06 Norway - Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (ESC 2009 - 2nd Semi-Final)

Eurovision Song Contest - Moscow 2009 - Second Semi-Final

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"Fairytale" is a 2009 song written and composed by Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak, and the first single from Rybak's debut album Fairytales. This song was the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia.


Eurovision 2009

The song was elected through the Norwegian festival Melodi Grand Prix 2009 on 21 February, winning in the biggest landslide of the contest's history, and competed against eighteen other Eurovision entries in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009, where it qualified for the final. The final took place on May 16, which is the day before Norway's Constitution Day, May 17, which is celebrated all over Norway. It won with 387 points - a new ESC record - and it was the third time that Norway had won the Eurovision Song Contest.

The backing dancers for the Eurovision performance, Sigbjørn Rua, Torkjell Lunde Børsheim and Hallgrim Hansegård, are from the Norwegian dance company Frikar, performing the folk dance halling. The backing singers are Jorunn Hauge and Karianne Kjærnes.

On May 11, American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey showed a clip of Rybaks performance of Fairytale, in a Eurovision segment on her tv-show. The segment however focused on the German song for Eurovision, where the lead singer, Oscar Loya, is American.

Comments : 1

	sintetik Sun 17/05/09 03:56 (spam)
good song

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