Eurovision Song Contest 2008

**The Eurovision Song Contest 2008** was a talent contest hosted in Belgrade, Serbia. It was won by Dima Bilan of Russia, singing the song "Believe". It was a big television event, watched by 250 million people around the world.

In 2008 the contest was split into two semifinals, with 19 countries in each semifinal. The first semifinal was held on May 20, second semifinal on May 22, and the final on May 24.

### Semi-final 1

- The first semi-final round was held on 20 May 2008
- the color peach shows which countries qualified for the final
- Flax shows the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final

|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col"|Points|scope="col"|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||"" <small>()</small>|Montenegrin|23|14|||||||||
||Boaz|"The Fire in Your Eyes"|Hebrew|104|5|||||||||
||Kreisiraadio|""|Serbian, German, Finnish|8|18|||||||||
|||"A Century of Love"|English|36|12|||||||||
||Miodio|""|Italian|5|19|||||||||
||Ishtar|"O Julissi"|Imaginary|16|17|||||||||
||Elnur and Samir|"Day After Day"|English|96|6|||||||||
|||""|Slovene|36|11|||||||||
||Maria|"Hold On Be Strong"|English|106|4|||||||||
|||"For Life"|English|42|10|||||||||
||Dustin the Turkey|"Irelande Douze Pointe"|English|22|15|||||||||
||Gisela|"Casanova"|English|22|16|||||||||
||Laka|""|Bosnian|72|9|||||||||
||Sirusho|"" <small>()</small>|English, Armenian|139|2|||||||||
||Hind|"Your Heart Belongs to Me"|English|27|13|||||||||
||Teräsbetoni|""|Finnish|79|8|||||||||
||Nico and Vlad|""|Romanian, Italian|94|7|||||||||
|||"Believe"|English|135|3|||||||||
||Kalomira|"Secret Combination"|English|156|1|||||||||

### Semi-final 2

- The second semi-final round was held on 22 May 2008
- the color peach shows which countries qualified for the final
- Flax shows the entry chosen by the jury to go to the final

|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col"|Points|scope="col"|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Euroband|"This Is My Life"|English|68|8|||||||||
|||"Hero"|English|54|12|||||||||
||Mor ve Ötesi|""|Turkish|85|7|||||||||
|||"Shady Lady"|English|152|1|||||||||
|||"Nomads in the Night"|English|30|16|||||||||
|||""|Albanian|67|9|||||||||
|||""|Italian|47|13|||||||||
|||"Have Some Fun"|English|9|18|||||||||
|||""|English|27|17|||||||||
||Pirates of the Sea|"Wolves of the Sea"|English|86|6|||||||||
||Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents|""|Croatian|112|4|||||||||
||Deep Zone and Balthazar|"DJ, Take Me Away"|English|56|11|||||||||
|||"All Night Long"|English|112|3|||||||||
|||"Peace Will Come"|English|107|5|||||||||
||Csézy|"Candlelight"|English, Hungarian|6|19|||||||||
||Morena|"Vodka"|English|38|14|||||||||
|||""|Greek|36|15|||||||||
||Tamara, Vrčak and Adrijan|"Let Me Love You"|English|64|10|||||||||
|||""|Portuguese|120|2|||||||||

## Final

The final was held on 24 May 2008.
|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col"|Points|scope="col"|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Nico and Vlad|""|Romanian, Italian|45|20|||||||||
|||"Even If"|English|14|25|||||||||
|||""|Albanian|55|17|||||||||
||No Angels|"Disappear"|English|14|23|||||||||
||Sirusho|"" <small>()</small>|English, Armenian|199|4|||||||||
||Laka|""|Bosnian|110|10|||||||||
||Boaz|"The Fire in Your Eyes"|Hebrew|124|9|||||||||
||Teräsbetoni|""|Finnish|35|22|||||||||
||Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents|""|Croatian|44|21|||||||||
|||"For Life"|English|14|24|||||||||
||Euroband|"This Is My Life"|English|64|14|||||||||
||Mor ve Ötesi|""|Turkish|138|7|||||||||
|||""|Portuguese|69|13|||||||||
||Pirates of the Sea|"Wolves of the Sea"|English|83|12|||||||||
|||"Hero"|English|47|18|||||||||
|||"All Night Long"|English|60|15|||||||||
|||"Peace Will Come"|English|83|11|||||||||
|||"Shady Lady"|English|230|2|||||||||
|||"Divine"|English|47|19|||||||||
||Elnur and Samir|"Day After Day"|English|132|8|||||||||
||Kalomira|"Secret Combination"|English|218|3|||||||||
|||""|Spanish, English|55|16|||||||||
||feat. Bora Dugić|"" <small>()</small>|Serbian|160|6|||||||||
|||"Believe"|English|272|1|||||||||
||Maria|"Hold On Be Strong"|English|182|5|||||||||