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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
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 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom and Flag of Germany 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
01 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Andrea Demirović "Just Get Out of My Life" English - 11 44
02 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Gipsy.cz "Aven Romale" English, Romani Come in gypsies 18 0
03 Flag of Belgium Belgium Copycat "Copycat" English - 17 1
04 Flag of Belarus Belarus Petr Elfimov "Eyes That Never Lie" English - 13 25
05 Flag of Sweden Sweden Malena Ernman "La voix" French, English The Voice 4 105
06 Flag of Armenia Armenia Inga & Anush "Jan Jan" English, Armenian My dear 5 99
07 Flag of Andorra Andorra Susanne Georgi "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" Catalan, English - 15 8
08 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Lovebugs "The Highest Heights" English - 14 15
09 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" English Straight one by one 2 172
10 Flag of Israel Israel Noa & Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" English, Hebrew, Arabic - 7 75
11 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov "Illusion" English - 16 7
12 Flag of Iceland Iceland Yohanna "Is It True?" English - 1 174
13 Flag of North Macedonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Next Time "Nešto što kje ostane" Macedonian Something that will remain 10 45
14 Flag of Romania Romania Elena "The Balkan Girls" English - 9 67
15 Flag of Finland Finland Waldo's People "Lose Control" English - 12 42
16 Flag of Portugal Portugal Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" Portuguese All the streets of love 8 70
17 Flag of Malta Malta Chiara "What If We" English - 6 86
18 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina "Bistra voda" Bosnian Clear water 3 125

Semi Final 2[]

Flag of France France and Flag of Russia Russia voted in this semi final. Due to a scheduling error, Flag of Spain 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
01 Flag of Croatia Croatia Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena" Croatian Beautiful Tena 13 33
02 Flag of Ireland Ireland Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy "Et Cetera" English - 11 52
03 Flag of Latvia Latvia Intars Busulis "Probka" Russian Traffic Jam 19 7
04 Flag of Serbia Serbia Marko Kon & Milaan "Cipela" Serbian Shoe 10 60
05 Flag of Poland Poland Lidia Kopania "I Don't Wanna Leave" English - 12 43
06 Flag of Norway Norway Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" English - 1 201
07 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Christina Metaxa "Firefly" English - 14 32
08 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková "Leť tmou" Slovak Fly through darkness 18 8
09 Flag of Denmark Denmark Brinck "Believe Again" English - 8 69
10 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Quartissimo feat. Martina "Love Symphony" English - 16 14
11 Flag of Hungary Hungary Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me" English - 15 16
12 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan AySel & Arash "Always" English - 2 180
13 Flag of Greece Greece Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" English - 4 110
14 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Sasha Son "Love" English, Russian - 9 66
15 Flag of Moldova Moldova Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Romanian, English Hora from Moldova 5 106
16 Flag of Albania Albania Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams" English - 7 73
17 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" English - 6 80
18 Flag of Estonia Estonia Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Estonian Travellers 3 115
19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands The Toppers "Shine" English - 17 11

Final[]

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

Scoreboard[]

ESC 2009 scoreboard

Gallery[]

Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Lys AssiaCorry BrokkenAndré ClaveauTeddy ScholtenJacqueline BoyerJean-Claude PascalIsabelle AubretGrethe & Jørgen IngmannGigliola CinquettiFrance GallUdo JürgensSandie ShawMassielSaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraDanaSéverineVicky LeandrosAnne-Marie DavidABBATeach-InBrotherhood of ManMarie MyriamIzhar Cohen & AlphabetaMilk & HoneyJohnny LoganBucks FizzNicoleCorinne HermèsHerreysBobbysocks!Sandra KimJohnny LoganCéline DionRivaToto CutugnoCarolaLinda MartinNiamh KavanaghPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganSecret GardenEimear QuinnKatrina and the WavesDana InternationalCharlotte NilssonOlsen BrothersTanel Padar & Dave Benton with 2XLMarie NSertab ErenerRuslanaHelena PaparizouLordiMarija ŠerifovićDima BilanAlexander RybakLenaEli & NikkiLoreenEmmelie de ForestConchita WurstMåns ZelmerlöwJamalaSalvador SobralNettaDuncan LaurenceMåneskinKalush OrchestraLoreen
Winning Songs
RefrainNet als toenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de cire, poupée de sonMerci, chériePuppet on a StringLa, la, laVivo cantandoBoom Bang-a-BangDe troubadourUn jour, un enfantAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès toiTu te reconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses for MeL'oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggi-Loo Diggi-LeyLa det swingeJ'aime la vieHold Me NowNe partez pas sans moiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me to Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEvery Way That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattoo
Contests
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Countries
AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNorth MacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroMoroccoThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSerbia and MontenegroSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomYugoslavia
Miscellaneous
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