Moscow, Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Eurovision 2009: the first semi-final, vote by vote
18 songs, 20 countries voting. Iceland finished first on 174 points; ten songs went through to the final.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 174 pts
Sang no. 12 · through, 2nd in the final
Top marks from Belarus, Sweden, Armenia, Israel, Finland, Portugal and Malta
- 2 172 pts
Sang no. 9 · through, 4th in the final
Top marks from Belgium, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and United Kingdom
- 3 125 pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina “Bistra voda”
Sang no. 18 · through, 9th in the final
Top marks from Montenegro and Turkey
- 4 105 pts
Sweden Malena Ernman “La Voix”
Sang no. 5 · through, 21st in the final
- 5 99 pts
Armenia Inga and Anush “Jan Jan (Ջան Ջան)”
Sang no. 6 · through, 10th in the final
Top marks from Czech Republic
- 6 86 pts
- 7 75 pts
- 8 70 pts
Portugal Flor-de-Lis “Todas as ruas do amor”
Sang no. 16 · through, 15th in the final
Top marks from Andorra
- 9 67 pts
- 10 45 pts
- 11 44 pts
Montenegro Andrea Demirović “Just Get Out of My Life”
Sang no. 1 · out
- 12 42 pts
Finland Waldo's People “Lose Control”
Sang no. 15 · through, 25th in the final
Top marks from Iceland
- 13 25 pts
Belarus Petr Elfimov “Eyes That Never Lie”
Sang no. 4 · out
- 14 15 pts
Switzerland Lovebugs “The Highest Heights”
Sang no. 8 · out
- 15 8 pts
Andorra Susanne Georgi “La teva decisió (Get a Life)”
Sang no. 7 · out
- 16 7 pts
Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov “Illusion”
Sang no. 11 · out
- 17 1 pts
- 18 0 pts
Czech Republic Gipsy.cz “Aven Romale”
Sang no. 2 · out
Who gave what
Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down.
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Montenegro
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10 Macedonia
- 8 Turkey
- 7 Iceland
- 6 Romania
- 5 Israel
- 4 Armenia
- 3 Finland
- 2 Belarus
- 1 Malta
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Czech Republic
- 12 Armenia
- 10 Iceland
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Malta
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Turkey
- 4 Israel
- 3 Macedonia
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Belarus
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Belgium
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Malta
- 7 Iceland
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Israel
- 2 Romania
- 1 Finland
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Belarus
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Malta
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Turkey
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 4 Israel
- 3 Montenegro
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Romania
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Sweden
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Finland
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Turkey
- 6 Israel
- 5 Armenia
- 4 Malta
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Belarus
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Armenia
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Turkey
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Israel
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 5 Montenegro
- 4 Belarus
- 3 Malta
- 2 Romania
- 1 Belgium
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Andorra
- 12 Portugal
- 10 Iceland
- 8 Israel
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Malta
- 5 Turkey
- 4 Romania
- 3 Finland
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Montenegro
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Switzerland
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Portugal
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Iceland
- 6 Macedonia
- 5 Israel
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Malta
- 2 Montenegro
- 1 Armenia
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Turkey
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Iceland
- 7 Romania
- 6 Macedonia
- 5 Montenegro
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Israel
- 2 Bulgaria
- 1 Andorra
-
Israel
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Romania
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Turkey
- 5 Malta
- 4 Belarus
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Montenegro
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Bulgaria
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Macedonia
- 8 Armenia
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 6 Iceland
- 5 Romania
- 4 Israel
- 3 Malta
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Belarus
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Iceland
- 12 Finland
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Portugal
- 7 Turkey
- 6 Israel
- 5 Malta
- 4 Romania
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2 Armenia
- 1 Belarus
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Macedonia
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 8 Montenegro
- 7 Romania
- 6 Belarus
- 5 Bulgaria
- 4 Iceland
- 3 Sweden
- 2 Armenia
- 1 Israel
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Romania
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Iceland
- 8 Armenia
- 7 Portugal
- 6 Malta
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Israel
- 2 Macedonia
- 1 Finland
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Finland
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Turkey
- 6 Israel
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Belarus
- 3 Malta
- 2 Portugal
- 1 Armenia
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Portugal
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Romania
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 6 Malta
- 5 Turkey
- 4 Andorra
- 3 Finland
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Montenegro
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Malta
- 12 Iceland
- 10 Turkey
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 6 Montenegro
- 5 Finland
- 4 Israel
- 3 Andorra
- 2 Romania
- 1 Belarus
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Montenegro
- 8 Macedonia
- 7 Iceland
- 6 Romania
- 5 Malta
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Armenia
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Germany
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Armenia
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 7 Portugal
- 6 Iceland
- 5 Israel
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Malta
- 2 Montenegro
- 1 Romania
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United Kingdom
- 12 Turkey
- 10 Malta
- 8 Iceland
- 7 Sweden
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Armenia
- 4 Finland
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2 Romania
- 1 Israel
The full scoreboard
Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.
The grid is 20 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Montenegro | Czech Republic | Belgium | Belarus | Sweden | Armenia | Andorra | Switzerland | Turkey | Israel | Bulgaria | Iceland | Macedonia | Romania | Finland | Portugal | Malta | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Germany | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 105 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Armenia | 99 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Andorra | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 172 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| Israel | 75 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Bulgaria | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 174 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| Macedonia | 45 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Romania | 67 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Finland | 42 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Portugal | 70 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
| Malta | 86 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 125 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- opened by
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- The tale of the Firebird with the Tolmachevy Sisters
- in the interval
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- The Alexandrov Ensemble and t.A.T.u. “Not Gonna Get Us”
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.