The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place between the 12 May and 16 May 2009. It will be held in Russia following its victory in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with Dima Bilan's "Believe".
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, has stated that the contest will be held in Moscow. Final confirmation of the host venue by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has not yet occurred. It has been proposed by the host broadcaster, Channel One Russia, that the contest be held in the Olimpiisky Indoor Arena within Moscow. Music journalist, Artur Gasparyan, has stated that there are currently no venues suitable for holding the contest in Moscow. It is planned that there will be 10 million euros worth of renovation work to the Olimpiisky Indoor Arena to allow it to hold the contest final on 16 May 2009 with 25,000 attendees, including over 2,000 journalists. This proposal is currently being evaluated by the EBU.
- Eurovision Song Contest BlogSpot:
- The first years of the 21st century produced a spate of first-time winners, from both "new" Eurovision countries, and old-timers who had entered for many years without a win. Every year from 2001 to 2008 resulted in a country winning for the first time. The 2006 winner was Finland, which finally won after having entered the Contest for 45 years. Ukraine on the other hand did not have to wait so long, winning with their second entry in 2004. Serbia won the very first year it entered as an independent state, in 2007. As of 2008, the country which has entered the longest with no wins to their name is Portugal. They started entering in 1964, and are still awaiting their first win.
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