Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Dates
Semi-final 1	12 May 2009
Semi-final 2	14 May 2009
Final	16 May 2009
Host
Venue	Olympic Indoor Arena Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)	Semi-finals: Natalia Vodianova Andrey Malahov Final: Ivan Urgant Alsou Abramova
Director	Andrey Boltenko
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	Yury Aksyuta
Host broadcaster	Channel One
Opening act	Semi-final 1: The Tolmachevy Twins Semi-final 2: "Eurovision Winners Songs Mix" by Terem Quartet, Russian national ballet "Kostroma", Ensemble of Russian Airforce, Show-ballet "Art Dogs" Final: Cirque du Soleil performance (Prodigal Son), Dima Bilan with "Believe"
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Alexandrov Ensemble feat. t.A.T.u. with "Not Gonna Get Us" Semi-final 2: Igor Moiseyev Ensemble – "Folk Dances from Different Countries" Final: FuerzaBruta performance
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Slovakia
Withdrawing countries	Georgia San Marino
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2009
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points	Czech Republic (in Semi-final 1)
Winning song	Norway "Fairytale"
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia.

The contest was won by Norway's Alexander Rybak with his self-penned "Fairytale", which received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest and with a margin of 169 points over the second place which went to Iceland. Third place went to Azerbaijan, fourth to Turkey, and the United Kingdom taking 5th, seeing their best placing since 2002.

After criticism of the voting system after the 2007 Contest, changes in the voting procedure were made with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting while the format of the semi-finals remained the same. Forty-two countries participated in the contest; Slovakia announced that it would return to the contest, while San Marino withdrew due to financial issues. Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention to withdraw, but it was later stated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that both countries would indeed participate. However, Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of contest rules.

For the very first time in Eurovision history, there were four hosts, each divided in two sets: Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov were the hosts of the semi-final, while the final was presented by Ivan Urgant and Alsou Abramova.

Location

The venue of the contest, Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow

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

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

Format

The contest final took place on 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia with two semi-finals preceding it on 12 and 14 May. Thirty-seven countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest, with the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host pre-qualified for the final. In addition to those pre-qualified, the final also included the ten selected countries from each semi-final, making a total of twenty-five participants.

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

Graphic design

File:StageESC2009.jpg

The stage of the contest

Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub-logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009. The sub-logo is based upon a "Fantasy Bird", which can be used with many colours. As in previous years, the sub-logo was presented alongside the generic logo. 2009 was the first year since 2001 that there was no slogan for the contest.

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

The postcards (short videos between the acts) were as follows:

• Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova appeared;
• A group of famous buildings, monuments and landscapes from the corresponding country were shown, similar to 3-D pages of a book;
• Sukhinova reappeared wearing a hat comprising the above (as well as a different hairstyle & make-up each time) and a T-shirt with the colours of the country's flag. On the right the ESC 2009 logo appeared with the name of the country; The Russia's video had the exact appearance of Sukhinova shown in the first part of every video and no different hairstyle was shown for Russia.
• Finally a phrase in transliterated Russian and its English translation were shown (e.g. Spasibo and Thank You).

Semi-final allocation draw

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

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

Voting

See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest and List of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 jurors

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

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

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

Juries

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

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

Incidents

The 2009 contest experienced several controversies and incidents during its lead-up, including the interpretation of over Georgia's entry as an attack against the Russian prime minister, conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan stemming from the inclusion of a monument in a disputed region to represent Armenia in a video introduction, Spain's broadcaster showing a semi-final on tape delay after a scheduling conflict, and protests over Russia's treatment of LGBT people to coincide with the contest.

Armenia and Azerbaijan

Main articles: Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest and Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia and Azerbaijan experienced several conflicts during the 2009 contest.

After the first semi-final, representatives for Azerbaijan complained to the EBU over the introductory "postcard" preceding the Armenian entry, since the video clip had included a depiction of We Are Our Mountains, a monumental statue located in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic, which is considered to be a de jure part of Azerbaijan. As a result of the complaint, the statue was edited out during the finals. However, Armenia retaliated during the results presentations by having the monument displayed on a video screen in the background, and having presenter Sirusho read the results from a clipboard decorated with a photo of the monument.

There were also allegations that no number had been shown for the public to call and vote for Armenia's entry during the telecast in Azerbaijan. Representatives denied these allegations by showing a video that showed an untampered signal during the Armenian performance. However, a subsequent EBU investigation found that the Azerbaijani broadcaster, Ictimai TV, had blurred out the number for Armenia's entry and distorted the TV signal when the Armenian contestants were performing on stage. The EBU fined Ictimai TV an undisclosed sum and is said to have threatened to exclude the broadcaster from the competition for up to three years if further infractions of the Eurovision Song Contest rules are made.

In August 2009, a number of Azerbaijanis who had voted for Armenia's entry during the 2009 Contest were summoned for questioning at the Ministry of National Security in Baku, during which they were accused of being "unpatriotic" and "a potential security threat". This incident initiated an EBU investigation that resulted in a change to the Eurovision rules to allow a country's participating broadcaster to be liable "for any disclosure of information which could be used to identify voters".

Broadcast delays in Spain

Due to its commitments to broadcast the Madrid Open tennis tournament, Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) broadcast the second semifinal on a tape delay on its channel La 2, approximately 66 minutes after the show began in Moscow. As a result of the tape delay, the broadcaster also utilized a backup jury rather than televoting to decide its votes. TVE had already switched to voting in the second semi-final due to another scheduling conflict, which had already sparked criticism from the neighboring Andorran and Portuguese delegations, who stated that a Spanish vote would have positively influenced their performance in the first semifinal.

On the day following the semifinal, local newspaper El Mundo speculated that RTVE may have administered the delay on purpose in order to prevent Spain from winning the contest, claiming that the broadcaster would not be ready to host the contest if Spain were to win. A statement in ABC had cited technical difficulties for the delay.

After the semi-finals, the EBU announced that Spain would face sanctions for their actions in the contest, but also stated that their participation in the 2009 contest in Moscow would not be affected. The Spanish entry, "La noche es para mí", did not fare well in the contest itself, placing 24th during the finals.

Georgia: "We Don't Wanna Put In"

After being placed to compete in the first semi-final on 12 May, a national final was held in Georgia to select its entry. The selected entry, Stefane & 3G with "We Don't Wanna Put In" gained coverage and controversy due to perceived political connotations within its lyrics relating to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The EBU rejected the song due to these political connotations, calling it a clear breach of the contest's rules. The EBU then asked the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) on 10 March to change either the lyrics of the song, or to select a new song to compete for the country. GPB refused to change the lyrics or the song, claiming that the song contained no political references, and that the rejection by the EBU was due to political pressure from Russia. As such, GPB withdrew Georgia from the contest on 11 March. The EBU never made a comment on the country's withdrawal. On 11 May the band admitted the political content of the song and their intention was just to embarrass Putin in Moscow. As a result of refusing to change the song lyrics and decision to withdraw the song developed in an idea to start an AlterVision Open Air Song Contest. First Open Air AlterVision Song Contest was held in Tbilisi (Georgia) on May 15–17, 2009.

LGBT protests

Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev used the Contest's presence in Russia as a platform for promoting the country's position on the rights of LGBT people, countering Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov's view that homosexuality is "satanic". Alekseev announced that the 2009 edition of Moscow Pride, the city's annual gay pride parade, would coincide with the finals on 16 May, the day before the International Day Against Homophobia. The parade was also renamed "Slavic Pride", to promote gay rights and culture across the entire Slavic region of Europe. The parade was denied authorisation by Moscow officials on the basis that it would "destroy morals in society" and statements were issued stating that protesters would be treated "toughly", and that "tough measures" would be faced by anyone joining the march.

The rally was broken up by Moscow police, and 20 protesters were arrested including Nikolai Alekseev and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who exclaimed that "this shows the Russian people are not free" as he was taken away by police. Sweden's representative Malena Ernman supported the cause saying that she is not homosexual herself but would be proud to call herself gay to support her fans, stating that she was sad that the Moscow government would not allow a "tribute to love" to occur. The winner of the contest, Norway's Alexander Rybak, also referred to the controversy in an interview when he called the Eurovision Song Contest itself the "biggest gay parade".

The Dutch group De Toppers made news by member Gordon threatening to boycott the final of Eurovision 2009 if the gay parade was violently beaten down. However, the group's failure to qualify for the final left this threat redundant.

Participating countries

  Countries in the first semi-final

  Countries in the second semi-final

  Countries voting in the first semi-final

  Countries voting in the second semi-final

Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU, 42 countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which returned to the contest after 11 years. Georgia originally announced that it was to withdraw from the contest due to the 2008 South Ossetia war in protest of the foreign policies of Russia, but later decided to return to the contest, inspired by its win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as well as Russia's 12 points to it in the same contest. The country eventually withdrew from the contest due to its entry being deemed to contain political references, including in the title a play on words of Russia's prime minister's surname.

Rumours arose surrounding the participation and return of San Marino and Monaco. Télé Monte Carlo (TMC), the Monegasque broadcaster, confirmed that there were talks with the EBU over a Monegasque return to the 2009 contest. At the same time, rumours spread that San Marino's broadcaster, Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), would withdraw from the contest due to poor placing at the 2008 contest. In the end, after originally confirming their intent to participate in Moscow, SMRTV was forced to withdraw from the event due to financial difficulties that prevented a second entry.

Alexander Rybak after winning the final.

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

Notable artists that did not qualify

Notable artists that participated in one of the national song selection shows, but did not manage to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest include Agnes Carlsson, Alcazar, Alexey Vorobyov, Ana Bebić, Anita Hegerland, Anna Semenovich, Bambir, Emilia Rydberg, Hera Björk, Hurriganes, Jari Sillanpää, Kaliopi, Marie Serneholt, Valeriya and Wenche Myhre. Before mainstream international success Kosovar-British singer Rita Ora was a finalist on Your Country Needs You for the United Kingdom.

Returning artists

By the completion of the 2009 selection processes, three countries had chosen artists who had previously participated in the contest. Returning artists included Chiara, who represented Malta in 1998 and 2005, Sakis Rouvas, who represented Greece in 2004. Friðrik Ómar, part of the Euroband duo in 2008, was part of the choir in Iceland's entry and Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia with Quartissimo, had participated as a backing vocalist in the 2003 Croatian and 2007 Slovenian entries.

Results

Semi-finals

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

Semi-final 1

• The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May.
• The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi-final.
• Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Montenegro	English	Andrea Demirović	"Just Get Out of My Life"	—	11	44
02	Czech Republic	English, Romani	Gipsy.cz	"Aven Romale"	Come in gypsies	18	0
03	Belgium	English	Patrick Ouchène	"Copycat"	—	17	1
04	Belarus	English	Petr Elfimov	"Eyes That Never Lie"	—	13	25
05	Sweden	French, English	Malena Ernman	"La voix"	The voice	4	105
06	Armenia	English, Armenian	Inga and Anush	"Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան)	My dear	5	99
07	Andorra	Catalan, English	Susanne Georgi	"La teva decisió (Get a Life)"	Your decision	15	8
08	Switzerland	English	Lovebugs	"The Highest Heights"	—	14	15
09	Turkey	English	Hadise	"Düm Tek Tek"	—	2	172
10	Israel	English, Hebrew, Arabic	Noa and Mira Awad	"There Must Be Another Way"	—	7	75
11	Bulgaria	English	Krassimir Avramov	"Illusion"	—	16	7
12	Iceland	English	Yohanna	"Is It True?"	—	1	174
13	Macedonia	Macedonian	Next Time	"Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане)	Something that will remain	10	45
14	Romania	English	Elena	"The Balkan Girls"	—	9	67
15	Finland	English	Waldo's People	"Lose Control"	—	12	42
16	Portugal	Portuguese	Flor-de-Lis	"Todas as ruas do amor"	All the streets of love	8	70
17	Malta	English	Chiara	"What If We"	—	6	86
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Regina	"Bistra voda"	Clear water	3	125

Semi-final 2

• The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May.
• France and Russia voted in this semi-final. Spain was also scheduled to televote in this semi-final, but due to scheduling errors at TVE, the semi-final was aired late and Spanish viewers were not able to vote, so the Spanish jury's vote was used instead.
• Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Croatia	Croatian	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	"Lijepa Tena"	Beautiful Tena	13	39
02	Ireland	English	Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy	"Et Cetera"	—	11	52
03	Latvia	Russian	Intars Busulis	"Probka" (Пробка)	Traffic jam	19	7
04	Serbia	Serbian	Marko Kon and Milaan	"Cipela" (Ципела)	Shoe	10	60
05	Poland	English	Lidia Kopania	"I Don't Wanna Leave"	—	12	43
06	Norway	English	Alexander Rybak	"Fairytale"	—	1	201
07	Cyprus	English	Christina Metaxa	"Firefly"	—	14	32
08	Slovakia	Slovak	Kamil Mikulčík and Nela	"Leť tmou"	Fly through the darkness	18	8
09	Denmark	English	Brinck	"Believe Again"	—	8	69
10	Slovenia	English, Slovene	Quartissimo feat. Martina	"Love Symphony"	—	16	14
11	Hungary	English	Zoli Ádok	"Dance with Me"	—	15	16
12	Azerbaijan	English	AySel and Arash	"Always"	—	2	180
13	Greece	English	Sakis Rouvas	"This Is Our Night"	—	4	110
14	Lithuania	English, Russian	Sasha Son	"Love"	—	9	66
15	Moldova	Romanian, English	Nelly Ciobanu	"Hora din Moldova"	Hora from Moldova	5	106
16	Albania	English	Kejsi Tola	"Carry Me in Your Dreams"	—	7	73
17	Ukraine	English	Svetlana Loboda	"Be My Valentine"	—	6	80
18	Estonia	Estonian	Urban Symphony	"Rändajad"	Migrants	3	115
19	Netherlands	English	The Toppers	"Shine"	—	17	11

Final

The finalists were:

• The "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom).
• The host country, Russia.
• The top nine countries from the first semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries.
• The top nine countries from the second semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries.

The final took place in Moscow on 16 May at 23:00 MST (19:00 UTC) and was won by Norway. They received points from every voting country (lowest score was 2 points from Bulgaria) and led the vote from the beginning to the end. Norway also got 36 nations' top 3 scores (no less than 8 points).

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

Scoreboards

In this year's Eurovision Song Contest there were a few glitches out of the 84 total televote counts from the two semi finals and Grand final.

Semi-final 1

• No problems were reported in the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-final.

		Televoting Results
		Total Score	Montenegro	Czech Republic	Belgium		Sweden				Turkey	Israel		Iceland	Macedonia	Romania	Finland	Portugal		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	United Kingdom
Contestants	Montenegro	44				3		5	1	2	5	1			8			1	6	10	2
	Czech Republic	0
	Belgium	1						1
	Belarus	25	2	1			1	4				4	1	1	6		4		1
	Sweden	105		6	4	7		8	7	4	4	7		10	3	4	10	8	8	4	4	7
	Armenia	99	4	12	10	10	5			1	10	10	8	2	2	8	1			1	10	5
	Andorra	8									1							4	3
	Switzerland	15				2	2		2								5	2		2
	Turkey	172	8	5	12	6	7	10	5	12		6	12	7	12	12	7	5	10	12	12	12
	Israel	75	5	4	3	4	6	7	8	5	3		4	6	1	3	6		4		5	1
	Bulgaria	7									2				5
	Iceland	174	7	10	7	12	12	12	10	7	8	12	6		4	10	12	12	12	7	6	8
	Macedonia	45	10	3						6	6		10			2				8
	Romania	67	6		2	1		2	4		7	8	5	4	7			10	2	6	1	2
	Finland	42	3		1		10		3					12		1		3	5			4
	Portugal	70		2	6		3		12	10		2	2	8		7	2			3	7	6
	Malta	86	1	7	8	8	4	3	6	3		5	3	5		6	3	6		5	3	10
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	125	12	8	5	5	8	6		8	12	3	7	3	10	5	8	7	7		8	3

12 points

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

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

Semi-final 2

• In the second semi final, Spain's and Albania's delays in broadcasting the show meant that their results were provided by the back-up juries.

Voting procedure used:   Televote   Jury vote		Televoting Results
		Total Score	Croatia	Ireland	Latvia		Poland	Norway	Cyprus	Slovakia	Denmark		Hungary		Greece	Lithuania					Netherlands	France	Russia	Spain
Contestants	Croatia	39				12			2			10	1	6			3	1	1				3
	Ireland	52	1		5	3	3	4			10	2				7	2	10		4	3	1
	Latvia	7														6				1
	Serbia	60	12					2	4			12	2		5						6	12		5
	Poland	43		10				3		3	3			1	1	3	1	6	6		2	4
	Norway	201	8	8	10	8	10		8	10	12	8	10	12	8	12	10	8	10	12	12	3	10	12
	Cyprus	32		2	1	2				1	7				12	1				6
	Slovakia	8		1														4	2				1
	Denmark	69	2	7	3		1	12	3			5	3	2	2	5		5		8	7			4
	Slovenia	14	7			5												2
	Hungary	16								2				8				3						3
	Azerbaijan	180	6	6	8	6	12	6	10	12	8	6	12		7	10	12		12	10	8	10	12	7
	Greece	110	3		4	10	2	1	12	5	2	4	6	4		4	6	12	4	5	10	6	4	6
	Lithuania	66		12	7		4	7	1		5						4		5	7		2	5	1
	Moldova	106	5	5	2	7	5	10	7	7		3	5	7	6				8	2	4	7	8	8
	Albania	73	10				6	5		4	6	7	4	5	10		5		3		1	5	2
	Ukraine	80		3	6	1	7		6	6			8	10	3	2	8			3			7	10
	Estonia	115	4	4	12	4	8	8	5	8	4	1	7	3	4	8	7		7		5	8	6	2
	Netherlands	11									1							10

12 points

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

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

Final

• In the Grand Final, SMS voting was the only method used to provide the Hungarian public voting scores as the televotes could not be counted due to a technical problem.
• Norway's jury vote was used because a technical mistake by the local telephone operator rendered the televotes and SMS texts unusable.
• The full split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in July 2009.

Final split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Norway	378	Norway	312
2	Azerbaijan	253	Iceland	260
3	Turkey	203	United Kingdom	223
4	Iceland	173	France	164
5	Greece	151	Estonia	124
6	Estonia	129	Denmark	120
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	124	Turkey	114
8	Russia	118	Azerbaijan	112
9	Armenia	111	Israel	107
10	United Kingdom	105	Moldova	93
11	Albania	81	Greece	93
12	Ukraine	70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	90
13	Moldova	66	Malta	87
14	Romania	64	Germany	73
15	Sweden	59	Armenia	71
16	Croatia	55	Ukraine	68
17	France	54	Russia	67
18	Portugal	45	Portugal	64
19	Denmark	40	Croatia	58
20	Lithuania	38	Lithuania	31
21	Spain	38	Romania	31
22	Finland	30	Sweden	27
23	Germany	18	Albania	26
24	Malta	18	Finland	12
25	Israel	15	Spain	9

Voting procedure used:   Jury & televote   SMS and jury vote   Jury vote		Voting results
		Total Score	Spain	Belgium			Germany	Czech Republic	Sweden	Iceland	France	Israel	Russia	Latvia	Montenegro		Finland			Lithuania	United Kingdom	Macedonia	Slovakia	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Turkey			Cyprus	Poland	Netherlands		Croatia	Portugal	Romania	Ireland	Denmark				Hungary		Norway
Contestants	Lithuania	23												7					1		4												2				7	1					1
	Israel	53		8				4			10				4	7		1					5		8	1							5
	France	107	3	1	7		3			6		5	10	5	1	3	4	7		6	1			6	6	3		2	3			6					3	2		7	6			1
	Sweden	33				4				3	2					2	7											1					6					4						4
	Croatia	45								1					8							4		2	12				5										2	6			5
	Portugal	57	8	6				7		7	7					6		10					2		1								3
	Iceland	218			2	12	7	2	10			10	3	8	5	8	10	5	5	8	8	2	6	4			2	6		5	1	7	8	2	8	10	12	10	3	5	5	7		12
	Greece	120	1	5	5	7	6		2				4		2			2	12		5				5			12	6	12		1		7		8				4	10	4
	Armenia	92	4	7	1			12	3	5	6	8	5				1		6			1	3			2	6			4	2	5			4	7
	Russia	91			8		5	8				7		6						7						8	4			1	3		10						6		12		6
	Azerbaijan	207		3	10	1		10	8		1	6	7	4	6		2		8	5	3	3	4	8	3	10	12	4	4	8	6	10	7	10		4		8	10	1	1	10		10
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	106					2		5	2					12		6	4	4			10	8				8	5	12			4		12						10			2
	Moldova	69	5	4								1	1													7	7				5			3	12	12					2		7	3
	Malta	31					4							1		1	3			1	6								7							3	5
	Estonia	129			4		1		7	10			8	10			12			10			12	5		4				3	8			6		1	6	5	7			6	4
	Denmark	74				6				4	5			3		5				2						5			1	6	7					2	4		5	8		3		8
	Germany	35		2							3										7				2		1	3				2			1		1	7						6
	Turkey	177	2	12		5	10	1	6		12	3			3		5	12	10		12	12		3	7			10				8		1	3	6		6			4	5	12	7
	Albania	48							1						7			6				7		7			10						1	5						2		2
	Norway	387	12	10	12	8	12	3	12	12	8	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	2	12	10	8	10	10	10	12	3	7	10	10	12	12	12	8	5	5	8	12	8	12	8	12	8
	Ukraine	76	6		6	2		5				2	2							4	2		1								10				6				4		3	8	10	5
	Romania	40	7																			5					5		2	2					2		2		12				3
	United Kingdom	173	10		3	10	8	6			4	4	6	2		4			7	3		6	7	12	4	6		8	8	7	4	3		4	10		10	3	1	3	7	1		2
	Finland	22				3			4	8									3														4
	Spain	23														12		3						1											7
Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.

12 points

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

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

Below is a summary of the split number one selection, by respectively each country's jury and televoters in the Grand Final:

Split 12p televoter selections in the final
N.	Contestant	National group of televoters giving 12 points
13	Norway	Armenia, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden
9	Turkey	Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
3	Azerbaijan	Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey
2	Romania	Moldova, Spain
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Estonia	Finland
	Greece	Cyprus
	Iceland	Norway
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Moldova	Romania
	Portugal	Andorra
	Russia	Ukraine
	Spain	Portugal
	United Kingdom	Malta

Split 12p jury selections in the final
N.	Contestant	National juries giving 12 points
11	Iceland	Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Romania, Sweden
9	Norway	Belarus, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine
6	United Kingdom	Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Spain
4	Israel	Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovakia
2	Greece	Bulgaria, Cyprus
	Denmark	Andorra, Poland
1	Azerbaijan	Turkey
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia
	France	Russia
	Germany	United Kingdom
	Portugal	Czech Republic
	Turkey	Azerbaijan
	Romania	Moldova
	Russia	Armenia

Other Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon. The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Final result	Points
Artists Award	France	"Et s'il fallait le faire"	Patricia Kaas	Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin	8th	107
Composer Award	Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Bistra voda"	Regina	Aleksandar Čović	9th	106
Press Award	Norway	"Fairytale"	Alexander Rybak	Alexander Rybak	1st	387

OGAE

Further information: OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen. The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profitable company. In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from different clubs around the world to vote for their favourite songs of the 2009 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	OGAE result
Norway	"Fairytale"	Alexander Rybak	Alexander Rybak	304
France	"Et s'il fallait le faire"	Patricia Kaas	Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin	176
Sweden	"La voix"	Malena Ernman	Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman	159
Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Bistra voda"	Regina	Aleksandar Čović	142
Spain	"La noche es para mí"	Soraya Arnelas	Irini Michas, Dimitri Stassos, Jason Gill, Felipe Pedroso	123

Barbara Dex Award

Further information: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed dress.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)
Hungary	"Dance With Me"	Zoli Ádok	Zé Szabó

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

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

1. Spain – Iñaki del Moral
2. Belgium – Maureen Louys
   (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005)
3. Belarus – Ekaterina Litvinova
4. Malta – Pauline Agius
5. Germany – Thomas Anders
6. Czech Republic – Petra Šubrtová
7. Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer
8. Iceland – Þóra Tómasdóttir
9. France – Yann Renoard
10. Israel – Ofer Nachshon
11. Russia – Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
12. Latvia – Roberto Meloni
    (Latvian representative in the 2007 and 2008 Contests as part of Bonaparti.lv and Pirates of the Sea respectively)
13. Montenegro – Jovana Vukčević
14. Andorra – Brigits García
15. Finland – Jari Sillanpää
    (Finnish representative in the 2004 Contest)
16. Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
17. Bulgaria – Yoanna Dragneva
    (Bulgarian representative in the 2008 Contest as part of Deep Zone)
18. Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
19. United Kingdom – Duncan James
    (British representative in the 2011 Contest as part of Blue)
20. Macedonia – Frosina Josifovska
21. Slovakia – Ľubomír Bajaník
22. Greece – Alexis Kostalas
23. Bosnia and Herzegovina – Laka
    (Bosnian representative in the 2008 Contest)
24. Ukraine – Marysya Horobets
25. Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
26. Albania – Leon Menkshi
27. Serbia – Jovana Janković
    (Co-Presenter of the 2008 Contest)
28. Cyprus – Sophia Paraskeva
    (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008)
29. Poland – Radek Brzózka
30. Netherlands – Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen
31. Estonia – Laura Põldvere
    (Estonian representative in the 2005 Contest as part of Suntribe)
32. Croatia – Mila Horvat
33. Portugal – Helena Coelho
34. Romania – Alina Sorescu
35. Ireland – Derek Mooney
36. Denmark – Felix Smith
37. Moldova – Sandu Leancă
38. Slovenia – Peter Poles
39. Armenia – Sirusho
    (Armenian representative in the 2008 Contest)
40. Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
41. Azerbaijan – Hüsniyya Maharramova
42. Norway – Stian Barsnes Simonsen
    (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004)

Commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Moscow or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.

Participating countries

The commentators of the 42 participating countries are as follows:

Country	SF1 / SF2 / Final	Commentator(s)
Albania	All	Leon Menkshi (TVSH)
Andorra	All	Meri Picart (RTVA)
Armenia	-	-
	-	-
Azerbaijan	Semi-Finals	Leyla Aliyeva (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
		AySel (SF1 guest) (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
	Final	Leyla Aliyeva (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
		Isa Malikov (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
Belarus	All	Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
		Alexander Tikhanovich (Belarus 1)
Belgium	All	Jean-Pierre Hautier (French, La Une)
		Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une)
		Patrick Duhamel (French, La Première)
		Corinne Boulangier (French, La Première)
		André Vermeulen (Dutch, één & Radio 2)
		Anja Daems (Dutch, één)
		Michel Follet (Dutch, Radio 2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	All	Dejan Kukrić (BHT1)
	-	-
Bulgaria	-	Elena Rosberg
	-	Georgi Kushvaliev
Croatia	All	Duško Čurlić
	-	-
Cyprus	All	Nathan Morley (CyBC Radio 2)
	-	Melina Karageorgiou (RIK 1)
Czech Republic	All	Jan Rejžek
	-	-
Denmark	All	Nikolaj Molbech (DR1)
Estonia	Semi-finals & Final	Marko Reikop
	Final	Olav Osolin
Finland	All	Jaana Pelkonen (Finnish, YLE TV2)
		Mikko Peltola (Finnish, YLE TV2)
		Asko Murtomäki (Finnish, YLE TV2)
		Sanna Kojo (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
		Jorma Hietamäki (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
		Tobias Larsson (Swedish, YLE TV2)
France	SF2	Peggy Olmi (France 4)
		Yann Renoard (France 4)
	Final	Julien Courbet (France 3)
		Cyril Hanouna (France 3)
		François Kevorkian (France Bleu)
Germany	All	Tim Frühling (Das Erste)
	Final	Ina Müller (NDR 2)
		Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)
Greece	All	Maggira Sisters (NET)
Hungary	All	Gábor Gundel-Takács
Iceland	All	Sigmar Guðmundsson (Sjónvarpið)
Ireland	All	Marty Whelan (RTÉ One)
	All	Maxi (RTÉ Radio 1)
Israel	-	-
	-	-
Latvia	All	Kārlis Streips
Lithuania	All	Darius Užkuraitis
Macedonia	-	Karolina Petkovska
	-	Aleksandra Jovanovska
Malta	All	Valerie Vella
Moldova	-	-
	-	-
Montenegro	-	Dražen Bauković (TVCG2)
	-	Tamara Ivanković (TVCG2)
Netherlands	All	Cornald Maas (Nederland 1)
Norway	All	Synnøve Svabø (NRK1)
Poland	SF2 & Final	Artur Orzech (TVP1)
Portugal	All	Hélder Reis (RTP1)
Romania	All	Ioana Isopescu (TVR1)
		Alexandru Nagy (TVR1)
Russia	All	Yana Churikova (Channel One)
	Semi-Finals	Alexey Manuylov (Channel One)
	Final	Philipp Kirkorov (Channel One)
Serbia	SF1	Dragan Ilić (RTS1)
	SF2 & Final	Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS1)
Slovakia	All	Roman Bomboš (Dvojka)
Slovenia	All	Andrej Hofer
Spain	All	Joaquín Guzmán (La 1)
Sweden	SF1	Arash (guest) (SVT1)
	All	Shirley Clamp (SVT1)
		Edward af Sillén (SVT1)
		Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman (SR P4)
Switzerland	German	Sven Epiney (SF zwei)
	French	Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (TSR 2)
	Italian	Sandy Altermatt (RSI La 2)
Turkey	All	Bülend Özveren (TRT 1)
Ukraine	All	Tymur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)
United Kingdom	Semi-Finals	Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)
		Sarah Cawood (BBC Three)
	Final	Graham Norton (BBC One)
		Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)

Non-participating countries

The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

Country	SF1/SF2/Final	Commentator(s)
Australia	All	Julia Zemiro
		Sam Pang
Austria	All	Benny Hörtnagl (ORF2)
New Zealand	-
	-

Broadcasting

Australia

Although Australia is not eligible to enter, the contest was broadcast on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as in previous years. The first semi-final was broadcast on Friday 15 May 2009, the second semi-final on Saturday 16 May 2009, and the final on Sunday 17 May 2009, with all shows broadcast at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC). This year, instead of airing the United Kingdom's commentary, the broadcaster sent its own commentators, Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang. They also anchored a number of behind the scenes and interview pieces, which were inserted during assigned the various broadcasts. In recent years the contest has been one of SBS's highest-rating programmes in terms of viewer numbers. The contest rated well for SBS with 482,000 viewers tuning in for the final, with 414,000 for the second semi-final and 276,000 for the first semi-final.

SBS also broadcast the Junior Eurovision and Eurovision Dance Contests for 2008 in the lead-up to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was broadcast on SBS on Wednesday 6 May 2009 at 13:00 local time (03:00 UTC), while the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was broadcast on Wednesday 13 May at 13:00 local time (03:00 UTC). SBS also broadcast the EBU produced Eurovision Countdown shows on 13, 14 and 15 May 2009 at 17:30 local time (07:30 UTC) before the semi-finals and final.

Austria

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) confirmed that, despite having no Austrian entry in the competition, they would broadcast the Contest on television. Both semi-finals were broadcast on ORF on a time delay, beginning past midnight CET. A song presentation show was broadcast on the night of the final, before broadcasting live the voting in the final. The entire Eurovision final was broadcast later that night. In all three shows the commentator was Hitradio Ö3 radio presenter Benny Hörtnagl.

New Zealand

Although New Zealand was not eligible to enter, the final of the contest was broadcast on Triangle TV's satellite channel STRATOS on 17 May 2009. They also did a compilation of the two 2008 semi-finals on 3 May 2009 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final on 10 May 2009. This was the first time in 30 years that the contest has been broadcast in New Zealand. The 2009 final was broadcast in local prime time, about 10 hours after the show has finished in Moscow.

Worldwide 

A commentated live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite by broadcaster streams such as

• Belgium: BVN
• Bulgaria: BNT Sat
• Croatia: HRT Sat
• Cyprus: RIK Sat
• Greece: ERT World
• Lithuania: LTV World
• Macedonia: MKTV Sat
• Montenegro: TVCG Sat
• Netherlands: BVN
• Poland: TVP Polonia
• Portugal: RTP Internacional
• Romania: TVR International
• Serbia: RTS Sat
• Spain: TVE Internacional
• Turkey: TRT AVAZ

Additionally, the official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary via the peer-to-peer medium Octoshape.

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	11 May 2009
Genre	Pop
Length	62:19 (CD 1) 62:32 (CD 2)
Label	EMI / CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 (2008)Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 20082008 Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009 (2009) Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010 (2010)Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 20102010

Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009 was the official compilation album of the 2009 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 11 May 2009. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2009 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"La teva decisió (Get a Life)" (Andorra)	Susanne Georgi	2:54
2.	"Carry Me in Your Dreams" (Albania)	Kejsi Tola	3:04
3.	"Jan Jan" (Armenia)	Inga and Anush	2:59
4.	"Always" (Azerbaijan)	AySel and Arash	2:56
5.	"Bistra voda" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Regina	3:05
6.	"Copycat" (Belgium)	Patrick Ouchène	2:58
7.	"Illusion" (Bulgaria)	Krassimir Avramov	2:53
8.	"Eyes That Never Lie" (Belarus)	Petr Elfimov	2:59
9.	"The Highest Heights" (Switzerland)	Lovebugs	2:48
10.	"Firefly" (Cyprus)	Christina Metaxa	3:01
11.	"Aven Romale" (Czech Republic)	Gipsy.cz	2:45
12.	"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" (Germany)	Alex Swings Oscar Sings!	3:01
13.	"Believe Again" (Denmark)	Niels Brinck	3:03
14.	"Rändajad" (Estonia)	Urban Symphony	3:01
15.	"La noche es para mí" (Spain)	Soraya Arnelas	2:59
16.	"Lose Control" (Finland)	Waldo's People	2:59
17.	"Et s'il fallait le faire" (France)	Patricia Kaas	3:01
18.	"It's My Time" (United Kingdom)	Jade Ewen	2:56
19.	"This Is Our Night" (Greece)	Sakis Rouvas	2:56
20.	"Lijepa Tena" (Croatia)	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	3:01
21.	"Dance with Me" (Hungary)	Zoli Ádok	3:00
Total length:			62:19

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Et Cetera" (Ireland)	Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy	2:58
2.	"There Must Be Another Way" (Israel)	Noa and Mira Awad	2:57
3.	"Is It True?" (Iceland)	Yohanna	3:00
4.	"Love" (Lithuania)	Sasha Son	3:02
5.	"Probka" (Latvia)	Intars Busulis	3:03
6.	"Hora din Moldova" (Moldova)	Nelly Ciobanu	2:54
7.	"Just Get Out of My Life" (Montenegro)	Andrea Demirović	3:00
8.	"Nešto što kje ostane" (Macedonia)	Next Time	3:00
9.	"What If We" (Malta)	Chiara	3:00
10.	"Shine" (Netherlands)	The Toppers	3:00
11.	"Fairytale" (Norway)	Alexander Rybak	3:01
12.	"I Don't Wanna Leave" (Poland)	Lidia Kopania	3:00
13.	"Todas as ruas do amor" (Portugal)	Flor-de-Lis	3:00
14.	"The Balkan Girls" (Romania)	Elena	2:58
15.	"Cipela" (Serbia)	Marko Kon and Milaan	3:00
16.	"Mamo" (Russia)	Anastasiya Prikhodko	2:48
17.	"La voix" (Sweden)	Malena Ernman	2:58
18.	"Leť tmou" (Slovakia)	Kamil Mikulčík and Nela	2:56
19.	"Love Symphony" (Slovenia)	Quartissimo feat. Martina	3:02
20.	"Düm Tek Tek" (Turkey)	Hadise	3:01
21.	"Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)" (Ukraine)	Svetlana Loboda	3:00
Total length:			62:32

Notes

• A ^ Until then, the highest winning score had been Finland in 2006 with 292 points.
• B ^ "Düm Tek Tek" is onomatopoeic for the sound generated by a drum; with "boom bang bang" being an English equivalent. Graham Norton, the commentator for the BBC broadcast of the contest said that "Düm Tek Tek" also meant "With Every Heartbeat".
• C ^ Norway was originally scheduled to announce its votes as the 17th country, but instead voted 42nd (last). This was due to a technical error, and only the jury's votes were appointed.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Eurovision Song Contest official site
• Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush