The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest held on 12 May 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. This was the country's first time hosting after they had won for the very first time the previous year, thanks to hard rock group Lordi and their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
Austria and Hungary returned while Czech Republic, Georgia, Montenegro and Serbia all made their debut. Monaco withdrew from competing.
The Contest was won by first-time competitor and newly-independent country Serbia, who was represented by Marija Šerifović and her song "Molitva". This was the first winning song in nine years to be sung in its native language.
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Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Evridiki | Appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 in Brussels as a backing vocalist for Alexia. Represented the country as a soloist at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö with the song "Teriazoume", finishing in 11th place with 57 points. Returned to represent the country in Dublin two years later with the song "Ime anthropos ki ego", finishing in 11th place with 51 points |
Eiríkur Hauksson | Represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen as part of the trio ICY with the song "Gleðibankinn", finishing in 16th place with 19 points. Returned five years later in Rome as part of the group Just 4 Fun with the song "Mrs. Thompson", finishing in 17th place with 14 points |
Karolina Gočeva | Represented F.Y.R. Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn with the song "Od nas zavisi", finishing in 19th place with 25 points |
Edsilia Rombley | Represented The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Hemel en aarde", finishing in 4th place with 150 points |
Semi-Final[]
All forty-two participants voted in the semi-final. The countries highlighted in bold qualified for the final:
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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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 | Like this, like that | 15 | 65 |
04 | Belarus | Koldun | "Work Your Magic" | English | - | 4 | 176 |
05 | Iceland | Eiríkur Hauksson | "Valentine Lost" | English | - | 13 | 77 |
06 | Georgia | Sopho | "Visionary Dream" | English | - | 8 | 123 |
07 | Montenegro | Stevan Faddy | "Ajde, kroči" | Montenegrin | Come on, step on it | 22 | 33 |
08 | Switzerland | DJ BoBo | "Vampires Are Alive" | English | - | 20 | 40 |
09 | Moldova | Natalia Barbu | "Fight" | English | - | 10 | 91 |
10 | The 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 | I believe in love | 16 | 54 |
14 | Poland | The Jet Set | "Time to Party" | English | - | 14 | 75 |
15 | Serbia | Marija Šerifović | "Molitva" | Serbian | Prayer | 1 | 298 |
16 | Czechia | Kabát | "Malá dáma" | Czech | Little lady | 28 | 1 |
17 | Portugal | Sabrina | "Dança comigo" | Portuguese, English | 11 | 88 | |
18 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Karolina | "Mojot svet" | Macedonian, English | My world | 9 | 97 |
19 | Norway | Guri Schanke | "Ven a bailar conmigo" | English | Come dance with me | 18 | 48 |
20 | Malta | Olivia Lewis | "Vertigo" | English | - | 25 | 15 |
21 | Andorra | Anonymous | "Salvem el món" | Catalan, English | Let's save the world | 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 | Shake it up, sugar | 3 | 197 |
27 | Austria | Eric Papilaya | "Get a Life – Get Alive" | English | - | 27 | 4 |
28 | Latvia | Bonaparti.lv | "Questa notte" | Italian | Tonight | 5 | 168 |
Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Marija Šestić | "Rijeka bez imena" | Serbian | River with no name | 11 | 106 |
02 | Spain | D'NASH | "I Love You Mi Vida" | Spanish | I love you my life | 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 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Karolina | "Mojot svet" | Macedonian, English | My world | 14 | 73 |
07 | Slovenia | Alenka Gotar | "Cvet z juga" | Slovene | Flower from the south | 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" | English | - | 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 | Love French style | 22 | 19 |
14 | Latvia | Bonaparti.lv | "Questa notte" | Italian | Tonight | 16 | 54 |
15 | Russia | Serebro | "Song #1" | English | - | 3 | 207 |
16 | Germany | Roger Cicero | "Frauen regier'n die Welt" | German, English | Women rule the world | 19 | 49 |
17 | Serbia | Marija Šerifović | "Molitva" | Serbian | Prayer | 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" | English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian | Love, Love, I Love You | 13 | 84 |
21 | Bulgaria | Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov | "Water" | Bulgarian | - | 5 | 157 |
22 | Turkey | Kenan Doğulu | "Shake It Up Şekerim" | English | Shake it up, sugar | 4 | 163 |
23 | Armenia | Hayko | "Anytime You Need" | English, Armenian | - | 8 | 138 |
24 | Moldova | Natalia Barbu | "Fight" | English | - | 10 | 109 |