Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the 2010 contest with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), the contest was held at the Düsseldorf Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2011.[1] The three live shows were presented by German comedians Anke Engelke and Stefan Raab, and television presenter Judith Rakers.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Feel Your Heart Beat! | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 10 May 2011 |
| Semi-final 2 | 12 May 2011 |
| Final | 14 May 2011 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Düsseldorf Arena Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Directed by | Ladislaus Kiraly |
| Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
| Executive producer |
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| Host broadcaster | Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on behalf of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 43 |
| Number of finalists | 25 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | None |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song | |
| 2010 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2012 | |
Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record for the 2008 edition. Four countries returned to the contest this year; Austria returned after their last participation in 2007, Hungary returned after their last participation in 2009, San Marino returned after their very first participation in 2008. Italy also returned to the contest after their last participation fourteen years earlier, in 1997.
The winner was Azerbaijan with the song "Running Scared", performed by Ell and Nikki and written by Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Iain James Farquharson. This was Azerbaijan's first victory in the contest, after only 4 years of participation. It was also the first male-female duo to win the contest since 1963. Azerbaijan won the televote and combined vote, while Italy won the jury vote and came second overall. Sweden, Ukraine and Denmark rounded out the top five. Apart from Italy, the only other "Big Five" country to make the top 10 was host nation Germany, finishing tenth. The United Kingdom followed closely behind, finishing eleventh. This was the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner did not place first in the jury voting; Italy was the jury winner, while Azerbaijan was the televote winner. Georgia, finishing ninth, equalled their best result from 2010.
The broadcast of the final won the Rose d'Or award for Best Live Event.[2]
Location edit
The contest took place in Düsseldorf, the seventh-largest city in Germany. This was the first contest to take place outside the host nation's capital city since the 2004 contest in Istanbul. It was also the first Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany since German reunification, with West Germany having previously hosted the contest in 1957[3] and 1983.[4] Germany was also the first member of the "Big Five" to host the contest since the implementation of the rule in 2000 that permits the five largest contributors to the EBU – Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy – to qualify automatically for the grand final alongside the previous year's winner.
The Düsseldorf Arena, a multi-functional football stadium, hosted the contest. The stadium acquired a rental period of six weeks, in order to allow construction and dismantling work in relation to the contest to be carried out.[5] The arena accommodated 35,000 spectators during the contest.[6] Düsseldorf offered 23,000 hotel beds and 2,000 additional beds in the Düsseldorf surroundings and on ships on the River Rhine.[7]
Bidding phase edit
Twenty-three cities submit official bids to the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), in order to be the host city for the 2011 contest.[8] Eight of these cities continued to show interest in hosting the event including Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Gelsenkirchen,[9] Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich.[10] NDR announced on 21 August 2010 that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 contest: Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, and Düsseldorf.[11] On 2 October 2010 the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper announced that Hamburg would be unable to host the 2011 Song Contest, because the city could no longer fulfil the required financial conditions.[12]
Concerns were raised about Berlin's bid concept which consisted of an inflatable tent to be built on Tempelhof's hangar area. Decision makers at NDR reportedly doubted the venue's ability to provide advantageous acoustic conditions. Berlin's speaker Richard Meng neither confirmed nor denied that because, he stated, "secrecy about the bid concepts was promised to the NDR".[13]
On 24 September 2010, it was announced that Fortuna Düsseldorf football club had applied to the Deutsche Fußball Liga for permission to move its home matches to the Paul-Janes-Stadion if the Düsseldorf Arena was awarded the Song Contest. This message indicated that talks with Düsseldorf to host the song contest in the Esprit Arena were already at an advanced stage.[14] The club later announced on 6 October 2010 that it had obtained permission to move its games if necessary.[15] The Neue Ruhr Zeitung newspaper reported on 12 December 2010 that Fortuna Düsseldorf were to be moved to the Paul-Janes-Stadion due to the contest. Fortuna Düsseldorf's training venue next to the Düsseldorf Arena would be equipped with mobile stands from a Swiss event construction specialist, Nussli Group, creating 20,000 extra seats.[16] This decision was made because the Arena Sportpark Düsseldorf holds better logistic qualifications.
On 12 October 2010, the German broadcaster NDR announced that the Düsseldorf Arena had been chosen as the host venue for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.[17][18]
Key † Host venue
| City | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | A large tent on the grounds of Tempelhof Airport | If chosen, the tent would have been located on the field near the hangars. Allegedly only room for 9,000 spectators. | [19] |
| Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Arena † | Home of the Fortuna Düsseldorf football club. The stadium can hold up to 50,000 spectators, but would hold up to 38,000 spectators for the contest | [19][20] |
| Hamburg | Hamburg Messehallen, Hall A1 | Would be staged at Hall A1, but with room for less than 10,000 spectators. | [19] |
| Hanover | Hanover Exhibition Centre | — | [19] |
Participating countries edit
On 31 December 2010, it was confirmed that 43 countries would compete in the 2011 contest.[21] The 2011 edition saw the returns of Austria, which had last participated in 2007; Italy, which had last participated in 1997; San Marino, which had only taken part in 2008; and Hungary, which had last participated in 2009.[21] Montenegro had applied to take part in the contest on 4 December, but decided against participation and withdrew on 23 December, two days before 25 December no-strings-attached deadline.[22]
Slovakia announced its withdrawal from the 2011 contest due to financial reasons, despite holding a public poll on the Slovenská televízia (STV) website on its Eurovision participation which received an 87.5% positive vote. STV announced that it planned to return in the 2012 contest.[23][24] However, Slovakia's application remained on the provisional list, leading to Slovakia's continued participation in the 2011 contest.[21] STV announced in January 2011 that Slovakia would yet withdraw from the contest, citing to financial reasons and organisational changes.[25] However the country was listed by the EBU as one of the semi-finalist countries in the semi-final allocation draw on 17 January, and STV later confirmed they would continue their participation to avoid a fine for a late withdrawal.[26][27]
At a meeting in Belgrade on 28 August 2010, the EBU decided that each country had to choose its artist and song before 14 March 2011. On 15 March 2011, the draw for the running order took place in the host city.[28] The semi-final allocation draw took place on 17 January in Düsseldorf.[21]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | RTSH | Aurela Gaçe | "Feel the Passion" | English |
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| Armenia | AMPTV | Emmy | "Boom Boom" | English |
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| Austria | ORF | Nadine Beiler | "The Secret is Love" | English | |
| Azerbaijan | İTV | Ell and Nikki | "Running Scared" | English |
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| Belarus | BTRC | Anastasia Vinnikova | "I Love Belarus" | English |
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| Belgium | RTBF | Witloof Bay | "With Love Baby" | English |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT | Dino Merlin | "Love in Rewind" | English | Dino Merlin |
| Bulgaria | BNT | Poli Genova | "Na inat" (На инат) | Bulgarian |
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| Croatia | HRT | Daria | "Celebrate" | English |
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| Cyprus | CyBC | Christos Mylordos | "San aggelos s'agapisa" (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα) | Greek |
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| Denmark | DR | A Friend in London | "New Tomorrow" | English |
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| Estonia | ERR | Getter Jaani | "Rockefeller Street" | English | Sven Lõhmus |
| Finland | Yle | Paradise Oskar | "Da Da Dam" | English | Axel Ehnström |
| France | France Télévisions | Amaury Vassili | "Sognu" | Corsican |
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| Georgia | GPB | Eldrine | "One More Day" | English |
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| Germany | NDR[a] | Lena | "Taken by a Stranger" | English | |
| Greece | ERT | Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike | "Watch My Dance" | English, Greek |
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| Hungary | MTVA | Kati Wolf | "What About My Dreams?" | English, Hungarian |
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| Iceland | RÚV | Sjonni's Friends | "Coming Home" | English | |
| Ireland | RTÉ | Jedward | "Lipstick" | English |
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| Israel | IBA | Dana International | "Ding Dong" | Hebrew, English | Dana International |
| Italy | RAI | Raphael Gualazzi | "Madness of Love" | Italian, English | Raffaele Gualazzi |
| Latvia | LTV | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | English | Marats Ogļezņevs |
| Lithuania | LRT | Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | English |
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| Macedonia | MRT | Vlatko Ilievski | "Rusinka" (Русинкa) | Macedonian, English |
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| Malta | PBS | Glen Vella | "One Life" | English |
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| Moldova | TRM | Zdob şi Zdub | "So Lucky" | English |
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| Netherlands | TROS | 3JS | "Never Alone" | English |
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| Norway | NRK | Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | English, Swahili |
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| Poland | TVP | Magdalena Tul | "Jestem" | Polish | Magdalena Tul |
| Portugal | RTP | Homens da Luta | "A luta é alegria" | Portuguese |
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| Romania | TVR | Hotel FM | "Change" | English |
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| Russia | C1R | Alexey Vorobyov | "Get You" | English, Russian | |
| San Marino | SMRTV | Senit | "Stand By" | English | Radiosa Romani |
| Serbia | RTS | Nina | "Čaroban" (Чаробан) | Serbian | Kristina Kovač |
| Slovakia | RTVS | Twiins | "I'm Still Alive" | English |
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| Slovenia | RTVSLO | Maja Keuc | "No One" | English |
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| Spain | RTVE | Lucía Pérez | "Que me quiten lo bailao" | Spanish | Rafael Artesero |
| Sweden | SVT | Eric Saade | "Popular" | English | Fredrik Kempe |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | Anna Rossinelli | "In Love for a While" | English | David Klein |
| Turkey | TRT | Yüksek Sadakat | "Live It Up" | English |
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| Ukraine | NTU | Mika Newton | "Angel" | English |
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| United Kingdom | BBC | Blue | "I Can" | English |
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Returning artists edit
Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest, including Dino Merlin,[32] who had represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999. Gunnar Ólason (part of Sjonni's Friends)[33] for Iceland had last appeared in 2001 as part of Two Tricky.[citation needed] Moldova's 2005 entrant Zdob și Zdub also returned.[34] TWiiNS from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008.[35] Sophio Toroshelidze, the lead singer of Eldrine from Georgia, was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia's entry in 2010.[36]
Along with those artists, two previous Eurovision winners also returned to the contest: Dana International who won for Israel in 1998, and Lena[1] who won for Germany in 2010 and brought the contest to Düsseldorf. Stefan Raab, who represented Germany in 2000 and appeared as a conductor and backing artist for other German entries, hosted the contest. This was the first time since 1958 and only the second time in the history of the contest that two former winners returned on the same year.
Format edit
The four countries that were part of the "Big Four", along with the host of the contest, automatically qualify for a place in the grand final. Since Germany was both a "Big Four" country and the host for the 2011 contest, there was a vacant spot in the grand final. At a Reference Group meeting in Belgrade it was decided that the existing rules would remain in place, and that the number of participants in the grand final would simply be lowered from twenty-five to twenty-four.[37] On 31 December 2010, the official participation list was published by the EBU, which stipulated that with the return of Italy to the contest, the nation would become a member of the newly expanded "Big Five". This change permitted Italy automatic qualification into the grand final, alongside France, Spain, the United Kingdom and host nation Germany, restoring the number of participants for the grand final to twenty-five nations.[21]
On 30 August 2010, it was announced that Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, would be leaving his position on 31 December 2010.[38] On 26 November 2010, the EBU announced that Jon Ola Sand would succeed Stockselius as Executive Supervisor.[39]
Semi-final allocation draw edit
The draw to determine the semi-final running orders was held on 17 January 2011. All of the participating countries excluding the automatic finalists were split into six pots, based on the voting history of those countries in previous years. From these pots, half (or as close to half as was possible) competed in the first semi-final on 10 May 2011. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 12 May 2011. This draw doubled as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals commenced. The draw also determined in which of the semi-finals the automatic finalists would be able to cast their votes.[26]
Israeli broadcaster IBA requested to compete in the second semi-final, rather than the first semi-final that was pulled in the draw, due to Israel's Memorial Day coinciding with the first semi-final. German broadcaster NDR also requested that it be allowed to vote in the second semi-final for scheduling reasons.[26]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graphic design edit
The design of the contest was built around the slogan "Feel Your Heart Beat", with the logo and on-screen graphics designed by Turquoise Branding.[40] The postcard introducing each performance included the logo in the colours of the performing country (e.g. the United Kingdom in red, white and blue); then a German place was shown in a toy-like view using tilt-shift photography and a story happened there, whose main characters were people either living in Germany or tourists from that country. The contest's motto, 'Feel your heart beat', was then shown or said in the country's national or native language.[41] For example, in the first postcard shown (Poland's), the boyfriend drops a piece of paper. The camera then pans down to the paper, to show the Polish phrase "Poczuj bicie serca" handwritten on it. In the second postcard shown (Norway's), a mountain climber from Norway climbs to the top of a mountain and yells the Norwegian phrase "Kjenn ditt hjerte slå.". Then, the heart appeared once again, and the stage and the crowd could be seen, with heartbeat sounds and pink lights pulsating in rhythm with the heartbeat, before the performance started.
The main colours of the letterboxes were black and pink. The scoreboard showed a spokesperson from the country giving their votes on the right, while showing a table of results on the left. The large points (8, 10 and 12) were highlighted in pink, whilst the lower points, (1–7) were in purple.[42] This scoreboard design was used again the following year, with minor changes such as the large points appearing progressively larger in size compared to the lower points and the highlighted colours changed to match the 2012 theme, "Light your fire!"[43]
National host broadcaster edit
ARD, the European Broadcasting Union member to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany, is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. The ARD has 10 members. The venues that were in consideration are located in the areas of three different members: Berlin is located within the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) member area, Hamburg and Hanover within the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) area and Düsseldorf within the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) broadcasting area. While NDR has been responsible for the transmission of the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years when the final took place in other countries, the financial scope of the three broadcasters seemed to have become a decisive factor in the application procedure for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The Tagesspiegel reported on 7 October 2010 that the costs for hosting this event resulted in a tense discussion about necessary savings on other programme contents made by the three broadcasters.
Hosts edit
On 16 December 2010, NDR announced that Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers, and Stefan Raab were to be the presenters for the contest. It was the third time three people would host the contest, the previous such contests being 1999 and 2010.[44] Raab is known as the German representative in 2000 with "Wadde hadde dudde da?", whereas Engelke is an actress and comedian, and Rakers journalist and television presenter.
Event concept and ticket sale edit
On 13 October 2010 Thomas Schreiber, coordinator at ARD, outlined details of Düsseldorf's event concept. The Esprit Arena was to be split in two parts separated from each other. On one side of the stadium the stage would be installed while the other side would function as background dressing rooms for the artist delegations. An athletics arena next to the Esprit Arena would serve as the press centre for the event. The Esprit Arena offered comfortable seats relatively near to the stage that created an indoor event arena atmosphere rather than a football-stadium ambiance. There were plans to allow the public the chance to attend the dress rehearsals.[45] Altogether, tickets were sold for seven shows (the grand final, two semi-finals and four dress rehearsals).[46]
He also said in that interview that tickets for the event were likely to go on sale "within the next four weeks" (by mid-November 2010). NDR had already opened a preregistration e-mail-newsletter on its website for all people interested in tickets for the event.[47]
Ticket sales started on 12 December 2010 at 12:12 CET on the website www.dticket.de, the only authorised seller.[48] However, the ticket page opened for sales approximately two hours earlier than originally advertised; this announcement was made by an email newsletter sent to preregistered buyers minutes before opening, giving them a slight benefit in acquiring tickets. The grand final 32,000 tickets that were put on sale on 12 December sold out in less than six hours. Once camera positions had been determined, a few thousand extra tickets were put on sale.
Tickets for the semi-finals were put on sale in mid-January, when it was known which countries would take part in each semi-final.[49]
Contest overview edit
Semi-final 1 edit
The first semi-final took place in Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf on 10 May 2011. The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the grand final.[50] Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | Magdalena Tul | "Jestem" | 18 | 19 |
| 2 | Norway | Stella Mwangi | "Haba Haba" | 30 | 17 |
| 3 | Albania | Aurela Gaçe | "Feel the Passion" | 47 | 14 |
| 4 | Armenia | Emmy | "Boom Boom" | 54 | 12 |
| 5 | Turkey | Yüksek Sadakat | "Live It Up" | 47 | 13 |
| 6 | Serbia | Nina | "Čaroban" | 67 | 8 |
| 7 | Russia | Alexey Vorobyov | "Get You" | 64 | 9 |
| 8 | Switzerland | Anna Rossinelli | "In Love for a While" | 55 | 10 |
| 9 | Georgia | Eldrine | "One More Day" | 74 | 6 |
| 10 | Finland | Paradise Oskar | "Da Da Dam" | 103 | 3 |
| 11 | Malta | Glen Vella | "One Life" | 54 | 11 |
| 12 | San Marino | Senit | "Stand By" | 34 | 16 |
| 13 | Croatia | Daria | "Celebrate" | 41 | 15 |
| 14 | Iceland | Sjonni's Friends | "Coming Home" | 100 | 4 |
| 15 | Hungary | Kati Wolf | "What About My Dreams?" | 72 | 7 |
| 16 | Portugal | Homens da Luta | "A luta é alegria" | 22 | 18 |
| 17 | Lithuania | Evelina Sašenko | "C'est ma vie" | 81 | 5 |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | Ell & Nikki | "Running Scared" | 122 | 2 |
| 19 | Greece | Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike | "Watch My Dance" | 133 | 1 |
Semi-final 2 edit
The second semi-final took place in Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf on 12 May 2011. The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the grand final.[50] France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dino Merlin | "Love in Rewind" | 109 | 5 |
| 2 | Austria | Nadine Beiler | "The Secret Is Love" | 69 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3JS | "Never Alone" | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Belgium | Witloof Bay | "With Love Baby" | 53 | 11 |
| 5 | Slovakia | Twiins | "I'm Still Alive" | 48 | 13 |
| 6 | Ukraine | Mika Newton | "Angel" | 81 | 6 |
| 7 | Moldova | Zdob și Zdub | "So Lucky" | 54 | 10 |
| 8 | Sweden | Eric Saade | "Popular" | 155 | 1 |
| 9 | Cyprus | Christos Mylordos | "San aggelos s'agapisa" | 16 | 18 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | Poli Genova | "Na inat" | 48 | 12 |
| 11 | Macedonia | Vlatko Ilievski | "Rusinka" | 36 | 16 |
| 12 | Israel | Dana International | "Ding Dong" | 38 | 15 |
| 13 | Slovenia | Maja Keuc | "No One" | 112 | 3 |
| 14 | Romania | Hotel FM | "Change" | 111 | 4 |
| 15 | Estonia | Getter Jaani | "Rockefeller Street" | 60 | 9 |
| 16 | Belarus | Anastasia Vinnikova | "I Love Belarus" | 45 | 14 |
| 17 | Latvia | Musiqq | "Angel in Disguise" | 25 | 17 |
| 18 | Denmark | A Friend in London | "New Tomorrow" | 135 | 2 |
| 19 | Ireland | Jedward | "Lipstick" | 68 | 8 |
Final edit
The final took place on 14 May 2011. Only the "Big Five" countries automatically qualified for the grand final. From the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May 2011, twenty countries qualified for the grand final. A total of twenty-five countries competed in the grand final.[28] The voting system used was the same as in the 2010 contest, with a combination of televotes and jury votes selecting the winner. Viewers were able to vote during the performances; the voting window ended 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs.[50]
Background music for the show included "Wonderful" by Gary Go.
Spokespersons edit
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Unlike previous years, the voting order was not drawn with the order of presentation of songs. Rather, the voting order was calculated just before the event, to reduce the likelihood of there being an outright winner from the start. Countries revealed their votes in the following order:
- Russia – Dima Bilan
- Bulgaria – Maria Ilieva
- Netherlands – Mandy Huydts[54]
- Italy – Raffaella Carrà
- Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
- Ukraine – Ruslana[55]
- Finland – Susan Aho[56]
- Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
- Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
- Macedonia – Kristina Taleska
- Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
- Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
- United Kingdom – Alex Jones[57]
- Denmark – Lise Rønne[58]
- Austria – Kati Bellowitsch[59]
- Poland – Odeta Moro-Figurska
- Sweden – Danny Saucedo[60]
- San Marino – Nicola Della Valle
- Germany – Ina Müller[61]
- Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh[62]
- Slovenia – Klemen Slakonja[63]
- Turkey – Ömer Önder
- Switzerland – Cécile Bähler[64]
- Greece – Lena Aroni[65]
- Georgia – Sofia Nizharadze
- France – Cyril Féraud[66]
- Serbia – Dušica Spasić[67]
- Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
- Belarus – Leila Ismailava[68]
- Romania – Malvina Cservenschi
- Albania – Leon Menkshi
- Malta – Kelly Schembri[69]
- Portugal – Joana Teles
- Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
- Lithuania – Giedrius Masalskis
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Vidmar
- Ireland – Derek Mooney
- Spain – Elena S. Sánchez[70]
- Israel – Ofer Nachshon[71]
- Estonia – Piret Järvis[72]
- Moldova – Geta Burlacu[73]
- Belgium – Maureen Louys[74]
- Latvia – Aisha[75]
Detailed voting results edit
The split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU after the final. As in 2010, only the split totals received by each country were given, not the full breakdown.[76]
Semi-final 1 edit
| Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Greece | 133 | Lithuania | 113 | Greece | 154 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 122 | Azerbaijan | 109 | Azerbaijan | 124 |
| 3 | Finland | 103 | Iceland | 104 | Finland | 111 |
| 4 | Iceland | 100 | Serbia | 102 | Russia | 93 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 81 | Finland | 86 | Georgia | 90 |
| 6 | Georgia | 74 | Malta | 84 | Iceland | 79 |
| 7 | Hungary | 72 | Switzerland | 76 | Armenia | 75 |
| 8 | Serbia | 67 | San Marino | 74 | Hungary | 73 |
| 9 | Russia | 64 | Greece | 74 | Norway | 56 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 55 | Hungary | 65 | Turkey | 54 |
| 11 | Malta | 54[b] | Albania | 61 | Lithuania | 52 |
| 12 | Armenia | 54[b] | Turkey | 58 | Switzerland | 45 |
| 13 | Turkey | 47[c] | Georgia | 51 | Albania | 42 |
| 14 | Albania | 47[c] | Croatia | 49 | Serbia | 42 |
| 15 | Croatia | 41 | Armenia | 33 | Portugal | 39 |
| 16 | San Marino | 34 | Russia | 31 | Croatia | 32 |
| 17 | Norway | 30 | Norway | 29 | Poland | 25 |
| 18 | Portugal | 22 | Poland | 13 | Malta | 24 |
| 19 | Poland | 18 | Portugal | 6 | San Marino | 8 |
| Poland | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Norway | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Albania | 47 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Armenia | 54 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Turkey | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Serbia | 67 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Russia | 64 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 55 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Georgia | 74 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| Finland | 103 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Malta | 54 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| San Marino | 34 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 41 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 100 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||
| Hungary | 72 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Portugal | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 81 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||||||
| Azerbaijan | 122 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Greece | 133 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||
12 points edit
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Finland | Iceland, Norway, Russia |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | Georgia, Turkey |
| Croatia | Malta, Serbia | |
| Iceland | Hungary, Spain | |
| Lithuania | Poland, United Kingdom | |
| Serbia | Croatia, Switzerland | |
| Turkey | Albania, Azerbaijan | |
| 1 | Albania | Greece |
| Georgia | Lithuania | |
| Greece | Portugal | |
| Hungary | Finland | |
| Malta | San Marino | |
| Russia | Armenia |
Semi-final 2 edit
| Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Sweden | 155 | Slovenia | 146 | Sweden | 159 |
| 2 | Denmark | 135 | Denmark | 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 131 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 112 | Sweden | 99 | Romania | 121 |
| 4 | Romania | 111 | Austria | 95 | Denmark | 115 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109 | Romania | 85 | Ukraine | 91 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 81 | Estonia | 83 | Ireland | 78 |
| 7 | Austria | 69 | Ukraine | 76 | Slovenia | 68 |
| 8 | Ireland | 68 | Belgium | 71 | Moldova | 61 |
| 9 | Estonia | 60 | Slovakia | 71 | Belarus | 54 |
| 10 | Moldova | 54 | Ireland | 66 | Austria | 52 |
| 11 | Belgium | 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65 | Israel | 51 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 48[d] | Bulgaria | 59 | Belgium | 50 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 48[d] | Moldova | 53 | Estonia | 46 |
| 14 | Belarus | 45 | Macedonia | 47 | Bulgaria | 43 |
| 15 | Israel | 38 | Belarus | 38 | Latvia | 43 |
| 16 | Macedonia | 36 | Israel | 36 | Slovakia | 40 |
| 17 | Latvia | 25 | Cyprus | 24 | Macedonia | 33 |
| 18 | Cyprus | 16 | Netherlands | 22 | Cyprus | 23 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 13 | Latvia | 11 | Netherlands | 17 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 69 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |||||||
| Netherlands | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 53 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 48 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 81 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Moldova | 54 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | 155 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Cyprus | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
| Macedonia | 36 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 38 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 112 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Romania | 111 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | |||||
| Estonia | 60 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Belarus | 45 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Latvia | 25 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 135 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Ireland | 68 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||
12 points edit
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Sweden | Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Israel, Netherlands |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Austria, eurovision, song, contest, 2011, eurovision, 2011, redirects, here, junior, contest, junior, 56th, edition, eurovision, song, contest, took, place, düsseldorf, germany, following, country, victory, 2010, contest, with, song, satellite, lena, organised, europea. Eurovision 2011 redirects here For the junior contest see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest It took place in Dusseldorf Germany following the country s victory at the 2010 contest with the song Satellite by Lena Organised by the European Broadcasting Union EBU and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland ARD and Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR the contest was held at the Dusseldorf Arena and consisted of two semi finals on 10 and 12 May and a final on 14 May 2011 1 The three live shows were presented by German comedians Anke Engelke and Stefan Raab and television presenter Judith Rakers Eurovision Song Contest 2011Feel Your Heart Beat DatesSemi final 110 May 2011 2011 05 10 Semi final 212 May 2011 2011 05 12 Final14 May 2011 2011 05 14 HostVenueDusseldorf ArenaDusseldorf GermanyPresenter s Anke EngelkeJudith RakersStefan RaabDirected byLadislaus KiralyExecutive supervisorJon Ola SandExecutive producerRalf QuibeldeyThomas SchreiberHost broadcasterNorddeutscher Rundfunk NDR on behalf of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der offentlich rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ARD Websiteeurovision wbr tv wbr event wbr dusseldorf 2011ParticipantsNumber of entries43Number of finalists25Debuting countriesNoneReturning countries Austria Hungary Italy San MarinoNon returning countriesNoneParticipation map Finalist countries Countries eliminated in the semi finals Countries that participated in the past but not in 2011VoteVoting systemEach country awarded 12 10 8 1 points to their 10 favourite songsWinning song Azerbaijan Running Scared 2010 Eurovision Song Contest 2012Forty three countries participated in the contest equalling the record for the 2008 edition Four countries returned to the contest this year Austria returned after their last participation in 2007 Hungary returned after their last participation in 2009 San Marino returned after their very first participation in 2008 Italy also returned to the contest after their last participation fourteen years earlier in 1997 The winner was Azerbaijan with the song Running Scared performed by Ell and Nikki and written by Stefan Orn Sandra Bjurman and Iain James Farquharson This was Azerbaijan s first victory in the contest after only 4 years of participation It was also the first male female duo to win the contest since 1963 Azerbaijan won the televote and combined vote while Italy won the jury vote and came second overall Sweden Ukraine and Denmark rounded out the top five Apart from Italy the only other Big Five country to make the top 10 was host nation Germany finishing tenth The United Kingdom followed closely behind finishing eleventh This was the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner did not place first in the jury voting Italy was the jury winner while Azerbaijan was the televote winner Georgia finishing ninth equalled their best result from 2010 The broadcast of the final won the Rose d Or award for Best Live Event 2 Contents 1 Location 1 1 Bidding phase 2 Participating countries 2 1 Returning artists 3 Format 3 1 Semi final allocation draw 3 2 Graphic design 3 3 National host broadcaster 3 4 Hosts 3 5 Event concept and ticket sale 4 Contest overview 4 1 Semi final 1 4 2 Semi final 2 4 3 Final 4 3 1 Spokespersons 5 Detailed voting results 5 1 Semi final 1 5 1 1 12 points 5 2 Semi final 2 5 2 1 12 points 5 3 Final 5 3 1 12 points 6 Broadcasts 7 Incidents 7 1 Technical issues during semi final 1 8 Other awards 8 1 Marcel Bezencon Awards 8 2 OGAE 8 3 Barbara Dex Award 9 Official album 9 1 Charts 10 See also 11 Notes and references 11 1 Notes 11 2 References 12 External linksLocation edit nbsp Dusseldorf Arena host venue of the 2011 contest The contest took place in Dusseldorf the seventh largest city in Germany This was the first contest to take place outside the host nation s capital city since the 2004 contest in Istanbul It was also the first Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany since German reunification with West Germany having previously hosted the contest in 1957 3 and 1983 4 Germany was also the first member of the Big Five to host the contest since the implementation of the rule in 2000 that permits the five largest contributors to the EBU Germany France the United Kingdom Spain and Italy to qualify automatically for the grand final alongside the previous year s winner The Dusseldorf Arena a multi functional football stadium hosted the contest The stadium acquired a rental period of six weeks in order to allow construction and dismantling work in relation to the contest to be carried out 5 The arena accommodated 35 000 spectators during the contest 6 Dusseldorf offered 23 000 hotel beds and 2 000 additional beds in the Dusseldorf surroundings and on ships on the River Rhine 7 Bidding phase edit Twenty three cities submit official bids to the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR in order to be the host city for the 2011 contest 8 Eight of these cities continued to show interest in hosting the event including Berlin Hamburg Hanover Gelsenkirchen 9 Dusseldorf Cologne Frankfurt and Munich 10 NDR announced on 21 August 2010 that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 contest Berlin Hamburg Hanover and Dusseldorf 11 On 2 October 2010 the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper announced that Hamburg would be unable to host the 2011 Song Contest because the city could no longer fulfil the required financial conditions 12 nbsp nbsp Berlin nbsp Cologne nbsp Dusseldorf nbsp Frankfurt am Main nbsp Gelsenkirchen nbsp Hamburg nbsp Hanover nbsp Munichclass notpageimage Locations of the candidate cities the chosen host city is marked in blue The cities that officially applied to host are marked in green while the cities that showed interest but pulled out are marked in red Concerns were raised about Berlin s bid concept which consisted of an inflatable tent to be built on Tempelhof s hangar area Decision makers at NDR reportedly doubted the venue s ability to provide advantageous acoustic conditions Berlin s speaker Richard Meng neither confirmed nor denied that because he stated secrecy about the bid concepts was promised to the NDR 13 On 24 September 2010 it was announced that Fortuna Dusseldorf football club had applied to the Deutsche Fussball Liga for permission to move its home matches to the Paul Janes Stadion if the Dusseldorf Arena was awarded the Song Contest This message indicated that talks with Dusseldorf to host the song contest in the Esprit Arena were already at an advanced stage 14 The club later announced on 6 October 2010 that it had obtained permission to move its games if necessary 15 The Neue Ruhr Zeitung newspaper reported on 12 December 2010 that Fortuna Dusseldorf were to be moved to the Paul Janes Stadion due to the contest Fortuna Dusseldorf s training venue next to the Dusseldorf Arena would be equipped with mobile stands from a Swiss event construction specialist Nussli Group creating 20 000 extra seats 16 This decision was made because the Arena Sportpark Dusseldorf holds better logistic qualifications On 12 October 2010 the German broadcaster NDR announced that the Dusseldorf Arena had been chosen as the host venue for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest 17 18 Key Host venue City Venue Notes Ref Berlin A large tent on the grounds of Tempelhof Airport If chosen the tent would have been located on the field near the hangars Allegedly only room for 9 000 spectators 19 Dusseldorf Dusseldorf Arena Home of the Fortuna Dusseldorf football club The stadium can hold up to 50 000 spectators but would hold up to 38 000 spectators for the contest 19 20 Hamburg Hamburg Messehallen Hall A1 Would be staged at Hall A1 but with room for less than 10 000 spectators 19 Hanover Hanover Exhibition Centre 19 Participating countries editFurther information List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Participation summaries by countryAlbaniaArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaMacedoniaMaltaMoldovaNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomOn 31 December 2010 it was confirmed that 43 countries would compete in the 2011 contest 21 The 2011 edition saw the returns of Austria which had last participated in 2007 Italy which had last participated in 1997 San Marino which had only taken part in 2008 and Hungary which had last participated in 2009 21 Montenegro had applied to take part in the contest on 4 December but decided against participation and withdrew on 23 December two days before 25 December no strings attached deadline 22 Slovakia announced its withdrawal from the 2011 contest due to financial reasons despite holding a public poll on the Slovenska televizia STV website on its Eurovision participation which received an 87 5 positive vote STV announced that it planned to return in the 2012 contest 23 24 However Slovakia s application remained on the provisional list leading to Slovakia s continued participation in the 2011 contest 21 STV announced in January 2011 that Slovakia would yet withdraw from the contest citing to financial reasons and organisational changes 25 However the country was listed by the EBU as one of the semi finalist countries in the semi final allocation draw on 17 January and STV later confirmed they would continue their participation to avoid a fine for a late withdrawal 26 27 At a meeting in Belgrade on 28 August 2010 the EBU decided that each country had to choose its artist and song before 14 March 2011 On 15 March 2011 the draw for the running order took place in the host city 28 The semi final allocation draw took place on 17 January in Dusseldorf 21 Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 29 30 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter s nbsp Albania RTSH Aurela Gace Feel the Passion English Sokol MarsiShpetim Saraci nbsp Armenia AMPTV Emmy Boom Boom English Hayk HarutyunyanHayk HovhannisyanSosi Khanikyan nbsp Austria ORF Nadine Beiler The Secret is Love English Nadine BeilerThomas Rabitsch nbsp Azerbaijan ITV Ell and Nikki Running Scared English Sandra BjurmanIain James FarquharsonStefan Orn nbsp Belarus BTRC Anastasia Vinnikova I Love Belarus English Svetlana GeraskovaEugene Oleynik nbsp Belgium RTBF Witloof Bay With Love Baby English Benoit GiauxRoxorLoops nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Dino Merlin Love in Rewind English Dino Merlin nbsp Bulgaria BNT Poli Genova Na inat Na inat Bulgarian Sebastian ArmanDavid BronnerPoli GenovaBorislav Milanov nbsp Croatia HRT Daria Celebrate English Boris ĐurđevicMarina Mudrinic nbsp Cyprus CyBC Christos Mylordos San aggelos s agapisa San aggelos s agaphsa Greek Andreas AnastasiouMichalis Antoniou nbsp Denmark DR A Friend in London New Tomorrow English Lise CabbleJakob Schack Glaesner nbsp Estonia ERR Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street English Sven Lohmus nbsp Finland Yle Paradise Oskar Da Da Dam English Axel Ehnstrom nbsp France France Televisions Amaury Vassili Sognu Corsican Quentin BacheletJean Pierre MarcellesiJulie MillerDaniel Moyne nbsp Georgia GPB Eldrine One More Day English Mikheil ChelidzeDJ BE DJ Rock nbsp Germany NDR a Lena Taken by a Stranger English Monica BirkenesNicole MorierGus Seyffert nbsp Greece ERT Loukas Yorkas feat Stereo Mike Watch My Dance English Greek Giannis ChristodoulopoulosEleana Vrachali nbsp Hungary MTVA Kati Wolf What About My Dreams English Hungarian Peter GesztiJohnny K PalmerGergo RaczViktor Rakonczai nbsp Iceland RUV Sjonni s Friends Coming Home English Sjonni BrinkTHorunn Clausen nbsp Ireland RTE Jedward Lipstick English Lars Halvor JensenMartin Michael LarssonDaniel Priddy nbsp Israel IBA Dana International Ding Dong Hebrew English Dana International nbsp Italy RAI Raphael Gualazzi Madness of Love Italian English Raffaele Gualazzi nbsp Latvia LTV Musiqq Angel in Disguise English Marats Ogleznevs nbsp Lithuania LRT Evelina Sasenko C est ma vie English Andrius KairysPaulius Zdanavicius nbsp Macedonia MRT Vlatko Ilievski Rusinka Rusinka Macedonian English Vladimir DojcinovskiJovan JovanovGrigor KoprovMarko Marinkovic Slatkaristika nbsp Malta PBS Glen Vella One Life English Fleur BalzanPaul Giordimaina nbsp Moldova TRM Zdob si Zdub So Lucky English Marc ElsnerMihai GincuRoman IagupovAndy Schuman nbsp Netherlands TROS 3JS Never Alone English Jan DullesJaap KwakmanJaap de Witte nbsp Norway NRK Stella Mwangi Haba Haba English Swahili Beyond51Big CityStella Mwangi nbsp Poland TVP Magdalena Tul Jestem Polish Magdalena Tul nbsp Portugal RTP Homens da Luta A luta e alegria Portuguese Vasco DuarteJel nbsp Romania TVR Hotel FM Change English Gabriel BăruţaAlexandra Ivan nbsp Russia C1R Alexey Vorobyov Get You English Russian AJ JuniorBilal The Chef RedOneEric SanicolaAlexey Vorobyov nbsp San Marino SMRTV Senit Stand By English Radiosa Romani nbsp Serbia RTS Nina Caroban Charoban Serbian Kristina Kovac nbsp Slovakia RTVS Twiins I m Still Alive English Branislav JancichSandra NordstromBryan Todd nbsp Slovenia RTVSLO Maja Keuc No One English Matjaz VlasicUrsa Vlasic nbsp Spain RTVE Lucia Perez Que me quiten lo bailao Spanish Rafael Artesero nbsp Sweden SVT Eric Saade Popular English Fredrik Kempe nbsp Switzerland SRG SSR Anna Rossinelli In Love for a While English David Klein nbsp Turkey TRT Yuksek Sadakat Live It Up English Ergun ArsalKutlu Ozmakinaci nbsp Ukraine NTU Mika Newton Angel English Ruslan KvintaMaryna Skomorohova nbsp United Kingdom BBC Blue I Can English Ciaron BellBen CollierIan HopeDuncan JamesLiam KeenanLee RyanStarSignReturning artists edit nbsp Israeli backing vocalists at Eurovision 2011Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest including Dino Merlin 32 who had represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999 Gunnar olason part of Sjonni s Friends 33 for Iceland had last appeared in 2001 as part of Two Tricky citation needed Moldova s 2005 entrant Zdob și Zdub also returned 34 TWiiNS from Slovakia also return they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008 35 Sophio Toroshelidze the lead singer of Eldrine from Georgia was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze Georgia s entry in 2010 36 Along with those artists two previous Eurovision winners also returned to the contest Dana International who won for Israel in 1998 and Lena 1 who won for Germany in 2010 and brought the contest to Dusseldorf Stefan Raab who represented Germany in 2000 and appeared as a conductor and backing artist for other German entries hosted the contest This was the first time since 1958 and only the second time in the history of the contest that two former winners returned on the same year Format editThe four countries that were part of the Big Four along with the host of the contest automatically qualify for a place in the grand final Since Germany was both a Big Four country and the host for the 2011 contest there was a vacant spot in the grand final At a Reference Group meeting in Belgrade it was decided that the existing rules would remain in place and that the number of participants in the grand final would simply be lowered from twenty five to twenty four 37 On 31 December 2010 the official participation list was published by the EBU which stipulated that with the return of Italy to the contest the nation would become a member of the newly expanded Big Five This change permitted Italy automatic qualification into the grand final alongside France Spain the United Kingdom and host nation Germany restoring the number of participants for the grand final to twenty five nations 21 On 30 August 2010 it was announced that Svante Stockselius Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest would be leaving his position on 31 December 2010 38 On 26 November 2010 the EBU announced that Jon Ola Sand would succeed Stockselius as Executive Supervisor 39 Semi final allocation draw edit nbsp Results of the semi final allocation draw Participating countries in the first semi final Pre qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi final Participating countries in the second semi final Pre qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi finalThe draw to determine the semi final running orders was held on 17 January 2011 All of the participating countries excluding the automatic finalists were split into six pots based on the voting history of those countries in previous years From these pots half or as close to half as was possible competed in the first semi final on 10 May 2011 The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi final on 12 May 2011 This draw doubled as an approximate running order in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals commenced The draw also determined in which of the semi finals the automatic finalists would be able to cast their votes 26 Israeli broadcaster IBA requested to compete in the second semi final rather than the first semi final that was pulled in the draw due to Israel s Memorial Day coinciding with the first semi final German broadcaster NDR also requested that it be allowed to vote in the second semi final for scheduling reasons 26 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 nbsp Albania nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Croatia nbsp Macedonia nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Switzerland nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp Finland nbsp Iceland nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Belarus nbsp Georgia nbsp Israel nbsp Moldova nbsp Russia nbsp Ukraine nbsp Armenia nbsp Belgium nbsp Cyprus nbsp Greece nbsp Netherlands nbsp Turkey nbsp Ireland nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Malta nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Austria nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Hungary nbsp Poland nbsp San Marino nbsp SlovakiaGraphic design edit nbsp Ell and Nikki of Azerbaijan during the ESC 2011The design of the contest was built around the slogan Feel Your Heart Beat with the logo and on screen graphics designed by Turquoise Branding 40 The postcard introducing each performance included the logo in the colours of the performing country e g the United Kingdom in red white and blue then a German place was shown in a toy like view using tilt shift photography and a story happened there whose main characters were people either living in Germany or tourists from that country The contest s motto Feel your heart beat was then shown or said in the country s national or native language 41 For example in the first postcard shown Poland s the boyfriend drops a piece of paper The camera then pans down to the paper to show the Polish phrase Poczuj bicie serca handwritten on it In the second postcard shown Norway s a mountain climber from Norway climbs to the top of a mountain and yells the Norwegian phrase Kjenn ditt hjerte sla Then the heart appeared once again and the stage and the crowd could be seen with heartbeat sounds and pink lights pulsating in rhythm with the heartbeat before the performance started The main colours of the letterboxes were black and pink The scoreboard showed a spokesperson from the country giving their votes on the right while showing a table of results on the left The large points 8 10 and 12 were highlighted in pink whilst the lower points 1 7 were in purple 42 This scoreboard design was used again the following year with minor changes such as the large points appearing progressively larger in size compared to the lower points and the highlighted colours changed to match the 2012 theme Light your fire 43 National host broadcaster edit nbsp Anke Engelke Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab hosted the 2011 edition ARD the European Broadcasting Union member to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany is a joint organisation of Germany s regional public service broadcasters The ARD has 10 members The venues that were in consideration are located in the areas of three different members Berlin is located within the Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg RBB member area Hamburg and Hanover within the Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR area and Dusseldorf within the Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR broadcasting area While NDR has been responsible for the transmission of the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years when the final took place in other countries the financial scope of the three broadcasters seemed to have become a decisive factor in the application procedure for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest The Tagesspiegel reported on 7 October 2010 that the costs for hosting this event resulted in a tense discussion about necessary savings on other programme contents made by the three broadcasters Hosts edit On 16 December 2010 NDR announced that Anke Engelke Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab were to be the presenters for the contest It was the third time three people would host the contest the previous such contests being 1999 and 2010 44 Raab is known as the German representative in 2000 with Wadde hadde dudde da whereas Engelke is an actress and comedian and Rakers journalist and television presenter Event concept and ticket sale edit On 13 October 2010 Thomas Schreiber coordinator at ARD outlined details of Dusseldorf s event concept The Esprit Arena was to be split in two parts separated from each other On one side of the stadium the stage would be installed while the other side would function as background dressing rooms for the artist delegations An athletics arena next to the Esprit Arena would serve as the press centre for the event The Esprit Arena offered comfortable seats relatively near to the stage that created an indoor event arena atmosphere rather than a football stadium ambiance There were plans to allow the public the chance to attend the dress rehearsals 45 Altogether tickets were sold for seven shows the grand final two semi finals and four dress rehearsals 46 He also said in that interview that tickets for the event were likely to go on sale within the next four weeks by mid November 2010 NDR had already opened a preregistration e mail newsletter on its website for all people interested in tickets for the event 47 Ticket sales started on 12 December 2010 at 12 12 CET on the website www dticket de the only authorised seller 48 However the ticket page opened for sales approximately two hours earlier than originally advertised this announcement was made by an email newsletter sent to preregistered buyers minutes before opening giving them a slight benefit in acquiring tickets The grand final 32 000 tickets that were put on sale on 12 December sold out in less than six hours Once camera positions had been determined a few thousand extra tickets were put on sale Tickets for the semi finals were put on sale in mid January when it was known which countries would take part in each semi final 49 Contest overview editSemi final 1 editThe first semi final took place in Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf on 10 May 2011 The ten countries in this semi final with the highest scoring points according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country qualified for the grand final 50 Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi final Qualifiers Results of the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 51 R O Country Artist Song Points Place1 nbsp Poland Magdalena Tul Jestem 18 192 nbsp Norway Stella Mwangi Haba Haba 30 173 nbsp Albania Aurela Gace Feel the Passion 47 144 nbsp Armenia Emmy Boom Boom 54 125 nbsp Turkey Yuksek Sadakat Live It Up 47 136 nbsp Serbia Nina Caroban 67 87 nbsp Russia Alexey Vorobyov Get You 64 98 nbsp Switzerland Anna Rossinelli In Love for a While 55 109 nbsp Georgia Eldrine One More Day 74 610 nbsp Finland Paradise Oskar Da Da Dam 103 311 nbsp Malta Glen Vella One Life 54 1112 nbsp San Marino Senit Stand By 34 1613 nbsp Croatia Daria Celebrate 41 1514 nbsp Iceland Sjonni s Friends Coming Home 100 415 nbsp Hungary Kati Wolf What About My Dreams 72 716 nbsp Portugal Homens da Luta A luta e alegria 22 1817 nbsp Lithuania Evelina Sasenko C est ma vie 81 518 nbsp Azerbaijan Ell amp Nikki Running Scared 122 219 nbsp Greece Loukas Yorkas feat Stereo Mike Watch My Dance 133 1Semi final 2 editThe second semi final took place in Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf on 12 May 2011 The ten countries in this semi final with the highest scoring points according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country qualified for the grand final 50 France Germany and Italy voted in this semi final Qualifiers Results of the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 52 R O Country Artist Song Points Place1 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin Love in Rewind 109 52 nbsp Austria Nadine Beiler The Secret Is Love 69 73 nbsp Netherlands 3JS Never Alone 13 194 nbsp Belgium Witloof Bay With Love Baby 53 115 nbsp Slovakia Twiins I m Still Alive 48 136 nbsp Ukraine Mika Newton Angel 81 67 nbsp Moldova Zdob și Zdub So Lucky 54 108 nbsp Sweden Eric Saade Popular 155 19 nbsp Cyprus Christos Mylordos San aggelos s agapisa 16 1810 nbsp Bulgaria Poli Genova Na inat 48 1211 nbsp Macedonia Vlatko Ilievski Rusinka 36 1612 nbsp Israel Dana International Ding Dong 38 1513 nbsp Slovenia Maja Keuc No One 112 314 nbsp Romania Hotel FM Change 111 415 nbsp Estonia Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street 60 916 nbsp Belarus Anastasia Vinnikova I Love Belarus 45 1417 nbsp Latvia Musiqq Angel in Disguise 25 1718 nbsp Denmark A Friend in London New Tomorrow 135 219 nbsp Ireland Jedward Lipstick 68 8Final edit The final took place on 14 May 2011 Only the Big Five countries automatically qualified for the grand final From the two semi finals on 10 and 12 May 2011 twenty countries qualified for the grand final A total of twenty five countries competed in the grand final 28 The voting system used was the same as in the 2010 contest with a combination of televotes and jury votes selecting the winner Viewers were able to vote during the performances the voting window ended 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs 50 Background music for the show included Wonderful by Gary Go Winner Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 53 R O Country Artist Song Points Place1 nbsp Finland Paradise Oskar Da Da Dam 57 212 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin Love in Rewind 125 63 nbsp Denmark A Friend in London New Tomorrow 134 54 nbsp Lithuania Evelina Sasenko C est ma vie 63 195 nbsp Hungary Kati Wolf What About My Dreams 53 226 nbsp Ireland Jedward Lipstick 119 87 nbsp Sweden Eric Saade Popular 185 38 nbsp Estonia Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street 44 249 nbsp Greece Loukas Yorkas feat Stereo Mike Watch My Dance 120 710 nbsp Russia Alexey Vorobyov Get You 77 1611 nbsp France Amaury Vassili Sognu 82 1512 nbsp Italy Raphael Gualazzi Madness of Love 189 213 nbsp Switzerland Anna Rossinelli In Love for a While 19 2514 nbsp United Kingdom Blue I Can 100 1115 nbsp Moldova Zdob și Zdub So Lucky 97 1216 nbsp Germany Lena Taken by a Stranger 107 1017 nbsp Romania Hotel FM Change 77 1718 nbsp Austria Nadine Beiler The Secret Is Love 64 1819 nbsp Azerbaijan Ell amp Nikki Running Scared 221 120 nbsp Slovenia Maja Keuc No One 96 1321 nbsp Iceland Sjonni s Friends Coming Home 61 2022 nbsp Spain Lucia Perez Que me quiten lo bailao 50 2323 nbsp Ukraine Mika Newton Angel 159 424 nbsp Serbia Nina Caroban 85 1425 nbsp Georgia Eldrine One More Day 110 9Spokespersons edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Unlike previous years the voting order was not drawn with the order of presentation of songs Rather the voting order was calculated just before the event to reduce the likelihood of there being an outright winner from the start Countries revealed their votes in the following order nbsp Russia Dima Bilan nbsp Bulgaria Maria Ilieva nbsp Netherlands Mandy Huydts 54 nbsp Italy Raffaella Carra nbsp Cyprus Loukas Hamatsos nbsp Ukraine Ruslana 55 nbsp Finland Susan Aho 56 nbsp Norway Nadia Hasnaoui nbsp Armenia Lusine Tovmasyan nbsp Macedonia Kristina Taleska nbsp Iceland Ragnhildur Steinunn Jonsdottir nbsp Slovakia Maria Pietrova nbsp United Kingdom Alex Jones 57 nbsp Denmark Lise Ronne 58 nbsp Austria Kati Bellowitsch 59 nbsp Poland Odeta Moro Figurska pl nbsp Sweden Danny Saucedo 60 nbsp San Marino Nicola Della Valle nbsp Germany Ina Muller 61 nbsp Azerbaijan Safura Alizadeh 62 nbsp Slovenia Klemen Slakonja 63 nbsp Turkey Omer Onder tr nbsp Switzerland Cecile Bahler de 64 nbsp Greece Lena Aroni 65 nbsp Georgia Sofia Nizharadze nbsp France Cyril Feraud 66 nbsp Serbia Dusica Spasic sr 67 nbsp Croatia Nevena Rendeli nbsp Belarus Leila Ismailava 68 nbsp Romania Malvina Cservenschi nbsp Albania Leon Menkshi nbsp Malta Kelly Schembri 69 nbsp Portugal Joana Teles nbsp Hungary Eva Novodomszky nbsp Lithuania Giedrius Masalskis lt nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivana Vidmar nbsp Ireland Derek Mooney nbsp Spain Elena S Sanchez 70 nbsp Israel Ofer Nachshon 71 nbsp Estonia Piret Jarvis 72 nbsp Moldova Geta Burlacu 73 nbsp Belgium Maureen Louys 74 nbsp Latvia Aisha 75 Detailed voting results editThe split jury televoting results were announced by the EBU after the final As in 2010 only the split totals received by each country were given not the full breakdown 76 Semi final 1 edit Qualifiers Split results of semi final 1 76 Place Combined Jury TelevotingCountry Points Country Points Country Points1 nbsp Greece 133 nbsp Lithuania 113 nbsp Greece 1542 nbsp Azerbaijan 122 nbsp Azerbaijan 109 nbsp Azerbaijan 1243 nbsp Finland 103 nbsp Iceland 104 nbsp Finland 1114 nbsp Iceland 100 nbsp Serbia 102 nbsp Russia 935 nbsp Lithuania 81 nbsp Finland 86 nbsp Georgia 906 nbsp Georgia 74 nbsp Malta 84 nbsp Iceland 797 nbsp Hungary 72 nbsp Switzerland 76 nbsp Armenia 758 nbsp Serbia 67 nbsp San Marino 74 nbsp Hungary 739 nbsp Russia 64 nbsp Greece 74 nbsp Norway 5610 nbsp Switzerland 55 nbsp Hungary 65 nbsp Turkey 5411 nbsp Malta 54 b nbsp Albania 61 nbsp Lithuania 5212 nbsp Armenia 54 b nbsp Turkey 58 nbsp Switzerland 4513 nbsp Turkey 47 c nbsp Georgia 51 nbsp Albania 4214 nbsp Albania 47 c nbsp Croatia 49 nbsp Serbia 4215 nbsp Croatia 41 nbsp Armenia 33 nbsp Portugal 3916 nbsp San Marino 34 nbsp Russia 31 nbsp Croatia 3217 nbsp Norway 30 nbsp Norway 29 nbsp Poland 2518 nbsp Portugal 22 nbsp Poland 13 nbsp Malta 2419 nbsp Poland 18 nbsp Portugal 6 nbsp San Marino 8Detailed voting results of semi final 1 77 78 Total score Poland Norway Albania Armenia Turkey Serbia Russia Switzerland Georgia Finland Malta San Marino Croatia Iceland Hungary Portugal Lithuania Azerbaijan Greece Spain United KingdomContestants Poland 18 3 4 4 2 5Norway 30 1 1 1 2 8 4 10 2 1Albania 47 8 6 8 7 4 2 12Armenia 54 2 7 8 8 7 7 4 8 3Turkey 47 12 2 5 3 2 10 12 1Serbia 67 6 7 2 4 12 7 3 3 12 5 1 3 2Russia 64 4 3 12 3 6 5 3 1 5 3 3 3 5 5 3Switzerland 55 3 6 3 2 6 2 6 8 5 6 6 2Georgia 74 5 8 10 4 5 1 8 2 1 12 8 10Finland 103 10 12 6 1 3 12 10 3 12 6 8 7 3 4 6Malta 54 2 6 7 2 5 6 12 4 2 1 7San Marino 34 8 5 5 1 6 1 6 2Croatia 41 7 12 1 12 4 1 4Iceland 100 4 10 2 8 3 8 10 12 10 8 6 12 7Hungary 72 5 6 10 12 1 6 7 5 10 10Portugal 22 4 4 2 1 8 3Lithuania 81 12 8 4 1 7 3 10 2 2 5 6 4 5 12Azerbaijan 122 8 5 12 10 1 12 5 10 5 10 8 7 7 10 7 1 4Greece 133 7 1 10 10 4 7 6 7 7 4 5 6 8 10 12 4 10 7 812 points edit Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi final N Contestant Nation s giving 12 points3 nbsp Finland nbsp Iceland nbsp Norway nbsp Russia2 nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Georgia nbsp Turkey nbsp Croatia nbsp Malta nbsp Serbia nbsp Iceland nbsp Hungary nbsp Spain nbsp Lithuania nbsp Poland nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Serbia nbsp Croatia nbsp Switzerland nbsp Turkey nbsp Albania nbsp Azerbaijan1 nbsp Albania nbsp Greece nbsp Georgia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Greece nbsp Portugal nbsp Hungary nbsp Finland nbsp Malta nbsp San Marino nbsp Russia nbsp ArmeniaSemi final 2 edit Qualifiers Split results of semi final 2 76 Place Combined Jury TelevotingCountry Points Country Points Country Points1 nbsp Sweden 155 nbsp Slovenia 146 nbsp Sweden 1592 nbsp Denmark 135 nbsp Denmark 129 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 1313 nbsp Slovenia 112 nbsp Sweden 99 nbsp Romania 1214 nbsp Romania 111 nbsp Austria 95 nbsp Denmark 1155 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 109 nbsp Romania 85 nbsp Ukraine 916 nbsp Ukraine 81 nbsp Estonia 83 nbsp Ireland 787 nbsp Austria 69 nbsp Ukraine 76 nbsp Slovenia 688 nbsp Ireland 68 nbsp Belgium 71 nbsp Moldova 619 nbsp Estonia 60 nbsp Slovakia 71 nbsp Belarus 5410 nbsp Moldova 54 nbsp Ireland 66 nbsp Austria 5211 nbsp Belgium 53 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 65 nbsp Israel 5112 nbsp Bulgaria 48 d nbsp Bulgaria 59 nbsp Belgium 5013 nbsp Slovakia 48 d nbsp Moldova 53 nbsp Estonia 4614 nbsp Belarus 45 nbsp Macedonia 47 nbsp Bulgaria 4315 nbsp Israel 38 nbsp Belarus 38 nbsp Latvia 4316 nbsp Macedonia 36 nbsp Israel 36 nbsp Slovakia 4017 nbsp Latvia 25 nbsp Cyprus 24 nbsp Macedonia 3318 nbsp Cyprus 16 nbsp Netherlands 22 nbsp Cyprus 2319 nbsp Netherlands 13 nbsp Latvia 11 nbsp Netherlands 17Detailed voting results of semi final 2 79 80 Total score Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria Netherlands Belgium Slovakia Ukraine Moldova Sweden Cyprus Bulgaria Macedonia Israel Slovenia Romania Estonia Belarus Latvia Denmark Ireland France Germany ItalyContestants Bosnia and Herzegovina 109 12 10 4 12 4 8 12 12 5 2 7 10 7 4Austria 69 7 3 5 1 4 4 10 1 7 2 5 2 1 12 5Netherlands 13 8 5Belgium 53 8 1 6 6 2 6 2 2 8 1 3 6 2Slovakia 48 6 3 3 12 7 3 3 3 3 5Ukraine 81 4 10 8 3 5 3 6 8 6 2 7 12 1 6Moldova 54 4 2 5 4 12 10 1 4 5 7Sweden 155 5 10 12 12 7 5 3 12 2 12 5 7 12 8 7 12 8 12 1 3Cyprus 16 6 2 8Bulgaria 48 2 2 1 5 1 10 1 4 4 1 3 4 10Macedonia 36 10 7 1 3 8 7Israel 38 5 2 5 1 7 4 6 7 1Slovenia 112 12 8 8 8 4 7 8 10 6 10 5 4 8 6 5 3Romania 111 6 4 10 6 12 7 8 1 4 7 6 5 6 3 8 6 12Estonia 60 5 6 8 6 4 5 1 8 3 10 4Belarus 45 2 1 10 10 3 8 1 4 6Latvia 25 4 2 8 2 2 7Denmark 135 1 7 7 7 3 3 2 12 6 12 10 10 5 10 4 12 12 2 10Ireland 68 3 1 5 2 2 10 7 1 6 3 10 10 812 points edit Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi final N Contestant Nation s giving 12 points7 nbsp Sweden nbsp Belgium nbsp Cyprus nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp France nbsp Israel nbsp Netherlands4 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Austria span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |