Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the 2006 contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Finnish television presenter Jaana Pelkonen and musician and TV-host Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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Dates
Semi-final10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)
Final12 May 2007 (2007-05-12)
Host
VenueHartwall Areena
Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)
Executive producerHeikki Seppälä
DirectorTimo Suomi
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Host broadcasterYleisradio (Yle)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/helsinki-2007
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists24
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countries Monaco
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song
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Forty-two countries participated in the contest - three more than the previous record of thirty-nine, that took part in 2005. The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.[1] The Czech Republic and Georgia participated for the first time this year, with Montenegro, and Serbia taking part as independent nations for the first time.[2] Austria and Hungary both returned, after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Monaco decided not to participate,[3] despite initially confirming participation.[4] Monaco has not competed in Eurovision Song Contest ever since.

The winner was Serbia with the song "Molitva", performed by Marija Šerifović and written by Vladimir Graić and Saša Milošević Mare. This was Serbia's first victory in the contest, coincidentally the first year it competed as an independent nation. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since "Diva" for Israel in 1998. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and Bulgaria rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Belarus achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved its worst placing in the contest up until that point, finishing twenty-fourth (last place) in the final. Of the "Big Four" countries, Germany placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

Location

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Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

Helsinki, the Finnish capital, was chosen as the host city, although other cities were in the running; the second-largest city of Espoo, the third-largest city of Tampere, and the city of Turku all submitted bids to host the contest alongside Kittilä, Lahti, and Rovaniemi. The choice of Helsinki was justified, among other things, by the requirements of the number of people and technology, as well as its superior flight and transport connections and accommodation capacity.[5]

Venue

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Hartwall Areena, Helsinki - host venue of the 2007 contest.

A total of 11 venues in seven locations applied for hosting rights. The known possible venues for the contest included LänsiAuto Areena in Espoo, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Fair Center, industrial workshop buildings at Pasilan konepaja [fi] in Helsinki, Lahden suurhalli [fi] in Lahti, Rovaniemi Lapland Arena, Pirkkahalli (main hall of Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre), Tampere Ice Stadium and Turkuhalli.[6]

In the end, Helsinki was chosen, with the host venue being the Hartwall Areena.[5] The venue is a large multi-functional indoor arena, which opened in 1997, and can take some 12,000–15,000 spectators for concerts. Its name comes from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki. For the contest, the arena was referred to as the Helsinki Arena.

Format

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On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia, and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine, and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[7] The United Kingdom chose its entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

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The hosts Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by Nordic communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The EBU and Yleisradio (Yle) announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country.[8] The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F.[9] The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme.

The shows were produced and broadcast in high-definition for the first time, following tests at the previous edition.[10]

An official CD and DVD as well as an official fan book were released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories occurring in different Finnish landmarks.

Participants

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Participating broadcasters in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU. The broadcasters from 42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro, and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007.[2] Monaco announced its non-participation on 12 December 2006,[3] and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: Evridiki had represented Cyprus in 1992 and in 1994, and provided backing vocals in 1983 and in 1987; Karolina had represented Macedonia in 2002; and Edsilia Rombley had represented the Netherlands in 1998. In addition Eiríkur Hauksson representing Iceland, had represented Iceland in 1986 as member of ICY and Norway in 1991 as part of Just 4 Fun.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2007 participants[11]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Frederik Ndoci "Hear My Plea" English, Albanian
 Andorra RTVA Anonymous "Salvem el món" Catalan, English
 Armenia AMPTV Hayko "Anytime You Need" English, Armenian
 Austria ORF Eric Papilaya [de] "Get a Life – Get Alive" English
  • Austin Howard
  • Greg Usek
 Belarus BTRC Koldun "Work Your Magic" English
 Belgium RTBF The KMG's "LovePower" English
  • Wakas Ashiq
  • Paul Curtiz
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Marija Šestić "Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена) Serbian
  • Goran Kovačić
  • Aleksandra Milutinović
 Bulgaria BNT Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov "Water" Bulgarian
 Croatia HRT Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Vjerujem u ljubav" Croatian, English Dado Topić
 Cyprus CyBC Evridiki "Comme ci, comme ça" French
  • Dimitris Korgialas [el]
  • Poseidonas Yiannopoulos
 Czech Republic ČT Kabát "Malá dáma" Czech
 Denmark DR DQ "Drama Queen" English
 Estonia ETV Gerli Padar "Partners in Crime" English
 Finland Yle Hanna Pakarinen "Leave Me Alone" English
  • Miikka Huttunen
  • Hanna Pakarinen
  • Martti Vuorinen
 France France Télévisions Les Fatals Picards "L'Amour à la française" French, English ("Franglais")
  • Ivan Callot
  • Yves Giraud
  • Laurent Honel
  • Paul Léger
  • Jean-Marc Sauvagnargues
 Georgia GPB Sopho "Visionary Dream" English
  • Beqa Japaridze
  • Bibi Kvachadze
 Germany NDR[a] Roger Cicero "Frauen regier'n die Welt" German, English
  • Matthias Haß [de]
  • Frank Ramond [de]
 Greece ERT Sarbel "Yassou Maria" (Γειά σου Μαρία) English
 Hungary MTV Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues" English
 Iceland RÚV Eiríkur Hauksson "Valentine Lost" English
 Ireland RTÉ Dervish "They Can't Stop the Spring" English
 Israel IBA Teapacks "Push the Button" English, French, Hebrew Kobi Oz
 Latvia LTV Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" Italian
 Lithuania LRT 4Fun "Love or Leave" English Julija Ritčik
 Macedonia MRT Karolina "Mojot svet" (Мојот свет) Macedonian, English
 Malta PBS Olivia Lewis "Vertigo" English
 Moldova TRM Natalia Barbu "Fight" English
 Montenegro RTCG Stevan Faddy "'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи) Montenegrin
  • Slaven Knezović
  • Milan Perić
 Netherlands NOS Edsilia Rombley "On Top of the World" English
 Norway NRK Guri Schanke "Ven a bailar conmigo" English Thomas G:son
 Poland TVP The Jet Set "Time to Party" English
  • Mateusz Krezan [pl]
  • David Junior Serame
  • Kamil Varen [pl]
 Portugal RTP Sabrina "Dança comigo" Portuguese
  • Emanuel [pt]
  • Tó Maria Vinhas [pt]
 Romania TVR Todomondo [ro] "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You) English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian
 Russia C1R Serebro "Song #1" English
 Serbia RTS Marija Šerifović "Molitva" (Молитва) Serbian
 Slovenia RTVSLO Alenka Gotar "Cvet z juga" Slovene Andrej Babić [de]
 Spain RTVE D'Nash "I Love You Mi Vida" Spanish, English
 Sweden SVT The Ark "The Worrying Kind" English Ola Salo
  Switzerland SRG SSR DJ BoBo "Vampires Are Alive" English
 Turkey TRT Kenan Doğulu "Shake It Up Şekerim" English Kenan Doğulu
 Ukraine NTU Verka Serduchka "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" German, English, Surzhyk Andriy Danylko
 United Kingdom BBC Scooch "Flying the Flag (For You)" English
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Contest overview

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Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

  Qualifiers
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Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007[13]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov "Water" 146 6
2  Israel Teapacks "Push the Button" 17 24
3  Cyprus Evridiki "Comme ci, comme ça" 65 15
4  Belarus Koldun "Work Your Magic" 176 4
5  Iceland Eiríkur Hauksson "Valentine Lost" 77 13
6  Georgia Sopho "Visionary Dream" 123 8
7  Montenegro Stevan Faddy "'Ajde, kroči" 33 22
8   Switzerland DJ BoBo "Vampires Are Alive" 40 20
9  Moldova Natalia Barbu "Fight" 91 10
10  Netherlands Edsilia Rombley "On Top of the World" 38 21
11  Albania Frederik Ndoci "Hear My Plea" 49 17
12  Denmark DQ "Drama Queen" 45 19
13  Croatia Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić "Vjerujem u ljubav" 54 16
14  Poland The Jet Set "Time to Party" 75 14
15  Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva" 298 1
16  Czech Republic Kabát "Malá dáma" 1 28
17  Portugal Sabrina "Dança comigo" 88 11
18  Macedonia Karolina "Mojot svet" 97 9
19  Norway Guri Schanke "Ven a bailar conmigo" 48 18
20  Malta Olivia Lewis "Vertigo" 15 25
21  Andorra Anonymous "Salvem el món" 80 12
22  Hungary Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues" 224 2
23  Estonia Gerli Padar "Partners in Crime" 33 22
24  Belgium The KMG's "LovePower" 14 26
25  Slovenia Alenka Gotar "Cvet z juga" 140 7
26  Turkey Kenan Doğulu "Shake It Up Şekerim" 197 3
27  Austria Eric Papilaya "Get a Life – Get Alive" 4 27
28  Latvia Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" 168 5
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Final

The finalists were:

The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.

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Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007[14]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Marija Šestić "Rijeka bez imena" 106 11
2  Spain D'Nash "I Love You Mi Vida" 43 20
3  Belarus Koldun "Work Your Magic" 145 6
4  Ireland Dervish "They Can't Stop the Spring" 5 24
5  Finland Hanna Pakarinen "Leave Me Alone" 53 17
6  Macedonia Karolina "Mojot svet" 73 14
7  Slovenia Alenka Gotar "Cvet z juga" 66 15
8  Hungary Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues" 128 9
9  Lithuania 4Fun "Love or Leave" 28 21
10  Greece Sarbel "Yassou Maria" 139 7
11  Georgia Sopho "Visionary Dream" 97 12
12  Sweden The Ark "The Worrying Kind" 51 18
13  France Les Fatals Picards "L'Amour à la française" 19 22
14  Latvia Bonaparti.lv "Questa notte" 54 16
15  Russia Serebro "Song #1" 207 3
16  Germany Roger Cicero "Frauen regier'n die Welt" 49 19
17  Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva" 268 1
18  Ukraine Verka Serduchka "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" 235 2
19  United Kingdom Scooch "Flying the Flag (For You)" 19 22
20  Romania Todomondo "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" 84 13
21  Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov "Water" 157 5
22  Turkey Kenan Doğulu "Shake It Up Şekerim" 163 4
23  Armenia Hayko "Anytime You Need" 138 8
24  Moldova Natalia Barbu "Fight" 109 10
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Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country. The order in which they announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting.[15] The spokespersons appeared in the final in the following order:

  1.  Montenegro  Vidak Latković
  2.  Belarus  Juliana
  3.  Armenia  Sirusho
  4.  Andorra  Marian van de Wal
  5.  Austria  Eva Pölzl [de]
  6.  France  Vanessa Dolmen [fr]
  7.  Denmark  Susanne Georgi
  8.  Greece  Alexis Kostalas [el]
  9.  Spain  Ainhoa Arbizu [es]
  10.  Serbia  Maja Nikolić [sr]
  11.  Finland  Laura Voutilainen
  12.  Turkey  Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  13.  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Vesna Andree Zaimović
  14.  Belgium  Maureen Louys
  15.  Portugal  Francisco Mendes
  16.  Albania  Leon Menkshi
  17.  Romania  Andreea Marin Bănică
  18.  Cyprus  Giannis Haralambous
  19.  Croatia  Barbara Kolar
  20.  Slovenia  Peter Poles
  21.  Israel  Jason Danino-Holt[16]
  22.  Germany  Thomas Hermanns
  23.  Lithuania  Lavija Šurnaitė [lt]
  24.  Norway  Synnøve Svabø
  25.   Switzerland  Sven Epiney
  26.  Czech Republic  Andrea Savane
  27.  Netherlands  Paul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley
  28.  Ireland  Linda Martin
  29.  Malta  Mireille Bonello
  30.  Estonia  Laura Põldvere
  31.  Georgia  Neli Agirba
  32.  Bulgaria  Mira Dobreva
  33.  Sweden  André Pops
  34.  Ukraine  Kateryna Osadcha
  35.  Russia  Yana Churikova
  36.  Latvia  Jānis Šipkevics [lv]
  37.  Iceland  Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  38.  Poland  Maciej Orłoś [pl]
  39.  Moldova  Andrei Porubin
  40.  United Kingdom  Fearne Cotton
  41.  Macedonia  Elena Risteska
  42.  Hungary  Éva Novodomszky

Detailed voting results

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All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used their juries.

Semi-final

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Detailed voting results of the semi-final[17][18]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Montenegro
Belarus
Armenia
Andorra
Austria
France
Denmark
Greece
Spain
Serbia
Finland
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
Portugal
Albania
Romania
Cyprus
Croatia
Slovenia
Israel
Germany
Lithuania
Norway
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Ireland
Malta
Estonia
Georgia
Bulgaria
Sweden
Ukraine
Russia
Latvia
Iceland
Poland
Moldova
United Kingdom
Macedonia
Hungary
Contestants
Bulgaria 14651681010521232511126364103325678
Israel 17642311
Cyprus 65451258743710
Belarus 1764121745214310121035677463121210441242
Iceland 77310125126112610
Georgia 12388463410178851031010738
Montenegro 33857553
Switzerland 4063221281024
Moldova 9112736812126327166
Netherlands 385410311185
Albania 49638443172110
Denmark 452354156487
Croatia 547761038256
Poland 75155104322353106512323
Serbia 29812101012765581244268121271018121210818810882105651212
Czech Republic 11
Portugal 88761210813117843107
Macedonia 97105106710281066125
Norway 48233741232467211
Malta 15762
Andorra 8044125262422274524661
Hungary 2241482121121011710510476671048874810484381284
Estonia 336632124
Belgium 14212
Slovenia 140868217736674105461557557357
Turkey 1973271012827812128126101121071731101286
Austria 413
Latvia 16821513885547101272371212125132512284
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12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

Final

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Detailed voting results of the final[19][20]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Montenegro
Belarus
Armenia
Andorra
Austria
France
Denmark
Greece
Spain
Serbia
Finland
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
Portugal
Albania
Romania
Cyprus
Croatia
Slovenia
Israel
Germany
Lithuania
Norway
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Ireland
Malta
Estonia
Georgia
Bulgaria
Sweden
Ukraine
Russia
Latvia
Iceland
Poland
Moldova
United Kingdom
Macedonia
Hungary
Contestants
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1067181781081083684764
Spain 434613812252
Belarus 145310524121612721078112128471074
Ireland 55
Finland 53174154161212
Macedonia 731011018381065110
Slovenia 66843572371543446
Hungary 12862812105284574834514585822
Lithuania 282112103
Greece 139383124438710121104354124561037
Georgia 9765375161226121215876542
Sweden 51212812107
France 1928432
Latvia 5421610331041014
Russia 2076121232284738243733866566612755107138656
Germany 49575516763121
Serbia 26812771286411212751631212381012884866106537851212
Ukraine 235210612443773635112445410582212183810338126127823
United Kingdom 19712
Romania 841037212275732211128
Bulgaria 1575465121065664651067477134235810
Turkey 1631101210410121071271012277123112101
Armenia 13855106812108521010128510102
Moldova 109834106127101221421234276615
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12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

Broadcasts

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The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary, using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.

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Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH All shows
 Andorra RTVA ATV All shows Meri Picart [ca] and Josep Lluís Trabal [21][22]
 Armenia AMPTV All shows
 Austria ORF ORF 1 All shows Andi Knoll [23][24][25]
 Belarus BTRC All shows Denis Kurian and Alexander Tikhanovich [26]
 Belgium RTBF La Une, RTBF Sat All shows Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr] [27][28][29]
La Première [27]
VRT Eén André Vermeulen and Anja Daems [30][31][32][33]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 All shows Dejan Kukrić [34][35]
 Bulgaria BNT All shows
 Croatia HRT HRT 1 All shows Duško Ćurlić [36][37]
 Cyprus CyBC All shows
 Czech Republic ČT ČT1 All shows Kateřina Kristelová [cz] [38][39][40]
Final Josef Vojtek
 Denmark DR DR1 All shows Søren Nystrøm Rasted and Adam Duvå Hall [da] [41][42]
 Estonia ETV All shows Marko Reikop [43]
 Finland Yle Yle TV2 All shows Heikki Paasonen, Ellen Jokikunnas and Asko Murtomäki [fi] [44]
Yle FST5 Thomas Lundin [sv] [45][46]
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki [44]
Yle Radio Vega [47][48]
 France France Télévisions France 4 Semi-final Peggy Olmi [fr] and Yann Renoard [28][49]
France 3 Final Julien Lepers and Tex [fr] [29]
 Georgia GPB All shows
 Germany ARD NDR Fernsehen Semi-final Peter Urban [50][51]
Das Erste Final
 Greece ERT NET, Deftero Programma All shows Fotis Sergoulopoulos [el] and Maria Bakodimou [52][53][54]
NET 105.8 Final
 Hungary MTV m1 All shows Gábor Gundel Takács [hu] [55][56][57]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið All shows Sigmar Guðmundsson [58][59]
Rás 2 Semi-final
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-final Marty Whelan [60]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan
 Israel IBA All shows
 Latvia LTV LTV1 All shows Kārlis Streips [lv] [61][62]
 Lithuania LRT All shows Darius Užkuraitis [63]
 Macedonia MRT MRT 1 All shows Milanka Rašić [64][65]
 Malta PBS TVM All shows [66][67]
 Moldova TRM Moldova 1 All shows [68]
Radio Moldova
 Montenegro RTCG TVCG 1 Semi-final Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [69]
TVCG 2 Final
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 1 All shows Cornald Maas [30][31][70]
Final Paul de Leeuw
 Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Per Sundnes [71][72]
NRK P1 Final
 Poland TVP TVP1 All shows Artur Orzech [73]
 Portugal RTP RTP1, RTP Internacional All shows Isabel Angelino [pt] and Jorge Gabriel [28][29][74][75][76]
RTP África Final
 Romania TVR TVR1 All shows [77][78]
 Russia Channel One All shows Yuriy Aksyuta [ru] and Yelena Batinova [ru] [79][80]
 Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS Sat All shows Duška Vučinić-Lučić [81]
 Slovenia RTVSLO TV SLO 2 [sl] Semi-final Mojca Mavec [sl] [82][83][84][85]
TV SLO 1 [sl] Final
Radio Val 202 All shows Jernej Vene and Aida Kurtović
 Spain RTVE La 2 Semi-final Beatriz Pécker [es][b] [86]
La Primera, TVE Internacional Final [29][87]
 Sweden SVT SVT1, SVT HD All shows Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach [sv] [88][89][90]
SR Carolina Norén [91]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SF 2 Semi-final [23][24]
SF 1 Final Bernard Thurnheer [de]
TSR 2 Semi-final Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner [28][29][92]
Final Jean-Marc Richard and Henri Dès
TSI 2 Semi-final [28][29]
TSI 1 Final
 Turkey TRT TRT 1 Semi-final [93]
Final Hakan Urgancı [94][95]
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows [96]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-final Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood [97][98][99][100]
BBC One, BBC HD Final Sir Terry Wogan
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
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Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS SBS TV[c] Semi-final Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood [101]
Final Terry Wogan
 Azerbaijan İTV [102]
 Gibraltar GBC GBC TV Final [103]
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International broadcasts

  •  Australia  Although Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast on SBS, and as per previous years, took commentary from the BBC.[104] As was the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones.[101] The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year.[105]
  •  Azerbaijan  AzTV was willing to enter the contest, but since it applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, Azerbaijan missed the contest and had to wait until it was accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a preliminary EBU member at the time, and had broadcast it for the previous two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.[102]

High-definition broadcast

Yle produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 surround sound.[106] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The British broadcaster BBC broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD.[97] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on SVT HD.[90] However, the event was available on DVD in standard-definition only, with no DVD or Blu-ray version available in high-definition.

Other awards

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Perspective

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[107] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composers Award, and Press Award.[108]

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Category Country Song Performer(s) Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award  Serbia "Molitva" Marija Šerifović
Composers Award  Hungary "Unsubstantial Blues" Magdi Rúzsa
Press Award  Ukraine "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" Verka Serduchka Andriy Danylko
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OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2007 poll was also the winner of the contest, Serbia's "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović; the top five results are shown below.[d][109][110][111]

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Country Performer(s) Song OGAE result
 Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva" 184
 Belarus Dmitry Koldun "Work Your Magic" 159
  Switzerland DJ BoBo "Vampires Are Alive" 156
 Cyprus Evridiki "Comme ci, comme ça" 142
 Greece Sarbel "Yassou Maria" 107
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Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Barbara Dex who came last for Belgium in 1993, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

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Country Performer(s)
 Ukraine Verka Serduchka
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Official album

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Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 was the official compilation album of the 2007 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 20 April 2007. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2007 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[112]

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[113]3
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