Sunday, May 15, 2011
Azerbaijan has won the2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf,Germany. DuoEll & Nikki, which consists of Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, won the contest with 221 points after their performence ofRunning Scared. This is the first time that Azerbaijan has won the contest, they first appeared in 2008.Italy took second place andSweden finished third.
Commenting on their country's win the pair said "the one thing we want to say is, we just love you. Thank you for your support". Gasimov continued to say that he was "the happiest man in the world".
Azerbaijan received the maximum of 12 points from three countries,Russia,Turkey, andMalta.
Ukraine came fourth in the contest and fifth place went toDenmark.Switzerland came in last with 19 points. Host and last year's winner Germany finished in tenth place. Other countries that participated in the final includeBosnia and Herzegovina,Greece,Ireland,Georgia, theUnited Kingdom,Moldova,Slovenia,Serbia,France,Russia,Romania,Austria,Lithuania,Iceland,Finland,Hungary,Spain, andEstonia.
Two semi-final heats were held in the days before the final to determine which acts would proceed to the final. Greece and Sweden won the semi-finals with 133 and 155 points. The countries that failed to make it to the final are Malta,Armenia, Turkey,Albania,Croatia, San Marino,Norway,Portugal,Poland,Belgium,Bulgaria,Slovakia,Belarus,Israel,F.Y.R Macedonia,Latvia,Cyprus, and theNetherlands
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