- Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 24 May 2008 – 21:00 CEST
- Host – Venue & Location: Belgrade Arena (Београдска арена; Štark Arena, Штарк арена / KOMBANK Arena, Комбанк арена), Belgrade, 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Presenter (s): Jovana Janković (Јована Јанковић) & Željko Joksimović (Жељко Јоксимовић)
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Sven Stojanović
- Executive Producer: Sandra Šuša
- Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
- Multicamera Director: —
- Host broadcaster: Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)
- Motto: “Confluence of Sound” (Ušće zvuka)
- Opening Act: Marija Šerifović performing “Molitva” (remix) and “Tell Me Why”
- Interval Act: Goran Bregović (Горан Бреговић) (medley: “Gas gas”, “Napile se ulice” and “Kalašnjikov”); Vlade Divac (Владе Дивац)
- Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (47ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (44ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇫🇷 France (48ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (48ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (3ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª)]; First Semi-Final 19 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (2ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (13ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (47ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (39ª), 🇦🇩 Andorra (5ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (46ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (47ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (2ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (5ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (4ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (7ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (26ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (8ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª)]
- Debuting countries: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª)
- Return: —
- Non-returning countries: 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Believe” – Dima Bilan (Дима Билан) – 🇷🇺 Russia (1ª)
About/Overview. For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, two Semi-Finals were held to decide which 25 countries would be represented in the Final. The Final of the contest took place on the 24th of May, just like the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Serbia hosted the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in the Belgrade Arena. A record 43 countries participated including San Marino and Azerbaijan who made their respective debuts. Austria withdrew and did not return to the competition until 2011. France was represented by a major star, Sébastien Tellier, however he failed to impress the voters of Europe and finished in 19th place. Ukraine’s Ani Lorak, who was in the running to represent her country in 2005, finished in second place with her song “Shady Lady”. Charlotte Perrelli (Nilsson), who won the contest in 1999 for Sweden returned to the competition but finished 18th in the Grand Final.
About the winner. Russia had been close to winning the contest several times but Dima Bilan brought it home with his second attempt with the song “Believe” written by American Jim Beanz and Bilan himself. Dima was accompanied by Russian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko as well as Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton.
Facts and figures. Ukraine was runner up for the second year running, with third place going to Greece, and 4th to Armenia, it’s best result so far. Norway finished in 5th place; Sweden qualified for the Grand Final thanks to the jury vote introduced that year; The slogan for 2008 was ‘Confluence of Sound’.
Final.
o/r | Country | participant(s) | SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE | Points | rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 🇷🇴 Romania TVR | Nico & Vlad (Nico & Vlad Miriță) | Pe-o margine de lume (On an edge of the world) Romanian, Italian | 045 | 20 |
02 | 🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC | Andy Abraham | Even if English | 014 | 25 |
03 | 🇦🇱 Albania RTSH | Olta Boka | Zemrën e lamë peng (Hearts trapped in time) Albanian | 055 | 17 |
04 | 🇩🇪 Germany NDR | No Angels | Disappear (Verschwinden) English | 014 | 23 |
05 | 🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV | Sirusho (Սիրուշո) | Qélé, Qélé (Քելե Քելե; Let’s go, Let’s go / Come on, come on) English, Armenian | 199 | 04 |
06 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT | Laka (Лака, Elvir Laković, Елвир Лаковић) | Pokušaj (Покушај, Try) Bosnian | 110 | 10 |
07 | 🇮🇱 Israel IBA | Boaz Ma’uda (בועז מעודה) | The fire iIn your eyes (האש בעינייך, HaEsh BaEinayikh; Ke’ilu Kan, כאילו כאן, As if here) Hebrew[a] | 124 | 09 |
08 | 🇫🇮 Finland YLE | Teräsbetoni | Missä miehet ratsastaa (Where men ride / Where the men ride) Finnish | 035 | 22 |
09 | 🇭🇷 Croatia HRT | Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents (Краљеви улицеи 75 Cents) | Romanca (Романца, Romance) Croatian | 044 | 21 |
10 | 🇵🇱 Poland TVP | Isis Gee | For life English | 014 | 24 |
11 | 🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV | Euroband (Eurobandið) | This is my life (Fullkomið líf) English | 064 | 14 |
12 | 🇹🇷 Turkey TRT | Mor ve Ötesi | Deli (Insane / Crazy) Turkish | 138 | 07 |
13 | 🇵🇹 Portugal RTP | Vânia Fernandes | Senhora do mar (negras águas) [Lady of the sea (Dark Waters)] Portuguese | 069 | 13 |
14 | 🇱🇻 Latvia LTV | Pirates of the Sea | Wolves of the sea (Jūras vilki) English | 083 | 12 |
15 | 🇸🇪 Sweden SVT | Charlotte Perrelli | Hero English | 047 | 18 |
16 | 🇩🇰 Denmark DR | Simon Mathew | All night long English | 060 | 15 |
17 | 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB | Diana Gurtskaya (დიანა ღურწკაია) | Peace will come (მშვიდობა მოვა) English | 083 | 11 |
18 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU | Ani Lorak (Ані Лорак) | Shady lady (Леді з тіні) English | 230 | 02 |
19 | 🇫🇷 France France 3 | Sébastien Tellier | Divine English[f] | 047 | 19 |
20 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai | Elnur & Samir (Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh, Elnur Hüseynov və Samir Cavadzadə) | Day after day (Günbəgün) English | 132 | 08 |
21 | 🇬🇷 Greece ERT | Kalomira (Καλομοίρα) | Secret combination (Μυστικός Συνδυασμός) English | 218 | 03 |
22 | 🇪🇸 Spain TVE | Rodolfo Chikilicuatre | Baila el chiki-chiki (Dance the chiki-chiki) Spanish, English | 055 | 16 |
23 | 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS | Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić (Јелена Томашевић и Бора Дугић) |
Oro (Оро, Hora) Serbian | 160 | 06 |
24 | 🇷🇺 Russia RTR winner | Dima Bilan (Дима Билан) | Believe (Верю / Поверь) English | 272 | 01 |
25 | 🇳🇴 Norway NRK | Maria (Maria Haukaas Storeng) | Hold On Be Strong English | 182 | 05 |
- Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 – 21:00 CEST
- Host – Venue & Location: Belgrade Arena (Београдска арена; Štark Arena,Штарк арена / KOMBANK Arena, Комбанк арена), Belgrade, 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Presenter (s): Jovana Janković (Јована Јанковић) & Željko Joksimović (Жељко Јоксимовић)
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Sven Stojanović
- Executive Producer: Sandra Šuša
- Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
- Multicamera Director: —
- Host broadcaster: Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)
- Motto: “Confluence of Sound” (Ušće zvuka)
- Opening Act: Video killed a radio star performance, Ensemble “Kolo”.
- Interval Act: Slobodan Trkulja (Слободан Тркуља), Metropole Orkest, Balkanopolis, Novak Djokovic (Novak Đoković, Новак Ђоковић) and Željko Joksimović performed “Beograde” (song by Đorđe Marjanović).
- Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (47ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (44ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇫🇷 France (48ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (48ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (3ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), ]; First Semi-Final 19 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (2ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (13ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (47ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇪Ireland (39ª), 🇦🇩 Andorra (5ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (46ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (47ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (2ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (5ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (4ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (7ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (26ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (8ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª)]
- Debuting countries: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª)
- Return: —
- Non-returning countries: 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Secret combination” – Kalomira – 🇬🇷 Greece (1ª)
About/Overview. For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, two Semi-Finals were held to decide which 25 countries would be represented in the Final. The Final of the contest took place on the 24th of May, just like the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Serbia hosted the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in the Belgrade Arena. A record 43 countries participated including San Marino and Azerbaijan who made their respective debuts. Austria withdrew and did not return to the competition until 2011. France was represented by a major star, Sébastien Tellier, however he failed to impress the voters of Europe and finished in 19th place. Ukraine’s Ani Lorak, who was in the running to represent her country in 2005, finished in second place with her song “Shady Lady”. Charlotte Perrelli (Nilsson), who won the contest in 1999 for Sweden returned to the competition but finished 18th in the Grand Final.
About the winner. Russia had been close to winning the contest several times but Dima Bilan brought it home with his second attempt with the song “Believe” written by American Jim Beanz and Bilan himself. Dima was accompanied by Russian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko as well as Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton.
Facts and figures. Ukraine was runner up for the second year running, with third place going to Greece, and 4th to Armenia, it’s best result so far. Norway finished in 5th place; Sweden qualified for the Grand Final thanks to the jury vote introduced that year; The slogan for 2008 was ‘Confluence of Sound’.
First Semi-Final: [Q] – Qualifiers
o/r | Country | participant(s) | SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE | Points | rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro RTCG | Stefan Filipović (Стефан Филиповић) | Zauvijek volim te (Заувијек волим те, I love you forever) Montenegrin | 023 | 14 |
02 | 🇮🇱 Israel IBA qualifier | Boaz (Boaz Ma’uda, בועז מעודה) | The fire in your eyes (האש בעינייך, HaEsh BaEinayikh; Ke’ilu Kan, כאילו כאן, As if here) Hebrew[a] | 104 | 05 |
03 | 🇪🇪 Estonia ERR | Kreisiraadio | Leto svet! (Summer light) Serbian, German, Finnish | 008 | 18 |
04 | 🇲🇩 Moldova TRM | Geta Burlacu | A century of love (Un secol de iubire) English | 036 | 12 |
05 | 🇸🇲 San Marino SMRTV | Miodio | Complice (Accomplice) Italian | 005 | 19 |
06 | 🇧🇪 Belgium VRT | Ishtar | O julissi na jalini (O Julissi) Imaginary | 016 | 17 |
07 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai qualifier | Elnur and Samir (Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh, Elnur Hüseynov və Samir Cavadzadə) | Day after day (Günbəgün) English | 096 | 06 |
08 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO | Rebeka Dremelj (Ребека Дремељ) | Vrag naj vzame (To hell with it) English | 036 | 11 |
09 | 🇳🇴 Norway NRK qualifier | Maria (Maria Haukaas Storeng) | Hold on be strong (Hold ut, vær sterk) English | 106 | 04 |
10 | 🇵🇱 Poland TVP qualifier | Isis Gee | For life English | 042 | 10 |
11 | 🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ | Dustin The Turkey (Dustin Turcaí) | Irelande douze points (Ireland, twelve points; Irelande Douze Pointe) English[b] | 022 | 15 |
12 | 🇦🇩 Andorra RTVA | Gisela | Casanova English[c] | 022 | 16 |
13 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT qualifier | Laka (Лака, Elvir Laković, Елвир Лаковић) | Pokušaj (Покушај, Try) Bosnian | 072 | 09 |
14 | 🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV qualifier | Sirusho (Սիրուշո) | Qélé, Qélé (Քելե Քելե; Let’s go, Let’s go / Come on, come on) English, Armenian | 139 | 02 |
15 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands NOS | Hind (Hind Laroussi) | Your heart belongs to me English | 027 | 13 |
16 | 🇫🇮 Finland YLE qualifier | Teräsbetoni | Missä miehet ratsastaa (Where men ride / Where the men ride) Finnish | 079 | 08 |
17 | 🇷🇴 Romania TVR qualifier | Nico & Vlad (Nico & Vlad Miriță) | Pe-o margine de lume (On an edge of the world) Romanian, Italian | 097 | 07 |
18 | 🇷🇺 Russia RTR qualifier | Dima Bilan (Дима Билан) | Believe (Верю / Поверь) English | 135 | 03 |
19 | 🇬🇷 Greece ERT qualifier | Kalomira (Καλομοίρα) | Secret combination (Μυστικός Συνδυασμός) English | 156 | 01 |
- Dates – Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 22 May, 2008, 21:00 CEST
- Host – Venue & Location: Belgrade Arena (Београдска арена; Štark Arena,Штарк арена / KOMBANK Arena, Комбанк арена), Belgrade, 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Presenter (s): Jovana Janković (Јована Јанковић) & Željko Joksimović (Жељко Јоксимовић)
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Sven Stojanović
- Executive Producer: Sandra Šuša
- Executive Supervisor: Svante Stockselius
- Multicamera Director: —
- Host broadcaster: Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)
- Motto: “Confluence of Sound” (Ušće zvuka)
- Opening Act: Serbia for beginners accompanied by Aleksandar Josipović as a Master of Ceremonies.
Interval Act: National Theatre in Belgrade performance, Lys Assia - Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (47ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (44ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇫🇷 France (48ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (48ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (3ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), ]; First Semi-Final 19 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (2ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (27ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (13ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (47ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (44ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (13ª), 🇮🇪Ireland (39ª), 🇦🇩 Andorra (5ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (13ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (3ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (46ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (39ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (11ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (27ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇸 Iceland (21ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (45ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (29ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (6ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (5ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (47ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (2ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (5ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (8ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (15ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (4ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (37ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (2ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (7ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (26ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (8ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (39ª)]
- Debuting countries: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (1ª)
- Return: —
- Non-returning countries: 🇦🇹 Austria (42ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Shady Lady” – Ani Lorak – 🇺🇦 Ukraine (1ª)
About/Overview. For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, two Semi-Finals were held to decide which 25 countries would be represented in the Final. The Final of the contest took place on the 24th of May, just like the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Serbia hosted the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in the Belgrade Arena. A record 43 countries participated including San Marino and Azerbaijan who made their respective debuts. Austria withdrew and did not return to the competition until 2011. France was represented by a major star, Sébastien Tellier, however he failed to impress the voters of Europe and finished in 19th place. Ukraine’s Ani Lorak, who was in the running to represent her country in 2005, finished in second place with her song “Shady Lady”. Charlotte Perrelli (Nilsson), who won the contest in 1999 for Sweden returned to the competition but finished 18th in the Grand Final.
About the winner. Russia had been close to winning the contest several times but Dima Bilan brought it home with his second attempt with the song “Believe” written by American Jim Beanz and Bilan himself. Dima was accompanied by Russian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko as well as Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton.
Facts and figures. Ukraine was runner up for the second year running, with third place going to Greece, and 4th to Armenia, it’s best result so far. Norway finished in 5th place; Sweden qualified for the Grand Final thanks to the jury vote introduced that year; The slogan for 2008 was ‘Confluence of Sound’.
Second Semi-Final: [Q] – Qualifiers
o/r | Country | participant(s) | SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE | Points | rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV qualifier | Euroband (Eurobandið) | This is my life (Fullkomið líf) English | 068 | 08 |
02 | 🇸🇪 Sweden SVT qualifier | Charlotte Perrelli | Hero English | 054 | 10 |
03 | 🇹🇷 Turkey TRT qualifier | Mor ve Ötesi | Deli (Insane / Crazy) Turkish | 085 | 07 |
04 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU qualifier | Ani Lorak (Ані Лорак) | Shady lady (Леді з тіні) English | 152 | 01 |
05 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT | Jeronimas Milius | Nomads in the night (Klajūnai naktyje) English | 030 | 16 |
06 | 🇦🇱 Albania RTSH qualifier | Olta Boka | Zemrën e lamë peng (Hearts trapped in time) Albanian | 067 | 09 |
07 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland SRG SSR idée suisse | Paolo Meneguzzi | Era stupendo (It was wonderful) Italian | 047 | 13 |
08 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic ČT | Tereza Kerndlová | Have Some Fun English | 009 | 18 |
09 | 🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC | Ruslan Alekhno (Руслан Аляхно, Руслан Алехно, Ruslan Alekhno,Ruslan Alyakhno) | Hasta la vista (Бывай, Прощай, See You Soon, Да сустрэчы) English[d] | 027 | 17 |
10 | 🇱🇻 Latvia LTV qualifier | Pirates of the Sea | Wolves of the sea (Jūras vilki) English | 086 | 06 |
11 | 🇭🇷 Croatia HRT qualifier | Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents (Краљеви улицеи 75 Cents) | Romanca (Романца, Romance) Croatian | 112 | 04 |
12 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT | Deep Zone feat. Balthazar (Deep Zone Project и DJ Balthazar, Deepzone & Balthazar, Deep Zone Project and DJ Balthazar, Дийп Зоун Проджект и DJ Балтазар, Дийп Зоун Проджект и Диджей Балтазар) | DJ, take me away (Диджей, отведи ме) English | 056 | 12 |
13 | 🇩🇰 Denmark DR qualifier | Simon Mathew | All night long English | 112 | 03 |
14 | 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB qualifier | Diana Gurtskaya (დიანა ღურწკაია) | Peace will come (მშვიდობა მოვა) English | 107 | 05 |
15 | 🇭🇺 Hungary MTV | Csézy (Csézi Erzsébet) | Candlelight (Gyertyaláng, Szívverés, Heartbeat) English, Hungarian | 006 | 19 |
16 | 🇲🇹 Malta MTPBS | Morena | Vodka English[e] | 038 | 14 |
17 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC | Evdokia Kadi (Kadi Evdokia, Ευδοκία Καδή) | Femme fatale (Μοιραία γυναίκα, Fatal woman) Greek | 036 | 15 |
18 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV | Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian (Tamara, Vrčak & Adrijan, Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha; Тамара Тодевска, Врчак и Адријан Гаџа) | Let me love you (Vo Ime Na Ljubovta, Во Име На Љубовта, In the Name of Love) English | 064 | 11 |
19 | 🇵🇹 Portugal RTP qualifier | Vânia Fernandes | Senhora do mar (negras águas) [Lady of the sea (Dark Waters)] Portuguese | 120 | 02 |
Participation map
Participating countries
Did not qualify from the semi final
Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
ESC 2008 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results:
Final:
ESC 2008 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country’s victory at the 2007 contest with the song “Molitva” by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), the contest was held at the Belgrade Arena, and (for the first time) consisted of two semi-finals on 20 and 22 May, and a final on 24 May 2008. The three live shows were presented by Serbian television presenter Jovana Janković and musician Željko Joksimović.
Forty-three countries participated in the contest, the highest ever number of participants in the contest beating the record of forty-two set the year before. Azerbaijan and San Marino participated for the first time, while Austria did not participate, mainly due to questions on the semi-final organisation as well as the politicization of the contest.
The winner was Russia with the song “Believe”, performed by Dima Bilan who wrote it with Jim Beanz. Ukraine, Greece, Armenia and Norway rounded out the top five. Armenia achieved their best result to date this year. Of the “Big Four” countries Spain placed the highest, finishing sixteenth, while the United Kingdom ended up in last place for the second time in their Eurovision history, after 2003.
The official website, eurovision.tv, streamed national finals for this year’s contest live on ESCTV for the first time. Furthermore, for the first time the winner has been awarded an official winner’s trophy of the Eurovision Song Contest. The trophy is a handmade piece of sandblasted glass in the shape of a 1950s microphone.

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade – host venue of the 2008 contest.
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