65 countries took part in the 47th edition of the World Song Contest which started in February 2009 which eventually became a fight between five songs. But before the final, 30 songs had to qualify. And once again, we had the evidence that some kind of music are not made for success here. We already knew that R&B or Rap were not among the favorites, we can add Blues to the list despite a beautiful song from Joan Armatrading, and despite the fact Blues will probably not be represented before 47 other editions. But this time, and for once, ESC related songs also failed to do well. Except for Finland, which reached the 11th position in the final, all the others didn't qualify. The fact the Eurovision fever was growing with all the national final taking place didn't raise the temperature in this contest. On the other hand, some countries finally did better than the last few months. Brazil equalled its best ever result and Nicaragua reached its best result ever, which was also a first top 10 and 20 position since its first participation in WSC .40. Nigeria also reached the top 20 for the first time. Portugal aimed to be the second country to win the contest twice with the same artists. Only Russia managed to do it in WSC, with Varvara, in WSC .05 and WSC .16. But David Fonseca found a real opposition from Spain, the United Kingdom (represented by Franz Ferdinand) and Brazil, which took an early lead during the voting but couldn't manage to make a break. Indeed, it seemed it had to be a battle between those three countries when Sweden came back from nowhere and eventually won the all thing on the last vote. Sweden never did better than a 3rd position, and had to wait 47 editions and the song "What Have I Done", performed by Anna Ternheim, to finally take the crown. >> Your Comments
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>> Semi Finals >> Scoreboard
| 1 |
| Sweden | Anna Ternheim: What Have I Done | 153 pts |
| 2 |
| Spain | El Sueño de Morfeo: Ojos de Cielo | 149 pts |
| 3 |
| United Kingdom | Franz Ferdinand: Ulysses | 148 pts |
| 4 |
| Portugal | David Fonseca: This Raging Light | 147 pts |
| 5 |
| Brazil | Ellens: Tem Quem Me Ama | 142 pts |
| 6 |
| Canada | Metric: Help I'm Alive | 122 pts |
| 7 |
| Nicaragua | Katia Cardenal: Mariposa de Alas Rotas | 108 pts |
| 8 |
| Israel | Mor Karbasi: Rosa | 102 pts |
| 9 |
| Poland | Plan B feat. Cell7: That's Wassup | 101 pts |
| 10 |
| Australia | Silverchair: Straight Lines | 101 pts |
| 11 |
| Finland | Waldo's People: Back Again | 100 pts |
| 12 |
| Albania | Silva Gunbardhi: Te Doja Shume | 98 pts |
| 13 |
| Andorra | Manel: En La Que El Bernat Se't Troba | 90 pts |
| 14 |
| Italy | Beatrice Antolini: Sugarise | 86 pts |
| 15 |
| Denmark | Infernal: Electric Light | 85 pts |
| 16 |
| Romania | Cătălin Josan: Intre Noi | 83 pts |
| 17 |
| Nigeria | Asa: So Beautiful | 82 pts |
| 18 |
| France | Mareva Galanter feat. Rufus Wainwright: Serge et Jane | 81 pts |
| 19 |
| Norway | Erlend Bratland: Still Water | 76 pts |
| 20 |
| Belgium | Elvy: Gone | 74 pts |
| 21 |
| Ireland | John Hughes feat. Tara Blaise: Come Away | 73 pts |
| 22 |
| Argentina | Pablo Krantz: Les Chansons d'Amour Ont Ruiné Ma Vie | 69 pts |
| 23 |
| Quebec | Coeur de Pirate: Comme des Enfants | 62 pts |
| 24 |
| Greece | Monika: Babe | 58 pts |
| 25 |
| India | A.R. Rahman feat. Suzanne D'Mello: Latika's Theme | 54 pts |
| 26 |
| Iceland | FM Belfast: Par Avion | 51 pts |
| 27 |
| Ukraine | Flёur: Shelkopryad | 49 pts |
| 28 |
| Venezuela | Carlos Bertonatti: A Million Miles | 49 pts |
| 29 |
| Estonia | Diskreetse Mango Trio: Hobusemäng | 43 pts |
| 30 |
| Monaco | Zaza Fournier: S.O.S. | 41 pts |
| 31 |
| Switzerland | Heidi Happy: Fool | 35 pts |
| 32 |
| Morocco | Malika Zarra: Pouvoir | 33 pts |
| 33 |
| San Marino | Jovanotti: Safari | 32 pts |
| 34 |
| South Korea | Susie Suh: Shell | 27 pts |
| 35 |
| Greenland | Sonnet: Purple Flower | 15 pts |
| 36 |
| Japan | Salyu: Heartquake | 11 pts |
| 37 |
| Cyprus | Alkinoos Ioannidis: O Proskinitis | DSQ |
| 38 |
| The Netherlands | Ilse DeLange: Broken Girl | DNQ |
| 39 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | Joan Armatrading: A Woman In Love | DNQ |
| 40 |
| Croatia | Franka Batelić: Ruža U Kamenu | DNQ |
| 41 |
| Liechtenstein | Deichkind: Luftbahn | DNQ |
| 42 |
| Montenegro | Bojan Marović: Tebi Je Lako | DNQ |
| 43 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Regina: Sama | DNQ |
| 44 |
| Vietnam | Phương Vy: Leave Me Alone | DNQ |
| 45 |
| Russia | Zemfira: Kogda Sneg Nachnetsia | DNQ |
| 46 |
| China | Tan Jing & Jackie Chan: Zhong Guo Kan | DNQ |
| 47 |
| Slovenia | Laibach: Anglia | DNQ |
| 48 |
| New Zealand | Ricki-Lee: Alone No More | DNQ |
| 49 |
| Cuba | Jon Secada: Window To My Heart | DNQ |
| 50 |
| Colombia | Alas de Prueba: Cruza el Puente | DNQ |
| 51 |
| Uzbekistan | Shahzoda: Faqat Sen | DNQ |
| 52 |
| Belarus | Angelica Agurbash: Nelyubimaya | DNQ |
| 53 |
| Mexico | Belinda: Be Free | DNQ |
| 54 |
| Cape Verde | Simentera: Zita | DNQ |
| 55 |
| Turkey | Tarkan: Bounce | DNQ |
| 56 |
| South Africa | Starla: Beautiful Butterfly | DSQ |
| 57 |
| United States Of America | Jazmine Sullivan: Lions, Tigers and Bears | DNQ |
| 58 |
| Uruguay | Tabaré Cardozo & Washington "Canario" Luna: El Murguero Oriental | DNQ |
| 59 |
| Serbia | Dajana Penezić: Bivši Dečko | DSQ |
| 60 |
| Dominican Republic | Wason Brazoban: En Un Solo Dia | DNQ |
| 61 |
| Luxembourg | Elsa Lunghini: Oser | DNQ |
| 62 |
| Indonesia | Dewi Sandra, Luna Maya & Sandra Dewi: Play | DSQ |
| 63 |
| F.Y.R. of Macedonia | Elena Risteska & Parketi: Sakam Da Te Galam | DNQ |
| 64 |
| The Philippines | Bamboo: Probinsyana | DNQ |
| 65 |
| Slovakia | Lunatic Gods: Balada O Makovom Mlynčeku | DNQ |