Contest year
- Host City
- Moscow, Russia
- Venue
- Olimpiysky Arena
- Final Date
- January 1, 2009
- Entries
- 43
- Voting rules were overhauled after 2007 criticism, reintroducing national juries alongside televoting for the final.
- Georgia withdrew after the EBU rejected “We Don’t Wanna Put In” for political references to Vladimir Putin, and Armenia–Azerbaijan tensions flared when a disputed Nagorno-Karabakh monument appeared in Armenia’s intro, leading to edits, Armenia’s on-air retaliation, and an EBU fine for Azerbaijan’s broadcaster for obscuring Armenia’s voting number.
- Spain aired a semi-final on delay and used a backup jury.
- Norway won with a then-record 387 points.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Alsou, Ivan Urgant
Winner
Host Country
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Norway | Alexander Rybak Fairytale | 1 | 387 |
 Iceland | Yohanna Is It True? | 2 | 218 |
 Azerbaijan | AySel & Arash Always | 3 | 207 |
 Turkey | Hadise Düm Tek Tek | 4 | 177 |
 United Kingdom | Jade Ewen It's My Time | 5 | 173 |
 Estonia | Urban Symphony Rändajad | 6 | 129 |
 Greece | Sakis Rouvas This Is Our Night | 7 | 120 |
 France | Patricia Kaas Et s'il fallait le faire | 8 | 107 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Regina Bistra voda | 9 | 106 |
 Armenia | Inga & Anush Jan Jan | 10 | 92 |
 Russia | Anastasia Prikhodko Mamo | 11 | 91 |
 Ukraine | Svetlana Loboda Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis Girl) | 12 | 76 |
 Denmark | Brinck Believe Again | 13 | 74 |
 Moldova | Nelly Ciobanu Hora din Moldova | 14 | 69 |
 Portugal | Flor-de-lis Todas As Ruas Do Amor | 15 | 57 |
 Israel | Noa & Mira Awad There Must Be Another Way | 16 | 53 |
 Albania | Kejsi Tola Carry Me In Your Dreams | 17 | 48 |
 Croatia | Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Lijepa Tena | 18 | 45 |
 Romania | Elena The Balkan Girls | 19 | 40 |
 Germany | Alex Swings Oscar Sings! Miss Kiss Kiss Bang | 20 | 35 |
 Sweden | Malena Ernman La Voix | 21 | 33 |
 Malta | Chiara What If We | 22 | 31 |
 Lithuania | Sasha Son Love | 23 | 23 |
 Spain | Soraya La noche es para mí | 24 | 23 |
 Finland | Waldo's People Lose Control | 25 | 22 |
 Bulgaria | Krassimir Avramov Illusion | — | — |
 Latvia | Intars Busulis Probka | — | — |
 Belgium | Copycat Copycat | — | — |
 Belarus | Petr Elfimov Eyes That Never Lie | — | — |
 Netherlands | The Toppers Shine | — | — |
 Switzerland | Lovebugs The Highest Heights | — | — |
 Serbia | Marko Kon & Milaan Cipela | — | — |
 Georgia | Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | — | — |
 Czech Republic | Gipsy.cz Aven Romale | — | — |
 Hungary | Zoli Ádok Dance With Me | — | — |
 Andorra | Susanne Georgi La teva decisió (Get A Life) | — | — |
 Ireland | Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy Et Cetera | — | — |
 Cyprus | Christina Metaxa Firefly | — | — |
 Poland | Lidia Kopania I Don't Wanna Leave | — | — |
 North Macedonia | Next Time Neshto Shto Ke Ostane | — | — |
 Slovakia | Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková Leť tmou | — | — |
 Slovenia | Quartissimo feat. Martina Love Symphony | — | — |
 Montenegro | Andrea Demirović Just Get Out of My Life | — | — |