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For the second time we are hosted in the United Kingdom, this time in Manchester, the third-largest city.
Another record is set with the number of participants, this time being 24. Three countries, namely Austria, Croatia and Hungary, make their debut, and Canada also returns to the competition. The only country to withdraw is Portugal.
After the voting was completed, Israel emerged victorious, with its entry 'Barechov' performed by Hen Aharoni. The United Kingdom and Ireland followed closely to take second and third places respectively. Both the Netherlands and Croatia failed to vote and were penalised with 20 points each. However, it was Croatia who received the least points and obtained the last position.
==The Host City==
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted city status in 1853. In 2007, the population of the Manchester local government district was estimated to be 458,100, while the surrounding metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,562,200. Manchester itself lies at the centre of the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area, which at the 2001 census was shown to have a population of 2,240,230 (of which 394,269 lived within the Manchester subdivision), and it was the United Kingdom's third-largest conurbation at that census. Manchester is part of the second-most-populous Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) in the UK with an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100 and is the sixteenth-most populated in Europe. Manchester is the 15th largest urban area in the European Union.
==The Hosts==
Susan Margaret Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention in 2009 after she appeared as a contestant on Britain's Got Talent Boyle became known when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the competition's first round,[4] first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2009. In the final of third series of the show, Boyle finished in second place, behind dance troupe Diversity. Boyle attended Edinburgh Acting School and also took part in the Edinburgh Fringe. Prior to her appearance on Britain's Got Talent, her main experience had come from singing in church and karaoke in the local pubs in her village. She had also tried out several times for My Kind of People.
Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7, 1959) is an English television personality, A&R executive, television producer, and entrepreneur. He is famous in the United Kingdom and in the United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, American Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent. He is also the owner of the television production and music publishing house Syco.
==The Show==
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Draw	FSC jury 	Performer 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Greece 	Loukas Alexandrou 	Thyma 	4 	96
02 	Spain 	Malú 	A esto le llamas amor 	10 	61
03 	Poland 	Orbita Wiru 	Moja mala furia 	22 	13
04 	Russia 	Vintazh 	Eva 	11 	60
05 	Serbia 	Ana Štajdohar 	Žute sandale 	18 	20
06 	Israel 	Hen Aharoni 	Barechov 	1 	114
07 	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Feminnem ft. Alex Manga	Oye, oye, oye 	15 	41
08 	The Netherlands 	Valerius 	She Doesn't Know 	23 	-3
09 	Ireland 	Industry 	My Baby's Waiting 	3 	98
10 	Norway 	Röyksopp 	The Girl and The Robot	7 	74
11 	Germany 	Daniel Schumacher 	Anything But Love 	13 	51
12 	Ukraine 	Platina 	Sontse 	14 	50
13 	Bulgaria 	Andrea & Costi 	Izbiram teb 	12 	59
14 	Croatia 	Natali Dizdar 	Stranac 	24 	-12
15 	Turkey 	Hadise 	Double Life 	20 	18
16 	Belgium 	Anna Grace 	Let the Feelings Go 	8 	74
17 	Macedonia 	Karolina 	Kraj 	17 	23
18 	Canada 	Peaches 	Talk to Me 	16 	39
19 	Sweden 	Caroline Af Ugglas 	Vi blundar 	6 	75
20 	United Kingdom 	Pixie Lott 	Here we Go Again 	2 	101
21 	Austria 	Oliver Wimmer 	Blown Away 	19 	18
22 	Denmark 	Medina 	Kun for mig 	5 	83
23 	Romania 	Provincialii 	Chitara 	21 	15
24 	Hungary 	Unique 	Fekete-Feher 	9 	68
* The Netherlands and Croatia failed to vote and both received a 20 point penalty.
==The Results==
==The Winner==
Chen Aharoni - Barechov:
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