" Probka " ( Russian Cyrillic : Пробка ; English translation : Traffic Jam ) is a song by Latvian singer Intars Busulis , and was the Latvian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow , Russia . The song competed in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May 2009 but failed to reach the final , having finished last with 7 points . The song is unusually rhythmically complex for a Eurovision song , with the main verse section played in the unusual time signature of 7/4 , and constant changes in tempo . Busulis described " Probka " as " a song about a traffic jam in all senses and meanings . We all have experienced in our lives that we just hurry , rush somewhere and at the certain moment there is a stop , jam or '' probka '' . That ’s it – there is no way out , we are stuck ! This is an appropriate moment to think if it was worth it to run and hurry at all . " The song had won the national preliminary round for Latvia in Eurovision 2009 sung by Busulis in Latvian as " Sastrēgums " ( Traffic jam ) , and seemed set to become the second Latvian Eurovision entry sung in Latvian subsequent to " Dziesma par laimi " ( by Fomins & Kleins ) the 2004 Latvian entry : however the announcement of " Sastrēgums " as the Latvian Eurovision 2009 entry was followed by Busulis ' announcement that the number would be performed at Eurovision 2009 rendered in Russian as " Probka " , Russian being the language of Eurovision 2009 's host nation . Besides " Dziesma par laimi " and " Probka " , there has been one additional Latvian Eurovision entry which has not been performed in English : " Questa Notte " performed ( by Bonaparti.lv ) at Eurovision 2007 becoming the only non-English-language Latvian entry to-date to reach its year 's Eurovision final
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Probka