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
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 after the Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO), confirmed that Slovenia would appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and also announced that they would be changing the national final format. The winner of EMA 2009 was Quartissimo and Martina Majerle with "Love Symphony", which received full marks from the jury and came fourth in the public televote. EMA 2009 was in February 2009, with changes occurring to the format. Instead of two semi-finals of ten songs each, with the top five qualifying