Поздравляем, Россия!

by Richard West-Soley 110 views

Поздравляем, Россия! That's our message from esctoday.com to Dima Bilan and the Russian team, on the country's first Eurovision Song Contest victory.

Over the coming months, esctoday.com will be bringing you in-depth coverage of Russia's celebrations andpreparations for the 2009 contest; news is expected soon, and it starts with the Russian delegations post-win press conference. Stay tuned to the site for more information as it comes in!

1. Russia – 272
2. Ukraine – 230
3. Greece – 218
4. Armenia – 199
5. Norway – 182
6. Serbia – 160
7. Turkey – 138
8. Azerbaijan – 132
9. Israel – 124
10. Bosnia & Herzegovina – 110
11. Georgia – 83
12. Latvia – 83

13. Portugal – 69
14. Iceland – 64
15. Denmark – 60
16. Spain – 55
17. Albania – 55
18. Sweden – 47
19. France – 47
20. Romania – 45
21. Croatia – 44
22. Finland – 35
23. Germany – 14
24. Poland – 14
25. United Kingdom – 14

Richard West-Soley

Senior Editor

Richard's ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it's been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.