{"id":426,"date":"2009-05-16T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=426"},"modified":"2009-05-16T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:01:02","slug":"its-the-final-countdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2009\/05\/16\/its-the-final-countdown-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s the final countdown…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, friends – it’s time for us to turn our attention to who might just win this thing!\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve been here for just under one week, and have shared a wonderful experience with some good friends and colleagues. Karen, Brian, Toni and Apostolos have offered laughter and friendship as we have navigated our way through what is, in all honesty, a balmy week.\u00a0 Trust me – you wouldn’t miss it for the world if you were in my shoes right now – how many people can say that they are at the heart of the biggest media event and song festival in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’m very happy to have been supported on this trip by my boss Carol (to whom much love from Moscow) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences – who realise the value of positioning a media lecturer in the mix at such an event.\u00a0 This trip was also brought to you by the letter Y and the number 1…<\/p>\n

So, let us turn our attention to the final line-up of songs – all 25 of them.\u00a0 As I think I might have said last year on this blog, the semi-final phases have weeded out\u00a0most of the poor and novelty songs. As a consequence we are left with 25 songs, most of which are good contemporary songs – if\u00a0people can\u00a0see beyond their prejudices about ESC and\u00a0European music.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at the class of 2009…<\/p>\n

01 Lithuania “Love”\u00a0performed by Sasha Son<\/strong><\/p>\n

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02 Israel\u00a0 “There Must Be Another Way” performed by\u00a0Noa & Mira Awad<\/strong><\/p>\n

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03 France\u00a0 “Et S’il Fallait Le Faire”\u00a0performed by Patricia Kaas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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04 Sweden “La Voix” performed by Malena Ernman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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05 Croatia “Lijepa Tena”\u00a0 performed by Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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06 Portugal “Todas As Ruas Do Amor”\u00a0performed by \u00a0Flor-de-lis<\/strong><\/p>\n

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07 Iceland “Is It True?”\u00a0performd by\u00a0Yohanna<\/strong><\/p>\n

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08 Greece “This Is Our Night”\u00a0\u00a0performed by Sakis Rouvas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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09 Armenia “Jan Jan” performed\u00a0byInga & Anush
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10 Russia “Mamo”\u00a0performed by\u00a0Anastasia Prikhodko<\/strong><\/p>\n

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11 Azerbaijan\u00a0 “Always” performed by AySel & Arash<\/p>\n

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\u00a012 Bosnia & Herzegovina “Bistra Voda” performed by\u00a0Regina<\/strong><\/p>\n

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13 Moldova “Hora Din Moldova”\u00a0performed by\u00a0Nelly Ciobanu<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a014 Malta “What If We”\u00a0performd by Chiara<\/strong><\/p>\n

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15 Estonia\u00a0“R\u00e4ndajad” performed by\u00a0Urban Symphony<\/strong><\/p>\n

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16 Denmark “Believe Again”\u00a0performed by\u00a0Brinck<\/strong><\/p>\n

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17 Germany “Miss Kiss Kiss Bang” performed by\u00a0Alex Swings Oscar Sings!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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18 Turkey “D\u00fcm Tek Tek” performed by\u00a0Hadise<\/strong><\/p>\n

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19 Albania “Carry Me In Your Dreams” performed by\u00a0Kejsi Tola<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>20 Norway “Fairytale” performed by\u00a0Alexander Rybak<\/strong><\/p>\n

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21 Ukraine “Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis Girl)” performed by\u00a0Svetlana Loboda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>22 Romania “The Balkan Girls” performed by\u00a0Elena<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>23 United Kingdom “It’s My Time” performed by\u00a0Jade Ewen<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>24 Finland “Lose Control” performed by\u00a0Waldo’s People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>25 Spain “La Noche Es Para M\u00ed” performed by\u00a0Soraya<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pick a winner – go on, go on, go on…<\/p>\n

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