Eurovision Song Contest 2008

53rd Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Confluence of Sound (German: "Confluence of Sound")
date	May 20, 2008 (semi-final 1) May 22, 2008 (semi-final 2) May 24, 2008 (final)
Host country	Serbia
venue	Belgrade Arena , Belgrade
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Željko Joksimović and Jovana Janković
Pause filler	1st semifinals: Slobodan Trkulja and the Metropolitan Orchestra 2nd semifinals: Excerpt from Ko to tamo peva performed by Narodno pozorište u Beogradu Final: Goran Bregović and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra
participating countries	43
winner	Russia
First time participation	Azerbaijan , San Marino
Withdrawn participants	Austria
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. The Televoters award nine final places per semifinals, the backup juries award one more.
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The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 20, 22 and 24, 2008 under the motto “Confluence of Sound” in the Belgrade Arena with accompanying events in the Sava Center in Belgrade . The winner was the Russian contribution Believe by Dima Bilan .

For Germany, the No Angels with Disappear reached 23rd place in the finals, ahead of the tied bottom, Poland and the United Kingdom. The Swiss contribution Era stupendo by Paolo Meneguzzi did not qualify for the final, while Austria withdrew its participation in the run-up to the event.

particularities

Television broadcast

The final was broadcast live from Belgrade by the television stations of all 43 participating countries from 9:00 p.m. CEST . In addition, the two semi-finals were broadcast live by RTS from 9:00 p.m. CEST and some of them were broadcast in the participating countries.

The North German Radio (NDR) transferred the first semifinal live and delayed the second semi-final as a record. The final was broadcast on the first (ARD). In Switzerland, SF Zwei and HD suisse broadcast the second semi-finals and the final. In Austria, ORF 1 broadcast the final live, despite the withdrawn participation.

useful information

• Dima Bilan's winning song for Russia was produced by successful producer Timbaland .
• The press center in Belgrade's Sava Centar was four times larger than the previous year in Helsinki. The latter was already considered the greatest in history.
• Logo and stage design were determined in a competition. 455 proposals were received for the logo and 70 for the stage design. David Cushing's "Confluence" design won the stage design competition. It symbolizes the confluence of the Danube and Sava , the largest rivers in the country. A combination of different symbols was originally chosen as the logo. It sparked a wave of horror and a signature campaign against the logo. It was pejoratively called "šljiva" (plum). It was eventually replaced with a logo designed by Boris Miljković. This is called "Confluence of Sound" and is adapted to the theme of the stage design.
• The televoting in the first semifinals was opened by the Serbian tennis player Novak Đoković , that in the second semifinals by Lys Assia , the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 , and the televoting in the final by the Serbian basketball player Vlade Divac .
• The Croatian participant "75 Cents" (Ladislav Demeterffy) was 75 years old and was the oldest participant in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. He chose his stage name based on his age and the American rapper 50 Cent . However, this record was improved in 2013 by 95-year-old Emil Ramsauer from the Swiss group Takasa .
• Winner Dima Bilan won a winners tour, as did the Serbian winner Marija Šerifović last year . The tour includes nine stops across Europe: Belgium (June 1), Germany (May 31), Finland (May 28), France (June 2), Ireland (May 30), Norway (May 29), San Marino (June 3), Sweden (May 29) and the United Kingdom (May 31).
• As in 2003 , 2004 and 2005 , it was directed by the Swede Sven Stojanović .
• Many participants were selected in their own casting show, the Evropsko lice (Serbian for "European face").
• For the first time, the Stars and Legend of Eurovision concert was held as part of the event .
• Russia won for the first time during its 14 years of participation in the event. In 2009, Russian television was responsible for hosting the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow for the first time.
• Željko Joksimović was the first presenter who was also the composer of a competition title. This was partly criticized because of the possible conflict of interest.
• After a changing price had been awarded to the composer and interpreter of the winning title in previous years, an official, constant price has now been introduced in 2008. The designer of the trophy is the Swede Kjell Engman . The trophy is a stylized crystal microphone.

Attendees

countries

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 2008

At the Euro Vision Song Contest 2008 43 nations took part, which was a new record. Azerbaijan and San Marino were there for the first time . This has further reduced the number of EBU members who have never participated - only Liechtenstein , the Vatican , which does not broadcast the competition, Kazakhstan and some members from North Africa and the Middle East remain .

According to the new rules of October 2007, only the winner of the previous year qualified as host directly for the final

•  Serbia

and the Big Four as the financially strongest member states of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

•  Germany ,
•  France ,
•  United Kingdom and
•  Spain .

In addition, after the new regulation, the first nine countries came from the televoting of the two semi-finals. In addition, a contribution determined by a jury of experts progressed from each semi-final.

The allocation of the countries to the two semi-finals was carried out by the EBU by means of a draw on January 28, 2008. All participating countries were divided into six different pots. Three countries from each pot were drawn into both semi-finals. The allocation to the six pots was based on geographical criteria and the experience of awarding points between the countries in recent years. For example, the voting behavior of the so-called Eastern, Balkan or Scandinavian blocs, which some quarters perceived as unfair, was to be restricted, something which Austria in particular had complained about.

In each semi-final only the 19 participating countries were allowed to vote. In addition, after drawing lots, the five pre-qualified countries, the Big Four and hosts Serbia, each received the right to vote in a semi-final - Germany and Spain in the first, France, the United Kingdom and Serbia in the second semi-final.

Recurring performers

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Latvia	Roberto Meloni (member of Pirates of the Sea )	2007 (as a member of Bonaparti.lv )
Russia	Dima Bilan	2006
Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	1999 (then Charlotte Nilsson)

Semifinals

draw

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Slovenia	Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Belgium  Bulgaria  Greece  Netherlands  Turkey  Cyprus	Andorra  Ireland  Latvia  Lithuania  Portugal  Romania	Armenia  Georgia  Israel  Moldova  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Azerbaijan  Malta  Poland  San Marino  Switzerland  Czech Republic  Hungary

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 20th, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final.

In the first semi-final, Germany and France were entitled to vote alongside the participating countries.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	19th	Greece	Kalomira Καλομίρα	Secret Combination M: Konstantinos Pantzis; T: Poseidon Yannopoulos	English	Secret combination	156
02.	14th	Armenia	Siruscho Սիրուշո	Qele, qele Քելե քելե M: HA Der-Hovagimian; T: Siruscho	English, Armenian	Go Go	139
03.	18th	Russia	Dima Bilan Дима Билан	Believe M / T: Dima Bilan , Jim Beanz	English	Faith	135
04th	09	Norway	Maria	Hold On Be Strong M / T: Mira Craig	English	Hold on and be strong	106
05.	02	Israel	Boaz בועז	The Fire In Your Eyes (Ke'ilu Kan) The Fire In Your Eyes ( כאילו כאן) M: Dana International ; T: Dana International, Shai Kerem	Hebrew , English	The fire in your eyes	104
06th	07th	Azerbaijan	Elnur & Samir	Day After Day M: Govher Hasanzadeh; T: Zahra Badalbeyli	English	day after day	096
07th	17th	Romania	Nico & Vlad	Pe-o margine de lume M: Andrei Tudor; T: Andreea Andrei, Adina Şuteu	Romanian , Italian	At the edge of the world	094
08th.	16	Finland	Teräsbetoni	Missä miehet ratsastaa M / T: J.Ahola	Finnish	Where the men ride	079
09.	13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laka	Pokušaj M / T: Elvir Laković Laka	Bosnian	attempt	072
10 1	10	Poland	Isis Gee	For Life M / T: Isis Gee	English	For life	042
11.	08th	Slovenia	Rebeka Dremelj	Vrag naj vzame M: Josip Miani-Pipi; T: Amon	Slovenian	To hell with that	036
12.	04th	Moldova	Geta Burlacu	A Century of Love M: Oleg Baraliuc; T: Viorica Demici	English	A century of love	036
13.	15th	Netherlands	Hind	Your Heart Belongs to Me M: Hind Laroussi Tahiri , Tjeerd van Zanen, Bas van den Heuvel; T: Hind Laroussi Tahiri , Tjeerd van Zanen	English	Your heart belongs to me	027
14th	01	Montenegro	Stefan Filipović Стефан Филиповић	Zauvijek volim te M: Grigor Koprov; T: Ognen Nedelkovski	Montenegrin	I love you forever	023
15th	11	Ireland	Dustin the Turkey	Irelande douze points M / T: Darren Smith, Simon Fine, Dustin the Turkey	English	Ireland twelve points	022nd
16.	12	Andorra	Gisela	Casanova M / T: Jordi Cubino	English, Catalan	-	022nd
17th	06th	Belgium	Ishtar	O Julissi M / T: Michel Vangheluwe	Constructed language ("Ishtar")	-	016
18th	03	Estonia	Kreisiraadio	Leto svet M / T: Priit Pajusaar , Glen Pilvre, Peeter Oja , Hannes Võrno , Tarmo Leinatamm	Serbian , German , Finnish	sunlight	008th
19th	05	San Marino	Miodio	Complice M: Francesko Sancisi; T: Nicola Della Valle	Italian	accomplice	005

¹ A jury determined the tenth qualification place. Their highest rated country, which was not among the top nine places in the televote vote , received tenth place in the final, regardless of the televote result.

Scoring of the first semi-final

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AD	AT THE	AZ	BA	BE	DE	EE	IT	FI	GR	IE	IL	MD	ME	NL	NO	PL	RO	RU	SI	SM
Montenegro	23				12										-						10	1
Israel	104	7th	7th	10	5	7th	4th		4th	10	5		-		5	6th	10	4th	6th	8th	4th	2
Estonia	8th							-		7th				1
Moldova	36	1	6th	5							4th			-					10	5		5
San Marino	5	2									3											-
Belgium	16					-		6th								10
Azerbaijan	96	8th	2	-	3	5	8th	4th		5	7th	5	5	10	3	4th		10	7th	10
Slovenia	36		4th	1	10						2		2	2	10			2	1	2	-
Norway	106	10	8th	7th	4th	1	1	8th	2	12		8th	6th	3	4th	5	-	7th	4th	7th	2	7th
Poland	42		1	3			5		3		1	12					2	-	2	3		10
Ireland	22nd				2	4th		7th	1	2		-	3		1	1	1
Andorra	22nd	-						3	12			1	4th					1			1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	72			4th	-		7th	1		8th		3		6th	12	7th	12				12
Armenia	139	3	-		6th	12	10	2	10	4th	12	2	10	5	6th	12	3	12	5	12	5	8th
Netherlands	27		3	2		8th							1			-	7th		3			3
Finland	79	12			1	2	2	12	6th	-	6th	6th		8th	2		6th	5		4th	3	4th
Romania	94	6th	5	6th		6th	3		8th	1	8th	7th	8th	12		3	5	3	-	1	6th	6th
Russia	135	4th	12	8th	7th	3	6th	10	5	6th	10	4th	12	7th	8th	2	8th	8th	8th	-	7th
Greece	156	5	10	12	8th	10	12	5	7th	3	-	10	7th	4th	7th	8th	4th	6th	12	6th	8th	12

Interpreter of the winning title, Dima Bilan , during the appearance in the semi-finals

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (first semi-final)

number	country	received from
5	Armenia	Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Russia
4th	Greece	Azerbaijan, Germany, Romania, San Marino
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Montenegro, Norway, Slovenia
2	Finland	Andorra, Estonia
	Russia	Armenia, Israel
1	Andorra	Spain
	Montenegro	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Norway	Finland
	Poland	Ireland
	Romania	Moldova

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on May 22, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final.

In the second semifinal, France , Serbia , the United Kingdom and the countries participating in the second semifinals were eligible to vote in that semifinals.    

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	04th	Ukraine	Ani Lorak Ані Лорак	Shady Lady M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: Karen A. Kavaleryan	English	Dubious lady	152
02.	19th	Portugal	Vânia Fernandes	Senhora do mar (Negras águas) M: Andrej Babić; T: Carlos Coelho	Portuguese	Lady of the Sea (Black Waters)	120
03.	13	Denmark	Simon Mathew	All Night Long M / T: Svend Gudiksen, Jacob Launbjerg, Nis Bøgvad	English	The whole night long	112
04th	11	Croatia	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents	Romanca M / T: Miran "Hadži" Veljković	Croatian	romance	112
05.	14th	Georgia	Diana Gurzkaja დიანა ღურწკაია	Peace Will Come M: Kim Breitburg; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English	Peace will come	107
06th	10	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	Wolves of the Sea M / T: Jonas Liberg, Johan Sahlen, Claes Andreasson, Torbjorn Wassenius	English	Sea wolves	086
07th	03	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	Deli M / T: Mor ve Ötesi	Turkish	Insane	085
08th.	01	Iceland	Euroband	This Is My Life M: Örlygur Smári; T: Paul Oscar & Peter Fenner	English	That is my life	068
09.	06th	Albania	Olta Boka	Zemrën e lamë peng M: Adrian Hila; T: Pandi Laço	Albanian	We gambled away the heart	067
10.	18th	Macedonia	Tamara , Vrčak & Adrian Тамара, Врчак & Адријан	Let Me Love You M / T: Rade Vrchakovski-Vrčak	English	let me Love You	064
11.	12	Bulgaria	Deepzone & Balthazar Deep Zone и Балтазар	DJ, Take Me Away M / T: Dian Sawow	English	DJ take me away	056
12 1	02	Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	Hero M: Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren; T: Fredrik Kempe	English	hero	054
13.	07th	Switzerland	Paolo Meneguzzi	Era stupendo M: Pablo Meneguzzo ; T: Pablo Meneguzzo , Vincenzo Incenzo	Italian	It was wonderful	047
14th	16	Malta	Morena	Vodka M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg	English	vodka	038
15th	17th	Cyprus	Kadi Evdokia Ευδοκία Καδή	Femme fatale M: Nicos Evangelou; T: Vangelis Evangelou	Greek	Fateful woman	036
16.	05	Lithuania	Jeronimas Milius	Nomads in the Night M: Vytautas Diškevičius; T: Jeronimas Milius	English	Nomads in the night	030th
17th	09	Belarus	Ruslan Aljachno Руслан Аляхно	Hasta la vista M: Taras Demchuk; T: Eleonora Melnik	English	Goodbye	027
18th	08th	Czech Republic	Tereza Kerndlová	Have Some Fun M: Gordon Pogoda, Stano Šimor; T: Gordon Pogoda	English	Have some fun	009
19th	15th	Hungary	Csézy	Candlelight M: Viktor Rakonczai; T: Imre Mózsik, Jánosi	English, Hungarian	candlelight	006th

¹ A jury determined the tenth qualification place. Their highest rated country, which was not among the top nine places in the televote vote , received tenth place in the final, regardless of the televote result.

Second semi-final scoreboard

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AL	BG	BY	CH	CY	CZ	DK	FR	GB	GE	MR	HU	IS	LT	LV	MK	MT	PT	RS	SE	TR	UA
Iceland	68	5		1	4th	1		10	8th	4th			7th	-	2	2		5	5		10	3	1
Sweden	54	1			3	4th		12	1	6th			1	8th	3			7th	3	3	-	2
Turkey	85	12	7th	3	7th			8th	10	10	5		4th				8th				6th	-	5
Ukraine	152		12	12	1	10	12	7th	3		12	7th	8th	6th	7th	6th	6th	8th	12	8th	3	12	-
Lithuania	30th									8th	10				-	12
Albania	67	-		5	10		1		5	3		10		1			12		2		7th	8th	3
Switzerland	47	10			-	7th		5	7th			5					1	12
Czech Republic	9						-					2					5	1				1
Belarus	27			-		2					4th				6th	5							10
Latvia	86		1	6th			5	6th		5	6th	6th		7th	12	-	4th	6th	10	2	8th		2
Croatia	112	3	6th	7th	6th	6th	3	3	2		8th	-	10	4th	5	7th	10		6th	10	4th	5	7th
Bulgaria	56		-	2		8th	2		6th			1	3	5	1	1	7th	2	1	5		6th	6th
Denmark	112	4th	2	4th	5	5	10	-	4th	1	3	3	12	12	8th	8th	3	4th	8th		12		4th
Georgia	107		4th	10		12	8th				-		2	2	10	10	2	10	7th	7th	1	10	12
Hungary	6th							1			1		-							4th
Malta	38	8th	3				6th	4th		2		4th		3		4th		-	4th
Cyprus	36	2	8th		2	-				12	2		5							1		4th
Macedonia	64	7th	10		8th		4th	2				12					-			12	2	7th
Portugal	120	6th	5	8th	12	3	7th		12	7th	7th	8th	6th	10	4th	3		3	-	6th	5		8th

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semi-final)

number	country	received from
6th	Ukraine	Bulgaria, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic, Turkey, Belarus
3	Denmark	Iceland, Sweden, Hungary
2	Georgia	Ukraine, Cyprus
	Macedonia	Croatia, Serbia
	Portugal	France, Switzerland
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Latvia	Lithuania
	Lithuania	Latvia
	Switzerland	Malta
	Sweden	Denmark
	Turkey	Albania
	Cyprus	United Kingdom

final

The final took place on May 24, 2008.

 Croatia , Israel , Denmark and Norway reached the final for the first time since 2006, as all four failed in the semifinals in 2007. Albania made it back to the final after three, Poland and Iceland after four and Portugal after five years. Azerbaijan reached the final for the first time when it first played .         

The big four and the host country automatically qualified for the final. The start numbers were drawn at two press conferences after the two semi-finals.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points	image
01.	24	Russia	Dima Bilan Дима Билан	Believe M / T: Dima Bilan , Jim Beanz	English	Faith	272
02.	18th	Ukraine	Ani Lorak Ані Лорак	Shady Lady M: Filipp Kirkorow ; T: Karen A. Kavaleryan	English	Dubious lady	230
03.	21st	Greece	Kalomira Καλομίρα	Secret Combination M: Konstantinos Pantzis; T: Poseidon Yannopoulos	English	Secret combination	218
04th	05	Armenia	Siruscho Սիրուշո	Qele, qele Քելե քելե M: HA Der-Hovagimian; T: Siruscho	English, Armenian	Go Go	199
05.	25th	Norway	Maria	Hold On Be Strong M / T: Mira Craig	English	Hold on and be strong	182
06th	23	Serbia	Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić Јелена Томашевић feat. Бора Дугић	Oro Оро M: Željko Joksimović; T: Dejan Ivanović	Serbian	-	160
07th	12	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	Deli M / T: Mor ve Ötesi	Turkish	Insane	138
08th.	20th	Azerbaijan	Elnur & Samir	Day After Day M: Govher Hasanzadeh; T: Zahra Badalbeyli	English	day after day	132
09.	07th	Israel	Boaz בועז	The Fire In Your Eyes (Ke'ilu Kan) The Fire In Your Eyes (כאילו כאן) M: Dana International ; T: Dana International, Shai Kerem	Hebrew , English	The fire in your eyes	124
10.	06th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laka	Pokušaj M / T: Elvir Laković Laka	Bosnian	attempt	110
11.	17th	Georgia	Diana Gurzkaja დიანა ღურწკაია	Peace Will Come M: Kim Breitburg; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English	Peace will come	083
12.	14th	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	Wolves of the Sea M / T: Jonas Liberg, Johan Sahlen, Claes Andreasson, Torbjorn Wassenius	English	Sea wolves	083
13.	13	Portugal	Vânia Fernandes	Senhora do mar (Negras águas) M: Andrej Babić; T: Carlos Coelho	Portuguese	Lady of the Sea (Black Waters)	069
14th	11	Iceland	Euroband	This Is My Life M: Örlygur Smári; T: Paul Oscar & Peter Fenner	English	That is my life	064
15th	16	Denmark	Simon Mathew	All Night Long M / T: Svend Gudiksen, Jacob Launbjerg, Nis Bøgvad	English	The whole night long	060
16.	22nd	Spain	Rodolfo Chikilicuatre	Baila el Chiki Chiki M / T: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre and friends	Spanish , English	Dance the chiki-chiki	055
17th	03	Albania	Olta Boka	Zemrën e lamë peng M: Adrian Hila; T: Pandi Laço	Albanian	We gambled away the heart	055
18th	15th	Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	Hero M: Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren; T: Fredrik Kempe	English	hero	047
19th	19th	France	Sébastien Tellier	Divine M: Sébastien Tellier ; T: Sébastien Tellier , Amandine de la Richardière	English, French	Divine	047
20th	01	Romania	Nico & Vlad	Pe-o margine de lume M: Andrei Tudor; T: Andreea Andrei, Adina Şuteu	Romanian , Italian	At the edge of the world	045
21st	09	Croatia	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 cents	Romanca M / T: Miran "Hadži" Veljković	Croatian	romance	044
22nd	08th	Finland	Teräsbetoni	Missä miehet ratsastaa M / T: J.Ahola	Finnish	Where the men ride	035
23.	04th	Germany	No Angels	Disappear M / T: Remee , Hanne Sørvaag, Thomas Troelsen	English	Disappear	014th
24.	10	Poland	Isis Gee	For Life M / T: Isis Gee	English	For life	014th
25th	02	United Kingdom	Andy Abraham	Even If M / T: Andy Abraham , Andy Watkins & Paul Wilson	English	Even if	014th

Awarding of points (final)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	GB	MK	UA	DE	EE	BA	AL	BE	SM	LV	BG	RS	IL	CY	MD	IS	FR	RO	PT	NO	HU	AD	PL	SI	AT THE	CZ	IT	NL	TR	MT	IE	CH	AZ	GR	FI	MR	SE	BY	LT	RU	ME	GE	DK
Romania	45									1				6th	3	12		4th	-	4th								12				3
United Kingdom	14th	-								6th																						8th
Albania	55		12				1	-		3															4th					1			8th	1	10		8th					7th
Germany	14th				-							12																					2
Armenia	199		1	7th	6th		6th	2	12	8th		8th	5	8th	10	2	1	12	4th					12	5	-	12	10	12	10					12			2	7th		12	1	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	110		5		5		-						12					2			10				10		1		7th	6th		2	7th	3		6th	12	10				10		2
Israel	124			5	3		5	4th	5	10		2	7th	-	2	6th		6th	6th		3	3		5	3	6th			3				1	7th	1	8th	2		4th	3	6th	5	3
Finland	35					10					1						7th				4th		4th	2												-		7th
Croatia	44		2	1	2		10				5		3						1	3					8th	2							3				-				1	2	1
Poland	14th	4th																						-								10
Iceland	64	6th									2			4th			-			7th	8th							4th			6th					7th		8th						12
Turkey	138	8th	7th	4th	10		8th	10	10	4th		5						10	8th		2	5							10	-			6th	12		4th			3		2		6th	4th
Portugal	69			3	4th				6th	5			1				6th	8th		-			10					8th	5				10				3
Latvia	83	10				7th					-						4th			8th			2				3	2			7th	12					4th	3		10		3	2	6th
Sweden	47					2		3					2	1	1		3				7th	1						1			12					5		-		1				8th
Denmark	60	3				3				2	7th						12			5	12	2					2				4th	1						5		2				-
Georgia	83			8th		5					8th			2	7th	3				1						10	4th			4th	5			4th	4th				6th	5	7th		-
Ukraine	230	5	4th	-		4th	3	8th	1		10	7th	6th	10	6th	7th	5		3	12		6th	6th	10	2	5	8th	7th		8th	10	6th		10	6th	3	7th		10	6th	8th	4th	10	7th
France	47	2				6th					3						8th	-			1		3	1		4th										2		4th		8th				5
Azerbaijan	132		8th	10	1				7th		4th	3		3		8th			2			12	7th	7th	1		10		2	12				-	3				8th	7th	10		7th
Greece	218	12	3	2	12	1	7th	12	8th	12		10	8th	5	12	4th		3	12			8th	8th	3	6th	8th	5	3	6th	7th	2	4th	5	6th	-		5	1	2		3	6th	4th	3
Spain	55	1						1	4th						4th			5		10			12			1		-		3			4th		8th	1								1
Serbia	160		10		8th		12	5				4th	-		5	1	2	7th	7th		6th	7th		4th	12	3	6th		8th		1		12	2	5		10	6th	1		4th	12
Russia	272		6th	12	7th	12	4th	6th	3		12	6th	10	12	8th	10		1	10	6th	5	10	5	6th	7th	12	7th	5	1	5	8th	5		8th	7th	10	6th		12	12	-	8th	8th
Norway	182	7th		6th		8th	2	7th	2	7th	6th	1	4th	7th		5	10		5	2	-	4th	1	8th		7th		6th	4th	2	3	7th		5	2	12	1	12	5	4th	5		5	10
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 Russia by country

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

number	country	received from
8th	Armenia	Belgium, France, Georgia, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic
7th	Russia	Armenia, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus
6th	Greece	Albania, Germany, Romania, San Marino, United Kingdom, Cyprus
4th	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Switzerland, Slovenia
2	Azerbaijan	Hungary, Turkey
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Serbia
	Denmark	Iceland, Norway
	Norway	Finland, Sweden
	Romania	Moldova, Spain
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Germany	Bulgaria
	Iceland	Denmark
	Latvia	Ireland
	Sweden	Malta
	Spain	Andorra
	Turkey	Azerbaijan
	Ukraine	Portugal

Marcel Bezençon Prize

This year there was an additional award for the best newcomer. This award could be chosen by fans on the Swedish website Poplight.se . The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize were:

• Press award for the best song - Portugal - Senhora do mar (Negras águas) - Vânia Fernandes 
• Artist Prize for the best performer - Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text - Romania - Andrei Tudor (m), Andreea Andrei (t) and Adina Şuteu (t) - Pe-o margine de lume - Nico & Vlad 
• Poplight Fan Award for the best newcomer under the age of 25 - Armenia - Sirusho - Qele, qele (Քելե քելե) 

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2008  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest (English)
• Official website of the NDR on the ESC
• diggiloo.net
• Eurovision News (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Points, Places and Politics. The international rules for the ESC 2008. NDR, archived from the original on May 8, 2008 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Croatian street musicians rap with 75 cents. NDR, archived from the original on May 3, 2008 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
3. ^ Glen Webb: Belgians Create Feel Good Factor. Eurovision.tv, May 11, 2008, accessed May 27, 2008 .