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Exclusive: Norway also won jury vote!

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Posted by Sietse Bakker on 19 May 2009 at 19:10 updated 19 May 2009 at 20:25
Exclusive: Norway also won jury vote!
Above: Rybak on stage. Photo: EBU
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This year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced professional juries in all 42 participating countries to take a 50 percent stake in the result of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. In total, 210 music industry professionals - five per country - cast their votes and also declared Norway's Alexander Rybak as winner. Eurovision.tv can now exclusively reveal the outcome of the jury vote.

If only the professional juries had voted in the Grand Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, this would have been the outcome:

  1. Norway (312 points)
  2. Iceland (260 points)
  3. United Kingdom (223 points)
  4. France (164 points)
  5. Estonia (124 points)
  6. Denmark (120 points)
  7. Turkey (114 points)
  8. Azerbaijan (112 points)
  9. Israel (107 points)
  10. Greece (93 points)
  11. Moldova (93 points)
  12. Bosnia & Herzegovina (90 points)
  13. Malta (87 points)
  14. Germany (73 points)
  15. Armenia (71 points)
  16. Ukraine (68 points)
  17. Russia (67 points)
  18. Portugal (64 points)
  19. Croatia (58 points)
  20. Lithuania (31 points)
  21. Romania (31 points)
  22. Sweden (27 points)
  23. Albania (26 points)
  24. Finland (12 points)
  25. Spain (9 points)

The combined results lead to Norway's Alexander Rybak winning the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, followed by Iceland and Azerbaijan. For the full results of the Grand Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, click here.

Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the EBU, said to Eurovision.tv: "We believe it was the right time to introduce this new voting system, and it is fantastic to see that both televoters as well as professional juries massively backed the same contestant. Some finished higher because of support from the juries, others finished higher because of support from the televoters across Europe. It also made the presentation of the points less predictable, despite the overwhelming support for Alexander Rybak's entry."

All jury members were professionally involved with the music industry and signed declarations that stated they would vote independently.

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Comment by stiilikiizu from Estonia

Posted on 29 July 2009 at 13:19
when theres no jury then norway had 450 points !!!!!
John Eurofan

Comment by John Eurofan from Greece

Posted on 26 July 2009 at 18:44
what the f**k...only 4th place for France and 13th place for Malta?And also Sweden 22nd?I don't care about my country's place here(10th along with Moldova) but it's unfair.I think that they should keep juries in semifinals and remove them from final

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 18 June 2009 at 07:52
ilui 85 men artiq serhleri oxuya bilmirem.bizimkilerle ermeniler bir birlerine demedikleri soz qalmayib.evvel onlar bvaslayirdilar indi bizimkiler.aaxi bize butun dunya baxir.olmaz ki biz oz seviyemizi qoruyaq?!axi bununla biz ozumuze hormet qazanmiriq.eksine.demirem ki onlara yaltaqlanaq esla hec vaxt.amma gelin fikir vermeyek.biz hec ne yazmayaq onda onlar ozleri deyib ozleri esidecekler.bizim o cure medeniyyetimiz incesenetimiz var onlari danisdiraq.qoy hami gorsun ki bizim tekce dilimiz yoxdu agzimizda.ermeniler bos bos danisirlar.heqiqeten.ele bil butun dunya bunlarin olub sonra Allah yehudileri yaradib.))

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 18 June 2009 at 07:52
ilui 85 men artiq serhleri oxuya bilmirem.bizimkilerle ermeniler bir birlerine demedikleri soz qalmayib.evvel onlar bvaslayirdilar indi bizimkiler.aaxi bize butun dunya baxir.olmaz ki biz oz seviyemizi qoruyaq?!axi bununla biz ozumuze hormet qazanmiriq.eksine.demirem ki onlara yaltaqlanaq esla hec vaxt.amma gelin fikir vermeyek.biz hec ne yazmayaq onda onlar ozleri deyib ozleri esidecekler.bizim o cure medeniyyetimiz incesenetimiz var onlari danisdiraq.qoy hami gorsun ki bizim tekce dilimiz yoxdu agzimizda.ermeniler bos bos danisirlar.heqiqeten.ele bil butun dunya bunlarin olub sonra Allah yehudileri yaradib.))

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 18 June 2009 at 07:36
ilui 85 uzr isteyirem.men de umid eleyirem ki her yerde ve hemise on siralarda olaq.AMIN
onlar bizi qizisdirirlar sonra bizi pis tanidirlar.guya biz cox aqressiv milletik.ona gore bizim menliyimize toxunmayacaq bos yazilarina artiq cavab vermek istemirem.onlar onsuz da paylarini aliblar.ona gore bilmirler ne etsinler ki bizi dunyaya pis tanitsinlar.tebii ki biz buna yol vermeyeceyik.
AZERBAIJAN is the best!!!
Elena Tolnai

Comment by Elena Tolnai

Posted on 16 June 2009 at 22:21
vote for norway as most listened to song! http://wiwibloggs.com/2009/06/16/update-which-eurovision-song-are-you-still-listening-to/
jurgen pix

Comment by olsi mema from France

Posted on 11 June 2009 at 09:15
NOOOOO....ALBANIA IN 23 PLACE???????.....NOOOOO....ATLEAST 10TH...PFFFFFF....the juries votes should be remuved next year
pedro ventura

Comment by pedrokas from Portugal

Posted on 5 June 2009 at 17:09
SHAME ON YOU JURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 01:44
http://www.day.az/news/showbiz/157498.html
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 01:42
it is not political comment. all the countries in Eurovision show their own music, own culture. no thieves have to be here!
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 01:36
armenia added Azeri monument into their video(videovizitka). afer Azerbaijan's appeal to EBU it was taken out from the video. and it is another fact of armenian's falsification. http://www.day.az/news/politics/157590.html
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 01:21
http://www.day.az/news/showbiz/157933.html
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 00:38
to My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan
men qardash deyilem, baciyam :)
chox esebleshirem ermenilerin yazilarini gorende. umid edirem ki, yalniz evrovisionda deyil her zaman ve her yerde ermenilerden qabaqda olacagiq. Inshallah
Elnara Tagiyeva

Comment by ilui_85 from Azerbaijan

Posted on 2 June 2009 at 00:28
to Armenian Melomane
"Azerbaidjan is not a European country" ARE YOU the EUROPEAN COUNTRY ,armenia? u really have to learn geography. :) stop writing here, go and try to solve ur problems. you can't hold elections normally,in democratic way.:) just go and try to make your country better.Eurovision is not for losers.
Elena Tolnai

Comment by Elena Tolnai

Posted on 1 June 2009 at 22:12
This site explains clearly who the jury helped (Israel, Malta) and who it hurt (Azerbaijan, Greece, Turkey): http://wiwibloggs.com/?p=1702
Robin Simonsson

Comment by FractureESC from Sweden

Posted on 31 May 2009 at 19:40
I have to say! The Juries hade like 100 % of the votes to give out to the songs! I mean just look at Norway,the juries in europe gave him 312 points.....which means that like 78 points was givewn by the people in europe! Sweden got 27 points from the juries...And that i don´t understand! That means that the people in europe only gave her 6 points !!!! That´s impossible! The juries had the upper hand this year...Hmmm...From the 20th place to the 25th place...I personally believe they were alot better then some other songs! Spain Was one of the best this year, ALong with Sweden,Finland,Malta and many more! I am really angry that Malena,Who is a mezzo soprano didn´t get a higher postition! Does anything work that we send? Someone plz respond!!!
Jeff Smith

Comment by jeffzsmith

Posted on 27 May 2009 at 12:41
eurovision's worst dressed. so funny: http://wiwibloggs.com/?p=1537

Comment by Armenian Melomane

Posted on 27 May 2009 at 03:27
Anyways, You have only read this blog, you should read the rest too. Anyways I think it is enough. Now we should be more polite to each other. Otherwise it is going to last forever, but I think the Culture is the place where we can find to come together and try to stop the hositilites between Armenians and Azeris. I just suggest to try to appreciate the culture of Armenia and Azerbaidjan without any comments. Are able to try to do that or not?? Instead of consuming our energy in fighting we can try to find common points and overcome the problem. I propose peace to Azeri people in this site and I hope you guys will not write mean things.

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 26 May 2009 at 16:47
vi etimi slovami sliskom oskarbili nas.potomu chto u nas est svoy yazik i kultura a kompozitorov u nas xvatayet.vi ne pravi na schet toqo chto mi ne sushestvovali do 1918 k vashemu svedeniyu mi drevniy narod ne menee vasheqo.esli u nas net kompozitorov to kto Uzeir Qadjibekov Tofiq Kuliev Kara Karaev.
esli bi vi ne otvetili bi tak qrubo i nespravedlivo to vi bi ne poluchili otvet.lichno ya znayu svoyu istoriyu xotya i ne k mestu no xochu napomnit chto vi zdelali v Xocali.esli ne znayete xotya bi poisk dayte v google foto smotrite toqda poymete nashu aqressiyu.to shto sdelali vi nevozmojno zabit.mi nekoqda ni skem tak neobrashalis.esli vashi aqressivniye i ljiviye kommentarii budut prodaljatsa to i mi ne ostanovimsya.

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 26 May 2009 at 16:46
Armenian Melomane
ya procla s nacala.tam odin Azerbaijanec napisal shto vasha pesnya kopiya odnoy is nashix pesen.i shto vi ukrali.ya dumayu tam mojno bilo otvetit po myaqche chem vash otvet.napomnyu.
Listen Stupid Azik stop critisizing Armenians, you dont even have your own language and plus before 1918 you were not even existing. Armenians are one of the most ancient nations.
Concerning your song, your song was written by SWEDISH people. There are not even song writers in your country. You pay Europe to write a song for you and you pay Arash to come and sing for you. Next year you will pay Britney Spears to come and sing for you . Hahahahahah
We dont need anyone to present our country we can do it ourselves because we have enough talented people. You go and think who will present Azerbaidjan next year maybe Philipp Kirkorov.
Your government lies to you. you dont even have the true information and you learn false history in the school.
heather evans

Comment by hevski

Posted on 26 May 2009 at 08:40
Hurrah =- jumped to back of thread and finally the albenia/Azerbajian argument has ended lol!!! Agree totally with Jury votes - although suprised Spain and Sweden were not higher. Glad UK were at last xxxxxxxxxxxx

Comment by Armenian Melomane

Posted on 25 May 2009 at 23:46
Reply to love Azerbaidjan,
Please go back and read the beginning of the comments anywere in this site and you will see that your fello compatriotes from Azerbaidjan begun first and have been really patient from the beginning of the Eurovision. Just go back and read what Azeri people say and you will see that there are only a few comments made by Armenians. I didnt mean offend anyone but you dont stop writing mean things about us and we will respond every time you make it.
Anthony Robinson

Comment by Anton from Norway

Posted on 25 May 2009 at 20:54
Actually I totally agree with you about that and I don't condone any attack on Azerbaijan either, but those remarks were also a reply from angry attacks on Armenia. Well it's a vicious circle.

Peace to everyone!

Comment by My Love-Azerbaijan from Azerbaijan

Posted on 25 May 2009 at 18:47
Anton I hope u understood me but if not i cant do anything.i thing the spirit of eurovision is the music.but it is worse to stole than to invite our compotriot and if he is not 100% Azeri.
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