Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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52nd Eurovision Song Contest
ESC 2007 Logo.svg
motto True Fantasy (Eng. True Fantasy)
date May 10, 2007 (semi-finals)
May 12, 2007 (final)
Host country FinlandFinland Finland
venue Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena , Helsinki
Broadcasting television station YLE
Moderation Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi
Jaana Pelkonen , Mikko Leppilampi and Krisse Salminen ( Green Room )
Pause filler Semi-final: Tsuumi
Final: Apocalyptica
participating countries 42
winner SerbiaSerbia Serbia
First time participation GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Montenegro Serbia Czech Republic
MontenegroMontenegro 
SerbiaSerbia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Returning participants AustriaAustria Austria Hungary
HungaryHungary 
Withdrawn participants MonacoMonaco Monaco
Voting rule The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point to the ten best songs.
ESC 2006ESC 2008GreeceGreece SerbiaSerbia 

The 52nd Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 10th and 12th, 2007 under the motto "True Fantasy" in the Hartwall Areena in Finland's capital Helsinki . The winner was the Serbian contribution Molitva by Marija Šerifović .

After the victory of the hard rock band Lordi the previous year, the Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio received the order from the organizer EBU to host the event . Finland, which has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1961, hosted the competition for the first time.

The EBU decided that the event was brought forward and took place on the second weekend in May. The venue was the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. The programs were presented by the moderators Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi. The televoting in the final was opened by the Finnish Santa Claus Joulupukki .

particularities

Marija Šerifović, interpreter of the winning title at the rehearsals for the final

The surprising victory of the hard rock band Lordi in the previous year motivated many countries to submit similar songs to the competition, which was an unusual situation for a competition that was previously geared more towards pop music . In addition to hosts Finland, countries such as Andorra, Iceland and Moldova also sent songs that did not previously fit the norm of the competition. This continued in the years that followed, even if 2007 was not really a guarantee of success.

After the Swiss DJ BoBo was eliminated in the semi-finals, the international bookmakers Verka Serduchka ( Ukraine ), Dmitri Koldun ( Belarus ), Marija Šerifović ( Serbia ), the Swedish band The Ark and the Russian girls' band Serebro were considered favorites to win. On the other hand, German starter Roger Cicero with the swing number Frauen reign'n die Welt was granted only outsider chances, in the end he finished 19th. Despite this poor placement, until 2010, when Germany won, no German contribution was able to fight for a better placement. Austria's contribution Get a Life - Get Alive by Eric Papilaya was also eliminated in the semifinals.

On the occasion of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, the Finnish Post issued a sheet of 4 stamps on May 9, 2007. One stamp shows Mister Lordi Tomi Putaansuu, the second the complete band Lordi, and the third shows the former Finnish Eurovision participants Laila Kinnunen (1961), Marion Rung (1962, 1973), Kirka (1984) and Katri-Helena (1979, 1993) ) as well as the symbol of the Eurovision Song Contest with the Finnish flag on the fourth.

This year, the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the eleventh time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winner was Verka Serduchka from Ukraine.

In 2007 the EBU introduced the so-called Winner Tour . To better promote the winning title, a tour through Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain was organized for the winner and a private jet made available for this purpose . Marija Serifovic was received by the respective ESC interpreters of the countries. TV appearances, interviews for magazines and newspapers, live chats with fans, and appearances in central squares of the respective cities were also planned.

Attendees

  • Countries in the final
  • Countries that did not reach the final
  • Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 2007
  • Contrary to the original plans, which provided for a reduction in the number of directly qualifying countries, the EBU ultimately stuck to the participant regulation that had been in place since 2004. In addition, 14 countries qualified directly for the final: The ten best placed last year and the four largest contributors to the EBU. Georgia , Montenegro , Serbia and the Czech Republic took part in the competition for the first time. Austria and Hungary returned. The maximum number of participants, originally set at 40, has been increased to 43. With the cancellation of Monaco , the number of actual participants was finally reduced to 42.

    The following performers returned to the competition:

    country Interpreter Previous year of participation
    IcelandIceland Iceland Eiríkur Hauksson 1986 (as a member of ICY ), 1991 (for Norway , as a member of Just 4 Fun ) NorwayNorway 
    Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Karolina Gočeva 2002
    Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Evridiki 1992 , 1994

    National qualification

    The top ten from last year

    • Armenia : The Armenian representative was determined by two semi-finals (February 23 and 24) and one final (February 25). The winner was Hayko with the title Anytime You Need .
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina : The contribution from Bosnia and Herzegovina was determined internally. The singer Marija Šestić appeared in the finale with a folk pop ballad.
    • Finland : The Finnish preliminary round was held with four semifinals (January 20th / 27th, February 3rd / 10th) and one final on February 17th, 2007. Hanna Pakarinen will represent the country with Leave Me Alone .
    • Greece : The Greek contribution was determined by a preliminary decision on February 28, 2007. Sarbel with Yassou Maria won with 39.69% of all votes ahead of Christos Dantis, composer of the Greek title at Eurovision 2005 , with No Madonna (31.28%) and the Georgian-born Tamta with With Love (29.02%).
    • Ireland : The Irish TV broadcaster RTÉ has chosen the group Dervish . The song they 'll be performing for Ireland was found via televoting on February 16, 2007 and is called They Can't Stop the Spring .
    • Lithuania : Lithuania’s preliminary decision consists of several preliminary rounds and semi-finals. The final took place on March 3, 2007. The band 4Fun with the title Love or Leave prevailed.
    • Romania : As in previous years, the “Selectia Nationala” 2007 consisted of two semi-finals and a final, which took place on February 10th. Romania is represented by Todomondo with Liubi, liubi, I Love You .
    • Russia : on March 10, 2007, the TV station Channel One made the internal decision that the girl group Serebro would represent Russia in Helsinki with the English-language title Song # 1 .
    • Sweden : The Swedes determined their interpreter again through an elaborate process: the semifinals on 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th. A second chance round followed on March 3rd. In the final on March 10, 2007, the Swedish entry was determined by a mixture of ratings from eleven juries and televoting. It won The Ark with the title The Worrying Kind .
    • Ukraine : Seven performers competed in a final. Verka Serduchka , a drag queen , won with the song Dancing lasha tumbai .

    The Big Four

    Germany, France, the UK and Spain make the largest financial contributions to the EBU. In addition, based on the number of viewers, these countries have the largest member stations of the EBU, which together serve almost a quarter of a billion people. In order to avoid that a large part of the European audience potential could break away in the event of a bad placement in the previous year, these countries are generally placed in the final.

    • Germany : As in 2006, three candidates competed in the preliminary round at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on March 8, 2007 : Roger Cicero with women rule the world , the trio of girls Monrose with Even Heaven Cries and Heinz Rudolf Kunze with Die Welt ist Pop, whereby Cicero could clearly prevail.
    • France : The French preliminary decision with ten participants took place on March 6, 2007. The Fatals Picards qualified for the competition with the song L'amour à la française .
    • Spain : In contrast to previous years, there was again a large selection process in Spain with several preliminary rounds and semi-finals. The finale was on February 24, 2007, in which the boy band D'Nash was voted for with their song I Love You mi vida .
    • United Kingdom : In the United Kingdom, the preliminary round took place after the starting order draw on March 17th; it won the pop band Scooch with Flying the Flag (For You) .

    Semifinals

    The following countries took part in the semi-finals:

    • Albania : In Albania there were two semifinals on the 21st and 22nd and the final on December 23rd, 2006. Winners of this Festivali i Këngës were Aida & Frederik Ndoci with the song Hear My Plea, who were eliminated in the semifinals.
    • Andorra : The tiny state of Andorra selected its representative internally and announced him on January 15, 2007. It was the punk rock band Anonymous with the self-written song Salvem el món, which did not get past the semi-finals.
    • Belgium : The Walloon TV RTBF internally nominated the group Krazy Mess Groovers (KMG's for short) and their funk song Love Power, which did not make it into the ten most popular titles in the semi-finals.
    • Bulgaria : In a semifinals on February 3rd and the final on February 24th 2007 Bulgaria's performers, the duo Eliza Todorowa and Stojan Jankulow, were found with the title Voda . The name of the entry was changed to Water and Todorova / Yankulov reached the finals via the semi-finals.
    • Denmark : The Danes hosted two semifinals on January 26th and February 2nd. The best performers then faced the finals on February 10, 2007. It was won by the travesty artist DQ with the title Drama Queen, who was eliminated in the ESC semifinals.
    • Estonia : Ten participants competed in the Estonian preliminary decision in a final on February 3, 2007. Among them was the pop-rock band Vanilla Ninja , which represented Switzerland at the ESC in 2005 and was eighth. It won Gerli Padar , the sister of Tanel Padar (winner of the ESC 2001 ), with the song Partners In Crime, which failed in the semifinals.
    • Georgia : Georgia as the debutant of the competition selected the singer Sopho Chalwaschi as representative . She presented five titles in a preliminary decision on March 3rd and qualified as one of the ten best semi-finalists with the song Visionary Dream .
    • Iceland : The Icelanders determined their interpreters through three semi-finals (January 20/27, February 3) and the final on February 17, 2007. The winner was Eiríkur Hauksson with the title Valentine Lost, who did not get past the semi-finals .
    • Israel : The Israeli broadcaster IBA internally selected the ethno-pop band Teapacks , which presented four songs in a preliminary decision in February. The song for Helsinki was called Push the Button . The participants' song caused controversy because the organizations believed that it was too political and thus violated the rules of the Song Contest. With the song, the band wanted to draw attention to the violence that causes "strange feelings" for many people in the world, but was unable to place in the top 10 of the semi-finals.
    • Croatia : The Croatians determined their interpreter through two preliminary rounds on 1/2. March and a final on March 3, 2007 (this preliminary round is called Dora ). Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić with Vjerujem u ljubav , who were eliminated in the semi-finals.
    • Latvia : The Latvian preliminary round consisted of two preliminary rounds (January 27 and February 3) and a final, which took place on February 24, 2007. The tenor band Bonaparti.lv prevailed with the Italian title Questa notte and was able to place itself among the ten best ESC semi-finalists.
    • Malta : Malta hosted a major semi-final on February 1st, followed by the final on February 3rd. Olivia Lewis with Vertigo represented her country in the semi-finals, but was eliminated.
    • Macedonia : The Macedonian preliminary decision took place on February 24, 2007. Karolina Gočeva , who started for Macedonia in 2002 , was able to assert herself with the popular pop piece Mojot svet ( German: "My World") sung in English and Macedonian and expanded with folk elements . Via the semi-finals she reached the final.
    • Moldova : In Moldova , a jury selected the three best from 34 entries to be televoted in the final. The winner was Natalia Barbu with the title Fight, who qualified for the final round via the ESC semi-finals.
    • Montenegro : The now independent Montenegro found its interpreter for the event MontenegroSong via televoting. The singer Stevan Faddy with the song Hajde kroči was eliminated in the semi-finals.
    • Netherlands : Edsilia Rombley , who had already represented the Netherlands at the ESC in 1998 , was selected internally . On February 11, 2007 her song for Helsinki was presented, it is called On Top of the World, which failed in the semifinals.
    • Norway : As in Sweden, the Norwegians held three semifinals (January 20th and 27th, February 3rd), a second chance round on February 8th and a final on February 10th 2007. The winner was Guri Schanke with the Latino Pop title Ven a bailar conmigo, which was eliminated in the semifinals in Helsinki.
    • Austria : Austria had chosen its representative internally with the singer and star band member Eric Papilaya (reached 5th place in the 3rd season). He performed the official Life Ball song in 2007 entitled Get a Life - Get Alive for Austria, which was eliminated in the semifinals.
    • Poland : In Poland, 15 out of a total of 79 titles were selected for the final, which took place on February 3, 2007. The winner was The Jet Set with Time to Party . To date, it is not known which places the other participants made. Poland was eliminated in the ESC semi-finals.
    • Portugal : The Portuguese preliminary decision with ten participants took place on March 10th, Sabrina won with the title Dança comigo (vem ser feliz), who only narrowly failed in the semifinals as 11th.
    • Switzerland : Switzerland selected the successful pop star DJ BoBo as the interpreter internally . The song was called Vampires Are Alive and was released on February 22, 2007. As the top favorite among international bookmakers, DJ BoBo was eliminated in the semi-finals.
    • Serbia : The Serbs determined their representative in a final on March 8, 2007. The singer Marija Šerifović prevailed with Molitva , who qualified for the final in Helsinki and won it with a 33 point lead.
    • Slovenia : In Slovenia, the interpreter was determined by two semi-finals on February 1st and 2nd and a final on February 3rd, 2007. The winner was Alenka Gotar with Cvet z juga, who also placed among the ten most popular songs in the ESC semi-finals.
    • Czech Republic : In the Czech preliminary round, the Eurosong, on March 10, 2007, the rock band Kabát with the title Malá dama prevailed. However, she missed the finals in Helsinki.
    • Turkey : The interpreter for Turkey was determined internally. Kenan Doğulu represented Turkey with the song Shake it up şekerim and was able to make it through to the semi-finals perfectly. Contrary to initial information that the Turkish audience would choose one of three songs, TRT carried out the song selection internally. Doğulu sings in English. Apart from şekerim, the song does not contain any other Turkish word. Shake It Up şekerim was presented to the public on March 9, 2007.
    • Hungary : Hungary returned after a year break and sent the winner of the "Fonogram" music award, which was held on February 24, 2007, to Helsinki. Finally, the singer Magdi Rúzsa with the title Unsubstantial Blues prevailed, who was also able to place among the ten most popular interpreters of the semi-finals.
    • Belarus : Three performers were selected partly by televoting and partly by a jury. An internal jury selected the interpreter who will represent Belarus in Helsinki. The choice fell on Dmitri Koldun , who also reached the final via the semi-finals.
    • Cyprus : Cyprus chose its representative internally with the singer Evridiki . With the French-language title Comme ci comme ça, she was unable to place among the ten most popular participants in the ESC semi-finals.

    Semifinals

    The participants, who were not automatically qualified for the main event, competed against each other on May 10th in a "semi-final". The ten best participants (light green in the table) had qualified for the final. The exact distribution of points in the semi-finals was only announced after the final.

    space Start number country Interpreter Song
    Music (M) and Text (T)
    language Translation
    (unofficial)
    Points
    01. 15th SerbiaSerbia Serbia Marija Šerifović
    Марија Шерифовић
    Molitva
    (Молитва)
    M: Vladimir Graić; T: Saša Milošević Mare
    Serbian prayer 298
    02. 22nd HungaryHungary Hungary Magdi Ruzsa Unsubstantial Blues
    M: Magdi Rúzsa ; T: Imre Mózsik
    English Half-hearted blues 224
    03. 26th TurkeyTurkey Turkey Kenan Dogulu Shake It Up şekerim
    M / T: Kenan Doğulu
    English Dance my darling 197
    04th 04th Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Dmitry Kaldun
    Дмітры Калдун
    Work Your Magic
    M: Philip Kirkorow; T: Karen Kawalerjan
    English Handle your magic 176
    05. 28 LatviaLatvia Latvia Bonaparti.lv Questa notte
    M: Kjell Jennstig; T: Francesca Russo, Torbjörn Wassenius, Kjell Jennstig
    Italian Tonight 168
    06th 01 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Eliza Todorowa & Stojan Jankulow
    Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов
    Water
    M: Eliza Todorowa , Stojan Jankulow ; T: Eliza Todorova
    Bulgarian
    with English title
    water 146
    07th 25th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Alenka Gotar Cvet z juga
    M / T: Andrej Babić
    Slovenian Flower of the south 140
    08th. 06th GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Sopho
    სოფო
    Visionary Dream
    M: Beqa Jafaridze; T: Bibi Kvachadze
    English Visionary dream 123
    09. 18th Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Karolina
    Каролина
    Mojot svet
    (Мојот свет)
    M: Grigor Koprov ; T: Ognen Nedelkovski
    Macedonian , English My world 097
    10. 09 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Natalia Barbu Fight
    M: Alexandr Braşovean; T: Elena Buga
    English struggle 091
    11. 17th PortugalPortugal Portugal Sabrina Dança comigo
    M: Emanuel; T: Emanuel, Tó Maria Vinhas
    Portuguese , French ,
    Spanish , English
    Dance with me (come be happy) 088
    12. 21st AndorraAndorra Andorra Anonymous Salvem el món (Let's save the World)
    M / T: Anonymous
    Catalan , English Let's save the world 080
    13. 05 IcelandIceland Iceland Eiríkur Hauksson Valentine Lost
    M: Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson; T: Peter Fenner
    English Lost Valentine's Day gift 077
    14th 14th PolandPoland Poland The jet set Time to Party
    M: Mateusz Krezan; T: Kamil Varen, David Junior Serame
    English time to party 075
    15th 03 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Evridiki & D. Korgialas
    Ευριδίκη
    Comme ci-Comme ça
    M: Dimitris Korgialas; T: Poseidonas Giannopoulos
    French So-so 065
    16. 13 CroatiaCroatia Croatia Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić Vjerujem u ljubav
    M / T: Dado Topić
    Croatian , English I believe in love 054
    17th 11 AlbaniaAlbania Albania Frederik Ndoci Hear My Plea
    M: Adrian Hila; T: Pandi Laço
    English, Albanian Answer my request 049
    18th 19th NorwayNorway Norway Guri Schanke Ven a bailar conmigo
    M / T: Thomas G: son
    English Come Dance With Me 048
    19th 12 DenmarkDenmark Denmark DQ Drama Queen
    M: Simon Munk, Peter Andersen; T: Claus Christensen, Peter Andersen
    English - 045
    20th 08th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland DJ BoBo Vampires Are Alive
    M / T: DJ BoBo , Axel Bendung
    English Vampires live 040
    21st 10 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Edsilia Rombley On Top of the World
    M: Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis; T: Maarten ten Hove, Martin Gijzemijter, Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis
    English At the top of the world 038
    22nd 07th MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro Stevan Faddy 'Ajde kroči
    M: Slaven Knezović; T: Milan Peric
    Montenegrin Come on, get up 033
    22nd 23 EstoniaEstonia Estonia Gerli Padar Partners in Crime
    M: Hendrik Sal-Saller; T: Berit Veiber
    English Partner in crime 033
    24. 02 IsraelIsrael Israel Tea packs
    טיפקס
    Push the Button (Kaftor Adom)
    (Push the Button (כפתור אדום))
    M / T: Kobi Oz
    Hebrew , English, French push the button 017th
    25th 20th MaltaMalta Malta Olivia Lewis Vertigo
    M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg
    English dizziness 015th
    26th 24 BelgiumBelgium Belgium The KMG's Love Power
    M: Paul Curtiz; T: Paul Curtiz, Wakas Ashiq
    English The power of love 014th
    27. 27 AustriaAustria Austria Eric Papilaya Get a Life - Get Alive
    M: Greg Usek; T: Austin Howard
    English Begin to live - come to life 004th
    28. 16 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Kabát Malá dáma
    M / T: Kabát
    Czech Little lady 001
    1Albania - the English / Alban. Version was not released as a record.

    Scoring (semi-finals)

    Competitor Voting results
    Points BG IL CY BY IS GE ME CH MD NL AL DK MR PL RS CZ PT MK NO MT AD HU EE BE SI TR AT LV AT THE FR GR IT FI BA RO DE LT IE SE UA RU GB
    Bulgaria 146 - 6th 12 3 5 5 1 6th 5 10 5 7th 3 8th 2 3 12 6th 1 8th 10 10 2 3 1 4th 2 6th
    Israel 17th - 1 2 3 6th 4th 1
    Cyprus 65 7th 4th - 8th 5 4th 5 12 7th 3 10
    Belarus 176 6th 12 10 - 4th 4th 4th 12 4th 1 4th 4th 5 1 4th 3 7th 2 7th 5 10 12 7th 2 3 10 6th 3 12 12
    Iceland 77 3 - 1 10 12 10 6th 6th 12 5 12
    Georgia 123 3 8th 7th 8th - 8th 5 3 10 1 10 7th 8th 4th 8th 10 10
    Montenegro 33 - 7th 5 8th 3 5 5
    Switzerland 40 2 - 3 1 10 6th 2 2 4th 2 8th
    Moldova 91 1 3 6th 12 7th - 12 2 8th 7th 3 6th 12 2 6th 6th
    Netherlands 38 1 1 - 4th 3 1 8th 5 5 10
    Albania 49 2 6th 7th - 3 10 4th 3 8th 4th 1 1
    Denmark 45 5 8th 1 - 3 4th 6th 2 5 4th 7th
    Croatia 54 7th 5 3 - 6th 6th 8th 7th 10 2
    Poland 75 3 5 2 6th 1 2 - 2 2 10 3 4th 1 5 3 5 3 10 5 3
    Serbia 298 8th 7th 8th 10 10 8th 12 12 6th 10 2 6th 12 5 - 12 4th 12 8th 1 12 4th 12 12 2 10 7th 5 5 8th 12 6th 10 1 8th 10 8th 8th 5
    Czech Republic 1 - 1
    Portugal 88 1 7th 8th 7th 4th 10 1 - 12 3 1 3 6th 10 8th 7th
    Macedonia 97 12 10 6th 10 8th 10 6th - 10 6th 5 7th 2 5
    Norway 48 7th 2 1 3 7th 2 2 - 2 3 1 4th 3 4th 1 6th
    Malta 15th 6th - 7th 2
    Andorra 80 2 4th 6th 2 6th 7th 1 2 - 5 4th 2 4th 12 5 2 4th 2 4th
    Hungary 224 4th 4th 1 12 10 4th 8th 5 12 7th 8th 12 8th 10 10 4th 4th - 8th 7th 6th 1 8th 8th 2 1 10 1 10 6th 7th 7th 8th 4th 3 4th
    Estonia 33 2 4th - 12 6th 6th 3
    Belgium 14th 12 2 -
    Slovenia 140 5 6th 8th 3 6th 10 7th 7th 4th 7th 5 5 5 8th 7th 6th - 3 2 5 1 7th 6th 4th 1 7th 5
    Turkey 197 10 3 3 10 10 12 12 8th 1 1 8th 6th 7th 6th 12 - 10 2 12 2 7th 8th 8th 12 7th 1 7th 12
    Austria 4th 3 1 -
    Latvia 168 10 5 2 5 5 2 2 7th 5 4th 12 3 8th 7th 12 4th 12 8th 7th 1 - 1 3 5 12 12 1 3 2 8th

    Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semifinals)

    number country received from
    9 SerbiaSerbia Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary
    6th TurkeyTurkey Turkey Albania, Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
    5 LatviaLatvia Latvia Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Poland
    Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Armenia, Israel, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
    3 IcelandIceland Iceland Finland, Norway, Sweden
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Portugal, Romania, Belarus
    HungaryHungary Hungary Denmark, Iceland, Serbia
    2 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Turkey, Cyprus
    1 AndorraAndorra Andorra Spain
    BelgiumBelgium Belgium Georgia
    EstoniaEstonia Estonia Latvia
    Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Bulgaria
    PortugalPortugal Portugal Andorra
    Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Greece

    final

    Belarus, Bulgaria and Slovenia are new or again in the final. Belarus reached the final for the first time since its debut in 2004, Bulgaria the first time since its debut in 2005. Slovenia reached the final again since 2003, having been eliminated in the semifinals in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Georgia and Serbia participated for the first time and reached the final. Serbia was even successful and took the victory.

    space Start number country Interpreter Song
    Music (M) and Text (T)
    language Translation
    (unofficial)
    Points image
    01. 17th SerbiaSerbia Serbia Marija Šerifović
    Марија Шерифовић
    Molitva
    Молитва
    M: Vladimir Graić; T: Saša Milošević Mare
    Serbian prayer 268 Marija Serifović
    02. 18th UkraineUkraine Ukraine Verka Serduchka
    Вєрка Сердючка
    Dancing Lasha Tumbai
    Dancing Лаша тумбай
    M / T: Andrei Danilko
    German , English , Ukrainian - 235 Verka Serduchka
    03. 15th RussiaRussia Russia Serebro
    Серебро
    Song # 1
    M: Maxim Fadejew; T: Daniil Babichev
    English Song number one 207 Serebro
    04th 22nd TurkeyTurkey Turkey Kenan Dogulu Shake It Up şekerim
    M / T: Kenan Doğulu
    English Dance my darling 163 Kenan Dogulu
    05. 21st BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Eliza Todorowa & Stojan Jankulow
    Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов
    Water
    M: Eliza Todorowa , Stojan Jankulow ; T: Eliza Todorova
    Bulgarian
    with English title
    water 157 Eliza Todorowa & Stojan Jankulow
    06th 03 Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Kaldun
    Дмітры Калдун
    Work Your Magic
    M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: Karen Kavaleryan
    English Handle your magic 145 Koldun
    07th 10 GreeceGreece Greece Sarbel
    Σαρμπέλ
    Yassou Maria
    M: Alex Papakonstantinou, Marcus Englöf; T: Mack
    English Hello Maria 139 Sarbel
    08th. 23 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Hayko
    Հայկո
    Anytime You Need
    M: Hayko ; T: Karen Kavaleryan
    English, Armenian However long you need 138 Hayko
    09. 08th HungaryHungary Hungary Magdi Ruzsa Unsubstantial Blues
    M: Magdi Rúzsa ; T: Imre Mózsik
    English Half-hearted blues 128 Magdi Ruzsa
    10. 24 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Natalia Barbu Fight
    M: Alexandr Braşovean; T: Elena Buga
    English struggle 109 Natalia Barbu
    11. 01 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Maria Rijeka bez imena
    M: Goran Kovačić, Aleksandra Milutinović; T: Aleksandra Milutinović
    Bosnian River with no name 106 Marija Šestić
    12. 11 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Sopho
    სოფო
    Visionary Dream
    M: Beqa Japharidze; T: Bibi Kvachadze
    English Visionary dream 097 Sopho
    13. 20th RomaniaRomania Romania Todomondo Liubi, liubi, I Love You
    Люби, люби, I love you
    M: Mister MT: Todomondo
    English, Italian , Spanish ,
    Russian , French , Romanian
    Love, love, i love you 084 Todomondo
    14th 06th Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Karolina
    Каролина
    Mojot svet
    Мојот свет
    M: Grigor Koprov ; T: Ognen Nedelkovski
    Macedonian , English My world 073 Karolina Gočeva
    15th 07th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Alenka Gotar Cvet z juga
    M / T: Andrej Babić
    Slovenian Flower of the south 066 Alenka Gotar
    16. 14th LatviaLatvia Latvia Bonaparti.lv Questa notte
    M: Kjell Jennstig; T: Francesca Russo, Torbjörn Wassenius, Kjell Jennstig
    Italian Tonight 054 Bonaparti.lv
    17th 05 FinlandFinland Finland Hanna Leave Me Alone
    M: Martti Vuorinen, Miikka Huttunen;
    T: Martti Vuorinen, Hanna Pakarinen
    English leave me alone 053 Hanna Pakarinen
    18th 12 SwedenSweden Sweden The Ark The Worrying Kind
    M / T: Ola Salo
    English The concerned 051 The Ark
    19th 16 GermanyGermany Germany Roger Cicero Women rule the world
    M: Matthias Haß ; T: Frank Ramond
    German English - 049 Roger Cicero
    20th 02 SpainSpain Spain D'Nash I Love You mi vida
    M: Thomas G: son, Andreas Rickstrand; T: Antonio Sánchez, Rebeca
    Spanish I love you, My life 043 D'Nash
    21st 09 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 4Fun Love or Leave
    M / T: Julija Ritčik
    English Love or go 028 4Fun
    22nd 13 FranceFrance France Les Fatals Picards L'amour à la française
    M: Ivan Callot; T: Ivan Callot, Laurent Honel, Paul Léger
    French English Love in french 019th Les Fatals Picards
    22nd 19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Scooch Flying the Flag (For You)
    M / T: Paul Tarry, Andrew Hill, Russ Spencer, Morten Schjolin
    English Raise the flag (for you) 019th Scooch
    24. 04th IrelandIreland Ireland Dervish They Can't Stop the Spring
    M: Tommy Moran; T: John Waters
    English You can't stop spring 005 Dervish

    Awarding of points (final)

    Competitor Voting results
    Points ME BY AT THE AD AT FR DK GR IT RS FI TR BA BE PT AL RO CY MR SI IL DE LT NO CH CZ NL IE MT EE GE BG SE UA RU LV IS PL MD GB MK HU
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 7th 1 8th 1 7th 8th 10 - 8th 10 8th 3 6th 8th 4th 7th 6th 4th
    Spain 43 4th 6th 1 - 3 8th 12 2 5 2
    Belarus 145 3 - 10 5 2 4th 1 2 1 6th 12 7th 2 10 7th 8th 1 12 12 8th 4th 7th 10 7th 4th
    Ireland 5 5 -
    Finland 53 1 7th 4th - 1 5 4th 1 6th 12 12
    Macedonia 73 10 1 10 1 8th 3 8th 10 6th 5 1 10 -
    Slovenia 66 8th 4th 3 5 7th 2 3 7th - 1 5 4th 3 4th 4th 6th
    Hungary 128 6th 2 8th 12 10 5 2 8th 4th 5 7th 4th 8th 3 4th 5 1 4th 5 8th 5 8th 2 2 -
    Lithuania 28 2 1 - 12 10 3
    Greece 139 3 8th 3 1 - 2 4th 4th 3 8th 7th 10 12 1 10 4th 3 5 4th 12 4th 5 6th 10 3 7th
    Georgia 97 6th 5 3 7th 5 1 6th 1 2 2 6th 12 1 2 1 5 - 8th 7th 6th 5 4th 2
    Sweden 51 2 12 8th 12 - 10 7th
    France 19th 2 8th - 4th 3 2
    Latvia 54 2 1 6th 10 3 3 10 4th 10 - 1 4th
    Russia 207 6th 12 12 3 2 2 8th 4th 7th 3 8th 2 4th 3 7th 3 3 8th 6th 6th 5 6th 6th 6th 12 7th 5 5 10 - 7th 1 3 8th 6th 5 6th
    Germany 49 5 7th 5 5 1 6th - 7th 6th 3 1 2 1
    Serbia 268 12 7th 7th 12 8th 6th 4th 1 - 12 12 7th 5 1 6th 3 12 12 3 8th 10 12 8th 8th 4th 8th 6th 6th 10 6th 5 3 7th 8th 5 12 12
    Ukraine 235 2 10 6th 12 4th 4th 3 7th 7th 3 6th 3 5 1 12 4th 4th 5 4th 10 5 8th 2 2 12 1 8th 3 8th 10 3 3 - 8th 12 6th 12 7th 8th 2 3
    United Kingdom 19th 7th 12 -
    Romania 84 10 3 7th 2 12 2 7th - 5 7th 3 2 2 1 1 12 8th
    Bulgaria 157 5 4th 6th 5 12 10 6th 5 6th 6th 4th 6th 5 10 6th 7th 4th 7th 7th 1 - 3 4th 2 3 5 8th 10
    Turkey 163 1 10 12 10 4th - 10 12 10 7th 12 7th 10 12 2 7th 7th 1 2 3 1 12 10 1
    Armenia 138 5 - 5 10 6th 8th 12 10 8th 5 2 10 10 12 8th 5 10 10 2
    Moldova 109 8th 3 4th 10 6th 1 2 7th 10 12 2 1 4th 2 1 2 3 4th 2 7th 6th 6th - 1 5
    The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.
    Map of scoring for the winning title from Serbia by country

    Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

    number country received from
    9 SerbiaSerbia Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Hungary
    5 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
    UkraineUkraine Ukraine Andorra, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic
    3 RussiaRussia Russia Armenia, Estonia, Belarus
    Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Israel, Russia, Ukraine
    2 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Georgia, Turkey
    FinlandFinland Finland Iceland, Sweden
    GreeceGreece Greece Bulgaria, Cyprus
    RomaniaRomania Romania Moldova, Spain
    SwedenSweden Sweden Denmark, Norway
    1 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Greece
    GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Lithuania
    LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania Ireland
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Romania
    SpainSpain Spain Albania
    HungaryHungary Hungary Serbia
    United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Malta

    Marcel Bezençon Prize

    The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize recognized by the EBU were:

    • Press award for the best song - Ukraine - Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Dancing Лаша тумбай) - Verka SerduchkaUkraineUkraine 
    • Artist Prize for the best performer - Serbia - Marija Šerifović - Molitva (Молитва)SerbiaSerbia 
    • Composers Prize for the best composition / text - Hungary - Magdi Rúsza (m) and Imre Mózsik (t) - Unsubstantial Blues - Magdi RúszaHungaryHungary 

    See also

    Web links

    Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2007  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. The favorites of the betting offices ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at eurovision.de (May 11, 2007)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ndrtv.de
    2. Eurovision with or without "Teapacks"? Tagesschau.de (page was depublished, see link).
    3. Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final Score Board
    4. ESC 2007 semi-final. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007 ; accessed on May 15, 2015 .
    5. zeit.de May 2007