Eurovision Song Contest 2008

This map shows the placement of the participating countries. Russia, in blue, won.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was a talent contest hosted in Belgrade, Serbia. It was won by Dima Bilan of Russia, singing the song "Believe". It was a big television event, watched by 250 million people around the world.

In 2008 the contest was split into two semifinals, with 19 countries in each semifinal. The first semifinal was held on May 20, second semifinal on May 22, and the final on May 24.

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final round was held on 20 May 2008
the color peach shows which countries qualified for the final
Flax shows the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language^[1]	Points	Place^[2]
1	Montenegro	Filipović, StefanStefan Filipović	"Zauvijek volim tecode: cnr is deprecated " (Заувијек волим теcode: cnr is deprecated )	Montenegrin	23	14
2	Israel	Boaz	"The Fire in Your Eyes"	Hebrew	104	5
3	Estonia	Kreisiraadio	"Leto svetcode: sr is deprecated "	Serbian, German, Finnish	8	18
4	Moldova	Burlacu, GetaGeta Burlacu	"A Century of Love"	English	36	12
5	San Marino	Miodio	"Complicecode: it is deprecated "	Italian	5	19
6	Belgium	Ishtar	"O Julissi"	Imaginary	16	17
7	Azerbaijan	Elnur and Samir	"Day After Day"	English	96	6
8	Slovenia	Dremelj, RebekaRebeka Dremelj	"Vrag naj vzamecode: sl is deprecated "	Slovene	36	11
9	Norway	Maria	"Hold On Be Strong"	English	106	4
10	Poland	Gee, IsisIsis Gee	"For Life"	English	42	10 ‡
11	Ireland	Dustin the Turkey	"Irelande Douze Pointe"	English	22	15
12	Andorra	Gisela	"Casanova"	English	22	16
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laka	"Pokušajcode: bs is deprecated "	Bosnian	72	9
14	Armenia	Sirusho	"Qélé, Qélécode: hy is deprecated " (Քելե Քելեcode: hy is deprecated )	English, Armenian	139	2
15	Netherlands	Hind	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	English	27	13
16	Finland	Teräsbetoni	"Missä miehet ratsastaacode: fi is deprecated "	Finnish	79	8
17	Romania	Nico and Vlad	"Pe-o margine de lumecode: ro is deprecated "	Romanian, Italian	94	7
18	Russia	Bilan, DimaDima Bilan	"Believe"	English	135	3
19	Greece	Kalomira	"Secret Combination"	English	156	1

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final round was held on 22 May 2008
the color peach shows which countries qualified for the final
Flax shows the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language^[1]	Points	Place^[3]
1	Iceland	Euroband	"This Is My Life"	English	68	8
2	Sweden	Perrelli, CharlotteCharlotte Perrelli	"Hero"	English	54	12 ‡
3	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	"Delicode: tr is deprecated "	Turkish	85	7
4	Ukraine	Lorak, AniAni Lorak	"Shady Lady"	English	152	1
5	Lithuania	Milius, JeronimasJeronimas Milius	"Nomads in the Night"	English	30	16
6	Albania	Boka, OltaOlta Boka	"Zemrën e lamë pengcode: sq is deprecated "	Albanian	67	9
7	Switzerland	Meneguzzi, PaoloPaolo Meneguzzi	"Era stupendocode: it is deprecated "	Italian	47	13
8	Czech Republic	Kerndlová, TerezaTereza Kerndlová	"Have Some Fun"	English	9	18
9	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belarus	Alehno, RuslanRuslan Alehno	"Hasta la vistacode: es is deprecated "	English	27	17
10	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	English	86	6
11	Croatia	Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents	"Romancacode: hr is deprecated "	Croatian	112	4
12	Bulgaria	Deep Zone and Balthazar	"DJ, Take Me Away"	English	56	11
13	Denmark	Mathew, SimonSimon Mathew	"All Night Long"	English	112	3
14	Georgia	Gurtskaya, DianaDiana Gurtskaya	"Peace Will Come"	English	107	5
15	Hungary	Csézy	"Candlelight"	English, Hungarian	6	19
16	Malta	Morena	"Vodka"	English	38	14
17	Cyprus	Kadi, EvdokiaEvdokia Kadi	"Femme Fatalecode: fr is deprecated "	Greek	36	15
18	Republic of Macedonia	Tamara, Vrčak and Adrijan	"Let Me Love You"	English	64	10
19	Portugal	Fernandes, VâniaVânia Fernandes	"Senhora do mar (Negras águas)code: pt is deprecated "	Portuguese	120	2

Final

The final was held on 24 May 2008.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language^[1]	Points	Place^[4]
1	Romania	Nico and Vlad	"Pe-o margine de lumecode: ro is deprecated "	Romanian, Italian	45	20
2	United Kingdom	Abraham, AndyAndy Abraham	"Even If"	English	14	25
3	Albania	Boka, OltaOlta Boka	"Zemrën e lamë pengcode: sq is deprecated "	Albanian	55	17
4	Germany	No Angels	"Disappear"	English	14	23
5	Armenia	Sirusho	"Qélé, Qélécode: hy is deprecated " (Քելե Քելեcode: hy is deprecated )	English, Armenian	199	4
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laka	"Pokušajcode: bs is deprecated "	Bosnian	110	10
7	Israel	Boaz	"The Fire in Your Eyes"	Hebrew	124	9
8	Finland	Teräsbetoni	"Missä miehet ratsastaacode: fi is deprecated "	Finnish	35	22
9	Croatia	Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents	"Romancacode: hr is deprecated "	Croatian	44	21
10	Poland	Gee, IsisIsis Gee	"For Life"	English	14	24
11	Iceland	Euroband	"This Is My Life"	English	64	14
12	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	"Delicode: tr is deprecated "	Turkish	138	7
13	Portugal	Fernandes, VâniaVânia Fernandes	"Senhora do mar (Negras águas)code: pt is deprecated "	Portuguese	69	13
14	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	English	83	12
15	Sweden	Perrelli, CharlotteCharlotte Perrelli	"Hero"	English	47	18
16	Denmark	Mathew, SimonSimon Mathew	"All Night Long"	English	60	15
17	Georgia	Gurtskaya, DianaDiana Gurtskaya	"Peace Will Come"	English	83	11
18	Ukraine	Lorak, AniAni Lorak	"Shady Lady"	English	230	2
19	France	Tellier, SébastienSébastien Tellier	"Divine"	English	47	19
20	Azerbaijan	Elnur and Samir	"Day After Day"	English	132	8
21	Greece	Kalomira	"Secret Combination"	English	218	3
22	Spain	Chikilicuatre, RodolfoRodolfo Chikilicuatre	"Baila el Chiki Chikicode: es is deprecated "	Spanish, English	55	16
23	Serbia	Tomašević, JelenaJelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić	"Orocode: sr is deprecated " (Ороcode: sr is deprecated )	Serbian	160	6
24	Russia	Bilan, DimaDima Bilan	"Believe"	English	272	1
25	Norway	Maria	"Hold On Be Strong"	English	182	5

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Media

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade – host venue of the 2008 contest
Presenters Željko Joksimović and Jovana Janković during the first semi-final
Stage of the contest during the First Semi-final
Aleksandar Josipović as part of the opening act of the second semi-final
Results of the semi-final allocation draw Participating countries in the first semi-final Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final Participating countries in the second semi-final Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Eurovision Song Contest 2008". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ "First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Second Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[Languages-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Eurovision Song Contest 2008". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[2] "First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[3] "Second Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[4] "Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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