Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 12 May 2009 |
| Semi-final 2 | 14 May 2009 |
| Final | 16 May 2009 |
| Host | |
| Venue | SC Olimpiyskiy, Moscow, Russia |
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| Director | Andrey Boltenko |
| Executive supervisor | |
| Executive producer | Yury Aksyuta |
| Host broadcaster | Channel One |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 42 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |
 Slovakia
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
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| Winning song | |
| Eurovision Song Contest: Moscow 2009 | ||||
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| Released | 11 May 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
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| Label | EMI / CMC | |||
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia.
The contest was won by Norway's Alexander Rybak with his self-penned "Fairytale", which received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest and with a margin of 169 points over the second place which went to Iceland. Third place went to Azerbaijan, fourth to Turkey, and the United Kingdom taking 5th, seeing their best placing since 2002.
After criticism of the voting system after the 2007 Contest, changes in the voting procedure were made with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting while the format of the semi-finals remained the same. Forty-two countries participated in the contest; Slovakia announced that it would return to the contest, while San Marino withdrew due to financial issues. Latvia and Georgia originally announced their intention to withdraw, but it was later stated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that both countries would indeed participate. However, Georgia later decided to withdraw after the EBU rejected its selected song as being a breach of contest rules.
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