Eurovision Song Contest 2009
On Tuesday 12th, Thursday 14th and Saturday 16th May 2009 the
54th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Olympiyski Indoor Arena in Moscow
(Russia). The semi-finals were hosted by Natalia Vodyanova and Andrey
Malakhov and the grand final was hosted by Alsou and Ivan Urgant.
The format of the contest is 2 semi-finals and then
the grand final. From the total of 42 participating nations, 5 have
directly qualified for the grand final. They are the 4 main European
Broadcasting Union members United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain, along with
the 2008 winner and host nation Russia. There will be 20 more grand
finalists; 10 from each semi-final, which brings the total of grand finalists
to 25.
The 4 main EBU members will also vote in
the semifinals; United Kingdom and Germany in semi-final 1; Spain
and France in semi-final 2. Russia too will vote
in semi-final 2. This was decided by draw on 30 January 2009.
The
draw to determine the split of the 38 semi-finalists also took place on 30
January 2009, and the running order on 16 March 2009.
Citizens of
each participating country vote by telephone and SMS. Each voting nation's 10
favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the number of votes.
The top 9 of the semi-finals tele-voting qualify for the grand final. The
highest ranked entry of a professional jury that has not qualified in the
tele-voting also qualifies for the grand final. The 10 qualified nations will be
presented in random order at the end of both semi-final
broadcasts.
SEMI-FINAL 1 (Tuesday 12 May
2009).
Georgia withdrew.
The entry from Georgia titled "We don't wanna put in" with its alleged
play on the Russian prime minister's surname, was rejected by the EBU as no
lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature are permitted during
the Eurovision Song Contest.
The participants proceding to the
grand final are marked in red.
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6.
7.
8.
9.
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18. |
Montenegro
Czech Republic
Belgium
Belarus
Sweden
Armenia
Andorra
Switzerland
Turkey
Israel
Bulgaria
Iceland
Macedonia
Romania
Finland
Portugal
Malta
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Andrea Demirovic - Just Get Out of My Life
Gipsy.cz - Aven Romale
Copycat - Copycat
Petr Elfimov - Eyes That Never Lie
Malena Ernman - La Voix
Inga & Anush - Jan Jan
Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisió (Get A Life)
Lovebugs - The Highest Heights
Hadise - Düm Tek Tek
Noa & Mira Awad - There Must Be Another Way
Krassimir Avramov - Illusion
Yohanna - Is It True?
Next Time - Neshto Shto Ke Ostane
Elena - The Balkan Girls
Waldo's People - Lose Control
Flor-de-lis - Todas As Ruas Do Amor
Chiara - What If We
Regina - Bistra
Voda |
11
18
17
13
4
5
15
14
2
7
16
1
10
9
12
8
6
3 |
44
0
1
25
105
99
8
15
172
75
7
174
45
67
42
70
86
125 |
SEMI-FINAL 2 (Thursday 14
May 2009).
The participants proceding to the grand final are marked
in red.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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18.
19. |
Croatia
Ireland
Latvia
Serbia
Poland
Norway
Cyprus
Slovakia
Denmark
Slovenia
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Greece
Lithuania
Moldova
Albania
Ukraine
Estonia
Netherlands |
Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea - Lijepa Tena
Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera
Intars Busulis - Probka
Marko Kon & Milaan - Cipela
Lidia Kopania - I Don't Wanna Leave
Alexander Rybak - Fairytale
Christina Metaxa - Firefly
Kamil Mikulčík & Nela Pocisková - Leť Tmou
Brinck - Believe Again
Quartissimo feat. Martina - Love Symphony
Zoli Ádok - Dance With Me
AySel & Arash - Always
Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our Night
Sasha Son - Love
Nelly Ciobanu - Hora Din Moldova
Kejsi Tola - Carry Me In Your Dreams
Svetlana Loboda - Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis
Girl)
Urban Symphony - Rändajad
The Toppers - Shine |
13
11
19
10
12
1
14
18
8
16
15
2
4
9
5
7
6
3
17 |
33
52
7
60
43
201
32
8
69
14
16
180
110
66
106
73
80
115
11 |
GRAND FINAL (Saturday 16
May 2009).
People in each country can vote by tele-vote or SMS.
voting nation's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points based on the
number of votes. All 42 participants have the right to cast points in the
final. Juries and televoters will each have a 50% say in the outcome of
every country's points.
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25. |
Lithuania
Israel
France
Sweden
Croatia
Portugal
Iceland
Greece
Armenia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Moldova
Malta
Estonia
Denmark
Germany
Turkey
Albania
Norway
Ukraine
Romania
United
Kingdom
Finland
Spain |
Sasha Son -
Love
Noa and Mira Awad - There Must Be Another
Way
Patricia Kaas - Et s'il fallait le
faire
Malena Ernman - La
voix
Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea - Lijepa
Tena
Flor-de-Lis - Todas as ruas do
amor
Yohanna - Is It
True?
Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our
Night
Inga and Anush - Jan
Jan
Anastasiya Prikhodko -
Mamo
AySel and Arash -
Always
Regina - Bistra
voda
Nelly Ciobanu - Hora din
Moldova
Chiara - What If
We
Urban Symphony -
Rändajad
Niels Brinck - Believe
Again
Alex Swings Oscar Sings! - Miss Kiss Kiss
Bang
Hadise - Düm Tek
Tek
Kejsi Tola - Carry Me in Your
Dreams
Alexander Rybak -
Fairytale
Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis
Girl)
Elena - The Balkan
Girls
Jade Ewen - It's My
Time
Waldo's People - Lose Control
Soraya Arnelas - La noche es para
mí |
24
16
8
21
18
15
2
7
10
11
3
9
14
22
6
13
20
4
17
1
12
19
5
25
23 |
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3 |
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8 |
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1 |
4 |
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5 |
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2 |
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12 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
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X |
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BE |
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8 |
1 |
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6 |
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5 |
7 |
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3 |
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4 |
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12 |
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10 |
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BY |
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7 |
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2 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
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4 |
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2 |
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12 |
6 |
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3 |
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4 |
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12 |
7 |
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1 |
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X |
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6 |
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5 |
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8 |
2 |
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10 |
3 |
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3 |
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7 |
6 |
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5 |
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2 |
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4 |
1 |
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X |
10 |
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12 |
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8 |
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CZ |
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4 |
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7 |
2 |
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12 |
8 |
10 |
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1 |
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3 |
5 |
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6 |
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X |
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10 |
2 |
3 |
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8 |
5 |
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7 |
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6 |
1 |
12 |
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4 |
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6 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
X |
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5 |
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2 |
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10 |
4 |
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12 |
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8 |
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10 |
X |
2 |
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7 |
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6 |
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1 |
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5 |
3 |
12 |
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8 |
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4 |
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X |
5 |
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10 |
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8 |
7 |
6 |
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1 |
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3 |
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12 |
2 |
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4 |
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10 |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
X |
7 |
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1 |
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8 |
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12 |
2 |
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6 |
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LV |
7 |
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5 |
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8 |
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6 |
4 |
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1 |
10 |
3 |
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12 |
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2 |
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ME |
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4 |
1 |
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8 |
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5 |
2 |
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6 |
12 |
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3 |
7 |
10 |
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AD |
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7 |
3 |
2 |
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6 |
8 |
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1 |
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5 |
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10 |
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4 |
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12 |
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4 |
7 |
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10 |
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1 |
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2 |
6 |
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3 |
12 |
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5 |
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8 |
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X |
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CH |
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1 |
7 |
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10 |
5 |
2 |
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4 |
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12 |
6 |
8 |
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3 |
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BG |
1 |
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5 |
12 |
6 |
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8 |
4 |
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10 |
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2 |
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7 |
3 |
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X |
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6 |
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8 |
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7 |
5 |
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1 |
10 |
2 |
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12 |
4 |
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3 |
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4 |
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1 |
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8 |
5 |
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3 |
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6 |
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7 |
12 |
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10 |
2 |
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X |
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MK |
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4 |
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2 |
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1 |
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3 |
10 |
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12 |
7 |
8 |
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5 |
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SK |
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5 |
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2 |
5 |
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3 |
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4 |
8 |
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12 |
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10 |
1 |
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6 |
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2 |
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3 |
X |
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8 |
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5 |
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3 |
7 |
10 |
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1 |
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8 |
6 |
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12 |
1 |
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5 |
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3 |
X |
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2 |
7 |
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10 |
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4 |
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1 |
3 |
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2 |
8 |
10 |
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7 |
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4 |
5 |
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12 |
X |
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6 |
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2 |
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6 |
4 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
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1 |
X |
10 |
3 |
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5 |
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2 |
1 |
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6 |
12 |
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4 |
5 |
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3 |
10 |
X |
7 |
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|
8 |
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RS |
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3 |
5 |
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6 |
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4 |
12 |
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7 |
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1 |
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10 |
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2 |
8 |
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CY |
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5 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
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3 |
6 |
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10 |
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2 |
7 |
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PL |
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1 |
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2 |
3 |
6 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
7 |
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12 |
10 |
|
4 |
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NL |
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|
6 |
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|
7 |
1 |
5 |
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10 |
4 |
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2 |
8 |
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12 |
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3 |
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2 |
5 |
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6 |
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3 |
8 |
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10 |
7 |
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X |
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1 |
12 |
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4 |
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X |
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2 |
7 |
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10 |
12 |
3 |
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6 |
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1 |
5 |
8 |
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4 |
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X |
8 |
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4 |
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12 |
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1 |
3 |
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5 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
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7 |
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10 |
8 |
7 |
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4 |
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12 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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6 |
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5 |
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X |
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IE |
7 |
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3 |
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12 |
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5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
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8 |
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2 |
10 |
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1 |
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2 |
4 |
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10 |
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8 |
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5 |
X |
7 |
6 |
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12 |
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3 |
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2 |
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3 |
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6 |
10 |
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X |
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7 |
5 |
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8 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
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SI |
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|
7 |
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6 |
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5 |
4 |
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1 |
10 |
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8 |
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2 |
12 |
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3 |
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6 |
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5 |
10 |
X |
12 |
1 |
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2 |
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4 |
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8 |
3 |
|
7 |
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HU |
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|
7 |
4 |
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10 |
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6 |
3 |
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5 |
2 |
12 |
8 |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
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6 |
X |
2 |
7 |
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4 |
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12 |
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8 |
10 |
3 |
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1 |
4 |
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12 |
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10 |
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3 |
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8 |
6 |
7 |
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X |
5 |
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2 |
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total |
23 |
53 |
107 |
33 |
45 |
57 |
218 |
120 |
92 |
91 |
207 |
106 |
69 |
31 |
129 |
74 |
35 |
177 |
48 |
387 |
76 |
40 |
173 |
22 |
23 |
AD = Andorra
BE = Belgium
BG =
Bulgaria
BY = Belarus
CH = Switzerland
CY = Cyprus
CZ = Czech
Republic
HU = Hungary
IE = Ireland
LV = Latvia
ME =
Montenegro
MK = Macedonia
NL = Netherlands
PL =
Poland
RS = Serbia
SI = Slovenia
SK =
Slovakia