A Global  Media & Entertainment Portal...  Expand your ideas, talents & business beyond continental borders... contact us for details...!!!                                                                                                                                                                        

Weekend Glbal 

With us, every day is a weekend...

Join Us... !!!

 

 

Eurovision Song Contest (Moscow  2009)

Russia proved to be the best ever organizer of Eurovision song contest which ended on Saturday the 16th of May, with Norway emerging as the winner of the Europe's most popular musical event. With an exciting voting in front of thousands of people in a fully packed Moscow Olimpisky Indoor Arena and millions of TV viewers all over Europe, a Belarusian born Alexander Rybak from Norway received the highest number of points from TV voters and juries from the 42 countries participating in this year's edition of Europe's favourite TV-show! Norway managed to gather 387 points altogether -  new record! -, followed by Yohanna from Iceland with 218 points and Azerbaijan's AySel & Arash who collected 207 points.

Alexander Ryabov - Eurovision Winner

Moscow Olympisky Arena

Weekend Global - Moscow

It was a great weekend of relaxation in Moscow, as thousands of tourists occupied the city, while the contestants of the Eurovision contest were busy rehashing for the show, which decided the winner of the Grand final of the most celebrated European musical contest in the capital city.

Earlier two semi-finals ended on Thursday, the 15th of March. The Semifinals which were divided into two parts, which  took place for the second time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest,  and 25 countries qualified to contest in the Final that took place on the 16th of May 2009 at Olimpiysky Arena.

Going by the rules, Citizens of each participating country voted by telephone and SMS texts which counted for 50%. Each country's 10 favorites were awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of vote. A jury in each country also had a 50% say in the outcome? while the winner will be the next host of the event.

Russia was the 2008 winner which was represented by Dima Bilan.

Russia and the 'Big Four', namely - The United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain  - were automatically set for the Final. After all 42 countries had voted, it was Alexander Rybak from Norway who was the lucky winner with his song Fairytale, collecting 387 points overall.

 

The Finalists

# Counties Participating Performer(s) Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)
01 Lithuania
 
Sasha Son Love
02 Israel
 
Noa & Mira Awad There Must Be Another Way
03 France
 
Patricia Kaas Et S'il Fallait Le Faire
04 Sweden
 
Malena Ernman La Voix
05 Croatia
 
Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Lijepa Tena
06 Portugal
 
Flor-de-lis Todas As Ruas Do Amor
07 Iceland
 
Yohanna Is It True?
08 Greece
 
Sakis Rouvas This Is Our Night
09 Armenia
 
Inga & Anush Jan Jan
10 Russia
 
Anastasia Prikhodko Mamo
11 Azerbaijan
 
AySel & Arash Always
12 Bosnia & Herzegovina
 
Regina Bistra Voda
13 Moldova
 
Nelly Ciobanu Hora Din Moldova
14 Malta
 
Chiara What If We
15 Estonia
 
Urban Symphony Rändajad
16 Denmark
 
Brinck Believe Again
17 Germany
 
Alex Swings Oscar Sings! Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
18 Turkey
 
Hadise Düm Tek Tek
19 Albania
 
Kejsi Tola Carry Me In Your Dreams
20 Norway
 
Alexander Rybak Fairytale
21 Ukraine
 
Svetlana Loboda Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis Girl)
22 Romania
 
Elena The Balkan Girls
23 United Kingdom
 
Jade Ewen It's My Time
24 Finland
 
Waldo's People Lose Control
25 Spain
 
Soraya La Noche Es Para Mí (The Night Is For Me)

 

Previous Winners (1956 - 2008)

Year Winning
Country
Winning Song
Winning Artist
UK Entry Title /
Artist
1956 Switzerland "Refrains"
 Lys Assia
(No UK entry)
1957 Netherlands "Net Als Toen"
 Corry Broken
"All"
 Patricia Bredin
1958 France "Dors Mon Amour"
 Andre Claveau
(No UK entry)
1959 Holland "Een Beetje"
 Teddy Scholten
"Sing Little Birdie"
 Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
1960 France "Tom Pillibi"
 Jacqueline Boyer
"Looking High High High"
 Bryan Johnson
1961 Luxembourg "Nous Les Amoureux"
 Jean Claude Pascal
"Are You Sure"
 Allisons
1962 France "Un Premier Amour"
 Isabelle Aubret
"Ring-A-Ding Girl"
 Ronnie Carroll
1963 Denmark "Dansevise"
 Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann
"Say Wonderful Things"
 Ronnie Carroll
1964 Italy "Non Ho L'eta Per Amarti"
 Gigliola Cinquetti
"I Love The Little Things"
 Matt Monro
1965 Luxembourg "Poupee De Cire Poupee De Son"
 France Gall
"I Belong"
 Kathy Kirby
1966 Austria "Merci Cherie"
 Udo Jurgens
"A Man Without Love"
 Kenneth Mc.Kellar
1967 UK "Puppet On A String"
 Sandie Shaw
"Puppet On A String"
 Sandie Shaw
1968 Spain "La La La"
 Massiel
"Congratulations"
 Cliff Richard
1969 UK "Boom-Bang-A-Bang"
 Lulu
"Boom Bang-A-Bang"
 Lulu
joint France "Un Jour Un Enfant"
 Frida Boccara
 
joint Netherlands "De Troubadour"
 Lennie Kuhr
 
joint Spain "Vivo Cantando"
 Salome
 
1970 Ireland "All Kinds Of Everything"
 Dana
"Knock Knock Who's There"
 Mary Hopkin
1971 Monaco "Un Banc Un Arbre Un Rue"
 Severine
"Jack In The Box"
 Clodagh Rodgers
1972 Luxembourg "Apres Toi (Come What May)"
 Vicky Leandros
"Beg Steal Or Borrow"
 New Seekers
1973 Luxembourg "Tu Te Reconnaitras (Wonderful Dream)"
 Ann-Marie David
"Power To All Our Friends"
 Cliff Richard
1974 Sweden "Waterloo"
 Abba
"Long Live Love"
 Olivia Newton-John
1975 Netherlands "Ding-A-Dong"
 Teach-In
"Let Me Be The One"
 Shadows
1976 UK "Save Your Kisses For Me"
 Brotherhood Of Man
"Save Your Kisses For Me"
 Brotherhood Of Man
1977 France "L'oiseau Et L'enfant"
 Marie Myriam
"Rock Bottom"
 Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran
1978 Israel "A Ba Ni Bi"
 Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta
"Bad Old Days"
 Co-Co
1979 Israel "Hallelujah"
 Milk & Honey
"Mary Ann"
 Black Lace
1980 Ireland "What's Another Year"
 Johnny Logan
"Love Enough For Two"
 Prima Donna
1981 UK "Making Your Mind Up"
 Buck's Fizz
"Making Your Mind Up"
 Buck's Fizz
1982 Germany "Ein Bisschen Frieden (A Little Peace)"
 Nicole
"One Step Futher"
 Bardo
1983 Luxembourg "Si La Vie Est Cadeu"
 Corrine Hermes
"I'm Never Giving Up"
 Sweet Dreams
1984 Sweden "Diggy-Loo Diggy-Ley"
 Herrys
"Love Games"
 Belle & The Devotions
1985 Norway "La Det Swinge (Let It Swing)"
 Bobbysocks
"Love Is"
 Vikki
1986 Belgium "J'aime La Vie"
 Sandra Kim
"Runner In The Night"
 Ryder
1987 Ireland "Hold Me Now"
 Johnny Logan
"Only The Light"
 Rikki
1988 Switzerland "Ne Partez Sans Moi"
 Celine Dion
"Go"
 Scott Fitzgerald
1989 Yugoslavia "Rock Me"
 Riva
"Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"
 Live Report
1990 Italy "Insieme 1992"
 Toto Cotugno
"Give A Little Love Back To The World"
 Emma
1991 Sweden "Fangad Av En Stormvind"
 Carola
"A Message To Your Heart"
 Samantha Janus
1992 Ireland "Why Me"
 Linda Martin
"One Step Out Of Time"
 Michael Ball
1993 Ireland "In Your Eyes"
 Naimh Kavanagh
"Better The Devil You Know"
 Sonia
1994 Ireland "Rock N Roll Kids"
 Paul Harrington & Charlie Mc.Gettigan
"Lonely Symphony"
 Francis Ruffelle
1995 Norway "Nocturne"
 Secret Garden
"Love City Groove"
 Love City Groove
1996 Ireland "The Voice"
 Eimar Quinn
"Ooh Ah...Just A Little Bit"
 Gina G
1997 UK "Love Shine A Light"
 Katrina & The Waves
"Love Shine A Light"
 Katrina & The Waves
1998 Israel "Diva"
 Dana International
"Where Are You"
 Imaani
1999 Sweden "Take Me To Your Heaven"
 Charlotte Nilsson
"Say It Again"
 Precious
2000 Denmark "Fly On The Wings Of Love"
 Olsen Brothers
"Don't Play That Song Again"
 Nicki French
2001 Estonia "Everybody"
 Tanel Badar & Dave Benton
"No Dream Impossible"
 Lyndsay Dracass
2002 Latvia "I Wanna"
Marie N
"Come Back"
 Jessica Garlick
2003 Turkey "Every Way That I Can"
 Sertab Erener
"Cry Baby"
 Jemini
2004 Ukraine "Wild Dance" 
 Ruslana
"Hold On To Our Love"
 James Fox
2005 Greece "My Number One "
 Helena Paparizou
"Touch My Fire"
 Javine
2006 Finland "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
 Lordi
"Teenage Life"
 Daz Sampson
2007 Serbia "Molitva "
 Marija Serifovic
"Flying The Flag (For You)"
 Scooch
2008 Russia  Never Let you Go

Dima Bilan

 
2009 Norway  

Alexander Rybak

 


 

 

Home

About

Products & Services

Sponsors 

Links

Gallery

Contact

Copyrights Weekend Global 2009