Live: Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The grand final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest is about to be held. 25 countries will compete to take home the trophy and host the competition in 2010.

The show will start at 21:00 CET.

Internet broadcast

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The line-up

(Composer/lyricist in brackets)

1. Lithuania – Sasha Son – Love
   (Sasha Son)
2. Israel – Noa & Mira Awad – There must be another way
   (Noa, Mira Awad, Gil Dor)
3. France – Patricia Kaas – Et s'il fallait le faire
   (Anse Lazio/Fred Blondin)
4. Sweden – Malena Ernman – La voix
   (Fredrik Kempe/Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman)
5. Croatia – Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea – Lijepa Tena
   (Tonci Huljic/Vjekoslava Huljic)
6. Portugal – Flor-de-Lis – Todas as ruas do amor
   (Pedro Marques/Pedro Marques, Paulo Pereira)
7. Iceland – Yohanna – Is it true?
   (Tinatin Japaridze, Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Chris Neil)
8. Greece – Sakis Rouvas – This is our night
   (Dimitris Kontopoulos/Craig Porteils, Cameron Giles-Webb)
9. Armenia – Inga & Anush – Nor par
   (Mane Akopyan/Avet Barseghyan, Vardan Zadoyan)
10. Russia – Anastasiya Pridhodko – Mamo
    (Konstantin Meladze/Konstantin Meladze, Diana Golde)
11. Azerbaijan – AySel & Arash – Always
    (R. Uhlmann, A. Labaf, A. Papakonstantinou, M. Englöf, J. Bejerholm, A. Wrethov, E. Wrethov)
12. Bosnia & Herzegovina – Regina – Bistra voda
    (Aleksandar Covic)
13. Moldova – Nelly Ciobanu – Hora din Moldova
    (Veaceslav Daniliuc/Nelly Ciobanu, Andrei Hadjiu, Aristotelis Kalimeris)
14. Malta – Chiara – What if we?
    (Marc Paelinck/Gregory Bilsen)
15. Estonia – Urban Symphony – Rändajad
    (Sven Lõhmus)
16. Denmark – Brinck – Believe again
    (Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Ronan Keating)
17. Germany – Alex Swings! Oscar Sings! – Miss kiss kiss bang
    (Alex Christensen)
18. Turkey – Hadise – Düm tek tek
    (Sinan Akçil/Hadise, Sinan Akçil, Stefan Fernande)
19. Albania– Kejsi Tola – Carry me in your dreams
    (Edmond Zhulali/Agim Doçi, June Muftaraj Taylor)
20. Norway – Alexander Rybak – Fairytale
    (Alexander Rybak)
21. Ukraine – Svetlana Lobody – Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis girl)
    (Svetlana Loboda/Yevgeny Matyushenko)
22. Romania – Elena Georghe – The Balkan girls
    (Daris Mangal, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Laurentiu Duta/Laurentiu Duta, Alexandru Pelin)
23. United Kingdom – Jade Ewen – It's my time
    (Diane Warren, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
24. Finland – Waldo's People – Lose control
    (Karima, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen/Karima,Annie Kratz-Gutå, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen, Waldo)
25. Spain – Soraya – La noche es para mí
    (Irini Michas, Dimitri Stassos, Jason Gill/Felipe Pedroso)

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