Eurovision Song Contest 2009

54th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 12, 2009 (first semi-final) May 14, 2009 (second semi-final) May 16, 2009 (final)
Host country	Russia
venue	Olimpijski , Moscow
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Semi-finals: Natalja Wodjanowa & Andrei Malachow Final: Alsou & Ivan Urgant
Opening act	First semi-final: story about the Firebird & the Tolmacheva sisters Second semi-final: Medley of the ESC winning titles of the Terem Quartet, Russian national ballet Kostroma , ensemble of the Russian Air Force, show ballet Art Dogs Finale: Cirque du Soleil with Prodigal Son & Dima Bilan - Believe
Pause filler	First semifinals: Alexandrov Ensemble feat. tATu - Not Gonna Get Us Second Semi-Final: Igor Moiseyev Ensemble - Folk Dances from Different Countries Final: Fuerza Bruta
participating countries	42
winner	Norway
Returning participants	Slovakia
Withdrawn participants	Georgia San Marino
Voting rule	Each country distributed to the ten best titles by voting 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point. In the final, 50 percent of the votes took place by jury and televoting , in the semifinals the televoters selected nine and the juries selected another finalist.
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The 54th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 12, 14 and 16, 2009 in Moscow . The winner was the Norwegian entry Fairytale by Alexander Rybak , with a record of 387 points .

Host Country was the first time Russia after the Russian contribution Believe by Dima Bilan at 53. Euro Vision Song Contest in Belgrade had won.

Although it has been a tradition since 2002 , Moscow decided not to use a motto for the competition. This custom was continued as early as the next year. The two semi-final rounds were moderated by the moderation couple Natalja Vodjanowa (top model) and Andrei Malachow (TV presenter). The finale was presented by actor and presenter Ivan Urgant and the singer and ESC participant in 2000 Alsou . For the first time in the history of the ESC, a different pair of moderators was used in the semi-finals than in the final round.

venue

The Olimpijski -Arena in Moscow was the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The hall holds 10,000 to 16,000 spectators for sports and television events and was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

format

New voting rule

This year, for the first time since 1996, juries were used across the board . The country voting consisted of an equal number of audience and jury ratings. In the semifinals, televoting counted for the first nine places. The 10th starting place was awarded by means of a wildcard from the jury to the country that received the most votes from the jury and was not placed among the first nine places in the televoting.

Each jury consisted of five members who should have a professional connection to music. They were not allowed to participate in any form of competition titles. Each member created their personal ranking according to the model that has been in effect since 1975 . These points were added up and the jury points were determined using the same system. These points were added together with those of the televoting.

Attendees

countries

Participating countries:

Countries in the final

Countries that did not reach the final

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2009

The division into the semi-finals:

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semifinal

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

The registration deadline for broadcasters to the European Broadcasting Union was January 4th, 2009. The European Broadcasting Union did not publish the complete list of participants until January 12th. 43 countries took part, which would have been the number of participants from the previous year. On March 11, 2009, however , Georgia withdrew the participation because Georgia did not want to change the lyrics of We don't wanna put in . Thus there were 42 countries (one country less than in the previous year) in the list of participants after several countries withdrew their premature cancellation. San Marino did not participate. As an explanation, San Marino gave financial reasons. The Slovakia was back after eleven years of abstinence.

Recurring performers

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Greece	Sakis Rouvas	2004
Malta	Chiara	1998 , 2005
Slovenia	Martina Majerle	2003 for Croatia , 2007 for Slovenia (both as backing singer)

Semifinals

draw

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

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 12, 2009.

The exact positions of the individual countries in the semi-finals were only announced after the final in order to avoid any influence.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	12	Iceland	Yohanna	Is It True? M / T: Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Chris Neil, Tinatin Japaridze	English	Is it true?	174
02.	09	Turkey	Hadise	Düm tek tek M: Sinan Akçıl; T: Sinan Akçıl, Hadise Açıkgöz, Stefaan Fernande	English	-	172
03.	18th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Regina	Bistra voda M / T: Aleksandar Čović	Bosnian	Clear water	125
04th	05	Sweden	Malena Ernman	La voix M: Fredrik Kempe; T: Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman	English, French	The voice	105
05.	06th	Armenia	Inga & Anusch Ինգա և Անուշ	Jan Jan Ջան ջան M: Mane Hakobyan; T: Vardan Zadoyan, Avet Barseghyan	English, Armenian	My dearest	099
06th	17th	Malta	Chiara	What if We M: Marc Paelinck; T: Gregory Bilsen	English	What if we	086
07th	10	Israel	Noa & Mira Awad אחינועם ניני ומירה עוואד	There Must Be Another Way (Einach) (There Must Be Another Way ( עינייך)) M / T: Noa, Mira Awad, Gil Dor	Hebrew , Arabic , English	There must be another way (your eyes)	075
08th.	16	Portugal	Flor-de-Lis	Todas as ruas do amor M: Pedro Marques, Paulo Pereira; T: Pedro Marques	Portuguese	All the streets of love	070
09.	14th	Romania	Elena	The Balkan Girls M: Laurenţiu Duţă, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Daris Mangal; T: Laurenţiu Duţă, Alexandru Pelin	English	The Balkan girls	067
10.	13	Macedonia	Next time	Nešto što kje ostane Нешто што ќе остане M: Jovan Jovanov, Damjan Lazarov; T: Elvir Mekic	Macedonian	Something that lasts	045
11.	01	Montenegro	Andrea Demirović Андреа Демировић	Just Get Out of My Life M: Peter Match ; T: Gunter Johansen & Jose Juan Santana Odriguez	English	Just get out of my life	044
12.	15th	Finland	Waldo's People	Lose Control M: A. Lehtonen, Karima; T: Waldo, A. Lehtonen, Karima, A. Kratz Gutå	English	Lose control	042
13.	04th	Belarus	Pyotr Jalfimau Пётр Ялфімаў	Eyes That Never Lie M: Pyotr Jalfimau ; T: Valery Prokhozhy	English	Eyes that never lie	025th
14th	08th	Switzerland	Lovebugs	The Highest Heights M: Sieber, Senn, Rechberger, Lovebugs ; T: Sieber	English	The highest heights	015th
15th	07th	Andorra	Susanne Georgi	La Teva Decisió (Get A Life) M: Susanne Georgi , Rune Braager, Lene Dissing, Pernille Georgi, Marcus Winter-John; T: Susanne Georgi , Rune Braager, Lene Dissing, Pernille Georgi, Marcus Winter-John, Josep Roca	Catalan , English	Your decision (get a life)	008th
16.	11	Bulgaria	Krassimir Avramov Красимир Аврамов	Illusion M: Krassimir Avramow, William Tabanau; T: Krassimir Avramow, William Tabanau, Casie Tabanau	English	illusion	007th
17th	03	Belgium	Copycat	Copycat M: Benjamin Schoos; T: Jacques Duvall	English	Imitators	001
18th	02	Czech Republic	Gipsy.cz	Aven Romale M / T: Radoslav "Gipsy" Banga	English, Romani	Come on, gypsies	000

Remarks

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

Awarding of points (first semi-final)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AD	AT THE	BA	BE	BG	BY	CH	CZ	DE	FI	GB	IL	IS	MK	ME	MT	PT	RO	SE	TR
Montenegro	44	1	5	10			3	2		2			1		8th	-	6th	1			5
Czech Republic	0								-
Belgium	1		1		-
Belarus	25th		4th			1	-		1		4th		4th	1	6th	2	1			1
Sweden	105	7th	8th	4th	4th		7th	4th	6th	4th	10	7th	7th	10	3		8th	8th	4th	-	4th
Armenia	99		-	1	10	8th	10	1	12	10	1	5	10	2	2	4th			8th	5	10
Andorra	8th	-															3	4th			1
Switzerland	15th	2		2			2	-			5							2		2
Turkey	172	5	10	12	12	12	6th	12	5	12	7th	12	6th	7th	12	8th	10	5	12	7th	-
Israel	75	8th	7th		3	4th	4th	5	4th	5	6th	1	-	6th	1	5	4th		3	6th	3
Bulgaria	7th					-									5						2
Iceland	174	10	12	7th	7th	6th	12	7th	10	6th	12	8th	12	-	4th	7th	12	12	10	12	8th
Macedonia	45			8th		10		6th	3						-	10			2		6th
Romania	67	4th	2	6th	2	5	1			1		2	8th	4th	7th	6th	2	10	-		7th
Finland	42	3			1						-	4th		12		3	5	3	1	10
Portugal	70	12		3	6th	2		10	2	7th	2	6th	2	8th				-	7th	3
Malta	86	6th	3	5	8th	3	8th	3	7th	3	3	10	5	5		1	-	6th	6th	4th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	125		6th	-	5	7th	5	8th	8th	8th	8th	3	3	3	10	12	7th	7th	5	8th	12

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

number	country	received from
8th	Turkey	Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom
7th	Iceland	Armenia, Finland, Israel, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, Belarus
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Montenegro, Turkey
1	Armenia	Czech Republic
	Finland	Iceland
	Portugal	Andorra

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on May 14, 2009.

The exact positions of the individual countries in the semi-finals were only announced after the final in order to avoid any influence.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	06th	Norway	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale M / T: Alexander Rybak	English	fairy tale	201
02.	12	Azerbaijan	AySel & Arash Aysel & Arəş	Always M: Arash Labaf , Robert Uhlmann, Johan Bejerholm, Marcus Englof, Alex Papaconstantinou; T: Arash Labaf , Robert Uhlmann, Elin Wrethov, Anderz Wrethov	English	Forever	180
03.	18th	Estonia	Urban Symphony	Rändajad M / T: Sven Lõhmus	Estonian	traveler	115
04th	13	Greece	Sakis Rouvas Σάκης Ρουβάς	This Is Our Night M: Dimitris Kontopoulos; T: Graig Porteils, Cameron Giles-Webb	English	This is our night	110
05.	15th	Moldova	Nelly Ciobanu	Hora din Moldova M: Veaceslav Daniliuc; T: Nelly Ciobanu	Romanian , English	Dance from Moldova	106
06th	17th	Ukraine	Switlana Loboda Світлана Лобода	Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl) M: Switlana Loboda ; T: Yevgeny Matyushenko	English	Be mine on Valentine's Day (anti-crisis girl)	080
07th	16	Albania	Kejsi Tola	Carry Me in Your Dreams M: Edmond Zhulali; T: Agim Doçi	English	Carry me in your dreams	073
08th.	09	Denmark	Brinck	Believe Again M / T: Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Ronan Keating	English	Believe again	069
09.	14th	Lithuania	Sasha Son	Love M / T: Sasha Son	English, Russian	love	066
10.	04th	Serbia	Marko Kon & Milaan Марко Кон и Милан	Cipela Ципела M: Marko Kon , Aleksandar Kobac, Milan Nikolic ; T: Marko Kon, Aleksandar Kobac	Serbian	The shoe	060
11.	02	Ireland	Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy	Et Cetera M / T: Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff, Daniele Moretti & Christina Schilling	English	And so on	052
12.	05	Poland	Lidia Kopania	I Don't Wanna Leave M / T: Alex Geringas, Bernd Klimpel, Rike Boomgaarden, Dee Adam	English	I do not want to go	043
13.	01	Croatia	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	Lijepa tena M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	Croatian	Beautiful Tena	033
14th	07th	Cyprus	Christina Metaxa Χριστίνα Μεταξά	Firefly M / T: Nikolas Metaxas	English	Firefly	032
15th	11	Hungary	Zoli Ádok	Dance with Me M: Szabó Zé; T: Jnoffin Kasai	English	dance with Me	016
16.	10	Slovenia	Quartissimo feat. Martina	Love Symphony M: Andrej Babić, Aleksandar Valenčić; T: Andrej Babić	Slovenian , English	Love symphony	014th
17th	19th	Netherlands	The toppers	Shine M / T: Gordon Heuckeroth	English	Rays	011
18th	08th	Slovakia	Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková	Leť tmou M: Rastislav Dubovský; T: Anna Žigová, Petronela Kolevská	Slovak	Fly through the dark	008th
19th	03	Latvia	Intars busulis	Probka Пробка M: Karlis Lacis; T: Janis Elsbergs, Sergej Timofejev	Russian	traffic jam	007th

Remarks

• The original Albanian title was Më merr në ëndërr .
• The original Lithuanian title was Pasiklydęs žmogus .
• The original Latvian title was Sastregums .
• A jury determined the tenth qualification place. Their highest-rated country, which was not among the top nine places in the televote vote , in this case Croatia, got tenth place in the final, regardless of the televote result.

Awarding of points (2nd semi-final)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AL	AZ	CY	DK	EE	IT	FR	GR	MR	HU	IE	LT	LV	MD	NL	NO	PL	RS	RU	SI	SK	UA
Croatia	33	1		2						-	1				3				12	3	10		1
Ireland	52	7th			10	4th		1		1		-	7th	5	2	3	4th	3	3		2
Latvia	7th					1							6th	-
Serbia	60			4th			5	12	5	12	2					6th	2		-		12
Poland	43	6th	1		3			4th	1			10	3		1	2	3	-				3	6th
Norway	201	8th	12	8th	12	12	12	3	8th	8th	10	8th	12	10	10	12	-	10	8th	10	8th	10	10
Cyprus	32			-	7th	6th			12			2	1	1					2			1
Slovakia	8th	4th										1								1		-	2
Denmark	69	5	2	3	-	8th	4th		2	2	3	7th	5	3		7th	12	1			5
Slovenia	14th	2								7th									5		-
Hungary	16	3	8th				3				-											2
Azerbaijan	180		-	10	8th	10	7th	10	7th	6th	12	6th	10	8th	12	8th	6th	12	6th	12	6th	12	12
Greece	110	12	4th	12	2	5	6th	6th	-	3	6th		4th	4th	6th	10	1	2	10	4th	4th	5	4th
Lithuania	66		6th	1	5	7th	1	2				12	-	7th	4th		7th	4th		5			5
Moldova	106		7th	7th		2	8th	7th	6th	5	5	5		2	-	4th	10	5	7th	8th	3	7th	8th
Albania	73	-	5		6th			5	10	10	4th				5	1	5	6th		2	7th	4th	3
Ukraine	80		10	6th		3	10		3		8th	3	2	6th	8th			7th	1	7th		5	-
Estonia	115		3	5	4th	-	2	8th	4th	4th	7th	4th	8th	12	7th	5	8th	8th	4th	6th	1	8th	7th
Netherlands	11	10			1											-

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semifinals)

number	country	received from
6th	Norway	Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Lithuania, Netherlands
	Azerbaijan	Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
3	Serbia	France, Croatia, Slovenia
2	Greece	Albania, Cyprus
1	Denmark	Norway
	Estonia	Latvia
	Croatia	Serbia
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Cyprus	Greece

final

The final took place on May 16, 2009.

 Lithuania and Moldova returned to the finals after two years, Malta after three years and Estonia after six years. In the periods described, the named countries were eliminated in the semifinals.    

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.

In the event of a tie, the higher individual rating decided.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points	image
01.	20th	Norway	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale M / T: Alexander Rybak	English	fairy tale	387
02.	07th	Iceland	Yohanna	Is It True? M / T: Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Chris Neil, Tinatin Japaridze	English	Is it true?	218
03.	11	Azerbaijan	AySel & Arash Aysel & Arəş	Always M: Arash Labaf , Robert Uhlmann, Johan Bejerholm, Marcus Englof, Alex Papaconstantinou; T: Arash Labaf , Robert Uhlmann, Elin Wrethov, Anderz Wrethov	English	Forever	207
04th	18th	Turkey	Hadise	Düm tek tek M: Sinan Akçıl; T: Sinan Akçıl, Hadise Açıkgöz, Stefaan Fernande	English	-	177
05.	23	United Kingdom	Jade Ewen	It's My Time M / T: Andrew Lloyd Webber , Diane Warren	English	It is my time	173
06th	15th	Estonia	Urban Symphony	Rändajad M / T: Sven Lõhmus	Estonian	traveler	129
07th	08th	Greece	Sakis Rouvas Σάκης Ρουβάς	This Is Our Night M: Dimitris Kontopoulos; T: Graig Porteils, Cameron Giles-Webb	English	This is our night	120
08th.	03	France	Patricia Kaas	Et s'il fallait le faire M: Fred Blondin; T: Anse Lazio	French	And if it had to be done	107
09.	12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Regina	Bistra voda M / T: Aleksandar Čović	Bosnian	Clear water	106
10.	09	Armenia	Inga & Anusch Ինգա և Անուշ	Jan Jan Ջան ջան M: Mane Hakobyan; T: Vardan Zadoyan, Avet Barseghyan	English, Armenian	My dearest	092
11.	10	Russia	Anastasija Prychodko Анастасия Приходько	Mamo Мамо M: Konstantin Meladzé; T: Konstantin Meladzé, Diana Golde	Russian , Ukrainian	mummy	091
12.	21st	Ukraine	Switlana Loboda Світлана Лобода	Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl) M: Switlana Loboda ; T: Yevgeny Matyushenko	English	Be my valentine (anti-crisis girl)	076
13.	16	Denmark	Brinck	Believe Again M / T: Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Ronan Keating	English	Believe again	074
14th	13	Moldova	Nelly Ciobanu	Hora din Moldova M: Veaceslav Daniliuc; T: Nelly Ciobanu	Romanian , English	Dance from Moldova	069
15th	06th	Portugal	Flor-de-Lis	Todas as ruas do amor M: Pedro Marques, Paulo Pereira; T: Pedro Marques	Portuguese	All the streets of love	057
16.	02	Israel	Noa & Mira Awad אחינועם ניני ומירה עוואד	There Must Be Another Way (Einach) (There Must Be Another Way (עינייך)) M / T: Noa, Mira Awad, Gil Dor	Hebrew , English, Arabic	There must be another way (your eyes)	053
17th	19th	Albania	Kejsi Tola	Carry Me in Your Dreams M: Edmond Zhulali; T: Agim Doçi	English	Carry me in your dreams	048
18th	05	Croatia	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	Lijepa tena M: Tonči Huljić; T: Vjekoslava Huljić	Croatian	Beautiful Tena	045
19th	22nd	Romania	Elena	The Balkan Girls M: Laurenţiu Duţă, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Daris Mangal; T: Laurenţiu Duţă, Alexandru Pelin	English	The Balkan girls	040
20th	17th	Germany	Alex Swings Oscar Sings!	Miss Kiss Kiss Bang M / T: Alex Christensen , Steffen Haefeliger	English	-	035
21st	04th	Sweden	Malena Ernman	La voix M: Fredrik Kempe; T: Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman	English France	The voice	033
22nd	14th	Malta	Chiara	What if We M: Marc Paelinck; T: Gregory Bilsen	English	What if we	031
23.	01	Lithuania	Sasha Son	Love M / T: Sasha Son	English, Russian	love	023
24.	25th	Spain	Soraya	La noche es para mí (The Night Is for Me) M: Jason Gill, Dimitri Stassos, Irini Michas; T: Felipe Pedroso	Spanish , English	The night is for me	023
25th	24	Finland	Waldo's People	Lose Control M: A. Lehtonen, Karima; T: Waldo, A. Lehtonen, Karima, A. Kratz Gutå	English	Lose control	022nd

Awarding of points (final)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	IT	BE	BY	MT	DE	CZ	SE	IS	FR	IL	RU	LV	ME	AD	FI	CH	BG	LT	GB	MK	SK	GR	BA	UA	TR	AL	RS	CY	PL	NL	EE	MR	PT	RO	IE	DK	MD	SI	AT THE	HU 1	AZ	NO 2
Lithuania	23												7th					1	-	4th												2				7th	1					1
Israel	53		8th				4th			10	-			4th	7th		1					5		8th	1							5
France	107	3	1	7th		3			6th	-	5	10	5	1	3	4th	7th		6th	1			6th	6th	3		2	3			6th					3	2		7th	6th			1
Sweden	33				4th			-	3	2					2	7th											1					6th					4th						4th
Croatia	45								1					8th							4th		2	12				5					-					2	6th			5
Portugal	57	8th	6th				7th		7th	7th					6th		10					2		1								3		-
Iceland	218			2	12	7th	2	10	-		10	3	8th	5	8th	10	5	5	8th	8th	2	6th	4th			2	6th		5	1	7th	8th	2	8th	10	12	10	3	5	5	7th		12
Greece	120	1	5	5	7th	6th		2				4th		2			2	12		5			-	5			12	6th	12		1		7th		8th				4th	10	4th
Armenia	92	4th	7th	1			12	3	5	6th	8th	5				1		6th			1	3			2	6th			4th	2	5			4th	7th					-
Russia	91			8th		5	8th				7th	-	6th						7th						8th	4th			1	3		10						6th		12		6th
Azerbaijan	207		3	10	1		10	8th		1	6th	7th	4th	6th		2		8th	5	3	3	4th	8th	3	10	12	4th	4th	8th	6th	10	7th	10		4th		8th	10	1	1	10	-	10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	106					2		5	2					12		6th	4th	4th			10	8th		-		8th	5	12			4th		12						10			2
Moldova	69	5	4th								1	1													7th	7th				5			3	12	12			-		2		7th	3
Malta	31				-	4th							1		1	3			1	6th								7th							3	5
Estonia	129			4th		1		7th	10			8th	10			12			10			12	5		4th				3	8th		-	6th		1	6th	5	7th			6th	4th
Denmark	74				6th				4th	5			3		5				2						5			1	6th	7th					2	4th	-	5	8th		3		8th
Germany	35		2			-				3										7th				2		1	3				2			1		1	7th						6th
Turkey	177	2	12		5	10	1	6th		12	3			3		5	12	10		12	12		3	7th		-	10				8th		1	3	6th		6th			4th	5	12	7th
Albania	48							1						7th			6th				7th		7th			10	-					1	5						2		2
Norway	387	12	10	12	8th	12	3	12	12	8th	12	12	12	10	10	8th	8th	2	12	10	8th	10	10	10	12	3	7th	10	10	12	12	12	8th	5	5	8th	12	8th	12	8th	12	8th	-
Ukraine	76	6th		6th	2		5				2	2							4th	2		1			-					10				6th				4th		3	8th	10	5
Romania	40	7th																			5					5		2	2					2	-	2		12				3
United Kingdom	173	10		3	10	8th	6th			4th	4th	6th	2		4th			7th	3	-	6th	7th	12	4th	6th		8th	8th	7th	4th	3		4th	10		10	3	1	3	7th	1		2
Finland	22nd				3			4th	8th							-		3														4th
Spain	23	-													12		3						1											7th
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Map of the scoring for the winning title from Norway by country

1 Due to a technical error in Hungary, only the votes cast via SMS could be registered.

2 A technical problem occurred with the Norwegian operator during the vote. As a result, Norway only voted with the help of the jury vote.

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

number	country	received from
16	Norway	Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary, Belarus
06th	Turkey	Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Macedonia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
03	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
	Greece	Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus
	Iceland	Ireland, Malta, Norway
02	Estonia	Finland, Slovakia
	Moldova	Portugal, Romania
01	Armenia	Czech Republic
	Azerbaijan	Turkey
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Romania	Moldova
	Russia	Armenia
	Spain	Andorra
	United Kingdom	Greece

Split results between jury and televoting

The following results would have been obtained from a pure jury or audience vote:

final
space	Televoting	Points	jury	Points
01.	Norway	378	Norway	312
02.	Azerbaijan	253	Iceland	260
03.	Turkey	203	United Kingdom	223
04th	Iceland	173	France	164
05.	Greece	151	Estonia	124
06th	Estonia	129	Denmark	120
07th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	124	Turkey	114
08th.	Russia	118	Azerbaijan	112
09.	Armenia	111	Israel	107
10.	United Kingdom	105	Moldova	093
11.	Albania	081	Greece	093
12.	Ukraine	070	Bosnia and Herzegovina	090
13.	Moldova	066	Malta	087
14th	Romania	064	Germany	073
15th	Sweden	059	Armenia	071
16.	Croatia	055	Ukraine	068
17th	France	054	Russia	067
18th	Portugal	045	Portugal	064
19th	Denmark	040	Croatia	058
20th	Lithuania	038	Lithuania	031
21st	Spain	038	Romania	031
22nd	Finland	030th	Sweden	027
23.	Germany	018th	Albania	026th
24.	Malta	018th	Finland	012
25th	Israel	015th	Spain	009

Marcel Bezençon Prize

The artist prize was chosen for the last time by former winners. The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize were:

• Press award for the best song - Norway - Fairytale - Alexander Rybak 
• Artist Prize for the best performer - France - Patricia Kaas - Et s'il fallait le fair 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Aleksandar Čović (m & t) - Bistra voda - Regina 

backgrounds

Return to Slovakia

The Slovakia participated for the first time since 1998 in part again. Slovakia had already shown interest in participating in the previous year, as it has in the years since 1998. However, due to financial difficulties, it was not possible to participate; In 2008, for example, STV had to pay high expenses for broadcasting the Olympic Games .

Boycott planning in advance

Because of the Russian actions during the Caucasus War in 2008 , many countries - especially in Eastern Europe - were considering boycotting the competition. These countries included:

• Georgia, which had already confirmed that it would not participate but decided to participate in December after winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and
• the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The Estonian Minister of Culture, Laine Jänes, suggested boycotting the contest with Latvia and Lithuania. Lithuania kept the boycott open as an option in case the conflict in the Caucasus continued. In Latvia, however, both the state television station Latvijas Televīzija and the important composer and former Latvian culture minister Raimonds Pauls were against a retreat. Finally, LTV confirmed its participation in the competition in Moscow .

The Estonian television ETV also confirmed its participation in the contest, after 66% of Estonians voted in favor of participating in a survey. On October 31, Lithuanian television, LRT , followed suit .

Participation of Latvia

After the confirmation of participation by Latvian television, the preliminary decision Eirodziesma 2009 (German "Eurolied") was planned. Entries were open until November 30th, and the 21 participants were published on December 9th.

Due to severe budget cuts on the part of the Latvian government on the state broadcaster LTV amounting to three million euros, Latvia withdrew its commitment at short notice. It signed up again on January 12th. A national final was also initiated as enough sponsors invested.

Participation of Georgia

Georgia entered the title We Don't Wanna Put In the band "Stephane & 3G" for the competition. Because of the provocative text against Russia's Prime Minister Putin , Georgia was asked to change it. Because Georgia was not prepared to do so, it instead withdrew its contribution and was not entitled to vote (unlike Serbia-Montenegro in 2006 ).

Slavic Pride disbanded

On May 16 at 10:50 am, the “Slavic Pride 2009” , a peaceful demonstration for the respect for the rights of homosexual, bisexual and transsexual ( LGBT ) people who wanted to use the public at the Eurovision Song Contest to raise awareness of their oppression, took place on May 16 at 10:50 violently ended and 40 participants arrested, including human rights activists Nikolai Alexejew and Peter Tatchell . Others who tried to interview journalists present were also arrested. In addition, counter-demonstrators were arrested at other locations where the demonstration was originally supposed to take place in order to maintain public order. A total of 71 people were arrested, according to Interfax . The Associated Press news agency reported that journalists who tried to cover the incidents were threatened with arrests and evicted by force.

The Dutch television was considering to get out because of these violations of fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, speech and press freedom, from the transfer of Euro Vision Song Contest.

Politicians like the green member of the Bundestag Volker Beck and artists like Guildo Horn condemned the actions of the Russian state.

National preliminary decisions

•  Albania : Interested Albanian artists were able to submit their title proposals for the Festivali i Këngës up to October 18, and on December 19 and 20, the candidates for the final round on December 21 were determined in two semi-finals. Kejsi Tola was chosen.
•  Andorra : Andorra selected its interpreter in a final round with three entries. The composers had to have Andorran citizenship or a residence in Andorra. Songs in the Catalan language were preferred.
•  Armenia : Armenian television held a public preliminary decision.
•  Azerbaijan : Internal auditions were held in Azerbaijan to find suitable participants for the Eurovision Song Contest.
•  Belgium : In Belgium, the Walloon television station held an internal election. The system was also used by RTBF in 2007.
•  Bulgaria : See: Be A Star
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina : Bosnia held an internal election this year. The winner was featured on the 2009 BH Eursong show .
•  Denmark : See: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009
•  Germany : For the first time since 1995 there was an internal election in Germany and therefore no preliminary decision broadcast on television. The NDR announced this on December 16. One of the conditions for participation was that the authors / composers were already represented in the official charts , and membership in GEMA or a comparable company was required. The performers had to be “confident and experienced in singing and performing on stage under live conditions”. The post was internally by a five-member jury of the ARD selected, among other things, Guildo Horn , of Germany in 1998 during ESC had advocated, Sylvia Kollek , in the past juror in Germany looks for the superstar , and radio and television presenter Peter Urban , who in the commented on the Eurovision Song Contest for German television in previous years. The result was announced on Monday, February 9th.
•  Estonia : The Estonian preliminary round Eesti Laul 2009 took place on March 9, 2009. In the preliminary round, ten entries competed for the ticket to Moscow, which were announced on December 11th. What was new was that artists could simply apply and were not selected by ETV .
•  Finland : The Finnish preliminary round Euroviisut 2009 consisted of three semi-finals with four artists each, a second-chance round and a final. The semifinals were held on January 9th, 16th and 23rd. The Second Chance and the Final both took place on January 31, 2009. From the semifinals, two songs each qualified directly for the final, the other two for the second chance, from which two also qualified.
•  France : In France, as in previous years, there was an internal election from the channel France Télévisions . One condition this year, in contrast to the last song contest, was that the song had to be sung in French .
•  Greece : ERT has chosen Sakis Rouvas to represent Greece. His song This Is Our Night was chosen in a preliminary decision, which was moderated by the Maggira Sisters.
•  Ireland : Ireland had a final on February 22nd.
•  Iceland : In Iceland, as in previous years, there was the preliminary decision Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins . It was held from January to February 2009. There were two semi-finals and one final round.
•  Croatia : The Croatian preliminary decision Dora consisted of a semi-final with 14 songs on February 27th and a final with 16 songs (10 semi-final songs and 6 jury songs) on February 28th. The venue was Opatija.
•  Latvia : The Latvian participant was selected by the Eirodziesma 2009 preliminary decision . There was a semi-final on February 27th with 20 participants, in which 10 songs reached the final on February 28th by televoting. There, the three participants for the superfinal were selected by a combination of jury and televoting. This superfinal was decided solely by the spectators.
•  Lithuania : The Lithuanian preliminary decision Lietuvos danų daina consisted of several semi-finals and a final.
•  Malta : Because of the poor results of the last few years (2006 last place, 2007 and 2008 no qualification for the final), responsibility has been removed from the Maltasongboard and transferred to a four-member committee. This has designed a partially new preliminary decision: Between November 8th and January 19th, the 80 previously selected songs were presented. A jury selected 15 of these 80 titles and made them into the final. The televoters determined five other titles. In the final, a jury selected three of these 20 titles for the superfinal . There the Maltese candidate for Moscow was determined by televoting.
•  Macedonia : Macedonia determined its representative through the preliminary decision Skopje Fest . There were two semi-finals on February 19th and 20th. The first eight songs of each semi-final made it to the final. The decision was made by jury and televoting.
•  Moldova : Moldova hosted a national final with 20 songs on February 14th. The winner was determined by a combination of a jury from the broadcaster, a jury of Moldovan music experts and a televoting.
•  Montenegro : Montenegro selected a new system for the 2009 participant. They had an internal choice. On January 23, the broadcaster RTCG announced that Andrea Demirović would perform for Montenegro with the song Just Get out of My Life .
•  Netherlands : In the Netherlands there was an internal selection. In the meantime, Dutch fans had founded a platform, the Eurovisie Platform , with the purpose of helping NOS find the right candidate. However, NOS did not select a participant from this “platform”, but opted for De Toppers . The song selection took place on February 1, 2009.
•  Norway : In Norway there was again the preliminary round of the Melodi Grand Prix . There were three semi-finals, one second chance and one final round. A special feature was that 50% of all songwriters had to be Norwegian.
•  Poland : Poland selected its participant through the preliminary decision Piosenka dla Europy .
•  Portugal : See: Festival da Canção 2009
•  Romania : In Romania, the representative for the Eurovision Song Contest was determined by the Selecţia Naţională . 12 candidates from two semi-finals competed against each other in the final on January 31, 2009. Only Romanian composers were allowed to participate in the preliminary decision.
•  Russia : The Russian broadcaster Channel One internally selected the 15 participants for the final on March 7th. There the audience chose the three participants for the superfinal, which was chosen by an eleven-member jury.
•  Sweden : As in previous years, Sweden selected the participant in the Melodifestivalen . There were four semi-finals, a second chance round and the final, which were held in different cities across the country. As an innovation compared to previous years, there was a knockout system in the semi-finals for the first time in 2009, in which two songs competed against each other. The respective winner of a pairing moved directly into the final, the loser ended up in the second-chance round.
•  Switzerland : In Switzerland, the Swiss broadcaster SF 1 presented the internally selected artist in October. Suggestions for titles came from Emel, Gimma and pop star candidate Arjeta Zuta, among others.
•  Serbia : As in 2007 and 2008, Serbia drew the winner of the Serbian music festival Beovizija as a participant. The singing was in Serbian .
•  Slovakia : Slovakia selected its representative through a final on March 8th.
•  Slovenia : The Slovenian EMA preliminary decision took place in February 2009. 14 participants competed against each other in the semifinals, eight of them qualified for the finals. In the final, there were six contributions by composers who were set for the final by Slovenian television. The winner was determined by a mix of tele and jury voting.
•  Spain : The Spanish preliminary decision was called Eurovision 2009: El retorno ("the return"). Performers could publish their songs on the MySpace page of the Spanish broadcaster TVE . Songs could be assigned to 10 categories: Pop Rock, Ballads, Metal, Electronic, Latin, Hip Hop, Indie, Flamenco, R&B and Others. Five songs from each category were selected by a jury and took part in one of the three semi-finals. The best five songs from each semi-final made it to the final. The decision was made by televoting and a jury.
•  Czech Republic : The public broadcaster Česká televize chose Gipsy.cz as this year's representative of the Czech Republic in an internal election . The audience was able to vote by SMS between March 1st and 14th to decide which song Gipsy.cz should start with. The two titles Do You Wanna and Aven Romale were available .
•  Turkey : The Turkish broadcaster TRT held an internal election this year and selected Hadise as its representative.
•  Ukraine : A jury and the telephone audience selected Switlana Loboda from 15 finalists in February 2009 .
•  Hungary : Hungary held an internal election this year. Only the third selected song went to Moscow.
•  United Kingdom : Six candidates, selected by Andrew Lloyd Webber and other music experts, took part in the UK's Your Country Needs You preliminary round . The winner was determined by televoting and sang a song penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Eurovision Song Contest. The preliminary decision was moderated by Eurovision Dance Contest presenter Graham Norton. The winning title was sung in English.
•  Belarus : The Belarusian preliminary decision again carried the title of Eurofest . 15 participants were selected internally by a jury, who then competed against each other in a semi-final. Two of these performers qualified for the final through a jury decision. If the favorite of the televoting had been someone else, he would have entered the final as the third participant. The winner was then determined again by a jury.
•  Cyprus : In Cyprus there was a finale with ten songs on January 31st. The decision was made by televoting. A total of 70 contributions were submitted to Cypriot television.

Others

• With 387 points and a difference of 169 points to the runner-up, the Norwegian entry is the most successful in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. In addition, Fairytale has been the first song since 2004 and the first winning title since 1997 to receive points from all voting countries.
• In the semi-finals, the envelopes with the names of the countries qualified for the final were drawn virtually for the first time and no longer, as in previous years, using real envelopes.
• Svante Stockselius said that it was still too early for any further rule changes and that the BIG-4 rule would therefore remain in place.
• The ARD had to do without Peter Urban as a commentator. Instead, hr3 radio presenter Tim Frühling commented on both the semifinals and the finals.
• Terry Wogan has not commented on the final for the BBC after 38 years since this year. Graham Norton took over the post.
• Thomas Anders replaced Thomas Hermanns as herald of the scores from Germany.
• The ORF transferred on the final day only from 23 pm live the scoring and showed thereafter from 0:20 the contributions of the participating countries. This behavior was justified with the simultaneous occurrence of the " Life Ball " opening, which was preferred to the ESC. Both semi-finals were not broadcast live either, but with a time delay after midnight on the respective day.
• The second semi-final, in which Spain was entitled to vote, was not broadcast by Spanish television broadcaster TVE , which is against the rules of the EBU . Instead of televoting, the evaluation was passed on to the back-up jury. However, Spain only received voting rights in the second semi-final shortly before the competition. Originally, they were divided into the first semi-final, which TVE found unfavorable, as Andorra and Portugal took part in this and they wanted to curb the neighborhood vote among these countries in their own interest.
• In Azerbaijan, interference signals were sent via the transmitter during the Armenian ESC contribution, the telephone numbers for the Armenian contribution were blocked so that it was not possible to vote for it from Azerbaijan. In addition, parts of the screen were darkened during the scoring so that the scoring for Armenia could not be followed. According to the rules and regulations, the participating states are prohibited from hiding other participants at the ESC.
• The Armenian points announcer Siruscho , who had taken part in the song contest with Qele Qele the previous year , held a clipboard in the camera while reading the points, on the back of which the monument Tatik Papik could be seen; a picture of it could also be seen in the background. This stone monument in Stepanakert is considered a symbol of the de facto independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic .
• At around 42 million euros, the event was the most expensive Eurovision Song Contest to date.
• Jade Ewen , who started for the United Kingdom, became a new member of the Sugababes after the contest .
• For the first time since 2000, a country that had already won the competition (1985 and 1995) won Norway.

TV broadcasts in participating German-speaking countries

The first semi-final, in which Germany had the right to vote and Switzerland had to compete, was broadcast live at 9 p.m. in Germany on the Phoenix station and in Switzerland on the SF Zwei station. The second semi-final was not shown by any broadcaster in Switzerland and in Germany, like last year, only with a time delay at 11 p.m. on NDR and at 0.05 a.m. on hr television . The final was broadcast live on Das Erste at 9 p.m. in Germany and on SF Zwei at 9 p.m. in Switzerland .

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

 Wikinews: Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow: What do the alumni say?  - message

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2009  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision NDR / Das Erste

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement of the host city and Halle
2. ↑ Gavin Murray: Final on May 16th. Eurovision 2009: Provisional dates announced. May 21, 2008, archived from the original on May 8, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Record-breaking: four moderators for Moscow. NDR, May 7, 2009, archived from the original on May 11, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
4. ↑ At the request of the EBU to rewrite the lyrics in the criticized places or to send a new contribution, the Georgian officials announced again that they would withdraw from the competition. Eurovision portal of NDR: Georgia waives participation in the ESC. March 11, 2009, archived from the original on March 22, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Irving Wolther: Demonstrate a RU for a course. NDR, March 2, 2009, archived from the original on March 22, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Archive link ( memento of the original dated August 7, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Archive link ( memento of the original dated August 7, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Georgia is not going to Moscow . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger . Updated March 17, 2009.
9. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Andorra: Project Eurovision 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: News-Splitter 173  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Isolated castings in the Caucasus  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2009: German conditions of participation for the International Final in Moscow on May 16, 2009. (PDF file, 87 kB) December 15, 2008, archived from the original on February 6, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Direct candidate starts for Germany. December 16, 2008, archived from the original on December 17, 2008 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Romanian preliminary decision on January 31st ( Memento of the original from December 11th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Article on www.expressen.se: SVT forandrar Melodifestivalen ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Slovenia: Changes to the EMA  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ all information about the nomination of Gipsy.cz and the process of voting for the title choice (English)
18. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Andrew Lloyd Webber writes British ESC song  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Belarus: Songs wanted  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Cypriot television postpones announcement  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Eurofire.blog.de: Stockselius quote regarding rule changes ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-05/13798388-eurovision-song-contest-2009-tim-fruehling-kommentiert-007.htm
23. ^ "Countdown for Moscow" on the Reeperbahn. April 2, 2009, archived from the original on April 6, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
24. ↑ Kurier.at: Song Contest not live for the first time ( Memento from May 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ Semifinal chaos in Spain. NDR, May 15, 2009, archived from the original on May 19, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
26. ↑ ^{a b} Eurovision.blog.ndr.de: The General Secretariat clears up? ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ Israel on a peace mission - not for the first time. NDR, archived from the original on March 4, 2010 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
28. ↑ Welt Online : This is how the European Song Contest went
29. ↑ Stern : Show of superlatives leaves Moscow indifferent ( memento of the original from May 19, 2009 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.