Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
True Fantasy
Dates
Semi-final	10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)
Final	12 May 2007 (2007-05-12)
Host
Venue	Hartwall Areena Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)	Jaana Pelkonen Mikko Leppilampi Krisse Salminen (green room)
Directed by	Timo Suomi
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	Heikki Seppälä
Host broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Opening act	Semi-final: Finnish dancers dancing to accordion music by Johanna Juhola[1] Final: Lordi video from Rovaniemi transitioning into Lordi performing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" on stage
Interval act	Semi-final: Tsuumi[1] Final: Apocalyptica performing a medley of "Worlds Collide", "Faraway" and "Life Burns!" (instrumental)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/helsinki-2007
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	Czech Republic  Georgia  Montenegro  Serbia
Returning countries	Austria  Hungary
Non-returning countries	Monaco
hide Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points	None
Winning song	Serbia "Molitva"
2006 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the 2006 contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. It was the first time Finland had hosted the contest - 46 years after the country made its debut. It was the first contest hosted in a Nordic country since 2001 in Copenhagen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and the final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest - three more than the previous record of thirty-nine, that took part in 2005. The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.^[2] The Czech Republic and Georgia made their first participation this year, with Montenegro and Serbia taking part as independent nations for the first time.^[3] Austria and Hungary both returned, after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Monaco decided not to participate.^[4]

The winner was Serbia with the song "Molitva", performed by Marija Šerifović and written by Vladimir Graić and Saša Milošević Mare. This was Serbia's first victory in the contest, and indeed, the first year they competed as an independent nation. Also, this was the first victory for one of the former Yugoslav republics. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Israel's "Diva" in 1998. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Bulgaria rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Belarus achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved their worst placing in the contest, finishing twenty-fourth (last place). Of the "Big Four" countries Germany placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

Location[]

Helsinki, the Finnish capital, was chosen as the host city, although other cities were in the running; the second-largest city of Espoo, the third-largest city of Tampere, and the city of Turku all submitted bids to host the contest.

In the end, Helsinki was chosen, with the host venue being the Hartwall Areena. The venue is a large multi-functional indoor arena, which opened in 1997, and can take some 12,000-15,000 spectators for concerts. Its name comes from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki. For the contest, the arena was referred to as the Helsinki Arena.

Format[]

On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song.^{[citation needed]} The United Kingdom chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 Contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by Nordic communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.

Visual design[]

The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country.^[5] The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F.^[6] The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme. An official CD and DVD were released (but no HD DVD or Blu-ray, despite the event being broadcast in high definition for the first time). An official fan book was also released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories happening in different Finnish places.

Participating countries[]

Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.

42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007.^[3] Monaco announced its non-participation on 12 December 2006,^[4] and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Returning artists[]

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Evridiki	Cyprus	1983 (backing singer for Stavros & Constantina), 1987 (backing singer for Alexia), 1992, 1994
Eiríkur Hauksson	Iceland	1986 (as part of ICY) and 1991 (for  Norway, as part of Just 4 Fun)
Karolina Gočeva	Macedonia	2002
Edsilia	Netherlands	1998

Semi-final[]

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[7]	Place[8]	Points
01	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	Bulgarian	6	146
02	Israel	Teapacks	"Push the Button"	English, French, Hebrew	24	17
03	Cyprus	Evridiki	"Comme ci, comme ça"	French	15	65
04	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	English	4	176
05	Iceland	Eiríkur Hauksson	"Valentine Lost"	English	13	77
06	Georgia	Sopho Khalvashi	"Visionary Dream"	English	8	123
07	Montenegro	Stevan Faddy	"'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи)	Montenegrin	22	33
08	Switzerland	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	English	20	40
09	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	English	10	91
10	Netherlands	Edsilia Rombley	"On Top of the World"	English	21	38
11	Albania	Frederik Ndoci	"Hear My Plea"	English, Albanian	17	49
12	Denmark	DQ	"Drama Queen"	English	19	45
13	Croatia	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	"Vjerujem u ljubav"	Croatian, English	16	54
14	Poland	The Jet Set	"Time to Party"	English	14	75
15	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Serbian	1	298
16	Czech Republic	Kabát	"Malá dáma"	Czech	28	1
17	Portugal	Sabrina	"Dança comigo"	Portuguese, English[a]	11	88
18	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)	Macedonian, English	9	97
19	Norway	Guri Schanke	"Ven a bailar conmigo"	English[b]	18	48
20	Malta	Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo"	English	25	15
21	Andorra	Anonymous	"Salvem el món"	Catalan, English	12	80
22	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	English	2	224
23	Estonia	Gerli Padar	"Partners in Crime"	English	22	33
24	Belgium	The KMG's	"Love Power"	English	26	14
25	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	Slovene	7	140
26	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	English	3	197
27	Austria	Eric Papilaya	"Get a Life – Get Alive"	English	27	4
28	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	Italian	5	168

Final[]

The finalists were:

• the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
• the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
• the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.

The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[7]	Place[9]	Points
01	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marija Šestić	"Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена)	Serbian	11	106
02	Spain	D'NASH	"I Love You Mi Vida"	Spanish[c]	20	43
03	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	English	6	145
04	Ireland	Dervish	"They Can't Stop the Spring"	English	24	5
05	Finland	Hanna Pakarinen	"Leave Me Alone"	English	17	53
06	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)	Macedonian, English	14	73
07	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	Slovene	15	66
08	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	English	9	128
09	Lithuania	4Fun	"Love or Leave"	English	21	28
10	Greece	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)	English[d]	7	139
11	Georgia	Sopho Khalvashi	"Visionary Dream"	English	12	97
12	Sweden	The Ark	"The Worrying Kind"	English	18	51
13	France	Les Fatals Picards	"L'amour à la française"	French, English ("Franglais")	22	19
14	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	Italian	16	54
15	Russia	Serebro	"Song #1"	English	3	207
16	Germany	Roger Cicero	"Frauen regier'n die Welt"	German, English	19	49
17	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Serbian	1	268
18	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	German, English, Ukrainian, Russian	2	235
19	United Kingdom	Scooch	"Flying the Flag (For You)"	English	22	19
20	Romania	Todomondo	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You)	English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian	13	84
21	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	Bulgarian	5	157
22	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	English	4	163
23	Armenia	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	English, Armenian	8	138
24	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	English	10	109

Scoreboard[]

All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, then a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used juries. A draw was held in Helsinki to establish the order in which the countries presented their votes during the final.

Semi-final[]

Semi-final voting results^[10]

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Total score	Montenegro	Belarus	Armenia	Andorra	Austria	France	Denmark	Greece	Spain	Serbia	Finland	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	Portugal	Albania	Romania	Cyprus	Croatia	Slovenia	Israel	Germany	Lithuania	Norway	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Netherlands	Ireland	Malta	Estonia	Georgia	Bulgaria	Sweden	Ukraine	Russia	Latvia	Iceland	Poland	Moldova	United Kingdom	Macedonia	Hungary
Contestants	Bulgaria	146	5		1		6	8		10	10	5	2	12	3	2	5	1	1	12	6	3	6	4				10			3		3			2					5	6	7	8
	Israel	17						6																	4			2				3					1		1
	Cyprus	65			4			5		12						5		8	7				4	3										7								10
	Belarus	176	4		12				1	7		4		5	2		1	4	3	10			12		10	3		5		6	7	7	4	6	3	12	12	10	4	4	12		4	2
	Iceland	77		3					10				12												5	12						6	1		12			6						10
	Georgia	123		8	8			4		6	3		4	10		1				7			8		8				5			10		3		10	10	7		3	8
	Montenegro	33										8			5			7			5	5																					3
	Switzerland	40				6			3	2										2	1	2		8							10	2						4
	Moldova	91		12	7					3	6			8			12		12	6			3							2			7	1		6	6
	Netherlands	38				5			4							10	3						1			1	1				8													5
	Albania	49	6				3			8				4	4						3			1			7							2								1	10
	Denmark	45				2						3											5			4			1	5	6				4				8			7
	Croatia	54	7				7					6			10			3				8		2			5																6
	Poland	75	1	5	5	10	4	3	2			2								3				5	3					10			6			5		1	2			3	2	3
	Serbia	298	12	10	10		12	7	6	5	5		8		12	4	4	2	6	8	12	12	7	10	1	8	12	12	10	8	1		8	8	10	8	8	2	10	5	6	5	12	12
	Czech Republic	1																														1
	Portugal	88		7	6	12		10			8	1				3				1		1		7			8		4									3		10	7
	Macedonia	97	10				5					10		6	7			10	2		8	10					6	6						12	5
	Norway	48	2		3	3			7		4		1				2												3		2	4			6				7	2	1			1
	Malta	15												7				6																								2
	Andorra	80		4						4	12		5	2			6				2	4	2		2	2		7		4		5			2		4		6	6			1
	Hungary	224		1		4	8	2	12		1	12	10	1	1	7	10	5	10	4	7	6		6	7	10	4	8	8	7	4	8	10	4	8	4	3	8	12	8		4
	Estonia	33											6												6					3			2					12			4
	Belgium	14																											2				12
	Slovenia	140	8	6		8	2	1			7	7		3	6	6	7		4		10					5		4	6	1	5			5		7	5	5		7	3		5	7
	Turkey	197	3		2	7	10	12	8		2		7		8	12		12	8					12		6	10	1	12					10	7	1	7		3	1	10	12	8	6
	Austria	4				1																					3
	Latvia	168		2			1		5	1			3			8	8		5	5	4	7	10		12	7	2	3	7	12	12	12	5		1	3	2		5	12	2	8		4

12 points[]

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Serbia	Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  Hungary,  Macedonia,  Montenegro,  Slovenia,   Switzerland
6	Turkey	Albania,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Netherlands,  United Kingdom
5	Belarus	Armenia,  Israel,  Moldova,  Russia,  Ukraine
	Latvia	Estonia,  Ireland,  Lithuania,  Malta,  Poland
3	Hungary	Denmark,  Iceland,  Serbia
	Iceland	Finland,  Norway,  Sweden
	Moldova	Belarus,  Portugal,  Romania
2	Bulgaria	Cyprus,  Turkey
1	Andorra	Spain
	Belgium	Georgia
	Cyprus	Greece
	Estonia	Latvia
	Macedonia	Bulgaria
	Portugal	Andorra

Final[]

Final voting results^[11]

Voting procedure used:   100% Televoting   100% Jury vote		Total score	Montenegro	Belarus	Armenia	Andorra	Austria	France	Denmark	Greece	Spain	Serbia	Finland	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	Portugal	Albania	Romania	Cyprus	Croatia	Slovenia	Israel	Germany	Lithuania	Norway	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Netherlands	Ireland	Malta	Estonia	Georgia	Bulgaria	Sweden	Ukraine	Russia	Latvia	Iceland	Poland	Moldova	United Kingdom	Macedonia	Hungary
Contestants	Bosnia and Herzegovina	106	7		1		8	1	7			8		10				8			10	8		3		6	8	4	7						6								4
	Spain	43	4					6		1						3	8	12					2				5				2
	Belarus	145	3		10					5		2			4		1	2	1	6			12		7			2			10	7	8	1		12	12	8	4	7	10		7	4
	Ireland	5																5
	Finland	53		1		7			4															1	5	4	1					6			12				12
	Macedonia	73	10				1					10		1	8			3			8	10					6	5					1	10
	Slovenia	66	8	4							3	5			7	2	3				7				1						5					4	3	4		4			6
	Hungary	128				6	2		8			12	10			5	2		8		4	5		7	4	8	3		4	5	1	4	5		8			5	8	2		2
	Lithuania	28		2		1																								12								10				3
	Greece	139		3	8			3	1		2	4		4	3	8		7	10	12			1	10			4	3	5				4	12	4				5		6	10	3	7
	Georgia	97		6	5					3			7	5	1	6				1	2	2	6		12			1	2	1		5				8	7	6		5	4			2
	Sweden	51				2			12				8													12													10			7
	France	19			2	8												4							3							2
	Latvia	54																	2		1	6			10	3			3	10	4	10								1		4
	Russia	207	6	12	12	3		2	2	8	4	7	3	8	2		4		3	7	3	3	8	6	6	5		6		6	6	12	7	5	5	10		7	1	3	8	6	5	6
	Germany	49				5	7		5		5		1					6									7		6			3			1				2			1
	Serbia	268	12	7	7		12	8	6	4	1		12		12	7	5	1	6	3	12	12	3	8		10	12	8	8	4	8		6	6	10	6	5	3	7	8	5		12	12
	Ukraine	235	2	10	6	12	4	4	3	7	7	3	6	3	5	1	12		4	4	5	4	10	5	8	2	2	12	1	8	3	8	10	3	3		8	12	6	12	7	8	2	3
	United Kingdom	19																												7	12
	Romania	84				10	3	7		2	12			2			7			5			7							3				2		2	1	1			12			8
	Bulgaria	157	5		4		6	5		12	10	6	5	6	6	4	6		5	10	6	7		4				7			7	1				3	4	2			3	5	8	10
	Turkey	163	1				10	12	10				4		10	12		10	7					12		7	10		12				2	7	7	1	2		3		1	12	10	1
	Armenia	138		5			5	10		6	8			12		10				8			5	2				10	10				12	8		5	10			10	2
	Moldova	109		8	3	4				10	6	1	2	7			10		12	2		1	4		2	1				2			3	4	2	7	6			6			1	5

12 points[]

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Serbia	Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Finland,  Hungary,  Macedonia,  Montenegro,  Slovenia,   Switzerland
5	Ukraine	Andorra,  Czech Republic,  Latvia,  Poland,  Portugal
	Turkey	Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Netherlands,  United Kingdom
3	Russia	Armenia,  Belarus,  Estonia
	Belarus	Israel,  Russia,  Ukraine
2	Armenia	Georgia,  Turkey
	Finland	Iceland,  Sweden
	Greece	Bulgaria,  Cyprus
	Sweden	Denmark,  Norway
	Romania	Moldova,  Spain
1	Bulgaria	Greece
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Hungary	Serbia
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Moldova	Romania
	Spain	Albania
	United Kingdom	Malta

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons[]

Spokespersons[]

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The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.^[12]

Broadcasters and commentators[]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Albania	All shows	TVSH	Leon Menkshi
Andorra	All shows	RTVA	Meri Picart and Josep Lluís Trabal	[14]
Armenia	-		Gohar Gasparian
Austria	-	ORF2	Andi Knoll
Belarus	All shows	Belarus 1	Denis Kurian and Alexander Tikhanovich
Belgium	All shows	La Une	French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye	[15]
		La Première	French: Patrick Duhamel and Corinne Boulangier
		één	Dutch: André Vermeulen and
		Radio 2	Dutch: Michel Follet and Sven Pichal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	All	BHT1	Dejan Kukrić
Bulgaria	All shows		Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
Croatia	All shows	Duško Čurlić		[16]
Cyprus	All shows	RIK 1	Vaso Komninou	[17]
Czech Republic	All shows		Kateřina Kristelová
	Final		Pepa Vojtek
Denmark	All shows	DR1	Søren Nystrøm Rasted and	[18]
Estonia	-		Marko Reikop	[19]
Finland	All shows	YLE TV2	Finnish: Heikki Paasonen and Ellen Jokikunnas	[20][21]
	Final	YLE TV2	Finnish: Asko Murtomäki
		YLE FST5	Swedish: Thomas Lundin
		YLE Radio Suomi	Finnish: Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
France	Semi-final	France 4	Peggy Olmi and Yann Renoard	[15]
	Final	France 3	Julien Lepers and Tex
		France Bleu	Yves Derisbourg
Georgia	-		Sandro Gabisonia and Sopho Altunashvili
Germany	All shows	Das Erste	Peter Urban	[22]
	Final	NDR 2	Thomas Mohr	[23]
		hr3	Tim Frühling	[24]
Greece	All shows	NET	Fotis Sergoulopoulos
			Maria Bakodimou
Hungary	All shows	M1	Gábor Gundel Takács
Iceland	-	Sjónvarpið	Sigmar Guðmundsson	[25]
Ireland	All shows	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	[26][27]
		RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan
Israel	-		No commentator
Latvia	-		Kārlis Streips
Lithuania	-		Darius Užkuraitis
Macedonia	-		Milanka Rašić
Malta	-		Antonia Micallef	[28]
Moldova	-		Vitalie Rotaru
Montenegro	-	TVCG2	Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
Netherlands	All shows	Nederland 1	Cornald Maas	[29]
	Final		Paul de Leeuw
Norway	All shows	NRK1	Per Sundnes	[30]
Poland	All shows	TVP1	Artur Orzech	[31]
Portugal	-	RTP1	Isabel Angelino	[32]
	-		Jorge Gabriel
Romania	-	TVR1	Andreea Demirgian
Russia	-	Channel One	Yuri Aksyuta and Yelena Batinova
Serbia	All shows	RTS1	Duška Vučinić-Lučić
Slovenia	-
Spain	All shows	TVE1	Beatriz Pécker	[33]
Sweden	All shows	SVT1	Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach	[34]
		SR P3	Carolina Norén	[35]
Switzerland	All shows	SF zwei	German: Bernhard Thurnheer	[15]
	Semi-final	TSR 2	French:
	Final		French: Henri Dès
	All shows	TSR 2	French: Jean-Marc Richard
		TSI 1	Italian: Claudio Lazzarino and Sandy Altermatt
Turkey	All shows	TRT 1	Hakan Urgancı
Ukraine	All shows	First National TV Channel	Timur Miroshnychenko
United Kingdom	Semi-final	BBC Three	Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood
	Final	BBC One	Terry Wogan
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Australia	All shows	SBS	Des Mangan
Azerbaijan	All shows	İctimai	Hüsniyə Məhərrəmova
Gibraltar	Final	GBC	Un­known	[36]

Other countries[]

• Australia – Although Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast the event on SBS.^[37] As is the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones. Australia aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Paddy O'Connell, Sarah Cawood and Terry Wogan. Before the broadcasts, viewers were told by an SBS host that the Eurovision Song Contest was one of their most popular programmes. The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year.^[38]
• Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan were willing to enter the contest, but since AzTV applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, they missed the contest and had to wait until they were accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a passive EBU member at the time, and had broadcast it for the previous two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.^[39]
• Italy – Italian television had not entered since 1997. National broadcaster RAI is in strong competition with commercial TV stations and believes that Eurovision would not be a popular show in Italy, although the 1991 edition (held in Rome) was followed by 6 million people. They have not broadcast the contest in recent years, although an independent Italian channel for the gay community has shown the show.^[40]

A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide by satellite through Eurovision streams such as Channel One Russia, ERT World, TVE Internacional, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional and TVR i. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary using the peer-to-peer transport .

High-definition broadcast[]

YLE produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.^[41] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The BBC in the United Kingdom broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD.^[42] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD.^[43] However the event is only available to buy on standard-definition DVD, with no HD DVD or Blu-ray version available in high definition.

Other awards[]

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE (French: Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision, English: General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards[]

The Marcel Bezençon Awards honour the best competing songs in the final. Named after the founder of the contest, the awards were created and first handed at the 2002 contest by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 contest and the country's current Head of Delegation), and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys who won the 1984 contest for Sweden).^[44] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composers Award, and Press Award.^[45]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Final result	Points
Artistic Award	Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić Saša Milošević Mare	1st	268
Composers Award	Hungary	"Unsubstantial Blues"	Magdi Rúzsa	Magdi Rúzsa Imre Mózsik	9th	128
Press Award	Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	Verka Serduchka	Verka Serduchka	2nd	235

OGAE[]

OGAE is an international organisation which conducts a voting poll for the favourite songs among its members before the annual contest. It consists of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond.^[46][47] Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.^[48]

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	OGAE result	Eurovision Ranking
Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare	184	1st
Belarus	"Work Your Magic"	Dmitry Koldun	Philip Kirkorov, Karen Kavaleryan	159	6th
Switzerland	"Vampires Are Alive"	DJ BoBo	DJ BoBo	156	20th in Semi-Final
Cyprus	"Comme ci, comme ça"	Evridiki	Dimitris Korgialas, Poseidonas Giannopoulos	142	15th in Semi-Final
Greece	"Yassou Maria"	Sarbel	Alex Papakonstantinou, Marcus Englöf, "Mack"	107	7th

• Table reflects the corrected result of Switzerland since the cited source had a calculation error.

Barbara Dex Award[]

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)
Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай)	Verka Serduchka	Andriy Danylko

Official album[]

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	20 April 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	63:13 (CD 1) 62:50 (CD 2)
Label	CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006 (2006) Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 (2007) Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 (2008)

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 was the official compilation album of the 2007 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 20 April 2007. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2007 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.^[49]

Charts[]

Chart (2007)	Peak position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[50]	3

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

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