6
Lithuania 66 12 7 4 7 1 5 6 4 5 7 2 5 1
Moldova 106 5 5 2 7 5 10 7 7 3 5 7 6 8 2 4 7 8 8
Albania 73 10 6 5 4 6 7 4 5 10 5 3 1 5 2
Ukraine 80 3 6 1 7 6 6 8 10 3 2 8 3 7 10
Estonia 115 4 4 12 4 8 8 5 8 4 1 7 3 4 8 7 7 5 8 6 2
Netherlands 11 1 10

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 2nd semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6   Norway   Azerbaijan,   Denmark,   Estonia,   Lithuania,   Netherlands,   Spain
  Azerbaijan   Hungary,   Moldova,   Poland,   Russia,   Slovakia,   Ukraine
3   Serbia   Croatia,   France,   Slovenia
2   Greece   Albania,   Cyprus
1   Cyprus   Greece
  Denmark   Norway
  Croatia   Serbia
  Lithuania   Ireland
  Estonia   Latvia

Final

  Winner
Split results of the final[49]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   Norway 387   Norway 312   Norway 378
2   Iceland 218   Iceland 260   Azerbaijan 253
3   Azerbaijan 207   United Kingdom 223   Turkey 203
4   Turkey 177   France 164   Iceland 173
5   United Kingdom 173   Estonia 124   Greece 151
6   Estonia 129   Denmark 120   Estonia 129
7   Greece 120   Turkey 114   Bosnia and Herzegovina 124
8   France 107   Azerbaijan 112   Russia 118
9   Bosnia and Herzegovina 106   Israel 107   Armenia 111
10   Armenia 92   Moldova 93   United Kingdom 105
11   Russia 91   Greece 93   Albania 81
12   Ukraine 76   Bosnia and Herzegovina 90   Ukraine 70
13   Denmark 74   Malta 87   Moldova 66
14   Moldova 69   Germany 73   Romania 64
15   Portugal 57   Armenia 71   Sweden 59
16   Israel 53   Ukraine 68   Croatia 55
17   Albania 48   Russia 67   France 54
18   Croatia 45   Portugal 64   Portugal 45
19   Romania 40   Croatia 58   Denmark 40
20   Germany 35   Lithuania 31   Lithuania 38
21   Sweden 33   Romania 31   Spain 38
22   Malta 31   Sweden 27   Finland 30
23   Lithuania 23[c]   Albania 26   Germany 18
24   Spain 23[c]   Finland 12   Malta 18
25   Finland 22   Spain 9   Israel 15
Detailed voting results of the final[54][55]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Spain
Belgium
Belarus
Malta
Germany
Czech Republic
Sweden
Iceland
France
Israel
Russia
Latvia
Montenegro
Andorra
Finland
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Macedonia
Slovakia
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Turkey
Albania
Serbia
Cyprus
Poland
Netherlands
Estonia
Croatia
Portugal
Romania
Ireland
Denmark
Moldova
Slovenia
Armenia
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Norway
Contestants
Lithuania 23 7 1 4 2 7 1 1
Israel 53 8 4 10 4 7 1 5 8 1 5
France 107 3 1 7 3 6 5 10 5 1 3 4 7 6 1 6 6 3 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1
Sweden 33 4 3 2 2 7 1 6 4 4
Croatia 45 1 8 4 2 12 5 2 6 5
Portugal 57 8 6 7 7 7 6 10 2 1 3
Iceland 218 2 12 7 2 10 10 3 8 5 8 10 5 5 8 8 2 6 4 2 6 5 1 7 8 2 8 10 12 10 3 5 5 7 12
Greece 120 1 5 5 7 6 2 4 2 2 12 5 5 12 6 12 1 7 8 4 10 4
Armenia 92 4 7 1 12 3 5 6 8 5 1 6 1 3 2 6 4 2 5 4 7
Russia 91 8 5 8 7 6 7 8 4 1 3 10 6 12 6
Azerbaijan 207 3 10 1 10 8 1 6 7 4 6 2 8 5 3 3 4 8 3 10 12 4 4 8 6 10 7 10 4 8 10 1 1 10 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 2 5 2 12 6 4 4 10 8 8 5 12 4 12 10 2
Moldova 69 5 4 1 1 7 7 5 3 12 12 2 7 3
Malta 31 4 1 1 3 1 6 7 3 5
Estonia 129 4 1 7 10 8 10 12 10 12 5 4 3 8 6 1 6 5 7 6 4
Denmark 74 6 4 5 3 5 2 5 1 6 7 2 4 5 8 3 8
Germany 35 2 3 7 2 1 3 2 1 1 7 6
Turkey 177 2 12 5 10 1 6 12 3 3 5 12 10 12 12 3 7 10 8 1 3 6 6 4 5 12 7
Albania 48 1 7 6 7 7 10 1 5 2 2
Norway 387 12 10 12 8 12 3 12 12 8 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 2 12 10 8 10 10 10 12 3 7 10 10 12 12 12 8 5 5 8 12 8 12 8 12 8
Ukraine 76 6 6 2 5 2 2 4 2 1 10 6 4 3 8 10 5
Romania 40 7 5 5 2 2 2 2 12 3
United Kingdom 173 10 3 10 8 6 4 4 6 2 4 7 3 6 7 12 4 6 8 8 7 4 3 4 10 10 3 1 3 7 1 2
Finland 22 3 4 8 3 4
Spain 23 12 3 1 7

12 points

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

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

Spokespersons

The voting order and spokespersons during the final were as follows:[56]

  1.   Spain – Iñaki del Moral [es][57]
  2.   Belgium – Maureen Louys
  3.   Belarus – Ekaterina Litvinova [ru]
  4.   Malta – Pauline Agius
  5.   Germany – Thomas Anders
  6.   Czech Republic – Petra Šubrtová
  7.   Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer
  8.   Iceland – Þóra Tómasdóttir
  9.   France – Yann Renoard
  10.   Israel – Ofer Nachshon [he]
  11.   Russia – Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
  12.   Latvia – Roberto Meloni
  13.   Montenegro – Jovana Vukčević
  14.   Andorra – Brigits García
  15.   Finland – Jari Sillanpää
  16.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler [de]
  17.   Bulgaria – Yoanna Dragneva [bg]
  18.   Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
  19.   United Kingdom – Duncan James
  20.   Macedonia – Frosina Josifovska
  21.   Slovakia – Ľubomír Bajaník [sk]
  22.   Greece – Alexis Kostalas [el]
  23.   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Laković Laka
  24.   Ukraine – Marysya Horobets
  25.   Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  26.   Albania – Leon Menkshi
  27.   Serbia – Jovana Janković
  28.   Cyprus – Sophia Paraskeva
  29.   Poland – Radosław Brzózka [pl]
  30.   Netherlands – Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen
  31.   Estonia – Laura Põldvere
  32.   Croatia – Mila Horvat
  33.   Portugal – Helena Coelho
  34.   Romania – Alina Sorescu
  35.   Ireland – Derek Mooney
  36.   Denmark – Felix Smith [da]
  37.   Moldova – Sandu Leancă
  38.   Slovenia –
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Eurovision 2009 redirects here For other uses see Eurovision 2009 disambiguation The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest It took place in Moscow Russia following the country s victory at the 2008 contest with the song Believe by Dima Bilan Organised by the European Broadcasting Union EBU and host broadcaster Channel One C1R the contest was held at the Olimpiysky Arena and consisted of two semi finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2009 The semi finals were presented by Russian model Natalia Vodianova and television presenter Andrey Malakhov while the final was presented by Russian television presenter Ivan Urgant and former Russian contestant Alsou Abramova becoming the first and to date only time that two different sets of presenters had hosted the semi finals and finals Eurovision Song Contest 2009DatesSemi final 112 May 2009 2009 05 12 Semi final 214 May 2009 2009 05 14 Final16 May 2009 2009 05 16 HostVenueOlimpiysky ArenaMoscow RussiaPresenter s Semi finals Natalia VodianovaAndrey MalakhovFinal Ivan UrgantAlsou Abramova 1 Directed byAndrei BoltenkoExecutive supervisorSvante StockseliusExecutive producerYury AksyutaHost broadcasterChannel One C1R Websiteeurovision wbr tv wbr event wbr moscow 2009ParticipantsNumber of entries42Debuting countriesNoneReturning countries SlovakiaNon returning countries Georgia San MarinoParticipation map Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2009VoteVoting systemEach country awarded 12 10 8 1 points to their 10 favourite songs Nul points in semi finals Czech Republic SF1 Winning song Norway Fairytale 2008 Eurovision Song Contest 2010Forty two countries participated in the contest down one from the record forty three the year before Slovakia returned to the contest for the first time since 1998 while San Marino did not enter due to financial issues Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention not to participate but it was later stated by the EBU that both countries would indeed participate 2 However Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of the contest rules The winner was Norway with the song Fairytale performed and written by Alexander Rybak The song received a record breaking 387 points out of a possible 492 at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest Iceland Azerbaijan Turkey and the United Kingdom rounded out the top five with the latter achieving their best placing since 2002 Iceland s second place finish was the country s best placing in a decade After criticism of the voting system in 2007 changes in the voting procedure were finally made prior to this contest with the re introduction of a national jury alongside televoting for the final while the format of the semi finals remained the same Contents 1 Location 2 Format 2 1 Graphic design 2 2 Postcards 2 3 Semi final allocation draw 2 4 Voting system 2 5 Juries 3 Participating countries 3 1 Returning artists 3 2 Semi final 1 3 3 Semi final 2 3 4 Final 4 Detailed voting results 4 1 Semi final 1 4 1 1 12 points 4 2 Semi final 2 4 2 1 12 points 4 3 Final 4 3 1 12 points 4 3 2 Spokespersons 5 Broadcasts 5 1 International broadcasts 6 Incidents 6 1 Armenia and Azerbaijan 6 2 Broadcast delays in Spain 6 3 Georgian entry disqualification and withdrawal 6 4 LGBT protests 7 Other awards 7 1 Marcel Bezencon Awards 7 2 OGAE 7 3 Barbara Dex Award 8 Official album 8 1 Charts 9 Notes and references 9 1 Notes 9 2 References 10 External linksLocation Edit Olimpiysky Arena Moscow host venue of the 2009 contest The contest was held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade Serbia with Dima Bilan s Believe 3 Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia stated that the contest would be held in Moscow 4 It was proposed by Channel One that the contest be held in Moscow s Olimpiysky Arena and this proposal was evaluated by the EBU and confirmed on 13 September 2008 4 5 The Director General of the venue Vladimir Churilin refuted rumours of emergency reconstruction of the building saying It will not be required for the Eurovision Song Contest We now can take up to 25 thousand spectators citation needed Format EditThirty seven countries participated in one of the two semi finals of the contest with the Big Four countries France Germany Spain and the United Kingdom and the host Russia pre qualified for the final 2 In addition to those pre qualified the final also included the ten selected countries from each semi final making a total of twenty five participants A discussion on changes to the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest had taken place at an EBU meeting in Athens Greece in June 2008 where a proposal was made that could have resulted in the Big Four losing their automatic place in the final of the contest 6 However it was confirmed that the Big Four countries would continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest 7 Graphic design Edit The stage design of the contest Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009 8 The sub logo is based upon a Fantasy Bird which can be used with many colours As in previous years the sub logo was presented alongside the generic logo 8 2009 is the only year since 2002 without a slogan The stage was designed by New York based set designer John Casey and was based around the theme of contemporary Russian avant garde Casey who had previously designed the stage for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin was also involved in design teams for the 1994 and 1995 contests He explained that even before he worked with the Russians on the TEFI Awards in Moscow in 1998 he was inspired by and drawn to art from the Russian Avant Garde period especially the constructivists He tried to come up with a theatrical design for the contest that incorporates Russian avant garde art into a contemporary setting almost entirely made up of different types of LED screens 9 Casey explained that together the various LED shapes form the finished product Furthermore large sections of the stage can move including the circular central portion of curved LED screens which can be moved to effect and allow each song to have a different feel Postcards Edit The music accompanying the postcards used to introduce each participating country was written and produced by British electronic musician Matthew Herbert 10 The postcards opened with the words Moskva 2009 Moskva 2009 the transliterated Russian way to say Moscow 2009 It continued with the appearance of Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia and then a group of famous landmarks from the participating country were shown in computer animation The animation would simulate a pop up book with each page turn showing different landmarks Then Sukhinova reappeared again wearing a hat comprising all of the landmarks shown as well as having different hairstyle amp make up each time and a T shirt with the colours of the respective country s flag The Russian video had the exact appearance of Sukhinova shown in the first part of every video and no different hairstyle was shown for the Russian entry Then on the right the 2009 contest logo appeared with the name and the flag of the country Finally a phrase in transliterated Russian word and its English translation were shown The words shown were as were as following listed in alphabetical order Albania Ikra Ikra Caviar Andorra Potselui Poceluj Kiss Armenia Sibir Sibir Siberia Azerbaijan Valenki Valenki Winter boots Belarus Karavai Karavaj Round loaf of bread Belgium Veselo Veselo Cheerfully Bosnia and Herzegovina Bud Zdorov Bud zdorov Bless you Bulgaria Krasota Krasota Beauty Croatia Matryoshka Matreshka Russian doll Cyprus Druzhba Druzhba Friendship Czech Republic Privet Privet Hi Denmark Ded Moroz Ded Moroz Santa Claus Estonia Gagarin Gagarin Surname of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first man in history to go to space Finland Na zdarovie Na Zdorove Cheers France Lublu Lyublyu Love Germany Poehali Poehali Let s go Greece Vsego dobrogo Vsego dobrogo Good luck Hungary Mir Mir Peace World Iceland Sneg Sneg Snow Ireland Balalaika Balalajka Music instrument Israel Horosho Horosho Good OK Latvia Borsch Borsh Beetroot soup Lithuania Kosmos Kosmos Space Macedonia Klassno Klassno Great Cool Malta Skazka Skazka Fairytale Moldova Chudo Chudo Miracle Montenegro Dobro Pojalovat Dobro pozhalovat Welcome Netherlands Zima Zima Winter Norway Babushka Babushka Grandmother Poland Vecherinka Vecherinka Party Portugal Pozhalusta Pozhalujsta Please Romania Tantsui Tancuj Dance Russia Davai Davai Davaj Davaj Come on Serbia Schastie Schaste Happiness Slovakia Medved Medved Bear Slovenia Vmeste Vmeste Together Spain Spasibo Spasibo Thank you Sweden Muzika Muzyka Music Switzerland Vesna Vesna Spring Turkey Kak dela Kak dela How are you Ukraine Shick Shik Glamour United Kingdom Zazhigai Zazhigaj Let s Rock Semi final allocation draw Edit On Friday 30 January 2009 the draw to decide which countries would appear in either the first or second semi final took place at the Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel The participating countries excluding the automatic finalists France Germany host country Russia Spain and the United Kingdom were split into six pots based upon how those countries have been voting From these pots half or as close to half as is possible competed in the first semi final on 10 May 2009 The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second semi final on 12 May 2009 11 12 13 The draw for the running order of the semi finals finals and the order of voting occurred on 16 March 2009 at Cosmos Hotel 14 2 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia a Israel Moldova Ukraine Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Netherlands Turkey Andorra Ireland Latvia Lithuania Portugal Romania Czech Republic Hungary Malta Poland Slovakia SwitzerlandVoting system Edit See also Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest and List of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 jurors In response to some broadcasters continued complaints about politically charged neighbourly and diaspora voting the EBU evaluated the voting procedure used in the contest with the possibility of a change in the voting system for 2009 Contest organisers sent a questionnaire regarding the voting system to participating broadcasters and a reference group incorporated the responses into their suggestions for next year s format 15 Telewizja Polska TVP the Polish broadcaster suggested that an international jury similar to the one used in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest be introduced in the Eurovision Song Contest to lessen the impact of neighbourly voting and place more emphasis on the artistic value of the song 16 A jury would lead to less political and diaspora voting as the jury members mandated to be music industry experts would also have a say in addition to random members of the public 17 It was decided that for the contest final each country s votes would be decided by a combination of 50 televoting results and 50 national jury 18 The method of selecting the semi final qualifiers remained the same for the most part with nine countries instead of the ten as in years past qualifying from each semi final based on the televoting results 19 20 For the tenth qualifier from each semi final the highest placed country on the back up jury scoreboard that had not already qualified was chosen for the final 18 At the final each country combined their 1 7 8 10 12 points from the televote with their 1 7 8 10 12 jury points to create their national scorecard The country with the most points received 12 points the second placed country received 10 points the third placed country received 8 points and so on to 1 points If a tie arose the song with the higher televote position was given the advantage and the higher point value 18 National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997 with televoting having become mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003 Edgar Bohm director of entertainment for Austria s public broadcaster Osterreichischer Rundfunk ORF has stated that the 2008 format with two semi finals still incorporates a mix of countries who will be politically favoured in the voting process and that unless a clear guideline as to how the semifinals are organised is made by the EBU Austria will not be taking part in Moscow 2009 21 22 Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final Austria did not return to the contest in 2009 23 Juries Edit In each of the 42 participating countries a jury of five music industry professionals including one jury chairperson will judge the entries taking part in the Final Their decision will be based on the second dress rehearsal The names of the jury members must be revealed by the respective participating broadcasters before or during the Final Each jury member of each national jury will make a ranking of his or her ten favourite songs and award points from 1 to 8 10 and 12 points The chairperson will allocate 12 points to the song having obtained the highest number of votes from all jury members 10 points to the song having obtained the second highest number of votes 8 points to the song having obtained the third highest number of votes 7 points to the next and so on down to 1 point for the song having obtained the tenth highest number of votes from all jury members In the event of a tie for any of the above positions the order of the tying songs shall be ascertained by a show of hands by the jury members abstentions are not allowed The jury should consist of a variety of members in terms of age gender and background All jury members must be citizens of the country they are representing None of the jury members must be connected with any of the participating songs artists in such a way that they cannot vote independently The participating broadcasters must send a letter of compliance with the voting instructions together with signed declarations by each jury member stating that they will vote independently The jury voting will be monitored by an independent notary and auditor in each country Quotes from Eurovision tv 24 Participating countries Edit Countries in the first semi final Countries in the second semi final Countries voting in the first semi final Countries voting in the second semi final Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU 42 countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest including Slovakia which returned to the contest after 11 years 2 25 Georgia originally announced that it was not to participate in the contest due to the Russo Georgian War in protest of the foreign policies of Russia 26 27 but later decided to return to the contest inspired by its win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as well as Russia s 12 points to it in the same contest 28 29 The country eventually withdrew from the contest due to its entry being deemed to contain political references including in the title a play on words of Russia s prime minister s surname 30 Rumours arose surrounding the participation and return of San Marino and Monaco Tele Monte Carlo TMC the Monegasque broadcaster confirmed that there were talks with the EBU over a Monegasque return to the 2009 contest 31 At the same time rumours spread that San Marino s broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino SMRTV would not participate in the contest due to poor placing at the 2008 contest 32 In the end after originally confirming their intent to participate in Moscow SMRTV was forced to withdraw from the event due to financial difficulties that prevented a second entry 33 34 Alexander Rybak after winning the final The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televizija LTV had reportedly withdrawn from the 2009 contest on 17 December 2008 three days after the final participation deadline This came about due to budget cuts of over 2 million lati 2 8 million euros from the LTV budget hindering their ability to pay the participation fee 35 LTV confirmed that they had informed the EBU of their intent to withdraw based solely on financial difficulties LTV then went into discussions with the EBU in an attempt to find a solution that would keep the country in the contest 36 37 On 20 December 2008 LTV announced that it would be withdrawing from the contest and that both the EBU and Channel One had agreed not to force a financial penalty on the late withdrawal of the broadcaster from the 2009 contest LTV also announced its intent to be at the 2010 contest 38 39 However on 12 January 2009 it was announced that Latvia would participate in the 2009 contest 2 Each country chose its entry for the contest through its own selection process Some countries selected their entry through an internal selection where the representing network chose both the song and artist while others held national finals where the public chose the song the artist or both Thirty seven countries participated in one of the two semi finals of the contest 2 The semi final allocation draw took place on 30 January 2009 12 13 while the draw for the running order was held on 16 March 2009 40 41 Returning artists Edit Artist Country Previous year s Chiara Malta 1998 and 2005Petr Elfimov Belarus 2004 as backing singer for Aleksandra and Konstantin Sakis Rouvas Greece 2004Alexandros Panayi backing singer for Rouvas For Cyprus 1989 as backing singer for Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis 1991 as backing singer for Elena Patroklou 1995 2000 as member of Voice For Greece 2005 as backing singer for Helena Paparizou Martina Slovenia 2003 for Croatia as backing singer for Claudia Beni 2007 as backing singer for Alenka Gotar 2008 for Montenegro as backing singer for Stefan Filipovic Fridrik omar backing singer for Yohanna Iceland 2008 as member of Euroband Semi final 1 Edit The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May 2009 The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi final 42 Before its withdrawal Georgia was originally drawn to perform in this semi final Televoting qualifiers Back up jury qualifier R O Country Artist Song Language 43 Points Place 44 1 Montenegro Andrea Demirovic Just Get Out of My Life English 44 112 Czech Republic Gipsy cz Aven Romale English Romani 0 183 Belgium Copycat Copycat English 1 174 Belarus Petr Elfimov Eyes That Never Lie English 25 135 Sweden Malena Ernman La Voix French English 105 46 Armenia Inga and Anush Jan Jan Ջան Ջան English Armenian 99 57 Andorra Susanne Georgi La teva decisio Get a Life Catalan English 8 158 Switzerland Lovebugs The Highest Heights English 15 149 Turkey Hadise Dum Tek Tek English b 172 210 Israel Noa and Mira Awad There Must Be Another Way English Hebrew Arabic 75 711 Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov Illusion English 7 1612 Iceland Yohanna Is It True English 174 113 Macedonia Next Time Nesto sto kje ostane Neshto shto ќe ostane Macedonian 45 1014 Romania Elena The Balkan Girls English 67 915 Finland Waldo s People Lose Control English 42 12 16 Portugal Flor de Lis Todas as ruas do amor Portuguese 70 817 Malta Chiara What If We English 86 618 Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina Bistra voda Bosnian 125 3Semi final 2 Edit The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May 2009 France and Russia voted in this semi final 42 Spain was also scheduled to televote in this semi final but due to scheduling errors at TVE the semi final was aired late and Spanish viewers were not able to vote so the Spanish jury s vote was used instead 45 Televoting qualifiers Back up jury qualifier R O Country Artist Song Language 43 Points Place 46 1 Croatia Igor Cukrov feat Andrea Lijepa Tena Croatian 33 13 2 Ireland Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy Et Cetera English 52 113 Latvia Intars Busulis Probka Probka Russian 7 194 Serbia Marko Kon and Milaan Cipela Cipela Serbian 60 105 Poland Lidia Kopania I Don t Wanna Leave English 43 126 Norway Alexander Rybak Fairytale English 201 17 Cyprus Christina Metaxa Firefly English 32 148 Slovakia Kamil Mikulcik and Nela Pociskova Let tmou Slovak 8 189 Denmark Brinck Believe Again English 69 810 Slovenia Quartissimo feat Martina Love Symphony English Slovene 14 1611 Hungary Zoli Adok Dance with Me English 16 1512 Azerbaijan AySel and Arash Always English 180 213 Greece Sakis Rouvas This Is Our Night English 110 414 Lithuania Sasha Son Love English Russian 66 915 Moldova Nelly Ciobanu Hora din Moldova Romanian English 106 516 Albania Kejsi Tola Carry Me in Your Dreams English 73 717 Ukraine Svetlana Loboda Be My Valentine Anti Crisis Girl English 80 618 Estonia Urban Symphony Randajad Estonian 115 319 Netherlands The Toppers Shine English 11 17Final Edit The finalists were the four automatic qualifiers France Germany Spain and the United Kingdom the host country Russia the top nine countries from the first semi final plus one wildcard from the juries the top nine countries from the second semi final plus one wildcard from the juries The final took place in Moscow on 16 May 2009 at 23 00 MST 19 00 UTC and was won by Norway Winner R O Country Artist Song Language 43 Points Place 47 1 Lithuania Sasha Son Love English Russian 23 232 Israel Noa and Mira Awad There Must Be Another Way English Hebrew Arabic 53 163 France Patricia Kaas Et s il fallait le faire French 107 84 Sweden Malena Ernman La Voix English French 33 215 Croatia Igor Cukrov feat Andrea Lijepa Tena Croatian 45 186 Portugal Flor de Lis Todas as ruas do amor Portuguese 57 157 Iceland Yohanna Is It True English 218 28 Greece Sakis Rouvas This Is Our Night English 120 79 Armenia Inga and Anush Jan Jan Ջան Ջան English Armenian 92 1010 Russia Anastasia Prikhodko Mamo Mamo Russian Ukrainian 91 1111 Azerbaijan AySel and Arash Always English 207 312 Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina Bistra voda Bosnian 106 913 Moldova Nelly Ciobanu Hora din Moldova Romanian English 69 1414 Malta Chiara What If We English 31 2215 Estonia Urban Symphony Randajad Estonian 129 616 Denmark Brinck Believe Again English 74 1317 Germany Alex Swings Oscar Sings Miss Kiss Kiss Bang English 35 2018 Turkey Hadise Dum Tek Tek English b 177 419 Albania Kejsi Tola Carry Me in Your Dreams English 48 1720 Norway Alexander Rybak Fairytale English 387 121 Ukraine Svetlana Loboda Be My Valentine Anti Crisis Girl English 76 1222 Romania Elena The Balkan Girls English 40 1923 United Kingdom Jade Ewen It s My Time English 173 524 Finland Waldo s People Lose Control English 22 2525 Spain Soraya Arnelas La noche es para mi Spanish English 23 24Detailed voting results EditThere were a few glitches out of the 84 total televote counts from the two semi finals and grand final 48 In the second semi final Spain s and Albania s delays in broadcasting the show meant that their results were provided by the back up juries In the final SMS voting was the only method used to provide the Hungarian public voting scores as the televotes could not be counted due to a technical problem and Norway s jury vote was used because a technical mistake by the local telephone operator rendered the televotes and SMS texts unusable The full split jury televoting results of the final were announced by the EBU in July 2009 49 Semi final 1 Edit Televoting qualifiers Back up jury qualifier Detailed voting results of semi final 1 50 51 Voting procedure used 100 televoting Total score Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Belarus Sweden Armenia Andorra Switzerland Turkey Israel Bulgaria Iceland Macedonia Romania Finland Portugal Malta Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany United KingdomContestants Montenegro 44 3 5 1 2 5 1 8 1 6 10 2Czech Republic 0Belgium 1 1Belarus 25 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 6 4 1Sweden 105 6 4 7 8 7 4 4 7 10 3 4 10 8 8 4 4 7Armenia 99 4 12 10 10 5 1 10 10 8 2 2 8 1 1 10 5Andorra 8 1 4 3Switzerland 15 2 2 2 5 2 2Turkey 172 8 5 12 6 7 10 5 12 6 12 7 12 12 7 5 10 12 12 12Israel 75 5 4 3 4 6 7 8 5 3 4 6 1 3 6 4 5 1Bulgaria 7 2 5Iceland 174 7 10 7 12 12 12 10 7 8 12 6 4 10 12 12 12 7 6 8Macedonia 45 10 3 6 6 10 2 8Romania 67 6 2 1 2 4 7 8 5 4 7 10 2 6 1 2Finland 42 3 1 10 3 12 1 3 5 4Portugal 70 2 6 3 12 10 2 2 8 7 2 3 7 6Malta 86 1 7 8 8 4 3 6 3 5 3 5 6 3 6 5 3 10Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 12 8 5 5 8 6 8 12 3 7 3 10 5 8 7 7 8 312 points Edit Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 1st semi final N Contestant Nation s giving 12 points8 Turkey Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Germany Macedonia Romania Switzerland United Kingdom7 Iceland Armenia Belarus Finland Israel Malta Portugal Sweden2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Turkey1 Armenia Czech Republic Finland Iceland Portugal AndorraSemi final 2 Edit Televoting qualifiers Back up jury qualifier Detailed voting results of semi final 2 52 53 Voting procedure used 100 televoting 100 jury vote Total score Croatia Ireland Latvia Serbia Poland Norway Cyprus Slovakia Denmark Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia Netherlands France Russia SpainContestants Croatia 33 12 2 10 1 3 1 1 3Ireland 52 1 5 3 3 4 10 2 7 2 7 4 3 1Latvia 7 6 1Serbia 60 12 2 4 12 2 5 6 12 5Poland 43 10 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 6 6 2 4Norway 201 8 8 10 8 10 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 12 10 8 10 12 12 3 10 12Cyprus 32 2 1 2 1 7 12 1 6Slovakia 8 1 4 2 1Denmark 69 2 7 3 1 12 3 5 3 2 2 5 5 8 7 4Slovenia 14 7 5 2Hungary 16 2 8 3 3Azerbaijan 180 6 6 8 6 12 6 10 12 8 6 12 7 10 12 12 10 8 10 12 7Greece 110 3 4 10 2 1 12 5 2 4 6 4 4 6 12 4 5 10 6 4 6Lithuania 66 12 7 4 7 1 5 6 4 5 7 2 5 1Moldova 106 5 5 2 7 5 10 7 7 3 5 7 6 8 2 4 7 8 8Albania 73 10 6 5 4 6 7 4 5 10 5 3 1 5 2Ukraine 80 3 6 1 7 6 6 8 10 3 2 8 3 7 10Estonia 115 4 4 12 4 8 8 5 8 4 1 7 3 4 8 7 7 5 8 6 2Netherlands 11 1 1012 points Edit Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 2nd semi final N Contestant Nation s giving 12 points6 Norway Azerbaijan Denmark Estonia Lithuania Netherlands Spain Azerbaijan Hungary Moldova Poland Russia Slovakia Ukraine3 Serbia Croatia France Slovenia2 Greece Albania Cyprus1 Cyprus Greece Denmark Norway Croatia Serbia Lithuania Ireland Estonia LatviaFinal Edit Winner Split results of the final 49 Place Combined Jury TelevotingCountry Points Country Points Country Points1 Norway 387 Norway 312 Norway 3782 Iceland 218 Iceland 260 Azerbaijan 2533 Azerbaijan 207 United Kingdom 223 Turkey 2034 Turkey 177 France 164 Iceland 1735 United Kingdom 173 Estonia 124 Greece 1516 Estonia 129 Denmark 120 Estonia 1297 Greece 120 Turkey 114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1248 France 107 Azerbaijan 112 Russia 1189 Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 Israel 107 Armenia 11110 Armenia 92 Moldova 93 United Kingdom 10511 Russia 91 Greece 93 Albania 8112 Ukraine 76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 Ukraine 7013 Denmark 74 Malta 87 Moldova 6614 Moldova 69 Germany 73 Romania 6415 Portugal 57 Armenia 71 Sweden 5916 Israel 53 Ukraine 68 Croatia 5517 Albania 48 Russia 67 France 5418 Croatia 45 Portugal 64 Portugal 4519 Romania 40 Croatia 58 Denmark 4020 Germany 35 Lithuania 31 Lithuania 3821 Sweden 33 Romania 31 Spain 3822 Malta 31 Sweden 27 Finland 3023 Lithuania 23 c Albania 26 Germany 1824 Spain 23 c Finland 12 Malta 1825 Finland 22 Spain 9 Israel 15Detailed voting results of the final 54 55 Voting procedure used 50 jury and televote 100 jury vote Total score Spain Belgium Belarus Malta Germany Czech Republic Sweden Iceland France Israel Russia Latvia Montenegro Andorra Finland Switzerland Bulgaria Lithuania United Kingdom Macedonia Slovakia Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Turkey Albania Serbia Cyprus Poland Netherlands Estonia Croatia Portugal Romania Ireland Denmark Moldova Slovenia Armenia Hungary Azerbaijan NorwayContestants Lithuania 23 7 1 4 2 7 1 1Israel 53 8 4 10 4 7 1 5 8 1 5France 107 3 1 7 3 6 5 10 5 1 3 4 7 6 1 6 6 3 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1Sweden 33 4 3 2 2 7 1 6 4 4Croatia 45 1 8 4 2 12 5 2 6 5Portugal 57 8 6 7 7 7 6 10 2 1 3Iceland 218 2 12 7 2 10 10 3 8 5 8 10 5 5 8 8 2 6 4 2 6 5 1 7 8 2 8 10 12 10 3 5 5 7 12Greece 120 1 5 5 7 6 2 4 2 2 12 5 5 12 6 12 1 7 8 4 10 4Armenia 92 4 7 1 12 3 5 6 8 5 1 6 1 3 2 6 4 2 5 4 7Russia 91 8 5 8 7 6 7 8 4 1 3 10 6 12 6Azerbaijan 207 3 10 1 10 8 1 6 7 4 6 2 8 5 3 3 4 8 3 10 12 4 4 8 6 10 7 10 4 8 10 1 1 10 10Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 2 5 2 12 6 4 4 10 8 8 5 12 4 12 10 2Moldova 69 5 4 1 1 7 7 5 3 12 12 2 7 3Malta 31 4 1 1 3 1 6 7 3 5Estonia 129 4 1 7 10 8 10 12 10 12 5 4 3 8 6 1 6 5 7 6 4Denmark 74 6 4 5 3 5 2 5 1 6 7 2 4 5 8 3 8Germany 35 2 3 7 2 1 3 2 1 1 7 6Turkey 177 2 12 5 10 1 6 12 3 3 5 12 10 12 12 3 7 10 8 1 3 6 6 4 5 12 7Albania 48 1 7 6 7 7 10 1 5 2 2Norway 387 12 10 12 8 12 3 12 12 8 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 2 12 10 8 10 10 10 12 3 7 10 10 12 12 12 8 5 5 8 12 8 12 8 12 8Ukraine 76 6 6 2 5 2 2 4 2 1 10 6 4 3 8 10 5Romania 40 7 5 5 2 2 2 2 12 3United Kingdom 173 10 3 10 8 6 4 4 6 2 4 7 3 6 7 12 4 6 8 8 7 4 3 4 10 10 3 1 3 7 1 2Finland 22 3 4 8 3 4Spain 23 12 3 1 712 points Edit Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final N Contestant Nation s giving 12 points16 Norway Belarus Denmark Estonia Germany Hungary Iceland Israel Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine6 Turkey Azerbaijan Belgium France Macedonia Switzerland United Kingdom3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro Serbia Greece Albania Bulgaria Cyprus Iceland Ireland Malta Norway2 Estonia Finland Slovakia Moldova Portugal Romania1 Armenia Czech Republic Azerbaijan Turkey Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania Moldova Russia Armenia Spain Andorra United Kingdom GreeceSpokespersons Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The voting order and spokespersons during the final were as follows 56 Spain Inaki del Moral es 57 Belgium Maureen Louys Belarus Ekaterina Litvinova ru Malta Pauline Agius Germany Thomas Anders Czech Republic Petra Subrtova Sweden Sarah Dawn Finer Iceland THora Tomasdottir France Yann Renoard Israel Ofer Nachshon he Russia Ingeborga Dapkunaite Latvia Roberto Meloni Montenegro Jovana Vukcevic Andorra Brigits Garcia Finland Jari Sillanpaa Switzerland Cecile Bahler de Bulgaria Yoanna Dragneva bg Lithuania Ignas Krupavicius United Kingdom Duncan James Macedonia Frosina Josifovska Slovakia Ľubomir Bajanik sk Greece Alexis Kostalas el Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Lakovic Laka Ukraine Marysya Horobets Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan Albania Leon Menkshi Serbia Jovana Jankovic Cyprus Sophia Paraskeva Poland Radoslaw Brzozka pl Netherlands Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen Estonia Laura Poldvere Croatia Mila Horvat Portugal Helena Coelho Romania Alina Sorescu Ireland Derek Mooney Denmark Felix Smith da Moldova Sandu Leancă Slovenia a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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