Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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.

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

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	Stefan Filipović	"Zauvijek volim te" (Заувијек волим те)	Montenegrin	23	14
2	Israel	Boaz	"The Fire in Your Eyes"	Hebrew	104	5
3	Estonia	Kreisiraadio	"Leto svet"	Serbian, German, Finnish	8	18
4	Moldova	Geta Burlacu	"A Century of Love"	English	36	12
5	San Marino	Miodio	"Complice"	Italian	5	19
6	Belgium	Ishtar	"O Julissi"	Imaginary	16	17
7	Azerbaijan	Elnur and Samir	"Day After Day"	English	96	6
8	Slovenia	Rebeka Dremelj	"Vrag naj vzame"	Slovene	36	11
9	Norway	Maria	"Hold On Be Strong"	English	106	4
10	Poland	Isis 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	"Pokušaj"	Bosnian	72	9
14	Armenia	Sirusho	"Qélé, Qélé" (Քելե Քելե)	English, Armenian	139	2
15	Netherlands	Hind	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	English	27	13
16	Finland	Teräsbetoni	"Missä miehet ratsastaa"	Finnish	79	8
17	Romania	Nico and Vlad	"Pe-o margine de lume"	Romanian, Italian	94	7
18	Russia	Dima 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	Charlotte Perrelli	"Hero"	English	54	12 ‡
3	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	"Deli"	Turkish	85	7
4	Ukraine	Ani Lorak	"Shady Lady"	English	152	1
5	Lithuania	Jeronimas Milius	"Nomads in the Night"	English	30	16
6	Albania	Olta Boka	"Zemrën e lamë peng"	Albanian	67	9
7	Switzerland	Paolo Meneguzzi	"Era stupendo"	Italian	47	13
8	Czech Republic	Tereza Kerndlová	"Have Some Fun"	English	9	18
9	Belarus	Ruslan Alehno	"Hasta la vista"	English	27	17
10	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	English	86	6
11	Croatia	Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents	"Romanca"	Croatian	112	4
12	Bulgaria	Deep Zone and Balthazar	"DJ, Take Me Away"	English	56	11
13	Denmark	Simon Mathew	"All Night Long"	English	112	3
14	Georgia	Diana Gurtskaya	"Peace Will Come"	English	107	5
15	Hungary	Csézy	"Candlelight"	English, Hungarian	6	19
16	Malta	Morena	"Vodka"	English	38	14
17	Cyprus	Evdokia Kadi	"Femme Fatale"	Greek	36	15
18	Macedonia	Tamara, Vrčak and Adrijan	"Let Me Love You"	English	64	10
19	Portugal	Vânia Fernandes	"Senhora do mar (Negras águas)"	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 lume"	Romanian, Italian	45	20
2	United Kingdom	Andy Abraham	"Even If"	English	14	25
3	Albania	Olta Boka	"Zemrën e lamë peng"	Albanian	55	17
4	Germany	No Angels	"Disappear"	English	14	23
5	Armenia	Sirusho	"Qélé, Qélé" (Քելե Քելե)	English, Armenian	199	4
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Laka	"Pokušaj"	Bosnian	110	10
7	Israel	Boaz	"The Fire in Your Eyes"	Hebrew	124	9
8	Finland	Teräsbetoni	"Missä miehet ratsastaa"	Finnish	35	22
9	Croatia	Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents	"Romanca"	Croatian	44	21
10	Poland	Isis Gee	"For Life"	English	14	24
11	Iceland	Euroband	"This Is My Life"	English	64	14
12	Turkey	Mor ve Ötesi	"Deli"	Turkish	138	7
13	Portugal	Vânia Fernandes	"Senhora do mar (Negras águas)"	Portuguese	69	13
14	Latvia	Pirates of the Sea	"Wolves of the Sea"	English	83	12
15	Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	"Hero"	English	47	18
16	Denmark	Simon Mathew	"All Night Long"	English	60	15
17	Georgia	Diana Gurtskaya	"Peace Will Come"	English	83	11
18	Ukraine	Ani Lorak	"Shady Lady"	English	230	2
19	France	Sébastien 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	Rodolfo Chikilicuatre	"Baila el Chiki Chiki"	Spanish, English	55	16
23	Serbia	Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić	"Oro" (Оро)	Serbian	160	6
24	Russia	Dima Bilan	"Believe"	English	272	1
25	Norway	Maria	"Hold On Be Strong"	English	182	5