Eurovision Song Contest 2011

56th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Feel your heart beat! (Eng .: feel your heart beating)
date	May 10, 2011 (semi-final 1) May 12, 2011 (semi-final 2) May 14, 2011 (final)
Host country	Germany
venue	Düsseldorf Arena , Düsseldorf
Broadcasting television station	/
Moderation	Anke Engelke , Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab
Opening act	Finale: Stefan Raab feat. Lena: Satellite (Rockabilly Version) (Music: Julie Frost, John Gordon; Text: Julie Frost)
Pause filler	First semi-final: Cold Steel Drummers Second semi-final: Flying Steps : Flying Bach Finale: Jan Delay : Oh Jonny (Music / Text: Jan Eißfeldt, Lieven Brunckhorst, Jonas Landerschier, Loomis Green, Jost Nickel , Ali Busse, Philipp Kacza, Sebastian John) , Sure (Music / Text: Linda Creed, Jan Eißfeldt, Thom Bell )
participating countries	43
winner	Azerbaijan
Returning participants	Italy , Austria , San Marino , Hungary
Voting rule	Each country distributes 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) to the ten best titles of the vote. The vote takes place 50 percent each by jury and televoting .
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The 56th Eurovision Song Contest took place from May 10th to 14th, 2011 in the ESPRIT arena (for the duration of the event: Düsseldorf Arena) in Düsseldorf . After the German contribution Satellite by the interpreter Lena Meyer-Landrut had won the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo the year before , Germany was commissioned to host the music competition for the third time since 1957 and 1983 . The official motto of the 2011 event was Feel Your Heart Beat! (German: "Feel your heart beating!"). The Azerbaijani contribution Running Scared , a song by the Swedish songwriters and composers Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman and the British Iain Farquharson, presented by Ell & Nikki , took first place. Italy returned to the competition as a Big Five member after a break of 14 years, finishing second behind winner Azerbaijan.

Lena Meyer-Landrut , who represented Germany again this year with the song " Taken By A Stranger ", reached place 10 in the final. The Austrian representative Nadine Beiler took 18th place in the final with her song The Secret Is Love , while the Switzerland took 25th place with Anna Rossinelli and was last in the competition. Nevertheless, Switzerland reached the final again for the first time since 2005, Austria even after 2004.

venue

preparation

Berlin Dusseldorf Cologne Frankfurt am Main Munich Hanover Hamburg Gelsenkirchen

Applicant cities: Successful application Unsuccessful application

city	venue	Capacity (at concerts)	owner	Remarks
Berlin	Tent on the grounds of Berlin-Tempelhof Airport	Max. 10,000	City of Berlin	not a hall, but a tent
Dusseldorf	ESPRIT arena	Max. 66,000	Multifunctional arena Immobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG	Fortuna Düsseldorf venue
Hamburg	Hamburg Fair	Max. 10,000	Hamburg Messe GmbH
Hanover	Hanover Fair	Max. 10,000	Deutsche Messe AG	Venue of the Expo 2000

A total of 23 cities submitted an application to host the Eurovision Song Contest, eight of which, including Berlin , Hamburg , Hanover , Gelsenkirchen , Düsseldorf , Cologne , Frankfurt am Main and Munich , were able to meet the requirements of the catalog of requirements. By the end of the application period on August 20, 2010, the state broadcaster NDR had received offers from four cities (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Hanover) to host the 2011 competition.

The stage at the last rehearsal for the ESC intro

• Berlin planned the event to take place in a tent on the grounds of the disused Tempelhof Airport .
• Düsseldorf applied for the ESPRIT arena as the venue.
• Hamburg promoted the event with Hall A1, which has 9,000 seats, on the Hamburg Messe site .
• Hanover , the hometown of Lena Meyer-Landrut, wanted to hold the contest in Hall 2 on the Hanover Exhibition Center .

On October 12, 2010 the NDR announced the venue Düsseldorf. The WAZ media group reported this on the Internet days before the official announcement . The decision was made for financial reasons, among other things. While around 36,000 seats can be allocated for the Düsseldorf ESPRIT arena, in Berlin, for example, only 8,800 seats would have been available in a special building at the former Tempelhof Airport.

The Düsseldorf Arena was occupied for around six weeks for setting up, redesigning, rehearsing, event days and dismantling. The approximately 36,000 seats were distributed over around 6,000 in the interior and around 30,000 in the stands.

The first contingent of 32,000 tickets for the final on May 14, 2011 was sold out on the first day of sale, December 12, 2010. The first ticket contingent for the final dress rehearsal on May 13, 2011, the so-called jury final, was sold in December 2010 after a few days. After the renovation work on the arena was completed, around 1,000 tickets were still available for the finals and the jury finals.

Since the Esprit trading group , which gave the ESPRIT arena its name , was not an advertising partner for the event, the venue was renamed “Düsseldorf Arena” for the duration of the event.

The moderators of the event were Anke Engelke , Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab .

technology

The “arena” has been rebuilt since April for the event and broadcast. 2200 spotlights, 27 cameras and 90 microphones were used. The stage between the rows of spectators had a diameter of 13 meters, according to ESC regulations a maximum of six people may be on the stage per performance. “We create the actual color using LED elements that we have integrated into the architecture. Almost all stage elements can be recorded with video. [… In this way] very different looks can [arise]. “( Stage designer Florian Wieder ) In the background, the LED wall with a height of 18 meters and a width of 60 meters for lighting effects was installed. During the ESC events, traffic had to be coordinated with the “Interpack” trade fair. To this end, a concept was agreed between the authorities and the transport operators.

The events previously planned for the ESC period had to be moved to other locations. The football club Fortuna Düsseldorf played three of its home games in a mobile stadium with 20,168 seats in the neighboring arena sports park. Within eight weeks, up to 80 workers built a functional, DFL- compliant football stadium on the 43,000 square meter sports park. This required the security requirements and space for television cameras and journalists. 2.8 million euros were budgeted for this.

financing

Most of the costs were covered by the ARD's license fees. The chairwoman Monika Piel put the costs at around 12.1 million euros. For comparison: Norwegian television spent around 16.25 million euros at ESC 2010 , and Moscow set a cost record of around 42 million euros in 2009 . Piel pointed out that Germany has so far benefited from spending by other countries that hosted 52 contests (Germany only three so far).

The city of Düsseldorf provided 10 million euros to finance the organizers. Costs of up to 7.8 million euros were expected in advance. This includes Fortuna Düsseldorf's move to a provisional stadium because the original stadium was blocked for six weeks, as well as costs for municipal subsidiaries such as Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH . Other expensive items were the security measures and press work. However, these costs could be refinanced through expected sponsorship money as well as the entrance fees - they are not yet included.

Attendees

countries

The Azerbaijani delegation after their victory, in the middle the duo Ell & Nikki

Countries that participated in the finals

Countries that were eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 2011

According to the rules of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a maximum of 45 countries can be represented in a song contest. 43 countries took part in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, more than in 2008 .

Directly seeded finalists

In principle, up to six countries are directly placed for the final round: the respective host country and the so-called Big Five - the five most financially strong members of the European Broadcasting Union. These were in Düsseldorf:

•  Germany
•  France
•  Italy
•  Spain
•  United Kingdom

The group of directly seeded finalists only comprised five countries in 2011 because the host country Germany was one of the Big Five. Italy participated for the first time since 1997 and sent Raphael Gualazzi, the winner of the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival 2011 .

As in the previous year, Germany was represented by the singer Lena . It was the third time, after Lys Assia's victory in 1956 and Corry Brokken's victory in 1957 , that the interpreter of a winning song began again the following year. Lys Assia was eighth in 1957 and Corry Brokken ninth out of ten candidates in 1958, while Lena was tenth out of twenty-five finalists in 2011.

Returning participants

Some of the performers took part in the competition again in 2011 after previous participation in the Eurovision Song Contest; including Dana International from Israel, who won the competition in 1998, and last year's German winner Lena.

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation	placement
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dino Merlin	1999	6th
Germany	Lena	2010 (winner)	10.
Georgia	Sophio Toroschelidze (singer of Eldrine )	2010 ( accompaniment vocals by Sopho Nischaradze )	9.
Iceland	Gunnar Ólafsson (member of Sigurjón's Friends )	2001 (member of Two Tricky )	20th
Israel	Dana International	1998 (winner)	No final participation
Macedonia	Vlatko Ilievski	2005 ( backing vocals by Martin Vučić )	No final participation
Moldova	Zdob și Zdub	2005	12.
Slovakia	Twiins	2008 ( backing vocals by Tereza Kerndlová from the Czech Republic )	No final participation

Other participants

The remaining 38 participating countries first had to complete one of the two semi-finals that took place on the Tuesday and Thursday before the final on Saturday, May 14, 2011.

For the first time since 2007 was Austria represented again at the Euro Vision Song Contest. It had withdrawn for three years due to its poor performance in previous competitions and criticism of the rating system.

The Principality of Liechtenstein initially announced its debut as it was actively preparing to join the European Broadcasting Union . At the beginning of August 2010, however, it became known that Liechtenstein would not yet participate in 2011.

Up until December 25, 2010, the participating countries had the opportunity to withdraw from the competition after they had already registered without paying any financial compensation. Montenegro took advantage of this opportunity . The Slovakia wanted to cancel at a later date to participate initially, finally opted for the threatened penalty but for participation.

Voting mode

The ESC stage in the Düsseldorf Arena . In the background the 60 by 18 meter LED wall that continued flowing across the stage floor. To award points in the final, the wall was opened to the "Green Room" behind it, where the artists stayed.

In both semi-final groups, of the 19 candidate countries, the 10 countries with the most points reached the final. The final group comprised 25 countries, namely the 20 qualified in the semi-finals and the 5 directly seeded. Two or three of the five finalist countries as well as all countries of the respective group were entitled to vote in the semi-final groups. In the final, all 43 countries were eligible to vote. Both in the semi-final groups and in the final, the evaluation of each voting country consisted of a televoting and a jury decision. The juries are each composed of five experts with close ties to the music industry. In the event of a tie within the voting of a country, the voting behavior of the audience decided.

Performers and songs

Special occurrences

Opening with Stefan Raab

The Ukrainian preliminary decision on February 26, 2011 first won Mika Newton with the song Angel . Subsequently, there were discussions in the Ukrainian media as to whether everything was right in the preliminary round. Mika Newton's contribution has been withdrawn until further notice. A new final should take place on March 3rd. Mika Newton with Angel , Zlata Ohnewitsch with The Kukushka and Jamala with Smile should compete there. The latter, however, withdrew on March 1st because it did not want to be associated with manipulation and corruption. On March 2nd, Ohnewitsch also withdrew, so that Mika Newton was sure to take part in the international competition.

In Belarus, Anastassija Winnikawa won the preliminary round on February 28, 2011 with the song Born in Byelorussia . On March 3rd it was announced that the lyrics of the song were changed for political reasons and the song is now called I Am Belarusian . Then it turned out that the song could not be admitted to the competition because it had already been performed publicly in the summer of 2010. On March 12th it was announced that Anastassija Winnikawa will take part in the international competition with the new composition I Love Belarus .

The 36-year-old Icelandic singer Sigurjón "Sjonni" Brink wanted to present a piece he had composed in the national preliminary decision on February 12, 2011, but died on January 17, 2011 in his hometown Garðabær . A group was formed that went under the name Sigurjón's Friends with the title Aftur heim (Coming Home) , won the national preselection and made it to the finals of the international competition.

National preliminary decisions

Belgium

Under the title Eurovision 2011: Qui? A vous de choisir! the final of the Belgian preliminary decision took place on February 12, 2011. The winner was the a cappella group Witloof Bay with their title With Love Baby . They received the maximum number of 12 points in both the jury and televoting. In the end they prevailed against the runner-up Sarina with 24 points .

Germany

→ Main article : Our song for Germany

Since it was decided early on to let Lena compete a second time, a selection of songs was organized in three programs. In the first two programs, six titles were presented, three of which qualified for the finals. There four songs were sorted out, so that in the end two songs vied for victory. The English-language electro-pop title Taken by a Stranger emerged as the winner .

Austria

Logo good morning Düsseldorf

→ Main article : Good morning Düsseldorf

Between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011, ORF television and Ö3 held a preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2005. The Austrian contribution to the Song Contest in Düsseldorf was determined in three phases. From autumn to New Year's Eve 2010, every singer could nominate his or her song on the ORF website.

A jury shortened the number of participants to 30. From January 3rd to 31st you could vote for your favorite by SMS. The top 10 was decided by a combination of SMS voting and the jury. On February 25, the program “Düsseldorf we are coming! - Who goes to the Song Contest »by televoting first the top 3 and then the winner is chosen.

Voting round

space	Interpreter	song	Result (in percent)
01.	Nadine Beiler	The Secret Is Love	34.95%
02.	Trackshittaz	Oida taunz!	24.27%
03.	Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner	Paris Paris	12.54%
04th	Richard Klein	Bigger Better Best	05.69%
05.	Eva K. Anderson	I will be here	05.54%
06th	Alkbottle	We san do ned for fun	04.20%
07th	bandWG	10 seconds of happiness	04.15%
08th.	Charlee	Good to Be Bad	03.65%
09.	Leo Aberer et al. Patricia Kaiser	There Will Never Be Another You	03.08%
10.	Oliver Wimmer	Let Love Kick In	01.93%

Super finals

space	Interpreter	song	Result (in percent)
1.	Nadine Beiler	The Secret Is Love	46.73%
2.	Trackshittaz	Oida taunz!	32.87%
3.	Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner	Paris Paris	20.41%

Switzerland

On December 11, 2010, the final of the Swiss preliminary decision took place in the Bodensee-Arena in Kreuzlingen under the title “The Great Decision-Making Show”. 100 percent of the votes from the television audience went into the evaluation of the candidates. The winner was the singer Anna Rossinelli with her In Love for a While . The event was moderated by Sven Epiney .

space	Interpreter	song	Channel	Result (in percent)
01.	Anna Rossinelli	In love for a while		29.93%
02.	Bernarda Brunovic	Confidence		13.36%
03.	The Colors and Illira	Home		13.05%
04th	CH	Don't give up		11.73%
05.	The glue	Come What May		08.73%
06th	Sarah Burgess	Just me		07.70%
07th	Aliases	Sur les pavés		06.49%
08th.	Polly Duster	Up to you		04.36%
09.	Andrina	Drop of drizzle		03.30%
10.	Scilla	Barbie doll		02.88%
11.	Duke	Duke		02.66%
12.	Dominique Borriello	Il ritmo dentro di noi		02.33%

Other countries

The following table shows the mode in which the participating countries have chosen their interpreters. A total of 27 countries opted for a national preliminary decision and 12 for an internal selection.

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 49
Armenia	internal selection
Azerbaijan	Milli Seçim Turu 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	internal selection
Bulgaria	internal selection
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2011
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2011
Finland	Eurovision Laulukilpailu 2011
France	internal selection
Georgia	National preliminary decision
Greece	Ellinikós Telikós
Ireland	Eurosong 2011
Iceland	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011
Israel	Kdam Eurovision
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2011 / internal selection
Croatia	Dora 2011 - Let's go to Eurovision!
Latvia	Eirodziesma 2011
Lithuania	Eurovizija 2011
Malta	Malta Eurosong 2011
Macedonia	Skopje Festival 2011
Moldova	O melody pentru Europe 2011
Netherlands	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2011
Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje 2011
Portugal	Festival da Canção 2011
Romania	Eurovision Selecția Națională 2011
Russia	internal selection
San Marino	internal selection
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2011
Serbia	Pesma za Evropu
Slovakia	internal selection
Slovenia	Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) 2011
Spain	Destino Eurovisión
Ukraine	National preliminary decision
Hungary	internal selection
Turkey	internal selection
United Kingdom	internal selection
Belarus	internal selection
Cyprus	performance

Semifinals

draw

On January 17, 2011, the semi-final draw took place in Düsseldorf, in which it was decided which country will start in which semi-final and in which semi-final the Big Five will cast their votes. Israel was the only participating country to be firmly assigned to the second semi-final, as it would not have been able to take part on the day of the first semi-final due to the celebrations for Yom HaAtzma'ut Independence Day.

In the drawing, the countries were divided into the following six pots depending on their voting behavior in previous years in order to create a balanced ratio.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Serbia  Slovenia  Switzerland	Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Azerbaijan  Georgia  Israel  Moldova  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Armenia  Belgium  Greece  Netherlands  Turkey  Cyprus	Ireland  Latvia  Lithuania  Malta  Portugal  Romania	Bulgaria  Austria  Poland  San Marino  Slovakia  Hungary

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 10, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Poland and Greece were allowed to choose their starting numbers and chose numbers 1 and 19 respectively. The finalist countries voting in this semi-final group were Spain and the United Kingdom. During the broadcast, commentators from several countries (including Germany, Austria and Switzerland) interrupted the audio line, so that they could not comment or only comment by phone for about half an hour. The exact positions of the individual countries in the semi-finals were only announced after the final in order to avoid any influence.

During the break before the points were announced, the American drummers group "Cold Steel Drummers" performed, which became known through their collaboration with Peter Fox .

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	19th	Greece	Loukas Viorkas feat. Stereo Mike Λούκας Γιώρκας feat. Stereo Mike	Watch My Dance M: Giannis Christodoulopoulos; T: Eleana Vrachali	English , Greek	Watch my dance	133
02.	18th	Azerbaijan	Ell & Nikki	Running Scared M: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain James Farquharson; T: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman	English	Panic	122
03.	10	Finland	Paradise Oskar	Da Da Dam M / T: Axel Ehnström	English	Da Da Dam	103
04th	14th	Iceland	Sjonni's Friends	Coming Home M: Sjonni Brink ; T: Þórunn Clausen , Sjonni Brink	English	Return home	100
05.	17th	Lithuania	Evelina Sašenko	C'est ma vie M: Paulius Zdanavičius; T: Andrius Kairys	English, French	That is my life	081
06th	09	Georgia	Eldrine	One More Day M: DJ BE $$; T: DJ Rock, Mikheil Chelidze	English	Only one day	074
07th	15th	Hungary	Kati Wolf	What About My Dreams M: Viktor Rakonczai, Gergő Rácz; T: Péter Geszti, Johnny K. Palmer	English, Hungarian	What about my dreams?	072
08th.	06th	Serbia	Nina Нина	Čaroban M / T: Kristina Kovač	Serbian	Magical	067
09.	07th	Russia	Alexei Vorobyov Алексей Воробьёв	Get You M / T: Alexei Vorobjow, RedOne , AJ Junior, Bilal "The Chef", Eric Sanicola	English, Russian	Get you	064
10.	08th	Switzerland	Anna Rossinelli	In Love for a While M / T: David Klein	English	In love at times	055
11.	11	Malta	Glen Vella	One Life M: Paul Giordimaina ; T: Fleur Balzan	English	One life	054
12.	04th	Armenia	Emmy	Boom Boom M: Hayk Harutyunyan, Hayk Hovhannisyan; T: Sosi Khanikyan	English	Boom boom	054
13.	05	Turkey	Yüksek Sadakat	Live It Up M: Kutlu Özmakinaci ; T: Ergün Arsal	English	Live big	047
14th	03	Albania	Aurela Gaçe	Feel the Passion M: Shpetim Saraçi; T: Sokol Marsi	English, Albanian	Feel the passion	047
15th	13	Croatia	Daria Kinzer	Celebrate M: Boris Djurdjevic; T: Boris Djurdjevic, Marina Mudrinić	English	To celebrate	041
16.	12	San Marino	Senite	Stand By M / T: Radiosa Romani	English	standby	034
17th	02	Norway	Stella Mwangi	Haba haba M: Big City, Beyond51; T: Stella Mwangi	English, Swahili	Bit by bit	030th
18th	16	Portugal	Homens da Luta	Luta é alegria M: Vasco Duarte; T: Jel	Portuguese	Fighting is fun	022nd
19th	01	Poland	Magdalena Tul	Jestem M / T: Magdalena Tul	Polish	I am	018th

First semi-final score table

Voting results
country
	Points	AL	AT THE	AZ	MR	FI	GE	GR	HU	IS	LT	MT	NO	PL	PT	RU	SM	RS	IT	CH	TR	UK
Poland	018th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	4th	-	2	-	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Norway	030th	1	1	1	-	8th	-	-	-	10	-	4th		1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Albania	047		-	2	7th	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	8th	-	-	6th	8th	-
Armenia	054	-		-	-	-	8th	8th	-	4th	-	7th	-	2	-	8th	7th	-	3	-	7th	-
Turkey	047	12	-	12	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	10	-	-	5		1
Serbia	067	2	-	-	12	7th	-	-	-	5	3	3	7th	6th	1	4th	3		2	12	-	-
Russia	064	3	12	5	5	3	5	3	3	3	5	-	4th	-	3		1	6th	-	-	3	-
Switzerland	055	-	3	-	2	6th	-	-	8th	6th	6th	-	6th	3	5	-	-	2	6th		-	2
Georgia	074	-	8th	8th	-	1		10	1	-	12	8th	-	5	-	5	2	4th	-	-	10	-
Finland	103	-	6th	3	3		-	-	6th	12	7th	-	12	10	8th	12	-	3	4th	10	1	6th
Malta	054	6th	7th	7th	4th	-	6th	-	2	-	1		2	-	-	-	12	5	-	-	2	-
San Marino	034	8th	5	6th	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	5	-
Croatia	041	7th	-	4th		-	-	-	-	1	-	12	-	-	-	1	4th	12	-	-	-	-
Iceland	100	-	2	-	-	10	-	6th	12		8th	-	10	4th	10	3	-	8th	12	8th	-	7th
Hungary	072	-	-	-	6th	12	-	5		7th	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	6th	10
Portugal	022nd	4th	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	8th	4th	-	3
Lithuania	081	-	4th	-	-	2	10	4th	5	2		-	8th	12	6th	7th	-	1	5	3	-	12
Azerbaijan	122	5	-		10	5	12	7th	7th	8th	10	10	-	8th	7th	10	5	-	1	1	12	4th
Greece	133	10	10	10	8th	4th	7th		10	-	4th	5	1	7th	12	6th	6th	7th	7th	7th	4th	8th
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (first semi-final)

Countries in bold have reached the final.

number	country	received from
3	Finland	Iceland, Norway, Russia
2	Azerbaijan	Georgia, Turkey
	Iceland	Hungary, Spain
	Croatia	Malta, Serbia
	Lithuania	Poland, United Kingdom
	Serbia	Croatia, Switzerland
	Turkey	Albania, Azerbaijan
1	Albania	Greece
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Greece	Portugal
	Malta	San Marino
	Russia	Armenia
	Hungary	Finland

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on May 12, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Slovakia and Latvia were allowed to choose their starting numbers and chose numbers 5 and 17 respectively. The finalist countries voting in this semi-final group were Germany, France and Italy. The exact positions of the individual countries in the semi-finals were only announced after the final in order to avoid any influence.

During the break before the points were announced, the Berlin group “ Flying Steps ” showed breakdance to classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach ( The Well-Tempered Clavier ) .

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	08th	Sweden	Eric Saade	Popular M / T: Fredrik Kempe	English	Popular	155
02.	18th	Denmark	A friend in London	New Tomorrow M / T: Lise Cabble , Jakob Schack Glæsner	English	New morning	135
03.	13	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	No One M: Matjaž Vlašič; T: Urša Vlašič	English	Nobody	112
04th	14th	Romania	Hotel FM	Change M: Gabriel Băruța ; T: Alexandra Ivan, Gabriel Băruța	English	Change	111
05.	01	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dino Merlin	Love in Rewind M / T: Dino Merlin	English, Bosnian	Love in return	109
06th	06th	Ukraine	Mika Newton Міка Ньютон	Angel M: Ruslan Kvinta; T: Maryna Skomorohova	English	Angel	081
07th	02	Austria	Nadine Beiler	The Secret Is Love M: Thomas Rabitsch ; T: Nadine Beiler	English	The secret is love	069
08th.	19th	Ireland	Jedward	Lipstick M / T: Daniel Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson	English	lipstick	068
09.	15th	Estonia	Getter Jaani	Rockefeller Street M / T: Sven Lõhmus	English	Rockefeller Street	060
10.	07th	Moldova	Zdob și Zdub	So Lucky M: Mihai Gîncu , Marc Elsner; T: Andy Schuman, Marc Elsner	English	So happy	054
11.	04th	Belgium	Witloof Bay	With Love Baby M / T: Benoît Giaux , RoxorLoops	English	With love baby	053
12.	10	Bulgaria	Poli Genova Поли Генова	Na inat M / T: Sebastian Arman, David Bronner, Borislav Milanov , Poli Genova	Bulgarian	Despite	048
13.	05	Slovakia	Twiins	I'm Still Alive M / T: Bryan Todd, Sandra Nordstrom, Branislav Jancich	English	I'm still alive	048
14th	16	Belarus	Anastassija Vinnikawa Анастасія Віннікава	I Love Belarus M: Eugene Oleinik; T: Eugene Oleinik, Svetlana Geraskova	English	I love Belarus	045
15th	12	Israel	Dana International דנה אינטרנשיונל;	Ding Dong M / T: Dana International	English, Hebrew	Ding dong	038
16.	11	Macedonia	Vlatko Ilievski Влатко Илиевски	Rusinka M: Grigor Koprov , Vladimir Dojchinovski; T: Marko Marinkovikj-Slatkaristika, Jovan Jovanov	English, Macedonian	Russian	036
17th	17th	Latvia	Musiqq	Angel in Disguise M / T: Marats Ogļezņevs	English	Disguised angel	025th
18th	09	Cyprus	Christos Mylordos Χρίστος Μυλόρδος	San Angelos S'Agapisa M: Andreas Anastasiou; T: Mihalis Antoniou	Greek	I loved you like an angel	016
19th	03	Netherlands	3JS	Never Alone M / T: Jaap Kwakman , Jan Dulles , Jaap de Witte	English	Never alone	013

Second semi-final scoreboard

Voting results
country
	Points	AT	BY	BE	BA	BG	CY	DK	EE	MK	FR	DE	IE	IL	IT	LV	MD	RO	SK	SI	SE	NL	UA
Bosnia and Herzegovina	109	12	5	4th		-	-	7th	-	12	10	7th	-	-	4th	2	-	-	12	12	8th	10	4th
Austria	069		-	-	7th	10	4th	5	2	-	1	12	2	1	5	-	-	-	5	7th	4th	3	1
Netherlands	013	-	-	8th	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Belgium	053	1	-		8th	6th	2	-	1	-	6th	-	-	2	2	3	6th	8th	-	2	-	6th	-
Slovakia	048	3	3	3	6th	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	7th	3		3	-	-	12
Ukraine	081	-	12	-	4th	3	5	1	7th	6th	-	-	-	8th	6th	-	8th	2	10	6th	3	-
Moldova	054	-	10	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	5	4th	4th	7th	1		12	4th	-	-	-	-
Sweden	155	10	8th	12	5	-	12	12	12	2	12	1	8th	12	3	7th	3	7th	7th	5		12	5
Cyprus	016	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
Bulgaria	048	2	-	1	-		10	4th	-	1	3	4th	1	-	10	-	5	-	-	4th	1	2	-
Macedonia	036	-	7th	-	10	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	8th	-	-	7th
Israel	038	-	6th	2	-	-	1	-	-	7th	7th	-	-		1	-	-	4th	-	-	5	5	-
Slovenia	112	8th	-	-	12	8th	7th	8th	5	10	5	3	6th	6th	-	4th	4th	10	8th		-	8th	-
Romania	011	6th	-	10	-	1	8th	6th	6th	4th	8th	6th	3	7th	12	5	12		6th	-	7th	4th	-
Estonia	060	5	1	6th	-	4th	-	3		-	4th	-	10	5	-	8th	-	-	-	-	6th	-	8th
Belarus	045	-		-	2	-	3	-	4th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	10	1	1	-	-	-	10
Latvia	025th	4th	2	-	-	-	-	2	8th	-	-	-	7th	-	-		-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Denmark	135	7th	4th	7th	1	12	6th		10	-	2	10	12	10	-	12	2	5	3	10	12	7th	3
Ireland	068	-	-	5	3	7th	-	10	3	-	-	8th		-	-	10	-	6th	2	1	10	1	2
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semi-final)

Countries in bold have reached the final.

number	country	received from
7th	Sweden	Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Israel, Netherlands, Cyprus
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Macedonia, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia
	Denmark	Bulgaria, Ireland, Latvia, Sweden
2	Romania	Italy, Moldova
1	Moldova	Romania
	Austria	Germany
	Slovakia	Ukraine
	Slovenia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Ukraine	Belarus

final

The winners Ell & Nikki at the press conference after the final

The final took place on May 14, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The countries of the Big Five (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) qualified directly for the final.

Spain was allowed to choose the starting number in the draw and chose the number 22. For Lena Meyer-Landrut from Germany, starting number 16 was drawn in the final as hosts.

 Sweden took part in the final again after one, Estonia , Finland and Lithuania after two years, Slovenia and Hungary after four years, Switzerland after five years, Austria after seven years and Italy after 14 years. In the periods described, almost all of the countries mentioned were eliminated in the semifinals. Austria, Hungary and Italy are an exception: Austria last took part in the finals in 2004, dropped out in the semifinals in 2005 and 2007 and did not take part in the competition in 2006 and from 2008 to 2010. Hungary last took part in 2009 and were eliminated in the semi-finals in 2008 and 2009. Italy last participated in 1997 and returned as a new member of the Big Five after a 14-year hiatus .         

At the beginning of the show, the presenters, together with the band Heavytones and Lena, presented a rockabilly version of last year's winner Satellite . During the break before the points were announced, the German musician Jan Delay and his band Disko No. 1 on.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points	image
01.	19th	Azerbaijan	Ell & Nikki	Running Scared M: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain James Farquharson; T: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman	English	Panic	221
02.	12	Italy	Raphael Gualazzi	Madness of Love M / T: Raphael Gualazzi	Italian , English	Love madness	189
03.	7th	Sweden	Eric Saade	Popular M / T: Fredrik Kempe	English	Popular	185
04th	23	Ukraine	Mika Newton Міка Ньютон	Angel M: Ruslan Kvinta; T: Maryna Skomorohova	English	Angel	159
05.	3	Denmark	A friend in London	New Tomorrow M / T: Lise Cabble, Jakob Schack Glæsner	English	New morning	134
06th	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dino Merlin	Love in Rewind M / T: Dino Merlin	English, Bosnian	Love in return	125
07th	9	Greece	Loukas Viorkas feat. Stereo Mike Λούκας Γιώρκας feat. Stereo Mike	Watch My Dance M: Giannis Christodoulopoulos; T: Eleana Vrachali	English, Greek	Watch my dance	120
08th.	6th	Ireland	Jedward	Lipstick M / T: Daniel Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson	English	lipstick	119
09.	25th	Georgia	Eldrine	One More Day M: DJ BE $$; T: DJ Rock, Mikheil Chelidze	English	Only one day	110
10.	16	Germany	Lena	Taken by a Stranger M / T: Gus Seyffert, Nicole Morier, Monica Birkenes	English	Fascinated by a stranger	107
11.	14th	United Kingdom	Blue	I Can M / T: Ciaron Bell, Ben Collier, Ian Hope, Duncan James , Liam Keenan, Lee Ryan , StarSign	English	I can	100
12.	15th	Moldova	Zdob și Zdub	So Lucky M: Mihai Gîncu , Marc Elsner; T: Andy Schuman, Marc Elsner	English	So happy	097
13.	20th	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	No One M: Matjaž Vlašič; T: Urša Vlašič	English	Nobody	096
14th	24	Serbia	Nina Нина	Čaroban M / T: Kristina Kovač	Serbian	Magical	085
15th	11	France	Amaury Vassili	Sognu M: Daniel Moyne, Quentin Bachelet; T: Jean-Pierre Marcellesi, Julie Miller	Corsican	dream	082
16.	10	Russia	Alexei Vorobyov Алексей Воробьёв	Get You M / T: Alexei Vorobjow, RedOne , AJ Junior, Bilal "The Chef", Eric Sanicola	English, Russian	Get you	077
17th	17th	Romania	Hotel FM	Change M: Gabriel Băruța ; T: Alexandra Ivan, Gabriel Băruța	English	Change	077
18th	18th	Austria	Nadine Beiler	The Secret Is Love M: Thomas Rabitsch ; T: Nadine Beiler	English	The secret is love	064
19th	4th	Lithuania	Evelina Sašenko	C'est ma vie M: Paulius Zdanavičius; T: Andrius Kairys	English, French	That is my life	063
20th	21st	Iceland	Sjonni's Friends	Coming Home M: Sjonni Brink ; T: Thorunn Clausen, Sjonni Brink	English	Return home	061
21st	1	Finland	Paradise Oskar	Da Da Dam M / T: Axel Ehnström	English	Da Da Dam	057
22nd	5	Hungary	Kati Wolf	What About My Dreams M: Viktor Rakonczai, Gergő Rácz; T: Péter Geszti, Johnny K. Palmer	English, Hungarian	What about my dreams?	053
23.	22nd	Spain	Lucía Pérez	Que me quiten lo bailao M / T: Rafael Artesero	Spanish	I was having fun, what do I care about the rest	050
24.	8th	Estonia	Getter Jaani	Rockefeller Street M / T: Sven Lõhmus	English	Rockefeller Street	044
25th	13	Switzerland	Anna Rossinelli	In Love for a While M / T: David Klein	English	In love at times	019th

Scoreboard final

The following table shows the points from the combined jury and televoting. The countries in the left column are sorted according to the starting order, while the countries entitled to vote are sorted according to the award of jury points. The yellow highlighted country shows the first place and thus the winner.

country
	RU	BG	NL	IT	CY	UA	FI	NO	AT THE	MK	IS	SK	UK	DK	AT	PL	SE	SM	DE	AZ	SI	TR	CH	GR	GE	FR	RS	MR	BY	RO	AL	MT	PT	HU	LT	BA	IE	IT	IL	EE	MD	BE	LV	total
Finland								12			10			5		5	7th		2				5												1		3			7th				057
Bosnia and Herzegovina		2	8th	4th				4th		12					12		8th		7th		12	10	12	3		5	12	7th			7th													125
Denmark		7th	12		3			7th			12	6th	5			3	10	4th	6th		8th					7th			1			5					12		10	10			6th	134
Lithuania	2							3					6th			12									12		7th	2		1							10	1					7th	063
Hungary						4th	12				5				2		5			2						2	8th			7th								6th						053
Ireland		3	5				10				4th	8th	12	12	4th	1	12		8th													8th	6th			2		7th				7th	10	119
Sweden	1		10		10	1	6th	10	4th	6th	7th	10	3	10				6th		3	4th	4th		6th	1	10	1	4th	4th	3		6th		10		5	4th	5	12	12	3	4th		185
Estonia						2	7th	2						2																					7th		7th		5		6th	2	4th	044
Greece	8th	10		2	12	6th			7th	3								8th	10	8th			2		6th		3			8th	10			8th							1	8th		120
Russia		4th			2	8th			8th		1								5	4th				1	4th		4th		5		4th			3	6th				8th	5	5			077
France	3			1	7th	5	4th		5									3						12	2			6th			2	1	2			4th		10			2	12	1	082
Italy					1		3		6th	1	3		7th		6th	10		12	3	1	3		4th	10	7th	8th	2		3	6th	12	10	10	4th	10	6th	5	12		6th		6th	12	189
Switzerland												4th	10														5																	019th
United Kingdom	4th	12		10	4th	3		1	2	5	2			3				2		5	1	6th		2		1			2		6th	7th	3		3		6th		1		4th		5	100
Moldova	7th			8th		7th						5	8th		5				4th	7th					5	4th			7th	12			5		4th		8th					1		097
Germany			7th	6th				5			6th			8th	10	4th	6th				7th	3	8th	4th		3		1	8th						2	3		3				5	8th	107
Romania		6th	4th	12										4th	1					6th		5												1			1	8th	6th	1	12	10		077
Austria		5	1				1		3	2		3	2	1			4th		12		5	1	7th		3			3				2		2		7th								064
Azerbaijan	12		6th		8th	10	5				8th	7th			8th	8th	3	10				12	1	5	8th	6th		10	6th	10	8th	12	8th	7th	8th	8th			4th	8th	10	3	2	221
Slovenia	5		2		6th					10		1		7th	3			1	1			2					10	12		4th		3	1	6th		12	2		3	2			3	096
Iceland				5			8th	8th					4th	6th			1						10										4th	12		1		2						061
Spain										4th		2	1								2		3			12				5	5		12							4th				050
Ukraine	10	8th		7th	5				12	7th		12				2	2			12	6th	7th		7th	10		6th	5	10	2	3	4th	7th						7th		8th			159
Serbia			3	3			2	6th	1	8th					7th	6th		5			10		6th					8th			1				5	10		4th						085
Georgia	6th	1				12			10							7th		7th		10		8th		8th					12					5	12				2	3	7th			110

Split results between jury and televoting

On May 26, 2011, the EBU announced the separate ratings for the final and semifinals according to televoting and jury votes. Each nation had submitted the top ten of its audience and its jury separately to the EBU and, as usual, only presented the summarized overall ranking on the evening of the final. The following table shows the total of the televote and jury points and the resulting placement for each participant in the final:

final
space	Televoting	Points	jury	Points
01.	Azerbaijan	223	Italy	251
02.	Sweden	221	Azerbaijan	182
03.	Greece	176	Denmark	168
04th	Ukraine	168	Slovenia	160
05.	United Kingdom	166	Austria	145
06th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	151	Ireland	119
07th	Russia	138	Ukraine	117
08th.	Georgia	138	Serbia	111
09.	Germany	113	Sweden	106
010.	Ireland	101	Germany	104
011.	Italy	099	Bosnia and Herzegovina	090
012.	Moldova	098	France	090
013.	Serbia	089	Romania	086
014th	Romania	079	Greece	084
015th	France	076	Moldova	082
016.	Spain	073	Georgia	079
017th	Hungary	064	Finland	075
018th	Denmark	061	Estonia	074
019th	Iceland	060	Iceland	072
020th	Lithuania	055	Lithuania	066
021st	Finland	047	Hungary	060
022nd	Slovenia	039	United Kingdom	057
023.	Estonia	032	Switzerland	053
024.	Austria	025th	Spain	038
025th	Switzerland	002	Russia	025th

The German jury consisted of the Bayern 3 music director Edi van Beek, Alina Süggeler , Gerd Gebhardt , Eva Briegel and jury president Ina Müller .

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

With the exception of Germany, Estonia, Switzerland, Russia and Serbia, all finalists received at least twelve points.

Scoring card for the winning title from Azerbaijan

number	country	received from
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Macedonia, Austria, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovenia
4th	Italy	Albania, Latvia, San Marino, Spain
3	Azerbaijan	Malta, Russia, Turkey
	Denmark	Ireland, Iceland, Netherlands
	Georgia	Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus
	Ireland	Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
	Ukraine	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Slovakia
2	France	Belgium, Greece
	Lithuania	Georgia, Poland
	Romania	Italy, Moldova
	Sweden	Estonia, Israel
	Slovenia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
	Spain	France, Portugal
1	Finland	Norway
	Greece	Cyprus
	Iceland	Hungary
	Moldova	Romania
	Austria	Germany
	Hungary	Finland
	United Kingdom	Bulgaria

Order of scoring and change of leadership

First in the voting

In the course of the scoring, six different countries led the way: Azerbaijan, Greece, Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden and Ukraine. After the eventual winner Azerbaijan had already taken the lead in the first ranking from Russia, Sweden was in first place for a long time from the eleventh ranking. Azerbaijan took over the lead from Turkey after the 22nd ranking and never gave it up. However, the victory of the Azerbaijani entry was only finally certain after 41 out of 43 country ratings. In the last ranking from Latvia, Italy moved up to second place, ahead of Sweden.

What is striking about the result is that the points are very distributed across the field of participants. Estonia has 44 points in penultimate place, as much as 13th place in 2015 . In addition, in the 12-point system, no participant in the penultimate place had so many points. Azerbaijan had a comparatively weak victory with 221 points.

In the final broadcast it was announced that the order of the reading countries was random . In fact, a new evaluation process was carried out for the first time, which should make the awarding of points more exciting. A possible final result is forecast on the basis of the jury results determined the day before and an assumed televoting result. The order of the evaluating countries is then carried out in such a way that the winner's title is determined as late as possible. The algorithm required was developed by a Swedish professor. The procedure had been tested for the competitions of the previous years.

Points speaker

No.	country	Points speaker	Remarks
01.	Russia	Dima Bilan	Participant at the ESC 2006 and winner at the ESC 2008
02.	Bulgaria	Maria Ilieva
03.	Netherlands	Mandy Huydts	Participated in the ESC 1986 as a member of Frizzle Sizzle
04th	Italy	Raffaella Carrà
05.	Cyprus	Loukas Hamatsos
06th	Ukraine	Ruslana	Winner of the ESC 2004
07th	Finland	Susan Aho	Participated in the ESC 2010 as a member of Kuunkuiskaajat
08th.	Norway	Nadia Hasnaoui	Moderator of ESC 2010 and moderator of JESC 2004
09.	Armenia	Lusine Tovmasyan
10.	Macedonia	Kristina Taleska
11.	Iceland	Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
12.	Slovakia	Mária Pietrová
13.	United Kingdom	Alex Jones
14th	Denmark	Lise Rønne	Moderator of the ESC 2014
15th	Austria	Kati Bellowitsch
16.	Poland	Odeta Moro-Figurska
17th	Sweden	Danny Saucedo
18th	San Marino	Nicola Della Valle	Participant at the ESC 2008 as a member of Miodio
19th	Germany	Ina Müller
20th	Azerbaijan	Safura	Participant at the ESC 2010
21st	Slovenia	Klemen Slakonja
22nd	Turkey	Ömer Önder
23.	Switzerland	Cécile Bähler
24.	Greece	Lena Aroni
25th	Georgia	Sopo Nisharadze	Participant at the ESC 2010
26th	France	Cyril Féraud
27.	Serbia	Dušica Spasić
28.	Croatia	Nevena Rendeli
29	Belarus	Leila Ismailava	Moderator at JESC 2010
30th	Romania	Malvina Cservenschi
31.	Albania	Leon Menkshi
32.	Malta	Kelly Schembri
33.	Portugal	Joana Teles
34.	Hungary	Éva Novodomszky
35.	Lithuania	Giedrius Masalskis
36.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ivana Vidmar
37.	Ireland	Derek Mooney
38.	Spain	Elena S. Sánchez
39.	Israel	Ofer Nachshon
40.	Estonia	Piret Järvis	Participated in the ESC 2005 as a member of Vanilla Ninja
41.	Moldova	Geta Burlacu	Participant at the ESC 2008
42.	Belgium	Maureen Louys
43	Latvia	Aisha	Participant at the ESC 2010

Marcel Bezençon Prize

The Marcel Bezençon Prize has been awarded since 2002 . The winners in 2011 were:

• Press award for the best song - Finland - Da Da Dam - Paradise Oskar 
• Artist Prize for the best performer - Ireland - Jedward - Lipstick 
• Composers Prize for the best composition / text - France - Daniel Moyne (m), Quentin Bachelet (m), Jean-Piere Marcellesi (t) and Julie Miller (t) - Sognu - Amaury Vassili 

transmission

The final was watched by over 70 million television viewers worldwide. The two semi-finals were seen by 24.8 and 19.7 million viewers, respectively. This meant a positive change in the number of viewers of almost nine million viewers compared to the previous year.

As usual, the performances during the television broadcasts and in the hall were carried out using the semi- playback method, i.e. the instrumental accompaniment of the singing came from a previous recording, even if some group members brought musical instruments on the stage. However, they sang live.

Germany

The TV channels ProSieben and Einsfestival broadcast the first semifinals on May 10th. The second semi-final on May 12th and the final on May 14th was broadcast by the television station Das Erste. The three shows each started at 9 p.m. The NDR was responsible for the television broadcast and the WDR for the radio broadcast. Broadcasting radio stations were NDR 1 Niedersachsen (also for NDR 1 Welle Nord and NDR 90.3), Radio BERLIN 88.8 and in a joint program NDR 2, WDR 2, WDR Event and hr3, where Thomas Mohr, Steffi Neu and Tim Frühling commented. Peter Urban, who was supported in the first semifinals by Steven Gätjen, commented for television.

Broadcasts on German television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 10, 2011	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban u. Steven Gätjen	2.05 million	1.41 million	07.9%	12.7%
May 12, 2011	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban	3.36 million	1.65 million	12.6%	14.4%
May 14, 2011	ESC 2011 - countdown	8:15 pm		Moderation: Matthias Opdenhövel	6.74 million	3.43 million	23.6%	32.6%
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban German scoring: Ina Müller	13.83 million	7.34 million	49.3%	59.1%
	Grand Prix Party	00:15 am		Moderation: Matthias Opdenhövel	4.90 million	2.98 million	41.0%	41.0%

According to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fernsehforschung (AGF), the Eurovision final saw a participation of 13.93 million viewers and a market share of 49.4 percent.

Switzerland

In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the first semi-final and the final were broadcast on SF two . The commentator was Sven Epiney , supported by the German defending champion Lena Meyer-Landrut in the first semi-final . In the French-speaking part of the country, these two shows were broadcast on TSR 2 . In the Italian-speaking part, the first semi-final was broadcast on RSI LA 2 and the final on RSI LA 1 . These two events could also be viewed in all national languages ​​on HD suisse . The second semi-final was not broadcast by any Swiss broadcaster.

Austria

In Austria, both semi-finals and the final with commentary by Andi Knoll were shown on ORF eins . Dominic Heinzl previously led a society magazine to get in the mood.

Worldwide

Some broadcasters outside of the participating States and Europe also televised the competition.

• In Australia , the semifinals and the finals were broadcast on SBS One and SBS HD . 
• In New Zealand , the semi-finals and the finals were broadcast by Stratos . 
• In the USA , there were screenings of the finals at the Goethe-Institut Washington and the Stonewall Inn in New York. 

Awards

The Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 was awarded in the category Best Entertainment the German Television Award in 2011 . The awards went to the executive producer Thomas Schreiber, the producer Jörg Grabosch, the moderators Anke Engelke, Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers, the production designer Florian Wieder, the light designer Jerry Appelt, the media designer Falk Rosenthal and the director Ladislaus Kiraly. On March 20, 2012, Brainpool and NDR received the Live Entertainment Award for the best show. On May 10, 2012, the Eurovision Song Contest was awarded the Golden Rose of Lucerne 2012 in the Live Event Show category.

Others

• With a number of participants from 43 countries, the ESC 2011, together with the ESC 2008, was the most popular ESC in its history
• It is particularly noticeable that the countries that did worse in the final also received a relatively high number of overall points
• Jon Ola Sand led this year for the first time from his position as Executive Supervisor of the ESC or the EBU from
• In Germany, almost 14 million people watched the final of the ESC in Düsseldorf
•  Malta and Belgium missed the final with just one point in each of the first and second semifinals 
• While Italy clearly won the jury voting, Italy was only voted 11th out of 25 among the audience 
•  Austria was able to qualify for the final of the ESC again after seven years
• The Switzerland managed by an abstinence from five years to the final 
• The Turkey arbitration for the first time already in the semifinals of 

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2011  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Final Eurovision Song Contest 2011  - News

• The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (eurovision.de, German)
• Eurovision Song Contest - Düsseldorf 2011 eurovision.tv (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dates for the ESC 2011 in Düsseldorf. ( Memento from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: ndr.de.
2. ^ Eurovision Song Contest 2011. In: duesseldorf.de. Retrieved May 3, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Sidney Gennies: Air number for the Grand Prix Song Contest: Berlin is applying with an inflatable hall. In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 5, 2010, accessed May 31, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Sietse Bakker: Four cities running to host Eurovision 2011. In: eurovision.tv. August 21, 2010, accessed May 31, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Where does Lena sing in 2011? Four cities apply. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . August 21, 2010, accessed December 27, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Jens Maier: Why an outsider has good chances. In: Stern.de . August 23, 2010, accessed May 10, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Düsseldorf submits application for the Eurovision Song Contest. In: Düsseldorf magazine. August 20, 2010, accessed May 10, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Hamburg is applying for the ESC 2011. In: ESC Germany Blog. August 20, 2010, accessed May 10, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Daniel Puskepeleitis: Grand Nix! Will Berlin grab our Eurovision Song Contest? In: bild.de. September 10, 2010, accessed May 10, 2015 . 
10. ^ Singing contest: Eurovision Song Contest is coming to Düsseldorf in 2011. In: Zeit Online . October 12, 2010, accessed May 10, 2015 . 
11. ^ Rush to get tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest. ( Memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: RP Online.
12. ↑ Report in the rrb, October 12, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
13. ↑ Final tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 sold out. (No longer available online.) In: musikmarkt. December 13, 2010, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Last chance: There are still ESC tickets. (No longer available online.) NDR, January 28, 2011, archived from the original on March 14, 2011 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Seven live shows at the Eurovision Song Contest . derwesten.de, October 25, 2010; Retrieved May 14, 2011.
16. ↑ ESC 2011: Moderators have been determined . eurovision.de
17. ↑ ^{a b} Arena 1 . In: VDI-Nachrichten , May 13, 2011, No. 19, p. 10.
18. ↑ Mobile stadium in Düsseldorf is growing. In: stadionwelt.de. February 23, 2011.
19. ↑ ^{a b} TV costs for the Eurovision Song Contest well below those of last year in Oslo. ( Memento from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ARD chairwoman Monika Piel in a press release from May 13, 2011.
20. ↑ ESC costs the Germans less in 2011 than the Norwegians in 2010 In: digitalfernsehen.de. May 13, 2011.
21. ↑ Düsseldorf has "absolutely confirmed" expectations ; Rheinische Post from May 15, 2011 ( Memento from May 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ ESC costs Dusseldorf 7.8 million euros , Westdeutsche Zeitung on November 5, 2010
23. ↑ Rules for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. (PDF; 89 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , p. 3 , archived from the original on February 15, 2010 ; accessed on December 27, 2010 (English). 
24. ↑ 43 nations on 2011 participants list. In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , accessed December 31, 2010 . 
25. ↑ ARD and ProSieben are looking for our ESC star again in 2011. (No longer available online.) In: Eurovision.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk , May 20, 2010, archived from the original on April 1, 2011 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 . 
26. ↑ Victor Hondal: Internal selection yet again: France to compete in Eurovision 2011. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. December 6, 2010, archived from the original on March 20, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
27. ↑ 43 nations on 2011 participants list. In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , December 31, 2010, accessed December 31, 2010 . 
28. ↑ TVE anuncia una convocatoria abierta y para democrática 2011 pero con un filtro o norma de calidad. In: Eurovision-Spain. March 6, 2010, accessed December 27, 2010 (Spanish). 
29. ↑ Ghassan Al Kaziri: UNITED KINGDOM - BBC thinks seriously the 2011 Eurovision edition. (No longer available online.) In: Oikotimes. June 29, 2010; Archived from the original on December 30, 2010 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . 
30. ↑ NDR confirms: Lena will run again in 2011 (Hamburger Abendblatt dated June 30, 2010, accessed on June 30, 2010)
31. ↑ Victor Hondal: No money to fund participation. Montenegro officially out of Eurovision 2011. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. December 23, 2010, archived from the original on March 1, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
32. ↑ Victor Hondal: . 42 countries after all Slovakia: STV Confirms withdrawal decision. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. January 7, 2011, archived from the original on March 12, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
33. ↑ The previous rules of the ESC . Retrieved January 28, 2011.
34. ↑ eurovision.tv
35. ↑ Victor Hondal: Ukraine: Jamala withdraws from national final. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. March 1, 2011, archived from the original on May 2, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
36. ^ Alexandru Busa: Mika Newton goes to Düsseldorf. Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich withdraws as well. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. March 2, 2011, archived from the original on March 20, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
37. ↑ eurovision.tv
38. ↑ Alexandru Busa: Preview video clip completed. Anastasia Vinnikova to sing "I love Belarus". (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. March 12, 2011, archived from the original on August 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
39. ^ Itamar Barak: Israel to participate in 2nd semifinal of 2011. (No longer available online.) In: ESCToday. September 21, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2010 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . 
40. ↑ ^{a b c} Andreas Schacht: Results of the Running Order Draw! In: eurovision.tv. March 15, 2011, accessed March 19, 2011 . 
41. ↑ dict.leo.org. Retrieved June 13, 2011 . 
42. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Semi-Final (1) - heading Scoreboard. In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , May 7, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
43. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Semi-Final (2) - heading Scoreboard. In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , May 7, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
44. ↑ eurovision.tv: Head of Delegation meeting: what is going on in Düsseldorf?
45. ↑ Eurovision 2011: Final Scoreboard. Retrieved May 14, 2015 . 
46. ↑ EBU reveals split televoting and jury results. In: eurovision.tv. May 26, 2011, accessed May 20, 2013 . 
47. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2011: The German jury has been determined ( Memento from May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
48. ↑ cf. The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final! at eurovision.tv, May 14, 2011 (accessed May 15, 2011).
49. ↑ cf. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 on May 22, 24 and 26, 2012 ( Memento from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at blog.prinz.de, May 11, 2011 (accessed on May 15, 2011).
50. ^ Winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards. In: Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union , accessed May 31, 2012 . 
51. ↑ 70 million saw Eurovision Song Contest Final
52. ↑ "ESC" semi-final with light and shadow
53. ↑ «ESC»: Second semifinals are clearly on the rise
54. ↑ ^{a b c} "ESC": Fewer viewers than 2010
55. ↑ agf.de ( Memento from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
56. ^ SBS Eurovision - Whats-on-SBSONE. Special Broadcasting Service , accessed May 4, 2011 . 
57. ^ Triangle Stratos programs. (No longer available online.) Triangle Stratos , archived from the original on May 29, 2009 ; Retrieved May 9, 2011 . 
58. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , germany.info, May 14, 2011  
59. ^ A screening party of the 56th annual Eurovision song contest , russianmix.com/events
60. ↑ Timo Niemeier: Goldrosen for two ARD productions . focus.de, May 10, 2012