Facts & Figures Date Saturday 16 May 2009 Location Olimpiysky Arena Moscow, Russia Broadcaster Channel One (C1R) Hosts Ivan Urgant & Alsou Abramova Executive Producer Yury Aksyuta EBU Scrutineer Svante Stockselius Director Andrei Boltenko Opening act Cirque du Soleil performance (Prodigal Son), Dima Bilan with „Believe“ Interval act Fuerza Bruta performance Winner Alexander Rybak from…
Facts & Figures Date Saturday 24 May 2008 Location [flag=rs]Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia Broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) Hosts Jovana Janković & Željko Joksimović Executive Producer Sandra Šuša EBU Scrutineer Svante Stockselius Director Sven Stojanović Opening act Marija Šerifović performing „Molitva“ (remix) and „Tell Me Why“ Interval act Goran Bregović (medley: „Gas gas“, „Napile…
Facts & Figures Date Saturday 12 May 2007 Location [flag=fi]Hartwall Areena – Helsinki, Finland Broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) Hosts Jaana Pelkonen & Mikko Leppilampi, Krisse Salminen (green room) Executive Producer Heikki Seppälä EBU Scrutineer Svante Stockselius Director Timo Suomi Opening act Lordi video from Rovaniemi transitioning into Lordi performing „Hard Rock Hallelujah“ on stage Interval act…
The tension was extremely high on 21st May, 2005 when 24 countries competed to get the crown of Europe’s biggest musical event which took place in Kiev in its 50th edition. Ukrainian TV had decided that the motto for the 2005 contest would be Awakening, following the country’s political shifts the year before.
Facts & Figures Date Thursday 18 May 2006 Location [flag=gr]Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece Broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) Hosts Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas Executive Producer Fotini Yannoulatou EBU Scrutineer Svante Stockselius Director Volker Weicker Opening act „The Mermaid Song“ performed by Foteini Darra accompanied by Greek dancers;„My Number One“ performed by Helena Paparizou…
For the first time ever in the almost 50-year-old history of the Eurovision Song Contest, a Semi-Final was held to ensure that all countries who wanted could participate in the event.
For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Latvia and its capital Riga were the hosts of the event which should feature one of the most exciting votings in recent history,
Tallinn, the beautiful Estonian capital, awaited thousands of journalists and fans to welcome them for the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest which would be won by their neighbouring country Latvia.
A record-breaking 35,000 spectators attended the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, which ended with Estonia being the surprise winner.
A record-breaking 13,000 enthusiastic spectators were ready for the big Final of the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in the Globen Arena in Stockholm. Surprise victory 25 participating countries were intended for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, but Greece decided not to participate, so only 24 took part as the European Broadcasting Union did not find…