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The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 55th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest hosted in Düsseldorf, Germany, after Lena won for the country in Oslo with "Satellite". The two semi finals were hosted on the 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May.

No country made its debut while Austria, Hungary, Italy and San Marino made their return. Italy joined France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom as a newly-named 'Big Five' nation, meaning it would have direct qualification for the final at any future Contest.

The Contest was won by duo Eli & Nikki from Azerbaijan with their song "Running Scared", which gave the country its first-ever win.  They were the first mixed-gender duo to win for their country since Denmark won the 1963 Contest in London.

Location[]

Bidding phase[]

Pot allocations[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Participants[]

Returning artists[]

Artist Note
Dino Merlin Represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem along with French singer Béatrice Poulot, performing the song "Putnici", finishing in 7th place with 86 points
Gunnar Ólason Represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen as part of the duo Two Tricky with the song "Angel", finishing in joint last place with 3 points.
Zdob și Zdub Represented Moldova on its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev with the song "Boonika bate doba", finishing in 6th place with 148 points
TWiiNS Appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade as backing vocalists for the entry from the Czech Republic
Sophio Toroshelidze Appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo as a backing vocalist for the entry from Georgia
Dana International Gave Israel its third win at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva"
Lena Gave Germany its second win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo with the song "Satellite"

Semi Final 1[]

Flag of Spain Spain and the Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom voted in this semi final.  The highlighted countries qualified for the final:

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Poland Poland Magdalena Tul "Jestem" Polish I am 19 18
02 Flag of Norway Norway Stella Mwangi "Haba Haba" English, Swahili Little by little 17 30
03 Flag of Albania Albania Aurela Gaçe "Feel the Passion" English, Albanian 14 47
04 Flag of Armenia Armenia Emmy "Boom Boom" English 12 54
05 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Yüksek Sadakat "Live It Up" English 13 47
06 Flag of Serbia Serbia Nina "Čaroban" Serbian Magical 8 67
07 Flag of Russia Russia Alexej Vorobjov "Get You" English, Russian 9 64
08 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "In Love for a While" English 10 55
09 Flag of Georgia Georgia Eldrine "One More Day" English 6 74
10 Flag of Finland Finland Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" English 3 103
11 Flag of Malta Malta Glen Vella "One Life" English 11 54
12 Flag of San Marino San Marino Senit "Stand By" English 16 34
13 Flag of Croatia Croatia Daria "Celebrate" English 15 41
14 Flag of Iceland Iceland Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English 4 100
15 Flag of Hungary Hungary Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian 7 72
16 Flag of Portugal Portugal Homens da Luta "A luta é alegria" Portuguese The daily struggle is all about fun 18 22
17 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Sašenko "C'est ma vie" English It's my life 5 81
18 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Eli & Nikki "Running Scared" English 2 122
19 Flag of Greece Greece Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" English, Greek 1 133

Semi-final 2[]

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" English, Bosnian - 5 109
02 Flag of Austria Austria Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" English - 7 69
03 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands 3JS "Never Alone" English - 19 13
04 Flag of Belgium Belgium Witloof Bay "With Love Baby" English - 11 53
05 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia TWiiNS "I'm Still Alive" English - 13 48
06 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Mika Newton "Angel" English - 6 81
07 Flag of Moldova Moldova Zdob și Zdub "So Lucky" English - 10 54
08 Flag of Sweden Sweden Eric Saade "Popular" English - 1 155
09 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Christos Mylordos "San ángelos s'agápisa" Greek I loved you like an angel 18 16
10 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Poli Genova "Na inat" Bulgarian In spite 12 48
11 Flag of North Macedonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Vlatko Ilievski "Rusinka" Macedonian, English Russian Girl 16 36
12 Flag of Israel Israel Dana International "Ding Dong" Hebrew, English - 15 38
13 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Maja Keuc "No One" English - 3 112
14 Flag of Romania Romania Hotel FM "Change" English - 4 111
15 Flag of Estonia Estonia Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" English - 9 60
16 Flag of Belarus Belarus Anastasia Vinnikova "I Love Belarus" English - 14 45
17 Flag of Latvia Latvia Musiqq "Angel in Disguise" English - 17 25
18 Flag of Denmark Denmark A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" English - 2 135
19 Flag of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" English - 8 68

Final[]

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Finland Finland Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" English - 21 57
02 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" English, Bosnian - 6 125
03 Flag of Denmark Denmark A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" English - 5 134
04 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Sašenko "C'est ma vie" English It's my life 19 63
05 Flag of Hungary Hungary Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian - 22 53
06 Flag of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" English - 8 119
07 Flag of Sweden Sweden Eric Saade "Popular" English - 3 185
08 Flag of Estonia Estonia Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" English - 24 44
09 Flag of Greece Greece Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" English, Greek - 7 120
10 Flag of Russia Russia Alexej Vorobjov "Get You" English, Russian - 16 77
11 Flag of France France Amaury Vassili "Sognu" Corsican I Dream 15 82
12 Flag of Italy Italy Raphael Gualazzi "Madness of Love" Italian, English - 2 189
13 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "In Love for a While" English - 25 19
14 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Blue "I Can" English - 11 100
15 Flag of Moldova Moldova Zdob și Zdub "So Lucky" English - 12 97
16 Flag of Germany Germany Lena "Taken by a Stranger" English - 10 107
17 Flag of Romania Romania Hotel FM "Change" English - 17 77
18 Flag of Austria Austria Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" English - 18 64
19 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Eli & Nikki "Running Scared" English - 1 221
20 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Maja Keuc "No One" English - 13 96
21 Flag of Iceland Iceland Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English - 20 61
22 Flag of Spain Spain Lucía Pérez "Que me quiten lo bailao" Spanish Nobody can take away the good times I’ve had 23 50
23 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Mika Newton "Angel" English - 4 159
24 Flag of Serbia Serbia Nina "Čaroban" Serbian Magical 14 85
25 Flag of Georgia Georgia Eldrine "One More Day" English - 9 110

Scoreboard[]

ESC 2011 scoreboard

Gallery[]

Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Lys AssiaCorry BrokkenAndré ClaveauTeddy ScholtenJacqueline BoyerJean-Claude PascalIsabelle AubretGrethe & Jørgen IngmannGigliola CinquettiFrance GallUdo JürgensSandie ShawMassielSaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraDanaSéverineVicky LeandrosAnne-Marie DavidABBATeach-InBrotherhood of ManMarie MyriamIzhar Cohen & AlphabetaMilk & HoneyJohnny LoganBucks FizzNicoleCorinne HermèsHerreysBobbysocks!Sandra KimJohnny LoganCéline DionRivaToto CutugnoCarolaLinda MartinNiamh KavanaghPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganSecret GardenEimear QuinnKatrina and the WavesDana InternationalCharlotte NilssonOlsen BrothersTanel Padar & Dave Benton with 2XLMarie NSertab ErenerRuslanaHelena PaparizouLordiMarija ŠerifovićDima BilanAlexander RybakLenaEli & NikkiLoreenEmmelie de ForestConchita WurstMåns ZelmerlöwJamalaSalvador SobralNettaDuncan LaurenceMåneskinKalush OrchestraLoreen
Winning Songs
RefrainNet als toenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de cire, poupée de sonMerci, chériePuppet on a StringLa, la, laVivo cantandoBoom Bang-a-BangDe troubadourUn jour, un enfantAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès toiTu te reconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses for MeL'oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggi-Loo Diggi-LeyLa det swingeJ'aime la vieHold Me NowNe partez pas sans moiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me to Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEvery Way That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattoo
Contests
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Countries
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Miscellaneous
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