Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, singing Fairytale, a song inspired by Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written by Rybak himself and was performed together with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet[3] and in an ESCtoday poll he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.In the Norwegian national heats Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the top score from all nine voting districts and ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, while the runner up Tone Damli Aaberge received a combined score of 121,856.
The song competed in the second semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.
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