🔴 2007 Eurovision Song Contest FINAL from Helsinki (Greek - Fotis Sergoulopoulos & Maria Bakodimou)

Описание: Slogan: "True Fantasy"
Dates: Semi-final: 10 May 2007 - Final: 12 May 2007
Host Venue: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
Presenters: Jaana Pelkonen, Mikko Leppilampi, Krisse Salminen (green room; final)
Directed by Timo Suomi
Executive supervisor: Svante Stockselius, Executive producer: Heikki Seppälä
Host broadcaster: Yleisradio (YLE)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". It was the first time Finland had hosted the contest - 46 years after the country made its debut. 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 the final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were hosted by Jaana Pelkonen and 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 made their first participation 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.

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, and indeed, the first year they competed as an independent nation. Also, this was the first victory for one of the former Yugoslav republics. 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. Bulgaria achieved their best result in the contest up to this point. Further down the table, Belarus achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved their worst placing in the contest, finishing twenty-fourth (last place). Of the "Big Four" countries Germany placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

For the first time, the contest featured songs entered in languages other than a country's own national language or in English (coming from Cyprus and Latvia). Although this happened in 2003, this was the first time the contest featured countries doing this with actual languages as opposed to an imaginary one.

Results:

R/O Country Artist Song Language Points Place
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marija Šestić "Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена) Serbian 106 11
2 Spain D'Nash "I Love You Mi Vida" Spanish[c] 43 20
3 Belarus Koldun "Work Your Magic" English 145 6
4 Ireland Dervish "They Can't Stop the Spring" English 5 24
5 Finland Hanna Pakarinen "Leave Me Alone" English 53 17
6 Macedonia Karolina "Mojot svet" (Мојот свет) Macedonian, English 73 14
7 Slovenia Alenka Gotar "Cvet z juga" Slovene 66 15
8 Hungary Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues" English 128 9
9 Lithuania 4Fun "Love or Leave" English 28 21
10 Greece Sarbel "Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία) English[d] 139 7
11 Georgia Sopho "Visionary Dream" English 97 12
12 Sweden The Ark "The Worrying Kind" English 51 18
13 France Les Fatals Picards "L'amour à la française" French, English ("Franglais") 19 22
14 Latvia Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" Italian 54 16
15 Russia Serebro "Song #1" English 207 3
16 Germany Roger Cicero "Frauen regier'n die Welt" German, English 49 19
17 Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva" (Молитва) Serbian 268 1
18 Ukraine Verka Serduchka "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" German, English, Surzhyk[e] 235 2
19 United Kingdom Scooch "Flying the Flag (For You)" English 19 22
20 Romania Todomondo "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You) English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian 84 13
21 Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov "Water" Bulgarian 157 5
22 Turkey Kenan Doğulu "Shake It Up Şekerim" English 163 4
23 Armenia Hayko "Anytime You Need" English, Armenian 138 8
24 Moldova Natalia Barbu "Fight" English 109 10