List of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 jurors

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The jurors of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 play a large role in the voting process of the Contest. For the final round, each country's votes will be decided by a combination of 50% televoting by the public and 50% by national jury. [1] The method of selecting the semi-final qualifiers will remain the same as in past years, however, with nine countries in each semi-final which qualified based on the televoting results, and a tenth coming from the juries. [2] [3]

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Background

In response to some broadcasters' continued complaints about politically charged, neighbourly and diaspora voting, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) evaluated the voting procedure used in the contest, and contemplated a change for 2009. Contest organisers sent a questionnaire regarding the voting system to participating broadcasters, and a reference group incorporated the responses into their suggestions for next year's format. [4] Telewizja Polska (TVP), the Polish broadcaster, suggested that an international jury similar to the one used in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest be introduced in the Eurovision Song Contest to lessen the impact of neighbourly voting and place more emphasis on the artistic value of the song. [5] A jury would lead to less political and diaspora voting as the jury members, mandated to be music industry experts, would also have a say in addition to "random members of the public". [6] National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting becoming mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.

Jurors

The jurors of the 42 participating countries are as follows:

CountryJurorsFurther details
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania --
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Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia --
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Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan --
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Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus --
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Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [7] Marie-Paule Lemmens RTBF - Production Assistant, Department of Entertainment
Pierre Guyaut RTBF - Radio Classic 21 host
Manu Champagne RTBF - Journalist
Corrado Falciglia Journalist La Dernière Heure - Les Sports
Isabelle Monnart Journalist La Dernière Heure - Les Sports
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina [8] Vesna Andree-ZaimovićAcademic Musician
Adi Mulahalilović Producer
Maja Tatić Singer, Bosnian entrant to Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Damir ŠehanovićJournalist
Miroslav MarausMusician
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria --
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Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [9] Tina Vukov Singer
Silvije GlojnarićConductor
Doris KaramatićAcademic Musician
Denis VasiljProfessor of Music Theory
Darko DomitrovićComposer
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus --
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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [10] Andrea Savane Česká televise - Department of International Relations
Petr Čáp -
Jitka Benešová Journalist specializing in music
Michal Dvořák Composer and producer
Vladimir Vlasák Musician
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Kaya Brüel Singer
Ataf Khawaja Rapper
Frede Fup Musician
Medina Singer
Peter Biker Songwriter
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia [11] Owe Petersell Radio Elmar music editor
Lea LiitmaaSinger
Heidy TammeSinger
Elmar Liitmaa Songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Terminaator
Ivan MakarovRaadio 4 music editor
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [12] Pekka Laine Yleisradio
Jukka Haarma Yleisradio
Satu Mättö Teosto
Chisu Musician
Sofia TarkkanenStudent, Sibelius Academy
Flag of France.svg  France [13] Corinne Hermès Singer, winner of the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.
Jean Paul Cara Songwriter, co-composer of "L'oiseau et l'enfant", winning song of the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest.
Lionel RiveraProducer
Marianne JaulinTelevision producer
Marie Jo Zarb Songwriter
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany H. P. Baxxter Singer and Producer of Scooter. Scooter were the runners up in the 2004 German national selection Germany 12 Points! .
Jeanette Biedermann Singer, 4th in the German national final 1999
Guildo Horn Singer, Germany's entrant to the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.
Sylvia Kollek KünzelArtist manager and ex-idols judge.
Tobias KünzelSinger of Die Prinzen
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Giorgos Katsaros Songwriter, composer of Krasi, Thalassa Kai T' Agori Mou, the first ever Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Vicky GerothodorouLyricist
Nikos GritsisLyricist
Giannis VardisSinger, 2nd in the Greek national final 2003
Alexandra Zakka Lyricist
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary --
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Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland --
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Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland [14] Paul Harrington Musician, joint winner of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
Bill HughesTelevision producer.
Linda Martin Singer, winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and runner up in the 1984 Contest.
Emma O'Driscoll Singer and TV presenter.
Luan Parle Singer
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel [15] Moshe Morad Musical editor, IBA radio presenter
Haya Zell IBA - manager of musical archive
Nurit Bat Shahar Zafrir Lyricist
Tahel ZimmermanMusician
Itamar BarakJournalist
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia --
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Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Linas Rimša Compositor
Linas Adomaitis Musician and songwriter, Lithuanian entrant to Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Egmontas Bžeskas Producer
Edita Vilčiauskienė LRT music editor
Rūta Lukoševičiūtė Musician and songwriter
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia [16] Rade SpasovskiJournalist
Vanco DimitrovJournalist specializing in music
Maja TrpcanovskaJournalist specializing in music
Radica MiticJournalist specializing in music
Liljana AvtovskaMusician and journalist specializing in music
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta --
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Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova --
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Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro --
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [17] Noordje Kandt Former Dutch Head of Delegation
Martin Gijzemijter Composer and Lyricist
Setske Mostaert Vocal coach
Aron van der Ploeg Creative Producer
Henk Schepers Manager of the Dutch Metropole Orchestra
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway [18] Ellen Marie Steen Journalist in the radio show Nitimen for the radio station P1
Jørn Johansen Program director for radio station P4
Elisabet Davidsen Project leader for music in the Department of Culture in radio station P2
Arne Martin Vistnes Journalist in Radio Norge
Vivi Stenberg Chief journalist and chief producer for the music TV show Lydverket on NRK1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland --
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Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [19] Ricardo Soler Singer
Alexandra Valentim Singer
Edgar Canelas Radio producer
Fernando Martins Songwriter
Paula Casanova Music agent
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania [20] Luminiţa Anghel Singer, Romania's entrant to Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Corina Despot Lyricist
Andrei Tudor Songwriter
Andrei Kerestely Songwriter
Mihai Alexandru Songwriter, jury president
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [21] Igor Matvienko Producer, composer
Tamara Gverdtsiteli Singer
Maria Katz Singer, represented Russia in 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
Alexander Lunev Composer
Elena KipperComposer, producer
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Bilja Krstić Musician
Jelena Tomašević Singer, Serbia's entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade
Aleksandar SedlarMusician
Marko ĐorđevićMusician
Vlada MaričićMusician
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia --
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Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Anžej Dežan Singer, Slovenia's entrant to Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Nuša Derenda Singer, Slovenia's entrant to Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Matjaž VlašičComposer
Aida KurtovićProducer
Dušan HrenProducer
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain José Luis Uribarri Previous Eurovision spokesman
Toni Garrido Spanish Radio talk host
Mauro Canut Producer / Composer
Mariola Orellana Manager
Pedro MartínezComposer, juror selected by the audience
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sarah Dawn Finer Singer, participant of Melodifestivalen 2009 and Melodifestivalen 2007
Anna Charlotta Gunnarson Radio host and producer
Michael Cederberg Producer of a music show
L-G Alsenius Responsible for Svensktoppen at Swedish Radio
Magnus Carlsson Singer, six-times participant of Melodifestivalen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [22] Judith Wernli DRS 3 Radio Presenter
Giovanni Zamai Manager of MTV Suisse
Michael von der Heide Singer and musician, Swiss entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Jean-Marie Fontana Director of Universal Music Switzerland
Emel Singer
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey --
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Roman Nedzelskiy NTU vice-president
Oleksandr Ponomaryov Singer, Eurovision 2003 entrant
Irena Zagorodnyuk -
Irina Rozental -
Olexander Zlotnik -
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [23] [24] Deborah Chapman (Semi-Final 1)
Jasmine Dotiwala (Final)
Paul Edwards (Semi-Final 1)
Paul Goodey (Final)
David Larkin (Semi-Final 1)
Steve Allen (Final)
Anne Mannion (Semi-Final 1)
Zoe Martlew (Final)
Chris Stewart (Semi-Final 1)
Keith Hughes (Final)

See also

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