Intervision Song Contest 2008
The Intervision Song Contest 2008 was the 5th Intervision Song Contest. The contest took place in the Russian city of Sochi, which played host to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Eligible countries that may compete in the contest are from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and former Soviet Republics.
Eleven countries confirmed their participation in the contest.
Location
The 2008 contest took place in the coastal city of Sochi, which played host to the 2014 Winter Olympics.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 | Russian | Amyan Razmik | "Ty Budesh Moyey" | You will be mine | 70 | 3 | |
| 6 | Russian | Seyran | "Uletat" | Fly away | 45 | 6 | |
| 7 | Russian | The Champions | "Ya Begu Na Zemle" | I’m running on the ground | 52 | 5 | |
| 10 | Russian | Almas Kishkenbaev | "Lyubimaya" | Beloved | 79 | 2 | |
| 11 | Kyrgyz | Gulzinat Suranchieva | "Kir kerbez" | — | 70 | 3 | |
| 5 | Latvian | Amber | "Saucu Tevi" | I call you | 40 | 8 | |
| 3 | Russian | Boris Covali | "Budesh Zvat" | Will call | 23 | 9 | |
| 9 | Russian | Kvatro | "Romans" | Romance | 81 | 1 | |
| 1 | Tajik | Tahmina Niyazova | "Zangi Telefon" | Telephone Ring | 79 | 2 | |
| 2 | Turkmen | Lachin Mamedova | "Kushdepdi" | — | 43 | 7 | |
| 4 | Russian | The Dangerous Liaisons | "Podarki" | 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 | Russian | Amyan Razmik | "Dorogoy Dlinnoyu" | The Long Road | 69 | 2 | |
| 2 | Russian | Seyran | "Pozvoni" | Call | 55 | 6 | |
| 3 | Russian | The Champions | "Tam, Gde Klen Shumit" | Where the maple rustles | 50 | 7 | |
| 1 | Russian | Almas Kishkenbaev | "Ne Nado Pechalitsya" | Do not be sad | 58 | 5 | |
| 5 | Russian | Gulzinat Suranchieva | "Molba" | Plea | 68 | 3 | |
| 7 | Russian | Amber | "O, sudba" | Oh fate | 45 | 9 | |
| 11 | Russian | Boris Covali | "Melankoliye" | Melankolie | 49 | 8 | |
| 4 | Russian | Kvatro | "Skazhite, Devushki, Podruzhke Vashey" | Tell me, girl, your girlfriend | 70 | 1 | |
| 8 | Russian | Tahmina Niyazova | "Tsvety Pod Snegom" | Flowers in the snow | 68 | 3 | |
| 9 | Russian | Lachin Mamedova | "Nezhnost" | Tenderness | 45 | 9 | |
| 6 | Russian | The Dangerous Liaisons | "Moya Zemlya" | 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 | Russian | Amyan Razmik | "Pamyati Karuzo" | Caruso | 60 | 3 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | Seyran | "Shimarik" | 50 | 8 | ||
| 10 | English | The Champions | "I Like to Move It" | — | 51 | 7 | |
| 8 | Russian | Almas Kishkenbaev | "Sorry Seem to Be the Hardest Word" | — | 52 | 6 | |
| 9 | Spanish | Gulzinat Suranchieva | "La Isla Bonita" | The beautiful island | 57 | 4 | |
| 5 | French | Amber | "Milord" | — | 57 | 4 | |
| 1 | English | Boris Covali | "The Great Pretender" | — | 52 | 6 | |
| 3 | Spanish | Kvatro | "Solo otra vez" | Just one more time | 64 | 2 | |
| 6 | English | Tahmina Niyazova | "Hero" | — | 69 | 1 | |
| 11 | Arabic | Lachin Mamedova | "Habiby" | My darling | 52 | 6 | |
| 7 | 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:
| Place | Country | Points |
| 1 | 216 | |
| 2 | 215 | |
| 3 | 199 | |
| 4 | 195 | |
| 5 | 189 | |
| 6 | 174 | |
| 7 | 153 | |
| 8 | 150 | |
| 9 | 142 | |
| 10 | 141 | |
| 11 | 124 |
Other awards
Also there were other awards presented for different countries such as:| Award | Country |
| Grand Prix | |
| First Prize | & |
| Second Prize | & & |
| Third Prize | & & |
| Press award | |
| Debut Intervision | |
| Miss Intervision | |
| Prize of the City of Sochi | |
| Prize for Stylishness | |
| CIS Special Prize Fund |
Other countries
The contest is open to members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and other Central Asian countries.- – 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 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.