Today the semi-final of the Azerbaijani national selection for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest was held. From the grandiose show, three qualified for the next stage.

We all know that the best entertainment TV-show in the world is the Eurovision Song Contest, but the perhaps a bit hidden side behind it is that it's also very much valued by professionals all over the world.

Every year, the world's most used online search engine Google publishes a list featuring the most searched terms on the web, called Google Zeitgeist. After adding up all date from Europe, the search term 'Eurovision 2009' was the fastest rising search term during the first half of the year, beating Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga.

The year 2009 marks the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. The last ten days of this year, Eurovision.tv looks back at the remarkable transition that the Eurovision Song Contest went through. We are also inviting you to share your memories with us, right here on the website as well as on Facebook. Today, we're looking back at the tenth and last Eurovision Song Contest of this decade: Moscow 2009, the 54th running of Europe's favourite TV-show!

Serbian broadcaster, RTS has announced that it is to introduce a new selection format to choose its representative for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. One composer will contribute songs to a contest where various artists chosen by the composer and RTS will compete for the right to represent Serbia in Oslo in May.