Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following Dima Bilan's win at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with the song "Believe" – marking the first time that the country had won the contest. The event was staged between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow. The contest was won by Norway's Alexander Rybak with his self-penned "Fairytale", which received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, at the time the highest total score in the history
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with an entry selected through a MySpace project called "Salvemos Eurovisión" (Let's Save Eurovision). The Spanish Final was held at TVE's Estudios Buñuel in Madrid on March 8, hosted by popular Italian actress and singer Raffaella Carrà. 10 songs participated in this televised final - five chosen by an "expert" jury and five chosen via internet voting between February 11-25th. The comedic act Rodolfo Chikilicuatre won the final by a landslide getting the highest possible amount of points, and thus participated for Spain in the