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Eurovision Song Contest 2007
True Fantasy
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 logo.svg
Dates
Semi-final 10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)
Final 12 May 2007 (2007-05-12)
Host
Venue
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)

  • Jaana Pelkonen

  • Mikko Leppilampi

Directed by Timo Suomi
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producer Heikki Seppälä
Host broadcaster
Yleisradio (Yle)
Opening act


  • Semi-final: Finnish dancers dancing to accordion music by Johanna Juhola[1]


  • Final: Lordi video from Rovaniemi transitioning into Lordi performing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" on stage

Interval act


  • Semi-final: Tsuumi[1]


  • Final: Apocalyptica performing a medley of "Worlds Collide", "Faraway" and "Life Burns!" (instrumental)

Participants
Number of entries 42
Debuting countries


  •  Czech Republic


  •  Georgia


  •  Montenegro


  •  Serbia

Returning countries


  •  Austria


  •  Hungary

Withdrawing countries
 Monaco
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points None
Winning song


  •  Serbia

  • "Molitva"



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The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The contest was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May, and staged by host broadcaster Yle.


A budget of €13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo, Turku and Tampere. The hosts were Finnish television personality Jaana Pelkonen and Finnish musician, stage performer and actor Mikko Leppilampi. Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.


A record number of 42 countries participated. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.[2]


The winner was Serbia, appearing as an independent country for the first time.[3]
After Lordi scored the first ever Eurovision victory with a hard rock song, several countries sent rock songs to the Contest rather than the soft pop and schlager styles more closely associated with Eurovision. This trend continued at the 2008 and 2009 Contests.


Cyprus and Latvia entered songs in languages other than their own or English. Although this happened with the Belgium 2003 entry, this was the first time the contest featured countries doing this with actual languages as opposed to an imaginary one.




Contents






  • 1 Format


    • 1.1 Visual design




  • 2 Participating countries


    • 2.1 Returning artists


    • 2.2 Semi-final


    • 2.3 Final




  • 3 Scoreboard


    • 3.1 Semi-final


      • 3.1.1 12 points




    • 3.2 Final


      • 3.2.1 12 points






  • 4 Other Awards


    • 4.1 Marcel Bezençon Awards


    • 4.2 OGAE


    • 4.3 Barbara Dex Award




  • 5 International broadcasts and voting


    • 5.1 Voting and spokespersons


    • 5.2 Other involved countries


    • 5.3 High-definition broadcast


    • 5.4 Commentators


      • 5.4.1 Commentators for participating countries


      • 5.4.2 Commentators for non-participating countries






  • 6 Official album


    • 6.1 Charts




  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Format




The hosts Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi




Hartwall Areena, Helsinki - host venue of the 2007 contest.


On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song.[citation needed] The United Kingdom chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.


The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 Contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by European communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.



Visual design


The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country.[4] The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F.[5] The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme. An official CD and DVD were released (but no HD DVD or Blu-ray, despite the event being broadcast in high definition for the first time). An official fan book was also released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories happening in different Finnish places.



Participating countries


Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.


42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007.[6]Monaco announced its withdrawal on 12 December 2006,[7] and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.



Returning artists


Evridiki returned to represent Cyprus, having previously represented the nation in 1992 and 1994. Eiríkur Hauksson previously represented Iceland in 1986 as part of the vocal trio ICY and he previously represented Norway in 1991 as part of the group Just 4 Fun. Karolina Gočeva previously represented Macedonia in 2002. Edsilia Rombley previously represented the Netherlands in 1998.



Semi-final


The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.


Countries qualified for the final are highlighted.








































































































































































































































































Draw
Country
Artist
Song
Language[8]
Place
Points
01

 Bulgaria

Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov
"Water"

Bulgarian
6
146
02

 Israel

Teapacks
"Push the Button"

English, French, Hebrew
24
17
03

 Cyprus

Evridiki
"Comme ci, comme ça"
French
15
65
04

 Belarus

Koldun
"Work Your Magic"
English
4
176
05

 Iceland

Eiríkur Hauksson
"Valentine Lost"
English
13
77
06

 Georgia

Sopho
"Visionary Dream"
English
8
123
07

 Montenegro

Stevan Faddy
"'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи)

Montenegrin
22
33
08

  Switzerland

DJ BoBo
"Vampires Are Alive"
English
20
40
09

 Moldova

Natalia Barbu
"Fight"
English
10
91
10

 Netherlands

Edsilia Rombley
"On Top of the World"
English
21
38
11

 Albania

Frederik Ndoci
"Hear My Plea"
English, Albanian
17
49
12

 Denmark

DQ
"Drama Queen"
English
19
45
13

 Croatia

Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić
"Vjerujem u ljubav"

Croatian, English
16
54
14

 Poland

The Jet Set
"Time to Party"
English
14
75
15

 Serbia

Marija Šerifović
"Molitva" (Молитва)

Serbian
1
298
16

 Czech Republic

Kabát
"Malá dáma"

Czech
28
1
17

 Portugal

Sabrina
"Dança comigo"

Portuguese, English1
11
88
18

 Macedonia

Karolina
"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)

Macedonian, English
9
97
19

 Norway

Guri Schanke
"Ven a bailar conmigo"
English2
18
48
20

 Malta

Olivia Lewis
"Vertigo"
English
25
15
21

 Andorra

Anonymous
"Salvem el món"

Catalan, English
12
80
22

 Hungary

Magdi Rúzsa
"Unsubstantial Blues"
English
2
224
23

 Estonia

Gerli Padar
"Partners in Crime"
English
22
33
24

 Belgium

The KMG's
"Love Power"
English
26
14
25

 Slovenia

Alenka Gotar
"Cvet z juga"

Slovene
7
140
26

 Turkey

Kenan Doğulu
"Shake It Up Şekerim"
English
3
197
27

 Austria

Eric Papilaya
"Get a Life – Get Alive"
English
27
4
28

 Latvia

Bonaparti.lv
"Questa notte"

Italian
5
168

Notes



1.^ Contained some words in French and Spanish.

2.^ Although the song was performed in English, the title and sentence in the lyrics "Ven a bailar conmigo" is in Spanish.



Final


The finalists were:



  • the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;

  • the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);

  • the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.


The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.





































































































































































































































Draw
Country
Artist
Song
Language[8]
Place
Points
01

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marija Šestić
"Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена)

Serbian
11
106
02

 Spain

D'NASH
"I Love You Mi Vida"

Spanish3
20
43
03

 Belarus

Dmitry Koldun
"Work Your Magic"

English
6
145
04

 Ireland

Dervish
"They Can't Stop the Spring"
English
24
5
05

 Finland

Hanna Pakarinen
"Leave Me Alone"
English
17
53
06

 Macedonia

Karolina
"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)

Macedonian, English
14
73
07

 Slovenia

Alenka Gotar
"Cvet z juga"

Slovene
15
66
08

 Hungary

Magdi Rúzsa
"Unsubstantial Blues"
English
9
128
09

 Lithuania

4Fun
"Love or Leave"
English
21
28
10

 Greece

Sarbel
"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)
English4
7
139
11

 Georgia

Sopho Khalvashi
"Visionary Dream"
English
12
97
12

 Sweden

The Ark
"The Worrying Kind"
English
18
51
13

 France

Les Fatals Picards
"L'amour à la française"

French, English ("Franglais")
22[9]
19
14

 Latvia

Bonaparti.lv
"Questa notte"

Italian
16
54
15

 Russia

Serebro
"Song #1"
English
3
207
16

 Germany

Roger Cicero
"Frauen regier'n die Welt"

German, English
19
49
17

 Serbia

Marija Šerifović
"Molitva" (Молитва)
Serbian
1
268
18

 Ukraine

Verka Serduchka
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай)
German, English, Ukrainian, Russian
2
235
19

 United Kingdom

Scooch
"Flying the Flag (For You)"
English
22
19
20

 Romania

Todomondo
"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You)
English, Italian, Spanish,
Russian, French, Romanian
13
84
21

 Bulgaria

Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov
"Water"

Bulgarian
5
157
22

 Turkey

Kenan Doğulu
"Shake It Up Şekerim"
English
4
163
23

 Armenia

Hayko
"Anytime You Need"
English, Armenian
8
138
24

 Moldova

Natalia Barbu
"Fight"
English
10
109

Notes



3.^ Contained some words in English.

4.^ Song is entirely in english but the title is in Greek.



Scoreboard


All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, then a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used juries. A draw was held in Helsinki to establish the order in which the countries presented their votes during the final.



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Televoting Results

Total Score

Montenegro

Belarus

Armenia

Andorra

Austria

France

Denmark

Greece

Spain

Serbia

Finland

Turkey

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Portugal

Albania

Romania

Cyprus

Croatia

Slovenia

Israel

Germany

Lithuania

Norway

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Netherlands

Ireland

Malta

Estonia

Georgia

Bulgaria

Sweden

Ukraine

Russia

Latvia

Iceland

Poland

Moldova

United Kingdom

Macedonia

Hungary

Contestants
Bulgaria 146 5 1 6 8 10 10 5 2 12 3 2 5 1 1 12 6 3 6 4 10 3 3 2 5 6 7 8
Israel 17 6 4 2 3 1 1
Cyprus 65 4 5 12 5 8 7 4 3 7 10
Belarus 176 4 12 1 7 4 5 2 1 4 3 10 12 10 3 5 6 7 7 4 6 3 12 12 10 4 4 12 4 2
Iceland 77 3 10 12 5 12 6 1 12 6 10

Georgia 123 8 8 4 6 3 4 10 1 7 8 8 5 10 3 10 10 7 3 8
Montenegro 33 8 5 7 5 5 3
Switzerland 40 6 3 2 2 1 2 8 10 2 4
Moldova 91 12 7 3 6 8 12 12 6 3 2 7 1 6 6
Netherlands 38 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 8 5

Albania 49 6 3 8 4 4 3 1 7 2 1 10
Denmark 45 2 3 5 4 1 5 6 4 8 7
Croatia 54 7 7 6 10 3 8 2 5 6
Poland 75 1 5 5 10 4 3 2 2 3 5 3 10 6 5 1 2 3 2 3
Serbia 298 12 10 10 12 7 6 5 5 8 12 4 4 2 6 8 12 12 7 10 1 8 12 12 10 8 1 8 8 10 8 8 2 10 5 6 5 12
12

Czech Republic 1 1
Portugal 88 7 6 12 10 8 1 3 1 1 7 8 4 3 10 7
Macedonia 97 10 5 10 6 7 10 2 8 10 6 6 12 5
Norway 48 2 3 3 7 4 1 2 3 2 4 6 7 2 1 1
Malta 15 7 6 2

Andorra 80 4 4 12 5 2 6 2 4 2 2 2 7 4 5 2 4 6 6 1
Hungary 224 1 4 8 2 12 1 12 10 1 1 7 10 5 10 4 7 6 6 7 10 4 8 8 7 4 8 10 4 8 4 3 8 12 8 4
Estonia 33 6 6 3 2 12 4
Belgium 14 2 12
Slovenia 140 8 6 8 2 1 7 7 3 6 6 7 4 10 5 4 6 1 5 5 7 5 5 7 3 5 7

Turkey 197 3 2 7 10 12 8 2 7 8 12 12 8 12 6 10 1 12 10 7 1 7 3 1 10 12 8 6
Austria 4 1 3
Latvia 168 2 1 5 1 3 8 8 5 5 4 7 10 12 7 2 3 7 12 12 12 5 1 3 2 5 12 2 8 4
The table is ordered by appearance in the semi-final, then by pre-determined voting order.


12 points


Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:






































































N. Contestant Voting nation
9 Serbia Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
6 Turkey Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
5
Belarus Armenia, Israel, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
Latvia Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Poland
3
Hungary Denmark, Iceland, Serbia
Iceland Finland, Norway, Sweden
Moldova Belarus, Portugal, Romania
2 Bulgaria Cyprus, Turkey
1
Andorra Spain
Belgium Georgia
Cyprus Greece
Estonia Latvia
Macedonia Bulgaria
Portugal Andorra


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Televoting Results (Jury in Albania and Andorra)

Total Score

Montenegro

Belarus

Armenia

Andorra

Austria

France

Denmark

Greece

Spain

Serbia

Finland

Turkey

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Portugal

Albania

Romania

Cyprus

Croatia

Slovenia

Israel

Germany

Lithuania

Norway

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Netherlands

Ireland

Malta

Estonia

Georgia

Bulgaria

Sweden

Ukraine

Russia

Latvia

Iceland

Poland

Moldova

United Kingdom

Macedonia

Hungary

Contestants
Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 7 1 8 1 7 8 10 8 10 8 3 6 8 4 7 6 4
Spain 43 4 6 1 3 8 12 2 5 2
Belarus 145 3 10 5 2 4 1 2 1 6 12 7 2 10 7 8 1 12 12 8 4 7 10 7 4
Ireland 5 5
Finland 53 1 7 4 1 5 4 1 6 12 12

Macedonia 73 10 1 10 1 8 3 8 10 6 5 1 10
Slovenia 66 8 4 3 5 7 2 3 7 1 5 4 3 4 4 6
Hungary 128 6 2 8 12 10 5 2 8 4 5 7 4 8 3 4 5 1 4 5 8 5 8 2 2
Lithuania 28 2 1 12 10 3
Greece 139 3 8 3 1 2 4 4 3 8 7 10 12 1 10 4 3 5 4 12 4 5 6 10 3 7

Georgia 97 6 5 3 7 5 1 6 1 2 2 6 12 1 2 1 5 8 7 6 5 4 2
Sweden 51 2 12 8 12 10 7
France 19 2 8 4 3 2
Latvia 54 2 1 6 10 3 3 10 4 10 1 4
Russia 207 6 12 12 3 2 2 8 4 7 3 8 2 4 3 7 3 3 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 12 7 5 5 10 7 1 3 8 6 5 6

Germany 49 5 7 5 5 1 6 7 6 3 1 2 1
Serbia 268 12 7 7 12 8 6 4 1 12 12 7 5 1 6 3 12 12 3 8 10 12 8 8 4 8 6 6 10 6 5 3 7 8 5 12
12
Ukraine 235 2 10 6 12 4 4 3 7 7 3 6 3 5 1 12 4 4 5 4 10 5 8 2 2 12 1 8 3 8 10 3 3 8 12 6 12 7 8 2 3
United Kingdom 19 7 12
Romania 84 10 3 7 2 12 2 7 5 7 3 2 2 1 1 12 8

Bulgaria 157 5 4 6 5 12 10 6 5 6 6 4 6 5 10 6 7 4 7 7 1 3 4 2 3 5 8 10
Turkey 163 1 10 12 10 4 10 12 10 7 12 7 10 12 2 7 7 1 2 3 1 12 10 1
Armenia 138 5 5 10 6 8 12 10 8 5 2 10 10 12 8 5 10 10 2
Moldova 109 8 3 4 10 6 1 2 7 10 12 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 4 2 7 6 6 1 5
Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.


12 points


Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

















































































N. Contestant Voting nation
9 Serbia Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
5
Ukraine Andorra, Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Portugal
Turkey Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
3
Russia Armenia, Belarus, Estonia
Belarus Israel, Russia, Ukraine
2
Armenia Georgia, Turkey
Finland Iceland, Sweden
Greece Bulgaria, Cyprus
Sweden Denmark, Norway
Romania Moldova, Spain
1
Bulgaria Greece
Georgia Lithuania
Hungary Serbia
Lithuania Ireland
Moldova Romania
Spain Albania
United Kingdom Malta


Other Awards



Marcel Bezençon Awards


The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[10] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[11]







































Category
Country
Song
Performer(s)
Composer(s)
Final result
Points
Artists Award
(Voted by previous winners)

 Serbia
"Molitva"

Marija Šerifović
Vladimir Graić
Saša Milošević Mare
1st
268
Composer Award

 Hungary
"Unsubstantial Blues"

Magdi Rúzsa
Magdi Rúzsa
Imre Mózsik
9th
128
Press Award

 Ukraine
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"

Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka
2nd
235


OGAE



Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.[12] The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profitable company.[13] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from different clubs around the world to vote for their favourite songs of the 2007 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.[14]













































Country
Song
Performer(s)
Composer(s)
OGAE result

 Serbia
"Molitva"

Marija Šerifović
Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare
184

 Belarus
"Work Your Magic"

Dmitry Koldun

Philip Kirkorov, Karen Kavaleryan
159

  Switzerland
"Vampires Are Alive"

DJ BoBo

DJ BoBo
155

 Cyprus
"Comme ci, comme ça"

Evridiki
Dimitris Korgialas, Poseidonas Giannopoulos
142

 Greece
"Yassou Maria"

Sarbel

Alex Papakonstantinou, Marcus Englöf, "Mack"
107


Barbara Dex Award



The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful) dress.















Country
Song
Performer(s)
Composer(s)

 Ukraine
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай)

Verka Serduchka
Andriy Danylko


International broadcasts and voting



Voting and spokespersons


The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[15]





  1.  Montenegro – Vidak Latković


  2.  Belarus – Juliana


  3.  Armenia – Sirusho
    (Armenian representative in the 2008 Contest)


  4.  Andorra – Marian van de Wal
    (Andorran representative in the 2005 Contest)


  5.  Austria – Eva Pölzl


  6.  France – Vanessa Dolmen


  7.  Denmark – Susanne Georgi
    (Andorran representative in the 2009 Contest)


  8.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas


  9.  Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu


  10.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić


  11.  Finland – Laura Voutilainen
    (Finnish representative in the 2002 Contest)


  12.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan


  13.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimović


  14.  Belgium – Maureen Louys


  15.  Portugal – Francisco Mendes


  16.  Albania – Leon Menkshi


  17.  Romania – Andreea Marin Bănică


  18.  Cyprus – Giannis Haralambous


  19.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar


  20.  Slovenia – Peter Poles


  21.  Israel – Jason Danino-Holt


  22.  Germany – Thomas Hermanns


  23.  Lithuania – Lavija Šurnaitė


  24.  Norway – Synnøve Svabø


  25.   Switzerland – Sven Epiney


  26.  Czech Republic – Andrea Savane


  27.  Netherlands – Paul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley


  28.  Ireland – Linda Martin
    (Irish representative in the 1984 Contest and winner of the 1992 Contest)


  29.  Malta – Mireille Bonello


  30.  Estonia – Laura Põldvere
    (Estonian representative in the 2005 Contest
    as part of Suntribe and in the 2017 Contest)



  31.  Georgia – Neli Agirba


  32.  Bulgaria – Mira Dobreva


  33.  Sweden – André Pops


  34.  Ukraine – Katya Osadcha


  35.  Russia – Yana Churikova


  36.  Latvia – Jānis Šipkevics
    (Latvian representative in the 2006 Contest as part of Cosmos)


  37.  Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir


  38.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś


  39.  Moldova – Andrei Porubin


  40.  United Kingdom – Fearne Cotton


  41.  Macedonia – Elena Risteska
    (Macedonian representative in the 2006 Contest)


  42.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky




Other involved countries




Australia Australia 

Although Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast the event on SBS.[16] As is the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones. Australia aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Paddy O'Connell, Sarah Cawood and Terry Wogan. Before the broadcasts, viewers were told by an SBS host that the Eurovision Song Contest was one of their most popular programmes. The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year.[4]




Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 


Azerbaijan were willing to enter the contest, but since AzTV applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, they missed the contest and had to wait until they were accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a passive EBU member at the time, and had broadcast it for the previous two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.[17]




Italy Italy

Italian television had not entered since 1997. National broadcaster RAI is in strong competition with commercial TV stations and believes that Eurovision would not be a popular show in Italy, although the 1991 edition (held in Rome) was followed by 6 million people. They have not broadcast the contest in recent years, although an independent Italian channel for the gay community has shown the show.[18]




Monaco Monaco


Monaco broadcast the final on TMC after having withdrawn from this competition in December 2006, opening the possibility of returning for the 2008 contest. However TMC did not return in 2008.



Worldwide 

A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide by satellite through Eurovision streams such as Channel One Russia, ERT World, TVE Internacional, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional and TVR i. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.



High-definition broadcast


YLE produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.[19] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The BBC in the United Kingdom broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD.[20] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD.[21] However the event is only available to buy on standard-definition DVD, with no HD DVD or Blu-ray version available in high definition.



Commentators



Commentators for participating countries


The commentators of the 42 participating countries are as follows:










































































































































































































































































































Country
SF / Final
Commentator(s)

 Albania

All

Leon Menkshi (TVSH)

 Andorra[22]

All
Meri Picart (RTVA)
Josep Lluís Trabal (RTVA)

 Armenia
-
Gohar Gasparian

 Austria
-

Andi Knoll (ORF2)

 Belarus

All
Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
Alexander Tikhanovich (Belarus 1)

 Belgium[23]

All

Jean-Pierre Hautier (La Une)
Jean-Louis Lahaye (La Une)
Patrick Duhamel (La Première)
Corinne Boulangier (La Première)

André Vermeulen (één)

Anja Daems (één)

Michel Follet (Radio 2)
Sven Pichal (Radio 2)

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

All
Dejan Kukrić (BHT1)

 Bulgaria

All
Georgi Kushvaliev
Elena Rosberg

 Croatia[24]

All
Duško Čurlić

 Cyprus[25]

All
Vaso Komninou (RIK 1)

 Czech Republic

All
Kateřina Kristelová

Final
Pepa Vojtek

 Denmark[26]

All

Søren Nystrøm Rasted (DR1)

Adam Duvå Hall (DR1)

 Estonia[27]
-

Marko Reikop

 Finland[28][29]

All

Heikki Paasonen (YLE TV2)

Ellen Jokikunnas (YLE TV2)

Asko Murtomäki (fi) (YLE TV2)
Thomas Lundin (sv) (YLE FST5)

Final
Sanna Kojo (YLE Radio Suomi)
Jorma Hietamäki (YLE Radio Suomi)

 France[23]

SF

Peggy Olmi (France 4)
Yann Renoard (France 4)

Final

Julien Lepers (France 3)
Tex (France 3)
Yves Derisbourg (France Bleu)

 Georgia
-
Sandro Gabisonia
-
Sopho Altunashvili

 Germany[30]

All

Peter Urban (Das Erste)

Final
Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)[31]

Tim Frühling (hr3)[32]

 Greece

All
Fotis Sergoulopoulos (NET)

Maria Bakodimou

 Hungary

All
Gábor Gundel Takács (M1)

 Iceland[33]
-
Sigmar Guðmundsson (Sjónvarpið)

 Ireland[34][35]

All

Marty Whelan (RTÉ One)

Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)

 Israel
-
-

 Latvia
-
Kārlis Streips

 Lithuania
-
Darius Užkuraitis

 Macedonia
-
Milanka Rašić

 Malta[36]
-
Antonia Micallef

 Moldova
-
Vitalie Rotaru
-
-

 Montenegro
-
Dražen Bauković (TVCG2)
-
Tamara Ivanković (TVCG2)

 Netherlands[37]

All

Cornald Maas (Nederland 1)

Final

Paul de Leeuw (Nederland 1)

 Norway[38]

All

Per Sundnes (NRK1)

 Poland[39]

All
Artur Orzech (TVP1)

 Portugal[40]
-
Isabel Angelino (RTP1)
-

Jorge Gabriel

 Romania
-
Andreea Demirgian (TVR1)

 Russia
-
Yuri Aksyuta (Channel One)
-
Yelena Batinova (Channel One)

 Serbia

All

Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS1)

 Slovenia
-

Mojca Mavec

 Spain[41]

All
Beatriz Pécker (TVE1)

 Sweden[42]

All

Kristian Luuk (SVT1)
Josef Sterzenbach (SVT1)
Carolina Norén (SR P3)[43]

  Switzerland[23]

SF

Nicolas Tanner (TSR 2)

Final

Henri Dès (TSR 2)

All
Bernhard Thurnheer (SF zwei)

Jean-Marc Richard(TSR 2)
Claudio Lazzarino (TSI 1)
Sandy Altermatt (TSI 1)

 Turkey

All
Hakan Urgancı (TRT 1)

 Ukraine

All

Timur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)

 United Kingdom

SF

Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)

Sarah Cawood (BBC Three)

Final

Terry Wogan (BBC One)

Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)


Commentators for non-participating countries


The commentators of the non-participating countries are:






















Country
SF / Final
Commentator(s)

 Australia

All
As per United Kingdom (BBC) Commentary

 Azerbaijan
Hüsniyə Məhərrəmova

 San Marino
unknown
unknown


Official album
























Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
ESC 2007 album cover.jpg

Compilation album by
Eurovision Song Contest

Released 20 April 2007
Genre Pop
Length


  • 63:13 (CD 1)


  • 62:50 (CD 2)

Label CMC

Eurovision Song Contest chronology






Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
(2006)

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
(2007)

Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008
(2008)


Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 was the official compilation album of the 2007 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 20 April 2007. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2007 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[44]












































































































































CD 1
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Salvem el món" (Andorra)
Anonymous 2:59
2. "Hear My Plea" (Albania)
Frederik Ndoci 3:02
3. "Anytime You Need" (Armenia)
Hayko 3:00
4. "Get a Life – Get Alive" (Austria)
Eric Papilaya 3:02
5. "Rijeka bez imena" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Maria 3:06
6. "Love Power" (Belgium)
The KMG's 2:54
7. "Water" (Bulgaria)
Elitsa & Stoyan 3:06
8. "Work Your Magic" (Belarus)
Koldun 3:06
9. "Vampires Are Alive" (Switzerland)
DJ Bobo 2:59
10. "Comme ci, comme ça" (Cyprus)
Evridiki 3:06
11. "Malá dáma" (Czech Republic)
Kabát 3:11
12. "Frauen regier'n die Welt" (Germany)
Roger Cicero 2:59
13. "Drama Queen" (Denmark)
DQ 3:01
14. "Partners in Crime" (Estonia)
Gerli Padar 2:59
15. "I Love You Mi Vida" (Spain)
D'NASH 3:02
16. "Leave Me Alone" (Finland)
Hanna 3:02
17. "L'amour à la française" (France)
Les Fatals Picards 2:43
18. "Visionary Dream" (Georgia)
Sopho 2:51
19. "Flying the Flag (for You)" (United Kingdom)
Scooch 3:01
20. "Yassou Maria" (Greece)
Sarbel 3:01
21. "Vjerujem u ljubav" (Croatia)

Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić
3:03
Total length: 63:13











































































































































CD 2
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Unsubstantial Blues" (Hungary)
Magdi Rúzsa 3:02
2. "They Can't Stop the Spring" (Ireland)
Dervish 2:52
3. "Push the Button" (Israel)
Teapacks 3:01
4. "Valentine Lost" (Iceland)
Eiríkur Hauksson 3:02
5. "Love or Leave" (Lithuania)
4Fun 3:01
6. "Questa notte" (Latvia)
Bonaparti.lv 2:57
7. "Fight" (Moldova)
Natalia Barbu 3:01
8. "'Ajde, kroči" (Montenegro)
Stevan Faddy 2:59
9. "Mojot svet" (Macedonia)
Karolina 3:00
10. "Vertigo" (Malta)
Olivia Lewis 3:03
11. "On Top of the World" (Netherlands)
Edsilia Rombley 3:01
12. "Ven a bailar conmigo" (Norway)
Guri Schanke 3:01
13. "Time to Party" (Poland)
The Jet Set 3:00
14. "Dança comigo" (Portugal)
Sabrina 2:50
15. "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Romania)
Todomondo 3:02
16. "Molitva" (Serbia)
Marija Šerifović 3:02
17. "Song #1" (Russia)
Serebro 3:00
18. "The Worrying Kind" (Sweden)
The Ark 2:54
19. "Cvet z juga" (Slovenia)
Alenka Gotar 3:00
20. "Shake It Up Şekerim" (Turkey)
Kenan Doğulu 3:02
21. "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Ukraine)
Verka Serduchka 3:00
Total length: 62:50


Charts











Chart (2007)
Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[45]
3


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External links











  • Official website


  • Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on IMDb

  • Official channel on YouTube




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