Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2009 logo.png
Dates
Semi-final 112 May 2009[1]
Semi-final 214 May 2009[1]
Final16 May 2009[1]
Host
VenueOlympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia[2]
Host broadcasterRussia C1R
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Non-returning countries Georgia[3][4][5]
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place between the 12 May and 16 May 2009.[1] It will be held in Russia[6] with the host venue confirmed as the Olympic Indoor Arena within Moscow.[2] Changes in the voting procedure will occur with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting.[7][8][9] Twenty-nine countries have confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, with Kosovo announcing interest in participating for the first time,[10] and Slovakia showing interest in returning.[11] Georgia has announced that it is withdrawing from the contest,[3][4][5] and seven further countries are undecided on if they will participate.

Venue

The contest will be held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with Dima Bilan's "Believe".[6] Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, has stated that the contest will be held in Moscow and it was proposed by the host broadcaster, Channel One, that the contest be held in the Olympic Indoor Arena within Moscow.[2][12] However, music journalist, Artur Gasparyan, noted that there are currently no venues suitable for holding the contest in Moscow, so it is planned that there will be €10 million worth of renovation work to the Olympic Indoor Arena to allow it to hold the contest final on 16 May 2009 with 25,000 attendees, including over 2,000 journalists.[13] This proposal was evaluated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and confirmed on 13 September 2008.[2]

Format

Discussion on the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place at a EBU meeting in Athens, Greece in June 2008. A proposal was made that could have resulted in the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) losing their automatic place in the final of the contest.[14] However, it has been confirmed that the "Big Four" countries will continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.[15]

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.[7] 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] It has since been confirmed that for the contest final, each country's votes will be decided by a combination of televoting results and a national jury, though the exact mix of each component has yet to be confirmed. The method of selecting the semi-final qualifiers will remain the same, however, with nine countries in each semi-final qualifying based on televoting results and the tenth coming from the juries.[8][9] Details on the jury method will be released after another Reference Group meeting in December.[17] National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, and televoting became mandatory for nearly all participants beginning in 2003.

Participants

Possible returns

Confirmed Non-Participants

  •  Austria - 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."[58][59] Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria will not return to the contest in 2009, but will broadcast the final on ORF as it did in 2008.[60]

Withdrawals

Possible withdrawals

  •  Armenia - [Armenian Public Television |Armenian Public Television (AMPTV) ]]will decide in in October 2008 if they will participate in the contest in 2009.
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  •  Lithuania - The head of Lietuvos Nacionalinis Radijas ir Televizija (LRT) has stated that they will consider boycotting the 2009 contest "if Russia continues to showcase power and ignores international law", referring to the war in South Ossetia.[63]
  •  Poland - Telewizja Polska (TVP) will decide in October 2008 if they will participate in the contest in 2009.[64] TVP has confirmed that it is considering withdrawing from the contest, but is waiting to review any changes the EBU makes to the show's format or voting procedure. Poland's victory in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest and its evaluation on whether to host the 2009 Eurovision Dance Contest will also be a factor in TVP's decision. Aneta Wrona, a spokesperson for TVP, stated that Poland's participation or withdrawal in next year's contest will have nothing to do with the political situation between Russia and Georgia.[16] No word as of yet has come from TVP over their participation at the contest after the announcement of a jury system in the final.
  •  San Marino - San Marino RTV (SMRTV) will decide by the end of 2008 whether they will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time. The Sammarinese Minister of Youth has commented that they have "good hopes" of returning to the Eurovision Song Contest.[65]
  •  Ukraine - Natsionalna Telekompaniya Ukrainy (NTU) is considering withdrawal due to financial problems with its broadcasting network, though it is also still looking for a sponsor for the event.[66]

Individual entries

Template:2009 Eurovision Song Contest entries

Country Language Artist Song Selection process Selection date
 Albania TBD TBD TBD Festivali I Këngës December 2008[67]
 Belgium TBD TBD TBD Internal selection[68] TBD
 Bulgaria TBD TBD TBD Be A Star[69] 1 October - 19 December 2008[69]
 Denmark TBD TBD TBD Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009[27] 31 January 2009[27]
 Finland TBD TBD TBD Euroviisut 2009 31 January 2009[31]
 France French[32] TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Greece TBD Sakis Rouvas[34][35][36] TBD Artist: Internal selection
Song: National selection[70] 		TBD
 Iceland TBD TBD TBD Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2009[37][38] January - February 2009[37][38]
 Malta TBD TBD TBD Malta Song for Europe 2009 8 November - 17 January [71]
 Netherlands TBD De Toppers[72][73][74] TBD Artist: Internal selection
Song: Nationaal Songfestival 2009[72][73][75] 		1 February 2009[72][73]
 Norway TBD TBD TBD Melodi Grand Prix 2009[76] 21 February 2009[77]
 Portugal TBD TBD TBD Festival da Canção 2009[78] March 2009
 Serbia TBD TBD TBD Beovizija 2009 Late February or early March 2009
 Slovenia TBD TBD TBD EMA 2009[47] February 2009[79]
 Sweden TBD TBD TBD Melodifestivalen 2009[50] 14 March 2009[80]
  Switzerland TBD TBD TBD Internal selection[81] TBD
 United Kingdom TBD TBD TBD Eurovision: Your Decision[82][83] TBD

Map

  Confirmed Participants
  Possible Withdrawals
  Possible Debuts/Returns
  Confirmed Non-Participants

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