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 2009 competed in one of the two semi-finals after Jeronimas Milius came 16th in the semi-final of the 2008 contest. During the second semi-final, which took place on 14 May 2009,performed 14th, following Greece and preceding the Moldova Lithuania qualified to the final, placing 9th in the semi-final and scoring 66 points,in the final Lithuania performed 1st preceding the Israel came 23rd with 23 points. Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Lithuania confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Lithuania were represented by Sasha Son at the contest, singing "Pasiklydęs žmogus" in its English version,