Andorra participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song „La teva decisió (Get a Life)“ written by Susanne Georgi, Rune Braager, Lene Dissing, Pernille Georgi, Marcus Winther-John and Josep Roca Vila. The song was performed by Susanne Georgi. The Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (RTVA) organised the national final Passaport a Moscou in order to select the Andorran entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. Three songs performed during the national final on 4 February 2009 where a combination of jury voting and public voting selected „La teva decisió (Get a Life)“ performed by Susanne Georgi as the winner.
Andorra was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 7, „La teva decisió (Get a Life)“ was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Andorra placed fifteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 8 points. As of 2022, this was Andorra’s last entry in the contest following the nation’s withdrawal the following year. The absence has continued in every edition since.
Passaport a Moscou
Passaport a Moscou (Passport to Moscow) was the national final organised by RTVA that selected Andorra’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The competition took place on 4 February 2009 at the Apolo Andorra Hall in Andorra la Vella, hosted by Meri Picart and broadcast on ATV as well as online via the broadcaster’s Eurovision Song Contest website eurovisionandorra.ad.
Competing entries
A submission period was open for artists and composers to submit their entries between 24 October 2008 and 31 December 2008, which was later pushed forward to 1 December 2008.[5] Artists were required to be aged at least 18 and were able to submit up to three songs, at least one of them being in Catalan. Both artists and songwriters could be of any nationality, but those with Andorran citizenship, musical experience and fluency in Catalan, English and French were given priority. A total of 107 submissions were received at the conclusion of the submission period, of which 66 were by foreign artists from eleven countries: twenty-seven from Spain, eight each from France and Lithuania, six from Sweden, four each from Greece and Malta, three from Belgium, two each from Ireland and Israel, and one each from Iceland and the United Kingdom. 64 songs were submitted without an artist attached, 28 artists applied with a song and 15 artists applied without a song. An expert committee shortlisted four of the artists that entered with a song and five from each of the remaining two groups, while an alternate committee selected the three competing entries for the national final, which were announced on 13 December 2008.
On 29 December 2008, „Estrelles d’or“, written by Marc Durandeau and performed by Durandeau and Marc Canturri, was disqualified from the national final and replaced with the song „Passió obsessiva“ performed by Mar Capdevila due to similarities with Durandeau’s submitted song for the 2008 Spanish national final „Estrellas en azul“. Prior to the national final, RTVA broadcast three presentation shows on 14, 21 and 28 January 2009 where the three entries were presented to the public.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mar Capdevila | „Passió obsessiva“ | Josep Roca, José Juan Santana, Gonzalo Vandelvira |
| Lluís Cartes | „Exhaust“ | Lluís Cartes |
| Susanne Georgi | „La teva decisió“ | Susanne Georgi, Rune Braager, Lene Dissing, Pernille Georgi, Marcus Winther-John Josep, Roca Vila |
Final
The final took place on 4 February 2009. Three entries competed and the winner, „La teva decisió“ performed by Susanne Georgi, was selected by the 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and a public vote via SMS that ran between 14 January and 4 February 2009.
Final – 4 February 2009
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury (50%) | Televote (50%) | Total | Place |
| 1 | Susanne Georgi | „La teva decisió“ | 0,47 | 0,66 | 56.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Mar Capdevila | „Passió obsessiva“ | 0,23 | 0,13 | 0,18 | 3 |
| 3 | Lluís Cartes | „Exhaust“ | 0,3 | 0,21 | 25.5% | 2 |