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Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia
after Marija erifovi won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first time there were three Eurovision Song Contest 2008
contests; two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the traditional grand final which was held Confluence of Sound
on 24 May 2008. The shows were hosted by Jovana Jankovi and eljko Joksimovi at the Belgrade Arena
which had a total capacity of 25,000 seats. The host broadcaster was RTS.[5]

After a total of 272 points, Dima Bilan representing Russia (for the second time) was declared the winner,
with the song "Believe" written by American Jim Beanz and Bilan himself. So far this has been the only time
Russia has won the contest. Russia came third in the semi-final, making it the winner with the worst semi-
final result.

Ukraine were runners up for the second year running, with 3rd place going to Greece, 4th to Armenia seeing
their best result so far and 5th to Norway.

2008 also saw, for the first time ever, Eurovision.tv streaming national finals live on ESCTV with
broadcasters' permission.[6]

On 30 January 2008, Eurovision.tv revealed the theme of the Contest: "The Confluence of Sound",[7] which Dates
was inspired by Belgrade's location at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. Semi-final 1 20 May 2008
Semi-final 2 22 May 2008

Contents Final 24 May 2008

Host
1 Venue Venue Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
1.1 Visual design
2 Format Presenter(s) Jovana Jankovi
2.1 Semi-final allocation eljko Joksimovi
2.2 Running order Director Sven Stojanovi
3 Participating countries
4 Results Executive Svante Stockselius
4.1 Semi-final 1 supervisor
4.2 Semi-final 2 Executive Sandra ua
4.3 Final
producer
4.3.1 Voting during the final
5 Scoreboards Host Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)
5.1 Semi-final 1 broadcaster
5.1.1 12 points
Opening act Semi-final 1: Video killed a radio
5.2 Semi-final 2
5.2.1 12 points star performance
5.3 Final Semi-final 2: Serbia for beginners
5.3.1 12 points accompanied by Aleksandar
6 Other Awards Josipovi as a Master of
6.1 Marcel Bezenon Awards
6.2 OGAE Ceremonies[1]
6.3 Barbara Dex Award Final: Marija erifovi performing
7 Broadcasting "Molitva" (remix) and "Tell Me Why"
7.1 Semi-finals broadcasts Interval act Semi-final 1: Slobodan Trkulja,
7.2 International broadcasts
7.3 High-definition broadcasts Metropole Orkest, Balkanopolis,
8 Returning artists Novak Djokovic
8.1 Commentators Semi-final 2: National Theatre in
9 Official album Belgrade performance,[2] Lys Assia
10 Notes
Final: Goran Bregovi performance,
11 References
12 External links Vlade Divac
Participants
Number of 43
Venue entries
Debuting Azerbaijan
Serbia gained the right to host the Contest after Marija erifovi won countries San Marino[3]
the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. Since Serbia was the winner
of the preceding contest, the 2008 contest was subsequently held Returning None
there. The Belgrade Arena was chosen as the venue for the contest,[8] countries
and is among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, with a total Withdrawing Austria[4]
capacity of 25,000 seats. On 14 September 2007, the Mayor of countries
Helsinki handed over the "Eurovision keys" to the Deputy of
Belgrade. This ceremony is meant to be a tradition from the 2008 Participation map
contest and onward, and the ring contains a key from every city that
has ever hosted the competition.[9]
Belgrade Arena, host venue of the 2008
contest. Due to problems and riots in Belgrade following the unilateral
declaration of independence by Kosovo on 17 February 2008, the
EBU held a phone conference to decide if the contest should be moved to a different country. Ukraine was
considered an option since they came second in Eurovision Song Contest 2007. YLE were another option, as
they hosted the previous year's competition in Helsinki, Finland.[10] Greece's Ellinik Radiofona Tilerasi
(ERT) also offered the EBU to host the contest in Athens, Greece again.[11] It was later decided that the
contest would stay in Belgrade, with the EBU giving support. RTS would gain a guarantee of safety and
security from the government of Serbia for all visitors and participants of the contest.[12] The delegations of
Albania, Croatia and Israel had special security.[13]

Visual design

RTS ran a competition that led to the creation of the 2008 Contest's branding, logo and the stage.[14] The
theme of the Contest was based around the "confluence of sound". This was symbolic as Belgrade lies on the
confluence of two European rivers, the Sava and Danube. The logo chosen, a treble clef, formed the graphical
basis of the design created by Boris Miljkovi.[15]

The postcards in the first and second semi-final were based around the creation of the flag of the nation that
was to perform next. Each post card had a short story related to each country and its people. During each Participating countries
postcard a short letter was displayed. All were in the national language of the artist's country, with the Did not qualify from the semi final
exception of the Serbian postcard, which consisted of "Welcome to Belgrade" and "Welcome to Serbia" in Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
various languages and the Belgian postcard which was written in the constructed language the Belgian group
Vote
performed in. The postcards were brought to an end by a stamp with this year's Eurovision logo.
Voting Each country awarded 12, 10, 81 points to
According to RTS the stage represented native identities, history and modern themes, symbols and universally system their 10 favourite songs.
recognised messages. The confluence-themed stage also contained a large number of television and LCD
Nul points None
display screens. The stage had settings for all new electronic possibilities including some movable parts of the
stage.[16] It was designed by Chicago-based David Cushing. Winning Russia
song "Believe"
The first semi-final was created around a city theme. The contest opened with a panorama of the city of
Belgrade forming in the stage's background with two waves sliding down the stage to meet in the centre at
the confluence, the overall theme of the contest.

The second semi-final was based around the theme of water, which was enhanced by the look of the stage during the interval act where
the water formed the main colours of the stage.

The final was based on the theme of the confluence. Construction of the stage lasted several days and was carried out by various teams
from across Europe. Pyrotechnics were heavily used for the entries from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, Germany, Turkey, the Czech
Republic, Bulgaria and Switzerland. The stage received positive feedback from the media and fans describing it as "one of the best
looking stages in the history of the competition".

Format
At a press conference in Helsinki in May 2007, Svante Stockselius, executive supervisor of the Contest for the EBU, announced that the Presenters eljko Joksimovi
and Jovana Jankovi during
competition's format may be expanded to two semi-finals in 2008 or 2009.[17] On 28 September 2007 it was announced that the EBU
the first semi-final
had approved the plan of hosting two semi-finals in 2008.[18]

Based on research conducted by the EBU's tele-voting partner Digame, the semi-finalists were sorted into the two heats through the
drawing of lots, which was seeded to keep countries that have a significant history of voting for each other apart. Each broadcaster had
to broadcast the semi-final in which they took part, with the broadcasting of the other semi-final being optional. The draw for the semi-
final allocation occurred in the Belgrade City Hall on Monday 28 January 2008 at 13:00 CET and was conducted by the hosts of the
contest Jovana Jankovi
eljko Joksimovi. First, two envelopes with 'Semi-Final 1' and 'Semi-Final 2' were drawn. Then, three countries from each pot were
chosen randomly to take part in the first semi-final and the other three in the second one. The country left in Pot 5 took part in the first
envelope that is drawn. While, the country left in Pot 6 in the second one.[19]

The automatic finalist countries chose whether they would broadcast both semi-finals or just one, but viewers from these countries
Aleksandar Josipovi as part
could only vote in one. From the draw conducted, it was decided which of the five finalist countries would broadcast and have voting
of the opening act of the 2nd
rights in either of the events. The semi-finals were webcast live through Eurovision.tv.[20] The top nine songs from the televoting Semi-Final
qualified for the final, and a tenth was determined by the back-up juries. Twenty-five songs competed in the final.[21]

Semi-final allocation

On 24 January 2008, all 38 countries in the semi-finals were separated into the following pots based on voting history and geographical location:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Albania Denmark Belgium Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Bulgaria Ireland Belarus Czech
Croatia Finland Cyprus Latvia Georgia Republic
Macedonia Iceland Greece Lithuania Israel Hungary
Montenegro Norway Netherlands Portugal Moldova Malta
Slovenia Sweden Turkey Romania Russia Poland
Ukraine San Marino
Switzerland

Running order

The draw to decide the running order of the songs in each Semi-Final and the Final was conducted at the Heads of Delegation meeting on 17 March 2008.[22]

Participating countries
On 21 December 2007, the EBU confirmed that 43 countries would be present in Belgrade.[23] San Marino, as well as the
newest EBU member, Azerbaijan, made its debut at the 2008 contest. Austria did not compete; its broadcaster, ORF, said
"we've already seen in 2007 that it's not the quality of the song, but the country of origin that determines the decision."[4] Italy,
which had not competed since 1997, and which would have been an automatic finalist, was again absent. Slovakia was absent
due to budget problems.

The following countries competed in two semi-finals which were broadcast live on Tuesday 20 May and Thursday 22 May
2008. In addition to this, automatic finalists Germany and Spain exercised voting rights at the first semi-final. France, the
United Kingdom and Serbia exercised voting rights at the second semi-final. Spain and France each broadcast only the semi-
final in which they participated; Germany, Serbia and the UK screened both semi-finals (with Germany broadcasting on a
delay). Countries in the first semi-final
Countries in the second semi-
Results final
Countries voting in the first
Semi-final 1 semi-final
Countries voting in the second
The first semi-final was held on 20 May 2008.
semi-final
Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final.
Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[24] Place Points

01 Montenegro Stefan Filipovi "Zauvijek volim te" Montenegrin 14 23
02 Israel Boaz Ma'uda "The Fire in Your Eyes" Hebrew, English 5 104
03 Estonia Kreisiraadio "Leto svet" Serbian, German, Finnish 18 8
04 Moldova Geta Burlacu "A Century of Love" English 12 36
05 San Marino Miodio "Complice" Italian 19 5
06 Belgium Ishtar "O Julissi" Imaginary 17 16
07 Azerbaijan Elnur and Samir "Day After Day" English 6 96
08 Slovenia Rebeka Dremelj "Vrag naj vzame" Slovene 11 36
09 Norway Maria Haukaas Storeng "Hold On Be Strong" English 4 106
10 Poland Isis Gee "For Life" English 10 42
11 Ireland Dustin the Turkey "Irelande Douze Pointe" English, French [A] 15 22
12 Andorra Gisela "Casanova" English, Catalan 16 22
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Laka "Pokuaj" Bosnian 9 72
14 Armenia Sirusho "Ql, Ql" ( ) English, Armenian 2 139
15 Netherlands Hind "Your Heart Belongs to Me" English 13 27
16 Finland Tersbetoni "Miss miehet ratsastaa" Finnish 8 79
17 Romania Nico and Vlad "Pe-o margine de lume" Romanian, Italian 7 94
18 Russia Dima Bilan "Believe" English 3 135
19 Greece Kalomira "Secret Combination" English 1 156

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 22 May 2008

The United Kingdom, France and Serbia voted in this semi-final.
Flax denotes the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[24] Place Points

01 Iceland Euroband "This Is My Life" English 8 68
02 Sweden Charlotte Perrelli "Hero" English 12 54
03 Turkey Mor ve tesi "Deli" Turkish 7 85
04 Ukraine Ani Lorak "Shady Lady" English 1 152
05 Lithuania Jeronimas Milius "Nomads in the Night" English 16 30
06 Albania Olta Boka "Zemrn e lam peng" Albanian 9 67
07 Switzerland Paolo Meneguzzi "Era stupendo" Italian 13 47
08 Czech Republic Tereza Kerndlov "Have Some Fun" English 18 9
09 Belarus Ruslan Alekhno "Hasta la Vista" English [B] 17 27
10 Latvia Pirates of the Sea "Wolves of the Sea" English 6 86
11 Croatia Kraljevi ulice and 75 cents "Romanca" Croatian 4 112
12 Bulgaria Deep Zone and Balthazar "DJ, Take Me Away" English 11 56
13 Denmark Simon Mathew "All Night Long" English 3 112
14 Georgia Diana Gurtskaya "Peace Will Come" English 5 107
15 Hungary Cszy "Candlelight" English, Hungarian 19 6
16 Malta Morena "Vodka" English [C] 14 38
17 Cyprus Evdokia Kadi "Femme Fatale" Greek 15 36
18 Macedonia Tamara, Vrak & Adrian "Let Me Love You" English 10 64
19 Portugal Vnia Fernandes "Senhora do mar (Negras guas)" Portuguese 2 120
Final

The finalists were:

the big four France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom
the host country Serbia
the top nine countries from the first semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries (marked in flax)
the top nine countries from the second semi-final plus one wildcard from the juries (marked in flax)

The final was held on 24 May 2008 and was won by Russia.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[24] Place Points

01 Romania Nico and Vlad "Pe-o margine de lume" Romanian, Italian 20 45
02 United Kingdom Andy Abraham "Even If" English 25 [D] 14
03 Albania Olta Boka "Zemrn e lam peng" Albanian 17 55
04 Germany No Angels "Disappear" English 23 [D] 14
05 Armenia Sirusho "Ql, Ql" ( ) English, Armenian 4 199
06 Bosnia and Herzegovina Laka "Pokuaj" Bosnian 10 110
07 Israel Boaz Ma'uda "The Fire in Your Eyes" Hebrew, English 9 124
08 Finland Tersbetoni "Miss miehet ratsastaa" Finnish 22 35
09 Croatia Kraljevi Ulice and 75 cents "Romanca" Croatian 21 44
10 Poland Isis Gee "For Life" English 24 [D] 14
11 Iceland Euroband "This Is My Life" English 14 64
12 Turkey Mor ve tesi "Deli" Turkish 7 138
13 Portugal Vnia Fernandes "Senhora do mar (Negras guas)" Portuguese 13 69
14 Latvia Pirates of the Sea "Wolves of the Sea" English 12 83
15 Sweden Charlotte Perrelli "Hero" English 18 47
16 Denmark Simon Mathew "All Night Long" English 15 60
17 Georgia Diana Gurtskaya "Peace Will Come" English 11 83
18 Ukraine Ani Lorak "Shady Lady" English 2 230
19 France Sbastien Tellier "Divine" English, French 19 47
20 Azerbaijan Elnur and Samir "Day After Day" English 8 132
21 Greece Kalomira "Secret Combination" English 3 218
22 Spain Rodolfo Chikilicuatre "Baila el Chiki-chiki" Spanish, English 16 55
23 Serbia Jelena Tomaevi feat. Bora Dugi "Oro" () Serbian 6 160
24 Russia Dima Bilan "Believe" English 1 272
25 Norway Maria Haukaas Storeng "Hold On Be Strong" English 5 182

Voting during the final

The voting order and spokespersons during the final were as follows:[25]
Iceland Brynja orgeirsdttir
1. United Kingdom Carrie Grant[26] 17. France Cyril Hanouna[35] 31. Ireland Niamh Kavanagh[43]
(UK representative in the 1983 Contest as part of 18. Romania Alina Sorescu (Winner of the 1993 and representative in the 2010
Sweet Dreams ) 19. Portugal Sabrina[36] Contest)
2. Macedonia Ognen Janeski[27] (Portuguese representative in the 2007 Contest ) 32. Switzerland Ccile Bhler[44]
3. Ukraine Marysya Horobets 20. Norway Stian Barsnes Simonsen 33. Azerbaijan Leyla Aliyeva[45]
4. Germany Thomas Hermanns[28] (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (Co-Presenter of the 2012 Contest )
5. Estonia Sahlene[29] 2004) 34. Greece Alexis Kostalas[46]
(Estonian representative in the 2002 Contest ) 21. Hungary va Novodomszky 35. Finland Mikko Leppilampi[47]
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina Melina 22. Andorra Alfred Llah (Co-Presenter of the 2007 Contest )
Garibovi[30] 23. Poland Radek Brzzka[37] 36. Croatia Barbara Kolar
7. Albania Leon Menkshi 24. Slovenia Peter Poles[38] 37. Sweden Bjrn Gustafsson[48]
8. Belgium Sandrine van Handenhoven[31] 25. Armenia Hrachuhi Utmazyan 38. Belarus Olga Barabanschikova
9. San Marino Roberto Moretti 26. Czech Republic Petra ubrtov 39. Lithuania - Rolandas Vilkonius
10. Latvia Kristne Virsnte[32] 27. Spain Ainhoa Arbizu[39] 40. Russia Oxana Fedorova
11. Bulgaria Valentina Voykova 28. Netherlands Esther Hart[40] 41. Montenegro Nina Radulovi[33]
12. Serbia Duica Spasi[33] (Dutch representative in the 2003 Contest ) 42. Georgia Tika Patsatsia[49]
13. Israel Noa Barak-Weshler 29. Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan[41] 43. Denmark Maria Montell
14. Cyprus Hristina Marouhou[34] 30. Malta Moira Delia[42]
15. Moldova Vitalie Rotaru (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
16. Iceland Brynja orgeirsdttir 2014)

Scoreboards
Semi-final 1
 Televoting Results

Montenegro 23 1 10 12
Israel 104 5 2 7 10 4 10 4 7 5 7 6 10 6 8 5 4 4
Estonia 8 1 7
Moldova 36 5 5 1 6 10 5 4
San Marino 5 2 3
Belgium 16 6 10
Azerbaijan 96 3 5 4 10 5 2 10 5 8 3 2 4 5 7 10 7 8
Slovenia 36 10 2 2 1 2 10 4 1 2 2
Norway 106 4 6 8 3 7 1 7 2 7 8 10 4 8 5 12 4 7 1 2
Poland 42 10 3 2 12 1 2 3 1 5 3
Ireland 22 1 3 7 4 1 2 1 2 1
Andorra 22 4 3 1 1 1 12
Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 12 1 6 4 12 12 3 7 8 7
Armenia 139 6 10 2 5 8 12 5 3 12 2 3 6 12 4 5 12 12 10 10
Netherlands 27 1 3 8 2 7 3 3
Finland 79 2 12 8 4 2 3 6 5 6 12 1 4 6 2 6
Romania 94 8 12 6 6 6 6 5 3 7 6 5 3 1 1 8 3 8
Russia 135 8 12 10 7 3 8 7 8 8 4 4 7 12 2 6 8 10 6 5
Greece 156 7 7 5 4 12 10 12 8 4 6 10 5 8 10 8 3 12 6 12 7

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the first semi-final:

N. Contestant Voting nation

5 Armenia Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Russia
4 Greece Azerbaijan, Germany, Romania, San Marino
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro, Norway, Slovenia
Russia Armenia, Israel
2
Finland Andorra, Estonia
Andorra Spain
Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Norway Finland
Poland Ireland
Romania Moldova

Semi-final 2

Televoting Results

Iceland 68 10 3 1 2 5 4 1 2 10 7 5 1 5 8 4
Sweden 54 8 2 3 1 3 12 1 7 4 3 1 3 6
Turkey 85 6 5 12 7 3 7 8 5 4 8 10 10
Ukraine 152 6 3 12 7 1 12 12 6 7 12 7 12 8 8 10 6 12 3 8
Lithuania 30 12 10 8
Albania 67 1 7 8 3 10 1 5 10 12 2 5 3
Switzerland 47 10 5 5 12 7 1 7
Czech Republic 9 1 2 1 5
Belarus 27 10 6 5 4 2
Latvia 86 7 8 2 12 5 6 6 1 6 6 6 4 10 2 5
Croatia 112 4 4 5 7 5 3 6 3 7 7 6 3 8 10 6 10 6 2 10
Bulgaria 56 5 6 6 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 8 7 1 6 5
Denmark 112 12 12 4 8 4 5 10 4 8 3 2 3 12 4 5 3 8 4 1
Georgia 107 2 1 10 12 10 8 10 10 4 2 10 12 2 7 7
Hungary 6 1 1 4
Malta 38 3 8 6 4 4 3 4 4 2
Cyprus 36 4 2 2 8 2 5 1 12
Macedonia 64 2 7 7 8 4 12 10 2 12
Portugal 120 10 5 8 4 6 12 7 8 3 8 5 7 6 3 3 12 6 7

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the second semi-final:

N. Contestant Voting nation

6 Ukraine Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Portugal, Turkey
3 Denmark Hungary, Iceland, Sweden
Georgia Cyprus, Ukraine
2 Macedonia Croatia, Serbia
Portugal France, Switzerland
Albania Macedonia
Cyprus United Kingdom
Latvia Lithuania
1 Lithuania Latvia
Sweden Denmark
Switzerland Malta
Turkey Albania

Final

Televoting Results

Romania 45 1 6 3 12 4 4 12 3
United
14 6 8
Kingdom
Albania 55 12 1 3 4 1 8 1 10 8 7
Germany 14 12 2
Armenia 199 1 7 6 6 2 12 8 8 5 8 10 2 1 12 4 12 5 12 10 12 10 12 2 7 12 1 12

Bosnia and
110 5 5 12 2 10 10 1 7 6 2 7 3 6 12 10 10 2
Herzegovina
Israel 124 5 3 5 4 5 10 2 7 2 6 6 6 3 3 5 3 6 3 1 7 1 8 2 4 3 6 5 3
Finland 35 10 1 7 4 4 2 7
Croatia 44 2 1 2 10 5 3 1 3 8 2 3 1 2 1
Poland 14 4 10

Iceland 64 6 2 4 7 8 4 6 7 8 12
Turkey 138 8 7 4 10 8 10 10 4 5 10 8 2 5 10 6 12 4 3 2 6 4
Portugal 69 3 4 6 5 1 6 8 10 8 5 10 3
Latvia 83 10 7 4 8 2 3 2 7 12 4 3 10 3 2 6
Sweden 47 2 3 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 12 5 1 8

Denmark 60 3 3 2 7 12 5 12 2 2 4 1 5 2
Georgia 83 8 5 8 2 7 3 1 10 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 7
Ukraine 230 5 4 4 3 8 1 10 7 6 10 6 7 5 3 12 6 6 10 2 5 8 7 8 10 6 10 6 3 7 10 6 8 4 10 7
France 47 2 6 3 8 1 3 1 4 2 4 8 5
Azerbaijan 132 8 10 1 7 4 3 3 8 2 12 7 7 1 10 2 12 3 8 7 10 7

Greece 218 12 3 2 12 1 7 12 8 12 10 8 5 12 4 3 12 8 8 3 6 8 5 3 6 7 2 4 5 6 5 1 2 3 6 4 3
Spain 55 1 1 4 4 5 10 12 1 3 4 8 1 1
Serbia 160 10 8 12 5 4 5 1 2 7 7 6 7 4 12 3 6 8 1 12 2 5 10 6 1 4 12
Russia 272 6 12 7 12 4 6 3 12 6 10 12 8 10 1 10 6 5 10 5 6 7 12 7 5 1 5 8 5 8 7 10 6 12 12 8 8
Norway 182 7 6 8 2 7 2 7 6 1 4 7 5 10 5 2 4 1 8 7 6 4 2 3 7 5 2 12 1 12 5 4 5 5 10
Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

 N. Contestant Voting nation
8 Armenia Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Russia
7 Russia Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine
6 Greece Albania, Cyprus, Germany, Romania, San Marino, United Kingdom
4 Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
Azerbaijan Hungary, Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia, Serbia
2 Denmark Iceland, Norway
Norway Finland, Sweden
Romania Moldova, Spain
Albania Macedonia
Germany Bulgaria
Iceland Denmark
Latvia Ireland
1
Spain Andorra
Sweden Malta
Turkey Azerbaijan
Ukraine Portugal

Other Awards
Marcel Bezenon Awards

The Marcel Bezenon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final.
Founded by Christer Bjrkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey
(member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezenon.[50]
For the only time, the awards were divided into 4 categories; Press Award; Poplight Fan Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[51]

Final
Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Points
result
Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris
Artists Award Ukraine "Shady Lady" Ani Lorak Kontopoulos 2nd 230
(Voted by previous winners )
Karen Kavaleryan
Andrei Tudor
Composer Award "Pe-o margine de lume" Nico and Vlad 20th 45
Romania Andreea Andrei, Adina uteu
Poplight Fan Award
H.A. Der-Hovagimian
(voted by fans on the Swedish website "Ql, Ql" Sirusho 4th 199
Armenia Sirusho
poplight.se )[52]
"Senhora do mar (Negras Vnia Andrej Babi
Press Award 13th 69
Portugal guas)" Fernandes Carlos Coelho

OGAE

Organisation Gnrale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna,
Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.[53] The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-
governmental, non-political, and non-profitable company.[54] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing
members from different clubs around the world to vote for their favourite songs of the 2008 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been
cast.[55]

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) OGAE result

Sweden "Hero" Charlotte Perrelli Bobby Ljunggren, Fredrik Kempe 308
Switzerland "Era stupendo" Paolo Meneguzzi Paolo Meneguzzi, Mattias Brnn, Vincenzo Incenzo 216
Serbia "Oro" Jelena Tomaevi feat. Bora Dugi eljko Joksimovi, Dejan Ivanovi 178
Iceland "This Is My Life" Eurobandi rlygur Smri, Paul Oscar, Peter Fenner
145
Norway "Hold On Be Strong" Maria Haukaas Storeng Mira Craig

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each
year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed dress.

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)

Andorra "Casanova" Gisela Jordi Cubino

Broadcasting
Semi-finals broadcasts
As stated above, a country only has to broadcast the final and the semi-final when it is one of the competitors or voters. The United Kingdom,[56] San Marino, Greece,
Croatia,[57] Ireland, Germany,[58] the Netherlands,[59] Norway,[60] Malta,[61] Serbia,[62] Finland,[63] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[64] Denmark,[65] Portugal,[66]
Cyprus,[67] Israel,[68] Estonia,[69] Turkey,[70] Latvia,[71] Slovenia,[72] Russia,[73] Ukraine,[74] Lithuania, the Czech Republic,[75] Andorra,[76] Albania,[77] Bulgaria,
Iceland,[78] Sweden,[79] Romania[80] and Australia confirmed they would broadcast both semi-finals (some in delay and some live).

International broadcasts
Australia
Although Australia was not eligible to enter, the contest was broadcast on SBS. The first semi-final was broadcast on Friday 23 May at 19:30 local time, with the
second semi-final on Saturday 24 May 2008 at 19:30 local time, and the Final on Sunday 25 May 2008 at 19:30 local time,[81] amongst a weekend of
Eurovision-themed programming.[82] SBS local host Julia Zemiro provided introductory and concluding segments with SBS otherwise broadcasting the BBC's
coverage and commentary.[83] In recent years the contest has been one of SBS's highest-rating programmes in terms of viewer numbers.[84] The final rated well
for SBS with 427,000 viewers tuning in for the final with 421,000 for the second semi-final and 272,000 for the first semi-final.[85]

Austria
In Austria, ORF broadcast the contest live and received extremely high TV ratings, despite its withdrawal. However, it did not broadcast the semifinals on 20 and
22 May, though Austrians were able to watch these on German television via ARD.[86]

Italy
No Italian broadcaster proper showed the contest, but San Marinese SMRTV, which broadcast live the full event on both TV and radio, is available in some parts
of Italy: Romagna (and a small part of Emilia, including Bologna), northern Marche, and southern Veneto, including Venice.[87]

Worldwide
A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was available worldwide via satellite through European streams such as TVRi, ERT World, ARMTV, TVE
Internacional, TRT International, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional, RTS Sat and SVT Europa. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live
stream without commentary via the peer to peer medium Octoshape.

High-definition br oadcasts

RTS broadcast the event in 1080i high-definition (HD) and 5.1 Surround Sound. The new high-definition television system was in place at the Belgrade Arena by April
2008.[88] This is the second year that the event was broadcast live in HD. BBC HD broadcast the contest in High Definition in the United Kingdom. Swedish
broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD. Lithuanian broadcaster LRT broadcast both the semi-final and the final in
1080i high-definition (HD) on their channel LTV. The same occurred on Swiss HD channel HD suisse; on this channel viewers were able to choose the language of the
commentary while viewing a semi-final or final of the Eurovision Song Contest. However, all other countries broadcast the show only in standard definition, and the
event will only be available to buy on a standard-definition DVD; it will not be released on HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Roberto Meloni (part of Pirates of the Sea) Latvia 2007 (part of Bonaparti.lv)
Dima Bilan Russia 2006 (Runner-up)
Charlotte Perrelli Sweden 1999 (winner, as Charlotte Nilsson)

Commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Belgrade or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting
information.

Participating countries

The commentators of the 43 participating countries are as follows:

 Country SF1 / SF2 / Final Commentator(s)
Albania All Leon Menkshi (TVSH)
Meri Picart (RTVA)
Andorra All
Josep Llus Trabal (RTVA)
Felix Khacatryan
Armenia All
Hrachuhi Utmazyan
Isa Melikov (ctimai Televiziya v Radio Yaymlar irkti)
Azerbaijan All
Hsniyy Mhrrmova (ctimai Televiziya v Radio Yaymlar irkti)
Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
Belarus All
Alexander Tikhanovich (Belarus 1)
Jean-Pierre Hautier (French, La Une)
Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une)
Patrick Duhamel (French, La Premire)
Corinne Boulangier (French, La Premire)
Belgium[89][90] All
Bart Peeters (Dutch, n)
Andr Vermeulen (Dutch, n)
Michel Follet (Dutch, Radio 2)
Sven Pichal (Dutch, Radio 2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina[91] All Dejan Kukri (BHT1)
Elena Rosberg
Bulgaria All
Georgi Kushvaliev
Croatia[92] All Duko urli
Cyprus[93] All Melina Karageorgiou (RIK 1)
Czech Republic[94] All Kateina Kristelov (T1)
Denmark[95] All Nikolaj Molbech (DR1)
Estonia[29] All Marko Reikop
Jaana Pelkonen (Finnish, YLE TV2)
Mikko Peltola (Finnish, YLE TV2)
Asko Murtomki (Finnish, YLE TV2)
Finland[96] All
Sanna Kojo (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
Jorma Hietamki (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
Thomas Lundin (Swedish, YLE FST5)
Peggy Olmi (France 4)
SF2
Yann Renoard (France 4)
France Jean-Paul Gaultier (France 3)
Final Julien Lepers (France 3)
Franois Kevorkian (France Bleu)
Georgia All Bibi Kvachadze
Peter Urban (Das Erste)[98]
Germany[97] All Tim Frhling (Hessischer Rundfunk)[99]
Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)[100]
Greece[101] All Maggira Sisters (NET)
Hungary[102] SF2 & Final Gbor Gundel-Takcs (M1)
Iceland[103] All Sigmar Gumundsson (Sjnvarpi)
All Marty Whelan (RT One)[106][107]
Ireland[104][105]
All Larry Gogan (RT Radio 1)[108]
Israel All No commentator
Latvia All Krlis Streips
Lithuania All Darius Ukuraitis
Macedonia All Milanka Raik
Malta[109] All Eileen Montesin
Lucia Danu
Moldova All
Vitalie Rotaru
Draen Baukovi (TVCG2)
Montenegro All
Tamara Ivankovi (TVCG2)
Netherlands[110] All Cornald Maas (Nederland 1)
Hanne Hoftun (NRK1)
Norway[111] All
Per Sundnes (NRK1)
Poland[112] All Artur Orzech (TVP1)
Portugal[113] All Isabel Angelino (RTP1)
 Andreea Demirgian (TVR1)
Romania All
Leonard Miron (TVR1)
Dmitry Guberniev(Rossiya 1)
Russia SF1 & Final
Olga Shelest (Rossiya 1)
Gigi Restivo (SMRTV)
San Marino All
Lia Fiorio (SMRTV)
Dragan Ili (RTS1)
Serbia[114] All
Mladen Popovi (RTS1)
Slovenia[115] All Andrej Hofer
Spain[116] SF1 & Final Jos Luis Uribarri (La 1)
Final Carl Bildt (guest) (SVT1)
Kristian Luuk and (SVT1)
Sweden[117][118]
All Josef Sterzenbach (SVT1)
Carolina Norn (SR P3)[119]
German Patrick Hssig (First Semi-Final) and Sven Epiney (Second Semi-Final and Final) (SF zwei)
Switzerland[44][120] French Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (TSR 1)
Italian Sandy Altermatt (RSI La 2)
Turkey[121] All Blend zveren (TRT 1)
Ukraine All Timur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)
Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)
Semi-Finals
Caroline Flack (BBC Three)
United Kingdom[122][123]
Terry Wogan (BBC One)
Final
Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)

Non-participating countries

The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

Country SF1/SF2/Final Commentator(s)

Australia[84] All Julia Zemiro (SBS)
Austria[124] Final Andi Knoll (ORF2)

Official album
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 Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade
featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2008 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand 2008
final.[125]

CD 1
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Casanova" (Andorra) Gisela 2:54
2. "Zemrn e lam peng" (Albania) Olta Boka 2:59
3. "Ql, Ql" (Armenia ) Sirusho 3:01
4. "Day After Day" (Azerbaijan ) Elnur and Samir 3:08
5. "Pokuaj" (Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Laka 3:04
6. "O Julissi" (Belgium ) Ishtar 2:34
7. "DJ, Take Me Away" (Bulgaria ) Deep Zone and Balthazar 3:04
8. "Hasta la Vista" (Belarus) Ruslan Alekhno 3:01 Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
9. "Era stupendo" (Switzerland ) Paolo Meneguzzi 3:07 Released 12 May 2008
10. "Femme Fatale" (Cyprus) Evdokia Kadi 3:00
Genre Pop
11. "Have Some Fun" (Czech Republic ) Tereza Kerndlov 2:58
12. "Disappear" (Germany ) No Angels 3:03 Length 62:49 (CD 1)
13. "All Night Long" (Denmark ) Simon Mathew 2:56 66:10 (CD 2)
14. "Leto svet" (Estonia) Kreisiraadio 2:54 Label EMI, CMC
15. "Baila el Chiki-chiki" (Spain) Rodolfo Chikilicuatre 2:55
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
16. "Miss miehet ratsastaa" (Finland) Tersbetoni 3:02
17. "Divine" (France) Sbastien Tellier 2:56 Eurovision Song Eurovision Eurovision Song
18. "Even If" (United Kingdom ) Andy Abraham 3:05 Contest: Song Contest: Contest: Moscow
19. "Peace Will Come" (Georgia) Diana Gurtskaya 3:04 Helsinki 2007 Belgrade 2008 2009
20. "Secret Combination" (Greece) Kalomira 3:03 (2007) (2008) (2009)
21. "Romanca" (Croatia) Kraljevi ulice and 75 cents 3:01
Total length: 62:49
CD 2
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Candlelight" (Hungary ) Cszy 2:56
2. "Irelande Douze Pointe" (Ireland) Dustin the Turkey 2:57
3. "The Fire in Your Eyes" (Israel) Boaz Ma'uda 3:03
4. "This Is My Life" (Iceland) Euroband 3:03
5. "Nomads in the Night" (Lithuania ) Jeronimas Milius 2:45
 6. "Wolves of the Sea" (Latvia) Pirates of the Sea 3:04
7. "A Century of Love" (Moldova ) Geta Burlacu 3:03
8. "Zauvijek volim te" (Montenegro ) Stefan Filipovi 3:01
9. "Let Me Love You" (Macedonia ) Tamara Todevska, Vrak & Adrian 2:49
10. "Vodka" (Malta) Morena 3:03
11. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" (Netherlands ) Hind 3:03
12. "Hold On Be Strong" (Norway) Maria Haukaas Storeng 3:06
13. "For Life" (Poland) Isis Gee 3:03
14. "Senhora do mar (Negras guas)" (Portugal) Vnia Fernandes 3:04
15. "Pe-o margine de lume" (Romania ) Nico and Vlad 3:03
16. "Oro" (Serbia) Jelena Tomaevi feat. Bora Dugi 3:04
17. "Believe" (Russia) Dima Bilan 3:05
18. "Hero" (Sweden) Charlotte Perrelli 2:58
19. "Vrag naj vzame" (Slovenia ) Rebeka Dremelj 2:54
20. "Complice" (San Marino ) Miodio 3:03
21. "Deli" (Turkey) Mor ve tesi 3:05
22. "Shady Lady" (Ukraine) Ani Lorak 2:58
Total length: 66:10

Notes
A ^ "Irelande Douze Pointe" is mostly inEnglish, but includes words and phrases inFrench, German, Italian and Spanish.
B ^ "Hasta la Vista" is in English, but contains three words inSpanish.
C ^ Vodka" is in English, but also includes 2Russian words excluding 'vodka': /Na zdorovye (Cheers).
D ^ Poland, the United Kingdom and Germany all received a total of 14 points. Whilst the rules of the contest describe mechanisms to break a tie should it be for first place, it is
ambiguous as to whether the procedure applies to other rankings. Should the rules apply
, Germany having received more twelve points than the others would be ranked 23rd, Poland
having scored more ten points than the UK would be ranked 24th, leaving the UK in 25th and last place. A table located at the contest'sficial
of website, Eurovision.tv, shows the ties as
[126]
broken, however in all previous years the same source has shown unbroken ties. Since 2009 the rules have stated that all ties, regardless of position, are now broken.

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