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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2009 logo.png
Dates
Semi-final 1	12 May 2009
Semi-final 2	14 May 2009
Final	16 May 2009
Host
Venue	Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)	Semi-finals: Natalia Vodianova Andrey Malahov Final: Ivan Urgant Alsou Green Room: Dmitry Shepelev
Director	Andrey Boltenko
Host broadcaster	Channel One
Website	eurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Slovakia
Non-returning countries	Georgia  San Marino
Participation map
Vote
Winning song	Norway "Fairytale"
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia.

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 announced their intention to withdraw, but it was later stated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that both countries would indeed participate. However, Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of contest rules.

The contest was won by Norway's Alexander Rybak and his song "Fairytale" which received a record breaking 387 points, the highest total score in Eurovision history. Second place went to Iceland and third to Azerbaijan.

Venue

The contest was held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with Dima Bilan's "Believe". Despite the unwillingness of the Mayor of Moscow to hold the contest in the city, Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, eventually stated that the contest will be held in Moscow.

It was proposed by Channel One, that the contest be held in Moscow's Olympic Indoor Arena and this proposal was evaluated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and confirmed on 13 September 2008. 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."

Visual design

Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub-logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009. The sub-logo is based upon a "Fantasy Bird", which can be used with many colours. Like in previous years, the sub-logo was presented alongside the generic logo. 2009 was the first year since 2001 that there was no slogan for the contest.

The stage was designed by New York-based set designer John Casey and is 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 worked with the Russians on the TEFI Awards in Moscow in 1998, was inspired by and drawn to art from the Russian Avant Garde period, especially the constructivists... 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." Casey explained that together, the various LED shapes form the finished product. Furthermore, large sections of the stage have the ability to move, including the circular central portion of curved LED screens which can be moved to effect and allows for each song to have a different feel.

The postcards (short videos between the acts) were as follows:
- Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova appears.
- A group of famous buildings, monuments and landscapes from the corresponding country appear, like making 3-D pages of a book.
- Sukhinova reappears wearing a hat with all those buildings and a t-shirt with the colours of the country's flag. On the right appears the logo of ESC09 and the name of the country.
- Then appears a Russian expression and its meaning. (For example: "Spasibo" = Thank You)

Participating countries

Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU, forty-two countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which returned to the contest after 11 years.

Georgia originally announced that it was to withdraw from the contest due to the 2008 South Ossetia war in protest of the foreign policies of Russia, 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. The country eventually withdrew from the contest due to its entry being deemed to contain political references.

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. At the same time, rumours spread that San Marino's broadcaster, Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), would withdraw from the contest due to poor placing at the 2008 contest. 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.

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. 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. 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. However, on 12 January 2009, it was announced that Latvia would participate in the 2009 contest.

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. By the completion of the 2009 selection processes, two countries had chosen artists who had previously participated in the contest. Returning artists included Chiara, who represented Malta in 1998 and 2005, and Sakis Rouvas, who represented Greece in 2004.

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Format

The contest final took place on 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia with two semi-finals preceding it on 12 and 14 May. 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. 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 a 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. However, it was confirmed that the "Big Four" countries would continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.

Voting

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. 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. 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".

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. 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. 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. At the final, each country combined their 1-12 points from the televote with their 1-12 jury points to create their "national scorecard". The country with the most points received 12 points, the second placed country received 10 points and so on. If a tie arose, the song with the higher televote position was given the advantage and the higher point value. National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting becoming mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.

Edgar Böhm, 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." Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria did not return to the contest in 2009.

Pot allocations

On Friday 30 January 2009, the draw to decide which countries will appear in either the first or second semi-final took place. Participating countries were separated into six pots as determined by voting patterns in previous contests. A draw then took place from the six pots to determine which countries would participate in the first semi-final or second semi-final. It was also determined that Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom would vote in the first semi-final, while France and Russia would vote in the second semi-final. The draw for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of voting, occurred on 16 March 2009.

Results

Semi-final countries

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

Semi-final 1

• The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May.
• The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi-final.
• Peach indicates countries which qualified for the final.
• Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
1	Montenegro	English	Andrea Demirović	"Just Get Out of My Life"	—	11	44
2	Czech Republic	English, Romani	Gipsy.cz	"Aven Romale"	Come in gypsies	18	0
3	Belgium	English	Patrick Ouchène	"Copycat"	—	17	1
4	Belarus	English	Petr Elfimov	"Eyes That Never Lie"	—	13	25
5	Sweden	English, French	Malena Ernman	"La voix"	The voice	4	105
6	Armenia	English, Armenian	Inga and Anush	"Jan Jan"	My dear	5	99
7	Andorra	English, Catalan	Susanne Georgi	"La teva decisió (Get a Life)"	Your decision	15	8
8	Switzerland	English	Lovebugs	"The Highest Heights"	—	14	15
9	Turkey	English	Hadise	"Düm Tek Tek"	—	2	172
10	Israel	English, Hebrew, Arabic	Noa and Mira Awad	"There Must Be Another Way"	—	7	75
11	Bulgaria	English	Krassimir Avramov	"Illusion"	—	16	7
12	Iceland	English	Yohanna	"Is It True?"	—	1	174
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14	Romania	English	Elena	"The Balkan Girls"	—	9	67
15	Finland	English	Waldo's People	"Lose Control"	—	12	42
16	Portugal	Portuguese	Flor-de-Lis	"Todas as ruas do amor"	All the streets of love	8	70
17	Malta	English	Chiara	"What If We"	—	6	86
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Regina	"Bistra voda"	Clear water	3	125

Semi-final 2

• The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May.
• France and Russia voted in this semi-final. Spain was slated to vote 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.
• Peach indicates countries which qualified for the final.
• Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

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

Final

The finalists were:

• The "Big Four" (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 at 23:00 MST (19:00 UTC) and was won by Norway.

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

Voting during the final

Countries revealed their votes in the following order:

1.  Spain
2.  Belgium
3.  Belarus
4.  Malta
5.  Germany
6.  Czech Republic
7.  Sweden
8.  Iceland
9.  France
10.  Israel
11.  Russia
12.  Latvia
13.  Montenegro
14.  Andorra
15.  Finland
16.   Switzerland
17.  Bulgaria
18.  Lithuania
19.  United Kingdom
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1.  Slovakia
2.  Greece
3.  Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.  Ukraine
5.  Turkey
6.  Albania
7.  Serbia
8.  Cyprus
9.  Poland
10.  Netherlands
11.  Estonia
12.  Croatia
13.  Portugal
14.  Romania
15.  Ireland
16.  Denmark
17.  Moldova
18.  Slovenia
19.  Armenia
20.  Hungary
21.  Azerbaijan
22.  Norway

Scoreboards

Semi-final 1

		Televoting Results
	Montenegro	44		0	0	3	0	5	1	2	5	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	6	10	2	0
	Czech Republic	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Belarus	25	2	1	0		1	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
	Sweden	105	0	6	4	7		8	7	4	4	7	0	10	3	4	10	8	8	4	4	7
	Armenia	99	4	12	10	10	5		0	1	10	10	8	2	2	8	1	0	0	1	10	5
	Andorra	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0
	Switzerland	15	0	0	0	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	0	0
	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	0	4	0	5	1
	Bulgaria	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Iceland	174	7	10	7	12	12	12	10	7	8	12	6		4	10	12	12	12	7	6	8
	FYR Macedonia	45	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	10	0		2	0	0	0	8	0	0
	Romania	67	6	0	2	1	0	2	4	0	7	8	5	4	7		0	10	2	6	1	2
	Finland	42	3	0	1	0	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1		3	5	0	0	4
	Portugal	70	0	2	6	0	3	0	12	10	0	2	2	8	0	7	2		0	3	7	6
	Malta	86	1	7	8	8	4	3	6	3	0	5	3	5	0	6	3	6		5	3	10
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	125	12	8	5	5	8	6	0	8	12	3	7	3	10	5	8	7	7		8	3

Semi-final 2

		Televoting Results
	Croatia	33		0	0	12	0	0	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Ireland	52	1		5	3	3	4	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	7	2	7	0	4	3	1	0	0
	Latvia	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Serbia	60	12	0	0		0	2	4	0	0	12	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	0	5
	Poland	43	0	10	0	0		3	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	6	6	0	2	4	0	0
	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	0	2	1	2	0	0		1	7	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	Slovakia	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
	Denmark	69	2	7	3	0	1	12	3	0		5	3	2	2	5	0	5	0	8	7	0	0	4
	Slovenia	14	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Hungary	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	Azerbaijan	180	6	6	8	6	12	6	10	12	8	6	12		7	10	12	0	12	10	8	10	12	7
	Greece	110	3	0	4	10	2	1	12	5	2	4	6	4		4	6	12	4	5	10	6	4	6
	Lithuania	66	0	12	7	0	4	7	1	0	5	0	0	6	0		4	0	5	7	0	2	5	1
	Moldova	106	5	5	2	7	5	10	7	7	0	3	5	7	6	0		0	8	2	4	7	8	8
	Albania	73	10	0	0	0	6	5	0	4	6	7	4	5	10	0	5		3	0	1	5	2	0
	Ukraine	80	0	3	6	1	7	0	6	6	0	0	8	10	3	2	8	0		3	0	0	7	10
	Estonia	115	4	4	12	4	8	8	5	8	4	1	7	3	4	8	7	0	7		5	8	6	2
	Netherlands	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0

Final

		Voters
	Lithuania	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Israel	53	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	France	107	6	5		0	0	0	6	6	6	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	3	0	1	4	3	1	0	1	7	3	7	0	0	3	5	3	0	0	0	7	0	6
	Sweden	33	0	0	2		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Croatia	45	0	0	0	0		0	1	2	0	0	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0
	Portugal	57	0	0	7	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	7	6	0	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	Iceland	218	8	10	0	10	2	8		4	5	3	0	0	3	12	8	10	7	2	6	12	0	10	8	10	0	5	2	0	2	8	5	5	2	12	8	0	1	5	6	5	7	7
	Greece	120	0	0	0	2	7	0	0		10	4	0	5	0	7	0	0	6	0	12	0	0	8	5	0	1	2	0	5	5	0	2	12	0	0	0	6	0	12	0	4	4	1
	Armenia	92	0	8	6	3	0	4	5	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	0	1	4	0	12	7	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	5
	Russia	91	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12		6	0	6	0	10	0	5	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
	Azerbaijan	207	5	6	1	8	10	0	0	8	1	7		3	10	1	7	8	0	12	4	10	10	4	3	2	0	6	10	3	10	0	0	8	3	0	4	4	6	8	4	1	10	10
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	106	0	0	0	5	12	0	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	2	8	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	12	0	0	0	0	4	4	10	0	0	12	0	0	8	10	0	4
	Moldova	69	0	1	0	0	3	12	0	0	2	1	7	0		0	0	0	0	7	0	3	7	12	0	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	Malta	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Estonia	129	10	0	0	7	6	0	10	5	0	8	4	0	7	0		5	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	10	0	8	3	12	0	6	0
	Denmark	74	2	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0		0	0	0	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	3	1	7	6	0	8	3	0
	Germany	35	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1	3	6	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Turkey	177	0	3	12	6	1	3	0	3	4	0	12	7	0	5	0	6	10		10	7	0	6	12	5	2	3	1	12	0	0	12	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
	Albania	48	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
	Norway	387	12	12	8	12	8	5	12	10	8	12	8	10	8	8	12	12	12	3	7		12	5	10	8	12	10	3	10	12	10	8	2	8	8	12	10	12	10	10	12	12	12
	Ukraine	76	4	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	2	10	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5		0	2	0	6	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	8	0
	Romania	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	United Kingdom	173	3	4	4	0	4	10	0	12	7	6	0	4	1	10	0	3	8	0	8	2	6	0		0	10	0	6	0	3	4	0	7	6	10	2	8	4	7	7	3	1	3
	Finland	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Spain	23	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by appearance in the semi-finals.

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

Controversies

"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. 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 Broadcasting (GPB) on 10 March to change either the lyrics of the song, or to select a new song to compete for the country. 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. The EBU has yet to make a comment on the country's withdrawal, and it is unknown how Georgia's withdrawal may affect its future participation. On 11 May the band admitted the political content of the song and their intention was just to embarrass Putin in Moscow. They also claim that the EBU banned their message from the competition.

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". Alekseev announced that the 2009 edition of Moscow Pride, the city's annual gay pride parade, would coincide with the finals on May 16, the day before the International Day Against Homophobia. The parade was also renamed "Slavic Gay Pride", to promote gay rights and culture across the entire Slavic region of Europe. The parade was denied authorisation by Moscow officials on the basis that it would "destroy morals in society" and statements were issued stating that protesters would be treated "toughly", and that "tough measures" would be faced by anyone joining the march. In the event, 20 protesters were arrested by Moscow police on the day of the finals including Nikolai Alexeyevand human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who exclaimed that "this shows the Russian people are not free" as he was taken away by police. 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. She stated that she was sad that the Moscow government would not allow a tribute to "love". Norway's Alexander Rybak also supported the cause when he called the Eurovision Song Contest itself the biggest gay parade.

Broadcast delay in Spain

Template:Wikinewshas Due to its commitments to broadcast the Madrid Open tennis tournament, Spain's public broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) broadcast the second semi-final on a tape delay on its second channel TVE2 approximately 66 minutes after the show began in Moscow, and used a backup jury rather than televoting to decide its votes. Due to this rule violation, it was announced that Spain would eventually face sanctions, although these sanctions would not affect its participation in Moscow. Due to another conflict of interest, Spain had already switched to broadcast the second semi-final rather than the first, which also led to criticisms from the delegations of Andorra and Portugal, which stated that they would have experienced an advantage from a Spanish vote due to their similar cultures.

The day after the semifinal, El Mundo speculated that this delay may have been done on purpose in order to prevent Spain from winning and hosting the contest, speculating that RTVE may not actually want to host the contest if Spain were to win. A statement in ABC had cited technical difficulties for the delay.

Armenia–Azerbaijan

A series of controversies between Armenia and Azerbaijan unfolded throughout the semi-finals and final. The introductory 'postcard' for Armenia (the short video clip played before the Armenian performance) depicted, amongst other monuments, We Are Our Mountains, a statue located in Stepanakert (Khankendi), Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The statue was built in Soviet times to celebrate the area's Armenian heritage, but its location in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is claimed by Armenia on ethnic grounds. Azerbaijan complained to the EBU that the video clip was unacceptable due to the fact that the statue was on Azerbaijani land and it was therefore edited out for the final broadcast. In retaliation, the presenter of the Armenian votes, Sirusho, held up a clipboard with the monument's picture on it multiple times as she read off the votes, and in the background a screen in the capital's main square could also be seen to display the disputed monument.

Noteworthy records

The overwhelming vote for the winner, Norway, gave a number of unprecedented records.

Notes

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External links

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