ESC DÜSSELDORF 2011 (56ª)

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  • Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 14 May 2011 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Düsseldorf Arena (Esprit Arena; MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA), Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪 Germany
  • Presenter (s): Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers & Stefan Raab
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Executive Producer: Ralf Quibeldey & Thomas Schreiber
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Host broadcaster: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) / Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
  • Opening Act: Stefan Raab performing “Satellite” with Lena Meyer-Landrut
  • Interval Act: Jan Delay performing “Oh Jonny” and “Klar”
  • Motto: Feel Your Heart Beat! (Fühl’ dein Herz schlagen !)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (51ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (50ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (47ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇨🇭Switzerland (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª)]; First Semi-Final 19  [🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (42ª)🇲🇹 Malta (23ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (16ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (8ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (47ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (6ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (32ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (50ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (18ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª)🇨🇾 Cyprus (29ª)🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª)🇳🇱 The Netherlands (49ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (30ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (7ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (50ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (6ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (11ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª)
  • Non-returning countries:
  • Struttura di voto: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
  • Vote – Voting system:
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Running Scared” – Ell & Nikki – 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª)

About/Overbiew. For the first time since 1983, Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Düsseldorf following an open selection process. A total of forty-three countries took part in the 2011 contest held in Düsseldorf. The city emerged as the winner of an open selection process which saw several cities compete for the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest. The biggest news of this contest was the return of Italy, after more than ten years. Italy joined France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom to form the so-called Big Five countries that have automatic qualification to the Grand Final. Italy went on to take second place in the Grand Final with the song Madness Of Love by Raphael Gualazzi. One of the most famous German comediennes, Anke Engelke, TV anchor Judith Rakers and all-round showman Stefan Raab hosted the event. Raab had also been part of Lena’s winning team in 2010.  

About the winner. Azerbaijan’s Ell and Nikki triumphed in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Italy’s Raphael Gualazzi finished second and Sweden’s Eric Saade finished third. It was the very first victory for Azerbaijan and meant that the contest would go to its most eastern location in the history of the competition the following year.

Facts and figures. The broadcast of the Grand Final won the Rose d’Or award for Best Live Event; Lena, the winner of the previous year, came back to defend her title with the song “Taken By A Stranger”. She ended up 10th in the final; The UK was represented by a high-profile act in 2011, Blue. The group finished 11th in the Grand Final with “I Can”. 

Final. 

R/o COUNTRY PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE POINTS rank
01 🇫🇮 Finland YLE Paradise Oskar Da da dam English 057 21
02 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Dino Merlin (Дино Мерлин) Love in rewind (Ljubav u ponavljanju, Љубав уназад) English[c] 125 06
03 🇩🇰 Denmark  DR A Friend In London New Tomorrow (Ny i morgen) Engish 134 05
04 🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT Evelina Sašenko (Ewelina Saszenko, Евеліна Сашенко) C’est ma vie (Tai mano gyvenimas, It’ my life, Це моє життя, Моє життя) English[b] 063 19
05 🇭🇺 Hungary MTV Kati Wolf What about my dreams? (Mi lesz az álmaimmal?, Szerelem, miért múlsz?) English, Hungarian 053 22
06 🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ Jedward Lipstick English 119 08
07 🇸🇪 Sweden SVT Eric Saade (إريك سعادة‎, Īrik Saʿāda) Popular English 185 03
08 🇪🇪 Estonia ERR Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street English 044 24
09 🇬🇷 Greece ERT Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike (Λούκας Γιώρκας feat. Stereo Mike) Watch my dance (Παρακολούθησε το χορό μου) English, Greek 120 07
10 🇷🇺 Russia C1R Alex Sparrow (Alexej Vorobjov / Aleksey Vorobyov, Алексей Воробьёв) Get you (Завоевать тебя, Хочу Тебя) English, Russian 077 16
11 🇫🇷 France France 3 Amaury Vassili Sognu (Dream / I dream, Rêve / Je rêve / sunnieghju) Corsican 082 15
12 🇮🇹 Italy RAI Raphael Gualazzi Madness of love (Follia d’amore) Italian, English 189 02
13 🇨🇭Switzerland SRG SSR idée suisse Anna Rossinelli In love for a while English 019 25
14 🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC Blue I can English 100 11
15 🇲🇩 Moldova TRM Zdob şi Zdub So lucky (Atât de norocos) English 097 12
16 🇩🇪 Germany NDR Lena (Lena Meyer-Landrut) Taken by a stranger (Fasziniert von einem Fremden) English 107 10
17 🇷🇴 Romania TVR Hotel FM Change (Schimbare) English 077 17
18 🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF Nadine Beiler The secret is love (Das Geheimnis ist Liebe) English 064 18
19 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai winner Ell/Nikki (Eldar & Nigar, Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, Eldar Qasımov & Nigar Camal)  Running scared (Ürküb qaçan) English 221 01
20 🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO Maja Keuc (Маја Кеуц) No one (Нико, Vanilija, Vanilla) English 096 13
21 🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV Sjonni’s Friends (Vinir Sjonna) Coming home (Aftur heim) English 061 20
22 🇪🇸 Spain TVE Lucía Pérez Que me quiten lo bailao (They can’t take away the fun from me / Let them take away from me what I’ve danced / They can’t take the fun I’ve had away from me) Spanish 050 23
23 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU Mika Newton (Мiка Ньютон) Angel (Янгол) English 159 04
24 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS Nina (Нина) Čaroban (Чаробан, Magical) Serbian 085 14
25 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB Eldrine (ƎLDRINE, Eldraini) One more may (კიდევ ერთი დღე) English 110 09

  • Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 10 May 2011 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Düsseldorf Arena (Esprit Arena; MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA), Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪 Germany
  • Presenter (s): Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers & Stefan Raab
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Executive Producer: Ralf Quibeldey & Thomas Schreiber
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Host broadcaster: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) / Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
  • Opening Act:
  • Interval Act: Cold Steel Drummers
  • Motto: Feel Your Heart Beat! (Fühl’ dein Herz schlagen !)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (51ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (50ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (47ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇨🇭Switzerland (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª)]; First Semi-Final 19  [🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (42ª)🇲🇹 Malta (23ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª),🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (16ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (8ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (47ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (6ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (32ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (50ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (18ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª)🇨🇾 Cyprus (29ª)🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª)🇳🇱 The Netherlands (49ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (30ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (7ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (50ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (6ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (11ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª)
  • Non-returning countries:
  • Struttura di voto: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
  • Vote – Voting system:
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Running Scared” – Ell & Nikki (Nigar Camal e Eldar Qasımov) – 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (1ª)

About/Overbiew. For the first time since 1983, Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Düsseldorf following an open selection process. A total of forty-three countries took part in the 2011 contest held in Düsseldorf. The city emerged as the winner of an open selection process which saw several cities compete for the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest. The biggest news of this contest was the return of Italy, after more than ten years. Italy joined France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom to form the so-called Big Five countries that have automatic qualification to the Grand Final. Italy went on to take second place in the Grand Final with the song Madness Of Love by Raphael Gualazzi. One of the most famous German comediennes, Anke Engelke, TV anchor Judith Rakers and all-round showman Stefan Raab hosted the event. Raab had also been part of Lena’s winning team in 2010.  

About the winner. Azerbaijan’s Ell and Nikki triumphed in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Italy’s Raphael Gualazzi finished second and Sweden’s Eric Saade finished third. It was the very first victory for Azerbaijan and meant that the contest would go to its most eastern location in the history of the competition the following year.

Facts and figures. The broadcast of the Grand Final won the Rose d’Or award for Best Live Event; Lena, the winner of the previous year, came back to defend her title with the song “Taken By A Stranger”. She ended up 10th in the final; The UK was represented by a high-profile act in 2011, Blue. The group finished 11th in the Grand Final with “I Can”. 

First Semi-Final. [Q] Qualifiers

R/o country  PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Point rank
01 🇵🇱 Poland TVP Magdalena Tul Jestem (I am) Pollish 018 19
02 🇳🇴 Norway NRK Stella Mwangi Haba haba (Litt etter littLittle by little) English, Swahili 030 17
03 🇦🇱 Albania RTSH Aurela Gaçe Feel the passion (Kënga ime, My song) English[a] 047 14
04 🇦🇲 Armenia ARMTV Emmy (Էմմի) Boom boom  (Բում Բում) English 054 12
05 🇹🇷 Turkey TRT Yüksek Sadakat Live it up (Hayatını Yaşa) English 047 13
06 🇷🇸 Serbia RTS qualifier Nina (Нина) Čaroban (Чаробан, Magical) Serbian  067 08
07 🇷🇺 Russia C1R qualifier Alex Sparrow (Alexej Vorobjov / Aleksey Vorobyov, Алексей Воробьёв) Get you (Завоевать тебя, Хочу Тебя) English, Russian  064 09
08 🇨🇭Switzerland SRG SSR idée suisse qualifier Anna Rossinelli In love for a while English  055 10
09 🇬🇪 Georgia GPB qualifier Eldrine (ƎLDRINE, Eldraini) One more day (კიდევ ერთი დღე) English 074 06
10 🇫🇮 Finland YLE qualifier Paradise Oskar Da da dam English 103 03
11 🇲🇹 Malta PBS Glen Vella One life (Ħajja waħda) English 054 11
12 🇸🇲 San Marino SMRTV Senit (Senhit) Stand by (Resta in piedi) English 034 16
13 🇭🇷 Croatia HRT Daria (Daria Kinzer) Celebrate (Слави, Slavite!, Break a Leg) English 041 15
14 🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV qualifier Sjonni’s Friends (Vinir Sjonna) Coming home (Aftur heim) English  100 04
15 🇭🇺 Hungary MTV qualifier Kati Wolf What about my dreams? (Mi lesz az álmaimmal?, Szerelem, miért múlsz?) English, Hungstian  072 07
16 🇵🇹 Portugal RTP Homens da Luta (Men of the Struggle) A luta é alegria (The struggle is joy) Portuguese 022 18
17 🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT qualifier Evelina Sašenko (Ewelina Saszenko, Евеліна Сашенко) C’est ma vie (Tai mano gyvenimas, It’ my life, Це моє життя, Моє життя) English[b]  081 05
18 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai qualifier Ell/Nikki (Eldar & Nigar, Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, Eldar Qasımov & Nigar Camal)  Running scared (Ürküb qaçan) English  122 02
19 🇬🇷 Greece ERT qualifier Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike (Λούκας Γιώρκας feat. Stereo Mike) Watch my dance (Παρακολούθησε το χορό μου) English, Greek  133 01

  • Dates – Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 12 May 2011 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Düsseldorf Arena (Esprit Arena; MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA), Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪 Germany
  • Presenter (s): Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers & Stefan Raab
  • Musical Director:
  • Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Executive Producer: Ralf Quibeldey & Thomas Schreiber
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Ladislaus Kiraly
  • Host broadcaster: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) / Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
  • Opening Act:
  • Interval Act: Flying Steps performing “Flying Bach”.
  • Motto: Feel Your Heart Beat! (Fühl’ dein Herz schlagen !)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 43: Final 25 [🇫🇷 France (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (51ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (50ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (47ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇨🇭Switzerland (50ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª)]; First Semi-Final 19  [🇮🇸 Iceland (24ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (42ª)🇲🇹 Malta (23ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (42ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (16ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (8ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (30ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (47ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (6ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (32ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (14ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (50ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (4ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (18ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (12ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (4ª)]; Second Semi-Final 19 [🇮🇪 Ireland (42ª)🇨🇾 Cyprus (29ª)🇩🇰 Denmark (40ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (16ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (9ª)🇳🇱 The Netherlands (49ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (30ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (48ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (7ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (16ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (50ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (6ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (7ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (16ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (11ª)]
  • Debuting countries:
  • Return: 🇦🇹 Austria (43ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (34ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (2ª)
  • Non-returning countries:
  • Struttura di voto: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
  • Vote – Voting system:
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Watch my dance” – Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike (Λούκας Γιώρκας feat. Stereo Mike) – 🇬🇷 Greece (1ª)

About/Overbiew. For the first time since 1983, Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Düsseldorf following an open selection process. A total of forty-three countries took part in the 2011 contest held in Düsseldorf. The city emerged as the winner of an open selection process which saw several cities compete for the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest. The biggest news of this contest was the return of Italy, after more than ten years. Italy joined France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom to form the so-called Big Five countries that have automatic qualification to the Grand Final. Italy went on to take second place in the Grand Final with the song Madness Of Love by Raphael Gualazzi. One of the most famous German comediennes, Anke Engelke, TV anchor Judith Rakers and all-round showman Stefan Raab hosted the event. Raab had also been part of Lena’s winning team in 2010.  

About the winner. Azerbaijan’s Ell and Nikki triumphed in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Italy’s Raphael Gualazzi finished second and Sweden’s Eric Saade finished third. It was the very first victory for Azerbaijan and meant that the contest would go to its most eastern location in the history of the competition the following year.

Facts and figures. The broadcast of the Grand Final won the Rose d’Or award for Best Live Event; Lena, the winner of the previous year, came back to defend her title with the song “Taken By A Stranger”. She ended up 10th in the final; The UK was represented by a high-profile act in 2011, Blue. The group finished 11th in the Grand Final with “I Can”. 

Second Semi-Final. Q – Qualifiers

R/o country PARTICIPANT(S) SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE Points  rank
01 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT qualifier Dino Merlin (Дино Мерлин) Love in rewind (Ljubav u ponavljanju, Љубав уназад) (Чаробан)  109 05
02 🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF qualifier Nadine Beiler The secret is love (Das Geheimnis ist Liebe) (Чаробан)  069 07
03 🇳🇱 The Netherlands TROS 3JS Never alone (Je vecht nooit alleen, You never fight alone / You will never fight alone) (Чаробан) 013 19
04 🇧🇪 Belgium RTBF Witloof Bay With love baby (Чаробан) 053 11
05 🇸🇰 Slovakia STV TWiiNS (Tweens) I’m still alive (Ešte žijem) (Чаробан) 048 13
06 🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU qualifier Mika Newton (Мiка Ньютон) Angel (Янгол) (Чаробан)  081 06
07 🇲🇩 Moldova TRM qualifier Zdob şi Zdub So lucky (Atât de norocos) (Чаробан)  054 10
08 🇸🇪 Sweden SVT qualifier Eric Saade (إريك سعادة‎, Īrik Saʿāda) Popular (Чаробан 155 01
09 🇨🇾 Cyprus CyBC Christos Mylordos (Χρίστος Μυλόρδος) San Aggelos s’agapisa (Σαν άγγελος σ’ αγάπησα, I loved you like an angel) (Чаробан) 016 18
10 🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT Poli Genova (Поли Генова) Na inat (На инат, In spite, With stubbornness / Out of Spite) (Чаробан) 048 12
11 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV Vlatko Ilievski (Влатко Илиевски) Rusinka (Русинкa, Russian girl, Рускиња, Ruskinja) (Чаробан) 036 16
12 🇮🇱 Israel IBA Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל) Ding dong (דינג דונג) (Чаробан) 038 15
13 🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO qualifier Maja Keuc (Маја Кеуц) No one (Нико, Vanilija, Vanilla) (Чаробан) 112 03
14 🇷🇴 Romania TVR qualifier Hotel FM Change (Schimbare) (Чаробан)  111 04
15 🇪🇪 Estonia ERR qualifier Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street (Чаробан) 060 09
16 🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC Anastasiya Vinnikova (Анастасія ВіннікаваАнастасия Винникова) I love Belarus (Чаробан) (Я люблю Беларусь) 045 14
17 🇱🇻 Latvia LTV Musiqq Angel in disguise (Чаробан) (Maskējies eņģelis) 025 17
18 🇩🇰 Denmark DR qualifier A Friend In London New tomorrow (Ny i morgen)  (Чаробан) 135 02
19 🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ qualifier Jedward Lipstick (Чаробан 068 08

Missed participation

• 🇧🇾 Belarus: “I Am Belarusian” (English) – Anastasiya Vinnikova (Анастасия Винникова). “I Am Belarusian” (previously Born in Bielorussia or Born in Byelorussia), after being internally selected by the Belarusian national television was unveiled as their song for Düsseldorf. However the song had to be withdrawn after it was discovered that it was sung in public in the summer of 2010. It was changed to another song called “I Love Belarus”.

Participation map

A coloured map of the countries of Europe

Transmitirá a 2º semifinal noutro horário. Participating countries Transmitirá a Final em direto. Did not qualify from the semi final Transmitirá a 1º semifinal em direto. Countries that participated in the past but not in 2011

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Scoreboard - Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Semi-Final (1)

ESC 2011 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:

Second Semi-Final:

Scoreboard - Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Semi-Final (2)

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. The three live shows were presented by German comedian Anke Engelke, television presenter Judith Rakers as well as former German contestant and songwriter Stefan Raab.

Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of 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. Italy, 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.

Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf – host venue of the 2011 contest.

1.Location. 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 and 1983. 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 Esprit 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. The stadium is the largest venue to host the event (as of 2021). It accommodated a capacity of 38,000 for spectators during the contest, breaking the record of 35,000 set by Denmark ten years earlier. Düsseldorf offered 23,000 hotel beds and 2,000 additional beds in the Düsseldorf surroundings and on ships on the River Rhine.

1.1.Bidding phase. Twenty-three cities submit official bids to the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), in order to be the host city for the 2011 contest. Eight of these cities continued to show interest in hosting the event including Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich. NDR announced on 21 August 2010 that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 contest: Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, and Düsseldorf.

Berlin. 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”.

Düsseldorf. 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 Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf was awarded the 2011 Song Contest. This message indicated that talks with Düsseldorf to host the song contest in the Esprit Arena were already at an advanced stage. The club later announced on 6 October 2010 that it had obtained permission to move its games if necessary. 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 Esprit Arena would be equipped with mobile stands from a Swiss event construction specialist, Nussli Group, creating 20,000 extra seats. This decision was made because the Arena Sportpark Düsseldorf holds better logistic qualifications.

Hamburg. 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.

1.2.Host selection. On 12 October 2010, the German broadcaster NDR announced that the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf had been chosen as the host venue for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

City Venue Notes .
Coat of arms of Berlin Berlin A large tent on the grounds of Tempelhof AirportHanover If chosen, the tent would have been located on the field near the hangars. Allegedly only room for 9,000 spectators.
Coat of arms of Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit ArenaDüsseldorf 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
Coat of arms of Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Messehallen, Hall A1Hanover Would be staged at Hall A1, but with room for less than 10,000 spectators.
Coat of arms of Hanover Hanover (Hannover) Hanover Exhibition Centre (Messe)Hanover -]

2.Format. 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. 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.

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. On 26 November 2010, the EBU announced that Jon Ola Sand would succeed Stockselius as Executive Supervisor.

2.1.Semi-final allocation draw. 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.

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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  • 🇦🇱 Albania 
  • 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  • 🇨🇭Switzerland
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇧🇾 Belarus
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇷🇺 Russia
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus 
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
  • 🇹🇷 Turkey
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇷🇴 Romania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary
  • 🇵🇱 Poland
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia 

Ell and Nikki of Azerbaijan, during the ESC 2011

2.2.Graphic design. The design of the contest was built around the motto “Feel your heart beat”, with the logo and on-screen graphics designed by Turquoise Branding. 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. 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. 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!”.

2.3.National host broadcaster. 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.

Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab hosted the 2011 edition.

2.4.Hosts. 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. 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.

2.5.Event concept and ticket sale. 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. Altogether, tickets were sold for seven shows (the grand final, two semi-finals and four dress rehearsals).

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.

Ticket sales started on 12 December 2010 at 12:12 CET on the website http://www.dticket.de, the only authorised seller. 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.

3.Participating countriesOn 31 December 2010, it was confirmed that 43 countries would compete in the 2011 contest. 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. 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.

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. However, Slovakia’s application remained on the provisional list, leading to Slovakia’s continued participation in the 2011 contest. STV announced in January 2011 that Slovakia would yet withdraw from the contest, citing to financial reasons and organisational changes. 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.

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. The semi-final allocation draw took place on 17 January in Düsseldorf.

3.1.Returning artists. Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest, including Dino Merlin, who had represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999. Gunnar Ólason (part of Sjonni’s Friends) for Iceland had last appeared in 2001 as part of Two Tricky. Moldova’s 2005 entrant Zdob și Zdub also returned. TWiiNS from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008. Sophio Toroshelidze, the lead singer of Eldrine from Georgia, was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia’s entry in 2010.

Along with those artists, two previous Eurovision winners also returned to the contest: Dana International who won for Israel in 1998, and Lena 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.

3.2.Semi-final 1. 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. Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.

3.3.Semi-final 2. 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. France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.

3.4.Final. 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. 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. Background music for the show included “Wonderful” by Gary Go.

3.5.Participants and results. 

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2011: 

• National Selections in 2011:

COUNTRY EVENT WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania Festivali i Këngës #49 Aurela Gaçe – “Feel the Passion” / “Kënga ime”
🇦🇲 Armenia (Armenian Selection 2011) (song selection) [n]  Emmy – “Boom Boom”
🇦🇹 Austria Düsseldorf – Wir kommen! Nadine Beiler – “The Secret Is Love”
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Milli Seçim Turu 2011 (artist selection) [o]  Eldar Gasimov & Nigar Jamal / Ell and Nikki – “Running Scared”
🇧🇪 Belgium Eurovision 2011: Qui? A vous de choisir! Witloof Bay – “With Love Baby”
🇧🇬 Bulgaria Evroviziya 2011 Poli Genova – “Na inat” (На инат)
🇭🇷 Croatia Dora 2011 Daria Kinzer / Daria – “Celebrate” / “Lahor”
🇨🇾 Cyprus Performance 2011 (artist selection) [p]  Christos Mylordos – “San aggelos s’agapisa” (Σαν άγγελος σ’αγάπησα)
🇩🇰 Denmark Melodi Grand Prix 2011 A Friend In London – “New Tomorrow”
🇪🇪 Estonia Eesti Laul 2011 Getter Jaani – “Rockefeller Street”
🇫🇮 Finland Euroviisut 2011 Paradise Oskar – “Da Da Dam”
🇬🇪 Georgia (Georgian Selection 2011) Eldrine / ƎLDRINE – “One More Day”
🇩🇪 Germany Unser Song für Deutschland (song selection) [q]  Lena Meyer-Landrut / Lena – “Taken by a Stranger”
🇬🇷 Greece Ellinikós Telikós 2011 Loukas Giorkas ft. Stereo Mike / Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike – “Watch My Dance”
🇮🇸 Iceland Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011 Sigurjón’s Friends / Sjonni’s Friends – “Coming Home” / “Aftur heim” 
🇮🇪 Ireland Eurosong 2011 Jedward – “Lipstick”
🇮🇱 Israel  Kdam Eurovision 2011 Dana International – “Ding Dong”
🇱🇻 Latvia  Eirodziesma 2011 Musiqq – “Angel in Disguise”
🇱🇹 Lithuania Eurovizija 2011 Evelina Sašenko – “C’est ma vie
🇲🇹 Malta MESC 2011 Glen Vella – “One Life”
🇲🇩 Moldova O melodie pentru Europa 2011 Zdob şi Zdub – “So Lucky”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands Nationaal Songfestival 2011 (song selection) [r]  3JS – “Never Alone” / “Je vecht nooit alleen”
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia Skopje Fest 2011 Vlatko Ilievski – “Rusinka” (Русинка)
🇳🇴 Norway Melodi Grand Prix 2011 Stella Mwangi – “Haba Haba
🇵🇱 Poland Krajowe Eliminacje 2011 Magdalena Tul – “Jestem
🇵🇹 Portugal Festival da Canção 2011 Homens da Luta – “A luta é alegria
🇷🇴 Romania Selecţia Naţională 2011 Hotel FM – “Change”
🇷🇸 Serbia Pesma za Evropu – Diseldorf 2011 Nina – “Čaroban” (Чаробан)
🇸🇮 Slovenia EMA 2011 Maja Keuc – “No One” / “Vanilija”
🇪🇸 Spain  Destino Eurovisión Lucía Pérez – “Que me quiten lo bailao
🇸🇪 Sweden  Melodifestivalen 2011 Eric Saade – “Popular”
🇨🇭Switzerland  Die Große Entscheidungsshow 2011 Anna Rossinelli – “In Love for a While”
🇺🇦 Ukraine Vidbir 2011 Mika Newton – “Angel”

• Internal Selections in 2011:

🇧🇾 Belarus Anastasia Vinnikova – “I Love Belarus”
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin – “Love in Rewind”
🇫🇷 France Amaury Vassili – “Sognu
🇭🇺 Hungary  Kati Wolf – “What About My Dreams?” / “Szerelem, miért múlsz?”
🇮🇹 Italy Raphael Gualazzi – “Madness of Love” / “Madness of Love (Follia d’amore)”
🇷🇺 Russia Alexey Vorobyov – “Get You”
🇸🇲 San Marino Senit – “Stand By”
🇸🇰 Slovakia TWiiNS – “I’m Still Alive”
🇹🇷 Turkey Yüksek Sadakat – “Live It Up”
🇬🇧 United Kindom Blue – “I Can”

3.7.Connections:

4.Detailed voting results. 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.

4.1.Semi-final 1.

Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined Jury Televoting
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[e] 🇦🇱 Albania 61 🇱🇹 Lithuania 52
12 🇦🇲 Armenia 54[e] 🇹🇷 Turkey 58 🇨🇭Switzerland 45
13 🇹🇷 Turkey 47[f] 🇬🇪 Georgia 51 🇦🇱 Albania 42
14 🇦🇱 Albania 47[f] 🇭🇷 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
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1
Total score
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🇵🇱 Poland 18 3 4 4 2 5
🇳🇴 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

4.1.1.12 points. 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 Kindom
🇷🇸 Serbia 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇹🇷 Turkey 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
1 🇦🇱 Albania 🇬🇷 Greece
🇬🇪 Georgia 🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇬🇷 Greece 🇵🇹 Portugal
🇭🇺 Hungary 🇫🇮 Finland
🇲🇹 Malta 🇸🇲 San Marino
🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇲 Armenia

4.2.Semi-final 2.

Split results of semi-final 2
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[g] 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 59 🇧🇪 Belgium 50
13 🇸🇰 Slovakia 48[g] 🇲🇩 Moldova 53 🇪🇪 Estonia 46
14 🇧🇾 Belarus 45 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 47 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 43
15 🇮🇱 Israel 38 🇧🇾 Belarus 38 🇱🇻 Latvia 43
16 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 36 🇮🇱 Israel 36 🇸🇰 Slovakia 40
17 🇱🇻 Latvia 25 🇨🇾 Cyprus 24 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 33
18 🇨🇾 Cyprus 16 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 22 🇨🇾 Cyprus 23
19 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 13 🇱🇻 Latvia 11 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 17
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2
Total score
Bosnia și Herțegovina Austria Țările de Jos Belgia Slovacia Ucraina Republica Moldova Suedia Cipru Bulgaria Republica Macedonia Israel Slovenia România Estonia Belarus Letonia Danemarca Irlanda Franța Germania Italia
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🇧🇦 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
🇳🇱 The 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
🇲🇰 FYRO 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

4.2.1.12 points. 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, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
4 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇩🇰 Denmark 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇸🇪 Sweden
2 🇷🇴 Romania 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇩 Moldova
1 🇦🇹 Austria 🇩🇪 Germany
🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania
🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇧🇾 Belarus

4.3.Final. 

Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 221 🇮🇹 Italy 251 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 223
2 🇮🇹 Italy 189 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 182 🇸🇪 Sweden 221
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 185 🇩🇰 Denmark 168 🇬🇷 Greece 176
4 🇺🇦 Ukraine 159 🇸🇮 Slovenia 160 🇺🇦 Ukraine 168
5 🇩🇰 Denmark 134 🇦🇹 Austria 145 🇬🇧 United Kindom 166
6 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 🇮🇪 Ireland 119 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 151
7 🇬🇷 Greece 120 🇺🇦 Ukraine 117 🇷🇺 Russia 138
8 🇮🇪 Ireland 119 🇷🇸 Serbia 111 🇬🇪 Georgia 138
9 🇬🇪 Georgia 110 🇸🇪 Sweden 106 🇩🇪 Germany 113
10 🇩🇪 Germany 107 🇩🇪 Germany 104 🇮🇪 Ireland 101
11 🇬🇧 United Kindom 100 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 🇮🇹 Italy 99
12 🇲🇩 Moldova 97 🇫🇷 France 90 🇲🇩 Moldova 98
13 🇸🇮 Slovenia 96 🇷🇴 Romania 86 🇷🇸 Serbia 89
14 🇷🇸 Serbia 85 🇬🇷 Greece 84 🇷🇴 Romania 79
15 🇫🇷 France 82 🇲🇩 Moldova 82 🇫🇷 France 76
16 🇷🇺 Russia 77[h] 🇬🇪 Georgia 79 🇪🇸 Spain 73
17 🇷🇴 Romania 77[h] 🇫🇮 Finland 75 🇭🇺 Hungary 64
18 🇦🇹 Austria 64 🇪🇪 Estonia 74 🇩🇰 Denmark 61
19 🇱🇹 Lithuania 63 🇮🇸 Iceland 72 🇮🇸 Iceland 60
20 🇮🇸 Iceland 61 🇱🇹 Lithuania 66 🇱🇹 Lithuania 55
21 🇫🇮 Finland 57 🇭🇺 Hungary 60 🇫🇮 Finland 47
22 🇭🇺 Hungary 53 🇬🇧 United Kindom 57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 39
23 🇪🇸 Spain 50 🇨🇭 Switzerland 53 🇪🇪 Estonia 32
24 🇪🇪 Estonia 44 🇪🇸 Spain 38 🇦🇹 Austria 25
25 🇨🇭 Switzerland 19 🇷🇺 Russia 25 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2
Detailed voting results of the final
Total score
Rusia Bulgaria Țările de Jos Italia Cipru Ucraina Finlanda Norvegia Armenia Republica Macedonia Islanda Slovacia Regatul Unit Danemarca Austria Polonia Suedia San Marino Germania Azerbaidjan Slovenia Turcia Elveția Grecia Georgia Franța Serbia Croația Belarus România Albania Malta Portugalia Ungaria Lituania Bosnia și Herțegovina Irlanda Spania Israel Estonia Republica Moldova Belgia Letonia
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🇫🇮 Finland 57 12 10 5 5 7 2 5 1 3 7
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 2 8 4 4 12 12 8 7 12 10 12 3 5 12 7 7
🇩🇰 Denmark 134 7 12 3 7 12 6 5 3 10 4 6 8 7 1 5 12 10 10 6
🇱🇹 Lithuania 63 2 3 6 12 12 7 2 1 10 1 7
🇭🇺 Hungary 53 4 12 5 2 5 2 2 8 7 6
🇮🇪 Ireland 119 3 5 10 4 8 12 12 4 1 12 8 8 6 2 7 7 10
🇸🇪 Sweden 185 1 10 10 1 6 10 4 6 7 10 3 10 6 3 4 4 6 1 10 1 4 4 3 6 10 5 4 5 12 12 3 4
🇪🇪 Estonia  44 2 7 2 2 7 7 5 6 2 4
🇬🇷 Greece 120 8 10 2 12 6 7 3 8 10 8 2 6 3 8 10 8 1 8
🇷🇺 Russia 77 4 2 8 8 1 5 4 1 4 4 5 4 3 6 8 5 5
🇫🇷 France 82 3 1 7 5 4 5 3 12 2 6 2 1 2 4 10 2 12 1
🇮🇹 Italy 189 1 3 6 1 3 7 6 10 12 3 1 3 4 10 7 8 2 3 6 12 10 10 4 10 6 5 12 6 6 12
🇨🇭 Switzerland 19 4 10 5
🇬🇧 United Kindom 100 4 12 10 4 3 1 2 5 2 3 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 6 7 3 3 6 1 4 5
🇲🇩 Moldova 97 7 8 7 5 8 5 4 7 5 4 7 12 5 4 8 1
🇩🇪 Germany 107 7 6 5 6 8 10 4 6 7 3 8 4 3 1 8 2 3 3 5 8
🇷🇴 Romania  77 6 4 12 4 1 6 5 1 1 8 6 1 12 10
🇦🇹 Austria 64 5 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 12 5 1 7 3 3 2 2 7
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 221 12 6 8 10 5 8 7 8 8 3 10 12 1 5 8 6 10 6 10 8 12 8 7 8 8 4 8 10 3 2
🇸🇮 Slovenia 96 5 2 6 10 1 7 3 1 1 2 10 12 4 3 1 6 12 2 3 2 3
🇮🇸 Iceland 61 5 8 8 4 6 1 10 4 12 1 2
🇪🇸 Spain 50 4 2 1 2 3 12 5 5 12 4
🇺🇦 Ukraine 159 10 8 7 5 12 7 12 2 2 12 6 7 7 10 6 5 10 2 3 4 7 7 8
🇷🇸 Serbia 85 3 3 2 6 1 8 7 6 5 10 6 8 1 5 10 4
🇬🇪 Georgia 110 6 1 12 10 7 7 10 8 8 12 5 12 2 3 7

4.3.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final: A record number of 20 countries received at least one set of 12 points during the grand final. The only countries not to receive full marks were Estonia, Russia, Switzerland, Germany and Serbia.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇨🇭Switzerland
4 🇮🇹 Italy 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇪🇸 Spain
3 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇹🇷 Turkey
🇩🇰 Denmark 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🇬🇪 Georgia 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇮🇪 Ireland 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇸🇰 Slovakia
2 🇫🇷 France 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇬🇷 Greece
🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇵🇱 Poland 
🇷🇴 Romania 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇩 Moldova
🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇭🇷 Croatia
🇪🇸 Spain 🇫🇷 France, 🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇪 Sweden 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇮🇱 Israel
1 🇦🇹 Austria 🇩🇪 Germany
🇫🇮 Finland 🇳🇴 Norway
🇬🇷 Greece 🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇭🇺 Hungary 🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇸 Iceland 🇭🇺 Hungary
🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania
🇬🇧 United Kindom 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

4.3.2.Spokespersons. 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:

  1. 🇷🇺 Russia – Dima Bilan
  2. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Maria Ilieva
  3. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Mandy Huydts
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy – Raffaella Carrà
  5. 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  6. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Ruslana
  7. 🇫🇮 Finland – Susan Aho
  8. 🇳🇴 Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
  9. 🇦🇲 Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
  10. 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia – Kristina Taleska
  11. 🇮🇸 Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  12. 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
  13. 🇬🇧 United Kindom – Alex Jones
  14. 🇩🇰 Denmark – Lise Rønne
  15. 🇦🇹 Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  16. 🇵🇱 Poland – Odeta Moro-Figurska 
  17. 🇸🇪 Sweden – Danny Saucedo
  18. 🇸🇲 San Marino – Nicola Della Valle
  19. 🇩🇪 Germany – Ina Müller
  20. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh
  21. 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Klemen Slakonja
  22. 🇹🇷 Turkey – Ömer Önder 
  23. 🇨🇭Switzerland – Cécile Bähler 
  24. 🇬🇷 Greece – Lena Aroni
  25. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Sofia Nizharadze
  26. 🇫🇷 France – Cyril Féraud
  27. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Dušica Spasić 
  28. 🇭🇷 Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  29. 🇧🇾 Belarus – Leila Ismailava
  30. 🇷🇴 Romania – Malvina Cservenschi
  31. 🇦🇱 Albania – Leon Menkshi
  32. 🇲🇹 Malta – Kelly Schembri
  33. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Joana Teles
  34. 🇭🇺 Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  35. 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Giedrius Masalskis 
  36. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Vidmar
  37. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Derek Mooney
  38. 🇪🇸 Spain – Elena S. Sánchez
  39. 🇮🇱 Israel – Ofer Nachshon 
  40. 🇪🇪 Estonia – Piret Järvis
  41. 🇲🇩 Moldova – Geta Burlacu
  42. 🇧🇪 Belgium – Maureen Louys
  43. 🇱🇻 Latvia – Aisha

5.Broadcasts. Most countries sent commentators to Düsseldorf or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s)
🇦🇱 Albania All shows TVSH Leon Menkshi
🇦🇲 Armenia All shows Armenia 1 Artak Vardanyan 
🇦🇹 Austria All shows ORF eins Andi Knoll
Hitradio Ö3 Martin Blumenau 
Final Benny Hörtnagl 
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan All shows İTV Leyla Aliyeva
🇧🇾 Belarus All shows Belarus-1 Denis Kurian
🇧🇪 Belgium All shows La Une French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye 
één Dutch: Sven Pichal and André Vermeulen
Radio 2
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina All shows BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
🇧🇬 Bulgaria  All shows BNT Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
🇭🇷 Croatia All shows HRT 1 Duško Ćurlić
🇨🇾 Cyprus All shows RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou
🇩🇰 Denmark All shows DR1, DR HD Ole Tøpholm
🇪🇪 Estonia All shows ETV Marko Reikop
Raadio 2
🇫🇮 Finland All shows YLE TV2, YLE HD Finnish: Tarja Närhi and Asko Murtomäki 
YLE FST5 Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
YLE Radio Suomi Finnish: Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
🇫🇷 France SF2 France Ô Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes
Final France 3 Laurent Boyer and Catherine Lara
France Bleu Fred Musa and Éric Mazet
🇬🇪 Georgia All shows 1TV Sopho Altunashvili
🇩🇪 Germany SF1 Einsfestival, ProSieben Steven Gätjen
SF2/Final Das Erste Peter Urban
Final NDR 2, WDR 1LIVE, hr3 Thomas Mohr, Steffi Neu and Tim Frühling
🇬🇷 Greece All shows NET, ERT HD Maria Kozakou
Deftero Programma
🇭🇺 Hungary All shows m1 Gábor Gundel Takács 
🇮🇸 Iceland All shows Sjónvarpið Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir
🇮🇪 Ireland Semi-finals RTÉ Two Marty Whelan
Final RTÉ One
SF2/Final RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski
🇮🇱 Israel All shows IBA No commentary
🇮🇹 Italy SF2 Rai 5, Rai Radio 2 Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar
Final Rai 2
🇱🇻 Latvia All shows LTV Valters Frīdenbergs and Uģis Joksts
🇱🇹 Lithuania All shows LRT Darius Užkuraitis
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia  All shows MTV 1 Eli Tanaskovska
🇲🇹 Malta All shows TVM Eileen Montesin
🇲🇩 Moldova All shows Moldova 1 Marcel Spătari
🇳🇱 The Netherlands  All shows Nederland 1 Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker
🇳🇴 Norway All shows NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan
🇵🇱 Poland All shows TVP1 Artur Orzech
🇵🇹 Portugal All shows RTP1, RTP HD, RTP Internacional Sílvia Alberto
🇷🇴 Romania All shows TVR 1, TVR HD, TVR Internaţional Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Pavlică
🇷🇺 Russia All shows Channel One Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta 
Final Kirill Nabutov 
🇸🇲 San Marino All shows SMtv San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo
🇷🇸 Serbia SF1 RTS1 Marina Nikolić
SF2 Dragan Ilić
Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
All shows Radio Belgrade Tanja Zeljković
🇸🇰 Slovakia All shows Jednotka Roman Bomboš
Rádio FM
🇸🇮 Slovenia Semi-finals TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer
Final TV SLO 1
🇪🇸 Spain Semi-finals La 2 José Luis Uribarri
Final La 1, TVE HD, TVE Internacional
🇸🇪 Sweden All shows SVT1 Hélène Benno and Edward af Sillén
🇨🇭Switzerland SF1/Final SF zwei German: Sven Epiney
SF1 TSR 2 French: Jean-Marc Richard and Henri Dès
Final French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
Semi-finals RSI La 2 Italian: Jonathan Tedesco
Final RSI La 1
SF1/Final HD suisse No commentary
🇹🇷 Turkey All shows TRT 1 Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk 
🇺🇦 Ukraine All shows First National Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova
Radio Ukraine Olena Zelinchenko
🇬🇧 United Kindom Semi-finals BBC Three, BBC HD Scott Mills and Sara Cox
Final BBC One, BBC One HD Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s)
🇦🇺 Australia  All shows[i] SBS One, SBS HD Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang
 China Final[j] CCTV-15 No commentary
 Faroe Islands All shows[k] SvF Ole Tøpholm
 Greenland Final[l] KNR No commentary
 New Zealand All shows[m] Triangle Stratos No commentary

6.Incidents.

6.1.Technical issues during semi-final 1. During the first semi-final, many broadcasters lost contact with their commentators due to a technical glitch. Dropouts in the multi-channel sound connections were the cause of this fault, which was corrected, with a second backup system put into place, and tested extensively before the second semi-final.

7.Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, “General Organisation of Eurovision Fans” voting poll also took place before the contest.

7.1.Marcel Bezençon Awards. The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden’s then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest’s final. The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.

Category Country Song Performer(s) Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award 🇮🇪 Ireland “Lipstick” Jedward
  • Dan Priddy
  • Lars Halvor Jensen
  • Martin Michael Larsson
Composers Award 🇫🇷 France Sognu Amaury Vassili
  • Daniel Moyne
  • Quentin Bachelet
  • Jean-Pierre Marcellesi
  • Julie Miller
Press Award 🇫🇮 Finland “Da Da Dam” Paradise Oskar Axel Ehnström

7.2.OGAE. OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2011 poll was Hungary’s “What About My Dreams?” performed by Kati Wolf; the top five results are shown below.

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
🇭🇺 Hungary “What About My Dreams?” Kati Wolf 277
🇫🇷 France Sognu Amaury Vassili 270
🇬🇧 United Kindom  “I Can” Blue 253
🇸🇪 Sweden “Popular” Eric Saade 238
🇪🇪 Estonia “Rockefeller Street” Getter Jaani 183

7.3.Barbara Dex Award. The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium’s representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

Place Country Performer(s) Votes
1 🇬🇪 Georgia Eldrine 133
2 🇮🇪 Ireland Jedward 81
3 🇲🇩 Moldova Zdob și Zdub 66
4 🇹🇷 Turkey Yüksek Sadakat 61
5 🇵🇹 Portugal Homens da Luta 59

Cover art of the official album

8.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 was the official compilation album of the 2011 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 15 April 2011. The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2011 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.

8.1.Charts.

Chart (2011) Peak position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 2

10.Notes.

  1. [a] Includes two lines in Albanian.
  2. [b] ab Includes two phrases in French; American Sign Language was also used during the live televised performance.
  3. [c] ab Contains phrases in Bosnian.
  4. [d] Includes two words in Russian.
  5. [e] ab Despite finishing with the same number of points as Armenia, Malta is deemed to have finished in eleventh place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  6. [f] ab Despite finishing with the same number of points as Albania, Turkey is deemed to have finished in thirteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  7. [g] ab Despite finishing with the same number of points as Slovakia, Bulgaria is deemed to have finished in thirteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  8. [h] ab Despite finishing with the same number of points as Romania, Russia is deemed to have finished in sixteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  9. [i] Broadcast on 13 May, 14 May and 15 May 2011.
  10. [j] Broadcast on 24 January 2014, shortened to two hours and with voting details. and interval acts ignored and edited as montages.
  11. [k] Broadcast on timeshift with Danish commentary from DR.
  12. [l] Broadcast on timeshift.
  13. [m] Broadcast on 11 May, 13 May and 15 May 2011.
  14. [n] Emmy was internally selected to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2011. The song “Boom Boom” that Emmy would perform at Eurovision was selected through a national final. From 70 submitted songs a jury selected four songs for the competition.
  15. [o] A total of 77 artists were split in seven heats. Weekly heats consisted of five shows aired from Monday to Friday. The winning artist of each heat qualified for the semi-final. Two wildcards were given. Each of the finalists performed 3 songs in the final. The expert jury decided that both Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal should represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2011. They performed under the name Ell/Nikki. Ell/Nikki’s Eurovision winning song “Running Scared” was selected internally.
  16. [p] Christos Mylordos won the talent show Performance. His song for Eurovision 2011, “San Aggelos S’agapisa”, was selected internally by a seven-member jury.
  17. [q] Lena Meyer-Landrut was internally selected to represent Germany at Eurovision 2011 and defend her title. The song “Taken By A Stranger” that Lena performed at Eurovision was selected through “Unser Song für Deutschland” which included two semi-finals and a final.
  18. [r] The band 3JS was internally selected to represent the Netherlands at Eurovision 2011. The song that 3JS performed at Eurovision was selected through a national final with five songs provided by 3JS. The winning song from Nationaal Songfestival 2011 was “Je vecht nooit alleen”. At Eurovision 2011 3JS performed the song in English under the title “Never Alone”.

11.Trivial / Fun facts.

  • The broadcast of the final won the Rose d’Or award for Best Live Event.
  • Lena came back to defend her title with the song Taken By A Stranger. She ended up 10th in the Final.

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Countries (in order of appearance)

Final Finland ⦁ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Ireland ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Greece • Russia ⦁ France ⦁ Italy • Switzerland • United Kingdom ⦁ Moldova • Germany ⦁ Romania ⦁ Austria ⦁ Azerbaijan (winner) ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Spain ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Georgia
First Semi-Final Poland ⦁ Norway ⦁ Albania ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Turkey ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Russia ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Georgia • Finland ⦁ Malta • San Marino • Croatia ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Greece (winner)
Second Semi-Final Bosnia and Herzegovina ⦁ Austria ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Slovakia ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Sweden (winner) • Cyprus ⦁ Bulgaria ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ Israel • Slovenia • Romania • Estonia ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Ireland

Artists (in order of appearance)

Final Paradise Oskar ⦁ Dino Merlin ⦁ A Friend in London ⦁ Evelina Sašenko ⦁ Kati Wolf ⦁ Jedward ⦁ Eric Saade ⦁ Getter Jaani ⦁ Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike ⦁ Alexey Vorobyov ⦁ Amaury Vassili ⦁ Raphael Gualazzi • Anna Rossinell ⦁ Blue ⦁ Zdob și Zdub ⦁ Lena • Hotel FM ⦁ Ell and Nikki (winner) ⦁ Maja Keuc ⦁ Sjonni’s Friends • Lucía Pérez ⦁ Mika Newton • Nina • Eldrine
First Semi-Final Magdalena Tul ⦁ Stella Mwangi ⦁ Aurela Gaçe ⦁ Emmy ⦁ Yüksek Sadakat ⦁ Nina ⦁ Alexey Vorobyov ⦁ Anna Rossinelli ⦁ Eldrine ⦁ Paradise Oskar • Glen Vella ⦁ Senit ⦁ Daria • Sjonni’s Friends • Kati Wolf ⦁ Homens da Luta ⦁ Evelina Sašenko ⦁ Ell and Nikki • Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike (winner)
Second Semi-Final Dino Merlin ⦁ Nadine Beiler ⦁ 3JS ⦁ Witloof Bay ⦁ Twiins ⦁ Mika Newton ⦁ Zdob și Zdub ⦁ Eric Saade (winner) ⦁ Christos Mylordos ⦁ Poli Genova • Vlatko Ilievski ⦁ Dana International ⦁ Maja Keuc • Hotel FM • Getter Jaani ⦁ Anastasia Vinnikova ⦁ Musiqq ⦁ A Friend in London • Jedward

Songs (in order of appearance)

Final “Da Da Dam” ⦁ “Love in Rewind” ⦁ “New Tomorrow” ⦁ “C’est ma vie” ⦁ “What About My Dreams?” ⦁ “Lipstick” ⦁ “Popular” ⦁ “Rockefeller Street” ⦁ “Watch My Dance” • “Get You” • “Sognu” • “Madness of Love” ⦁ “In Love for a While” ⦁ “I Can” ⦁ “So Lucky” • “Taken by a Stranger” • “Change” • “The Secret Is Love” • “Running Scared” (winner) • “No One” • “Coming Home” ⦁ “Que me quiten lo bailao” • “Angel” • “Čaroban” (Чаробан) • “One More Day”
First Semi-Final Jestem” ⦁ “Haba Haba” ⦁ “Feel the Passion” ⦁ “Boom Boom” ⦁ “Live It Up” ⦁ “Čaroban” (Чаробан) ⦁ “Get You” ⦁ “In Love for a While” ⦁ “One More Day” • “Da Da Dam” • “One Life” • “Stand By” • “Celebrate” • “Coming Home” • “What About My Dreams?” ⦁ “A luta é alegria” • “C’est ma vie” • “Running Scared” • “Watch My Dance” (winner)
Second Semi-Final “Love in Rewind” ⦁ “The Secret Is Love” ⦁ “Never Alone” ⦁ “With Love Baby” ⦁ “I’m Still Alive” ⦁ “Angel” ⦁ “So Lucky” ⦁ “Popular” (winner) ⦁ “San aggelos s’agapisa” (Σαν άγγελος σ’αγάπησα) • “Na inat” (На инат) • “Rusinka” (Русинка) • “Ding Dong” • “No One” • “Change” • “Rockefeller Street” ⦁ “I Love Belarus” • “Angel in Disguise” • “New Tomorrow” • “Lipstick”
Non-participating entries: Belarus: Anastasiya Vinnikova (Анастасия Винникова) – “I Am Belarusian”