Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The  Annual **Eurovision Song Contest** was held in Düsseldorf (Germany), due to Germany's first place with their singer Lena Meyer-Landrut with her song _"Satellite"_ in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo (Norway). Like previous years, a system of two semi-finals was used: the first on 10 May and the second on 13 May 2011. The final was on the evening of 14 May 2011. The winners were Ell & Nikki with their song Running scared, they represented Azerbaijan.

## Venue

On 12 October 2010, the German broadcaster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) announced that the Esprit Arena of Düsseldorf as the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Germany has already held the Eurovision Song Contest. The first in 1957 in Frankfurt am Main and the second in 1983 in Munich. Since 1998 and the victory of the United Kingdom the year before, it is the first time that a country of the "Big Five" (Germany, France, Spain, United Kingdom & Italy (since 2011)) will held the Eurovision Song Contest.

### Bidding Phase

23 cities of Germany participated to the bidding phase of the venue for the  Annual Eurovision Song Contest. Eight cities showed interest of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 : Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich. On 21 August 2010, NDR announced that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 Contest :
- Berlin : In a hangar near the former Tempelhof Airport
- Düsseldorf: Esprit Arena
- Hamburg: Hamburg Exhibition Centre
- Hanover: Hanover Exhibition Centre

## Format

The five countries that are part of the "Big Five", along with the host of the contest, automatically qualify for a place in the final. But Germany is both the host of the 2011 edition and a member from the "Big Five". To answer this question of if a country will qualify directly for the final (maybe the second of the 2010 Contest), the EBU held a meeting in Belgrade (Serbia). And it was decided that the existing rules will remain in place, and that the number of participants in the final will simply decreased from twenty-five to twenty-four. On 31 December 2010, the EBU published the official list of the participants for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and which stated the return of Italy, Austria, San Marino and Hungary. And thanks to the return of Italy twenty-fiv countries will participate for the final of the 2011 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

### Hosts

On 16 December 2010, NDR revealed the presenters of the 2011 edition : Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers, and Stefan Raab. It will be the third time that three people have hosted the contest after 1999 and 2010. And the second time in a row.

### Pot allocations

To determine the semi-final running orders for the Eurovision Song Contest, participating nations were split into six pots on 17 January 2011. Countries has been drawn from each pot to determine if they will compete in either the first or second semi-final and like in 2010, it will determine in which half of the semi-final they will perform, in order for delegations to know when rehearsals will begin for their respective countries. The draw also determine in which semi-finals the members of the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy) will be able to vote.

Israeli broadcaster IBA requested to take part in the second semi-final due to the Israeli Memorial Day, which will be held during the first semi-final. German broadcaster NDR also requested that they be allowed to vote in the second semi-final for scheduling reasons.

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## Participating Countries

On 31 December 2010, the EBU confirmed the forty-three countries which will be competing fir the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The 2011 edition which will mark the returns of Austria, which last participated in 2007, Italy, which last participated in 1997, San Marino, which only took part in 2008, and Hungary, which last participated in 2009.

At a meeting in Belgrade, the EBU decided that the countries has to choose their artists and their songs before 14 March because the running draw for the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on March 15.

#### Semi-final 1

- The first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 10 May 2011.
- The ten countries which has received the most points, will participate for the final of the contest
- Two members of the "Big Five", Spain and the United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final

|Draw|Country|Language|Artist|Song|English translation|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|01||Polish|Magdalena Tul|"Jestem"|I am|Out|
|02||English, Swahili|Stella Mwangi|"Haba Haba"|Little by little|Out|
|03||English, Albanian|Aurela Gaçe|"Feel the Passion"|—|Out|
|04||English|Emmy|"Boom-Boom"|—|Out|
|05||English|Yüksek Sadakat|"Live It Up"|—|Out|
|06||Serbian|Nina Radojčić|"Čaroban" (Чаробан)|Magical|Qualified|
|07||English|Alexey Vorobyov|"Get You"|—|Qualified|
|08||English|Anna Rossinelli|"In Love for a While"|—|Qualified|
|09||English|Eldrine|"One More Day"|—|Qualified|
|10||English|Paradise Oskar|"Da Da Dam"|—|Qualified|
|11||English|Glen Vella|"One Life"|—|Out|
|12||English|Senit|"Stand By"|—|Out|
|13||English|Daria Kinzer|"Celebrate"|—|Out|
|14||English|Sigurjón's Friends|"Coming Home"|—|Qualified|
|15||English, Hungarian|Kati Wolf|"What About My Dreams?"|—|Qualified|
|16||Portuguese|Homens da Luta|"A luta é alegria"|The struggle is joy|Out|
|17||English|Evelina Sašenko|"C'est ma vie"|It's my life|Qualified|
|18||English|Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal|"Running Scared"|—|Qualified|
|19||English, Greek|Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike|"Watch My Dance"|—|Qualified|

#### Semi-final 2

- The first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 12 May 2011.
- The ten countries which has received the most points, will participate for the final of the contest
- Three members of the "Big Five", France, Germany and the Italy will vote in this semi-final

|Draw|Country|Language|Artist|Song|English translation|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|01||English, Bosnian|Dino Merlin|"Love in Rewind"|—|Qualified|
|02||English|Nadine Beiler|"The Secret Is Love"|—|Qualified|
|03||English|3JS|"Never Alone"|—|Out|
|04||English|Witloof Bay|"With Love Baby"|—|Out|
|05||English|TWiiNS|"I'm Still Alive"|—|Out|
|06||English|Mika Newton|"Angel"|—|Qualified|
|07||English|Zdob şi Zdub|"So Lucky"|—|Qualified|
|08||English|Eric Saade|"Popular"|—|Qualified|
|09||Greek|Christos Mylordos|I loved you like an angel|—|Out|
|10||Bulgarian|Poli Genova|"Na inat" (На инат)|For spite|Out|
|11||Macedonian|Vlatko Ilievski|"Rusinka" (Русинкa)|Russian Girl|Out|
|12||Hebrew, English|Dana International|"Ding Dong"|—|Out|
|13||English|Maja Keuc|"No One"|—|Qualified|
|14||English|Hotel FM|"Change"|—|Qualified|
|15||English|Getter Jaani|"Rockefeller Street"|—|Qualified|
|16||English|Anastasia Vinnikova|"I Love Belarus"|—|Out|
|17||English|Musiqq|"Angel in Disguise"|—|Out|
|18||English|A Friend In London|"New Tomorrow"|—|Qualified|
|19||English|Jedward|"Lipstick"|—|Qualified|

#### Final

- The final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will took place on 14 May 2011.
- Only the countries of the "Big Five" automatically qualify for the final.
- From the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May 2011, twenty countries qualified for the final, and a total of twenty-five countries will competed in the final.
- The voting system used will be the same as used in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, a 50/50 system, with a combination of televotes and jury votes who will select the winner. Viewers were able to vote during the performances.

|Draw|Country|Language|Artist|Song|English translation|Points|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|01||English|Paradise Oskar|"Da Da Dam"|—|57|21|
|02||English, Bosnian|Dino Merlin|"Love in Rewind"|—|125|06|
|03||English|A Friend In London|"New Tomorrow"|—|134|05|
|04||English|Evelina Sašenko|""|It's my life|63|19|
|05||English, Hungarian|Kati Wolf|"What About My Dreams ?"|—|53|22|
|06||English|Jedward|"Lipstick"|—|119|08|
|07||English|Eric Saade|"Popular"|—|185|03|
|08||English|Getter Jaani|"Rockefeller Street"|—|44|24|
|09||English, Greek|Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike|"Watch My Dance"|—|120|07|
|10||English, Russian|Alexey Vorobyov|"Get You"|—|77|16|
|11||Corsican|Amaury Vassili|""|Dream|82|15|
|12||Italian, English|Raphael Gualazzi|"Madness of Love"|—|189|02|
|13||English|Anna Rossinelli|"In Love for a While"|—|19|25|
|14||English|Blue|"I Can"|—|100|11|
|15||English|Zdob şi Zdub|"So Lucky"|—|97|12|
|16||English|Lena Meyer-Landrut|"Taken by a Stranger"|—|107|10|
|17||English|Hotel FM|"Change"|—|77|17|
|18||English|Nadine Beiler|"The Secret Is Love"|—|64|18|
|19||English|Ell and Nikki|"Running Scared"|—|221|01|
|20||English|Maja Keuc|"No One"|—|96|13|
|21||English|Sjonni's Friends|"Coming Home"|—|61|20|
|22||Spanish|Lucía Pérez|""|They can't take away the good things I've lived|50|23|
|23||English|Mika Newton|"Angel"|—|159|04|
|24||Serbian|Nina|"" (Чаробан)|Magical|85|14|
|25||English|Eldrine|"One More Day"|—|110|09|

## Infobox (eurovision)

- **name**: Eurovision Song Contest
- **year**: 2011
- **theme**: _"Feel Your Heart Beat!"_
- **semi1**: 10 May 2011
- **semi2**: 12 May 2011
- **final**: 14 May 2011
- **presenters**: Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab
- **exsupervisor**: Jon Ola Sand
- **host**: ARD (broadcaster), ARD/Norddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR
- **venue**: Esprit Arena
Düsseldorf, Germany
- **winner**:
"Running Scared (Eldar & Nigar song), Running Scared"
- **entries**: 43
- **debut**: None
- **return**:

- **withdraw**: None
- **null**: None
- **interval**: **Semi-final 1:** Cold Steel Drummers
**Semi-final 2:** Flying Steps – "Flying Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach"
**Final:** Jan Delay performing "Oh Jonny" and "Klar"
- **opening**: **Final:** Stefan Raab performing "Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), Satellite" with Lena Meyer-Landrut
- **map**: ESC 2011 Map.svg
- **col1**: #22B14C
- **tag1**: Participating countries
- **col2**: #d40000
- **tag2**: Countries that did not qualify for the final
- **col3**: #ffc20e
- **tag3**: Countries that have participated in the past but did not do so in 2011