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"Eurovision 2009" redirects here. For the Dance Contest, see Eurovision Dance Contest 2009.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Semi-final 1 12 May 2009
Semi-final 2 14 May 2009
Final 16 May 2009
Presenter(s) Yana Churikova
Host broadcaster Flag of Russia Channel One
Venue Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
Returning countries  Slovakia
Withdrawing countries  Latvia
 San Marino
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008        2010►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place on 16 May 2009, with two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May,1 being held at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia.23 Changes in the voting procedure will occur with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting. The format of the semi-finals will remain the same. Forty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. Slovakia has announced it will return to the contest, while Latvia and San Marino are withdrawing due to financial issues. One of the hosts for the contest will be Yana Churikova.4

Contents

Venue

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".2 Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, has stated that the contest will be held in Moscow and it was proposed by the host broadcaster, Channel One, that the contest be held in the Olympic Indoor Arena within Moscow.35 This proposal was evaluated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and confirmed on 13 September 2008.3 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."6

Format

Discussion on the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place at a EBU meeting in Athens, Greece in June 2008. A proposal was made that could have resulted in the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) losing their automatic place in the final of the contest.7 However, it has been confirmed that the "Big Four" countries will continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.8

On Friday 30 January 2009, the draw to decide which countries will appear in either the first or second semi-final will take place. Going on last years system of events, all countries are separated into six individual pots based on voting patterns in previous contests. The draw has been created to ensure countries who are most likely to give each other points in the competition will not participate in the same semi-final. Then out of these six pots it will be known which countries will participate in the first semi-final and the second semi-final respectively. Also a further draw will take place later to determine which of the semi-finals the Big 4 (Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom) and the host country, Russia, must broadcast and will have voting rights in. The Big 4 and the host country have already qualified for the final of the contest. However, currently it is not known how the pots or the countries are going to be split-up until the EBU announces the list of participants which was due to be published in December 2008.9

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.10 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.11 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.12 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.1314 Details on the jury method will be released after another Reference Group meeting in December.15 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."1617 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 2008.18

Individual entries

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Individual entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Participating countries

Forty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which will return to the contest after 11 years.19 Georgia had originally announced that its withdrawal from the contest due to the 2008 South Ossetia war in protest of the foreign policies of Russia,202122 but has since decided to return to the contest, inspired by their win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as well as Russia's 12 points to them in the same contest.2324 Svante Stockselius, the EBU scrutineer for Eurovision, said that a record number of participants would be competing in Moscow, meaning that 44 or more countries would compete, however this now seems unlikely.25 The finalised list of candidates is yet to be confirmed.

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.26 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.27 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.2829

Latvia will also be withdrawing from the 2009 contest. The Latvian broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), had reportedly withdrawn from the 2009 contest on 17th 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.30 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.3132 On 20th 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.3334

Semi-final countries

Countries that are confirmed to participate in one of the semi-finals of the contest.

Country Language Artist Song English translation
 Albania3536 English37 Kejsi Tola3839 "Më merr në ëndërr"3839 Take me into your dreams
 Andorra40 Catalan4142 TBD TBD TBD
 Armenia43 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Azerbaijan4445 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Belarus4647 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Belgium48 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4950 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Bulgaria51 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Croatia5253 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Cyprus5455 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Czech Republic56 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Denmark57 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Estonia5859 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Finland6061 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Georgia2324 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Greece626364 TBD Sakis Rouvas626364 TBD TBD
 Hungary65 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Iceland6667 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Ireland68 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Israel69 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Lithuania70717273 TBD TBD TBD TBD
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia7475 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Malta7677 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Moldova7879 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Montenegro80 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Netherlands81 TBD De Toppers8283 TBD TBD
 Norway8485 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Poland868788 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Portugal89 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Romania9091 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Serbia92 Serbian939495 TBD TBD TBD
 Slovakia19 Slovak96 TBD TBD TBD
 Slovenia97 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Sweden9899 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Switzerland100101102 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Turkey103 English104 Hadise105106107 "Düm Tek Tek"108109 –
 Ukraine110 TBD TBD TBD TBD

Final countries

Countries which are qualified directly to the final of the contest, and will not participate in either of the semi-finals.

Country Language Artist Song English translation
 France111 French111 TBD TBD TBD
 Germany112 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Russia2 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 Spain113114 TBD TBD TBD TBD
 United Kingdom115 English116 TBD TBD -

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