- 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)
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 |
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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 |
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- 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 |
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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
Participating countries
Did not qualify from the semi final
Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007
ESC 2007 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results:
Final:
ESC 2007 Scoreboard Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:
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) |
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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:
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