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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Confluence of Sound
Jovana Janković
  • Željko Joksimović
    • Directed bySven Stojanović
    Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
    Executive producerSandra Šuša
    Host broadcasterRadio Television of Serbia (RTS)
    Websiteeurovision.tv/event/belgrade-2008 Edit this at Wikidata
    Participants
    Number of entries43
    Debuting countries
    Returning countriesNone
    Non-returning countries Austria[2]
    • A coloured map of the countries of EuropeBelgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Italy in the Eurovision Song ContestNetherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Monaco in the Eurovision Song ContestLuxembourg in the Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Austria in the Eurovision Song ContestFrance in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Morocco in the Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Slovakia in the Eurovision Song ContestHungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
           Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
    Vote
    Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
    Winning song
    2007 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2009

    The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the annual

    Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović 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 was inspired by Belgrade's location at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.

    Venue

    Belgrade Arena
    , host venue of the 2008 contest.

    Serbia gained the right to host the Contest after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. Since Serbia was the winner of the preceding contest, the 2008 contest was subsequently held there. The Belgrade Arena was chosen as the venue for the contest,[8] and is among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, with a total capacity of 25,000 seats. On 14 September 2007, the Mayor of Helsinki handed over the "Eurovision keys" to the Deputy of Belgrade. This ceremony is meant to be a tradition from the 2008 contest and onward, and the ring contains a key from every city that has ever hosted the competition.[9]

    Due to problems and riots in Belgrade following the unilateral declaration of independence by

    Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (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

    Jovana Janković
    during the first semi-final

    Danube. The logo chosen, a treble clef, formed the graphical basis of the design created by Boris Miljković.[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 postcard a short letter was displayed. All were in the national language of the artist's country, with the exception of the Serbian postcard, which consisted of "Welcome to Belgrade" and "Welcome to Serbia" in various languages and the Belgian postcard which was written in the constructed language the Belgian group performed in. The postcards were brought to an end by a stamp with this year's Eurovision logo.

    According to RTS the stage represented native identities, history and modern themes, symbols and universally recognised messages. The confluence-themed stage also contained a large number of television and

    LCD 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
    .

    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".[citation needed]

    Format

    Aleksandar Josipović as part of the opening act of the 2nd Semi-Final

    At a press conference in Helsinki in May 2007, Svante Stockselius, executive supervisor of the Contest for the EBU, announced that the 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 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.[

    Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović
    .

    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 could only vote in one. From the draw conducted, it was decided which of the five finalist countries would broadcast and have voting rights in either of the events. The semi-finals were webcast live through Eurovision.tv.[20] The top nine songs from the televoting 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

    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

      Countries in the first semi-final
      Countries in the second semi-final
      Countries voting in the first semi-final
      Countries voting in the second semi-final

    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."[2] 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).

    Results

    Semi-final 1

    • The first semi-final was held on 20 May 2008.
    • 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 Filipović "
    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 "
    Pokušaj
    "     		Bosnian 9 72
    14  Armenia Sirusho "
    Qélé, Qélé
    " (Քելե Քելե)     		English,
    Armenian
    		 2 139
    15  Netherlands Hind "
    Your Heart Belongs to Me
    "     		English 13 27
    16  Finland Teräsbetoni "
    Missä miehet ratsastaa
    "     		Finnish 8 79
    17  Romania
    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[25] Points
    01  Iceland Euroband "
    This Is My Life
    "     		English 8 68
    02  Sweden Charlotte Perrelli "Hero" English 12 54
    03  Turkey
    Mor ve Ötesi
    		 "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 "Zemrën e lamë peng" Albanian 9 67
    07   Switzerland Paolo Meneguzzi "
    Era stupendo
    "     		Italian 13 47
    08  Czech Republic Tereza Kerndlová "
    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
    75 cents
    		 "
    Romanca
    "     		Croatian 4 112
    12  Bulgaria
    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 Csézy "
    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, Vrčak & Adrian "
    Let Me Love You
    "     		English 10 64
    19  Portugal Vânia Fernandes "
    Senhora do mar (Negras águas)
    "     		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
    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 "Zemrën e lamë peng" Albanian 17 55
    04  Germany No Angels "Disappear" English 23 [D] 14
    05  Armenia Sirusho "
    Qélé, Qélé
    " (Քելե Քելե)     		English,
    Armenian
    		 4 199
    06  Bosnia and Herzegovina Laka "
    Pokušaj
    "     		Bosnian 10 110
    07  Israel
    Boaz Ma'uda
    		 "
    The Fire in Your Eyes
    "     		Hebrew, English 9 124
    08  Finland Teräsbetoni "
    Missä miehet ratsastaa
    "     		Finnish 22 35
    09  Croatia
    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 Ötesi
    		 "Deli" Turkish 7 138
    13  Portugal Vânia Fernandes "
    Senhora do mar (Negras águas)
    "     		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 Sébastien 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 Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić "
    Oro
    " (Оро)     		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:[26]

    1.  United Kingdom – Carrie Grant[27]
      (UK representative in the 1983 Contest as part of Sweet Dreams)
    2.  
      Macedonia – Ognen Janeski[28]
    3.  Ukraine – Marysya Horobets
    4.  Germany – Thomas Hermanns[29]
    5.  
      Sahlene[30]
      (Estonian representative in the 2002 Contest
      )
    6.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Melina Garibović[31]
    7.  Albania – Leon Menkshi
    8.  Belgium – Sandrine van Handenhoven[32]
    9.  San Marino – Roberto Moretti
    10.  Latvia – Kristīne Virsnīte[33]
    11.  Bulgaria – Valentina Voykova
    12.  Serbia – Dušica Spasić[34]
    13.  Israel – Noa Barak-Weshler
    14.  Cyprus – Hristina Marouhou[35]
    15.  Moldova – Vitalie Rotaru
    16.  Iceland – Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir
    17.  France – Cyril Hanouna[36]
    18.  Romania – Alina Sorescu
    19.  
      Sabrina[37]
      (Portuguese representative in the 2007 Contest
      )
    20.  
      Stian Barsnes Simonsen
      (Co-Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
      )
    21.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
    22.  Andorra – Alfred Llahí
    23.  Poland – Radek Brzózka[38]
    24.  Slovenia – Peter Poles[39]
    25.  Armenia – Hrachuhi Utmazyan
    26.  Czech Republic – Petra Šubrtová
    27.  Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu[40]
    28.  Netherlands – Esther Hart[41]
      (Dutch representative in the 2003 Contest)
    29.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan[42]
    30.  Malta – Moira Delia[43]
      (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014)
    31.  Ireland – Niamh Kavanagh[44]
      (Winner of the 1993 and representative in the 2010 Contest)
    32.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler[45]
    33.  Azerbaijan – Leyla Aliyeva[46]
      (Co-Presenter of the 2012 Contest)
    34.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas[47]
    35.  Finland – Mikko Leppilampi[48]
      (Co-Presenter of the 2007 Contest)
    36.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
    37.  Sweden – Björn Gustafsson[49]
    38.  Belarus – Olga Barabanschikova
    39.  Lithuania - Rolandas Vilkončius
    40.  Russia – Oxana Fedorova
    41.  Montenegro – Nina Radulović[34]
    42.  Georgia – Tika Patsatsia[50]
    43.  Denmark – Maria Montell

    Scoreboards

    Semi-final 1

    Televoting Results
    Total Score Montenegro Israel Estonia Moldova San Marino Belgium Azerbaijan Slovenia Norway Poland Ireland Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Armenia Netherlands Finland Romania Russia Greece Germany Spain
    Contestants 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
    2
    Russia Armenia, Israel
    Finland Andorra, Estonia
    1
    Andorra Spain
    Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Norway Finland
    Poland Ireland
    Romania Moldova

    Semi-final 2

    Televoting Results
    Total Score Iceland Sweden Turkey Ukraine Lithuania Albania Switzerland Czech Republic Belarus Latvia Croatia Bulgaria Denmark Georgia Hungary Malta Cyprus Macedonia Portugal France Serbia United Kingdom
    Contestants 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
    2
    Georgia Cyprus, Ukraine
    Macedonia Croatia, Serbia
    Portugal France, Switzerland
    1
    Albania Macedonia
    Cyprus United Kingdom
    Latvia Lithuania
    Lithuania Latvia
    Sweden Denmark
    Switzerland Malta
    Turkey Albania

    Final

    Televoting Results
    Total Score United Kingdom Macedonia Ukraine Germany Estonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Albania Belgium San Marino Latvia Bulgaria Serbia Israel Cyprus Moldova Iceland France Romania Portugal Norway Hungary Andorra Poland Slovenia Armenia Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Turkey Malta Ireland Switzerland Azerbaijan Greece Finland Croatia Sweden Belarus Lithuania Russia Montenegro Georgia Denmark
    Contestants Romania 45 1 6 3 12 4 4 12 3
    United Kingdom 14 6 8
    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 Herzegovina 110 5 5 12 2 10 10 1 7 6 2 7 3 6 12 10 10 2
    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
    2 Azerbaijan Hungary, Turkey
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia, Serbia
    Denmark Iceland, Norway
    Norway Finland, Sweden
    Romania Moldova, Spain
    1 Albania Macedonia
    Germany Bulgaria
    Iceland Denmark
    Latvia Ireland
    Spain Andorra
    Sweden Malta
    Turkey Azerbaijan
    Ukraine Portugal

    Other Awards

    Marcel Bezençon Awards

    The

    Tallinn, Estonia
    honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by
    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 Bezençon.[51] For the only time, the awards were divided into 4 categories; Press Award; Poplight Fan Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[52]

    Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
    Artists Award
    (Voted by previous winners)     		 Ukraine "Shady Lady" Ani Lorak Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos
    Karen Kavaleryan     		2nd 230
    Composer Award  Romania "Pe-o margine de lume" Nico and Vlad Andrei Tudor
    Andreea Andrei, Adina Şuteu     		20th 45
    Poplight Fan Award
    (voted by fans on the Swedish website poplight.se)[53]     		 Armenia "
    Qélé, Qélé
    "     		Sirusho H.A. Der-Hovagimian
    Sirusho     		4th 199
    Press Award  Portugal "
    Senhora do mar (Negras águas)
    "     		Vânia Fernandes Andrej Babić
    Carlos Coelho     		13th 69

    OGAE

    Further information: OGAE

    Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in

    non-political, and non-profitable company.[55] 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.[56]

    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 Brånn, Vincenzo Incenzo 216
     Serbia "
    Oro
    "     		Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić Željko Joksimović, Dejan Ivanović 178
     Iceland "
    This Is My Life
    "     		Eurobandið Örlygur Smári, Paul Oscar, Peter Fenner 145
     Norway "Hold On Be Strong"
    Maria Haukaas Storeng
    		 Mira Craig

    Barbara Dex Award

    Further information: 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,

    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,[57] San Marino, Greece, Croatia,[58] Ireland, Germany,[59] the Netherlands,[60] Norway,[61] Malta,[62] Serbia,[63] Finland,[64] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[65] Denmark,[66] Portugal,[67] Cyprus,[68] Israel,[69] Estonia,[30] 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
    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
    peer to peer medium Octoshape
    .

    High-definition broadcasts

    RTS broadcast the event in 1080i

    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
    TVSH
    )
     Andorra All
    RTVA
    )
    Josep Lluís Trabal (
    RTVA
    )
     Armenia All Felix Khacatryan
    Hrachuhi Utmazyan
     Azerbaijan All Isa Melikov (
    İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti
    )
    Hüsniyyə Məhərrəmova (
    İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti
    )
     Belarus All Denis Kurian (
    Belarus 1
    )
    Alexander Tikhanovich (
    Belarus 1
    )
     Belgium[89][90] All Jean-Pierre Hautier (French, La Une)
    Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une)
    Patrick Duhamel (French, La Première)
    Corinne Boulangier (French, La Première)
    één
    )
    één
    )
    Michel Follet (Dutch, Radio 2)
    Sven Pichal (Dutch, Radio 2)
     Bosnia and Herzegovina[91] All
    BHT1
    )
     Bulgaria All Elena Rosberg
    Georgi Kushvaliev
     Croatia[92] All
    Duško Čurlić
     Cyprus[93] All Melina Karageorgiou (RIK 1)
     Czech Republic[94] All Kateřina Kristelová (ČT1)
     Denmark[95] All Nikolaj Molbech (DR1)
     Estonia[30] All Marko Reikop
     Finland[96] All
    YLE TV2
    )
    Mikko Peltola (Finnish,
    YLE TV2
    )
    YLE TV2
    )
    Sanna Kojo (Finnish,
    YLE Radio Suomi
    )
    Jorma Hietamäki (Finnish,
    YLE Radio Suomi
    )
    YLE FST5
    )
     France SF2 Peggy Olmi (France 4)
    Yann Renoard (France 4)
    Final
    Jean-Paul Gaultier (France 3
    )
    Julien Lepers (France 3)
    François Kevorkian (France Bleu)
     Georgia All Bibi Kvachadze
     Germany[97] All Peter Urban (Das Erste)[98]
    Tim Frühling (Hessischer Rundfunk)[99]
    NDR 2)[100]
     Greece[101] All
    NET
    )
     Hungary[102] SF2 & Final Gábor Gundel-Takács (M1)
     Iceland[103] All Sigmar Guðmundsson (
    Sjónvarpið
    )
     Ireland[104][105] All Marty Whelan (RTÉ One)[106][107]
    All Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)[108]
     Israel All No commentator
     Latvia All Kārlis Streips
     Lithuania All Darius Užkuraitis
     
    Macedonia
         		All Milanka Rašik
     Malta[109] All Eileen Montesin
     Moldova All Lucia Danu
    Vitalie Rotaru
     Montenegro All Dražen Bauković (
    TVCG2
    )
    Tamara Ivanković (
    TVCG2
    )
     Netherlands[110] All
    Nederland 1
    )
     Norway[111] All Hanne Hoftun (NRK1)
    Per Sundnes (NRK1)
     Poland[112] All Artur Orzech (TVP1)
     Portugal[113] All Isabel Angelino (RTP1)
     Romania All Andreea Demirgian (
    TVR1
    )
    TVR1
    )
     Russia SF1 & Final Dmitry Guberniev(
    Rossiya 1
    )
    Olga Shelest (
    Rossiya 1
    )
     San Marino All Gigi Restivo (
    SMRTV
    )
    Lia Fiorio (
    SMRTV
    )
     Serbia[114] All
    RTS1
    )
    Mladen Popović (
    RTS1
    )
     Slovenia[115] All Andrej Hofer
     Spain[116] SF1 & Final
    La 1
    )
     Sweden[117][118] Final Carl Bildt (guest) (SVT1)
    All Kristian Luuk and (SVT1)
    Josef Sterzenbach (SVT1)
    Carolina Norén (
    SR P3)[119]
      Switzerland[45][120] German Patrick Hässig (First Semi-Final) and Sven Epiney (Second Semi-Final and Final) (
    SF zwei
    )
    French Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (
    TSR 1
    )
    Italian Sandy Altermatt (RSI La 2)
     Turkey[121] All Bülend Özveren (TRT 1)
     Ukraine All
    First National TV Channel
    )
     United Kingdom[122][123] Semi-Finals Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)
    Caroline Flack (BBC Three)
    Final Terry Wogan (BBC One)
    Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
    Non-participating countries

    The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

    Country SF1/SF2/Final Commentator(s)
    Australia Australia[84] All Julia Zemiro (SBS)
     Austria[124] Final
    ORF2
    )

    Official album

    Untitled

    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.[125]

    CD 1
    No.TitleArtistLength
    1."
    75 cents
    		3:01
    Total length:62:49
    CD 2
    No.TitleArtistLength
    1."
    Mor ve Ötesi
    		3:05
    22."Shady Lady" (Ukraine)Ani Lorak2:58
    Total length:66:10

    Notes

    • A
      English, but includes words and phrases in French, German, Italian and Spanish
      .
    • B ^ "Hasta la Vista" is in English, but contains three words in Spanish.
    • C ^ Vodka" is in English, but also includes 2 Russian words excluding 'vodka': На здоровье/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's official website, Eurovision.tv, shows the ties as 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.[126]

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