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54th Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision 2009: It's official! - Moscow is the host city
The governing body of the song contest also approved the Olympiski Arena as the venue of the event in May 2009.
Svante Stockselius, EBU's Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, said to Eurovision.tv: "Moscow is an impressive city and the proposed venue gives us the fantastic possibility to put everything under one roof. We are confident that Channel One Russia will organize a fantastic 54th Eurovision Song Contest."
The green light of the Reference Group gives the Host Broadcaster the opportunity to go full speed ahead with their preparations for the upcoming contest. In the months ahead, Channel One organizers are to make numerous important decisions, from the creative concept of the event to the practical details of the cooperation with the city of Moscow and many, many others.
Today, the Reference Group is discussing another much debated issue - the voting in the Final.
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Marcin
When you say more interesting, you mean your wallet gets pinched and your credit card cloned even faster than in Moscow? Let's go.
Well at least it's not Volgograd or whatever it's called this week. Or Omsk. Or Yakhutsk. Or Velikye Luki. That could be a truly grim affair.
Lazy Lover
Oh there's plenty special in the Moscow air. All all pervading whiff of damp gaberdine, wet bread and cheap cigarette hangs over the place like the smell of poodle poo and croissants in Paris. Or that peculiar German smell of bratwurst, aniseed and diesel that hits you as soon as you get off a train in Munich. Or the rancid soap, suntan oil and fried egg situation you get as soon as you arrive in Spain. Or the stench of oil, overcooked burgers, dust, asylum seeker, Lithuanian plumber and bendy bus that you get when you first alight from the tube at Piccadilly Circus.
Moscow is good option, but St Petersburg would be better, because Moscow is too big for ESC, you'll feel nothing special in the air there 
St. Petersburg should be the host city... More interesting city.
What about: 50% Jury / 50% Televoting in the Semi Finals. Also for the Final a combination of Televoting and Jury from the countries that qualified for the Final and the countries that did not qualify will also be considered as 1 Vote.
Jonny
My point exactly 
I liked 2008 postcards a lot.
I was surprised at first that RTS didn't make usual postcards but after I was very happy and surprised in a positive way.
It was the first time ever I really waited to see the next one, and I enjoyed both, in postcards and performances on stage.
Showing natural beauty and architecture is nice and good for promotion, but we have enough of that in National Geographic chanel, Travel, etc.
We (Serbia) came with something new fresh and nice, something nobody had made in ESC before and if anybody makes after will be a copy, so they stay unique and it's good. Although they may be even nicer if people were making flag shapes outside and not in the front of white wall.
The Greek one was my favourite and I don't think it was insulting ! What's insulting in loving couple kissing. And as for kids watching, they can see that everywhere every day.
Hope Moscow will come with fresh interesting ideas of postcards, visualisation and stage design. Believe Moscow will give us a great show next May. Good Luck
Ah, I have to disagree - I would hate to see Kirkorov presenting!!! I prefer to see charming, good looking presenters (like Mikko and Jaana!) and Kirkorov just looks to me to be way too crazy looking for the entire European audience.
As for the logo and postcards the one thing which I'm hoping for is that the CD and DVD end up having more colour than white - like Greece!!!
I could vividly remember Greece's, Romania's, Turkey's and Armenia's postcards this year as well as the message written in Belgium's "Liefste mama, et cher papa, Belgrade? Blah, blah, blah...la, la, la...ha, ha, ha!" The thing I've liked about the past 2 years is the ideas have been really creative and Finland's had a "cosy" feeling for me
Unfortunately, I can't remember much of the postcards pre-2004. I loved Greece's - they may have been "touristy" but I could really feel the energy (+ I loved the way the flags rose from the sea!!!) but my favourites were the ones from Kiev - the whole "Awakening" concept really called to me!
Jonny K, you are welcome.
I would have chosen Saint Petersburg because it was built as an European city and like the Russian window to the continent, but anyway, Moscow is a greta option too. Anyway I won't be travelling there, since Human Rights are, how could I say? More than ignored? And I'm not talking just about political things.
Stockholm: Yeah having Kirkorov hosting it would be great also, apparently hes mad, borderline crazy, so it would be great to have him hosting it because then it would be so much fun! 
And as for the postcards, I thought the Swedish ones were great, the Belgrade ones also, and although the Greek ones were very "touristy", I really liked them. I wasn't really a fan of the Kyiv ones, they were a bit boring for me. And whilst the Turkish ones were pretty standard, there was one that stood out and that was the postcard before the Turkish song, with the floating boat! And the stories in Helsinki were great also
Jonny
"I think 1 female presenter would be good" Or 1 male presenter, Kirkorov for instance
I agree about the postcards, especially what you said about Sweden 2000. I liked the Swedish postcards very much.
Mina
I didn't get the idea of the Greek postcard
Thanks for the videos Tori
It would had been great with Saint Petersburg, we at the Acorn Cafe forum for Rescue Rangers held our Golden Acorns Awrds 2007 there!
http://www.theacornc(...)php?f=11&t=15807
does anybody know if Ireland are going to enter fo rthe 2009 contest?
It's a shame that ESC is going to be held in this communist, tormented, sick country, with a horrible regime, and full of corrupt assholes.
And not to mention the climate! It's gonna screw up my nipples!
@Dark Magix (tss, tss...)
If the EBU had to take such issues into account, the contest had to be held in Antarctica. Anually.
That would screw your... nipples up...
Moscow is an excellent choice, but Saint Petersburg wouldn't have been worse.
The ceremony of Muz-tv awards 2008 was hold in the Olympisky Arena.So you can make impression how the venue looks indoors.
But there certainly will be changes.
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=yBcjeIy6c-s Morandi
http://www.youtube.c(...)&feature=related Sergey Lazarev
hhtp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3rBLB9yIQ Dima Bilan
http://www.youtube.c(...)&feature=related BiS
Its all playback, btw
@Mina
I dont fell russia as homecountry I feel Even Albania more near than Russia
Add me in MSN pls
I am worring that i will make sth better for russia than for my country (Russia is also my country couse my Grandpa is from Russia xD
Well then, one of your countries won this year..lol
Now i am little bussy about doing my contest (www.freewebs.co m/euromusikcontest ) and for school but maybe i will find little time to think about it
BTW my msn is vaskooo@hotmail.com
I am worring that i will make sth better for russia than for my country (Russia is also my country couse my Grandpa is from Russia xD )
Ohhhhh I agree. It was the only thing I liked about that Tatu performance
@Mina
i can try to do sth But if i know where to send my ideas for stage and logo it will be great xD
Stage colors common to this(not the disign of the stage only the colors) will be great
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=y3UGzwRo62A
I agree Vasil! Maybe someone will read that comment and decide to do it
@Mina
Do you know that one Eurovision In Blacka nd white will be very original I mean the stage and the logo to be in black and white not like aways in country colors .It will look very class
Mina you have really good ideas If Bulgaria win ESC i will get you as consultant for my ideas
BTW what do you people think about the logo witch i made for my website(see my avatar)
LOL thanks Vasil, I hope Bulgaria will win some time soon
I like your logo but then again I like black&white combinations in general 
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