Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Feel Your Heart Beat!
Dates
Semi-final 110 May 2011 (2011-05-10)
Semi-final 212 May 2011 (2011-05-12)
Final14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
Host
VenueDüsseldorf Arena
Düsseldorf, Germany
Presenter(s)
Directed byLadislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producer
  • Ralf Quibeldey
  • Thomas Schreiber
Host broadcasterNorddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on behalf of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries43
Number of finalists25
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countriesNone
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song
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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.

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]

Düsseldorf Arena – host venue of the 2011 contest.

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]

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 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]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011 – Participation summaries by country

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]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[29][30]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Aurela Gaçe "Feel the Passion" English
  • Sokol Marsi
  • Shpëtim Saraçi
 Armenia AMPTV Emmy "Boom Boom" English
  • Hayk Harutyunyan
  • Hayk Hovhannisyan
  • Sosi Khanikyan
 Austria ORF Nadine Beiler "The Secret is Love" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Ell and Nikki "Running Scared" English
 Belarus BTRC Anastasia Vinnikova "I Love Belarus" English
  • Svetlana Geraskova
  • Eugene Oleynik
 Belgium RTBF Witloof Bay "With Love Baby" English
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" English Dino Merlin
 Bulgaria BNT Poli Genova "Na inat" (На инат) Bulgarian
 Croatia HRT Daria "Celebrate" English
 Cyprus CyBC Christos Mylordos "San aggelos s'agapisa" (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα) Greek
  • Andreas Anastasiou
  • Michalis Antoniou
 Denmark DR A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" English
 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
  • Quentin Bachelet
  • Jean-Pierre Marcellesi
  • Julie Miller
  • Daniel Moyne
 Georgia GPB Eldrine "One More Day" English
  • Mikheil Chelidze
  • DJ BE$$
  • DJ Rock
 Germany NDR[a] Lena "Taken by a Stranger" English
 Greece ERT Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" English, Greek
  • Giannis Christodoulopoulos
  • Eleana Vrachali
 Hungary MTVA Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian
  • Péter Geszti
  • Johnny K. Palmer
  • Gergő Rácz
  • Viktor Rakonczai
 Iceland RÚV Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English
 Ireland RTÉ Jedward "Lipstick" English
 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
  • Andrius Kairys
  • Paulius Zdanavičius
 Macedonia MRT Vlatko Ilievski "Rusinka" (Русинкa) Macedonian, English
 Malta PBS Glen Vella "One Life" English
  • Fleur Balzan
  • Paul Giordimaina
 Moldova TRM Zdob şi Zdub "So Lucky" English
 Netherlands TROS 3JS "Never Alone" English
  • Jan Dulles
  • Jaap Kwakman
  • Jaap de Witte
 Norway NRK Stella Mwangi "Haba Haba" English, Swahili
 Poland TVP Magdalena Tul "Jestem" Polish Magdalena Tul
 Portugal RTP Homens da Luta "A luta é alegria" Portuguese
  • Vasco Duarte
  • Jel
 Romania TVR Hotel FM "Change" English
  • Gabriel Băruţa
  • Alexandra Ivan
 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
 Slovenia RTVSLO Maja Keuc "No One" English
  • Matjaž Vlašič
  • Urša Vlašič
 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
  • Ergün Arsal
  • Kutlu Özmakinacı
 Ukraine NTU Mika Newton "Angel" English
  • Ruslan Kvinta
  • Maryna Skomorohova
 United Kingdom BBC Blue "I Can" English

Returning artists[edit]

Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011

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]

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-final

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]

Ell and Nikki of Azerbaijan, during the ESC 2011

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]

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 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.

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[51]
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.

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[52]
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.

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[53]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Finland Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" 57 21
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" 125 6
3  Denmark A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" 134 5
4  Lithuania Evelina Sašenko "C'est ma vie" 63 19
5  Hungary Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" 53 22
6  Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" 119 8
7  Sweden Eric Saade "Popular" 185 3
8  Estonia Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" 44 24
9  Greece Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" 120 7
10  Russia Alexey Vorobyov "Get You" 77 16
11  France Amaury Vassili "Sognu" 82 15
12  Italy Raphael Gualazzi "Madness of Love" 189 2
13   Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "In Love for a While" 19 25
14  United Kingdom Blue "I Can" 100 11
15  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "So Lucky" 97 12
16  Germany Lena "Taken by a Stranger" 107 10
17  Romania Hotel FM "Change" 77 17
18  Austria Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" 64 18
19  Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki "Running Scared" 221 1
20  Slovenia Maja Keuc "No One" 96 13
21  Iceland Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" 61 20
22  Spain Lucía Pérez "Que me quiten lo bailao" 50 23
23  Ukraine Mika Newton "Angel" 159 4
24  Serbia Nina "Čaroban" 85 14
25  Georgia Eldrine "One More Day" 110 9

Spokespersons[edit]

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.  Netherlands – Mandy Huydts[54]
  4.  Italy – Raffaella Carrà
  5.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  6.  Ukraine – Ruslana[55]
  7.  Finland – Susan Aho[56]
  8.  Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
  9.  Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
  10.  Macedonia – Kristina Taleska
  11.  Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  12.  Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
  13.  United Kingdom – Alex Jones[57]
  14.  Denmark – Lise Rønne[58]
  15.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch[59]
  16.  Poland – Odeta Moro-Figurska [pl]
  17.  Sweden – Danny Saucedo[60]
  18.  San Marino – Nicola Della Valle
  19.  Germany – Ina Müller[61]
  20.  Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh[62]
  21.  Slovenia – Klemen Slakonja[63]
  22.  Turkey – Ömer Önder [tr]
  23.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler [de][64]
  24.  Greece – Lena Aroni[65]
  25.  Georgia – Sofia Nizharadze
  26.  France – Cyril Féraud[66]
  27.  Serbia – Dušica Spasić [sr][67]
  28.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  29.  Belarus – Leila Ismailava[68]
  30.  Romania – Malvina Cservenschi
  31.  Albania – Leon Menkshi
  32.  Malta – Kelly Schembri[69]
  33.  Portugal – Joana Teles
  34.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  35.  Lithuania – Giedrius Masalskis [lt]
  36.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Vidmar
  37.  Ireland – Derek Mooney
  38.  Spain – Elena S. Sánchez[70]
  39.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon[71]
  40.  Estonia – Piret Järvis[72]
  41.  Moldova – Geta Burlacu[73]
  42.  Belgium – Maureen Louys[74]
  43.  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]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1[76]
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[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
Detailed 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 Kingdom
Contestants
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

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]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2[76]
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
Detailed 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
Italy
Contestants
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,  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

Final[edit]

  Winner
Split results of the final[76]
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 Kingdom 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 Kingdom 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[e]  Georgia 79  Spain 73
17  Romania 77[e]  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 Kingdom 57  Slovenia 39
23  Spain 50   Switzerland 53  Estonia 32
24  Estonia 44  Spain 38  Austria 25
25   Switzerland 19  Russia 25

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