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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2009 logo.png
Dates
Semi-final 1	12 May 2009
Semi-final 2	14 May 2009
Final	16 May 2009
Host
Venue	Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
Host broadcaster	C1R
Website	eurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009
Participants
Returning countries	Slovakia
Non-returning countries	Georgia
Participation map

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place between the 12 May and 16 May 2009. It will be held in Russia with the host venue confirmed as the Olympic Indoor Arena within Moscow. Changes in the voting procedure will occur with the re-introduction of a national jury alongside televoting. Thirty-seven countries have confirmed their participation in the contest.

Venue

The contest will be held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with Dima Bilan's "Believe". Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, has stated that the contest will be held in Moscow and it was proposed by the host broadcaster, Channel One, that the contest be held in the Olympic Indoor Arena within Moscow. This proposal was evaluated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and confirmed on 13 September 2008. The Director-General of the venue, Vladimir Churilin refuted rumors of emergency reconstruction of the building, saying: "It will not be required for the Eurovision Song Contest. We now can take up to 25 thousand spectators."

Format

Discussion on the format of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place at a EBU meeting in Athens, Greece in June 2008. A proposal was made that could have resulted in the "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) losing their automatic place in the final of the contest. However, it has been confirmed that the "Big Four" countries will continue to automatically qualify for the final at the 2009 contest.

Voting

In response to some broadcasters' continued complaints about politically charged, neighbourly and diaspora voting, the EBU evaluated the voting procedure used in the contest, with the possibility of a change in the voting system for 2009. Contest organisers sent a questionnaire regarding the voting system to participating broadcasters, and a reference group incorporated the responses into their suggestions for next year's format. Telewizja Polska (TVP), the Polish broadcaster, suggested that an international jury similar to the one used in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest be introduced in the Eurovision Song Contest to lessen the impact of neighbourly voting and place more emphasis on the artistic value of the song. It has since been confirmed that for the contest final, each country's votes will be decided by a combination of televoting results and a national jury, though the exact mix of each component has yet to be confirmed. The method of selecting the semi-final qualifiers will remain the same, however, with nine countries in each semi-final which qualified based on the televoting results, and a tenth coming from the juries. Details on the jury method will be released after another Reference Group meeting in December. National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting becoming mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.

Edgar Böhm, director of entertainment for Austria's public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), has stated that the 2008 format with two semi-finals "still incorporates a mix of countries who will be politically favoured in the voting process," and "that, unless a clear guideline as to how the semifinals are organised is made by the EBU, Austria will not be taking part in Moscow 2009." Despite the inclusion of jury voting in the final, Austria will not return to the contest in 2009, but will broadcast the final on ORF as it did in 2008.

Individual entries

Template:2009 Eurovision Song Contest entries

Participating countries

Thirty-seven countries have confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which will return to the contest after 11 years. Georgia has announced that it is withdrawing from the contest due to the 2008 South Ossetia war in protest of the foreign policies of Russia. Six further countries are undecided on if they will participate, some may boycott the event due to the 2008 South Ossetia War.

Country	Language	Artist	Song
Albania	TBD	TBD	TBA
Andorra	TBD	TBD	TBD
Azerbaijan	TBD	TBD	TBD
Belarus	TBD	TBD	TBD
Belgium	TBD	TBD	TBD
Bosnia and Herzegovina	TBD	TBD	TBD
Bulgaria	TBD	TBD	TBD
Croatia	TBD	TBD	TBA
Cyprus	TBD	TBD	TBA
Czech Republic	TBD	TBD	TBD
Denmark	TBD	TBD	TBA
Estonia	TBD	TBD	TBA
Finland	TBD	TBD	TBA
France	French	TBD	TBD
Germany	TBD	TBD	TBD
Greece	TBD	Sakis Rouvas	TBD
Iceland	TBD	TBD	TBD
Ireland	TBD	TBD	TBD
Latvia	TBD	TBD	TBD
Lithuania	TBD	TBD	TBD
{{country data {{{1}}}	flag link/core	variant =	size =	name =	altvar =	altlink = in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 }}	TBD	TBD	TBD
Malta	TBD	TBD	TBA
Moldova	TBD	TBD	TBD
Netherlands	TBD	De Toppers	TBA
Norway	TBD	TBD	TBA
Portugal	TBD	TBD	TBD
Romania	TBD	TBD	TBA
Russia	TBD	TBD	TBD
Serbia	TBD	TBD	TBA
Slovakia	TBD	TBD	TBD
Slovenia	TBD	TBD	TBD
Spain	TBD	TBD	TBD
Sweden	TBD	TBD	TBA
Switzerland	TBD	TBD	TBD
Turkey	TBD	Hadise	TBD
Ukraine	TBD	TBD	TBD
United Kingdom	English	TBD	TBA

Undecided

 Armenia,  Hungary,  Israel and  Montenegro participated in the 2008 contest, but have made no public announcement yet regarding their participation in the 2009 contest. The following countries are still considering possibility of withdrawing from the contest in 2009 for various reasons:

•  Poland - Telewizja Polska (TVP) will decide in 15th November 2008 if they will participate in the contest in 2009. TVP has confirmed that it is considering withdrawing from the contest, but is waiting to review any changes the EBU makes to the show's format or voting procedure. Poland's victory in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest and its evaluation on whether to host the 2009 Eurovision Dance Contest will also be a factor in TVP's decision. Aneta Wrona, a spokesperson for TVP, stated that Poland's participation or withdrawal in next year's contest will have nothing to do with the political situation between Russia and Georgia. No word as of yet has come from TVP over their participation at the contest after the announcement of a jury system in the final.
•  San Marino - Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (San Marino RTV) will decide by the end of 2008 whether they will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time. The Sammarinese Minister of Youth has commented that they have "good hopes" of returning to the Eurovision Song Contest.

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External links

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