Eurovision 2008

Venue: Eurovision 2008 was held in capital of Serbia, in “Belgrade Arena”, one of the largest indoor arenas in Europe, with capacity of 20.000 seats.
Click for more information about Belgrade Arena.

The Stage (read more)

Logo and Slogan (read more)

Hosts: Eurovision was hosted by Zeljko Joksimovic and Jelena Jankovic (read more)

Format: For the first time, the 53. edition of the Eurovision song contest comprised of two semi-finals. Top nine countries and a wildcard from the jury from each of the semi-finals competed in the final along with the host country and the Big Four.

Dates: Semi-finals were scheduled for 20th and 22nd May 2008. The final ceremony was held on 24th May 2008.

Participants: Click for more information on Participanting Countries with all the lyrics of their ESC entries through the years.

Click to see all 43 Eurovision 2008 entries, with lyrics and videos and to see who was voted favorite in our poll

Semi Final 1 Results

Semi Final 2 Results

Finalists - Lyrics and videos

Eurovision 2008 Winner - Russia

Eurovision 2008 Televoting Results

Serbia

For the first time, last year, Serbia has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent country and for the first time, won the first place. Read more about Serbia’s participation at Eurovision…

Marija Serifovic, with her song “Molitva” (click to see the lyrics) competed at 52. Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland, along with representatives of 24 other countries and won 268 points. She performed as 17th in front of 15.000 people in Helsinki’s Hartwall arena and the show was covered by 2.000 reporters from all over the world. Apart from European countries, the program was shown in Australia, Egypt, Northern Korea, New Zealand, Canada, India, Jordan and USA making the audience comprise of 300 million people. The victory is the biggest success of Serbian music in the world and it has brought Eurovision Song Contest to it’s capital, Belgrade.

*The Republic of Serbia (Република Србија/ Republika Srbija), is located in Central and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern part of the Panonian Plain and the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Hungary on the north; Romania and Bulgaria on the east; Albania and Macedonia on the south; and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the west. Its capital is Belgrade. The current borders of the country were established following the end of World War II, when Serbia became a federal unit within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Serbia became an independent state again in 2006, after Montenegro left the union which was formed after the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1990s. *Source: Serbia - Wikipedia

 

Click to see a short movie “Sights and Sounds of Serbia”