"Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following Dima Bilan's win at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with the song ""Believe"" – marking the first time that the country had won the contest. The event was staged between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow. 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"
"Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song ""Hard Rock Hallelujah"". The contest was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May, and staged by host broadcaster Yle. A budget of €13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo, Turku and Tampere. The hosts were Finnish television personality Jaana Pelkonen and Finnish musician, stage performer"
"of an expert jury panel and the televoting were combined, resulting in 24 points. Subsequently, ""Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"" was chosen to represent in Romania in the contest by the same voting system, gathering 22 points in the final. The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 took place at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland and consisted of one semi-final on 10 May and the final on 12 May 2007. According to the then-Eurovision rules, selected countries, except the host country and the ""Big Four"" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), were required to qualify from the semi-final to compete"
"including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song ""Hard Rock Hallelujah"". The contest was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May, and staged by host broadcaster Yle. A budget of €13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo, Turku and Tampere. The hosts"
"which she won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. After Dustin the Turkey was announced as the winner, he closed the show singing his song: ""Irelande Douze Pointe"". Dustin won Eurosong 2008, and went on to represent Ireland in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 20 May 2008. Only the winner of the final was announced; it is unknown where the other five songs placed. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the ""Big 4"" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two"
"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"
"1992 and 1994. Eiríkur Hauksson previously represented Iceland in 1986 as part of the vocal trio ICY and he previously represented Norway in 1991 as part of the group Just 4 Fun. Karolina Gočeva previously represented Macedonia in 2002. Edsilia Rombley previously represented the Netherlands in 1998. The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted. Countries qualified for the final are highlighted. Notes The finalists were: The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia. Notes All countries participating in the contest"
"points. The total score decided the winner. In case of a tie, the televotes decided. The winner was Csézy with the song ""Szívverés"". Three days later the new English version ""Candlelight"" was published. In previous years, if a country placed in the top 10 countries in the final they automatically qualified to the final of the next contest. Had this rule remained for the 2008 contest, Hungary would have directly qualified for the final. However, a change in rules due to the large intake of countries participating in the contest meant that only five countries, the host country and the"
"them, Denmark, Greece, Ireland and Lithuania. Denmark gave 3 points, Greece 3, Ireland 7 and Lithuania 5. The United Kingdom has ""received"" the most points from... The United Kingdom has ""given"" the most points to... United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest The United Kingdom was the host country for the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 and also hosted the 2008 competition. The Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been cancelled indefinitely. The 2007 contest was broadcast live from London, hosted by the BBC. Commentators for the UK audience were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. The participants chosen to represent"
"Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries. Viewers cast their votes by telephone and SMS text message voting on each couple's two dances – the first being ballroom or Latin with the second being freestyle, with a ""national"" flavour. Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London. The"
"semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Isis Gee was obliged to perform her song in one of the two semi-finals of the 2008 contest. The EBU split up countries with a friendly voting history into the two different semi-finals, to give a better chance to other countries to win, apart from the ""Big Four"" countries – Germany, Spain,France and the United Kingdom – and the host country Serbia, taking part in the semi-finals. Poland taking part in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008 performing 10th, following Norway and preceding the Ireland.Poland qualified to the final, placing 10th in"
"number of non-English language entrants has decreased, with mostly Israel, Ex-Yugoslavia(Mainly Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and, French language countries, Italy, Spain and Portugal performing in their native language. In terms of recent Contest performance, most non-English songs have been far less successful than those in English. Until 2007, the last wholly non-English language winner was Israel's Dana International, who performed Diva in Hebrew in 1998. The 2004 winner, Wild Dances performed by Ruslana, was partially sung in Ukrainian. After 2007 when Marija Šerifović won, singing in Serbian, the number of non-English contestants increased again in 2008 - almost half"
"the favourite to win the contest, however other names mentioned as possible contenders includes Tangomarkkinat winner Amadeus, Kuunkuiskaajat, and Heli Kajo after heavy campaigning on social networking sites such as Facebook. Performances by Eurovision Song Contest 2007 host Mikko Leppilampi and 2009 winner Alexander Rybak, performing his new single ""Europe's Skies"" for the first time, were included in the show. The three superfinalists were Nina Lassander, Eläkeläiset and Kuunkuiskaajat. A total of 995,000 people watched the final on television, peaking at 1.2 million. This was an increase of over 200,000 people on the 2009 final. 233,683 votes were cast during"
"Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 8 December. The host country was chosen by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 13 July 2006. The host city was announced on 11 September 2006. AVRO won the rights to host the show over Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) of Croatia (who didn't actually participate in this contest) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) of Cyprus. The budget for the contest was stated to be more"
"who would represent the United Kingdom at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland. She sang the song ""I'll Leave My Heart"", which had been produced by renowned Grammy award-winning producer Brian Rawling. Terry Wogan announced the winner to be Cyndi while, simultaneously, co-host Fearne Cotton revealed the winner to be Scooch. After several seconds of confusion from both contestants, it was revealed that Scooch were the true winners. It was later revealed by the BBC that Cyndi had received 47% of the vote to Scooch's 53%. Her song was entered into the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2007 competition,"
"the previous contest, with Montenegro returning for the first time since 2009, and the withdrawal of Armenia due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, and Poland due to financial concerns. The contest was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song ""Euphoria"" — written by and Peter Boström, the song scored a total of 372 points. Russia finished in second place, with Serbia finishing in third. They were followed by the host country, Azerbaijan, which reached the 4th place. Albania finished 5th, achieving its first top 5 placing. Germany, Italy and Spain were"
"the record of the and editions. returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country withdrew from the contest. The winner was Israel with the song ""Toy"", performed by Netta, and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. This was Israel's fourth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1978, 1979, and 1998, and their first top five placing in more than a decade. This edition also saw Cyprus and the Czech Republic achieve the best placing in their Eurovision history, coming in second and sixth place, respectively. Portugal finished in"
"Miss World 2007 Miss World 2007, the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 1 December 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of China won the crown and succeeded Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic. The 106 contestants recorded the official torch relay anthem Light the Passion, Share the Dream for the 2008 Olympic Games as a major co-operation between the Beijing Olympic Committee and Miss World Limited. The song had its first broadcast to a global audience at the 57th Miss"
"Song Contest 2007, in addition to the flag of the European Union. ""Flying the Flag (for You)"" was the nineteenth song to be sung during the Eurovision Song Contest. The song scored only nineteen points: twelve from Malta, and seven from Ireland, two nations known for awarding points to the United Kingdom - although according to the Head of the Maltese Delegation, Malta voted twelve partly in protest to regional block voting which, had made the Contest ""not about the songs any more"", an opinion shared by ""five or six other countries"". Due to the low score that Scooch had"
"Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to hold a national final this year after efforts to find a big name artist for an internal selection failed. The artists involved were Sarbel, Christos Dantis, and Tamta. The national final took place February 28, 2007, and was called ""Eurovision 2007"". Each artist choose a song, and performed it in their own way. The winner was Sarbel with the song ""Yassou Maria"" which was chosen via 50% Tele-voting/SMS Messaging and 50% internal jury. Prior to the 2007 Contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song"
"which last competed in 2009; and San Marino, which last participated in 2008. Italy also returned to the Contest, marking its first participation since 1997. No country withdrew from the contest. The winner was Azerbaijan with the song ""Running Scared"" performed by Ell & Nikki. The runner-up was Italy, and Sweden finished in third place. Italy (2nd) and Germany (10th) were the only members of the ""Big Five"" to make it into the top 10, with the United Kingdom close behind at 11th place; France and Spain, failed to make it into the top half of the leader board coming"
"Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2007 through ""Junior Songfestival 2007"", a national final consisting of 10 songs spread out into two semi-finals and a final. The winners were Lisa, Amy & Shelley with the song ""Adem in, adem uit"". The national final consisted of two semi-finals and one final. Each semi-final had 5 songs, with 2 advancing to the final. A wildcard was given to one song, which was then allowed to go to the final. The votes were awarded as follows: Lisa, Amy & Shelley performed 10th on"
"The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece. ""Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final."" Notes The EBU introduced an undisclosed threshold number of televotes that would have to be registered in each voting country in order to make that country's votes valid. If that number was not reached, the country's backup jury would vote instead. In the semi-final this affected Monaco, Andorra and Albania, and Andorra, Monaco and Moldova in the final. Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final: Below is a"
"a total of 272 points, Dima Bilan representing Russia was declared the winner, with the song ""Believe"". This was Russia’s first win in the contest. Russia came first in the semi-final. Ukraine were runners up for the second year running, with 3rd place going to Greece, 4th to Armenia seeing their best result so far and 5th to Norway. Host of the contest, Serbia, finished 6th. 2008 also saw, for the first time ever, Eurovision.tv streaming national finals live on ESCTV with broadcasters' permission. On 30 January 2008, Eurovision.tv revealed the theme of the Contest: ""The Confluence of Sound"", which"
"half of the voting was very tight, and after 12 juries Denmark was in the lead on 99 points, with Estonia and France on 92 and 90 respectively. However from that point Estonia quickly pulled away and at the close of voting ""Everybody"" had received 198 points and become a very surprising winner by a clear margin of 21 points over eventual runners-up Denmark. The song had received nine maximum 12s – from Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom – with only one country (Portugal) failing to award it any points at all."
"the first time since , an up-tempo song won. This year, televoting was tested in five countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The results of the televoting countries were, in some cases, different from those that used a jury. Iceland received 16 of its 18 points from these five countries. Also, for the first time in Eurovision history, there was a country where not one, but two spokespeople gave votes - France. Television reporter Frédéric Ferrer and Eurovision winner Marie Myriam each took turns at giving results from that country. Long-time Irish conductor Noel Kelehan was not"
"four runner-up entries. Norway holds the record for finishing in last place in the final the most times: eleven. Israel is the only non European country to win with 4 wins. The early years of the contest saw many wins for ""traditional"" Eurovision countries: France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. However, the success of these countries has declined in recent decades; the Netherlands last won in 1975; France, in 1977; and Luxembourg, in 1983. Luxembourg last entered the contest in 1993. The first years of the 21st century produced numerous first-time winners, from both ""new"" and long-serving countries who had previously"
"finals or simply withdrew from the contest. withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, and were thus ineligible to compete in Second Chance. , , and failed to hold multi-song national selections for Eurovision, while and withdrew from Second Chance out of choice. The contest was won by 's Saša Lendero with ""Mandoline"", who received 220 points, 45 points more than runner-up . received ""nul points"" from all juries, placing last. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2007 was the twenty-first contest, which was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia after their win at the 2006 contest. Twenty countries competed in the contest"
"Contest 2004 winner Ruslana, Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winner Marija Serifovic, and Eurovision Song Contest 2003 winner Sertab Erener. In addition to terrestrial broadcast, the final will be transmitted on Turkish television TRT (TRT2, TRT Türk, TRT International), Georgian GEGT and a live television bridge with Lithuanian LRT. The show will also be streamed live through the official Eurovision website channel, ESCtv. The national final started at 17:30 CET and the winners press conference was set to start at 19:30 CET. The winner of the national competition was decided by a combination of jury and televoting results, however, the selection"
"organised by AVRO to select the entry, called 'Junior Songfestival'. Entrants write their own songs and send it to the broadcaster, where a jury and the public decide the winner. The Netherlands has won the contest once - in 2009 Ralf Mackenbach went on to victory at the 2009 Contest in Kiev, Ukraine with his song ""Click Clack"", beating runners-up Russia and Armenia by just five points. This was the Netherlands' fifth Eurovision victory at any Eurovision Song Contest and the first win since the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. The 2007 Contest was held in the Netherlands, at the Ahoy"
""""", a BBC television contest to determine the United Kingdom's entry in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. They were chosen as the UK's entry, beating, amongst others, Justin Hawkins and Brian Harvey. Russ co-wrote the song ""Flying the Flag (For You)"", signed to Warner Bros. Records and released the song to the UK chart. The UK Eurovision entry automatically goes to the final, where the song received only 19 votes, coming joint 22nd out of 24 entries. However, the single was the highest charting Eurovision song in the UK since 1997 when ""Katrina and the Waves"" last won"
"2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Sabrina performed in position number 17 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 semifinal, backed by a mixed pair of dancers and three female singers. The Eurovision version was more Latino-influenced than the version with which she won the ""Festival da Canção"", and the last two choruses were sung in French, Spanish, English and Portuguese. The dance routine was more elaborate also. Sabrina ended up 11th, just 4 points short of qualification, right behind Moldova (to whom incidentally Portugal gave its maximum points). The song's final ranking was 25th out of 42 countries, making ""Dança Comigo"" the"
"from Poland, Malta, and Belarus performed their songs. Evridiki performed as third in the semi-final on May 10, 2007, but did not manage to qualify for the final. Because Cyprus failed to qualify in 2006 Evridiki were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final.The Cypriot entry was performed 3rd, following Israel and preceding the Belarus They came 15th with 65 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final. Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Cyprus and Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) chose Evridiki as the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 participant using an internal selection. The composer of the song is"