The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia following Dima Bilan giving the country its first-ever win the previous year with the song "Believe". It consisted of two semi-finals on 12 May and 14 May respectively followed by the final on 16 May.
No country made its debut while Slovakia returned and both Georgia and San Marino withdrew.
It was won by Alexander Rybak of Norway with his self-penned "Fairytale", which received a record-breaking 387 points, at the time the highest total score in the history of the Contest, and with a margin of 169 points between it and runner-up Iceland.
Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Chiara | Represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "The One That I Love", finishing in 3rd place with 165 points. Returned seven years later to represent the country in Kiev with the song "Angel", finishing as runner-up with 192 points to "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou of Greece |
Sakis Rouvas | Represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Kiev with the song "Shake It", finishing in 3rd place with 252 points. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens |
Friðrik Ómar | Represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade as part of the duo Euroband with the song "This Is My Life", finishing in 14th place with 64 points |
Martina Majerle | Appeared as a backing vocalist at Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga and again the following year for the entries from Croatia and Slovenia, respectively |
Semi Final 1[]
The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi final. The highlighted countries quailified for the final with the jury's qualifier highlighted in blue:
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Montenegro | Andrea Demirović | "Just Get Out of My Life" | English | - | 11 | 44 |
02 | Czech Republic | Gipsy.cz | "Aven Romale" | English, Romani | Come in gypsies | 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 | The Voice | 4 | 105 |
06 | Armenia | Inga & Anush | "Jan Jan" | English, Armenian | My dear | 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 | Straight one by one | 2 | 172 |
10 | Israel | Noa & Mira Awad | "There Must Be Another Way" | English, Hebrew, Arabic | - | 7 | 75 |
11 | Bulgaria | Krassimir Avramov | "Illusion" | English | - | 16 | 7 |
12 | Iceland | Yohanna | "Is It True?" | English | - | 1 | 174 |
13 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Next Time | "Nešto što kje ostane" | Macedonian | Something that will remain | 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 | All the streets of love | 8 | 70 |
17 | Malta | Chiara | "What If We" | English | - | 6 | 86 |
18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Regina | "Bistra voda" | Bosnian | Clear water | 3 | 125 |
Semi Final 2[]
France and Russia voted in this semi final. Due to a scheduling error, Spain’s viewers were unable to vote and the jury vote was used instead. The highlighted countries qualified for the final with the jury's qualifier highlighted in blue:
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Croatia | Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea | "Lijepa Tena" | Croatian | Beautiful Tena | 13 | 33 |
02 | Ireland | Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy | "Et Cetera" | English | - | 11 | 52 |
03 | Latvia | Intars Busulis | "Probka" | Russian | Traffic Jam | 19 | 7 |
04 | Serbia | Marko Kon & Milaan | "Cipela" | Serbian | Shoe | 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 & Nela Pocisková | "Leť tmou" | Slovak | Fly through darkness | 18 | 8 |
09 | Denmark | Brinck | "Believe Again" | English | - | 8 | 69 |
10 | Slovenia | Quartissimo feat. Martina | "Love Symphony" | English | - | 16 | 14 |
11 | Hungary | Zoli Ádok | "Dance with Me" | English | - | 15 | 16 |
12 | Azerbaijan | AySel & Arash | "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 | Hora from Moldova | 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 | Travellers | 3 | 115 |
19 | The Netherlands | The Toppers | "Shine" | English | - | 17 | 11 |
Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Lithuania | Sasha Son | "Love" | English, Russian | - | 23 | 23 |
02 | Israel | Noa & Mira Awad | "There Must Be Another Way" | English, Hebrew, Arabic | - | 16 | 53 |
03 | France | Patricia Kaas | "Et s'il fallait le faire" | French | And if it had to be done | 8 | 107 |
04 | Sweden | Malena Ernman | "La voix" | French, English | The Voice | 21 | 33 |
05 | Croatia | Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea | "Lijepa Tena" | Croatian | Beautiful Tena | 18 | 45 |
06 | Portugal | Flor-de-Lis | "Todas as ruas do amor" | Portuguese | All the streets of love | 15 | 57 |
07 | Iceland | Yohanna | "Is It True?" | English | - | 2 | 218 |
08 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "This Is Our Night" | English | - | 7 | 120 |
09 | Armenia | Inga & Anush | "Jan Jan" | English, Armenian | My dear | 10 | 92 |
10 | Russia | Anastasiya Prikhodko | "Mamo" | Russian, Ukrainian | Mum | 11 | 91 |
11 | Azerbaijan | AySel & Arash | "Always" | English | - | 3 | 207 |
12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Regina | "Bistra voda" | Bosnian | Clear water | 9 | 106 |
13 | Moldova | Nelly Ciobanu | "Hora din Moldova" | Romanian, English | Dance from Moldova | 14 | 69 |
14 | Malta | Chiara | "What If We" | English | - | 22 | 31 |
15 | Estonia | Urban Symphony | "Rändajad" | Estonian | Travellers | 6 | 129 |
16 | Denmark | Brinck | "Believe Again" | English | - | 13 | 74 |
17 | Germany | Alex SwingsOscar Sings! | "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" | English | - | 20 | 35 |
18 | Turkey | Hadise | "Düm Tek Tek" | English | Straight one by one | 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! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" | 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 | "La noche es para mí" | Spanish | The night is for me | 24 | 23 |