ESC HELSINKI 2007 (52ª)

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  • Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 12 May 2007 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Hartwall Arena (Helsinki-Halli / Helsingin areena / Helsingforsarenan), Helsinki, 🇫🇮 Finland
  • Presenter (s): Jaana Pelkonen & Mikko Leppilampi. Krisse Salminen (Green Room)
  • Musical Director: —
  • Director: Timo Suomi
  • Executive Producer: Heikki Seppälä
  • Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
  • Multicamera Director: Timo Suomi
  • Host broadcaster: Yleisradio (Yle)
  • Motto: “True Fantasy” (Todellista Fantasiaa)
  • Opening Act: Lordi video from Rovaniemi transitioning into Lordi performing “Hard Rock Hallelujah” on stage
  • Interval Act: Apocalyptica performing a medley of “Worlds Collide”, “Faraway” and “Life Burns!” (instrumental)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 24 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (46ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (43ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (44ª), 🇫🇷 France (47ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (47ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (10ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (26ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (12ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (9ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (5ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (7ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (38ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (38ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (4ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (12ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (8ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (7ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (3ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (28ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (2ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (3ª)]; Semi-Final 28 [🇧🇾 Belarus (4ª), 🇦🇩 Andorra (4ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (38ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (7ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (12ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (12ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (45ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (46ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (20ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (3ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (12ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (4ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (25ª),  🇮🇱 Israel (26ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (1ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (46ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (3ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (36ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (14ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (1ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (43ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (19ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (28ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (7ª)]
  • Debuting countries: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (1ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (1ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª) 
  • Return: 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª)
  • Non-returning countries: 🇲🇨 Monaco (22ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
  • Nil Points: —
  • Winning song: “Molitva” – Marija Šerifović (Марија Шерифовић) – 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª)

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About/Overview. The Final of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest took place in Helsinki, Finland, at the Hartwall Arena. For the occasion, the venue was referred to as the Helsinki Arena. Czech Republic and Georgia debuted in the Semi-Final, so did Serbia and Montenegro as independent states. Of those countries, only Georgia and Serbia managed to qualify for the Final, together with returning country Hungary. 

Equal opportunities for all!. Host Broadcaster YLE adopted ‘True Fantasy’ as the slogan for this year’s contest. The high-tech stage was constructed in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. The contest’s Presenting Partner was TeliaSonera and the International Presenting Partners were Nobel Biocare and the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. The Final opened with Lordi, the monster rock band that brought that contest to Finland. The UK entry was performed by pop group Scooch who dressed as flight attendants. Ukraine sent Verka Serduchka, a drag act, who performed the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”, which finished second. Verka has gone on to become an iconic figure in recent Eurovision history.

About the winner. Serbia, participating as an independent country for the first time, won the contest, closely followed by respectively Ukraine and Russia. The winning song, “Molitva”, was performed by Marija Šerifović, is to date, the only non-English language song to have won the Eurovision Song Contest since the language rules were relaxed in 1999.

Facts & figures. 2007 was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was produced and broadcast in High Definition; Almost 9 million votes were cast all over Europe, either by telephone or SMS.

Final:

o/r  Country participant(s) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Points rank
01 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Maria (Marija Šestić, Марија Шестић) Rijeka bez imena (Ријека без имена, River without a name / Nameless river – Never wake me up) Bosnian 106 11
02 🇪🇸 Spain TVE D’NASH (Nash) I Love You Mi Vida (I love you my life; Te amo, mi vida) Spanish[c] 043 20
03 🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC Koldun (Калдун, Koldun, Дзьмітры Калдун, Дми́трий Колду́н) Work Your Magic (Твары сваё чараўніцтва / Дай Мне Силу) English 145 06
04 🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ Dervish They Can’t Stop The Spring English 005 24
05 🇫🇮 Finland YLE Hanna (Hanna Pakarinen) Leave Me Alone (Jätä minut rauhaan) English 053 17
06 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV Karolina (Karolina Gočeva, Каролина Гочева) Mojot svet (Мојот свет, My world) Macedonian, English 073 14
07 🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO Alenka Gotar (Аленка Готар) Cvet z juga (Flower of the south) Slovene 066 15
08 🇭🇺 Hungary MTV Magdi Rúzsa Unsubstantial Blues (Aprócska blues) English 128 09
09 🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT The 4Fun (4Fun, 4FUN, Julia & 4Fun) Love Or Leave (Mylėk arba palik) English 028 21
10 🇬🇷 Greece ERT Sarbel (Sarbel Michael, Σαρμπέλ Μιχαήλ, شربل مخائيل‎) Yassou Maria (Γειά σου Μαρία, Hello Maria) English[d] 139 07
11 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB Sopho (Sopho Khalvashi, სოფო ხალვაში) Visionary Dream (წარმოსახვითი ოცნება, My Story) English 097 12
12 🇸🇪 Sweden SVT The Ark The Worrying Kind English 051 18
13 🇫🇷 France France 3 Les Fatals Picards L’amour à la Française (Love – the French way) French, English (“Franglais”) 019 22
14 🇱🇻 Latvia LTV Bonaparti.lv Questa notte (Šī nakts,Tonight, Šonakt) Italian 054 16
15 🇷🇺 Russia C1R Serebro (Серебро) Song #1 (Песня номер один) English 207 03
16 🇩🇪 Germany ARD Roger Cicero Frauen regier’n die Welt (Women rule the world / Guess Who Rules the World) German, English 049 19
17 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS winner Marija Šerifović (Марија Шерифовић) Molitva (Молитва, Prayer) Serbian 268 01
18 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU Verka Serduchka (Вєрка Сердючка) Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Данцінґ Лаша Тумбай, Dancing Лаша Тумбай) German, English, Surzhyk[e] 235 02
19 🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC Scooch Flying The Flag (For You) English 019 22
20 🇷🇴 Romania TVR Todomondo Liubi, liubi, I Love You (Love, love, I love you) English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian 084 13
21 🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov (Елица Тодорова и Стоян Янкулов) Water (Вода) Bulgarian 157 05
22 🇹🇷 Turkey TRT Kenan Doğulu Shake It Up Şekerim (Çalkala Şekerim; Shake it up, sweetheart; Shake it up Shekerim) English 163 04
23 🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV Hayko (Հայկո) Anytime You Need (Ցանկացաց ժամանակ քեզ պետք է) English, Armenian 138 08
24 🇲🇩 Moldova TRM Natalia Barbu Fight English 109 10
    • Dates – Semi-Final: Thursday, 10 May 2007 – 21:00 CEST
    • Host – Venue & Location: Hartwall Arena (Helsinki-Halli / Helsingin areena / Helsingforsarenan), Helsinki, 🇫🇮 Finland
    • Presenter (s): Jaana Pelkonen & Mikko Leppilampi. Krisse Salminen (Green Room)
    • Musical Director: —
    • Director: Timo Suomi
    • Executive Producer: Heikki Seppälä
    • Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
    • Multicamera Director: Timo Suomi
    • Host broadcaster: Yleisradio (Yle)
    • Motto: “True Fantasy” (Todellista Fantasiaa)
    • Opening Act: Finnish dancers dancing to accordion music by Johanna Juhola.
    • Interval Act: Tsuumi Dance Theatre: Matti Paloniemi, who also scripted the piece with Tiina Puumalainen, was responsible for choreographing and directing the performance. Hannu Kella composed the music and served as conductor. The performance was based on the Kalevala, Finland’s epic tale, and explored Finland’s roots in depth.
    • Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 24 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (46ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (43ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (44ª), 🇫🇷 France (47ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (47ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (10ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (26ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (12ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (9ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (5ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (7ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (38ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (38ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (4ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (12ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (8ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (7ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (3ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (28ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (2ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (3ª)]; Semi-Final 28 [🇧🇾 Belarus (4ª), 🇦🇩 Andorra (4ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (38ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (7ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (12ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (12ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (45ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (46ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (20ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (3ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (12ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (4ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (25ª),  🇮🇱 Israel (26ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (1ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (46ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (3ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (36ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (14ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (1ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (43ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (19ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (28ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (7ª)]
    • Debuting countries: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (1ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (1ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (1ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª) 
    • Return: 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (6ª)
    • Non-returning countries: 🇲🇨 Monaco (22ª)
    • Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
    • Nil Points: —
    • Winning song: “Molitva” – Marija Šerifović (Марија Шерифовић) – 🇷🇸 Serbia (1ª)

About/Overview. The Final of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest took place in Helsinki, Finland, at the Hartwall Arena. For the occasion, the venue was referred to as the Helsinki Arena. Czech Republic and Georgia debuted in the Semi-Final, so did Serbia and Montenegro as independent states. Of those countries, only Georgia and Serbia managed to qualify for the Final, together with returning country Hungary. 

Equal opportunities for all!. Host Broadcaster YLE adopted ‘True Fantasy’ as the slogan for this year’s contest. The high-tech stage was constructed in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. The contest’s Presenting Partner was TeliaSonera and the International Presenting Partners were Nobel Biocare and the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. The Final opened with Lordi, the monster rock band that brought that contest to Finland. The UK entry was performed by pop group Scooch who dressed as flight attendants. Ukraine sent Verka Serduchka, a drag act, who performed the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”, which finished second. Verka has gone on to become an iconic figure in recent Eurovision history.

About the winner. Serbia, participating as an independent country for the first time, won the contest, closely followed by respectively Ukraine and Russia. The winning song, “Molitva”, was performed by Marija Šerifović, is to date, the only non-English language song to have won the Eurovision Song Contest since the language rules were relaxed in 1999.

Facts & figures. 2007 was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was produced and broadcast in High Definition; Almost 9 million votes were cast all over Europe, either by telephone or SMS.

Semi-Final: [Q] – Qualifiers qualifier

o/r  Country participant(s) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE points rank
01 🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT qualifier Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov (Елица Тодорова и Стоян Янкулов) Water (Вода) Bulgarian 146 06
02 🇮🇱 Israel IBA Teapacks (Tipex, טיפקס‎) Push The Button (כפתור אדום) English, French, Hebrew 017 24
03 🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC Evridiki (Ευρυδίκη, Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas, Ευρυδίκη και Δημήτρης Κοργιαλάς) Comme ci, comme ça (Έτσι Κι Έτσι; Like this, like that / So-So) French 065 15
04 🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC qualifier Dmitry Koldun (Калдун, Koldun, Дзьмітры Калдун, Дми́трий Колду́н) Work Your Magic (Твары сваё чараўніцтва / Дай Мне Силу) English 176 04
05 🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV Eiríkur Hauksson Valentine Lost (Ég les í lófa þínum) English 077 13
06  🇬🇪 Georgia GPB qualifier Sopho (Sopho Khalvashi, სოფო ხალვაში) Visionary Dream (წარმოსახვითი ოცნება, My Story) English 123 08
07 🇲🇪 Montenegro RTCG Stevan Faddy (Стеван Фeди) ‘Ajde, kroči (‘Ајде, крочи; Come on, step in) Montenegrin 033 22
08 🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG DJ Bobo Vampires Are Alive English 040 20
09 🇲🇩 Moldova TRM qualifier Natalia Barbu Fight English 091 10
10 🇳🇱 The Netherlands NOS Edsilia Rombley On Top Of The World (Nooit Meer Zonder Jou, Never Again Without You) English 038 21
11 🇦🇱 Albania RTSH Frederik Ndoci (Aida & Frederik Ndoci) Hear My Plea (Dëgjo Lutjen Time; Balada e gurit, The stone ballad / Ballad of Stone) English, Albanian 049 17
12 🇩🇰 Denmark DR DQ (Peter Andersen) Drama Queen English 045 19
13 🇭🇷 Croatia HRT Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić (Драгонфлај и Дадо Топић) Vjerujem u ljubav (Вјерујем у љубав, I believe in love) Croatian, English 054 16
14 🇵🇱 Poland TVP The Jet Set Time To Party English 075 14
15 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS qualifier Marija Šerifović (Марија Шерифовић) Molitva (Молитва, Prayer) Serbian 298 01
16 🇨🇿 Czech Republic ČT Kabát Malá Dáma (Little lady) Czech 001 28
17 🇵🇹 Portugal RTP Sabrina Danca comigo (vem ser feliz) [Dance with me (Come be happy)] Portuguese, English[a] 088 11
18 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV qualifier Karolina (Karolina Gočeva, Каролина Гочева) Mojot svet (Мојот свет, My world) Macedonian, English 097 09
19 🇳🇴 Norway NRK Guri Schanke Ven a bailar conmigo (Kom og dans med meg, Come and dance with me) English[b] 048 18
20 🇲🇹 Malta PBS Olivia Lewis Vertigo (Sturdament) English 015 25
21 🇦🇩 Andorra RTVA Anonymous Salvem el món (Let’s Save the World) (Salvemos el mundo) Catalan, English 080 12
22 🇭🇺 Hungary MTV qualifier Magdi Rúzsa Unsubstantial Blues (Aprócska blues) English 224 02
23 🇪🇪 Estonia ERR Gerli Padar Partners In Crime English 033 22
24 🇧🇪 Belgium RTBF The KMG’s (Krazy Mess Groovers) Love Power! (LovePower) English 014 26
25 🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO qualifier Alenka Gotar (Аленка Готар) Cvet z juga (Flower of the south) Slovene 140 07
26 🇹🇷 Turkey TRT qualifier Kenan Doğulu Shake It Up Şekerim (Çalkala Şekerim; Shake it up, sweetheart; Shake it up Shekerim) English 197 03
27 🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF Eric Papilaya Get A Life – Get Alive (Beginn’ zu Leben – werde lebendig) English 004 27
28 🇱🇻 Latvia LTV qualifier Bonaparti.lv Questa notte (Šī nakts,Tonight, Šonakt) Italian 168 05

Participation map

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Transmitirá a 2º semifinal noutro horário. Participating countries Transmitirá a Final em direto. Did not qualify from the semi final Transmitirá a 1º semifinal em direto. Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007

ESC 2007 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results:

Final:

Scoreboard - Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final

ESC 2007 Scoreboard Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:

Semi-Final:

Scoreboard - Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Semi-Final

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country’s victory at the 2006 contest with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Finnish television presenter Jaana Pelkonen and musician and TV-host Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest – three more than the previous record of thirty-nine, that took part in 2005. The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme. The Czech Republic and Georgia participated for the first time this year, with Montenegro and Serbia taking part as independent nations for the first time. Austria and Hungary both returned, after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Monaco decided not to participate, despite initially confirming participation. Monaco has not competed in Eurovision Song Contest ever since.

The winner was Serbia with the song “Molitva”, performed by Marija Šerifović and written by Vladimir Graić and Saša Milošević Mare. This was Serbia’s first victory in the contest, coincidentally the first year it competed as an independent nation. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country’s native language since Israel’s “Diva” in 1998. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Bulgaria rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Belarus achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved its worst placing in the contest, finishing twenty-fourth (last place). Of the “Big Four” countries, Germany placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki – host venue during the 2007 contest.

1.Location. Helsinki, the Finnish capital, was chosen as the host city, although other cities were in the running; the second-largest city of Espoo, the third-largest city of Tampere, and the city of Turku all submitted bids to host the contest alongside Kittilä, Lahti and Rovaniemi. The choice of Helsinki was justified, among other things, by the requirements of the number of people and technology, as well as its superior flight and transport connections and accommodation capacity.

1.1.Venue. A total of 11 venues in seven locations applied for hosting rights. The known possible venues for the contest included LänsiAuto Areena in Espoo, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Fair Center, industrial workshop buildings at Pasilan konepaja in Helsinki, Lahden suurhalli in Lahti, Rovaniemi Lapland Arena, Pirkkahalli (main hall of Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre), Tampere Ice Stadium and Turkuhalli.

In the end, Helsinki was chosen, with the host venue being the Hartwall Areena. The venue is a large multi-functional indoor arena, which opened in 1997, and can take some 12,000–15,000 spectators for concerts. Its name comes from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki. For the contest, the arena was referred to as the Helsinki Arena.

The hosts Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi

2.Format. On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song. The United Kingdom chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by Nordic communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.

2.1.Visual design. The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be “True Fantasy”, which embraced Finland and “Finnishness” in terms of the polarities associated with the country. The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F. The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year’s theme. An official CD and DVD were released (but no HD DVD or Blu-ray, despite the event being broadcast in high definition for the first time). An official fan book was also released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories occurring in different Finnish landmarks.

3.Participating countries. Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.

42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007. Monaco announced its non-participation on 12 December 2006, and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

3.1.Returning artists.

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Evridiki 🇨🇾 Cyprus 1983 (backing singer for Stavros and Constantina), 1987 (backing singer for Alexia), 1992, 1994
Eiríkur Hauksson 🇮🇸 Iceland 1986 (as member of ICY), 1991 (for 🇳🇴 Norway, as member of Just 4 Fun)
Karolina 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 2002
Edsilia Rombley 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 1998

3.2.Semi-final. The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

3.3.Final. The finalists were: the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom; the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers); the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.

The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.

3.4.Participants and results.

3.5.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2007:

• National Selections in 2007: