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
Final	28–31 August 2008
Host
Venue	Festivalny, Sochi, Russia
Presenter(s)	Aleksandr Tsekalo, Anna Sedokova, Dmitry Shepelev, Aleksandra Saveleva
Host broadcaster	Channel One
Participants
Number of entries	11
Debuting countries	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine
Non-returning countries	Bulgaria Canada Cuba Czechoslovakia East Germany Finland Hungary Netherlands Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Yugoslavia

Eleven countries confirmed their participation in the contest.

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	Country	Language	Artist	Song	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	Country	Language	Artist	Song	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	Country	Language	Artist	Song	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:

  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:

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.
• 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.