Following the release of the final participants list by the EBU , 42 countries confirmed their participation in the 2009 contest , including Slovakia , which returned to the contest after 11 years . Georgia originally announced that it was to withdraw from the contest due to the Russo-Georgian War in protest of the foreign policies of Russia , but later decided to return to the contest , inspired by its win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 , as well as Russia 's 12 points to it in the same contest . The country eventually withdrew from the contest due to its entry being deemed to contain political references , including in the title a play on words of Russia 's prime minister 's surname
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2009