Thursday, March 30, 2017

HISTORY OF THE ESC. Part 26: 2008. Continues: tomorrow.
THE HISTORY OF THE
EUROVISION
SONG CONTEST
Caffé Latté  looks back on the key moments of Europe’s annual competition.
2008
Theme art
"Molitva", Serbia's entry in 2007, remains the only winning song not sung in English since the rules allowing a country to use any language were relaxed. 
Eurovision was hosted by the Serbian city of Belgrade in 2008. More countries were added that year, which led to the introduction of a 2nd semi-final. Both had 19 countries competing for a chance to be part of the Grand Final. The previous year's scores no longer affected a country's eligibility. 
The 2008 Grand Final featured the host nation (Serbia's entry), the 'Big 4" countries and the 10 highest scoring nations from each of the 2 Semi-Finals. Of that year's 25 finalists, Dima Bilan emerged the victor with his song "Believe". Eurovision would be hosted by the Russian capital in 2009.

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