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With a landslide victory, Alexander Rybak, the representative of Norway, was imposed on the rest of the countries with 387 points, beating the festival record. Your song Fairytale, composed by him and dedicated to an ex-girlfriend, swept above the rest. This 23-year-old musical talent of Belarusian origin, was accompanied by a violin to make history in the 54th edition of the festival.
Circus of the Sun and greeting from the space station.
The Eurovision Song Contest that this year has been celebrated in Olympiysky Arena in Moscow, will go down in history for the display of light and color, with a magnificent setting that some of the candidates knew how to take advantage of. The opening was carried out by the Circus of the Sun and there was even a greeting from Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who addressed the 20.000 people present in the pavilion and the viewers with a "Hello, dobri vecher, Moskva" (Hello, good night, Moscow).
There were some excesses in terms of scenery, but in general it has been a pleasant festival to see ... Except in the case of Spain.
Penultimate Spain.
Soraya arnelas performed the song acceptably «The night is for me«, But it was a very bad stop to finish second to last with only 23 points, given by 12 from Andorra (who did not boycott her) 7 from Portugal and others from Greece (1) and Switzerland (3). Little more. Some say it was a kind of "punishment" for the chikilicuatre last year - this year a new mixed voting system, messages from the public and a jury for each country was launched.
What do you think? Punishment to Spain for our representation last year? The controversy is served.