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 and was performed 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 '' , and , in an '' ESCtoday '' poll , he scored 71.3 % , making him the favourite to get into the final
54th Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Alexander Rybak