Eurovision 2009 : The Postcards

[@karlssonhermes]

I like how they incorporated the ethnic music from each country in the postcards too.

[@G9projects]

these were the best postcards ever!

[@leahrowden3939]

L'Orchidarium Of course!

[@oguzhanugur886]

Of course , certainly 😝🔥🎉

[@ehzhbetta381]

The best postcards for all time of Eurovision!

[@sampanyalilokum]

now listen, i ain’t tryna be biased but Turkey had the best 2009 postcard jam.

[@turklerinortaktarihi9182]

Bence de:)

[@elmukaltino]

Fun fact: originally theis supposed to design an original garment for each country as well, but they really rather early they wouldn't meet the deadline, unfortunately :(

[@quangminhtran2916]

Albania: Ikra (Caviar) Andorra: Potselui (Kiss) Armenia: Sibir (Siberia) Azerbaijan: Valenki (Winter boots) Belarus: Karavai (Round Loaf of Bread) Belgium: Veselo (Cheerfully) Bosnia & Herzegovina: Bud Zdorov (Bless you!) Bulgaria: Krasota (Beauty) Croatia: Matryoshka (Russian doll) Cyprus: Druzhba (Friendship) Czech Republic: Privet! (Hi!) Denmark: Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) Estonia: Gagarin (Gagarin) Finland: Na Zdorovie! (Cheers!) France: Lublu (Love) Germany: Poehali! (Let's go!) Greece: Vsego Dobrogo (Good luck) Hungary: Mir (Peace/World) Iceland: Sneg (Snow) Ireland: Balalaika (Balalaika) Israel: Horosho (Good/OK) Latvia: Borsch (Beetroot soup) Lithuania: Kosmos (Space) FYR Macedonia: Klassno (Great/Cool) Malta: Skazka (Fairytale) Moldova: Chudo (Miracle) Montenegro: Dobro Pojalovat! (Welcome!) Netherlands: Zima (Winter) Norway: Babushka (Grandmother) Poland: Vecherinka (Party) Portugal: Pozhalusta (Please) Romania: Tantsui (Dance) Russia: Davai-Davai (Come on!) Serbia: Schastie (Happiness) Slovakia: Medved (Bear) Slovenia: Vmeste (Together) Spain: Spasibo (Thank you) Sweden: Muzika (Music) Switzerland: Vesna (Spring) Turkey: Kak Dela (How are you?) Ukraine: Shick! (Glamour) United Kingdom: Zazhigai! (Let's rock!)

[@eurovisiontszai9125]

Original and fantastic postcards, also they make this as headdress fashion! wow!

[@pedrorodrigues5908]

Apparently, they made two postcards for Armenia, because the first one included a monument in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

[@movieguy9826]

Yep, and then during the voting Armenia retaliated by showing pictures of the monument everywhere! You're fooling nobody Armenia! @@amoureuxolly

[@nazrinsadiqova1878]

yep thats true. Thats like Russia today showing monuments that symbolize and celebrate their illegal occupation of Crimea or Abkhazia or Ossetia! It was very unethical and disgusting :/

[@kiparis777]

@@nazrinsadiqova1878 cutting water and electricity supplies to the civil population of Crimea is unethical and disgusting. Bombing Tskhinval was disgusting. Azerbaijanian soldiers destroying ancient Armenian churches in Artsakh are disgusting.

[@samilsfiyev3874]

@@kiparis777 Churches in Karabakh are old Albanian churches. It has nothing to do with the Armenians. The Armenians simply confiscated these churches. During the occupation, 65 of 67 mosques in Karabakh were destroyed. Not only mosques, but entire cities were destroyed. The city of Aghdam was completely destroyed. This city is called the Hiroshima of the Caucasus. It was also destroyed in Gabriel, Fuzuli, Kubadli, Zangilan, Kelbecer, Lachin and other regions. You are biased and ignoring the facts. More than 1 million Azerbaijanis have become refugees and internally displaced persons. All his goods were looted. Armenian vandals even removed gold teeth from people's mouths. It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the terrible genocide committed in Khojaly. 613 civilians were brutally murdered in one night. More than 4,000 people are still missing. The internal organs of many Azerbaijani prisoners were sold. They were buried in mass graves.

[@Sofia-yf6cv]

Thanks to remember us in all the postcards that the contest is in Moscow in 2009 :v

[@leahrowden3939]

Who are all those people dancing during every single postcard?

[@OfficialSpencer]

They were very unique, let's put it that way...

[@ukraineballaviation1483]

Final Accords Albania: Strings + Synth Andorra: Strings + Vibes + Drums Armenia: Strings + Synth? (help me in the comments) Azerbaijan: Synth + Harp Belarus: Echo (Synth) + Bells (I guess) Belgium: Pitch Mover (Synth) + Jazzy Guitar + IDK what it was (Probably Synth) Bosnia & Herzegovina: Strings + Some Chinese dong Bulgaria: Synth Bass Boost + some Bulgarian instrument IDK Croatia: Moving Tape Effect + Drumset + splash + IDK what the background instrument was Cyprus: Synth Bass Boost + Ukulele + Strings Czechia (Nul-Points): Strings + Synth Denmark: Guitar Distortion + Moving Tape Effect Estonia: Distortion Finland: *DISTORTION GANG INTENSIFIES* France: Accordeon + Piano + Synth Background Germany: Synth ONLY Greece: Greek Ukulele + Synth Wait for part 2 of the final accords!

[@lutzboss5294]

Inga and Anush Jan jan

[@leahrowden3939]

8:51 Looking good there on the Czech postcard, Sukhinova.

[@leahrowden3939]

No wonder Ksenia at the end of the Irish postcard is standing there with her mouth half open and her eyes closed.

[@eurovisiontszai9125]

Malta expose the name of the.winner song lol

[@leahrowden3939]

Qualified countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine Non-qualified countries: Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

[@leahrowden3939]

I didn’t know that snow meant “снег” (“sneg”) in Russian.

[@its_artee_list]

snow

[@leahrowden3939]

Артём Панов 😑

[@lutzboss5294]

Petr Elfimov Eyes that never lie

[@ivanpavlovic7488]

"HI 🙋🏻 San Marino Dension🌍"

[@jayjayarray]

Why does it seem like the postcards for 2009 are so short?

[@Gumboliniz]

Actually the proper postcards with participating artists in them had only been making sinde 2010

[@jayjayarray]

@@Gumboliniz there's no even a postcard in 2010. No artists as well. It's just maps made of moments and the people waving and whatnot.

[@eurovisiontszai9125]

Best: Lithuania and Slovakia Worst: Israel and Romania (the model hairstyle)

[@loganhemstreet]

Frutago aero intensifies

[@iamwatchingu5286]

Barbara Pravi in Russian postcards for France 💪

[@leahrowden3939]

16:07 Ahh! Who said that?!

[@0008Seconds]

Sasha song

[@leahrowden3939]

@@0008Seconds How did you know?!

[@leahrowden3939]

Iceland had the best ESC 2009 postcard ever!

[@elaychscrazyworld4173]

Placing 2nd to their best friends at a time when the country was broke was a magnificent achievement! They’ve been runner up 3 times, to Sweden, Norway and COVID…

[@leahrowden3939]

I’m sorry, I’m not very good at speaking Russian.

[@leahrowden3939]

Belgium sure had the worst ESC 2009 postcard ever.

[@xyalhl7243]

I love these postcards but they made a mistake about armenia because of monument of Karabakh(Artsak) Karabakh is Azerbaijan!! Our soldier liberated their lands

[@leahrowden3939]

What about all these girls standing and posing for the camera with some small city buildings on top of their heads? Who are they?

[@maximksiendzov7797]

This is all the same girl, Xenia Sukhinova, she won Miss Universe or something the previous year

[@leahrowden3939]

Maxim Ksiendzov I meant at the end of each postcard.

[@maximksiendzov7797]

@@leahrowden3939 yes, these are all the same girl - Xenia Sukhinova, just with different wigs and makeup, representing different countries :) That's the idea of these postcards that Xenia, representing Russia in the beginning, emraces a particular country's culture changes her look inspired by that country in the end. In the Russian postcard you can see that her style doesn't change in the end :)

[@leahrowden3939]

Maxim Ksiendzov No way!

[@maximksiendzov7797]

@@leahrowden3939 I know right! Stylists made an incredible job. I remember they said that the whole shooting process took 4 full days for all the 42 looks. It wasn't only in the postcards btw, she was on many billboards in Moscow back then, representing all the countries in that edition.

[@lutzboss5294]

Malena Ernman La voix

[@leahrowden3939]

Armenia’s postcard in semifinal and final are all the same, aren’t they?

[@joshukaunarak]

No, the postcard was changed. The last "page" originally includes the monument We Are Our Mountains (the big stone head), however in the final they replaced that monument with a tower.

[@leahrowden3939]

Joshukaunarak Are you kidding?

[@joshukaunarak]

@@leahrowden3939 No, I'm serious. Look at the last "page". The two stone heads were replaced by a building.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@leahrowden3939 That's because the monument was situated in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory claimed by Azerbaijan and currently occupied by separatists. The Armenians later retaliated by having the jury spokesperson Sirusho holding a card with its image and another one looming on her background.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@Melis Tenguvaç Yeah, but it's populated by ethnic Armenians. If Azerbaijan want it back, they must ensure that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh can live in peace without experiencing any discriminated for being Armenian

[@lutzboss5294]

Susanne Georgi La teva decisio

[@leahrowden3939]

Yohanna Is It True?

[@leahrowden3939]

Who is that girl standing there and posing in front of the camera in the beginning of each postcard?!

[@hectorcampa5709]

She is Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia.

[@leahrowden3939]

Hector Campa Yeah, right.

[@hectorcampa5709]

@@leahrowden3939 Really, she is! I have a book on the history of Eurovision by John Kennedy O'Connor where it mentions that bit, and the Wikipedia page for the ESC 2009 also mentions that bit...

[@leahrowden3939]

Hector Campa She is very pretty, huh? I really love her hair.

[@lutzboss5294]

Gipsy Cz Aven Romale

[@jayjayarray]

If you listen to the Israeli postcard, you can hear the chicken. Foreshadowing much???? 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@hubertszewczyk8845]

the worst postcards

[@maitrongnhan3961]

Hubert Mason I agree. However, I can learn some Russian words! 😂😂😂

[@verkaforever]

I like these postcards. I like how you can learn some Russian.

[@leahrowden3939]

verkaforever Me too. But I don’t wanna speak Russian. It’s very hard.

[@leahrowden3939]

Hubert Szewczyk You cannot say that! These postcards are actually really good!

[@paesk92]

these were the best postcards ever

[@jayjayarray]

If you listen to the Israeli postcard, you can hear the chicken. Foreshadowing much???? 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱