News for tag: 2009
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The Host Country for this year's Eurovision Song Contest - Russia - was represented by an Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko and the song Mamo. The extremely emotional ballade about her mother's advice brought Russia another high placing - eleventh with 91 points.
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Armenia was represented by a duo of Arshakyan sisters at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Inga and Anush put on probably one of the most visually appealing show in Moscow and earned their country once again a top ten placing with Jan Jan.
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The Bosnia & Herzegovina representative this year was the band Regina. Their objective - as emphasized at press conferences - was to fight for the revolution of love. This brought them only one point less than Patricia Kaas and the ninth place at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
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The French broadcaster France 3 decided to send in the cavalry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The participant was once again handpicked and turned out to be - after a lot of speculation - Patricia Kaas. She earned the best placing - eighth - for France since 2002.
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Greece was once again represented by the Mediterranean superstar Sakis Rouvas. He got the very high seventh place with his song This Is Our Night and was one of the most photographed artists this year in Moscow.
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Urban Symphony rose the TV-ratings in the tiny nation of Estonia to a new record level. It was Rändajad who achieved which had seemed almost impossible for a while for the country - qualifying for the Final and becoming sixth!
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The United Kingdom was lifted high this time at the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming fifth. The people behind that success are one of world's best songwriters Diane Warren and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and the young singer Jade Ewen with It's My Time.
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Earlier today, 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak presented his new album Fairytales. The 23-year old singer's record will hit the stores tomorrow, Friday, and will eventually be sold in 22 countries.
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Turkey did once again very well at the Eurovision Song Contest. They placed fourth in the Final this year with Hadise's song Düm Tek Tek. The Belgian star was declared to represent the country of her ancestors already last fall.
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It was the second attempt for Azerbaijan to bid for the victory of the Eurovision Song Contest. Last time's 8th place was replace by third this time, only 11 points behind the second place. It was the superstar Arash and young singer Aysel to do the job with their Always.
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Iceland got it's best placing since 1999 with this year's entry Is It True? by Yohanna. The small nation on a far-away island became second this time with 218 points. In this summary article about all participants of this year's Eurovision Song Contest we'll be taking a look back on her way to and in Moscow.
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This year's Eurovision Song Contest was won by the Norwegian Alexander Rybak with his Fairytale with a record score of 387 points. How did it all start and how did it end? Find this out in our series of 2009 summary articles about Europe's favourite TV-shows!
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This year's Eurovision Song Contest winner is well underway to turn into a pan-European hit. While Fairytale is still doing extremely well in the iTunes download charts across Europe, Rybak's song is also turning into a traditional chart hit in several countries. Meanwhile, his performances at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow were viewed millions of times through video community YouTube. But there is good news for more of this year's contestants!
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is "very satisfied" with the televoting during the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius said to Eurovision.tv. During the three live broadcasts of Europe's favourite TV show, only four glitches were reported.
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Over 122 million television viewers tuned in for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, confirming its status as Europe’s favourite TV show. The 54th running, the biggest ever, organized by Channel One Russia and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), took place on 12, 14 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympiyski Indoor Arena in Moscow. It was won by Norway’s Alexander Rybak with the song Fairytale. The shows were broadcast live over the Eurovision network.
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