The country of Turkey was represented by a performer known as Hadise in the 2009 Eurovision. She was first discovered in 2003 on Pop Idol and performed her own song called Dum Tek Tek.
Amaury Vassili with the first ever Corsican-sung entry, with "Sognu".
She only represented Norway in 2011 with "Haba Haba", the first Eurovision Song Contest entry to be sung in Swahili.
The Serbian entry titled Molitva (meaning Prayer in English) was sung by Marija Serifovic. The song amassed 268 points compared to the 2nd place song from Ukraine which amassed 235 points. It was the first time Serbia had entered the contest as an independent nation (formerly as the state union of Serbia and Montenegro).
Switzerland and the song was called refrain
Spain first joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961.
In 2012, Eurovision was won by Loreen, representing Sweden.
In 2009, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held from the 12th of May til the 16th. 42 countries are participating with one new country participating, Slovakia. Georgia withdrew its place in it for this year.
Hadise represented Turkey for the 2009 Eurovision song contest with the song DÃ_m Tek Tek. This song made it to the final. This song was the first single from the Fast Life album.
No, Lithuania has never won the Eurovision Song Contest. Fun Fact: The first time Lithuania entered the Eurovision Song Contest was is 1994.
Songs can qualifiy for the Eurovision final in the following ways: ~ They are the host country ~ They are a "big five" country (France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) ~ They finish in the top 10 of the first semi final ~ They finish in the top 10 of the second semi final The countries are then either drawn at random or selected by producers for the order in which they will perform. Hope this helps!
The UK won their first Eurovision Song Contest in 1967, with the song "Puppet On A String", which was performed by Sandie Shaw.