Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Norway and Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia on 16 May. Their song was chosen at a national final, "Melodi Grand Prix", held on 21 February 2009. After three semi-finals, a "Siste Sjansen", second chance qualifier, and the grand final, the winner was singer/songwriter and violinist Alexander Rybak with "Fairytale", winning in the biggest landslide in Melodi Grand Prix history. Norway first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, following their Scandinavian neighbours Denmark and Sweden, who debuted in 1957 and 1958 respectively. Their first entry, "Voi
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Belgium were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by the French-language broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), who choose the Belgian entry for the contest through an internal selection. The song did not progress from the first semi-final of the competition, finishing second to last with just one point. Belgium debuted at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and since has participated a total of fifty times. The country was only absent three times in its history: 1994, 1997, and 2001, when its low score the year before