Intervision Song Contest 2008

The Intervision Song Contest 2008 was the 5th Intervision Song Contest. The contest took place at Festivalny concert hall in the Russian city of Sochi. Eligible countries that may compete in the contest are from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and former Soviet Republics.

Intervision Song Contest 2008
Dates
Final28–31 August 2008[1]
Host
VenueFestivalny, Sochi, Russia
Presenter(s)Aleksandr Tsekalo, Anna Sedokova, Dmitry Shepelev, Aleksandra Saveleva
Host broadcasterChannel One
Participants
Number of entries11[1]
Debuting countries
Non-returning countries

Eleven countries confirmed their participation in the contest.[1]

Location
Further information on the host city: Sochi

The 2008 contest took place in the coastal city of Sochi.

Confirmed participants

Night 1 – Original Song

The first night saw the 11 participants performing an original song sung either in Russian or their national language. The running order was as follows:

Draw[1] Country Language Artist[1] Song[1] English translation Points Place
8  Armenia Russian Amyan Razmik "Ty Budesh Moyey" (Ты будешь моей) You will be mine 70 3
6  Azerbaijan Russian Seyran "Uletat" (Улетаю) Fly away 45 6
7  Belarus Russian The Champions "Ya Begu Na Zemle" (Я бегу по земле) I’m running on the ground 52 5
10  Kazakhstan Russian Almas Kishkenbaev "Lyubimaya" (Любимая) Beloved 79 2
11  Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Gulzinat Suranchieva "Kir kerbez" It's dirty 70 3
5  Latvia Latvian Amber "Saucu Tevi" I call you 40 8
3  Moldova Russian Boris Covali "Budesh Zvat" (Будешь звать) Will call 23 9
9  Russia Russian Kvatro "Romans" (Романс) Romance 81 1
1  Tajikistan Tajik Tahmina Niyazova "Zangi Telefon" (Занги телефон) Telephone Ring 79 2
2  Turkmenistan Turkmen Lachin Mamedova "Kushdepdi" It was cold 43 7
4  Ukraine Russian The Dangerous Liaisons "Podarki" (Подарки) Gifts 59 4

Night 2 – Retro Hit

The second night saw the 11 participants perform hits from the 20th Century and were performed in Russian. The running order was as follows:

Draw[1] Country Language Artist[1] Song[1] English translation Points Place
10  Armenia Russian Amyan Razmik "Dorogoy Dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) The Long Road 69 2
2  Azerbaijan Russian Seyran "Pozvoni" (Позвони) Call 55 6
3  Belarus Russian The Champions "Tam, Gde Klen Shumit" (Там, где клен шумит) Where the maple rustles 50 7
1  Kazakhstan Russian Almas Kishkenbaev "Ne Nado Pechalitsya" (Не надо печалиться) Do not be sad 58 5
5  Kyrgyzstan Russian Gulzinat Suranchieva "Molba" (Мольба) Plea 68 3
7  Latvia Russian Amber "O, sudba" Oh fate 45 9
11  Moldova Russian Boris Covali "Melankoliye" (Меланколие) Melankolie 49 8
4  Russia Russian Kvatro "Skazhite, Devushki, Podruzhke Vashey" (Скажите, девушки, подружке вашей) Tell me, girl, your girlfriend 70 1
8  Tajikistan Russian Tahmina Niyazova "Tsvety Pod Snegom" (Цветы под снегом) Flowers in the snow 68 3
9  Turkmenistan Russian Lachin Mamedova "Nezhnost" (Нежность) Tenderness 45 9
6  Ukraine Russian The Dangerous Liaisons "Moya Zemlya" (Моя земля) My land 60 4

Night 3 – World Hit

The third competitive night of the contest saw the participants performing world hits in the original language of the song. These songs were to be the most suitable for your image. The running order was as follows:

Draw[1] Country Language Artist[1] Song[1] English translation Points Place
2  Armenia Russian Amyan Razmik "Pamyati Karuzo" (Памяти Карузо) Caruso 60 3
4  Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Seyran "Shimarik" 50 8
10  Belarus English The Champions "I Like to Move It" — 51 7
8  Kazakhstan English Almas Kishkenbaev "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" — 52 6
9  Kyrgyzstan English Gulzinat Suranchieva "La Isla Bonita" The beautiful island 57 4
5  Latvia French Amber "Milord" — 57 4
1  Moldova English Boris Covali "The Great Pretender" — 52 6
3  Russia Spanish Kvatro "Sola Otra Vez" Just one more time 64 2
6  Tajikistan English Tahmina Niyazova "Hero" — 69 1
11  Turkmenistan Arabic Lachin Mamedova "Habiby" My darling 52 6
7  Ukraine English The Dangerous Liaisons "My Number One" — 55 5

Night 4 – Gala Night

On the Gala Night performers from across the competing nations performed on stage with their hits, performers included Philip Kirkov, Irina Allegrova and others. The night culminated in the announcement of the results.

This meant the final scoreboard results were:[1]

  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
Place Country Points
1  Tajikistan 216
2  Russia 215
3  Armenia 199
4  Kyrgyzstan 195
5  Kazakhstan 189
6  Ukraine 174
7  Belarus 153
8  Azerbaijan 150
9  Latvia 142
10  Turkmenistan 141
11  Moldova 124

Other awards

Also there were other awards presented for different countries such as:[1]

Award Country
Grand Prix  Tajikistan
First Prize  Armenia &
 Russia
Second Prize  Kazakhstan &
 Latvia &
 Ukraine
Third Prize  Belarus &
 Moldova &
 Turkmenistan
Press award  Russia
Debut Intervision  Tajikistan
Miss Intervision  Turkmenistan
Prize of the City of Sochi  Kyrgyzstan
Prize for Stylishness  Latvia
CIS Special Prize Fund  Azerbaijan

Other countries
Further information: Intervision Song Contest § Participation

The contest is open to members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and other Central Asian countries.

  •  Georgia – Georgia was meant to debut at the 2008 contest but withdrew in June 2008 due to the Russo-Georgian War earlier that year. Despite this the organizing committee stated that they would welcome Georgia’s participation. If Georgia went on to participate they would have been represented by Salome Korkotashvili.[1]
  •  Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan was meant to debut at the 2008 contest but withdrew a couple of days before the contest for unknown reasons. They were really slow at selecting their participant but a week before the contest they selected Shakhnoza Usmanhodzhaeva who would have represented them under the stage name of “Anor”. But later it was announced that they would not compete.[1]

References
  1. "Intervision: Intervision 2008". Eurovoix.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
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