Over the last six weeks, we took a look at each of the 42 entries competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. As the last part was introduced yesterday, we provide an overview today with links to all introductions and interviews in running order as well as some statistics regarding this year's entries.
First semi final, 12th May
| No. | Country | Introduction | Interview | Video interview |
| 1 | Montenegro | here | here | here |
| 2 | Czech Republic | here | here | |
| 3 | Belgium | here | ||
| 4 | Belarus | here | here | here |
| 5 | Sweden | here | here | here, here |
| 6 | Armenia | here | here | |
| 7 | Andorra | here | ||
| 8 | Switzerland | here | ||
| 9 | Turkey | here | here | |
| 10 | Israel | here | here | |
| 11 | Bulgaria | here | here | here &here, here |
| 12 | Iceland | here | here | here |
| 13 | FYR Macedonia | here | ||
| 14 | Romania | here | here | |
| 15 | Finland | here | here | |
| 16 | Portugal | here | here | here |
| 17 | Malta | here | here | |
| 18 | Bosnia &Herzegovina | here |
Second semi final, 14th May
| No. | Country | Introduction | Interview | Video interview |
| 1 | Croatia | here | here, here | |
| 2 | Ireland | here | here | here |
| 3 | Latvia | here | ||
| 4 | Serbia | here | here, here | |
| 5 | Poland | here | here, here | |
| 6 | Norway | here | ||
| 7 | Cyprus | here | here, here | |
| 8 | Slovakia | here | ||
| 9 | Denmark | here | ||
| 10 | Slovenia | here | here | |
| 11 | Hungary | here | here | |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | here | here | |
| 13 | Greece | here | here | |
| 14 | Lithuania | here | here | |
| 15 | Moldova | here | here | |
| 16 | Albania | here | ||
| 17 | Ukraine | here | here | here |
| 18 | Estonia | here | ||
| 19 | Netherlands | here |
Final, 16th May
| No. | Country | Introduction | Interview | Video interview |
| 3 | France | here | ||
| 10 | Russia | here | ||
| 17 | Germany | here | ||
| 23 | United Kingdom | here | here | |
| 25 | Spain | here | here |
This overview will be updated with more interviews coming in.
Statistics
The Languages
As every year since the downfall of the language rule in 1999, English will be the most used language on the Eurovision stage again. 32 of the 42 entries will be partly or entirely performed in English (24 of them will probably be performed in English only). With a large gap, the second most used language will probably be Russian appearing in three entries (if the Lithuanian entry will be performed partly in Russian, which is likely to happen). French would follow in third place with two entries. Nine countries will obviously use more than one language on stage.
18 countries will use one (or more) of their national languages on stage. On the other hand, there are some entries that feature languages that are neither English nor an official language of the country they represent: Romani in the Czech entry, French in the Swedish entry, Russian in the Latvian entry and Ukrainian in the Russian entry. We could also mention the Latin title of the Irish entry, but the expression Et cetera has become quite common in many languages.
The song titles
The longest song title in this year's Eurovision Song Contest will probably the Ukrainian one: Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis girl) has 34 characters and therefore comes close to the record holder in this category, the German entry in the 1964 contest Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne with 41 characters. The title of Israel's entry would be even longer than the Ukrainian one if the Hebrew title was added in brackets, however the songs appears to be officially simply called There must be another way. The shortest song titles are Love and Mamo from Lithuania and Russia respectively. However, they are still twice as long as the shortest song titles in the contest's history, which all had two characters (including e.g.El in 1982 and Go in1988).
The performers
Not counting artists that are classified as background singers/dancers, the following acts will compete in Moscow:
- 16 female soloist
- 10 groups (4 all-male groups,4 mixed groups and2 all-female groups)
- 8 male soloists
- 8 duos (3 male duos, 3 mixed duos, 2 female duos)
Once again, female soloists dominate the line-up, although the groups come close this year. Generally, the line-up pretty much reflects the Eurovsion Song Contests in recent years (despite a rather high amount of duos taking part).
