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Eurovision Song Contest 2007

International song competition


International song competition

FieldValue
nameEurovision Song Contest
year2007
themeTrue Fantasy
logoEurovision Song Contest 2007 logo.svg
semi
final
venueHartwall Areena
Helsinki, Finland
presenters
directorTimo Suomi
exsupervisorSvante Stockselius
exproducerHeikki Seppälä
organiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
hostYleisradio (YLE)
entries42
finalists24
debut
return
nonreturn
Map 1SemiY
voteEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
winner

Helsinki, Finland

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of a semi-final on 10 May and a final on 12 May 2007, held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, and presented by Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE), who staged the event after winning the for with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest presenter in the green room and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

Broadcasters from forty-two countries participated in the contest—three more than the previous record of thirty-nine that took part in . The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme. The and participated for the first time this year, with and taking part as independent nations for the first time. and both returned after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, decided not to participate, despite initially confirming participation. Monaco has not competed in Eurovision Song Contest ever since.

The winner was with the song "Molitva", performed by Marija Šerifović and written by Vladimir Graić and Saša Milošević Mare. This was Serbia's first victory in the contest, coincidently the first year it competed as an independent nation. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since "Diva" for . , , , and rounded out the top five. Further down the table, achieved their best placing to date, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Ireland achieved its worst placing in the contest up until that point, finishing twenty-fourth (last place) in the final. Of the "Big Four" countries, placed the highest, finishing nineteenth.

Location

Helsinki, the Finnish capital, was chosen as the host city, although other cities were in the running; the second-largest city of Espoo, the third-largest city of Tampere, and the city of Turku all submitted bids to host the contest alongside Kittilä, Lahti, and Rovaniemi. The choice of Helsinki was justified, among other things, by the requirements of the number of people and technology, as well as its superior flight and transport connections and accommodation capacity.

Venue

A total of 11 venues in seven locations applied for hosting rights. The known possible venues for the contest included LänsiAuto Areena in Espoo, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Fair Center, industrial workshop buildings at in Helsinki, in Lahti, Rovaniemi Lapland Arena, Pirkkahalli (main hall of Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre), Tampere Ice Stadium and Turkuhalli.

In the end, Helsinki was chosen, with the host venue being the Hartwall Areena. The venue is a large multi-functional indoor arena, which opened in 1997, and can take some 12,000–15,000 spectators for concerts. Its name comes from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki. For the contest, the arena was referred to as the Helsinki Arena.

Format

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 European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The chose its 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 recap, a 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 Nordic 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 EBU 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. 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. 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.

The shows were produced and broadcast in high-definition for the first time, following tests at the .

An official CD and DVD as well as an official fan book were released. The themes of the postcards (short videos between the acts) were short stories occurring in different Finnish landmarks.

Participants

Participating broadcasters in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU. The broadcasters from 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. Monaco announced its non-participation on 12 December 2006, and the EBU announced the final lineup of 42 countries on 15 December 2006.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: Evridiki had represented and , and provided backing vocals and ; Karolina had represented ; and Edsilia Rombley had represented the . In addition Eiríkur Hauksson representing Iceland, had represented as member of ICY and as part of Just 4 Fun.

CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
RTSHFrederik Ndoci"Hear My Plea"English, Albanian
RTVAAnonymous"Salvem el món"Catalan, English
AMPTVHayko"Anytime You Need"English, Armenian
ORF"Get a Life – Get Alive"English
BTRCKoldun"Work Your Magic"English
RTBFThe KMG's"LovePower"English
BHRTMarija Šestić"{{illRijeka bez imenahr}}" (Ријека без имена)Serbian
BNTElitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov"Water"Bulgarian
HRTDragonfly Dado Topić"Vjerujem u ljubav"Croatian, EnglishDado Topić
CyBCEvridiki"Comme ci, comme ça"French
ČTKabát"Malá dáma"Czech
DRDQ"Drama Queen"English
ETVGerli Padar"Partners in Crime"English
YleHanna Pakarinen"Leave Me Alone"English
France TélévisionsLes Fatals Picards"L'Amour à la française"French, English ("Franglais")
GPBSopho"Visionary Dream"English
NDRRoger Cicero"Frauen regier'n die Welt"German, English
ERTSarbel"Yassou Maria" (Γειά σου Μαρία)English
MTVMagdi Rúzsa"Unsubstantial Blues"English
RÚVEiríkur Hauksson"Valentine Lost"English
RTÉDervish"They Can't Stop the Spring"English
IBATeapacks"Push the Button"English, French, HebrewKobi Oz
LTVBonaparti.lv"Questa notte"Italian
LRT4Fun"Love or Leave"EnglishJulija Ritčik
MRTKarolina"Mojot svet" (Мојот свет)Macedonian, English
PBSOlivia Lewis"Vertigo"English
TRMNatalia Barbu"Fight"English
RTCGStevan Faddycnr-latn'Ajde, kročii=unset}}" ('Ајде, крочи)Montenegrin
NOSEdsilia Rombley"On Top of the World"English
NRKGuri Schanke"Ven a bailar conmigo"EnglishThomas G:son
TVPThe Jet Set"Time to Party"English
RTPSabrina"Dança comigo"Portuguese
TVR"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (Люби, Люби, I Love You)English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian
C1RSerebro"Song #1"English
RTSMarija Šerifović"Molitva" (Молитва)Serbian
RTVSLOAlenka Gotar"Cvet z juga"Slovene
RTVED'Nash"I Love You Mi Vida"Spanish, English
SVTThe Ark"The Worrying Kind"EnglishOla Salo
SRG SSRDJ BoBo"Vampires Are Alive"English
TRTKenan Doğulu"Shake It Up Şekerim"EnglishKenan Doğulu
NTUVerka Serduchka"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"German, English, SurzhykAndriy Danylko
BBCScooch"Flying the Flag (For You)"English

Contest overview

Semi-final

The "Big Four" countries, who automatically qualify.}}

The semi-final was held on 10 May 2007 at 22:00 EEST (21:00 CEST). 28 countries performed and all 42 participants voted. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

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"Water"1466
Teapacks"Push the Button"1724
Evridiki"Comme ci, comme ça"6515
Koldun"Work Your Magic"1764
"Valentine Lost"7713
Sopho"Visionary Dream"1238
cnr-latn'Ajde, kročii=unset}}"3322
"Vampires Are Alive"4020
"Fight"9110
"On Top of the World"3821
"Hear My Plea"4917
DQ"Drama Queen"4519
Dragonfly Dado Topić"Vjerujem u ljubav"5416
"Time to Party"7514
"Molitva"2981
Kabát"Malá dáma"128
Sabrina"Dança comigo"8811
Karolina"Mojot svet"979
"Ven a bailar conmigo"4818
"Vertigo"1525
Anonymous"Salvem el món"8012
"Unsubstantial Blues"2242
"Partners in Crime"3322
"LovePower"1426
"Cvet z juga"1407
"Shake It Up Şekerim"1973
"Get a Life – Get Alive"427
Bonaparti.lv"Questa notte"1685

Final

The finalists were:

  • the four automatic qualifiers , , , and the ;
  • 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 22:00 EEST (21:00 CEST). and was won by . 24 countries performed and all 42 participants voted.

Serbia won with 268 points. Ukraine came second with 235 points, with Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Belarus, Greece, Armenia, Hungary and Moldova completing the top ten. Spain, Lithuania, France, United Kingdom and Ireland occupied the bottom five positions.

R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace123456789101112131415161718192021222324
"Rijeka bez imena"10611
D'Nash"I Love You Mi Vida"4320
Koldun"Work Your Magic"1456
Dervish"They Can't Stop the Spring"524
"Leave Me Alone"5317
Karolina"Mojot svet"7314
"Cvet z juga"6615
"Unsubstantial Blues"1289
4Fun"Love or Leave"2821
Sarbel"Yassou Maria"1397
Sopho"Visionary Dream"9712
"The Worrying Kind"5118
"L'Amour à la française"1922
Bonaparti.lv"Questa notte"5416
Serebro"Song #1"2073
"Frauen regier'n die Welt"4919
"Molitva"2681
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"2352
Scooch"Flying the Flag (For You)"1922
Todomondo"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"8413
"Water"1575
"Shake It Up Şekerim"1634
Hayko"Anytime You Need"1388
"Fight"10910

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country. The order in which they announced their votes was determined in a draw during the heads of delegation meeting. The spokespersons appeared in the final in the following order:

  1. MontenegroVidak Latković
  2. BelarusJuliana
  3. ArmeniaSirusho
  4. AndorraMarian van de Wal
  5. Austria
  6. France
  7. DenmarkSusanne Georgi
  8. Greece
  9. Spain
  10. Serbia
  11. FinlandLaura Voutilainen
  12. TurkeyMeltem Ersan Yazgan
  13. Bosnia and HerzegovinaVesna Andree Zaimović
  14. BelgiumMaureen Louys
  15. PortugalFrancisco Mendes
  16. AlbaniaLeon Menkshi
  17. RomaniaAndreea Marin Bănică
  18. CyprusGiannis Haralambous
  19. CroatiaBarbara Kolar
  20. SloveniaPeter Poles
  21. IsraelJason Danino-Holt
  22. GermanyThomas Hermanns
  23. Lithuania
  24. NorwaySynnøve Svabø
  25. SwitzerlandSven Epiney
  26. Czech RepublicAndrea Savane
  27. NetherlandsPaul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley
  28. IrelandLinda Martin
  29. MaltaMireille Bonello
  30. EstoniaLaura Põldvere
  31. GeorgiaNeli Agirba
  32. BulgariaMira Dobreva
  33. SwedenAndré Pops
  34. UkraineKateryna Osadcha
  35. RussiaYana Churikova
  36. Latvia
  37. IcelandRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  38. Poland
  39. MoldovaAndrei Porubin
  40. United KingdomFearne Cotton
  41. North MacedoniaElena Risteska
  42. HungaryÉva Novodomszky

Detailed voting results

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, a back-up jury's results were to be used. Albania and Andorra were the only countries that used their juries.

Semi-final

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Voting procedure used:
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12 points

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Final

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Voting procedure used:
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12 points

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

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Broadcasts

The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without commentary, using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.

CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelLatviaLithuaniaMacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMontenegroNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSerbiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom
RTSHAll shows
RTVAATVAll showsand Josep Lluís Trabal
AMPTVAll shows
ORFORF 1All showsAndi Knolldate=9 March 2007title=Noch ein Tag bis zum Song-Contest-Semifinale - Eric voll motiviert für seinen großen Auftritturl=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20070509_OTS0135/noch-ein-tag-bis-zum-song-contest-semifinale-eric-voll-motiviert-fuer-seinen-grossen-auftrittlanguage=depublisher=ORFaccess-date=5 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731080217/https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20070509_OTS0135/noch-ein-tag-bis-zum-song-contest-semifinale-eric-voll-motiviert-fuer-seinen-grossen-auftrittarchive-date=31 July 2021url-status=livevia=Austria Press Agency}}
BTRCAll showsDenis Kurian and Alexander Tikhanovich
RTBFLa Une, RTBF SatAll showsJean-Pierre Hautier andauthor1=S.L.title=La RTBF et Arte Belgique à l'heure des concoursurl=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/2007/05/04/la-rtbf-et-arte-belgique-a-lheure-des-concours-66XTCM5V5JA45DL2XF23AREKCM/access-date=2 February 2023work=La Libre Belgiquedate=3 May 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202112722/https://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/2007/05/04/la-rtbf-et-arte-belgique-a-lheure-des-concours-66XTCM5V5JA45DL2XF23AREKCM/archive-date=2 February 2023language=frurl-status=live}}
La Première
VRTEénAndré Vermeulen and Anja Daemstitle=één – donderdag 10 mei 2007url=http://www.een.be:80/televisie1_master/dezeweek/script/dag6.shtmlpublisher=VRTaccess-date=7 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503102307/http://www.een.be:80/televisie1_master/dezeweek/script/dag6.shtmlarchive-date=3 May 2007language=nlurl-status=dead}}
BHRTBHT 1All showsDejan Kukrić
BNTAll shows
HRTHRT 1All showsDuško Ćurlić
CyBCAll shows
ČTČT1All shows
FinalJosef Vojtek
DRDR1All showsSøren Nystrøm Rasted and
ETVAll showsMarko Reikop
YleYle TV2All showsHeikki Paasonen, Ellen Jokikunnas andtitle=TV & Radiourl=http://www.yle.fi:80/eurovision/main.php?id=2937publisher=YLEaccess-date=5 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422082910/http://www.yle.fi:80/eurovision/main.php?id=2937archive-date=22 April 2007url-status=dead}}
Yle FST5
YLE Radio SuomiSanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega
France TélévisionsFrance 4Semi-finaland Yann Renoardtitle=52ème Concours de l'Eurovision- Demi-finaleurl=http://www.france4.fr/prog.php?id_prog=4378publisher=France 4access-date=5 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512002644/http://www.france4.fr/prog.php?id_prog=4378archive-date=12 May 2007language=frurl-status=dead}}
France 3FinalJulien Lepers and
GPBAll shows
ARDNDR FernsehenSemi-finalPeter Urban
Das ErsteFinal
ERTNET, Deftero ProgrammaAll showsand Maria Bakodimou
NET 105.8Final
MTVm1All shows
RÚVSjónvarpiðAll showsSigmar Guðmundsson
Rás 2Semi-final
RTÉRTÉ TwoSemi-finalMarty Whelan
RTÉ OneFinal
RTÉ Radio 1Larry Gogan
IBAAll shows
LTVLTV1All shows
LRTAll showsDarius Užkuraitis
MRTMRT 1All showsMilanka Rašić
PBSTVMAll shows
TRMMoldova 1All shows
Radio Moldova
RTCGTVCG 1Semi-finalDražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
TVCG 2Final
NPONederland 1All showsCornald Maas
FinalPaul de Leeuw
NRKNRK1All showsPer Sundnes
NRK P1Final
TVPTVP1All showsArtur Orzech
RTPRTP1, RTP InternacionalAll showsand Jorge Gabriel
RTP ÁfricaFinal
TVRTVR1All shows
Channel OneAll showsand
RTSRTS1, RTS SatAll showsDuška Vučinić-Lučić
RTVSLOTV SLO 2Semi-final
TV SLO 1Final
Radio Val 202All showsJernej Vene and Aida Kurtović
RTVELa 2Semi-finaltitle=TV – jueves, 10 mayo 2007url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2007/05/10/pagina-8/58374266/pdf.htmlaccess-date=5 February 2023work=La Vanguardia: Vivirdate=10 May 2007page=8language=esarchive-date=5 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205121447/https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2007/05/10/pagina-8/58374266/pdf.htmlurl-status=live }}
La Primera, TVE InternacionalFinaltitle=TV – sábado, 12 mayo 2007url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2007/05/12/pagina-8/58461949/pdf.htmlaccess-date=5 February 2023work=La Vanguardia: Vivirdate=12 May 2007page=8language=esarchive-date=5 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205121445/https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2007/05/12/pagina-8/58461949/pdf.htmlurl-status=live }}
SVTSVT1, SVT HDAll showsKristian Luuk and
SRCarolina Norén
SRG SSRSF 2Semi-final
SF 1Final
TSR 2Semi-finalJean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
FinalJean-Marc Richard and Henri Dès
TSI 2Semi-final}}
TSI 1Final
TRTTRT 1Semi-final
FinalHakan Urgancı
NTUPershyi NatsionalnyiAll shows
BBCBBC ThreeSemi-finalPaddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood
BBC One, BBC HDFinalSir Terry Wogan
BBC Radio 2Ken Bruce
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)AustraliaAzerbaijanGibraltar
SBSSBS TVSemi-finalPaddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood
FinalTerry Wogan
İTVlast1=Kuipersfirst1=Michaeltitle=Azerbaijan to debut in 2008?url=https://esctoday.com/8730/azerbaijan_to_debut_in_2008/publisher=ESCTodayaccess-date=8 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719174813/http://esctoday.com/8730/azerbaijan_to_debut_in_2008/archive-date=19 July 2018date=17 May 2007url-status=live}}
GBCGBC TVFinallast1=Grangerfirst1=Anthonytitle=GBC Explains Eurovision Broadcasts From 2006 to 2008url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/09/gibraltar-gbc-explains-eurovision-broadcasts-from-2006-to-2008/publisher=Eurovoixaccess-date=8 February 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125170033/https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/09/gibraltar-gbc-explains-eurovision-broadcasts-from-2006-to-2008/archive-date=25 November 2020date=9 May 2019url-status=live}}

International broadcasts

  • AustraliaAlthough Australia was not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast on SBS, and as per previous years, took commentary from the BBC. As was the case each year, they were not broadcast live due to the difference in Australian time zones. 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.
  • AzerbaijanAzTV was willing to enter the contest, but since it applied for active EBU membership but was denied on 18 June 2007, missed the contest and had to wait until it was accepted. Another Azerbaijani broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti, broadcast the contest. It was a preliminary 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.

High-definition broadcast

Yle produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 surround sound. This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The British broadcaster BBC broadcast the final in high definition on BBC HD. Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on SVT HD. However, the event was available on DVD in standard-definition only, with no DVD or Blu-ray version available in high-definition.

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composers Award, and Press Award.

CategoryCountrySongArtistSongwriter(s)Artistic AwardComposers AwardPress Award
"Molitva"Marija Šerifović
"Unsubstantial Blues"Magdi Rúzsa
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"Verka SerduchkaAndriy Danylko

OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2007 poll was also the winner of the contest, Serbia's "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović; the top five results are shown below.

CountryArtistSongPoints
Marija Šerifović"Molitva"184
Dmitry Koldun"Work Your Magic"159
DJ BoBo"Vampires Are Alive"156
Evridiki"Comme ci, comme ça"142
Sarbel"Yassou Maria"107

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Barbara Dex who came last for , wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

CountryArtist
Verka Serduchka

Official album

Cover art of the official album

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.

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position

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