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
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 2008, where the winner was announced. The winner who represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was Morena with her song Vodka. The song received 38 points and placed 14th in the semifinal and so Malta failed to qualify for the final for the second time. Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Malta has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through the Malta Song for Europe in Belgrade, Serbia. The contest received 225 songs (3 of which were disqualified) which would have been whittled down to just 35, but due to a tie between a