Contest year
- Host City
- Helsinki, Finland
- Venue
- Hartwall Arena
- Final Date
- May 12, 2007
- Entries
- 42
- Participation hit a then-record 42 countries after the EBU suspended its 40-nation cap, enabling debut appearances by the Czech Republic and Georgia and first independent entries from Serbia and Montenegro; Monaco withdrew after initially confirming.
- A new running-order twist let selected “wild-card” countries choose their start positions, and voting time was extended to 15 minutes with the recap shown twice.
- The shows were produced and broadcast live in high-definition for the first time.
- Serbia won on its independent debut, with the first native-language winner since 1998.
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