Eurovision 2008

The show was hosted by Katrina Leskanich, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997 with Love Shine A Light, and Renārs Kaupers, who was Latvia's first ever Eurovision Song Contest entrant in 2000 with his band Brainstorm. In May 2005, the EBU opened a poll on Eurovision.tv to find the ten songs that would compete. Voters chose their two favourite songs from each of five decades: 1956 to 1965, 1966 to 1975, 1976 to 1985, 1986 to 1995 and 1996 to 2005. The remaining four songs were selected by the Reference Group of the contest. On the 16th of June, 2005 the fourteen chosen songs were announced. The show featured performances of the 14 songs, Eurovision Song Contest highlights and three special medleys, performed by former participants. Ukraine competed in the second semi-final on the 22 May 2008, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and won a place in the final. The country chose their singer by choosing an internal selection. Therefore they selected the young and talented singer Ani Lorak to be their representative for Eurovision. It is the second attempt to her to be a candidate to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest. The first time she came in 2nd when the group Greenjolly defeated her, when Ukraine was the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. In Eurovision 2008, Ukraine came in 2nd, being defeated by Russia. On February 23, 2008 Ani performed six songs during a live concert in the studio of NTU. The winning song, "Shady Lady", was chosen by the majority of a professional jury and 4 thousand televoters. "Shady Lady" was her personal favorite[1]. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.