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
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 earlier. The show was hosted by Denis Kuryan, BTRC Eurovision commentator. A professional jury, again headed by Vasily Rainchik, selected ten songs from the 19 to proceed to the final of the event. "Belakrylyya mary" was the only song in Belorussian language in the running, while all other entries have been performed in Russian. The final took place in September 2009, and featured the following ten songs which qualified from the semi-final. The winner was Yuriy Demidovich with "Volshebniy Krolik". Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Belarus will compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, to be