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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2009 logo.png
Dates
Semi-final 112 May 2009
Semi-final 214 May 2009
Final16 May 2009
Host
VenueOlympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
Presenter(s)Semi-finals:
Natalia Vodianova
Andrey Malahov
Final:
Ivan Urgant
Alsou[1]
Host broadcasterRussia Channel One
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Slovakia
Non-returning countries Georgia
 San Marino
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 is the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, taking place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia. Changes in the voting procedure will occur with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting while the format of the semi-finals will remain the same. Forty-two will participate in the contest; Slovakia has announced it will return to the contest, while San Marino has withdrawn due to financial issues.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.[2] However, Georgia decided to withdraw once again after the EBU rejected its selected song claiming a breach of contest rules.

Venue

Moscow's Olympic Indoor Arena, the 2009 venue.

The contest will be held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with Dima Bilan's "Believe".[3] Despite the unwillingness of the Mayor of Moscow to hold the contest in the city,[4] Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, eventually stated that the contest will be held in Moscow.[5]

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.[5][6] 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."[7]

Visual design

The stage of the contest

Host broadcaster Channel One presented the sub-logo and theme for the 2009 contest on 30 January 2009.[8] The sub-logo is based upon a "Fantasy Bird", which can be used with many colours. Like in previous years, the sub-logo will be presented along side of the generic logo.[8] This is the first year since 2001 that there will be 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 [he] worked with the Russians on the TEFI Awards in Moscow in 1998, [he] was inspired by and drawn to art from the Russian Avant Garde period, especially the constructivists... [He] 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."[9] Casey explained that together, the various LED shapes which together 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.

Participating countries

  Countries participating in the final.
  Countries participating in one of the two semi-finals.
  Countries who have participated in the past but will not this year.
  Countries in the first semi-final.
  Countries in the second semi-final.
  Countries voting in the first semi-final.
  Countries voting in the second semi-final.

Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU, forty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which will return to the contest after 11 years.[2][10]

Each country chooses its entry for the contest through its own selection process. Some countries select their entry through an internal selection, where the representing network chooses both the song and artist, while others hold national finals where the public can choose the song, the artist, or both.

Georgia had 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,[11][12][13] but 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.[14][15] 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.[16] 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.[17][18] 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.[19][20] The EBU has yet to make a comment on the country's withdraw, and it is unknown how Georgia's withdrawal may affect any future participation it may intend to make.

Rumours arose surrounding the participation and return of San Marino and Monaco. Télé Monte Carlo (TMC), the Monegasque broadcaster, confirmed that there were talks between them and the EBU over a Monegasque return to the 2009 contest.[21] 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.[22] In the end, after originally confirming their intent to participate in Moscow, SMRTV were forced to withdraw from the event due to financial difficulties that prevent a second entry.[23][24]

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 Lats from the LTV budget, hindering their ability to pay the participation fee.[25] LTV has confirmed that they have informed the EBU of their intent to withdraw, based solely on financial difficulties. LTV were in discussions with the EBU in a bid to find a solution that will keep the country at the Eurovision Song Contest.[26][27] On 20 December 2008, LTV announced that they would be withdrawing from the contest, and that both the EBU and Channel One have agreed not to force a financial penalty on the late withdrawal of the broadcaster from the 2009 contest. LTV also announced their intent to be at the 2010 contest.[28][29] However, on 12 January 2009 it was confirmed that Latvia would be participating in the 2009 contest.[2]

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

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Format

The contest final is scheduled to take place on 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia with two semi-finals preceding it on 12 and 14 May.[3][6][30] Thirty-seven countries are confirmed to participate 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.[2] In addition to those pre-qualified, the final will also include 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.[31] However, it was confirmed that the "Big Four" countries would continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.[32]

Voting

See also: List of Jurors of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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.[33] 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.[34] 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".[35]

It has since been confirmed that for the contest final, each country's votes will be decided by a combination of 50% televoting results and 50% national jury.[36] The method of selecting the semi-final qualifiers will remain the same, however, with nine countries in each semi-final which qualified based on the televoting results, and a tenth coming from the juries.[37][38] Details on the jury method will be released after another Reference Group meeting in December.[39] 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."[40][41] Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria will not return to the contest in 2009, but will broadcast the final on ORF as it did in 2008.[42]

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.[43] 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.[44][45] The draw for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of voting, occurred on 16 March 2009.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
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Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Results

Semi-final countries

Thirty-seven countries are confirmed to participate in one of the two semi-finals of the contest.[2] The semi-final allocation draw took place on 30 January 2009,[44][45] while the draw for the running order was held on 16 March 2009.[46][47]

Semi-final 1

  • The first semi final took place in Moscow on 12 May.
  • The nine countries that received the most votes from the televoters qualified to the final on 16 May.
  • The jury selected the tenth finalist.
  • The United Kingdom and Germany voted in this semi-final.[48]
  • The countries that qualified for the final are highlighted in peach.
  • The finalists were revealed in random order as the points from and to each country were not shown.
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Montenegro English Andrea Demirović "Just Get Out of My Life" — — —
02  Czech Republic English, Romani Gipsy.cz "Aven Romale" Come in gypsies — —
03  Belgium English Patrick Ouchène "Copycat" — — —
04  Belarus English Petr Elfimov "Eyes That Never Lie" — — —
05  Sweden English, French Malena Ernman "La voix" The voice Finalist —
06  Armenia English, Armenian Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" My dear Finalist —
07  Andorra English, Catalan Susanne Georgi "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" Your decision — —
08   Switzerland English Lovebugs "The Highest Heights" — — —
09  Turkey English Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" — [1] Finalist —
10  Israel English, Hebrew, Arabic Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" — Finalist —
11  Bulgaria English Krassimir Avramov "Illusion" — — —
12  Iceland English Yohanna[49] "Is It True?" — Finalist —
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Macedonian Next Time "Neshto shto ke ostane" Something that will remain — —
14  Romania English Elena "The Balkan Girls" — Finalist —
15  Finland English Waldo's People "Lose Control" — Finalist —
16  Portugal Portuguese Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" All the streets of love Finalist —
17  Malta English Chiara "What If We" — Finalist —
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian[50][51] Regina "Bistra voda" Clear water Finalist —

Semi-final 2

  • The second semi final will take place in Moscow on 14 May.
  • The nine countries that receive most votes from the televoters will go to the final on 16 May.
  • A jury will decide which country will be the tenth finalist.
  • France, Russia and Spain will vote in this semi-final.[52]
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Croatia Croatian Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea "Lijepa Tena"[53] Beautiful Tena — —
02  Ireland English Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" — — —
03  Latvia Russian[54] Intars Busulis "Probka"[54] Traffic jam — —
04  Serbia Serbian Marko Kon and Milaan[55] "Cipela" Shoe — —
05  Poland English Lidia Kopania "I Don't Wanna Leave" — — —
06  Norway English Alexander Rybak "Fairytale" — — —
07  Cyprus English Christina Metaxa "Firefly" — — —
08  Slovakia Slovak Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková "Leť tmou" Fly through darkness — —
09  Denmark English Brinck "Believe Again" — — —
10  Slovenia English, Slovene[56] Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle "Love Symphony" — — —
11  Hungary English Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me" — — —
12  Azerbaijan English AySel and Arash[57] "Always" — — —
13  Greece English Sakis Rouvas "This Is Our Night" — — —
14  Lithuania English[58] Sasha Son "Love" — — —
15  Moldova Romanian, English[59] Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" Dance from Moldova — —
16  Albania English Kejsi Tola "Carry Me in Your Dreams"[60] — — —
17  Ukraine English Svetlana Loboda "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" — — —
18  Estonia Estonian Urban Symphony "Rändajad" Travellers — —
19  Netherlands English The Toppers "Shine" — — —

Final

The final will take place in Moscow on 16 May. The hosts for the final are Alsou and Ivan Urgant.[1] The finalists will be:

  • The "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom).
  • The host country, Russia.
  • The nine countries that received the most televotes in the first semi-final.
  • The nine countries that received the most televotes in the second semi-final.
  • The jury's choices from each semi-final.
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 SF2 Qualifier — —
02  Israel English, Hebrew, Arabic Noa and Mira Awad "There Must Be Another Way" — — —
03  France French Patricia Kaas "Et s'il fallait le faire" And if it had to be done — —
04  Sweden English, French Malena Ernman "La voix" The voice — —
05 SF2 Qualifier — —
06  Portugal Portuguese Flor-de-Lis "Todas as ruas do amor" All the streets of love — —
07  Iceland English Yohanna[49] "Is It True?" — — —
08 SF2 Qualifier — —
09  Armenia English, Armenian Inga and Anush "Jan Jan" My dear — —
10  Russia Russian, Ukrainian[61] Anastasiya Prikhodko "Mamo" Mother — —
11 SF2 Qualifier — —
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian[62][63] Regina "Bistra voda" Clear water — —
13 SF2 Qualifier — —
14  Malta English Chiara "What If We" — — —
15 SF2 Qualifier — —
16 SF2 Qualifier — —
17  Germany English Alex Swings Oscar Sings![64] "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" — — —
18  Turkey English Hadise "Düm Tek Tek" — [1] — —
19 SF2 Qualifier — —
20 SF2 Qualifier — —
21 SF2 Qualifier — —
22  Romania English Elena "The Balkan Girls" — — —
23  United Kingdom English Jade Ewen "It's My Time" — — —
24  Finland English Waldo's People "Lose Control" — — —
25  Spain Spanish, English Soraya Arnelas "La noche es para mí" The night is for me — —

Voting during the final

During the final the countries will reveal their votes in the following order:[65]

  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.  Norway
  18.  Bulgaria
  19.  Lithuania
  20.  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

Broadcasting

International broadcasts

 Australia
Although Australia is not eligible to enter, the contest will be broadcast on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as in past years.[66] The first semi-final will be broadcast on Friday 15 May 2009, the second semi-final on Saturday 16 May 2009, and the final on Sunday 17 May 2009, with all shows broadcast at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC). This year, instead of Terry Wogan who commentated past Eurovisions for Australia, the broadcaster will be sending its own commentators, Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang, who will also host a number of 'Countdown to Eurovision' style shows, in the days leading up to the contest being aired.[67]
SBS will broadcast the Junior Eurovision and Eurovision Dance Contests for 2008 before the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was broadcast on SBS on Wednesday 6 May at 13:00 local time (03:00 UTC), while the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was broadcast on Wednesday 13 May at 13:00 local time (03:00 UTC). SBS is also broadcasting the EBU Eurovision Countdown shows on 13, 14 and 15 May at 17:30 local time (07:30 UTC) before the semi-finals and final.[68]
 Austria
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) has confirmed Austrian broadcasting details for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Both semi-finals will be broadcast on ORF on a time delay, beginning past midnight CET. A song presentation will be broadcast on the night of the final, before broadcasting live the voting in the final. The entire Eurovision final will be broadcast later that night. In all three shows the commentator will be Ö3 radio presenter Benny Hörtnagl.[69][70]
 Kosovo
Executive Supervisor of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest Svante Stockselius confirmed at the EBU press conference on 13 May that the final of the Contest will be broadcast in Kosovo.[71]
 New Zealand
Although New Zealand is not eligible to enter, the final of the contest will be broadcast on Triangle TV's satellite channel STRATOS on 17 May. They will also broadcast a compilation of the two 2008 semi-finals on 3 May and the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final on 10 May. This will be the first time in 30 years that the contest has been broadcast in New Zealand. The 2009 grand final will be broadcast in local prime time, about 10 hours after the show has finished in Moscow.[72]
Template:Country data World
A commentated live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest will be available worldwide via satellite by broadcaster streams such as Croatia's HRT Sat,[73] Macedonia's MKTV Sat,[74] Serbia's RTS Sat.[75] Additionally, the official Eurovision Song Contest website also will provide a live stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape.[76]

LGBT protests

Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseev has used the Eurovision's presence in Russia as a platform for promoting the country's stance on the rights of LBGT peoples, most notably Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov's stance towards homosexuality as being "satanic".[77] He announced that the 2009 edition of the city's annual gay pride parade, Moscow Pride, would be coinciding with the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Russia on May 16, the day before the International Day Against Homophobia. The parade was also renamed to "Slavic Gay Pride", as it will support and promote gay rights and culture across the entire Slavic region of Europe.[78] Although the Moscow government has had a history of denying requests for authorization of such parades[77], it was stated that the parade would go on no matter what.[78]

Ultimately, as with past years, the parade was denied authorisation by Moscow officials, but Nikolai praised the decision, considering the parade a risk that must be taken, "otherwise the homophobes and authoritarians will win."[79] Moscow officials had issued statements regarding this matter, stating that protesters would be treated "toughly".[80] A statement also said that "tough measures" would be faced by anyone joining the march.[79]

Notes

  • 1. ^ "Düm Tek Tek" is onomatopoeic for the sound generated by a drum; with "boom bang bang" being an English equivalent.[81]

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