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
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 the second to do so before the end of 2008 (after Albania). Turkey competed in one of the two semi-finals after Mor ve Ötesi came 7th in the 2008 contest.In the semi-final 1 she performed 9th, following Switzerland and preceding Israel Turkey was ranked second, with 172 points and qualifying for the final.In the final,country performed 18th following Germany and preceding the Albania ended 4th with 177 points. Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by the song "Düm Tek Tek" performed by Hadise. The Turkish broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon