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The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
. It was won by Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
  and was held at the Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena

Hartwall Areena is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. The arena Naming rights from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, based in Helsinki....
 in Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE. Finland earned the right to host the event after heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band Lordi
Lordi

Lordi is a Glam rock/Hard rock/heavy metal music band from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992, however, the band was not formed until 1996 in music by Tomi Putaansuu of Helsinki, Finland....
's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex#Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 18 May and 20 May 2006 ....
. It was the first time the Contest had been held in Finland. A budget of
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo
Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, Turku
Turku

Turku is a List of towns in Finland situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland....
 and Tampere
Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
.






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The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
. It was won by Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
  and was held at the Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena

Hartwall Areena is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. The arena Naming rights from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, based in Helsinki....
 in Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE. Finland earned the right to host the event after heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band Lordi
Lordi

Lordi is a Glam rock/Hard rock/heavy metal music band from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992, however, the band was not formed until 1996 in music by Tomi Putaansuu of Helsinki, Finland....
's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex#Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 18 May and 20 May 2006 ....
. It was the first time the Contest had been held in Finland. A budget of
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo
Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, Turku
Turku

Turku is a List of towns in Finland situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland....
 and Tampere
Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
. The hosts were Finnish television personality Jaana Pelkonen
Jaana Pelkonen

Jaana Pelkonen is a Finland television host....
 and Finnish musician, stage performer and actor Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Leppilampi

Mikko Johannes Leppilampi is a Finland actor and musician who is the son of Jukka Leppilampi , a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium....
. Krisse Salminen
Krisse Salminen

Krisse Salminen is a Finland stand-up comedian and television talkshow hostess. She is the daughter of gameshow host Reijo Salminen. Her shtick is to present herself as a girly girl cow-eyed and raised nose blonde, speaking with an exaggerated, urban, Helsinki-style nasal intonation....
 acted as guest host in the green room
Green room

A green room is a room in a theater, studio, or other public venue for the accommodation of Performing arts or Public speaker when not required on the Stage ....
, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square
Helsinki Senate Square

The Senate Square presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland....
.

A record number of 42 countries participated. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country. The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic
Kaleidoscope

A kaleidoscope is a tube of mirrors containing loose colored beads, pebbles or other small colored objects. The viewer looks in one end and light enters the other end, Reflection off the mirrors....
 patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F. The stage was in the shape of a kantele
Kantele

Kantele is a Finland traditional plucked string instrument. It is related to the Ethnic Russian music gusli, the Latvian kokle, the Lithuanian kankles and the Estonian kannel....
, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme. An official CD and DVD were released (but no HD DVD or Blu-ray, despite the event being broadcast in high definition for the first time). An official fan book was also released.

Format

On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song. The United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five on the 2006 Contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion
Promotion

Promotion may mean:*Promotion *Promotion **Promotional campaign**Promotion **Radio promotion*Promotion *Promotion *Promotion *Promotion and relegation, in league sports...
 tour around Europe, visiting Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by European communications group TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company just launched fiber broadband in Denmark, and is also active in other countries in Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 106 million mobile customers ....
, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare
Nobel Biocare

Nobel Biocare is a company operating in dental implant and aesthetic dental solutions. The headquarters are located in Kloten near Zurich, Switzerland....
.

Individual Entries


Participating countries

Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members
European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 75 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 43 associate broadcasters from a further 25....
 of the EBU.

42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
, Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
, Montenegro
Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
 and Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 all entered the contest for the first time in 2007. Monaco
Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
 announced its withdrawal on 12 December 2006, and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Results


Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET
Central European Time

Central European Time is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in most European and some North African countries....
). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final
Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
01 Bulgarian
Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European languages, a member of the Slavic languages linguistic group.Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from all other Slavic languages except Macedonian language, such as the elimination of grammatical case, the development of a suffixed definite article , the lack of a verb infin...
 
Elitsa Todorova
Elitsa Todorova

Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folklore singer and professional percussionist. She has worked with a number of noted choirs, ensembles and musicians and has participated in concerts in a number of countries....

and Stoyan Yankoulov
Stoyan Yankoulov

Stoyan Yankoulov , known as Stundji , is one of Bulgaria's most popular and renowned drummers and percussionists. Yankoulov makes a great impression with his inspiring improvisations interleaving traditional Bulgarian and other exotic percussion instruments, modern electronic beat, drum n bass, and ethno elements....
 
"Water" - 6 146
02 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 
Teapacks
Teapacks

Teapacks is an Israeli band who formed in 1988 in the southern Israel city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, but the name was then changed so as not to infringe on the well-known brand....
 
"Push the Button" - 24 17
03 French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 
Evridiki
Evridiki

'Evridiki Theokleous' , known professionally as simply 'Evridiki', is a Greek Cypriot Rock music, Pop music, and electro pop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme Ci, Comme ?a'...
 & D. Korgialas
"Comme ci, comme ça
Comme Ci, Comme Ça

"Comme Ci, Comme ?a" was the Cyprus entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in French language by Evridiki. The song was composed by Dimitris Korgialas and written by Poseidonas Giannopoulos....
"
Like This, Like That 15 65
04 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Koldun
Dmitry Koldun

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a Pop music singer from Minsk, Belarus.Koldun participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has been the most successful entrant from Belarus to date....
 
"Work Your Magic
Work Your Magic

"Work Your Magic" is the most successful single released from Dmitry Koldun to date. The song was chosen to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
"
- 4 176
05 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Eiríkur Hauksson
Eiríkur Hauksson

Eir?kur Hauksson is an Icelandic heavy metal music vocalist who is educated as a teacher.Eir?kur is considered to be a talented vocalist, able to adopt various styles....
 
"Valentine Lost
Valentine Lost

"Valentine Lost" was the Iceland entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Eir?kur Hauksson.The song is a ballad, featuring poetic language, in which the singer describes the end of a love affair....
"
- 13 77
06 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Sopho
Sopho Khalvashi

Sopho Khalvashi is a Georgia musical artist. She comes from a family of Laz people origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that Sopho would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 
"Visionary Dream
Visionary Dream

"Visionary Dream" was the Georgia entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Sopho Khalvashi. This was Georgia's debut at the Contest....
"
- 8 123
07 Montenegrin
Montenegrin language

Montenegrin language is the name given to the Ijekavian-Shtokavian dialect spoken in Montenegro. Generally, it is recognized as a variant of the Serbian language, but some Montenegrins refer to their specific dialect as a language on its own....
 
Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy

Stevan Faddy is a Montenegrins singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Suncane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"....
 
"'Ajde, kroci
'Ajde, kroci

"'Ajde, kroci" is the title of the Montenegro entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was sung by Stevan Faddy and selected by televoting in the Montenegrin national final MontenegroSong 2007, where it received 4,749 votes....
"
Come On, Step In 22 33
08 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
DJ Bobo
DJ Bobo

Peter Ren? Baumann better known as DJ BoBo, is a successful Switzerland singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer. DJ BoBo has sold 14 million records world-wide and has released 10 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format....
 
"Vampires Are Alive
Vampires Are Alive

"Vampires Are Alive" was a Switzerland entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 that was held in Helsinki 2007, performed by DJ BoBo. Since Switzerland's entry in 2006, "If We All Give A Little", didn't reach the top ten, Vampires Are Alive was entered in the semi-final of the Contest on 10 May....
"
- 20 40
09 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Natalia Barbu
Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu is a Moldovan singer.Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians from Trigon on a different, new jazz-folk experiment....
 
"Fight
Fight (song)

"Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Buga and composed by Alexandru Brasoveanu....
"
- 10 91
10 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Edsilia Rombley
Edsilia Rombley

Edsilia Rombley is a Netherlands singer. She participated in the Soundmixshow in 1996. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1998 and 2007....
 
"On Top of the World
On Top of the World (song)

"On Top Of The World" was the Netherlands entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Edsilia Rombley. The song was written by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Maarten ten Hove and Martin Gijzemijter....
"
- 21 38
11 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Albanian
Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European languages spoken by nearly 6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including the west of the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and southern Serbia....
 
Frederik Ndoci
Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci is an Albanian singer, who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Hear My Plea"....
 
"Hear My Plea
Hear My Plea

"Hear My Plea" was the Albanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Albanian language by Frederik Ndoci....
"
- 17 49
12 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
DQ
DQ (artist)

DQ is a Danish singer and drag queen who won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007 and therefore represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Drama Queen"....
 
"Drama Queen
Drama Queen

"Drama Queen" was the Denmark entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by DQ . This was the first appearance of a solo drag act in Contest history ....
"
- 19 45
13 Croatian
Croatian language

Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Dragonfly
Dragonfly (band)

Dragonfly is the group which represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.External links...
 feat. Dado Topic
Dado Topic

Adolf "Dado" Topic is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly . He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the Yugoslavia....
 
"Vjerujem u ljubav
Vjerujem u ljubav

"Vjerujem u ljubav" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Croatian language and English language by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topic....
"
I Believe In Love 16 54
14 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
The Jet Set
The Jet Set

The Jet Set is a Poland R&B duo which consists of England-born David Junior Serame and Russian-born Sasha Strunin. The band represented Poland in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
 
"Time To Party
Time To Party

"Time To Party" was the Poland representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by The Jet Set.The song is an up-tempo number, with hip-hop and RnB influences....
"
- 14 75
15 Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
 
Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifovic

Marija ?erifovic is a Serbian singer and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. ?erifovic was born in Kragujevac, Serbia and she is the daughter of Verica ?erifovic, also a notable singer....
 
"Molitva
Molitva

"Molitva" is a song by Serbian singer Marija ?erifovic that was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, as the Serbia and Montenegro dissolved in June 2006....
" (???????)
Prayer 1 298
16 Czech
Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
 
Kabát
Kabát

Kab?t is a hard rock band hailing from Teplice, Czech Republic. The group is composed of Josef Vojtek , Milan ?palek , Tom? Krulich , Ota V?na and Radek Hurc?k ....
 
"Malá dáma
Malá Dáma

"Mal? d?ma" is a song performed by Czech hard rock band Kab?t, which was performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as the debut Czech Republic entry....
"
Little Lady 28 1
17 Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 
Sabrina
Sabrina (Portuguese artist)

Sabrina is the stage name of Teresa Villa-Lobos, a Portugal singer, from Set?bal. She represented her country and national broadcaster R?dio e Televis?o de Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, in Helsinki, Finland, after winning the Festival da Can??o, the national selection....
 
"Dança comigo
Dança Comigo (Vem Ser Feliz)

"Dan?a comigo " was the Portugal entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Portuguese language, French language, Spanish language and English by Sabrina after she was voted the winner of the 2007 edition of Festival da Can??o, the national selection final....
"
Come Dance With Me 11 88
18 Macedonian
Macedonian language

Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Macedonian is closely related to and shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with the Bulgarian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, and Croatian language languages....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Karolina
Karolina Goceva

Karolina Goceva is a Macedonians singer. She represented the F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 and Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Eurovision Song Contests , ranking 19th and 14th, respectively....
 
"Mojot svet
Mojot Svet

"Mojot svet" was the FYR Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contestn entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Macedonian language and English language by Karolina Goceva....
" (????? ????)
My World 9 97
19 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 
Guri Schanke
Guri Schanke

Guri Schanke is a Norwegian actress and singer. She is known in Norway for her acting career, and was part of the 2005 round of the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, where she came in second....
 
"Ven a bailar conmigo
Ven a bailar conmigo

"Ven a bailar conmigo" was the Norway entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Spanish language by Guri Schanke....
"
Come And Dance With Me 18 48
20 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Olivia Lewis
Olivia Lewis

Olivia Lewis, born October 18 1978, is a singer from Qormi, Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest....
 
"Vertigo
Vertigo (Olivia Lewis song)

"Vertigo" was the Malta entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Olivia Lewis.The song is a moderately up-tempo number....
"
- 25 15
21 Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Anonymous
Anonymous (band)

Anonymous is a band from Andorra that in 2007 represented the country with the song "Salvem el m?n" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 after winning the national selection....
 
"Salvem el món
Salvem el món

"Salvem el m?n" was the Andorran entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Catalan language and English by Anonymous . This was the first Andorran entry not to feature monolingual Catalan lyrics and not to be performed by a female soloist, with all the members of the band being male....
"
Let's Save The World 12 80
22 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Magdi Rúzsa
Magdolna Rúzsa

Magdolna R?zsa or simply Magdi R?zsa is a Hungarian people singer and songwriter who won the 2006 title of Megaszt?r , Hungary's nationwide talent search, closely linked to Pop Idol....
 
"Unsubstantial Blues
Unsubstantial Blues

"Unsubstantial Blues" is a song written and performed by Magdolna R?zsa. It was also the Hungary entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.The song is written in the style of blues and is about a woman who is cheated on by a boyfriend....
"
- 2 224
23 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar

Gerli Padar is an Estonia singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Partners in Crime", it failed to make it through the semi-final stage....
 
"Partners in Crime" - 22 33
24 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
The KMG's
The KMG's

The KMG's is a Belgium group that won the chance to represent Belgium with the song "Love Power" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 
"Love Power" - 26 14
25 Slovene Alenka Gotar
Alenka Gotar

Alenka Gotar is a Slovenes soprano singer, born in Rodica pri Dom?alah in 1977. With the song ?Cvet z juga? , she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 
"Cvet z juga
Cvet z juga

"Cvet z juga" is a "popera" song by Alenka Gotar, and represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song is about a girl who bids farewell to her boyfriend and gives him a white flower as a reminder....
"
Flower of the South 7 140
26 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Kenan Dogulu
Kenan Dogulu

Kenan Dogulu is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he reached fourth, with 163 points....
 
"Shake It Up Sekerim
Shake It Up Sekerim

"Shake it up Sekerim" "Shekerim" , is the Turkey entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points....
"
Shake It Up Sweetheart 3 197
27 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Eric Papilaya
Eric Papilaya

Eric Papilaya is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals....
 
"Get a Life - Get Alive
Get A Life - Get Alive

"Get a Life - Get Alive" is the Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and also this year's official Life Ball song....
"
- 27 4
28 Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 
Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv

Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Sweden composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest....
 
"Questa notte
Questa Notte

"Questa Notte" was the Latvian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, sung in Italian language by Bonaparti.lv.Bonaparti.lv, a sextet of classically-trained tenors, performed in Italian, the first time the language was performed by Latvia....
"
Tonight 5 168


Final

The finalists were:
  • the four automatic qualifiers France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
     and the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    ;
  • the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
  • the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.


The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET
Central European Time

Central European Time is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in most European and some North African countries....
).
Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
01 Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
Marija
Marija Šestic

Marija ?estic is a Bosnian Serb singer and musician. She was the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 
"Rijeka bez imena
Rijeka bez imena

"Rijeka bez imena" is a song performed by Marija ?estic. It represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland, and it was the opening track of the final....
"
(?????? ??? ?????)
River Without A Name 11 106
02 Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
D'NASH
D'NASH

D'NASH is a Spain boy band, best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 
"I Love You Mi Vida
I Love You Mi Vida

"I Love You Mi Vida" is a song performed by the Spain boyband D'NASH.The song was entered into Misi?n Eurovisi?n 2007, which is the Spain national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest....
"
I Love You My Darling 20 43
03 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Dmitry Koldun
Dmitry Koldun

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a Pop music singer from Minsk, Belarus.Koldun participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has been the most successful entrant from Belarus to date....
 
"Work Your Magic
Work Your Magic

"Work Your Magic" is the most successful single released from Dmitry Koldun to date. The song was chosen to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
"
- 6 145
04 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Dervish
Dervish (band)

Dervish is a County Sligo based traditional Irish music band formed in 1989. On November 14, 2006, the Irish national broadcaster Radio Telef?s ?ireann announced that Dervish were to perform the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 
"They Can't Stop The Spring
They Can't Stop The Spring

"They Can't Stop the Spring" is a song by Ireland band Dervish . On February 18, 2007, on a The Late Late Show special it was chosen as the song Dervish would sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
"
- 24 5
05 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Hanna Pakarinen
Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Idols of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004....
 
"Leave Me Alone
Leave Me Alone (Hanna Pakarinen song)

"Leave Me Alone" is a song by Finland singer Hanna Pakarinen. The song was released as a single from her third album Lovers."Leave Me Alone" was Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
"
- 17 53
06 Macedonian
Macedonian language

Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Macedonian is closely related to and shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with the Bulgarian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, and Croatian language languages....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Karolina
Karolina Goceva

Karolina Goceva is a Macedonians singer. She represented the F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 and Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Eurovision Song Contests , ranking 19th and 14th, respectively....
 
"Mojot svet
Mojot Svet

"Mojot svet" was the FYR Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contestn entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Macedonian language and English language by Karolina Goceva....
" (????? ????)
My World 14 73
07 Slovene Alenka Gotar
Alenka Gotar

Alenka Gotar is a Slovenes soprano singer, born in Rodica pri Dom?alah in 1977. With the song ?Cvet z juga? , she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 
"Cvet z juga
Cvet z juga

"Cvet z juga" is a "popera" song by Alenka Gotar, and represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song is about a girl who bids farewell to her boyfriend and gives him a white flower as a reminder....
"
Flower of the South 15 66
08 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Magdi Rúzsa
Magdolna Rúzsa

Magdolna R?zsa or simply Magdi R?zsa is a Hungarian people singer and songwriter who won the 2006 title of Megaszt?r , Hungary's nationwide talent search, closely linked to Pop Idol....
 
"Unsubstantial Blues
Unsubstantial Blues

"Unsubstantial Blues" is a song written and performed by Magdolna R?zsa. It was also the Hungary entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.The song is written in the style of blues and is about a woman who is cheated on by a boyfriend....
"
- 9 128
09 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
4Fun
4FUN

4FUN is a Lithuanian music band. They play different styles of music, including Rock music, pop rock, country and others. The band was created in 2001 and participated in several national and international festivals since....
 
"Love or Leave
Love Or Leave

Love Or Leave was the Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by 4FUN....
"
- 21 28
10 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Sarbel
Sarbel

Sarbel Michael , known professionally as simply Sarbel, is a British Greeks Pop music singer of half Greek Cypriot and half Lebanese people ancestry....
 
"Yassou Maria
Yassou Maria

"Yassou Maria" is the song sang by Sarbel, chosen to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was released as a CD single on March 7, 2007....
"
Hello Maria 7 139
11 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Sopho
Sopho Khalvashi

Sopho Khalvashi is a Georgia musical artist. She comes from a family of Laz people origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that Sopho would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 
"Visionary Dream
Visionary Dream

"Visionary Dream" was the Georgia entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Sopho Khalvashi. This was Georgia's debut at the Contest....
"
- 12 97
12 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
The Ark
The Ark (band)

The Ark is a Sweden glam rock band formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Mikael Jepson, and Lasse "Leari" Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old....
 
"The Worrying Kind
The Worrying Kind

"The Worrying Kind" is a rock music song performed by The Ark , written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single of the their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend....
"
- 18 51
13 French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 ("Franglais
Franglais

Franglais , a portmanteau combining the French words "fran?ais" and "anglais" , is a slang term for an interlanguage, although the word has different overtones in French and English....
")
Les Fatals Picards
Les Fatals Picards

Les Fatals Picards is a French band that represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song L'amour ? la fran?aise , after winning the national selection....
 
"L'amour ŕ la française
L'amour ŕ la française

"L'Amour ? la fran?aise" is a song by French band/group Les Fatals Picards. The band had entered the song to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
"
Love - The French Way 22 19
14 Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 
Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv

Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Sweden composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest....
 
"Questa notte
Questa Notte

"Questa Notte" was the Latvian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, sung in Italian language by Bonaparti.lv.Bonaparti.lv, a sextet of classically-trained tenors, performed in Italian, the first time the language was performed by Latvia....
"
Tonight 16 54
15 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Serebro
Serebro

Serebro are a Russian trio, who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song Number 1". The band was formed in 2006 by Maxim Fadeev, a prominent Russian music producer....
 
"Song #1
Song Number 1

"Song #1" is a song by girl group Serebro. It was chosen to represent Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. They performed in the 15th position following Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte" and preceding Germany's Roger Cicero with "Frauen regier'n die Welt"....
"
- 3 207
16 German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Roger Cicero
Roger Cicero

Roger Marcel Cicero Cziczeo is a Germany jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero....
 
"Frauen regier'n die Welt
Frauen regier'n die Welt

"Frauen regier'n die Welt" was Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. It was the first song which was performed in German language after Michelle 's entry with Wer Liebe lebt in 2001....
"
Women Rule The World 19 49
17 Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifovic

Marija ?erifovic is a Serbian singer and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. ?erifovic was born in Kragujevac, Serbia and she is the daughter of Verica ?erifovic, also a notable singer....
 
"Molitva
Molitva

"Molitva" is a song by Serbian singer Marija ?erifovic that was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, as the Serbia and Montenegro dissolved in June 2006....
" (???????)
Prayer 1 268
18 Ukrainian
Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language....
, German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka

Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag queen character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainians comedian and Pop music and Dance music singer....
 
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai
Dancing Lasha Tumbai

"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" is the song sung by Verka Serduchka , chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland....
"
- 2 235
19 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Scooch
Scooch

Scooch are a United Kingdom bubblegum dance Musical ensemble, comprising performers Natalie Powers, Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse and Russ Spencer....
 
"Flying the Flag (for You)
Flying the Flag (for You)

"Flying the Flag " is a song written by Russ Spencer, Morten Schjolin, Andrew Hill, and Paul Tarry and performed by United Kingdom pop music/bubblegum dance group Scooch....
"
- 23 19
20 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
,
Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 
Todomondo
Todomondo

Todomondo represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Liubi, Liubi, I love you". They were the 20th group to perform and finished in 13th place....
 
"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You
Liubi, Liubi, I Love You

"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" is a song performed by Todomondo. It represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
"
Love, Love, I Love You 13 84
21 Bulgarian
Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European languages, a member of the Slavic languages linguistic group.Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from all other Slavic languages except Macedonian language, such as the elimination of grammatical case, the development of a suffixed definite article , the lack of a verb infin...
 
Elitsa Todorova
Elitsa Todorova

Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folklore singer and professional percussionist. She has worked with a number of noted choirs, ensembles and musicians and has participated in concerts in a number of countries....

and Stoyan Yankoulov
Stoyan Yankoulov

Stoyan Yankoulov , known as Stundji , is one of Bulgaria's most popular and renowned drummers and percussionists. Yankoulov makes a great impression with his inspiring improvisations interleaving traditional Bulgarian and other exotic percussion instruments, modern electronic beat, drum n bass, and ethno elements....
 
"Water" - 5 157
22 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Kenan Dogulu
Kenan Dogulu

Kenan Dogulu is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he reached fourth, with 163 points....
 
"Shake It Up Sekerim
Shake It Up Sekerim

"Shake it up Sekerim" "Shekerim" , is the Turkey entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points....
"
Shake It Up Sweetheart 4 163
23 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
 
Hayko
Hayko

Hayk Hakobyan , better known as Hayko , is an Armenians singer who won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
 
"Anytime You Need
Anytime You Need

"Anytime You Need" was the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Armenian language by Hayko. This was the first occasion on which the Armenian language was used in a Contest entry....
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24 English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 
Natalia Barbu
Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu is a Moldovan singer.Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians from Trigon on a different, new jazz-folk experiment....
 
"Fight
Fight (song)

"Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Buga and composed by Alexandru Brasoveanu....
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Broadcasting


Other involved countries

Australia : Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast the event on SBS
Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is one of two government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and List of Australian television channels, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
. As is the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones. Australia aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Paddy O'Connell
Paddy O'Connell

Guy Patrick Bennett O'Connell , better known as Paddy O'Connell is a United Kingdom television and radio presenter of Irish descent, working mainly for the BBC....
, Sarah Cawood
Sarah Cawood

Sarah Cawood is an England television presenter. She grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of Maxey....
 and Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish people radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career....
. Before the broadcasts, viewers were told by an SBS host that the Eurovision Song Contest was one of their most popular programmes. The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year. Azerbaijan : Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
 were willing to enter the contest but since AzTV
AzTV

AzTV, or Azeri TeleVision, is the national broadcaster for Azerbaijan. AzTV was declined active membership of the European Broadcasting Union since the channel was not separate enough from the ruling Government....
 applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, they missed the contest and have to wait until they're accepted. Another Azerbaijan broadcaster, OTV, broadcast the contest. It is a passive EBU member, and has broadcast it for the last two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest. Italy: Italian television has not entered since 1997. National broadcaster RAI
Raď

Ra? is a form of traditional music that originated in Oran, Algeria, and then in Oujda from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Music of Spain, Music of France, African music and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture....
 is in strong competition with commercial TV stations and believes that Eurovision would not be a popular show in Italy, although the 1991 edition was followed by 6 million people. They have not broadcast the contest in recent years, although an independent Italian channel for the gay community has shown the show. Monaco: Monaco
Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
 broadcast the final on TMC
Télé Monte Carlo

T?l? Monte Carlo or TMC Monte Carlo, traditionally known as TMC is a Monaco general entertainment television channel....
 after having withdrawn from this competition in December 2006, opening the possibility of returning for the 2008 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was hosted by Serbia. The semi-finals were held on 20 May and 22 May, and the final was held on 24 May 2008 in the capital, Belgrade....
. However TMC did not return in 2008. Worldwide : A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide by satellite through Eurovision streams such as Channel One Russia, ERT World, TVE Internacional
TVE Internacional

TVE Internacional is an internationally-broadcast Spanish language channel run by Spain's national broadcaster, Televisi?n Espa?ola. Programming includes a mix of news, discussion-based programmes and drama and documentaries from TVE's TVE1 and TVE2 Spanish networks....
, TVP Polonia
TVP Polonia

TVP Polonia is the international channel of the Telewizja Polska . The channel is co-funded by the Telewizja Polska and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and broadcasts from the Telewizja Polska headquarters in Warsaw....
, RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional

RTP Internacional is the international television service of R?dio e Televis?o de Portugal, the Portugal public broadcaster. It shows a mix of programming from RTP's domestic channels, together with special Contacto programmes aimed at Portuguese migrant communities in Europe, Africa, South America and North America, as well as Macau and...
 and TVR i
TVR i

TVR International is the international channel of Romanian Television, Romania's government-funded television network. TVR International provides free-to-air 24-hour broadcast throughout Europe, Canada and the United States of America....
. The also provided a live stream without commentary using the peer to peer transport Octoshape
Octoshape

Octoshape is a Grid casting streaming media server and client which uses an enhanced and secure version of peer to peer technology to minimize the bandwidth for any broadcaster, CDN, ISP or last mile provider to stream material....
. Possible broadcasts : Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
, the Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles , previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two island group in the Caribbean Sea: Cura?ao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands....
, Suriname
Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America. Originally, the country was spelled Surinam by English settlers who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek, along the Suriname River, and was Geographical renaming Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana....
 and Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
 may have broadcast as well, as they have also broadcast the contest in the past. While Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
 has no television broadcaster of its own, Liechtensteiners could watch the contest on Swiss, Austrian or German television. Gibraltar: Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
 screened only the final.

High-definition broadcast

YLE produced the event in 1080i
1080i

1080i is the shorthand name of a format of high-definition video modes. 1080 denotes the number of horizontal scan lines - also known as vertical resolution - and the letter i stands for interlaced....
 HD
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 and 5.1 Surround Sound. This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The BBC in the United Kingdom broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD
BBC HD

BBC HD is a high-definition television channel provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007....
. Swedish broadcaster SVT
Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in several respects modeled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the British Broad...
 broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD
SVT HD

SVT HD is a high-definition television television channel from Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television . The channel broadcasts high-definition simulcasts of programmes from the other SVT channels, where available....
. However the event is only available to buy on standard-definition
Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered either Enhanced-definition television or High-definition television....
 DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
, with no HD DVD
HD DVD

HD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical media optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.HD DVD was supported principally by Toshiba, and was envisaged to be the successor to the standard DVD format....
 or Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc data storage device medium. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs....
 version available in high definition.

Score sheet

All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, then a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used juries. A draw was held in Helsinki to establish the order in which the countries presented their votes during the final.

Televoting Results
Bosnia-Herzegovina 106801800 0100470014030000000007600008806871000
Spain 43120000300000000600010002002040080000 050000
Belarus 14520100 041062070078054401287101030711122000000120
Ireland 5500000000000000000000 00 00000000000000000
Finland 530700100000046 000100120005000400000011200000
FYR Macedonia 733001008108050000 10000000000100000010100060100
Slovenia 660000427070000006000000041508043035 3000040
Hungary 12806020500400841000570 85054100822801250834002
Lithuania 2801002000000000000000012010 00000000000000003
Greece 139708038312 12310033410 7501000600001004024454010
Georgia 970050661021105700 032 1661204005007020002580
Sweden 51020000000001208000000100000000120000000 00007
France 1948200000000020 000000000300000000000000000
Latvia 540000000010001000000000100 1040031020060003004
Russia 20703120120253762123257686168766865343 7345008106
Germany 4965070000000531000 002000000000000005176001
Serbia 12110128060
Ukraine 235012641015354123864210573681012837221212483473213 8
United Kingdom 19000000000000000000000700012000000000000000 
Romania 84010030002050000700028037100120007 10012000220
Bulgaria 1570046046 61070155804121000020735006546710000635
Turkey 1631000100121070001004121021201300000117007200071012 112
Armenia 13800 55100808100001001226000500020010001000800101250
Moldova 109043080040200020130105024020 01610126116200770


The Semi-Final scoreboard can be found at "External Links" further down.

12 Points

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

N. To From
9 Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 
Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, FYR Macedonia, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Montenegro
Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
5 Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 
Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 
Andorra
Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
, Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
3 Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
 
Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 
Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
, Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
2 Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 
Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 
Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 
Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 
Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
1 Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 
Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 
Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 
Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
 
Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
 
Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 
Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
Malta
Malta

Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....


Commentators

  • - Meri Picart & Josep Lluís Trabal
  • - Gohar Gasparian
  • - Andi Knoll
  • - Denis Kurian & Alexander Tikhanovich
  • - Jean-Pierre Hautier & Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF
    RTBF

    RTBF or Radio t?l?vision belge de la communaut? fran?aise is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch language-speaking Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep in the northern part of the country....
    ) / André Vermeulen & Anja Daems (VRT
    Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep

    The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep , or VRT, is a public broadcasting of radio and television in Flanders .Between 1960 until 1991, VRT was called BRT ....
    )
  • - Dejan Kukric
  • - Georgi Kushvaliev & Elena Rosberg
  • - Duško Curlic
  • - Vasso Komninou
  • - Katerina Kristelová
  • - Sřren Nystrřm Rasted
    Sřren Nystrřm Rasted

    S?ren Nystr?m Rasted is a Denmark musician, Record producer and songwriter. He plays keyboard instrument, guitar and sings backing vocals. He was one of the four members of the pop band Denmark pop band Aqua , and is married to the Aqua singer Lene Nystr?m Rasted....
     & Adam Duvĺ Hall
    Adam Duvĺ Hall

    Adam Duv? Hall is a Denmark radio and tv personality.Adam Duv? Hall is the breed of Danmarks Radio's youth brand. Adam was seen on a lot of youth programs under his alias "Adam Duvall"....
     
  • - Marko Reikop
  • - Heikki Paasonen
    Heikki Paasonen (host)

    Heikki Valtteri Paasonen is a Finnish host. Paasonen has become known as the host in the first and second series of Idols with Ellen Jokikunnas....
     & Ellen Jokikunnas
    Ellen Jokikunnas

    Ellen Jokikunnas is a Finland model, PR manager, and television presenter. She is best known for hosting all three seasons of Idols , but her first fame came from competing in the Miss Finland pageant in 1998....
     & Asko Murtomäki (fi
    Finnish language

    Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
    )
    / Thomas Lundin (sv
    Swedish language

    Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
    )
  • - Julien Lepers
    Julien Lepers

    Julien Lepers is the stage name of Ronan Lepers, a French television and radio host.He was born in Paris.He is known for hosting :fr:Questions pour un champion, the French version of Going for gold...
     & Tex
  • FYR Macedonia
    Republic of Macedonia

    The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
      - Milanka Rašic
  • - Peter Urban
  • - Fotis Sergoulopoulos & Maria Bakodimou
    Maria Bakodimou

    Maria Bakodimou is a Greek celebrity, actress, television personality and talk show presenter. She co-hosted the Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007#National final to select the Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
  • - Gábor Gundel Takács
  • - Sigmar Guđmundsson
  • - Marty Whelan
    Marty Whelan

    Martin "Marty" Whelan is a Jacob's Awards-winning Ireland radio and television personality. Frequently seen and heard on Radio Telef?s ?ireann radio and television he has presented a variety of shows, much of which is down to RT?'s repeated axing of his work....
  • - Karlis Streips
  • - Darius Užkuraitis
  • - Antonia Micallef
  • - Dražen Baukovic, Tamara Ivankovic
  • - Cornald Maas (both evenings) & Paul de Leeuw
    Paul de Leeuw

    Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Netherlands television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA ....
     (final only)
  • - Per Sundnes
    Per Sundnes

    Per Andr? Sundnes is a Norway journalist and talk show host. He is often described as a Bandwagon effect and pop culture expert with a particular interest for music and fashion....
  • - Artur Orzech
  • - Isabel Angelino and Jorge Gabriel
    Jorge Gabriel

    Jorge Gabriel Mendes Fialho, simply referred to as Jorge Gabriel, is a Portugal TV host. In addition, he is one of the football coaches of FC Arouca, a small football team from Arouca , in the district of Aveiro....
  • - Andreea Demirgian
  • - Yuri Aksyuta and Yelena Batinova
  • - Duška Vucinic-Lucic
  • - Mojca Mavec
  • - Bernhard Thurnheer (SF
    Schweizer Fernsehen

    Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR id?e suisse, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German language for the Linguistic geography of Switzerland....
    ), Jean-Marc Richard (TSR
    Télévision Suisse Romande

    T?l?vision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR id?e suisse....
    ), Claudio Lazzarino and Sandy Altermatt (RTSI
    Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

    Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Switzerland public broadcasting organisation part of SRG SSR id?e suisse. RTSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian language for Switzerland....
    )
  • - Beatriz Pécker
  • - Kristian Luuk
    Kristian Luuk

    Ants Robert Kristian Luuk is a Swedish people comedian and talk show-host of Estonians descent. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, he is currently working for the broadcaster Sveriges Television after previous spells at TV4 , ZTV and Sveriges Radio public radio....
     and Josef Sterzenbach
  • - Hakan Urganci
  • - Tymur Miroshnychenko
  • - Paddy O'Connell
    Paddy O'Connell

    Guy Patrick Bennett O'Connell , better known as Paddy O'Connell is a United Kingdom television and radio presenter of Irish descent, working mainly for the BBC....
     & Sarah Cawood
    Sarah Cawood

    Sarah Cawood is an England television presenter. She grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of Maxey....
     (semi-final) & Terry Wogan
    Terry Wogan

    Sir Michael Terence Wogan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish people radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career....
     (final) (BBC TV), Ken Bruce
    Ken Bruce

    Kenneth Robertson Bruce is a veteran United Kingdom broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9.30 am until 12noon....
     (BBC Radio 2
    BBC Radio 2

    BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio radio station and the List of most-listened-to radio programs in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult contemporary music or Album-orientated rock, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres....
    )


Spokespersons

Announcing the votes.
  • - Leon Menkshi
    Leon Menkshi

    Leon Menkshi is a famous Albanian TV personality. He is considered to be one of the best voices and dictions in Albania. Leon is a professional Journalist and one of Albanian's outstanding and charming news anchors; he is also known as a radio host and interviewer....
  • - Marian van de Wal
    Marian van de Wal

    Marian van de Wal was the representative of Andorra at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine.Originally from the Netherlands, Marian runs a small hotel in the Andorran town of L'Aldosa....
  • - Sirusho
    Sirusho

    Sirouhi Haroutunyan ,better known as Sirusho , is an Armenians pop singer. Sirusho's first encounter with singing and music was when she was ten months old....
     (will represent Armenia in
    Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

    Armenia competed in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The country chose their singer by an internal selection....
     2008
    Eurovision Song Contest 2008

    The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was hosted by Serbia. The semi-finals were held on 20 May and 22 May, and the final was held on 24 May 2008 in the capital, Belgrade....
    )
  • - Eva Pölzl
    Eva Pölzl

    Eva Polzl is an Austrian journalist well known for being the Austrian spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
  • - Juliana
    Juliana (singer)

    Juliana is a Belarusian singer. She presented Belarus' televotes for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 that was held in Helsinki, Finland....
  • - Maureen Louys
  • - Vesna Andree Zaimovic
  • - Mira Dobreva
    Mira Dobreva

    Mira Dobreva is a Bulgarian news TV guide recently working on Bulgarian National Television. She recently was the Bulgarian spokesperson for Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
  • - Barbara Kolar
  • - Giannis Charalampous
  • - Andrea Savane
  • - Susanne Georgi
    Susanne Georgi

    Susanne Jonah-Lynn Georgi, , is an andorran state knighthood awards award-winning Danish singer residing in Andorra for the last 13 years. Georgi started her career along with her sister in the duo Me & My, the group had several hits around Europe....
     (will represent Andorra in
    Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

    Andorra will participate in the the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as confirmed by Andorran broadcaster R?dio i Televisi? d'Andorra .After many disappointing results since Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest's debut in Eurovision Song Contest 2004, on top of Andorra's poor 15th place in the semi at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008,...
     2009
    Eurovision Song Contest 2009

    The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia....
    )
  • - Laura Pőldvere
    Laura Pőldvere

    Laura P?ldvere also known as Laura is an Estonian singer perhaps mostly known for representing Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the girl group Suntribe....
  • - Laura Voutilainen
    Laura Voutilainen

    Sanna Laura Voutilainen , is a Finland popsinger.Voutilainen's debut single was called Muuttanut oon maailman but her breakthrough came in 1993 with the hit song Kerran....
  • - Vanessa Dolmen
  • - Elena Risteska
    Elena Risteska

    Elena Risteska is a Macedonians singer and song-writer....
     (singer for the FYR Macedonia in 2006
    Eurovision Song Contest 2006

    The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex#Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 18 May and 20 May 2006 ....
    )
  • - Neli Agirba
    Neli Agirba

    Neli Agirba is a Georgia host and TV presenter of Abkhaz people ethnicity. Recently, she was the Georgian spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest....
  • - Thomas Hermanns
    Thomas Hermanns

    Thomas Hermanns is a Germany TV-moderator, director, TV-author and comedian. He is known for his comedy-show Quatsch Comedy Club.Hermanns was born in Bochum....
  • - Alexis Kostalas
  • - Éva Novodomszky
    Éva Novodomszky

    ?va Novodomszky is a Hungarian people journalist and presenter.She started her career in a journalist school . She became reporter of news of youth in Magyar Telev?zi?....
  • - Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
    Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir

    Ragnhildur Steinunn J?nsd?ttir is an Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Miss Iceland.Ragnhildur is the co-host of Sj?nvarpi?'s top-rated primetime news/talk show Kastlj?s....
  • - Linda Martin
    Linda Martin

    Linda Martin is an Irish people singing and television presenter, working almost exclusively across the border in the Republic of Ireland. She is best known in Europe as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, with the song "Why Me? ", and in Ireland as a member of the 1970s/1980s musical ensemble, Chips....
     (singer for Ireland in 1984
    Eurovision Song Contest 1984

    The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 5, 1984 in Luxembourg . The presenter was D?sir?e Nosbusch....
     and 1992
    Eurovision Song Contest 1992

    The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 9, 1992 in Malm?, Sweden. The presenters were Harald Treutiger and Lydia Cappolicchio....
    )
  • - Jason Danino-Holt
    Jason Danino-Holt

    Jason Danino-Holt is an Israeli television presenter....
  • - Janis Šipkevics
  • - Lavija Šurnaite
  • - Mireille Bonello
  • - Andrei Porubin
  • - Vidak Latkovic
    Vidak Latkovic

    Vidak Latkovic is a Montenegrin solicitor and former employee on the Montenegrin State Television RTCG. He became famous for presenting the results from Montenegrin televote at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki , Finland and he was the first person on the night to give the 12 points to Serbian singer Marija Serifovic....
  • - Paul de Leeuw
    Paul de Leeuw

    Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Netherlands television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA ....
  • - Synnřve Svabř
    Synnřve Svabř

    Synn?ve Svab? is a Norwegian talk show host. Svab? is best known for her boob stunt on then-current party leader of the Norwegian Labour Party, Thorbj?rn Jagland in 1998....
  • - Maciej Orlos
  • - Francisco Mendes
    Francisco Mendes (TV host)

    Francisco Mendes is famous Portuguese Tv host,that currently is employed in RTP Portugal.Francisco is a very known TV-host and also singer. Presently he presents the Portuguese charts....
  • - Andreea Marin Banica
    Andreea Marin Banica

    Andreea Violeta Marin Banica is a Romanian television presenter, born 22 December 1974 in Roman, Romania, Neamt County.She majored in Journalism, Public Relations & Advertisement, Computer Programming and Mathematics & Physics during her college years....
  • - Yana Churikova
    Yana Churikova

    Yana Churikova is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One , where she hosted six seasons of the Star Factory show....
  • - Maja Nikolic
  • - Peter Poles
    Peter Poles

    Peter Poles is a famous Slovenian television personality, responsible for presenting the Slovenian televote results at the Eurovision Song Contest....
  • - Ainhoa Arbizu
  • - André Pops
  • - Sven Epiney
    Sven Epiney

    Sven Epiney is a famous Swiss television host TV-moderator, radio moderator and Editing, who works for SF DRS and DRS3 Television Television channel in Switzerland....
  • - Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  • - Katya Osadchaya
  • - Fearne Cotton
    Fearne Cotton

    Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....


Controversy

The 2007 contest saw the loudest protests yet heard at the event against perceived unfairness in the voting system. Criticism was particularly directed at how certain countries, all in the Eastern half of the continent, were seen to benefit from support in the televoting from their diaspora communities across Europe. Another contentious aspect was how Eastern European countries were seen as being more likley to vote for other neighbouring Eastern nations at the expense of countries in Western Europe who were more likely to distribute their own votes more evenly between East and West. Any such advantages in the voting would make it easier for particular countries to qualify for the final from the semi final, achieve a higher position on the final scoreboard and be more likely to win the contest.

Robert Abela, head of Malta
Malta

Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....
's delegation, suggested many results were "not based solely on the public vote", while also confirming he believed the 12 points Malta gave United Kingdom were a protest against bloc-voting allegedly depriving Malta of a place in the final.

German newspaper Bild commented on the irony that Western European countries pay the largest amount for a competition where they apparently have no chance of winning. Germany's sole winner, Nicole, was also quoted as saying "It is obvious that Eastern European countries engage in dirty trade with points every year. Germany should withdraw from the competition". The voting was also brought up in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 by Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Lib Dem, are a Liberalism political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party ; the two parties had been SDP-Liberal Alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP....
 MP Richard Younger-Ross
Richard Younger-Ross

Richard Alan Younger-Ross is a politician in England. He is the Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament for Teignbridge , having fought the seat in United Kingdom general election, 1992 and United Kingdom general election, 1997, finally winning in the United Kingdom general election, 2001, and was re-elected in United Kingdom general election...
 who suggested the current voting system is "harmful to the relationship between the peoples of Europe".

In contrast, the EBU and some commentators in West European countries refuted the criticism, insisting the voting reflected the strength of the songs and performances. Some even claimed the criticism was rooted in resentment over Eastern European countries' recent successes in the contest rather than in concerns about fair voting. . The EBU claimed that the results of the Helsinki contest would have remained largely the same (and with the same winner), even if only West European votes had been counted, although this argument fails to take into account the impact of diaspora voting on Western televote results. In Finland, the organising country, the bad reactions in some countries even became the topic of the leader page in papers, Hufvudstadsbladet
Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet is the highest-circulation Swedish language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland....
 accusing those who still divide Europe into a Western and an Eastern part for being stuck in history, and encouraging all Europeans not to let "envious bad losers destroy a nice and all-European spectacle". . The Swedish paper Expressen
Expressen

Expressen is one of two nationwide evening List of Swedish newspapers, the other being Aftonbladet. The two can best be understood in relationship to each other....
 wrote about feeling "shame" over the reactions in many west European nations and claimed that the Eurovision Song Contest had never been better. Calling the Serbian winner a "worthy, historic winner", it went on to call the proposals for a separate contest "incredibly pathetic"..

The voting controversies that came to a head at the 2007 contest refused to abate, and in response by 2009 the EBU had overhauled the entire voting system at Eurovision.

Gallery


Image:Ndoci 2007 Eurovision.jpg|Frederik Ndoci
Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci is an Albanian singer, who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Hear My Plea"....
 performing "Hear My Plea
Hear My Plea

"Hear My Plea" was the Albanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Albanian language by Frederik Ndoci....
" for Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
Image:ESC 2007 Andorra - Anonymous - Salvem el mon.jpg|Anonymous
Anonymous (band)

Anonymous is a band from Andorra that in 2007 represented the country with the song "Salvem el m?n" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 after winning the national selection....
 performing "Salvem el món
Salvem el món

"Salvem el m?n" was the Andorran entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Catalan language and English by Anonymous . This was the first Andorran entry not to feature monolingual Catalan lyrics and not to be performed by a female soloist, with all the members of the band being male....
" for Andorra
Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France....
Image:ESC 2007 Armenia - Hayko - Anytime you need.jpg|Hayko
Hayko

Hayk Hakobyan , better known as Hayko , is an Armenians singer who won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
 performing "Anytime You Need
Anytime You Need

"Anytime You Need" was the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Armenian language by Hayko. This was the first occasion on which the Armenian language was used in a Contest entry....
" for Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
Image:ESC 2007 Austria - Eric Papilaya - Get a life Get alive.jpg|Eric Papilaya
Eric Papilaya

Eric Papilaya is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals....
 performing Get A Life - Get Alive
Get A Life - Get Alive

"Get a Life - Get Alive" is the Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and also this year's official Life Ball song....
 for Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
Image:Kolduneurovision2007.jpg|Koldun
Dmitry Koldun

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a Pop music singer from Minsk, Belarus.Koldun participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has been the most successful entrant from Belarus to date....
 performing "Work Your Magic
Work Your Magic

"Work Your Magic" is the most successful single released from Dmitry Koldun to date. The song was chosen to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
" for Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
Image:ESC 2007 Belgium - KMG - LovePower.jpg|The KMG's
The KMG's

The KMG's is a Belgium group that won the chance to represent Belgium with the song "Love Power" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 performing Love Power for Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
Image:ESC 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Maria Sestic - Rijeka bez imena.jpg|Marija Šestic
Marija Šestic

Marija ?estic is a Bosnian Serb singer and musician. She was the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 performing "Rijeka bez imena
Rijeka bez imena

"Rijeka bez imena" is a song performed by Marija ?estic. It represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland, and it was the opening track of the final....
" for Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
Image:ESC 2007-Elitsa Todorova-Stovan Yankulov.jpg| Elitsa Todorova
Elitsa Todorova

Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folklore singer and professional percussionist. She has worked with a number of noted choirs, ensembles and musicians and has participated in concerts in a number of countries....
 and Stoyan Yankulov performing "Voda" for Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
Image:ESC 2007 Croatia - Dragonfly & Dado Topic - Vjerujem u ljubav.jpg|Dragonfly
Dragonfly (band)

Dragonfly is the group which represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.External links...
 and Dado Topic
Dado Topic

Adolf "Dado" Topic is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly . He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the Yugoslavia....
 performing Vjerujem u ljubav
Vjerujem u ljubav

"Vjerujem u ljubav" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Croatian language and English language by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topic....
 for Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
Image:Evridiki 2007 Eurovision.jpg|Evridiki
Evridiki

'Evridiki Theokleous' , known professionally as simply 'Evridiki', is a Greek Cypriot Rock music, Pop music, and electro pop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme Ci, Comme ?a'...
 performing "Comme Ci, Comme Ça
Comme Ci, Comme Ça

"Comme Ci, Comme ?a" was the Cyprus entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in French language by Evridiki. The song was composed by Dimitris Korgialas and written by Poseidonas Giannopoulos....
" for Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
Image:ESC 2007 Czech Republic - Kabat - Mala dama.jpg|Kabat
Kabát

Kab?t is a hard rock band hailing from Teplice, Czech Republic. The group is composed of Josef Vojtek , Milan ?palek , Tom? Krulich , Ota V?na and Radek Hurc?k ....
 performing Malá Dáma
Malá Dáma

"Mal? d?ma" is a song performed by Czech hard rock band Kab?t, which was performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as the debut Czech Republic entry....
 for Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
Image:ESC 2007 Denmark - DQ - Drama Queen.jpg|DQ
DQ

DQ may stand for:* Disqualification * Dairy Queen — an American fast food chain* Dan Quayle, an American Politician* Data quality* DQ - a Danish singer, Danish participant in Eurovision Song Contest 2007...
 performing Drama Queen
Drama Queen

"Drama Queen" was the Denmark entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by DQ . This was the first appearance of a solo drag act in Contest history ....
 for Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
Image:ESC 2007 Estonia - Gerli Padar - Partners in crime.jpg|Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar

Gerli Padar is an Estonia singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Partners in Crime", it failed to make it through the semi-final stage....
 performing "Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime can refer to*Partners in Crime , a 1979 album by Rupert Holmes*Partners in Crime , a collection of mystery stories by Agatha Christie...
" for Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
Image:ESC 2007 Finland - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave me alone.jpg|Hanna Pakarinen
Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Idols of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004....
 performing "Leave Me Alone
Leave Me Alone (Hanna Pakarinen song)

"Leave Me Alone" is a song by Finland singer Hanna Pakarinen. The song was released as a single from her third album Lovers."Leave Me Alone" was Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
" for Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
Image:ESC 2007 France - Fatals Picards - L'amour ŕ la française.jpg|Les Fatals Picards
Les Fatals Picards

Les Fatals Picards is a French band that represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song L'amour ? la fran?aise , after winning the national selection....
 performing "L'amour ŕ la française
L'amour ŕ la française

"L'Amour ? la fran?aise" is a song by French band/group Les Fatals Picards. The band had entered the song to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
" for France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
Image:ESC 2007-Sopho Khalvashi-IMG 0986.jpg|Sopho Khalvashi
Sopho Khalvashi

Sopho Khalvashi is a Georgia musical artist. She comes from a family of Laz people origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that Sopho would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 performing "Visionary Dream
Visionary Dream

"Visionary Dream" was the Georgia entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Sopho Khalvashi. This was Georgia's debut at the Contest....
" for Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
Image:ESC 2007 Germany - Roger Cicero - Frauen regieren die Welt.jpg|Roger Cicero
Roger Cicero

Roger Marcel Cicero Cziczeo is a Germany jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero....
 performing "Frauen regier'n die Welt
Frauen regier'n die Welt

"Frauen regier'n die Welt" was Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. It was the first song which was performed in German language after Michelle 's entry with Wer Liebe lebt in 2001....
" for Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
Image:ESC 2007 Greece - Sarbel-Yassou Maria2.jpg| Sarbel
Sarbel

Sarbel Michael , known professionally as simply Sarbel, is a British Greeks Pop music singer of half Greek Cypriot and half Lebanese people ancestry....
 performing "Yassou Maria
Yassou Maria

"Yassou Maria" is the song sang by Sarbel, chosen to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was released as a CD single on March 7, 2007....
" for Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
Image:ESC 2007-Magdi Rusza-IMG 1375.jpg|Magdi Rúzsa performing "Unsubstantial Blues
Unsubstantial Blues

"Unsubstantial Blues" is a song written and performed by Magdolna R?zsa. It was also the Hungary entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.The song is written in the style of blues and is about a woman who is cheated on by a boyfriend....
" for Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
Image:ESC 2007 Iceland - Eirikur Hauksson - Valentine Lost.jpg|Eiríkur Hauksson
Eiríkur Hauksson

Eir?kur Hauksson is an Icelandic heavy metal music vocalist who is educated as a teacher.Eir?kur is considered to be a talented vocalist, able to adopt various styles....
 performing "Valentine Lost
Valentine Lost

"Valentine Lost" was the Iceland entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Eir?kur Hauksson.The song is a ballad, featuring poetic language, in which the singer describes the end of a love affair....
" for Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
Image:ESC 2007 Ireland - Dervish - They can't stop the spring.jpg|Dervish
Dervish

Darvesh or Dervish , as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqah, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant order friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus, also called fakirs amongst Muslims ....
 performing "They Can't Stop The Spring
They Can't Stop The Spring

"They Can't Stop the Spring" is a song by Ireland band Dervish . On February 18, 2007, on a The Late Late Show special it was chosen as the song Dervish would sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
 for Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
Image:Teapacks Eurovision 2007.jpg|Teapacks
Teapacks

Teapacks is an Israeli band who formed in 1988 in the southern Israel city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, but the name was then changed so as not to infringe on the well-known brand....
 performing "Push the Button
Push the Button

Push the Button may refer to:*Push the Button , 1998 album*Push the Button , 2005 album*Push the Button , 2005 song by the Sugababes*Push The Button , 2007 song by the Israeli band Teapacks...
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Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
Image:ESC 2007 Latvia - Bonaparti.lv - Questa Notte.jpg|Bonaparti.lv
Bonaparti.lv

Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Sweden composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest....
 performing "Questa Notte
Questa Notte

"Questa Notte" was the Latvian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, sung in Italian language by Bonaparti.lv.Bonaparti.lv, a sextet of classically-trained tenors, performed in Italian, the first time the language was performed by Latvia....
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Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
Image:4fun Eurovision 2007.jpg|4Fun
4FUN

4FUN is a Lithuanian music band. They play different styles of music, including Rock music, pop rock, country and others. The band was created in 2001 and participated in several national and international festivals since....
 performing "Love or Leave
Love Or Leave

Love Or Leave was the Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by 4FUN....
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Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
Image:Goceva-ESC2007.jpg|Karolina Goceva
Karolina Goceva

Karolina Goceva is a Macedonians singer. She represented the F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 and Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Eurovision Song Contests , ranking 19th and 14th, respectively....
 performing "Mojot svet
Mojot Svet

"Mojot svet" was the FYR Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contestn entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Macedonian language and English language by Karolina Goceva....
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Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
Image:ESC 2007 Malta - Olivia Lewis - Vertigo.jpg|Olivia Lewis
Olivia Lewis

Olivia Lewis, born October 18 1978, is a singer from Qormi, Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest....
 performing "Vertigo
Vertigo (Olivia Lewis song)

"Vertigo" was the Malta entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Olivia Lewis.The song is a moderately up-tempo number....
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Malta

Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....
Image:ESC 2007 Moldova - Natalia Barbu - Fight.jpg|Natalia Barbu
Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu is a Moldovan singer.Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians from Trigon on a different, new jazz-folk experiment....
 performing "Fight
Fight (song)

"Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Buga and composed by Alexandru Brasoveanu....
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Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
Image:ESC 2007 Montenegro - Stevan Faddy - Ajde Kroci.jpg|Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy

Stevan Faddy is a Montenegrins singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Suncane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"....
 performing 'Ajde, Kroci
'Ajde, kroci

"'Ajde, kroci" is the title of the Montenegro entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was sung by Stevan Faddy and selected by televoting in the Montenegrin national final MontenegroSong 2007, where it received 4,749 votes....
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Montenegro

Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
Image:Erombley.jpg|Edsilia Rombley
Edsilia Rombley

Edsilia Rombley is a Netherlands singer. She participated in the Soundmixshow in 1996. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1998 and 2007....
 performing "On Top of the World
On Top of the World (song)

"On Top Of The World" was the Netherlands entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by Edsilia Rombley. The song was written by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Maarten ten Hove and Martin Gijzemijter....
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Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
Image:ESC 2007- Guri Schanke.jpg|Guri Schanke
Guri Schanke

Guri Schanke is a Norwegian actress and singer. She is known in Norway for her acting career, and was part of the 2005 round of the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, where she came in second....
 performing Ven a Bailar Conmigo
Ven a bailar conmigo

"Ven a bailar conmigo" was the Norway entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language and Spanish language by Guri Schanke....
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Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
Image:ESC 2007 Poland - The Jet Set - Time to party.jpg|The Jet Set
The Jet Set

The Jet Set is a Poland R&B duo which consists of England-born David Junior Serame and Russian-born Sasha Strunin. The band represented Poland in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki....
 performing "Time To Party
Time To Party

"Time To Party" was the Poland representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English language by The Jet Set.The song is an up-tempo number, with hip-hop and RnB influences....
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Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
' Image:ESC 2007 Portugal - Sabrina - Dança comigo.jpg|Sabrina
Sabrina (Portuguese artist)

Sabrina is the stage name of Teresa Villa-Lobos, a Portugal singer, from Set?bal. She represented her country and national broadcaster R?dio e Televis?o de Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, in Helsinki, Finland, after winning the Festival da Can??o, the national selection....
 performing "Dança comigo
Dança Comigo (Vem Ser Feliz)

"Dan?a comigo " was the Portugal entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Portuguese language, French language, Spanish language and English by Sabrina after she was voted the winner of the 2007 edition of Festival da Can??o, the national selection final....
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Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
' Image:Todomondo Eurovision 2007.jpg|Todomondo
Todomondo

Todomondo represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Liubi, Liubi, I love you". They were the 20th group to perform and finished in 13th place....
 performing "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You
Liubi, Liubi, I Love You

"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" is a song performed by Todomondo. It represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
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Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
Image:ESC 2007 Russia - Serebro - Song No 1.jpg|Serebro
Serebro

Serebro are a Russian trio, who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song Number 1". The band was formed in 2006 by Maxim Fadeev, a prominent Russian music producer....
 performing "Song #1
Song Number 1

"Song #1" is a song by girl group Serebro. It was chosen to represent Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. They performed in the 15th position following Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte" and preceding Germany's Roger Cicero with "Frauen regier'n die Welt"....
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Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
Image:ESC 2007 Serbia - Marija Serifovic - Molitva.jpg|Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifovic

Marija ?erifovic is a Serbian singer and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. ?erifovic was born in Kragujevac, Serbia and she is the daughter of Verica ?erifovic, also a notable singer....
 performing Molitva
Molitva

"Molitva" is a song by Serbian singer Marija ?erifovic that was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, as the Serbia and Montenegro dissolved in June 2006....
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Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
Image:Alenka Gotar 2007 Eurovision.jpg|Alenka Gotar
Alenka Gotar

Alenka Gotar is a Slovenes soprano singer, born in Rodica pri Dom?alah in 1977. With the song ?Cvet z juga? , she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland....
 performing "Cvet z juga
Cvet z juga

"Cvet z juga" is a "popera" song by Alenka Gotar, and represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song is about a girl who bids farewell to her boyfriend and gives him a white flower as a reminder....
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Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
Image:ESC 2007 Spain - D'Nash - I love you mi vida.jpg|D'NASH
D'NASH

D'NASH is a Spain boy band, best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007....
 performing "I Love You Mi Vida
I Love You Mi Vida

"I Love You Mi Vida" is a song performed by the Spain boyband D'NASH.The song was entered into Misi?n Eurovisi?n 2007, which is the Spain national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest....
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Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
Image:ESC 2007 Sweden - The Ark - The Worrying Kind.jpg|The Ark performing "The Worrying Kind
The Worrying Kind

"The Worrying Kind" is a rock music song performed by The Ark , written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single of the their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend....
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Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
Image:ESC 2007 Switzerland - DJ Bobo - Vampires are alive.jpg|DJ Bobo
DJ Bobo

Peter Ren? Baumann better known as DJ BoBo, is a successful Switzerland singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer. DJ BoBo has sold 14 million records world-wide and has released 10 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format....
 performing "Vampires Are Alive
Vampires Are Alive

"Vampires Are Alive" was a Switzerland entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 that was held in Helsinki 2007, performed by DJ BoBo. Since Switzerland's entry in 2006, "If We All Give A Little", didn't reach the top ten, Vampires Are Alive was entered in the semi-final of the Contest on 10 May....
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Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
Image:ESC 2007 Turkey - Kenan Dogulu - Shake it up Shekerim.jpg|Kenan Dogulu
Kenan Dogulu

Kenan Dogulu is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he reached fourth, with 163 points....
 performing "Shake It Up Sekerim
Shake It Up Sekerim

"Shake it up Sekerim" "Shekerim" , is the Turkey entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points....
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Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
Image:Ukraineeurovision2007.jpg|Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka

Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag queen character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainians comedian and Pop music and Dance music singer....
 performing "Dancing Lasha Tumbai
Dancing Lasha Tumbai

"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" is the song sung by Verka Serduchka , chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland....
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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
Image:ESC 2007 UK Scooch - Flying the flag (for you).jpg|Scooch
Scooch

Scooch are a United Kingdom bubblegum dance Musical ensemble, comprising performers Natalie Powers, Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse and Russ Spencer....
 performing "Flying the Flag (for You)
Flying the Flag (for You)

"Flying the Flag " is a song written by Russ Spencer, Morten Schjolin, Andrew Hill, and Paul Tarry and performed by United Kingdom pop music/bubblegum dance group Scooch....
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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....


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