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
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 presenting the final. The voters favoured Jeronimas Milius' song "Nomads in the Night" which collected 11,674 votes and won in the national finals to represent Lithuania in the upcoming contest. Wildcards (12 semi-final qualifiers were joined by 2 direct finalists.) Lithuania took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008. He failed to qualify to the final. He placed 16th. Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Lithuania chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a more downsized selection procedure rather than the long, drawn out processes from previous years. 34 songs were divided into three