Eurovision 2009 results

Results

Semi-final countries

Thirty-seven countries participated 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	-
13	FYR Macedonia	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[50][51]	Regina	"Bistra voda"	Clear water	Finalist	-

Semi-final 2

• The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May.
• The nine countries that received most votes from the televoters will go to the final on 16 May.
• The jury decided which country is be the tenth finalist.
• France and Russia voted in this semi-final.^[52] 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.^[53]
• 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	Croatia	Croatian	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Šušnjara	"Lijepa Tena"[54]	Beautiful Tena	Finalist	-
02	Ireland	English	Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy	"Et Cetera"	-	-	-
03	Latvia	Russian	Intars Busulis	"Probka"	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"	-	Finalist	-
07	Cyprus	English	Christina Metaxa	"Firefly"	-	-	-
08	Slovakia	Slovak	Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková	"Leť tmou"	Fly through darkness	-	-
09	Denmark	English	Niels Brinck	"Believe Again"	-	Finalist	-
10	Slovenia	English, Slovene	Quartissimo feat. Martina Majerle	"Love Symphony"	-	-	-
11	Hungary	English	Zoli Ádok	"Dance with Me"	-	-	-
12	Azerbaijan	English	AySel and Arash[56]	"Always"	-	Finalist	-
13	Greece	English	Sakis Rouvas	"This Is Our Night"	-	Finalist	-
14	Lithuania	English, Russian	Sasha Son	"Love"	-	Finalist	-
15	Moldova	Romanian,	Nelly Ciobanu	"Hora din Moldova"	Hora from Moldova	Finalist	-
16	Albania	English	Kejsi Tola	"Carry Me in Your Dreams"	-	Finalist	-
17	Ukraine	English	Svetlana Loboda	"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)"	-	Finalist	-
18	Estonia	Estonian	Urban Symphony	"Rändajad"	Travellers	Finalist	-
19	Netherlands	English	The Toppers	"Shine"	-	-	-

Final

The final will take place in Moscow on 16 May at 23:00 MST. 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.
• The country that won the contest is highlighted in peach.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Lithuania	English, Russian	Sasha Son	"Love"	-	23	23
02	Israel	English, Hebrew, Arabic	Noa and Mira Awad	"There Must Be Another Way"	-	16	53
03	France	French	Patricia Kaas	"Et s'il fallait le faire"	And if it had to be done	08	107
04	Sweden	English, French	Malena Ernman	"La voix"	The voice	21	33
05	Croatia	Croatian	Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea	"Lijepa Tena"[57]	Beautiful Tena	18	45
06	Portugal	Portuguese	Flor-de-Lis	"Todas as ruas do amor"	All the streets of love	15	57
07	Iceland	English	Yohanna[49]	"Is It True?"	-	02	218
08	Greece	English	Sakis Rouvas	"This Is Our Night"	-	07	120
09	Armenia	English, Armenian	Inga and Anush	"Jan Jan"	My dear	10	92
10	Russia	Russian, Ukrainian[58]	Anastasiya Prikhodko	"Mamo"	Mother	11	91
11	Azerbaijan	English	AySel and Arash[59]	"Always"	-	03	207
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian[50][51]	Regina	"Bistra voda"	Clear water	09	106
13	Moldova	Romanian, English	Nelly Ciobanu	"Hora din Moldova"	Hora from Moldova	14	68
14	Malta	English	Chiara	"What If We"	-	22	31
15	Estonia	Estonian	Urban Symphony	"Rändajad"	Travellers	06	129
16	Denmark	English	Niels Brinck	"Believe Again"	-	13	74
17	Germany	English	Alex Swings Oscar Sings![60]	"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"	-	20	35
18	Turkey	English	Hadise	"Düm Tek Tek"	- [1]	04	177
19	Albania	English	Kejsi Tola	"Carry Me in Your Dreams"	-	17	48
20	Norway	English	Alexander Rybak	"Fairytale"	-	1 [61]	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"	-	05 [61]	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