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The
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual
Eurovision Song Contest and was won by the
Azerbaijani entry "
Running Scared" performed by
Eldar & Nigar. The event took place in the
Esprit Arena Düsseldorf,
Germany, following Germany's win in the
previous year. The two semi-finals took place on 10 May and 12 May 2011, while the final took place on the evening of 14 May 2011.
[2]
Forty-three countries participated in the contest,
[3] with those returning including
Austria, which last participated in
2007;
Hungary, which last competed in
2009; and
San Marino, which last participated in
2008.
Italy also returned to the Contest, marking its first participation since
1997.
The runners up were
Italy and
Sweden. Italy (2nd) and Germany (10th) were the only members of the "
Big Five" to make it into the top 10, with the
United Kingdom close behind at 11th place. However, out of the 25 countries who made it into the final, the remaining two of the "Big Five",
France and
Spain, failed to make it into the top half of the leader board coming 15th (82 points) and 23rd (50 points) respectively.
Venue
The
Esprit Arena in
Düsseldorf was announced by German broadcaster
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) as the venue for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on 12 October 2010.
[4][5] This was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany since
German reunification, with
West Germany having previously hosted the contest in
1957[6] and
1983.
[7] Germany is also the first member of the
"Big Five" to host the Contest since the implementation of the rule in 2000 which permits the five largest contributors to the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) –
Germany,
France, the
United Kingdom,
Spain and
Italy – to qualify automatically for the final alongside the previous year's winner.
Bidding phase
23 cities had ordered the terms of tender for the event by NDR.
[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] It was announced on 21 August 2010 by NDR that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 Contest:
Berlin,
Hamburg,
Hanover, and
Düsseldorf.
[11] Plans on where the contest could be held in each applicant city included:
[12]
Broadcast area of NDR.
Esprit Arena Düsseldorf
The newspaper
Der Westen announced that construction and dismantling work within the
Esprit Arena will allow the stadium to be rented for a period of six weeks.
[14] The stadium can accommodate 24,000 spectators for the Eurovision Song Contest.
[15] Düsseldorf will offer 23,000 hotel beds and 2,000 additional beds in the
Düsseldorf surroundings and on ships on the River
Rhine.
Düsseldorf Airport is nearby and an athletics arena near the
Esprit Arena is reportedly planned to be used as press centre for 1,500 journalists. Advert banners will be removed from the arena, and lodgers and business-seat-owners who have an annual ticket for the football matches of
Fortuna Düsseldorf will be compensated. Initially it was reported that
Paul-Janes-Stadion would be upgraded to
2nd Bundesliga requirements.
[16] Instead, a mobile arena was build next to Esprit Arena for €3 million, with a capacity of around 20,000. It was used for three second division games.
[17]
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 will be installed while the other side will function as background dressing rooms for the artist delegations. An athletics arena next to the
Esprit Arena will serve as the press centre for the event. The
Esprit Arena offers comfortable seats relatively near to the stage that created rather an indoor event arena atmosphere than a football-stadium ambience. There were plans to open also the dress rehearsals for the public.
[18] Altogether, tickets are going to be sold for seven shows (the final, two semi-finals and four dress rehearsals).
[19]
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 pre-registration e-mail-newsletter on its website for all people interested in tickets for the event.
[20]
Ticket sales started on 12 December 2010 at 12:12
CET on the website www.dticket.de, which was the only authorised seller of tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
[21] The 32,000 tickets final that were put on sale on 12 December sold out within less than six hours. Once camera positions had been determined, a few thousand tickets more were be 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.
[22]
Media reports regarding host city
- 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 already indicated that talks with Düsseldorf to host the song contest in the
Esprit Arena were at an advanced stage at that moment.
[23] Fortuna Düsseldorf football club later announced on its website on 6 October 2010 that the club had obtained permission to move their games if necessary.
[24] The
Neue Ruhr Zeitung newspaper, which is part of the
WAZ Media Group, 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 will be equipped with mobile stands from a Swiss event construction specialist,
Nussli Group, creating 20,000 extra seats.
[25] This decision was made because the
Arena Sportpark Düsseldorf holds better logistic qualifications. This is expected to cost approximately €1.5 million.
[26]
- 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.
[27]
- 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 "secrecy about the bid concepts were promised to the NDR", Meng commented.
[28]
Rule of national host broadcaster
The ARD which is 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 that the costs for hosting this event resulted in a tense discussion about necessary savings on other programme contents made by the three broadcasters. The press alleged that RBB's weak financial state was the biggest hurdle for Berlin staging the contest.
[29]
Format
The four countries that are part of the "Big Four", along with the host of the contest, automatically qualify for a place in the final. For the 2011 Contest, Germany is both a "Big Four" country and the host, resulting in a vacant spot in the final. At a Reference Group meeting in
Belgrade it was decided that the existing rules will remain in place, and that the number of participants in the final will simply be lowered from twenty-five to twenty-four.
[30] On 31 December 2010, the official participation list was published by the EBU, which states that with the return of Italy to the contest, this nation will become a member of the "Big Five" thus permitting them automatic qualification into the finals, alongside Germany (host), France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and therefore restores the number of participants for the final to twenty-five nations.
[31]
On the 30 August 2010 it was announced that
Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, will leave his position on 31 December 2010.
[32] On 26 November 2010, EBU reported that
Jon Ola Sand will be the new Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest.
[33]
Hosts
NDR revealed the presenters of contest on 16 December 2010;
Anke Engelke,
Judith Rakers, and
Stefan Raab. It will be the third time three people have hosted the contest after
1999 and
2010.
[34]
Pot allocations
The draw to determine the semi-final running orders was held on Monday 17 January 2011. Participating nations were split into six pots based on voting patterns up to 2010. Countries will be drawn from each pot to determine whether they will compete in either the first or second semi-final and as in 2010, 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 determines which semi-final the
"Big Five" countries (France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy) will vote in.
[35]
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.
[35]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Graphic design
The design of the contest was built around the motto "Feel your heart beat". The postcard introducing each performance included the Heart logo in the colours of the performing country, 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 coming from that country. The contest's motto 'Feel your heart beat', would then be shown in some way in the country's official language. For example, in the first postcard shown (Poland's) one of the characters drops a piece of paper. The camera then pans down to the paper, to show the Polish for 'Feel your heart beat' handwritten on it. In the second postcard shown (Norway's), a man climbs to the top of a mountain and yells the Norwegian for 'Feel your heart beat'. Then, the heart appeared once again and the stage and the crowd could be seen, with little light, 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.
Participating countries
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Countries in the first semi-final
Countries voting in the first semi-final
Countries in the second semi-final
Countries voting in the second semi-final
On 31 December 2010, the EBU confirmed that forty-three countries would be competing in the 2011 Contest.
[3][31] 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.
[31] Montenegro had applied to take part in the contest on 4 December, but decided against participation and withdrew its name on 23 December, two days before the 25 December no strings attached deadline.
[36]
Slovakia initially withdrew from the 2011 Contest due to financial reasons, despite holding a public poll on the
Slovenská televízia (STV) website on their Eurovision participation which received an 87.5% positive vote. STV announced that they planned to return in the
2012 Contest.
[37][38] However Slovakia's application remained on the provisional list, leading to Slovakia's continued participation in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
[31] STV later announced in January 2011 that Slovakia would in fact, withdraw from the contest due to financial reasons and organisational changes.
[39] 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 in order to avoid receiving a fine for late withdrawal.
[35][40]
At a meeting in Belgrade on 28 August 2010, the EBU decided that each country had to choose their artist and song before 14 March 2011. On 15 March 2011, the draw for the running order took place in the host city.
[41] The semi-final allocation draw took place on 17 January in Düsseldorf.
[31]
Results
Semi-finals
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 final.[42]
- Spain and the United Kingdom must broadcast and vote in this semi-final.
- 1.^ Includes two phrases in French.
Semi-final 2
Eric Saade of Sweden, during the ESC 2011. In the second semi-final he finished in first place.
- 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 final.[42]
- France, Germany and Italy must broadcast and vote in this semi-final.
- 2.^ Includes two words in Russian.
Final
- The final took place on 14 May 2011.
- Only the "Big Five" countries automatically qualified for the final.
- From the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May 2011, twenty countries qualified for the final. A total of twenty-five countries competed in the final.[41]
- 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 be able to vote during the performances; the voting window ended 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs.[42]
- 3.^ Spanish idiom which literally means: "May they take away from me what I've danced".
Voting during the final
Countries revealed their votes in the following order:
Scoreboards
Semi-final 1
| Voting Results |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 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 |
Semi-final 2
| Voting Results |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 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 | | 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 | 7 | | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | | 10 | | 7 | | | 1 | 6 | 3 | | 10 | 10 | | | 8 | |
Final
| Voting Results[49] |
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 | Finland | 57 | | | 5 | 1 | | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 5 | | | 2 | | | | | 10 | | | | | 5 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 125 | | | | | | | 8 | | 3 | | 5 | 4 | 12 | | | 7 | | 12 | | 12 | | | | 12 | | | 4 | 7 | | 10 | | | 7 | | 8 | | | | 2 | 12 | | | |
Denmark | 134 | | | | | | 12 | 10 | 10 | | | 7 | | | 5 | | 6 | | | | 8 | 12 | | | | | 3 | 7 | | | | 5 | 4 | | | 12 | | 6 | 3 | 7 | | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Lithuania | 63 | | | | | | 10 | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
Hungary | 53 | 12 | | | | | | 5 | | | | 2 | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Ireland | 119 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | | | 12 | | | | | | | 12 | | 8 | | 4 | | | 4 | 7 | | | | 1 | | | | | 8 | | | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | | 3 | | | | 10 |
Sweden | 185 | 6 | 5 | 10 | | 10 | 4 | | 12 | 6 | 1 | 10 | | | 3 | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
Estonia | 44 | 7 | | 2 | 7 | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 5 | | 4 |
Greece | 120 | | | | | 8 | | | | | 8 | | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 10 | 8 | | 8 | | | | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | 10 | 7 | | | 8 | | | | 8 | | 12 | 10 | 3 | | | |
Russia | 77 | | | | 6 | 3 | | | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | 4 | | 1 | | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | | 8 | 5 | |
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France | 82 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 12 | 3 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | | 2 | | | 2 | 5 | | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | | 12 | | 7 | | | | | 1 |
Italy | 189 | 3 | 6 | | 10 | 4 | 5 | | 6 | 10 | | 8 | | 4 | 7 | | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | | 2 | 7 | 10 | | 12 | 6 | | 10 | 12 | | 10 | | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | 12 |
Switzerland | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
United Kingdom | 100 | | | 3 | 3 | | 6 | | | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | | | 4 | | | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | | | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | | 3 | | | | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Moldova | 97 | | | | 4 | | 8 | | | | 7 | 4 | 8 | | 8 | | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | | | | 7 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 1 | 5 | | | | | 7 | |
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Germany | 107 | | 3 | 8 | 2 | | | 6 | | 4 | | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | 10 | | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | 4 | 5 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | 7 | 5 | | | | | | 8 | 8 |
Romania | 77 | | | 4 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 12 | | | 12 | | | 1 | 6 | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 4 | 10 | | | 6 | | 6 | | |
Austria | 64 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | 2 | | 4 | | | | | | 7 | 2 | | 12 | | | | 5 | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | | 5 | 2 | | | |
Azerbaijan | 221 | 5 | 8 | | 8 | 7 | | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | | 1 | | 10 | | 10 | 8 | | | 8 | | 10 | | 8 | 8 | | 8 | | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | | | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Slovenia | 96 | | 12 | 7 | | 6 | 2 | | 2 | | 5 | | | | | | 1 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 6 | | 10 | 3 | | 3 |
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Iceland | 61 | 8 | 1 | 6 | | 12 | | 1 | | | | | 5 | 10 | 4 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
Spain | 50 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 12 | | 3 | 1 | | | 5 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 12 | | | 2 | | | 4 | | | |
Ukraine | 159 | | | | | | | 2 | | 7 | 10 | | 7 | | | 8 | | 2 | | 12 | 6 | | | | 6 | 10 | 2 | | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | | 5 | 7 | | | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
Serbia | 85 | 2 | 10 | | 5 | | | | | | | | 3 | 6 | | | | | 7 | | 10 | | 4 | | | | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | 5 | 8 | | 3 | | | | | 8 | | | |
Georgia | 110 | | | | 12 | 5 | | | 3 | 8 | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | | 10 | | | | 12 | | | 7 | | | 10 | 8 | | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 12 | |
The table is horizontally and vertically ordered by appearance in the final, then horizontally by appearance in the semi-finals. |
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Austria, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
4 | Italy | Albania, Latvia, San Marino, Spain |
3 | Azerbaijan | Malta, Russia, Turkey |
Denmark | Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands |
Georgia | Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine |
Ireland | Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom |
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 Kingdom | Bulgaria |
Albania – Leon Menkshi[50]
Australia – Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang[51]
Austria – Andi Knoll[52]
Belgium – Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF),[53] André Vermeulen and Sven Pichal (VRT)[54]
Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
Croatia – Duško Ćurlić
Denmark – Ole Tøpholm[55]
Estonia – Marko Reikop[56]
Finland – Tarja Närhi and Asko Murtomäki (in Finnish) and Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos (in Swedish)[57][58]
France – Audrey Chaveau and Bruno Berbere (France Ô, semi-final 2), Laurent Boyer and Catherine Lara (France 3, final).[59]
Germany – Peter Urban, Steven Gätjen (1st Semifinal only)[60]
Georgia — Sopho Altunishvili
Greece – Maria Kozakou[61]
Hungary – Gábor Gundel Takács
Iceland – Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir[63]
Ireland – Marty Whelan
Italy – Raffaella Carrà (second semifinal and final) and Bob Sinclar (only final)[64][65]
Latvia – Valters Frīdenbergs (semi-finals and final), Kārlis Būmeistars (final), both from Walters & Kazha
Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis[67]
Malta – Eileen Montesin[68]
Netherlands – Jan Smit and Daniel Dekker[69]
Norway – Olav Viksmo-Slettan
Poland – Artur Orzech[70]
Portugal – Sílvia Alberto[71]
Romania – Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Pavlică
Russia – Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta, Kirill Nabutov (only final)
Serbia – Duška Vučinić-Lučić (first semifinal and final), Dragan Ilić (second semifinal only) and Tanja Zeljković (Radio Belgrade 1, semifinals and final)[72]
San Marino – Lia Fiorio[64]
Slovakia – Roman Bomboš[73]
Slovenia – Andrej Hofer (TV), Andrej Karoli (radio)
Spain – José María Íñigo[74]
Sweden – Edward af Sillén and Hélène Benno.[75]
Switzerland – Sven Epiney (SF zwei),[76] Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (TSR 2)[77]
Turkey – Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk
Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko, Tetjana Terekhova (First National TV Channel) and Olena Zelinchenko (National Radio)[78].
United Kingdom – Scott Mills and Sara Cox (BBC Three, semi-finals), Graham Norton (BBC One, final) and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2, final)[79]
Spokespersons
Broadcasting
Armenia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on ARM 1.[101]
Australia – Even though Australia is not eligible to enter, the contest were broadcast on SBS One and SBS HD, with the first semi-final on 13 May, the second semi-final on 14 May and final on 15 May.[51]
Austria – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on ORF eins.
Azerbaijan – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on İctimai TV.
Belarus – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on Belteleradio First Channel.[102]
Belgium – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on RTBF and VRT.[103]
Bosnia and Herzegovina – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on BHT1, division of BHRT.[104]
Bulgaria – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on BNT.
Croatia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on HRT and Croatian Radio.
Denmark – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on DR and DR HD.[105]
Estonia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on ETV, Raadio 2 and online.[106]
Faroe Islands – Although not eligible to take part as an independent region, the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on timeshift on Sjónvarp Føroya with Danish commentary from DR.[107]
Finland – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on YLE TV2.[108]
France – The second semi-final (in which France voted) was broadcast on France Ô, with the final on France 3 and France Bleu.[59]
Georgia — The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on 1 TV GPB.
Germany – Host broadcaster, NDR, produced the programme for ARD.[109] ProSieben broadcast the first semi-final, while Das Erste broadcast the second semi-final and the final.[110]
Greece – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on NET and ERT HD.
Greenland – Although not eligible to take part as an independent region, The semi-finals and the final were broadcast on timeshift on KNR.[111]
Hungary – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on m1.[112]
Ireland – The semi-finals were broadcast live on RTÉ Two, with the final broadcast live on RTÉ One. RTÉ website
Israel – The second semi-final and the final were broadcast live on IBA. The first semi-final was broadcast on IBA on 12 May 12.
Italy – The second semi-final (where Italy votes) was broadcast on Rai 5 and Rai Radio 2, the final on Rai 2.[64]
Latvia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on LTV.
Lithuania – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on LRT.[67]
Macedonia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on MTV 1.[113]
Moldova – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on Moldova 1.
Netherlands – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on TROS for Nederland 1.[114][115][116]
New Zealand – Despite not being eligible to take part, the contest was broadcast on Stratos, with the first semi-final on 11 May, the second semi-final on 13 May, and the final on 15 May.[117]
Norway – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on NRK1 and NRK1 HD.[118]
Portugal – The first semi-final and the final were broadcast live and semi-final 2 on delay on RTP1, RTP HD and RTP Internacional.[71]
Romania – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on TVR1, TVR International and TVR HD.[119]
Russia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on Channel One.[120]
Serbia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on RTS1, RTS Digital, RTS HD, RTS SAT and Radio Belgrade 1.[72]
San Marino – As in 2008, the final was broadcast live on San Marino RTV.[64]
Slovakia – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on STV 1
Slovenia – The semi-finals were broadcast live on RTV SLO 2 and the final was broadcast live on RTV SLO 1, both channels from Slovenian national television.[121]
Spain – Both semi-finals were broadcast live on La 2 and the final was broadcast live on La 1 and TVE Internacional.[122]
Sweden – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on SVT1 and SVT1 HD.[123]
Switzerland – For the French-speaking part of the country, TSR 2 broadcast the first semi-final and the final; SF zwei broadcast the first semi-final and the final for the German-speaking regions; for the Italian-speaking regions RSI La 2 broadcast the first semi-final while RSI La 1 broadcast the final. The second semi-final was not broadcast by Swiss channels.
Turkey – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on TRT 1, TRT HD, TRT Avaz, TRT Müzik and TRT Radyo 3.[124]
Ukraine – The semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on NTU First National Channel[125], as well as on UR1 and UR2 channels of National Radio[126].
United Kingdom – The semi-finals were broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD while the final was broadcast on BBC One, BBC One HD and on BBC Radio 2.[127][79]
Returning artists
Stefan Raab who represented Germany in 2000 and appeared as a conductor and backing artist for other German entries, co-hosted the contest.