Turku, a city on the south-west coast of Finland, straddles the Aura River. Location For further information see Turku With 128 points the runner-up was Denmark. It was the first time that Slovakia won the contest. The winner of the ninth edition was Slovakia with the song " I'm Not Sorry" performed by Celeste Buckingham, which scored 155 points and brought the trophy to Slovakia. This was the second time that just one woman will host the event. She sang her brand new song " Turvasana" as one of the interval act during the show. Jenni Vartiainen, a Finnish singer hosted the show. While Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and San Marino have withdrawn from the contest.Īustralia and Spain were disqualified because they didn't send their entries for the contest. Azerbaijan returned after 7 omission editions. All of them participated last in the seventh edition.
Malta, Norway and Slovakia returned after 2 omission editions. Armenia and Iceland are returned to the contest, both having been absent from the third edition. Twenty-six countries indicated that wants to participate. It was the first time that Finland was hosted the contest. It took place in Finland, following Emma's victory in the eighth edition. Non-participants awarded 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 points.Įurope Song Contest 09, was the ninth edition of Europe Song Contest. Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
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