54th contest
Eurovision 2009
The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, the 54th edition, was held in Moscow, Russia at Olimpiysky and was won by Norway — Alexander Rybak with “Fairytale”.
Won with 387 points, the largest margin of victory under any scoring system used to that point.
The facts
- Host country
- Russia
- Host city
- Moscow
- Venue
- Olimpiysky
- Winner
- Norway
- Artist
- Alexander Rybak
- Song
- “Fairytale”
This was Norway’s 3rd Eurovision win. Their full record
Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.
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