🔴 2009 Eurovision Song Contest Full Show Grand Final in Moscow

Date: Saturday, 16 May 2009 - Venue: Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
Presentation: Alsou & Ivan Urgant
Voting: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (combining top 10 of televote and jury). Number of countries: 25 (total: 42)
Qualification: Host + big 4 + 9 best of each semi-final + jury wildcard from each semi-final.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the 2008 contest with the song "Believe" by Dima Bilan. It was the first time Russia had hosted the contest - 14 years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Channel One (C1R), the contest was held at the Olimpiysky Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and the final on 16 May 2009. The semi-finals were presented by Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov, while the final was presented by Ivan Urgant and Alsou Abramova.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest - down one from the record forty-three the year before. Slovakia returned to the contest for the first time since 1998, while San Marino did not enter due to financial issues. Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention not to participate, but it was later stated by the 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 the contest rules.

The winner was Norway with the song "Fairytale", performed and written by Alexander Rybak. This was Norway's third victory in the contest, following their wins in 1985 and 1995. The song received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest. Iceland, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the United Kingdom rounded out the top five, with the latter achieving their best placing since 2002. Iceland's second-place finish was the country's best placing in a decade.

After criticism of the voting system in 2007, changes in the voting procedure were finally made prior to this contest, with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting while the format of the semi-finals remained the same.

The finalists were:

- the four automatic qualifiers 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 2009 at 23:00 MST (19:00 UTC) and was won by Norway.

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