Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 were also used, the results would be different: Although the overall result would not be changed, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have achieved an 8th position instead of France, Denmark would have achieved 12th position instead of Ukraine, and Sweden would have achieved 20th position instead of Germany. 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,
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 interview when he called the Eurovision Song Contest itself the "biggest gay parade". The Dutch group De Toppers made news by member Gordon threatening to boycott the final of Eurovision 2009 if the gay parade was violently beaten down. However, the group's failure to qualify for the final left this threat redundant. Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU, 42 countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest, including Slovakia, which returned to the contest after 11 years. Georgia originally announced that it was to withdraw from the contest due to the 2008 South Ossetia war