Ell & Nikki

Ell & Nikki at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Running scared   DE 33 06/03/2011 (6 weeks)   AT 22nd 05/27/2011 (5 weeks)   CH 11 05/29/2011 (2 weeks)   UK 61 05/28/2011 (1 week)

Ell & Nikki (also Eldar & Nigar ) are an Azerbaijani singing duo , best known through the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 .

Career

Members

The duo consists of:

• Eldar Qasımov (* 1989 ), Azerbaijani singer
• Nigar Camal (* 1980 ), Azerbaijani singer

The duo won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest for Azerbaijan with the pop ballad Running Scared .

ESC 2011

On February 11, 2011, they won the Azerbaijani preliminary decision Milli seçim turu and therefore represented their home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf . On May 10, 2011 they presented the English-language ballad Running Scared, written by Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Iain Farguhanson, in the first ESC semi-final. Four days later they won the final with 221 points.

Ell & Nikki went on a European tour, where they performed their winning song. Further singles of the duo are not planned for now. With Crush on You first solo single was released in December 2011 and Play with Me in August 2012, the solo debut album of Nigar Jamal.

Eldar Qasımov was one of the three presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku .

Discography

Singles

• 2011: Running Scared
• 2013: Music's Still Alive

Web links

Commons : Ell & Nikki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ell & Nikki at eurovision.de
• Peter-Philipp Schmitt: Eurovision Song Contest: Taken by Baku. In: FAZ.net . May 15, 2011, accessed May 15, 2011 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
2. ↑ Eurovision.tv: Azerbaijan 2011 (English)
3. ↑ Nikki Jamal releases debut album at eurovisionary.com