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71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 was the official compilation album of the 2008 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 12 May 2008.The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2008 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.
Eurovision Song Contest: Vienna 2015 is the official compilation album of the 2015 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group on 20 April 2015. The album features all 40 songs that entered in the 2015 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.
Land of Fire 2008 was the national final organised by İTV to select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. [3] The competition took place on 2 February 2008 at the Heydar Aliyev Palace in Baku , hosted by Husniyya Maharramova and Ilham Gasimov and was broadcast on İTV as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website ...
Azerbaijan has since failed to reach the top ten on five occasions, coming 12th in 2015, 17th in 2016, 14th in 2017, 20th in 2021, and 16th in 2022. 2018 saw Azerbaijan's first non-qualification, with "X My Heart" by Aisel failing to progress from the first semi-final, followed by "Tell Me More" by TuralTuranX failing to advance from the first ...
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also ...
Ellinikós Telikós 2008 was the Greek national final developed by ERT to select the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.The competition took place on 27 February 2008 at the Athinon Arena Music Hall in Athens (22:00–00:30 CET), hosted by actresses and comedy singers Betty and Mathilde Maggira. [11]
Since the creation of a second semi-final in 2008, a semi-final allocation draw is held each year. [121] Countries are placed into pots based on their geographical location and voting history in recent contests, and are assigned to compete in one of the two semi-finals through a random draw. [122]