Lipstick
| Lipstick | |
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| Jedward | |
| publication | February 12, 2011 |
| length | 3:52 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , electro-pop |
| Author (s) | Dan Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin M. Larsson |
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Lipstick is a song by the Irish music duo Jedward . It was the Irish entry to the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest that took eighth place in the final on May 14, 2011.
background
The song was written by Lars Jensen and Martin Larsen together with the songwriter of the British boy group JLS , Dan Priddy, especially for the Grimes twins. The recordings started in December 2010 and ended in January. The single is not part of their debut album, but will be included on their upcoming one. Jedward appeared with Lipstick on the Irish The Late Late Show , where the duo prevailed against four other artists and were voted Irish entry at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
"Lipstick" took eighth place at the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf with 119 points. Eighteen countries awarded points to the Irish contribution.
Scoring for Ireland:
| number | Points | country |
|---|---|---|
| 3 × | 12 points | Sweden , Denmark , Great Britain |
| 2 × | 10 points | Latvia , Finland |
| 3 × | 8 points | Slovakia , Germany , Malta |
| 2 × | 7 points | Belgium , Spain |
| 1 × | 6 points | Portugal |
| 1 × | 5 points | Netherlands |
| 2 × | 4 points | Austria , Iceland |
| 1 × | 3 points | Bulgaria |
| 1 × | 2 points | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1 × | 1 point | Poland |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts IE
- ↑ Herald.ie Report on the Irish Contribution
- ↑ eurovision.de, May 15, 2011, accessed on May 15, 2011.
| predecessor | chronology | successor |
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It's for You ( Niamh Kavanagh ) |
 Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 |
Waterline ( Jedward ) |