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class="infobox-above" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Eurovision Song Contest 2008</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">National selection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selection process</th><td class="infobox-data">Evrovidenie 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selection date(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">9 March 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected artist(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Selected songwriter(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Dima Bilan</li><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Beanz" title="Jim Beanz">Jim Beanz</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;">Finals performance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Semi-final result</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Qualified</i> (3rd, 135 points)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%">Final result</th><td class="infobox-data">1st, 272 points</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#BFDFFF;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"> <table align="center" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:right; width:44%"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007">◄2007</a> •</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>2008</b> </td> <td style="text-align:left; width:44%"><span class="nowrap">• <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009►</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Russia</b> participated in and won the <b>Eurovision Song Contest 2008</b> in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, Evrovidenie 2008 (Евровидение 2008) organised by the Russian broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Rossiya_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Rossiya 1">Rossiya Channel</a> (RTR). <a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a> represented Russia with the song "<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>", which qualified from the first semi-final of the competition and won the contest, placing 1st in the final with 272 points.<sup id="cite_ref-finalresults_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finalresults-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_Eurovision">Before Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Before Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evrovidenie_2008">Evrovidenie 2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Evrovidenie 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Evrovidenie" title="Evrovidenie">Evrovidenie</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dima_Bilan_-_ESC_2008_Russian_National_Final.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Dima_Bilan_-_ESC_2008_Russian_National_Final.png/250px-Dima_Bilan_-_ESC_2008_Russian_National_Final.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Dima_Bilan_-_ESC_2008_Russian_National_Final.png 1.5x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>Dima Bilan performing at <i>Evrovidenie 2008</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Evrovidenie 2008</i> was the fourth edition of <a href="/wiki/Evrovidenie" title="Evrovidenie">Evrovidenie</a>, the music competition that selects Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show took place on 9 March 2008 at the Akademicheskiy Concert Hall in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> and hosted by <a href="/wiki/Oxana_Fedorova" title="Oxana Fedorova">Oxana Fedorova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oskar_Kuchera" title="Oskar Kuchera">Oskar Kuchera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RUS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RUS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty-seven artists and songs participated and the winner was selected through a jury and a public televote. The show was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Russia-1" title="Russia-1">Russia-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/RTR-Planeta" title="RTR-Planeta">RTR-Planeta</a> as well as online via the broadcaster's website <i>rfn.ru</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Competing_entries">Competing entries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competing entries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 December 2007, RTR announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries between 15 December 2007 and 1 February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The broadcaster received 167 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline. A jury panel evaluated the received submissions and selected the twenty-five finalists for the national final. The competing acts alongside an additional two finalists were announced on 4 March 2008 and among the competing artists were <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002 Russian Eurovision entrants</a> <a href="/wiki/Premyer-Ministr" title="Premyer-Ministr">Premyer-Ministr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006 Russian Eurovision entrant</a> <a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Belarus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006 Belarusian Eurovision entrant</a> <a href="/wiki/Polina_Smolova" title="Polina Smolova">Polina Smolova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A documentary programme about the Eurovision Song Contest was produced and aired on Russia-1 in the lead up to the national final, while <a href="/wiki/Muz-TV" title="Muz-TV">Muz-TV</a> and Love Radio presented the finalists to the public and covered the preparations of the national final.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Artist </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Songwriter(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>A-Sortie </td> <td>"Colours of My Love" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Breitburg" title="Kim Breitburg">Kim Breiburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aero </td> <td>"Siberia" </td> <td>Aero </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Panayotov" title="Aleksandr Panayotov">Aleksandr Panayotov</a> </td> <td>"Crescent and Cross" </td> <td>Kim Breiburg, <a href="/wiki/Karen_Kavaleryan" title="Karen Kavaleryan">Karen Kavaleryan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexey_Vorobyov" title="Alexey Vorobyov">Alexey Vorobyov</a> </td> <td>"New Russian Kalinka" </td> <td>Vladimir Molchanov, Alexey Vorobyov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anatoly Alyoshin </td> <td>"One More Try" </td> <td>Sasha Lev, Karen Kaveleryan </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anna Mushak and Project William </td> <td>"The Needle" </td> <td>Anna Mushak </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asılyar </td> <td>"Qarlığaçlar" <small>(<span title="Tatar-language text"><span lang="tt">Карлыгачлар</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Marat Muhin, Mönir Mazunov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aziya </td> <td>"Odinokiy dozhd" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Одинокий дождь</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Nalchik Amur Uspaev, Kazbek Shadov </td></tr> <tr> <td>BK! </td> <td>"Don't Break My Heart" </td> <td>Boris Khludnev, Pavel Maklay </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Beanz" title="Jim Beanz">Jim Beanz</a>, Dima Bilan </td></tr> <tr> <td>Granat </td> <td>"Another Side of Midnight" </td> <td>Marcel Gonzales, Anastasiya Maximova, Ilya Mazurenko </td></tr> <tr> <td>Helena Gorskaya </td> <td>"Always All Alone" </td> <td>Alexandr Grata, Vyacheslav Kokarev </td></tr> <tr> <td>Max Lorens and Satsura </td> <td>"Day nam dozhd'" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Дай нам дождь</span></span>)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seryoga" title="Seryoga">Seryoga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Natalia Astafyeva </td> <td>"Tri luny" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Три луны</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Natalia Astafyeva </td></tr> <tr> <td>Natalia Terekhova </td> <td>"So Can You Tell Me" </td> <td>Natalia Terekhova </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nora Adam </td> <td>"Gotta Let It Go" </td> <td>Gosha Levchenko </td></tr> <tr> <td>Olga Varvus </td> <td>"King of Seduction" </td> <td>Olga Varvus </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pierre Narciss and Jam Sheriff </td> <td>"Who Am I Without Your Love" </td> <td>Musa Sheriff </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Polina_Smolova" title="Polina Smolova">Polina Smolova</a> </td> <td>"Na rasstoyanii dykhanya" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">На расстоянии дыхания</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Svetlana Kulemina, Alfred Kin, Sergey Alihanov </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premyer-Ministr" title="Premyer-Ministr">Premyer-Ministr</a> </td> <td>"My parallelniye miry" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Мы параллельные миры</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Taras Demchuk, Irina Stepanova, Denis Khrushchov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Roman Bezhin </td> <td>"I'm Missing" </td> <td>Roman Bezhin </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sabrina </td> <td>"Wreck" </td> <td>Jim Beanz </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lazarev" title="Sergey Lazarev">Sergey Lazarev</a> </td> <td>"Flyer" </td> <td>Rasmus Lindwall, Robert Watts, Mårten Eriksson </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamila Bloggy </td> <td>"Sny" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Сны</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Tamila Grishchenko </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yulia_Mikhalchik" title="Yulia Mikhalchik">Yulia Mikhalchik</a> </td> <td>"Cold Fingers" </td> <td>Natalia Pavlova, Vladislav Dzyatko </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zhenya Otradnaya </td> <td>"Porque amor" </td> <td>Anton Vartanov, P. Sepeda </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zhenya Rasskazova </td> <td>"Otpuskayu tebya" <small>(<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Отпускаю тебя</span></span>)</small> </td> <td>Sergey Chepurnov </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final">Final</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The final took place on 9 March 2008. Twenty-seven entries competed and the winner, "<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a>, was determined through a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jury consisted of <a href="/wiki/Igor_Krutoy" title="Igor Krutoy">Igor Krutoy</a> (composer), Sergey Arhipov (deputy director of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Mayak" title="Radio Mayak">Radio Mayak</a>), <a href="/wiki/Maxim_Fadeev" title="Maxim Fadeev">Maxim Fadeev</a> (composer and producer), Gennady Gokhshtein (executive entertainment producer of Russia-1) and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Matetsky" title="Vladimir Matetsky">Vladimir Matetsky</a> (singer-songwriter and producer).<sup id="cite_ref-RUS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RUS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the performances of the competing entries, <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2007">Eurovision Song Contest 2007</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Marija_%C5%A0erifovi%C4%87" title="Marija Šerifović">Marija Šerifović</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008 Belarusian Eurovision entrant</a> <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Alekhno" title="Ruslan Alekhno">Ruslan Alekhno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">2008 Ukrainian Eurovision entrant</a> <a href="/wiki/Ani_Lorak" title="Ani Lorak">Ani Lorak</a> performed as guests. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"> <caption>Final – 9 March 2008 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Draw </th> <th>Artist </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Jury </th> <th>Televote </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Place </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">A-Sortie </td> <td align="left">"Colours of My Love" </td> <td>17 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Polina_Smolova" title="Polina Smolova">Polina Smolova</a> </td> <td align="left">"Na rasstoyanii dykhanya" </td> <td>12 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">Asılyar </td> <td align="left">"Qarlığaçlar" </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td align="left">Zhenya Otradnaya </td> <td align="left">"Porque amor" </td> <td>25 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td align="left">Aero </td> <td align="left">"Siberia" </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">Anna Mushak and Project William </td> <td align="left">"The Needle" </td> <td>22 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td align="left">Nora Adam </td> <td align="left">"Gotta Let It Go" </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td align="left">Natalia Terekhova </td> <td align="left">"So Can You Tell Me" </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td align="left">Zhenya Rasskazova </td> <td align="left">"Otpuskayu tebya" </td> <td>19 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"> <td>10 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a> </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>" </td> <td>27 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td align="left">Helena Gorskaya </td> <td align="left">"Always All Alone" </td> <td>14 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Panayotov" title="Aleksandr Panayotov">Aleksandr Panayotov</a> </td> <td align="left">"Crescent and Cross" </td> <td>26 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td align="left">Pierre Narciss and Jam Sheriff </td> <td align="left">"Who Am I Without Your Love" </td> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yulia_Mikhalchik" title="Yulia Mikhalchik">Yulia Mikhalchik</a> </td> <td align="left">"Cold Fingers" </td> <td>21 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td align="left">Granat </td> <td align="left">"Another Side of Midnight" </td> <td>11 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td align="left">Sabrina </td> <td align="left">"Wreck" </td> <td>10 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td align="left">BK! </td> <td align="left">"Don't Break My Heart" </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td align="left">Aziya </td> <td align="left">"Odinokiy dozhd" </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td align="left">Tamila Bloggy </td> <td align="left">"Sny" </td> <td>18 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Premyer-Ministr" title="Premyer-Ministr">Premyer-Ministr</a> </td> <td align="left">"My parallelniye miry" </td> <td>20 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td align="left">Anatoly Alyoshin </td> <td align="left">"One More Try" </td> <td>13 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alexey_Vorobyov" title="Alexey Vorobyov">Alexey Vorobyov</a> </td> <td align="left">"New Russian Kalinka" </td> <td>23 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td align="left">Roman Bezhin </td> <td align="left">"I'm Missing" </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lazarev" title="Sergey Lazarev">Sergey Lazarev</a> </td> <td align="left">"Flyer" </td> <td>24 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td align="left">Natalia Astafyeva </td> <td align="left">"Tri luny" </td> <td>15 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td align="left">Max Lorens and Satsura </td> <td align="left">"Day nam dozhd'" </td> <td>9 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td align="left">Olga Varvus </td> <td align="left">"King of Seduction" </td> <td>16 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="At_Eurovision">At Eurovision</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: At Eurovision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg/220px-Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg/330px-Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg/440px-Russia_in_the_2008_Eurovision_Song_Contest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption>Dima Bilan (centre) with Edvin Marton (left) and Evgeni Plushenko (right) at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade</figcaption></figure> <p>With changes to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest coming into effect in 2008, Russia was required to compete in one of two semi-finals in order to qualify to compete in the final. In the allocation draw on 28 January 2008, Russia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 March 2008 during the draw for running order, Russia was drawn to receive the third of three wildcards for the first semi-final, allowing the Russian head of delegation to select the starting position for the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia chose to perform 18th in the first semifinal, following <a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Romania</a> and preceding <a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Greece</a>. </p><p>Bilan was joined on stage by <a href="/wiki/Figure_skating" title="Figure skating">figure skater</a> <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Plushenko" title="Evgeni Plushenko">Evgeni Plushenko</a>, who performed on a mobile ice rink placed on stage specifically for the Russian performance, and <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violinist</a> <a href="/wiki/Edvin_Marton" title="Edvin Marton">Edvin Marton</a>, who performed with a <a href="/wiki/Stradivarius" title="Stradivarius">Stradivarius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia qualified from the first semi-final, placing 3rd and scoring 135 points.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the winners' press conference following the conclusion of the first semi-final broadcast, Russia was drawn to perform 24th in the final following <a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Serbia</a> and preceding <a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Norway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia won the 2008 Contest placing 1st and scoring 272 points.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the winning nation of the 2008 Contest and the host of the forthcoming contest, Russia pre-qualified to compete in the final of the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2009">Eurovision Song Contest 2009</a>. </p><p>The first semi-final and final were broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Russia-1" title="Russia-1">Telekanal Rossiya</a>, with commentary by Dmitriy Guberniyev and Olga Shelest. The voting spokesperson for Russia was <a href="/wiki/Oxana_Fedorova" title="Oxana Fedorova">Oxana Fedorova</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting">Voting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Points_awarded_to_Russia">Points awarded to Russia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Points awarded to Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output 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<tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Armenia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Israel</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Estonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Greece</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Azerbaijan</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Montenegro</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Norway</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Romania</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Moldova</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Slovenia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Finland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Germany</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Spain</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Andorra</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Ireland</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Belgium</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Netherlands</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded to Russia (Final)<sup id="cite_ref-2008final_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008final-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Armenia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Belarus</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Estonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Israel</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Latvia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Lithuania</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Ukraine</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Finland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Hungary</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Moldova</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Romania</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Serbia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Azerbaijan</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Cyprus</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Georgia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Malta</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Montenegro</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Czech Republic</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Greece</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Slovenia</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Albania</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Bulgaria</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Croatia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Macedonia</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Portugal</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Andorra</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Ireland</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Norway</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Spain</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Turkey</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Belgium</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">France</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Netherlands</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Points_awarded_by_Russia">Points awarded by Russia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Points awarded by Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by Russia (Semi-final 1)<sup id="cite_ref-2008semi1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008semi1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:gold">12 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Armenia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:silver">10 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Azerbaijan</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CC9966">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Israel</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Norway</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Greece</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Moldova</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Finland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Poland</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Slovenia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Romania</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Points awarded by Russia (Final)<sup id="cite_ref-2008final_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008final-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="20%">Score </th> <th scope="col">Country </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:gold">12 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Armenia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:silver">10 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Azerbaijan</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#CC9966">8 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Ukraine</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Georgia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Israel</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Norway</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Serbia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Greece</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 points </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Turkey</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 point </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996">1996</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017">2017</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2018" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2021" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022" title="Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022">2022</a></s></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alsou" title="Alsou">Alsou</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dima_Bilan" title="Dima Bilan">Dima Bilan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Buranovskiye_Babushki" title="Buranovskiye Babushki">Buranovskiye Babushki</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polina_Gagarina" title="Polina Gagarina">Polina Gagarina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dina_Garipova" title="Dina Garipova">Dina Garipova</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>Andrey Kosinsky</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philipp_Kirkorov" title="Philipp Kirkorov">Philipp Kirkorov</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lazarev" title="Sergey Lazarev">Sergey Lazarev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/Little_Big_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Big (band)">Little Big</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manizha" title="Manizha">Manizha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Mumiy_Troll" title="Mumiy Troll">Mumiy Troll</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Nalitch" title="Peter Nalitch">Peter Nalitch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Podolskaya" title="Natalia Podolskaya">Natalia Podolskaya</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anastasiya_Prikhodko" class="mw-redirect" title="Anastasiya Prikhodko">Anastasiya Prikhodko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premyer-Ministr" title="Premyer-Ministr">Prime Minister</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alla_Pugacheva" title="Alla Pugacheva">Alla Pugacheva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Samoylova_(singer)" title="Yuliya Samoylova (singer)">Julia Samoylova</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yulia_Savicheva" title="Yulia Savicheva">Julia Savicheva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Serebro" title="Serebro">Serebro</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/T.A.T.u." title="T.A.T.u.">t.A.T.u.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tolmachevy_Sisters" title="Tolmachevy Sisters">Tolmachevy Sisters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexey_Vorobyov" title="Alexey Vorobyov">Alexey Vorobyov</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Masha_Katz" title="Masha Katz">Youddiph</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Believe Me"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"Flame Is Burning"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Get You"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"I Won't Break"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn">Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Lady Alpine Blue"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Lost and Forgotten"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Ukrainian-language text"><span lang="uk-Latn">Mamo</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_Million_Voices_(song)" title="A Million Voices (song)">A Million Voices</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ne_ver,_ne_boysya" title="Ne ver, ne boysya">Ne ver, ne boysya</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Never_Let_You_Go_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Never Let You Go (Dima Bilan song)">Never Let You Go</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Nobody_Hurt_No_One" title="Nobody Hurt No One">Nobody Hurt No One</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Northern Girl"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Party_for_Everybody" title="Party for Everybody">Party for Everybody</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it">Primadonna</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Russian_Woman" title="Russian Woman">Russian Woman</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Sergey_Lazarev_song)" title="Scream (Sergey Lazarev song)">Scream</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Shine"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Solo"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Song_Number_1" title="Song Number 1">Song #1</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Uno_(Little_Big_song)" title="Uno (Little Big song)">Uno</a></span></span>"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn">Vechny strannik</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/What_If_(Dina_Garipova_song)" title="What If (Dina Garipova song)">What If</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s>"<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru-Latn">Ya eto ya</span></span>"</s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_the_Only_One_(Sergey_Lazarev_song)" title="You Are the Only One (Sergey Lazarev song)">You Are the Only One</a>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size:88%;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Note: Entries scored out signify where Russia did not compete</li><li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Russia–Ukraine relations in the Eurovision Song Contest">Russia–Ukraine relations in the Eurovision Song Contest</a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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Contest 2008">Armenia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Azerbaijan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Croatia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="France in 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Chikilicuatre">Rodolfo Chikilicuatre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elnur_H%C3%BCseynov" title="Elnur Hüseynov">Elnur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samir_Javadzadeh" title="Samir Javadzadeh">Samir</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eurobandi%C3%B0" title="Eurobandið">Euroband</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2nia_Fernandes" title="Vânia Fernandes">Vânia Fernandes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Gee" title="Tamara Gee">Isis Gee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Diana_Gurtskaya" title="Diana Gurtskaya">Diana Gurtskaya</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kalomira" title="Kalomira">Kalomira</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kraljevi_ulice" title="Kraljevi ulice">Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elvir_Lakovi%C4%87_Laka" title="Elvir Laković Laka">Laka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ani_Lorak" title="Ani Lorak">Ani Lorak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Haukaas_Mittet" title="Maria Haukaas Mittet">Maria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mathew" title="Simon Mathew">Simon Mathew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mor_ve_%C3%96tesi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mor ve Ötesi">Mor ve Ötesi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nico_(Romanian_singer)" title="Nico (Romanian singer)">Nico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vlad_Miri%C8%9B%C4%83" title="Vlad Miriță">Vlad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No_Angels" title="No Angels">No Angels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Perrelli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Sea" title="Pirates of the Sea">Pirates of the Sea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sirusho" title="Sirusho">Sirusho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Tellier" title="Sébastien Tellier">Sébastien Tellier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ter%C3%A4sbetoni" title="Teräsbetoni">Teräsbetoni</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jelena_Toma%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Jelena Tomašević">Jelena Tomašević</a> feat. <a href="/wiki/Bora_Dugi%C4%87" title="Bora Dugić">Bora Dugić</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Semi-finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Alekhno" title="Ruslan Alekhno">Ruslan Alehno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geta_Burlacu" title="Geta Burlacu">Geta Burlacu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cs%C3%A9zy" title="Csézy">Csézy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deep_Zone_Project" title="Deep Zone Project">Deep Zone and Balthazar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rebeka_Dremelj" title="Rebeka Dremelj">Rebeka Dremelj</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dustin_the_Turkey" title="Dustin the Turkey">Dustin the Turkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Filipovi%C4%87" title="Stefan Filipović">Stefan Filipović</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gisela_(singer)" title="Gisela (singer)">Gisela</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hind_Laroussi" title="Hind Laroussi">Hind</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ishtar_(Belgian_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishtar (Belgian band)">Ishtar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Evdokia Kadi</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tereza_Kerndlov%C3%A1" title="Tereza Kerndlová">Tereza Kerndlová</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kreisiraadio" title="Kreisiraadio">Kreisiraadio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Meneguzzi" title="Paolo Meneguzzi">Paolo Meneguzzi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeronimas_Milius" title="Jeronimas Milius">Jeronimas Milius</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Miodio" title="Miodio">Miodio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morena_(Maltese_singer)" title="Morena (Maltese singer)">Morena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Todevska" title="Tamara Todevska">Tamara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vr%C4%8Dak" title="Vrčak">Vrčak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Gaxha" title="Adrian Gaxha">Adrijan</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Final</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"All Night Long"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Baila_el_Chiki-chiki" title="Baila el Chiki-chiki">Baila el Chiki Chiki</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Dima_Bilan_song)" title="Believe (Dima Bilan song)">Believe</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Day After Day"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Turkish-language text"><span lang="tr">Deli</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Disappear_(No_Angels_song)" title="Disappear (No Angels song)">Disappear</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Divine_(S%C3%A9bastien_Tellier_song)" title="Divine (Sébastien Tellier song)">Divine</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Even_If_(Andy_Abraham_song)" title="Even If (Andy Abraham song)">Even If</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"The Fire in Your Eyes"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"For Life"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hero_(Charlotte_Perrelli_song)" title="Hero (Charlotte Perrelli song)">Hero</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hold_On_Be_Strong" title="Hold On Be Strong">Hold On Be Strong</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Finnish-language text"><span lang="fi">Missä miehet ratsastaa</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr-Latn">Oro</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Romanian-language text"><span lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/Pe-o_margine_de_lume" title="Pe-o margine de lume">Pe-o margine de lume</a></span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Peace Will Come"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Bosnian-language text"><span lang="bs">Pokušaj</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Armenian-language text"><span lang="hy-Latn">Qélé, Qélé</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Croatian-language text"><span lang="hr">Romanca</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Secret_Combination_(song)" title="Secret Combination (song)">Secret Combination</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt">Senhora do mar (Negras águas)</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Shady_Lady_(Ani_Lorak_song)" title="Shady Lady (Ani Lorak song)">Shady Lady</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"This Is My Life"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Wolves of the Sea"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Albanian-language text"><span lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/Zemr%C3%ABn_e_lam%C3%AB_peng" title="Zemrën e lamë peng">Zemrën e lamë peng</a></span></span>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Semi-finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"Candlelight"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Casanova"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"A Century of Love"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it">Complice</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"DJ, Take Me Away"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it">Era stupendo</span></span>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr">Femme Fatale</span></span>"</span></li> 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