Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 True Fantasy
Dates
Semi-final	10 May 2007
Final	12 May 2007
Host
Venue	Hartwall Areena Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)	Jaana Pelkonen Mikko Leppilampi Krisse Salminen (Green Room)
Director	Timo Suomi
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius
Executive producer	Heikki Seppälä
Host broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Opening act	Semi-final: Finnish dancers dancing to accordion music by Johanna Juhola[1] Final: Lordi video from Rovaniemi transitioning into Lordi performing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" on stage
Interval act	Semi-final: Tsuumi[1] Final: Apocalyptica
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	Czech Republic  Georgia  Montenegro  Serbia
Returning countries	Austria  Hungary
Withdrawing countries	Monaco
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2007
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points	None
Winning song	Serbia "Molitva"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2006 • 2007 • 2008►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia ^[2] and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was Yle. Finland earned the right to host the event after heavy metal band Lordi's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. It was the first time the Contest had been held in Finland. A budget of €13 million was presented for arranging the contest. Other bids to host the contest came from Espoo, Turku and Tampere. The hosts were Finnish television personality Jaana Pelkonen and Finnish musician, stage performer and actor Mikko Leppilampi. Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

A record number of 42 countries participated. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme.^[3]

After Lordi scored the first ever Eurovision victory with a hard rock song in 2006, several countries sent rock songs to the Contest rather than the soft pop and schlager styles more closely associated with Eurovision. This trend continued at the 2008 and 2009 Contests.

Format

The hosts Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki - host venue of the 2007 contest.

On 12 March 2007, the draws for the running order for the semi-final, final and voting procedure took place. A new feature allowed five wild-card countries from the semi-final and three countries from the final to choose their starting position. The heads of delegation went on stage and chose the number they would take. In the semi-final, Austria, Andorra, Turkey, Slovenia and Latvia were able to choose their positions. In the final, Armenia, Ukraine and Germany were able to exercise this privilege. All countries opted for spots in the second half of both evenings. Shortly after the draw, the entries were approved by the EBU, ending the possibility of disqualification for the Israeli song. The United Kingdom chose their entry after the deadline because they were granted special dispensation from the EBU.

The contest saw some minor changes to the voting time-frame. The compilation summary video of all entries including phone numbers was shown twice. The voting process was the same as 2006 except there was fifteen minutes to vote, an increase of five minutes on the 2006 Contest. In the final, the results from each country were once again shown from one to seven points automatically on screen and only eight, ten and twelve were read by the spokespeople. For the first time, the winner was awarded a promotion tour around Europe, visiting Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The tour was held between 16 May and 21 May. The event was sponsored by European communications group TeliaSonera, and — as with several previous contests — Nobel Biocare. Apocalyptica were the interval act, and played a medley of songs: Worlds Collide, Faraway and finally Life Burns!, but without the usual lyrics.

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same as 2006; the flag in the centre of the heart was changed to the Finnish flag. The European Broadcasting Union and YLE announced that the theme for the 2007 contest would be "True Fantasy", which embraced Finland and "Finnishness" in terms of the polarities associated with the country.^[4] The design agency Dog Design was responsible for the design of the visual theme of the contest which incorporated vibrant kaleidoscopic patterns formed from various symbols including exclamation marks and the letter F.^[5] The stage was in the shape of a kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument. On 20 February 2007 a reworked official website for the contest was launched marking the first public exhibition of this year's theme. An official CD and DVD were released (but no HD DVD or Blu-ray, despite the event being broadcast in high definition for the first time). An official fan book was also released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories happening in different Finnish places.

Participating countries

Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.

42 countries submitted preliminary applications. Although in previous years the maximum number of participating countries was 40, the EBU allowed all 42 to participate in 2007. The Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro and Georgia all entered the contest for the first time in 2007.^[6] Monaco announced its withdrawal on 12 December 2006,^[7] and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Returning artists

Evridiki returned to represent Cyprus, having previously represented the nation in 1992 and 1994. Eiríkur Hauksson previously represented Iceland in 1986 as part of the vocal trio ICY and he previously represented Norway in 1991 as part of the group Just 4 Fun. Karolina Gočeva previously represented Macedonia in 2002. Edsilia Rombley previously represented the Netherlands in 1998.

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

Countries qualified for the final are highlighted.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[8]	Place	Points
01	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	Bulgarian	6	146
02	Israel	Teapacks	"Push the Button"	English, French, Hebrew	24	17
03	Cyprus	Evridiki	"Comme ci, comme ça"	French	15	65
04	Belarus	Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	English	4	176
05	Iceland	Eiríkur Hauksson	"Valentine Lost"	English	13	77
06	Georgia	Sopho	"Visionary Dream"	English	8	123
07	Montenegro	Stevan Faddy	"'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи)	Montenegrin	23	33
08	Switzerland	DJ BoBo	"Vampires Are Alive"	English	20	40
09	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	English	10	91
10	Netherlands	Edsilia Rombley	"On Top of the World"	English	21	38
11	Albania	Frederik Ndoci	"Hear My Plea"	English, Albanian	17	49
12	Denmark	DQ	"Drama Queen"	English	19	45
13	Croatia	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	"Vjerujem u ljubav"	Croatian, English	16	54
14	Poland	The Jet Set	"Time to Party"	English	14	75
15	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Serbian	1	298
16	Czech Republic	Kabát	"Malá dáma"	Czech	28	1
17	Portugal	Sabrina	"Dança comigo"	Portuguese, English^1	11	88
18	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)	Macedonian, English	9	97
19	Norway	Guri Schanke	"Ven a bailar conmigo"	English^2	18	48
20	Malta	Olivia Lewis	"Vertigo"	English	25	15
21	Andorra	Anonymous	"Salvem el món"	Catalan, English	12	80
22	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	English	2	224
23	Estonia	Gerli Padar	"Partners in Crime"	English	22	33
24	Belgium	The KMG's	"Love Power"	English	26	14
25	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	Slovene	7	140
26	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	English	3	197
27	Austria	Eric Papilaya	"Get a Life – Get Alive"	English	27	4
28	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	Italian	5	168

Notes

1.^ Contained some words in French and Spanish.

2.^ Contained some words in Spanish.

Final

The finalists were:

• the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
• the top 10 countries from the 2006 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
• the top 10 countries from the 2007 semi-final.

The final was held on 12 May 2007 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Serbia.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language[8]	Place	Points
01	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marija Šestić	"Rijeka bez imena" (Ријека без имена)	Serbian	11	106
02	Spain	D'NASH	"I Love You Mi Vida"	Spanish^3	20	43
03	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Work Your Magic"	English	6	145
04	Ireland	Dervish	"They Can't Stop the Spring"	English	24	5
05	Finland	Hanna Pakarinen	"Leave Me Alone"	English	17	53
06	Macedonia	Karolina	"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)	Macedonian, English	14	73
07	Slovenia	Alenka Gotar	"Cvet z juga"	Slovene	15	66
08	Hungary	Magdi Rúzsa	"Unsubstantial Blues"	English	9	128
09	Lithuania	4Fun	"Love or Leave"	English	21	28
10	Greece	Sarbel	"Yassou Maria" (Γεια σου Μαρία)	English	7	139
11	Georgia	Sopho	"Visionary Dream"	English	12	97
12	Sweden	The Ark	"The Worrying Kind"	English	18	51
13	France	Les Fatals Picards	"L'amour à la française"	French, English ("Franglais")	22[9]	19
14	Latvia	Bonaparti.lv	"Questa notte"	Italian	16	54
15	Russia	Serebro	"Song #1"	English	3	207
16	Germany	Roger Cicero	"Frauen regier'n die Welt"	German, English	19	49
17	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Serbian	1	268
18	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай)	German, English, Ukrainian	2	235
19	United Kingdom	Scooch	"Flying the Flag (For You)"	English	23	19
20	Romania	Todomondo	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You)	English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian	13	84
21	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov	"Water"	Bulgarian	5	157
22	Turkey	Kenan Doğulu	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	English	4	163
23	Armenia	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	English, Armenian	8	138
24	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Fight"	English	10	109

Notes

3.^ Contained some words in English.

Scoreboard

All countries participating in the contest were required to use televoting and/or SMS voting during both evenings of the contest. In the event of technical difficulties, or if the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold, then a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used juries. A draw was held in Helsinki to establish the order in which the countries presented their votes during the final.

Semi-final

		Televoting Results
	Bulgaria	146	5		1		6	8		10	10	5	2	12	3	2	5	1	1	12	6	3	6	4				10			3		3			2					5	6	7	8
	Israel	17						6																	4			2				3					1		1
	Cyprus	65			4			5		12						5		8	7				4	3										7								10
	Belarus	176	4		12				1	7		4		5	2		1	4	3	10			12		10	3		5		6	7	7	4	6	3	12	12	10	4	4	12		4	2
	Iceland	77		3					10				12												5	12						6	1		12			6						10
	Georgia	123		8	8			4		6	3		4	10		1				7			8		8				5			10		3		10	10	7		3	8
	Montenegro	33										8			5			7			5	5																					3
	Switzerland	40				6			3	2										2	1	2		8							10	2						4
	Moldova	91		12	7					3	6			8			12		12	6			3							2			7	1		6	6
	Netherlands	38				5			4							10	3						1			1	1				8													5
	Albania	49	6				3			8				4	4						3			1			7							2								1	10
	Denmark	45				2						3											5			4			1	5	6				4				8			7
	Croatia	54	7				7					6			10			3				8		2			5																6
	Poland	75	1	5	5	10	4	3	2			2								3				5	3					10			6			5		1	2			3	2	3
	Serbia	298	12	10	10		12	7	6	5	5		8		12	4	4	2	6	8	12	12	7	10	1	8	12	12	10	8	1		8	8	10	8	8	2	10	5	6	5	12	12
	Czech Republic	1																														1
	Portugal	88		7	6	12		10			8	1				3				1		1		7			8		4									3		10	7
	Macedonia	97	10				5					10		6	7			10	2		8	10					6	6						12	5
	Norway	48	2		3	3			7		4		1				2												3		2	4			6				7	2	1			1
	Malta	15												7				6																								2
	Andorra	80		4						4	12		5	2			6				2	4	2		2	2		7		4		5			2		4		6	6			1
	Hungary	224		1		4	8	2	12		1	12	10	1	1	7	10	5	10	4	7	6		6	7	10	4	8	8	7	4	8	10	4	8	4	3	8	12	8		4
	Estonia	33											6												6					3			2					12			4
	Belgium	14																											2				12
	Slovenia	140	8	6		8	2	1			7	7		3	6	6	7		4		10					5		4	6	1	5			5		7	5	5		7	3		5	7
	Turkey	197	3		2	7	10	12	8		2		7		8	12		12	8					12		6	10	1	12					10	7	1	7		3	1	10	12	8	6
	Austria	4				1																					3
	Latvia	168		2			1		5	1			3			8	8		5	5	4	7	10		12	7	2	3	7	12	12	12	5		1	3	2		5	12	2	8		4
The table is ordered by appearance in the semi-final, then by pre-determined voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
9	Serbia	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
6	Turkey	Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
5
	Belarus	Armenia, Israel, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
	Latvia	Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Poland
3
	Hungary	Denmark, Iceland, Serbia
	Iceland	Finland, Norway, Sweden
	Moldova	Belarus, Portugal, Romania
2	Bulgaria	Cyprus, Turkey
1
	Andorra	Spain
	Belgium	Georgia
	Cyprus	Greece
	Estonia	Latvia
	Macedonia	Bulgaria
	Portugal	Andorra

Final

		Televoting Results (Jury in Albania and Andorra)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	106	7		1		8	1	7			8		10				8			10	8		3		6	8	4	7						6								4
	Spain	43	4					6		1						3	8	12					2				5				2
	Belarus	145	3		10					5		2			4		1	2	1	6			12		7			2			10	7	8	1		12	12	8	4	7	10		7	4
	Ireland	5																5
	Finland	53		1		7			4															1	5	4	1					6			12				12
	Macedonia	73	10				1					10		1	8			3			8	10					6	5					1	10
	Slovenia	66	8	4							3	5			7	2	3				7				1						5					4	3	4		4			6
	Hungary	128				6	2		8			12	10			5	2		8		4	5		7	4	8	3		4	5	1	4	5		8			5	8	2		2
	Lithuania	28		2		1																								12								10				3
	Greece	139		3	8			3	1		2	4		4	3	8		7	10	12			1	10			4	3	5				4	12	4				5		6	10	3	7
	Georgia	97		6	5					3			7	5	1	6				1	2	2	6		12			1	2	1		5				8	7	6		5	4			2
	Sweden	51				2			12				8													12													10			7
	France	19			2	8												4							3							2
	Latvia	54																	2		1	6			10	3			3	10	4	10								1		4
	Russia	207	6	12	12	3		2	2	8	4	7	3	8	2		4		3	7	3	3	8	6	6	5		6		6	6	12	7	5	5	10		7	1	3	8	6	5	6
	Germany	49				5	7		5		5		1					6									7		6			3			1				2			1
	Serbia	268	12	7	7		12	8	6	4	1		12		12	7	5	1	6	3	12	12	3	8		10	12	8	8	4	8		6	6	10	6	5	3	7	8	5		12	12
	Ukraine	235	2	10	6	12	4	4	3	7	7	3	6	3	5	1	12		4	4	5	4	10	5	8	2	2	12	1	8	3	8	10	3	3		8	12	6	12	7	8	2	3
	United Kingdom	19																												7	12
	Romania	84				10	3	7		2	12			2			7			5			7							3				2		2	1	1			12			8
	Bulgaria	157	5		4		6	5		12	10	6	5	6	6	4	6		5	10	6	7		4				7			7	1				3	4	2			3	5	8	10
	Turkey	163	1				10	12	10				4		10	12		10	7					12		7	10		12				2	7	7	1	2		3		1	12	10	1
	Armenia	138		5			5	10		6	8			12		10				8			5	2				10	10				12	8		5	10			10	2
	Moldova	109		8	3	4				10	6	1	2	7			10		12	2		1	4		2	1				2			3	4	2	7	6			6			1	5
Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Voting nation
9	Serbia	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Macedonia, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
5	Ukraine	Andorra, Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Portugal
	Turkey	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
3	Russia	Armenia, Belarus, Estonia
	Belarus	Israel, Russia, Ukraine
2	Armenia	Georgia, Turkey
	Finland	Iceland, Sweden
	Greece	Cyprus, Bulgaria
	Sweden	Denmark, Norway
	Romania	Moldova, Spain
1	Bulgaria	Greece
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Hungary	Serbia
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Moldova	Romania
	Spain	Albania
	United Kingdom	Malta

Other Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.^[10] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.^[11]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Final result	Points
Artists Award (Voted by previous winners)	Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić Saša Milošević Mare	1st	268
Composer Award	Hungary	"Unsubstantial Blues"	Magdi Rúzsa	Magdi Rúzsa Imre Mózsik	9th	128
Press Award	Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	Verka Serduchka	Verka Serduchka	2nd	235

OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.^[12] The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profitable company.^[13] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from different clubs around the world to vote for their favourite songs of the 2007 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.^[14]

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	OGAE result
Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare	184
Belarus	"Work Your Magic"	Dmitry Koldun	Philip Kirkorov, Karen Kavaleryan	159
Switzerland	"Vampires Are Alive"	DJ BoBo	DJ BoBo	155
Cyprus	"Comme ci, comme ça"	Evridiki	Dimitris Korgialas, Poseidonas Giannopoulos	142
Greece	"Yassou Maria"	Sarbel	Alex Papakonstantinou, Marcus Englöf, "Mack"	107

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful) dress.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)
Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Лаша Тумбай)	Verka Serduchka	Andriy Danylko

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.^[15]

1.  Montenegro – Vidak Latković
2.  Belarus – Juliana
3.  Armenia – Sirusho
   (Armenian representative in the 2008 Contest)
4.  Andorra – Marian van de Wal
   (Andorran representative in the 2005 Contest)
5.  Austria – Eva Pölzl
6.  France – Vanessa Dolmen
7.  Denmark – Susanne Georgi
   (Andorran representative in the 2009 Contest)
8.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas
9.  Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu
10.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić
11.  Finland – Laura Voutilainen
    (Finnish representative in the 2002 Contest)
12.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
13.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimović
14.  Belgium – Maureen Louys
15.  Portugal – Francisco Mendes
16.  Albania – Leon Menkshi
17.  Romania – Andreea Marin Bănică
18.  Cyprus – Giannis Haralambous
19.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
20.  Slovenia – Peter Poles
21.  Israel – Jason Danino-Holt
22.  Germany – Thomas Hermanns
23.  Lithuania – Lavija Šurnaitė
24.  Norway – Synnøve Svabø
25.   Switzerland – Sven Epiney
26.  Czech Republic – Andrea Savane
27.  Netherlands – Paul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley
28.  Ireland – Linda Martin
    (Irish representative in the 1984 Contest and winner of the 1992 Contest)
29.  Malta – Mireille Bonello
30.  Estonia – Laura Põldvere
    (Estonian representative in the 2005 Contest
    as part of Suntribe)
31.  Georgia – Neli Agirba
32.  Bulgaria – Mira Dobreva
33.  Sweden – André Pops
34.  Ukraine – Katya Osadchaya
35.  Russia – Yana Churikova
36.  Latvia – Jānis Šipkevics
    (Latvian representative in the 2006 Contest as part of Cosmos)
37.  Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
38.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś
39.  Moldova – Andrei Porubin
40.  United Kingdom – Fearne Cotton
41.  Macedonia – Elena Risteska
    (Macedonian representative in the 2006 Contest)
42.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky

Other involved countries

Australia 

Although Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast the event on SBS.^[16] As is the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones. Australia aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Paddy O'Connell, Sarah Cawood and Terry Wogan. Before the broadcasts, viewers were told by an SBS host that the Eurovision Song Contest was one of their most popular programmes. The final rated an estimated 436,000 viewers, and was ranked number 20 on the broadcasters top rating programs of the 2006/2007 financial year.

Azerbaijan 

Azerbaijan were willing to enter the contest, but since AzTV applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, they missed the contest and had to wait until they were accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a passive EBU member at the time, and had broadcast it for the previous two years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.^[17]

Italy

Italian television had not entered since 1997. National broadcaster RAI is in strong competition with commercial TV stations and believes that Eurovision would not be a popular show in Italy, although the 1991 edition (held in Rome) was followed by 6 million people. They have not broadcast the contest in recent years, although an independent Italian channel for the gay community has shown the show.^[18]

Monaco

Monaco broadcast the final on TMC after having withdrawn from this competition in December 2006, opening the possibility of returning for the 2008 contest. However TMC did not return in 2008.

Worldwide 

A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide by satellite through Eurovision streams such as Channel One Russia, ERT World, TVE Internacional, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional and TVR i. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.

High-definition broadcast

YLE produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.^[19] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The BBC in the United Kingdom broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD.^[20] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD.^[21] However the event is only available to buy on standard-definition DVD, with no HD DVD or Blu-ray version available in high definition.

Commentators

Commentators for participating countries

The commentators of the 42 participating countries are as follows:

Country	SF / Final	Commentator(s)
Albania	All	Leon Menkshi (TVSH)
Andorra[22]	All	Meri Picart (RTVA)
		Josep Lluís Trabal (RTVA)
Armenia	-	Gohar Gasparian
Austria	-	Andi Knoll (ORF2)
Belarus	All	Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
		Alexander Tikhanovich (Belarus 1)
Belgium[23]	All	Jean-Pierre Hautier (La Une)
		Jean-Louis Lahaye (La Une)
		Patrick Duhamel (La Première)
		Corinne Boulangier (La Première)
		André Vermeulen (één)
		Anja Daems (één)
		Michel Follet (Radio 2)
		Sven Pichal (Radio 2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	All	Dejan Kukrić (BHT1)
Bulgaria	All	Georgi Kushvaliev
		Elena Rosberg
Croatia[24]	All	Duško Čurlić
Cyprus[25]	All	Vaso Komninou (RIK 1)
Czech Republic	All	Kateřina Kristelová
Denmark[26]	All	Søren Nystrøm Rasted (DR1)
		Adam Duvå Hall (DR1)
Estonia[27]	-	Marko Reikop
Finland[28][29]	All	Heikki Paasonen (YLE TV2)
		Ellen Jokikunnas (YLE TV2)
		Asko Murtomäki (fi) (YLE TV2)
		Thomas Lundin (sv) (YLE FST5)
	Final	Sanna Kojo (YLE Radio Suomi)
		Jorma Hietamäki (YLE Radio Suomi)
France[23]	SF	Peggy Olmi (France 4)
		Yann Renoard (France 4)
	Final	Julien Lepers (France 3)
		Tex (France 3)
		Yves Derisbourg (France Bleu)
Georgia	-	Sandro Gabisonia
	-	Sopho Altunashvili
Germany[30]	All	Peter Urban (Das Erste)
	Final	Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)[31]
		Tim Frühling (hr3)[32]
Greece	All	Fotis Sergoulopoulos (NET)
		Maria Bakodimou
Hungary	All	Gábor Gundel Takács (M1)
Iceland[33]	-	Sigmar Guðmundsson (Sjónvarpið)
Ireland[34][35]	All	Marty Whelan (RTÉ One)
		Larry Gogan (RTÉ Radio 1)
Israel	-	-
Latvia	-	Kārlis Streips
Lithuania	-	Darius Užkuraitis
Macedonia	-	Milanka Rašić
Malta[36]	-	Antonia Micallef
Moldova	-	-
	-	-
Montenegro	-	Dražen Bauković (TVCG2)
	-	Tamara Ivanković (TVCG2)
Netherlands[37]	All	Cornald Maas (Nederland 1)
	Final	Paul de Leeuw (Nederland 1)
Norway[38]	All	Per Sundnes (NRK1)
Poland[39]	All	Artur Orzech (TVP1)
Portugal[40]	-	Isabel Angelino (RTP1)
	-	Jorge Gabriel
Romania	-	Andreea Demirgian (TVR1)
Russia	-	Yuri Aksyuta (Channel One)
	-	Yelena Batinova (Channel One)
Serbia	All	Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS1)
Slovenia	-	Mojca Mavec
Spain[41]	All	Beatriz Pécker (TVE1)
Sweden[42]	All	Kristian Luuk (SVT1)
		Josef Sterzenbach (SVT1)
		Carolina Norén (SR P3)[43]
Switzerland[23]	SF	Nicolas Tanner (TSR 2)
	Final	Henri Dès (TSR 2)
	All	Bernhard Thurnheer (SF zwei)
		Jean-Marc Richard(TSR 2)
		Claudio Lazzarino (TSI 1)
		Sandy Altermatt (TSI 1)
Turkey	All	Hakan Urgancı (TRT 1)
Ukraine	All	Tymur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)
United Kingdom	SF	Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)
		Sarah Cawood (BBC Three)
	Final	Terry Wogan (BBC One)
		Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)

Commentators for non-participating countries

The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

Country	SF / Final	Commentator(s)
Australia	All	As per United Kingdom (BBC) Commentary
Azerbaijan	All	Hüsniyə Məhərrəmova
San Marino	unknown	unknown

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	20 April 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	63:13 (CD 1) 62:50 (CD 2)
Label	CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006 (2006) Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 (2007) Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 (2008)

Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007 was the official compilation album of the 2007 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 20 April 2007. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2007 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.^[44]

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Salvem el món" (Andorra)	Anonymous	2:59
2.	"Hear My Plea" (Albania)	Frederik Ndoci	3:02
3.	"Anytime You Need" (Armenia)	Hayko	3:00
4.	"Get a Life – Get Alive" (Austria)	Eric Papilaya	3:02
5.	"Rijeka bez imena" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Maria	3:06
6.	"Love Power" (Belgium)	The KMG's	2:54
7.	"Water" (Bulgaria)	Elitsa & Stoyan	3:06
8.	"Work Your Magic" (Belarus)	Koldun	3:06
9.	"Vampires Are Alive" (Switzerland)	DJ Bobo	2:59
10.	"Comme ci, comme ça" (Cyprus)	Evridiki	3:06
11.	"Malá dáma" (Czech Republic)	Kabát	3:11
12.	"Frauen regier'n die Welt" (Germany)	Roger Cicero	2:59
13.	"Drama Queen" (Denmark)	DQ	3:01
14.	"Partners in Crime" (Estonia)	Gerli Padar	2:59
15.	"I Love You Mi Vida" (Spain)	D'NASH	3:02
16.	"Leave Me Alone" (Finland)	Hanna	3:02
17.	"L'amour à la française" (France)	Les Fatals Picards	2:43
18.	"Visionary Dream" (Georgia)	Sopho	2:51
19.	"Flying the Flag (for You)" (United Kingdom)	Scooch	3:01
20.	"Yassou Maria" (Greece)	Sarbel	3:01
21.	"Vjerujem u ljubav" (Croatia)	Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić	3:03
Total length:			63:13

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Unsubstantial Blues" (Hungary)	Magdi Rúzsa	3:02
2.	"They Can't Stop the Spring" (Ireland)	Dervish	2:52
3.	"Push the Button" (Israel)	Teapacks	3:01
4.	"Valentine Lost" (Iceland)	Eiríkur Hauksson	3:02
5.	"Love or Leave" (Lithuania)	4Fun	3:01
6.	"Questa notte" (Latvia)	Bonaparti.lv	2:57
7.	"Fight" (Moldova)	Natalia Barbu	3:01
8.	"'Ajde, kroči" (Montenegro)	Stevan Faddy	2:59
9.	"Mojot svet" (Macedonia)	Karolina	3:00
10.	"Vertigo" (Malta)	Olivia Lewis	3:03
11.	"On Top of the World" (Netherlands)	Edsilia Rombley	3:01
12.	"Ven a bailar conmigo" (Norway)	Guri Schanke	3:01
13.	"Time to Party" (Poland)	The Jet Set	3:00
14.	"Dança comigo" (Portugal)	Sabrina	2:50
15.	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Romania)	Todomondo	3:02
16.	"Molitva" (Serbia)	Marija Šerifović	3:02
17.	"Song #1" (Russia)	Serebro	3:00
18.	"The Worrying Kind" (Sweden)	The Ark	2:54
19.	"Cvet z juga" (Slovenia)	Alenka Gotar	3:00
20.	"Shake It Up Şekerim" (Turkey)	Kenan Doğulu	3:02
21.	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Ukraine)	Verka Serduchka	3:00
Total length:			62:50

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External links

• Official website
• Eurovision Song Contest 2007 at the Internet Movie Database
• Official channel on YouTube

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