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Evrovidenie 2009 - Nacionalny Otbor was the fifth edition of Evrovidenie, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.The show took place on 7 March 2009 at Studio 1 of Ostankino Technical Center in Moscow and hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Yana Churikova with Dmitry Shepelev hosting segments from the green room. [3]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow , Russia, following the country's victory at the 2008 contest with the song " Believe " by Dima Bilan .
Russia won their first and so far only contest in 2008, when Dima Bilan, participating for the second time in the contest, won with the song "Believe", bringing the contest to Russia for 2009. Russia was the most successful country in Eurovision between 2000 and 2009, with one win, two-second places, and two third places.
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
At the close of voting, "Vechny strannik" performed by Youddiph received the most votes and was selected as the Russian entry. [12] At the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, Russia finished ninth with 70 points. [13] For Russia's second participation in the contest, ORT organised a public selection process to select Russian entrant.
As the winning nation of the 2008 Contest and the host of the forthcoming contest, Russia pre-qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The first semi-final and final were broadcast on Telekanal Rossiya, with commentary by Dmitriy Guberniyev and Olga Shelest. The voting spokesperson for Russia was Oxana Fedorova.
8 January - Irène Mélikoff, 91, Russian-born French Turkologist. [3] 13 January - Mikhail Donskoy, 61, Russian programmer, co-developer of the first world computer chess champion . [4] Umar Israilov, 27, Russian critic of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, shot. [5]
Pages in category "Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .