Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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Dates
Semi-final 112 May 2009 (2009-05-12)
Semi-final 214 May 2009 (2009-05-14)
Final16 May 2009 (2009-05-16)
Host
VenueOlimpiysky Arena
Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)
  • Semi-finals:
    Natalia Vodianova
    Andrey Malakhov
  • Final:
    Ivan Urgant
    Alsou Abramova[1]
Directed byAndrei Boltenko
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerYury Aksyuta
Host broadcasterChannel One (C1R)
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: Fuerza Bruta performance
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Slovakia
Non-returning countries
  •  Georgia
  •  San Marino
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the 2008 contest with the song "Believe" by Dima Bilan. It was the first time Russia had hosted the contest - 14 years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Channel One (C1R), the contest was held at the Olimpiysky Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and the final on 16 May 2009. The semi-finals were presented by Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov, while the final was presented by Ivan Urgant and Alsou Abramova.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest - down one from the record forty-three the year before. Slovakia returned to the contest for the first time since 1998, while San Marino did not enter due to financial issues. Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention not to participate, but it was later stated by the EBU that both countries would indeed participate.[2] However, Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of the contest rules.

The winner was Norway with the song "Fairytale", performed and written by Alexander Rybak. This was Norway's third victory in the contest, following their wins in 1985 and 1995. The song received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest. Iceland, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the United Kingdom rounded out the top five, with the latter achieving their best placing since 2002. Iceland's second-place finish was the country's best placing in a decade.

After criticism of the voting system in 2007, changes in the voting procedure were finally made prior to this contest, with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting while the format of the semi-finals remained the same.

Location[]

Olimpiysky Arena, Moscow – host venue of the 2009 contest.

The contest was held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia, with Dima Bilan's "Believe".[3] Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, stated that the contest would be held in Moscow.[4]

It was proposed by Channel One that the contest be held in Moscow's Olimpiysky Arena, and this proposal was evaluated by the EBU and confirmed on 13 September 2008.[4][5] 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."[6]

Format[]

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.[2] 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.[7] However, it was confirmed that the "Big Four" countries would continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.[8]

Graphic design[]

The stage design of the contest

Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub-logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009.[9] 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.[9] 2009 was the first year since 2001 without any 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."[10] 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.

Postcards[]

The music accompanying the postcards used to introduce each participating country was written and produced by British electronic musician Matthew Herbert.[11]

The postcards opened with the words "Moskva 2009" (Москва 2009), the transliterated Russian way to say "Moscow 2009". It continued with the appearance of Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia, and then a group of famous landmarks from the participating country were shown in computer animation. The animation would simulate a pop-up book, with each "page turn" showing different landmarks. Then Sukhinova reappeared again, wearing a hat comprising all of the landmarks shown (as well as having different hairstyle & make-up each time) and a T-shirt with the colours of the respective country's flag. The Russian video had the exact appearance of Sukhinova shown in the first part of every video, and no different hairstyle was shown for the Russian entry.

Then, on the right, the 2009 contest logo appeared with the name and the flag of the country. Finally a phrase in transliterated Russian word and its English translation were shown. The words shown were as were as following, listed in alphabetical order:

  •  Albania – Ikra (Икра) - Caviar
  •  Andorra – Potselui (Поцелуй) - Kiss
  •  Armenia – Sibir (Сибирь) - Siberia
  •  Azerbaijan – Valenki (Валенки) - Winter boots
  •  Belarus – Karavai (Каравай) - Round loaf of bread
  •  Belgium – Veselo (Весело) - Cheerfully
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bud Zdorov (Будь здоров) - Bless you
  •  Bulgaria – Krasota (Красота) - Beauty
  •  Croatia – Matryoshka (Матрешка) - Russian doll
  •  Cyprus – Druzhba (Дружба) - Friendship
  •  Czech Republic – Privet! (Привет!) - Hi!
  •  Denmark – Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз) - Santa Claus
  •  Estonia – Gagarin (Гагарин) - Surname of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, first man in history to go to space
  •  Finland – Na zdarovie! (На Здоровье!) - Cheers!
  •  France – Lublu (Люблю) - Love
  •  Germany – Poehali! (Поехали!) - Let's go!
  •  Greece – Vsego dobrogo (Всего доброго) - Good luck
  •  Hungary – Mir (Мир) - Peace/World
  •  Iceland – Sneg (Снег) - Snow
  •  Ireland – Balalaika (Балалайка) - Music instrument
  •  Israel – Horosho (Хорошо) - Good/OK
  •  Latvia – Borsch (Борщ) - Beetroot soup
  •  Lithuania – Kosmos (Космос) - Space
  •  Macedonia – Klassno (Классно) - Great/Cool
  •  Malta – Sazka (Сказка) - Fairytale
  •  Moldova – Chudo (Чудо) - Miracle
  •  Montenegro – Dobro Pojalovat! (Добро пожаловать!) - Welcome!
  •  Netherlands – Zima (Зима) - Winter
  •  Norway – Babushka (Бабушка) - Grandmother
  •  Poland – Vecherinka (Вечеринка) - Party
  •  Portugal – Pozhalusta (Пожалуйста) - Please
  •  Romania – Tantsui (Танцуй) - Dance
  •  Russia – Davai-Davai (Давай-Давай) - Come on!
  •  Serbia – Schastie (Счастье) - Happiness
  •  Slovakia – Medved (Медведь) - Bear
  •  Slovenia – Vmeste (Вместе) - Together
  •  Spain – Spasibo (Спасибо) - Thank you
  •  Sweden – Muzika (Музыка) - Music
  •   Switzerland – Vesna (Весна) - Spring
  •  Turkey – Kak dela (Как дела) - How are you?
  •  Ukraine – Shick! (Шик!) - Glamour
  •  United Kingdom – Zazhigai! (Зажигай!) - Let's Rock!

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.[12][13][14] The draw for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of voting, occurred on 16 March 2009.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

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.[15] 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.[16] 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".[17]

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.[18] 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.[19][20] 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.[18] 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.[18] National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting becoming mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.

, 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."[21][22] Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria did not return to the contest in 2009.[23]

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 [24]

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.[2][25] Georgia originally announced that it was not to participate in the contest due to the Russo-Georgian War in protest of the foreign policies of Russia,[26][27][28] 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.[29][30] 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.[31]

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.[32] At the same time, rumours spread that San Marino's broadcaster, Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), would not participate in the contest due to poor placing at the 2008 contest.[33] 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.[34][35]

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.[36] 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.[37][38] 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.[39][40] However, on 12 January 2009, it was announced that Latvia would participate in the 2009 contest.[2] 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.

Thirty-seven countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest.[2] The semi-final allocation draw took place on 30 January 2009,[13][14] while the draw for the running order was held on 16 March 2009.[41][42]

Returning artists[]

Lead artists[]

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Chiara  Malta 1998 and 2005
Petr Elfimov  Belarus 2004 (as backing singer for Aleksandra and Konstantin)
Sakis Rouvas  Greece 2004 and 2006 (as presenter)
Martina  Slovenia 2003 (for  Croatia, as backing singer for Claudia Beni), 2007 (as backing singer for Alenka Gotar),

and 2008 (for  Montenegro, as backing singer for Stefan Filipović)

Backing performers[]

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Alexandros Panayi  Greece For  Cyprus: 1989 (as backing singer for Fani Polymeri),

1991 (as backing singer for Elena Patroklou), 1995, and 2000 (as part of Voice)

For  Greece: 2005 (as backing singer for Helena Paparizou

Friðrik Ómar  Iceland 2008 (as part of Euroband)
Hera Björk 2008 (as backing singer for Euroband)
Dea Norberg  Sweden 1999 & 2008 (as backing singer for Charlotte Perrelli),

2000 (for  Malta, as backing singer for Claudette Pace),

2003 (as backing singer for Fame), 2004 (as backing singer for Lena Philipsson,

2005 (as backing singer for Martin Stenmarck), and 2006 (as backing singer for Carola)

Jelena Majić  Croatia 2007 (for  Bosnia and Herzegovina, as backing singer for Marija Šestić),

and 2008 (for  Slovenia, as backing singer for Rebeka Dremelj)

Ivana Čabraja 2002 (as backing singer for Vesna Pisarović), 2004 (as backing singer for Ivan Mikulić),

and 2006 (for  Bosnia and Herzegovina, as backing singer for Hari Mata Hari)

Danijela Večerinović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 (as backing singer for Marija Šestić)
Mirjam Mesak  Estonia 2007 (as backing singer for Gerli Padar)
Anders Øhrstrøm  Denmark 2005 (as backing singer for Jakob Sveistrup),

and 2008 (as backing singer for Simon Mathew)

Oliver McEwan 2008 (as backing singer for Simon Mathew)
Eva Smeenk  Turkey 1999 (for  Belgium, as backing singer for Vanessa Chinitor)
Belinda Sánchez Leal  Andorra 2001 (for  Spain, as (backing singer for David Civera)
Dedre Twiss  Netherlands 2003 (as backing singer for Esther Hart)
Ingrid Simons 1996 (as backing singer for Maxine & Franklin Brown),

and 2002 (for  Belgium, as backing singer for Sergio & The Ladies)

Semi-final 1[]

The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May 2009. The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi-final.[43] Before its withdrawal, Georgia was originally drawn to perform in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[44] Place[45] Points
01  Montenegro Andrea Demirović "Just Get Out of My Life" English 11 44
02  Czech Republic Gipsy.cz "Aven Romale" English, Romani 18 0
03  Belgium Copycat "Copycat" English 17 1
04  Belarus Petr Elfimov "Eyes That Never Lie" English 13 25
05  Sweden Malena Ernman "La voix" French, English 4 105
06  Armenia Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան) English, Armenian 5 99
07  Andorra Susanne Georgi "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" Catalan, English 15 8
08   Switzerland Lovebugs "The Highest Heights" English 14 15
09  Turkey Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" English 2 172
10  Israel Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" English, Hebrew, Arabic 7 75
11  Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov "Illusion" English 16 7
12  Iceland Yohanna[46] "Is It True?" English 1 174
13  Macedonia Next Time "Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане) Macedonian 10 45
14  Romania Elena "The Balkan Girls" English 9 67
15  Finland Waldo's People "Lose Control" English 12 42
16  Portugal Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" Portuguese 8 70
17  Malta Chiara "What If We" English 6 86
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina "Bistra voda" Bosnian 3 125

Semi-final 2[]

The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May 2009. France and Russia voted in this semi-final.[43] 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.[47]

Draw Country Artist Song Language[44] Place[48] Points
01  Croatia Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena" Croatian 13 33
02  Ireland Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" English 11 52
03  Latvia Intars Busulis "Probka" (Пробка) Russian 19 7
04  Serbia Marko Kon and Milaan[49] "Cipela" (Ципела) Serbian 10 60
05  Poland Lidia Kopania "I Don't Wanna Leave" English 12 43
06  Norway Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" English 1 201
07  Cyprus Christina Metaxa "Firefly" English 14 32
08  Slovakia Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková "Leť tmou" Slovak 18 8
09  Denmark Niels Brinck "Believe Again" English 8 69
10  Slovenia Quartissimo feat. Martina "Love Symphony" English, Slovene 16 14
11  Hungary Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me" English 15 16
12  Azerbaijan AySel and Arash[50] "Always" English 2 180
13  Greece Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" English 4 110
14  Lithuania Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 9 66
15  Moldova Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Romanian, English 5 106
16  Albania Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams" English 7 73
17  Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" English 6 80
18  Estonia Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Estonian 3 115
19  Netherlands The Toppers "Shine" English 17 11

Final[]

The finalists were:

  • the four automatic qualifiers 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 2009 at 23:00 MST (19:00 UTC) and was won by Norway.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[44] Place[51] Points
01  Lithuania Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian 23 23
02  Israel Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" English, Hebrew, Arabic 16 53
03  France Patricia Kaas "Et s'il fallait le faire" French 8 107
04  Sweden Malena Ernman "La voix" English, French 21 33
05  Croatia Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena" Croatian 18 45
06  Portugal Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" Portuguese 15 57
07  Iceland Yohanna[46] "Is It True?" English 2 218
08  Greece Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" English 7 120
09  Armenia Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" (Ջան Ջան) English, Armenian 10 92
10  Russia Anastasiya Prikhodko "Mamo" (Мамо) Russian, Ukrainian 11 91
11  Azerbaijan AySel and Arash[50] "Always" English 3 207
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina "Bistra voda" Bosnian 9 106
13  Moldova Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Romanian, English 14 69
14  Malta Chiara "What If We" English 22 31
15  Estonia Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Estonian 6 129
16  Denmark Niels Brinck "Believe Again" English 13 74
17  Germany Alex Swings Oscar Sings! "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" English 20 35
18  Turkey Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" English, Turkish 4 177
19  Albania Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams" English 17 48
20  Norway Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" English 1 387
21  Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine" English 12 76
22  Romania Elena "The Balkan Girls" English 19 40
23  United Kingdom Jade Ewen "It's My Time" English 5 173
24  Finland Waldo's People "Lose Control" English 25 22
25  Spain Soraya Arnelas "La noche es para mí" Spanish, English 24 23

Scoreboard[]

There were a few glitches out of the 84 total televote counts from the two semi-finals and grand final.[52]

Semi-final 1[]

  • No problems were reported in the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-final.
Semi-final 1 voting results[53]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
Total score
Montenegro
Czech Republic
Belgium
Belarus
Sweden
Armenia
Andorra
Switzerland
Turkey
Israel
Bulgaria
Iceland
Macedonia
Romania
Finland
Portugal
Malta
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 Nation(s) giving 12 points
8  Turkey  Belgium,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Germany,  Macedonia,  Romania,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
7  Iceland  Armenia,  Belarus,  Finland,  Israel,  Malta,  Portugal,  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.
Semi-final 2 voting results[54]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Croatia
Ireland
Latvia
Serbia
Poland
Norway
Cyprus
Slovakia
Denmark
Slovenia
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Greece
Lithuania
Moldova
Albania
Ukraine
Estonia
Netherlands
France
Russia
Spain
Contestants
 Croatia 33 12 2 10 1 3 1 1 3
Ireland 52 1 5 3 3 4 10 2 7 2 7 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 6 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 Nation(s) giving 12 points
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.[55]
Final voting results[56]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Spain
Belgium
Belarus
Malta
Germany
Czech Republic
Sweden
Iceland
France
Israel
Russia
Latvia
Montenegro
Andorra
Finland
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Macedonia
Slovakia
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Turkey
Albania
Serbia
Cyprus
Poland
Netherlands
Estonia
Croatia
Portugal
Romania
Ireland
Denmark
Moldova
Slovenia
Armenia
Hungary
Azerbaijan
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

12 points[]

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons[]

Spokespersons[]

The voting order and spokespersons during the final were as follows:[57]

  1.  Spain – Iñaki del Moral[58]
  2.  Belgium – Maureen Louys
    (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005)
  3.  Belarus – Ekaterina Litvinova
  4.  Malta – Pauline Agius[59]
  5.  Germany – Thomas Anders
  6.  Czech Republic – Petra Šubrtová
  7.  Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer
  8.  Iceland – Þóra Tómasdóttir
  9.  France – Yann Renoard[60]
  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[61]
  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
    (UK representative in the 2011 Contest as part of Blue)
  20.  Macedonia – Frosina Josifovska[62]
  21.  Slovakia – Ľubomír Bajaník
  22.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas[63]
  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[61]
    (Co-Presenter of the 2008 Contest)
  28.  Cyprus – Sophia Paraskeva[64]
    (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 and in the 2017 Contest along with Koit Toome.)
  32.  Croatia – Mila Horvat
  33.  Portugal – Helena Coelho
  34.  Romania – Alina Sorescu
  35.  Ireland – Derek Mooney
  36.  Denmark –  [dk] [65]
  37.  Moldova – Sandu Leancă
  38.  Slovenia – Peter Poles
  39.  Armenia – Sirusho
    (Armenian representative in the 2008 Contest)
  40.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  41.  Azerbaijan –  [az]
  42.  Norway[b] – Stian Barsnes Simonsen
    (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004)

Broadcasters and 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.

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
 Armenia ARMTV
 Azerbaijan All shows İctimai Televiziya Leyla Aliyeva [66]
SF1 AySel (guest)
Final Isa Melikov
 Belarus All shows Belarus 1 Denis Kurian and Alexander Tikhanovich
 Belgium All shows La Une French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye
La Première French: Patrick Duhamel and Corinne Boulangier
één Dutch: Anja Daems and André Vermeulen
Radio 2 Dutch: Michel Follet and André Vermeulen
 Bosnia and Herzegovina All shows BHT1 Dejan Kukrić
 Bulgaria BNT Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
 Croatia All shows HRT Duško Čurlić
 Cyprus All shows RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou [67]
CyBC Radio 2 Nathan Morley
 Czech Republic All shows ČT Jan Rejžek
 Denmark All shows DR1 Nikolaj Molbech [68]
 Estonia All shows ERR Marko Reikop
Final Olav Osolin
 Finland All shows YLE TV2 Finnish: Jaana Pelkonen, Mikko Peltola and Asko Murtomäki [69]
YLE Radio Suomi Finnish: Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
YLE TV2 Swedish: Thomas Larsson
 France SF2 France 4 Peggy Olmi and Yann Renoard [70]
Final France 3 Julien Courbet and Cyril Hanouna
France Bleu François Kevorkian
 Germany All shows Das Erste Tim Frühling [71]
Final NDR 2 Ina Müller and Thomas Mohr
 Greece All shows NET Maggira Sisters [72]
Second Programme Maria Kozakou [73]
 Hungary All shows M1 Gábor Gundel Takács
 Iceland All shows Sjónvarpið Sigmar Guðmundsson [74]
 Ireland All shows RTÉ One Marty Whelan [75][76]
RTÉ Radio 1 Maxi
 Israel IBA No commentator
 Latvia All shows LTV Kārlis Streips
 Lithuania All shows LRT Darius Užkuraitis
 Macedonia MRT Karolina Petkovska and Aleksandra Jovanovska
 Malta All shows TVM Valerie Vella [77]
 Moldova TRM Rosalina Rusu and Andrei Sava
 Montenegro TVCG2 Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
 Netherlands All shows Nederland 1 Cornald Maas [78]
 Norway All shows NRK1 Synnøve Svabø [79]
 Poland SF2/Final TVP1 Artur Orzech [80]
 Portugal All shows RTP1 Hélder Reis [81]
 Romania All shows TVR1 Ioana Isopescu and Alexandru Nagy
 Russia All shows Channel One Yana Churikova
SF1/SF2 Alexey Manuylov
Final Philipp Kirkorov
 Serbia SF1 RTS1 Dragan Ilić
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
 Slovakia All shows Dvojka Roman Bomboš [82]
 Slovenia All shows RTVSLO Andrej Hofer
 Spain All shows La 1, La 2 Joaquín Guzmán [83]
 Sweden All shows SVT1 Shirley Clamp and Edward af Sillén [66][84]
SF1 Arash (guest)
All shows SR P3 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
  Switzerland All shows SF zwei German: Sven Epiney
TSR 2 French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
RSI La 2 Italian: Sandy Altermatt
 Turkey All shows TRT 1 Bülend Özveren
 Ukraine All shows First National TV Channel Timur Miroshnychenko
 United Kingdom Semi-finals BBC Three Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood [85][86]
Final BBC One Graham Norton
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 Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [87]
 Austria All shows ORF2 (delayed) Benny Hörtnagl
 New Zealand Final Triangle Stratos [87]

International broadcasts[]

  •  Australia – Although Australia was not eligible to enter, the contest was broadcast on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as in previous years.[88] 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.[89] 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,[90] with 414,000 for the second semi-final and 276,000 for the first semi-final.[91]
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.[92]
  •  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 .[93][94]
  •  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.[95]

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

  •  Belgium: BVN[96]
  •  Bulgaria: BNT Sat[97]
  •  Croatia: HRT Sat[98]
  •  Cyprus: RIK Sat
  •  Greece: ERT World
  •  Lithuania: LTV World
  •  Macedonia: MKTV Sat[99]
  •  Montenegro: TVCG Sat
  •  Netherlands: BVN
  •  Poland: TVP Polonia
  •  Portugal: RTP Internacional
  •  Romania: TVR International
  •  Serbia: RTS Sat[100]
  •  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 .[101]

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,[102] conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan stemming from the inclusion of a monument in a disputed region to represent Armenia in a video introduction,[103] Spain's broadcaster showing a semi-final on tape delay after a scheduling conflict,[104] and protests over Russia's treatment of LGBT people to coincide with the contest.[105]

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.[103] As a result of the complaint, the statue was edited out during the finals.[106] 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.[106]

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.[107] 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.[108]

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".[109] Despite the conflict, Armenia gave Azerbaijan 1 point in the final, the only time the two countries have exchanged points as of 2021.

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.[110] As a result of the tape delay, the broadcaster also utilized a backup jury rather than televoting to decide its votes.[104][111] 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.[111]

On the day following the semi-final, 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.[112] A statement in ABC had cited technical difficulties for the delay.[110]

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.[104] The Spanish entry, "La noche es para mí", did not fare well in the contest itself, placing 24th during the finals.[113]

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.[114] 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.[115][116] 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.[31][117] The band admitted the political content of the song and their intention was just to embarrass Putin in Moscow.[102]

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.[118] 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.[119] The parade was denied authorisation by Moscow officials on the basis that it would "destroy morals in society"[105] and statements were issued stating that protesters would be treated "toughly",[120] and that "tough measures" would be faced by anyone joining the march.[121]

The rally was broken up by Moscow police, and 20 protesters were arrested including Nikolai Alekseev[105] and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who exclaimed that "this shows the Russian people are not free" as he was taken away by police.[122] 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.[123] 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".[124]

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.

Other awards[]

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2009 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).[125] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award.[126]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artistic Award  France "Et s'il fallait le faire" Patricia Kaas Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin 8th 107
Composers 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

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.[127][128] Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.[129]

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) OGAE result
 Norway "Fairytale" Alexander Rybak Alexander Rybak 323
 France "Et s'il fallait le faire" Patricia Kaas Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin 184
 Sweden "La voix" Malena Ernman Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman 172
 Bosnia and Herzegovina "Bistra voda" Regina Aleksandar Čović 152
 Spain "La noche es para mí" Soraya Arnelas Irini Michas, Dimitri Stassos, Jason Gill, Felipe Pedroso 132

Barbara Dex Award[]

Further information: 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)
 Hungary "Dance With Me" Zoli Ádok Zé Szabó

Official album[]

Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009
ESC 2009 album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Eurovision Song Contest
Released11 May 2009
GenrePop
Length
  • 62:19 (CD 1)
  • 62:32 (CD 2)
LabelEMI / CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008
(2008) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009
(2009) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010
(2010)

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.[130]

Charts[]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[131] 3

Notes[]

  1. ^ Georgia withdrew under pressure from the EBU after the semi-final allocation draw.
  2. ^ 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.

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