Eurovision Song Contest 2009
54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, it was held in Moscow, Russia after Dima Bilan won the 2008 contest for Russia with Believe. The semi finals took place on May 12 and May 14 and the final was held on May 16. It was won by Alexander Rybak for Norway with Fairytale.
There were 42 countries taking part with Slovakia making a return for the first time in 11 years and San Marino and Georgia, two countries from last year, not appearing in the contest.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Montenegro
|
English | Andrea Demirović | "Just get out of my life" | - | 11 | 44 |
| 02 |  Czech Republic
|
Gypsy | Gipsy.cz | Aven Romale | Come on, Gypsy | 18 | 0 |
| 03 |  Belgium
|
English | Copycat | Copycat | - | 17 | 1 |
| 04 |  Belarus
|
English | Petr Elfimov | Eyes that never lie | - | 13 | 25 |
| 05 |  Sweden
|
English, French | Malena Ernman | La voix | The voice | 4 | 105 |
| 06 |  Armenia
|
English, Armenian | Inga & Anush | Jan Jan | - | 5 | 99 |
| 07 |  Andorra
|
English, Spanish | Susanne Georgi | "La teva decisió (Get a life)" | - | 15 | 8 |
| 08 |  Switzerland
|
English | Lovebugs | The highest heights | 14 | 13 | |
| 09 |  Turkey
|
English | Hadise | Düm tek tek | - | 2 | 172 |
Spokespersons
change- Albania – Leon Menkshi
- Armenia – Sirusho
- Belgium – Maureem Louys
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Laković Laka
- Estonia – Laura Põldvere
- Germany – Thomas Anders
- Greece – Alexis Kostas
- Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
- Russia – Ingeborga Dapkunaité
- Serbia – Jovana Janković
- Slovenia – Peter Poles
- Turkey – Meltem Yazgan
- Ukraine – Marysia Horobets
References
change- Eurovision Fun Clup ESC Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine