KORMOON

In a press conference at the Olimpiysky Indoor Arena, held immediately after the show, the representatives of the ten countries that qualified for the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest from the second Semi-Final talked about their feelings after tonight’s show and their plans for Saturday. Journalists from all over Europe were present in a full-packed press conference hall, and they had the opportunity to ask the happy qualifiers questions.
This is the draw for the running order of the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest:

1. Lithuania
2. Israel
3. France
4. Sweden
5. Croatia
6. Portugal
7. Iceland
8. Greece
9. Armenia
10. Russia
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bosnia and Herzegovina
13. Moldova
14. Malta
15. Estonia
16. Denmark
17. Germany
18. Turkey
19. Albania
20. Norway
21. Ukraine
22. Romania
23. United Kingdom
24. Finland
25. Spain

Croatia’s Igor Cukrov and Andrea Šušnjara were the first performers announced at the press conference. Igor told about how his experience from the participation in a Pop Idol style contest in his home region had given him great experience. Now he is ready for bigger tasks.

Alexander Rybak from Norway was congratulated for his birthday, which he celebrated the previous day, with a song from the attendance. A Belarusian questioner proved to have a poem from Alexander’s grandmother, which she handed to the surprised singer. “Every journalist should take example of her,” Alexander said.

The Danish finalist Brinck was asked by a journalist from his home country to give a message to Europe. Brinck responded by thanking the people of Europe in all the languages that he could think of. When being asked of whether he had received any greeting yet, he answered that his cellphone was flooded and that he had turned it off for the press conference