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=== Returning artists ===
=== Returning artists ===

=== Lead artists ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Artist
!Country
!Previous year(s)
|-
|[[Dino Merlin]]
|{{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|1999]] (along with [[Béatrice Poulot|Béatrice]])
|-
|[[Lena Meyer-Landrut|Lena]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Esc|Germany}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2010|2010]]
|-
|[[Stefan Raab]] (presenter)
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2000|2000]], [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|2004]] (as backing singer for [[Max Mutzke|Max]])
|-
|[[Zdob și Zdub|Zdob şi Zdub]]
|{{Esc|Moldova}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2005|2005]]
|-
|[[Dana International]]
|{{Esc|Israel}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 1998|1998]]
|-
|Benedikt Brynleifsson (member of [[Sjonni's Friends]])
| rowspan="3" |{{Esc|Iceland}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|2007]] (as backing singer for [[Eiríkur Hauksson]])
|-
|Vignir Snær Vigfússon (member of Sjonni's Friends)
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2003|2003]] (as backing singer for [[Birgitta Haukdal|Birgitta]]), and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005|2005]] (as backing singer for [[Selma Björnsdóttir|Selma]])
|-
|Gunnar Ólafsson
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2001|2001]] (as member of [[Two Tricky]])
|-
|Sopho Toroshelidze (member of [[Eldrine]])
|{{Esc|Georgia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2010|2010]] (as backing singer for [[Sofia Nizharadze|Sofia Nizharadze)]]
|-
|[[TWiiNS]] (Veronika Nízlová and Daniela Nízlová)
|{{Esc|Slovakia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]] (for {{Esc|Czech Republic}}, as backing singer for [[Tereza Kerndlová]])
|}

=== Backing performers ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Artist
!Country
!Previous year(s)
|-
|Marilin Kongo
|{{Esc|Estonia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|2009]] (as backing singer for [[Urban Symphony]])
|-
|Britta Bergström
|{{Esc|Russia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|2004]] (for {{Esc|Sweden}}, as backing singer for [[Lena Philipsson]]),
and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|2006]] (for {{Esc|Belgium}}, as backing singer for [[Kate Ryan]])
|-
|Jessica Marberger
|{{Esc|Azerbaijan}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|2009]] (for {{Esc|Sweden}}, as backing singer for [[Malena Ernman]])
|-
|Katja Koren
| rowspan="3" |{{Esc|Slovenia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|2006]] (as backing singer for [[Anžej Dežan]])
|-
|Sandra Feketija
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]] (as backing singer for [[Rebeka Dremelj]])
|-
|[[Martina Majerle]]
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2003|2003]] (for {{Esc|Croatia}}, as backing singer for [[Claudia Beni]]), [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|2007]] (as backing singer for [[Alenka Gotar]]),
[[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]] (for {{Esc|Montenegro}} as backing singer for [[Stefan Filipović]]),

and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009|2009]] (as backing singer for [[Quartissimo]] & [[Martina Majerle|Martina]])
|-
|Jenia Evgenios Buli
| rowspan="2" |{{Esc|Armenia}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2010|2010]] (for {{Esc|Greece}}, as backing singer for [[Giorgos Alkaios]])
|-
|Emy Armine Zaryan
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|2007]] (for {{Esc|Greece}}, as backing singer for [[Sarbel]])
|-
|Pamela Bezzina
|{{Esc|Malta}}
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2010|2010]] (as backing singer for [[Thea Garrett]])
|-
|Gino Emnes
|{{Esc|San Marino}}
|2000 (for {{Esc|Netherlands}}, as backing singer for [[Linda Wagenmakers]])
|}
[[File:Backing vocalists of Dana International, ECS 2011.jpg|thumb|Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011]]
[[File:Backing vocalists of Dana International, ECS 2011.jpg|thumb|Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011]]
[[File:Backing vocalists of Dana International, ECS 2011.jpg|thumb|Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011]]
Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest, including [[Dino Merlin]],<ref name="BosHerz2">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9325 |title=Dino Merlin returns as 2011 representative |last=Al Kaziri |first=Ghassan |date=1 December 2010 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228080740/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9325 |archive-date=28 December 2011 }}</ref> who had represented [[Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|1999]]. [[Gunnar Ólason]] (part of [[Sigurjón's Friends|Sjonni's Friends]])<ref name="Iceland1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=25543&_t=sigurjons_friends_will_pay_him_homage_in_duesseldorf|title=Sigurjón's Friends will pay him homage in Düsseldorf|last=Escudero|first=Victor M|work=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=12 February 2011}}</ref> for [[Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Iceland]] had last appeared in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2001|2001]] as part of [[Two Tricky]].<ref name="Iceland2">{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?info.2011is#artists|title=Aftur heim – info|publisher=Digiloo Thrush|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref> [[Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest|Moldova]]'s [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005|2005]] entrant [[Zdob și Zdub]] also returned.<ref name="Zdob și Zdub 1">{{cite web|last=Brey |first=Marco |title=Zdob și Zdub to represent Moldova! |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=26263&_t=zdob_si_zdub_to_represent_moldova |work=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |access-date=26 February 2011 |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629174926/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=26263&_t=zdob_si_zdub_to_represent_moldova |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> [[TWiiNS]] from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008.<ref>http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=slovakia_choose_twiins_for_duesseldorf</ref> Sophio Toroshelidze, the lead singer of [[Eldrine]] from Georgia, was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia's entry in 2010.<ref>https://eurovision.tv/story/sophio-toroshelidze-new-lead-singer-of-eldrine</ref>
Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest, including [[Dino Merlin]],<ref name="BosHerz2">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9325 |title=Dino Merlin returns as 2011 representative |last=Al Kaziri |first=Ghassan |date=1 December 2010 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228080740/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9325 |archive-date=28 December 2011 }}</ref> who had represented [[Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|1999]]. [[Gunnar Ólason]] (part of [[Sigurjón's Friends|Sjonni's Friends]])<ref name="Iceland1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=25543&_t=sigurjons_friends_will_pay_him_homage_in_duesseldorf|title=Sigurjón's Friends will pay him homage in Düsseldorf|last=Escudero|first=Victor M|work=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=12 February 2011}}</ref> for [[Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Iceland]] had last appeared in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2001|2001]] as part of [[Two Tricky]].<ref name="Iceland2">{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?info.2011is#artists|title=Aftur heim – info|publisher=Digiloo Thrush|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref> [[Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest|Moldova]]'s [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005|2005]] entrant [[Zdob și Zdub]] also returned.<ref name="Zdob și Zdub 1">{{cite web|last=Brey |first=Marco |title=Zdob și Zdub to represent Moldova! |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=26263&_t=zdob_si_zdub_to_represent_moldova |work=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |access-date=26 February 2011 |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629174926/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=26263&_t=zdob_si_zdub_to_represent_moldova |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> [[TWiiNS]] from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008.<ref>http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=slovakia_choose_twiins_for_duesseldorf</ref> Sophio Toroshelidze, the lead singer of [[Eldrine]] from Georgia, was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia's entry in 2010.<ref>https://eurovision.tv/story/sophio-toroshelidze-new-lead-singer-of-eldrine</ref>

Revision as of 16:10, 15 May 2021

"Eurovision 2011" redirects here. For the junior contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Feel Your Heart Beat!
Dates
Semi-final 110 May 2011 (2011-05-10)
Semi-final 212 May 2011 (2011-05-12)
Final14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
Host
VenueEsprit Arena
Düsseldorf, Germany
Presenter(s)
Directed byLadislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producer
  • Ralf Quibeldey
  • Thomas Schreiber
Host broadcaster
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries43
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countriesNone
  • A coloured map of the countries of EuropeBelgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Monaco in the Eurovision Song ContestLuxembourg in the Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Morocco in the Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Andorra in the Eurovision Song ContestBelarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song ContestGeorgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Montenegro in the Eurovision Song ContestSerbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2011
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song
2010 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2012

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Lena's win at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway with the song "Satellite". It was the third time Germany had hosted the contest (and the first following the German reunification), having previously done so in 1957 and 1983 (both in then West Germany). Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), the contest was held at the Esprit Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and the grand final on 14 May 2011.[1] The three live shows were hosted by Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab.

Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 edition. Four countries returned to the contest this year; Austria returned after their last participation in 2007, Hungary returned after their last participation in 2009, San Marino returned after their very first participation in 2008. Italy also returned to the contest after their last participation fourteen years earlier, in 1997.

The winner was Azerbaijan with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell & Nikki and written by Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Iain James Farquharson. This was Azerbaijan's first victory in the contest, after only 4 years of participation, and the first victory for one of the South Caucasus countries. It was also the first male-female duo to win the contest since 1963. Italy, Sweden, Ukraine and Denmark rounded out the top five. Apart from Italy, the only other "Big Five" country to make the top 10 were Germany, finishing tenth. However, the United Kingdom followed closely behind, finishing eleventh. This was the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner did not place first in the jury voting; Italy was the jury winner, while Azerbaijan was the televote winner. Georgia, finishing ninth, equalled their best result from 2010.

The broadcast of the grand final won the Rose d'Or award for Best Live Event.[2]

Location

Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf – host venue of the 2011 contest.

The contest took place in Düsseldorf - the seventh-largest city in Germany. This was the first contest to take place outside the host nation's capital city since the 2004 contest in Istanbul. It was also the first Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany since German reunification, with West Germany having previously hosted the contest in 1957[3] and 1983.[4] Germany was also the first member of the "Big Five" to host the Contest since the implementation of the rule in 2000 that permits the five largest contributors to the EBU – Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy – to qualify automatically for the grand final alongside the previous year's winner.

The Esprit Arena - a multi-functional football stadium - hosted the contest. The stadium acquired a rental period of six weeks, in order to allow construction and dismantling work in relation to the contest to be carried out.[5] The stadium is the largest venue to host the event (as of 2021). It accommodated a capacity of 38,000 for spectators during the contest, breaking the record of 35,000 set by Denmark ten years earlier. [6] Düsseldorf offered 23,000 hotel beds and 2,000 additional beds in the Düsseldorf surroundings and on ships on the River Rhine.[7]

Bidding phase

Twenty-three cities submit official bids to the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), in order to be the host city for the 2011 contest.[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] NDR announced on 21 August 2010 that four of those cities had officially applied to host the 2011 Contest: Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, and Düsseldorf.[11]

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, he stated, "secrecy about the bid concepts was promised to the NDR".[12]

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Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue. The cities that officially applied to host are marked in green, while the cities that showed interest but pulled out are marked in red.
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 indicated that talks with Düsseldorf to host the song contest in the Esprit Arena were already at an advanced stage.[13] The club later announced on 6 October 2010 that it had obtained permission to move its games if necessary.[14]

The Neue Ruhr Zeitung newspaper 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 would be equipped with mobile stands from a Swiss event construction specialist, Nussli Group, creating 20,000 extra seats.[15] This decision was made because the Arena Sportpark Düsseldorf holds better logistic qualifications.

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.[16]

Host selection

On 12 October 2010, the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) announced, that the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf had been chosen as the host venue for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.[17][18]

Key  †  Host venue

City Venue Notes
Berlin A large tent on the grounds of Tempelhof Airport If chosen, the tent would have been located on the field near the hangars. Allegedly only room for 9,000 spectators.[19]
Düsseldorf Esprit Arena † Home of the Fortuna Düsseldorf football club. The stadium can hold up to 50,000 spectators, but will hold up to 38,000 spectators for the contest.[19][20]
Hamburg Hamburg Messehallen, Hall A1[19] Would be staged at Hall A1, but with room for less than 10,000 spectators.
Hanover Hanover Exhibition Centre (Messe) —

Format

The four countries that were part of the Big Four, along with the host of the contest, automatically qualify for a place in the grand final. Since Germany was both a "Big Four" country and the host for the 2011 contest, there was a vacant spot in the grand final. At a Reference Group meeting in Belgrade it was decided that the existing rules would remain in place, and that the number of participants in the grand final would simply be lowered from twenty-five to twenty-four.[21] On 31 December 2010, the official participation list was published by the EBU, which stipulated that with the return of Italy to the contest, this nation would become a member of the "Big Five". This change permitted Italy automatic qualification into the grand final, alongside France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and host nation Germany, restoring the number of participants for the grand final to twenty-five nations.[22]

On 30 August 2010 it was announced that Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, would be leaving his position on 31 December 2010.[23] On 26 November 2010, EBU reported that Jon Ola Sand would be the new Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest.[24]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the semi-final running orders was held on 17 January 2011. All of the participating countries excluding the automatic finalists were split into six pots, based on the voting history of those countries in previous years. From these pots, half (or as close to half as was possible) competed in the first semi-final on 10 May 2011. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 12 May 2011. This draw doubled as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals commenced. The draw also determined in which of the semi-finals the automatic finalists would be able to cast their votes.[25]

Israeli broadcaster IBA requested to compete in the second semi-final, rather than the first semi-final that was pulled in the draw, due to Israel's Memorial Day coinciding with the first semi-final. German broadcaster NDR also requested that it be allowed to vote in the second semi-final for scheduling reasons.[25]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Graphic design

Ell & Nikki of Azerbaijan, during the ESC 2011

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Feel your heart beat", with the logo and on-screen graphics designed by Turquoise Branding.[26] The postcard introducing each performance included the logo in the colours of the performing country (e.g. the United Kingdom in red, white and blue); 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 either living in Germany or tourists from that country. The contest's motto, 'Feel your heart beat', was then shown or said in the country's national or native language.[27] For example, in the first postcard shown (Poland's), the boyfriend drops a piece of paper. The camera then pans down to the paper, to show the Polish phrase "Poczuj bicie serca" handwritten on it. In the second postcard shown (Norway's), a mountain climber from Norway climbs to the top of a mountain and yells the Norwegian phrase "Kjenn ditt hjerte slå.". Then, the heart appeared once again, and the stage and the crowd could be seen, with 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. The scoreboard showed a spokesperson from the country giving their votes on the right, while showing a table of results on the left. The large points (8, 10 and 12) were highlighted in pink, whilst the lower points, (1–7) were in purple.[28] This scoreboard design was used again the following year, with minor changes such as the large points appearing progressively larger in size compared to the lower points and the highlighted colours changed to match the 2012 theme, "Light your fire!"[29]

National host broadcaster

Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab hosted the 2011 edition.

ARD, 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 2010 that the costs for hosting this event resulted in a tense discussion about necessary savings on other programme contents made by the three broadcasters.

Hosts

On 16 December 2010, NDR announced that Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers, and Stefan Raab were to be the presenters for the contest. It was the third time three people would host the contest, the previous such contests being 1999 and 2010.[30] Raab is known as the German representative in 2000 with "Wadde hadde dudde da?", whereas Engelke is an actress and comedian, and Rakers journalist and television presenter.

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 would be installed while the other side would function as background dressing rooms for the artist delegations. An athletics arena next to the Esprit Arena would serve as the press centre for the event. The Esprit Arena offered comfortable seats relatively near to the stage that created an indoor event arena atmosphere rather than a football-stadium ambiance. There were plans to allow the public the chance to attend the dress rehearsals.[31] Altogether, tickets were sold for seven shows (the grand final, two semi-finals and four dress rehearsals).[32]

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 preregistration e-mail-newsletter on its website for all people interested in tickets for the event.[33]

Ticket sales started on 12 December 2010 at 12:12 CET on the website www.dticket.de, the only authorised seller.[34] However, the ticket page opened for sales approximately two hours earlier than originally advertised; this announcement was made by an email newsletter sent to preregistered buyers minutes before opening, giving them a slight benefit in acquiring tickets. The grand final 32,000 tickets that were put on sale on 12 December sold out in less than six hours. Once camera positions had been determined, a few thousand extra tickets were 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.[35]

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
  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 43 countries would compete in the 2011 Contest.[22] 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.[22] Montenegro had applied to take part in the contest on 4 December, but decided against participation and withdrew on 23 December, two days before 25 December no-strings-attached deadline.[36]

Slovakia announced its withdrawal from the 2011 Contest due to financial reasons, despite holding a public poll on the Slovenská televízia (STV) website on its Eurovision participation which received an 87.5% positive vote. STV announced that it 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 contest.[22] STV announced in January 2011 that Slovakia would yet withdraw from the contest, citing 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 to avoid a fine for a late withdrawal.[25][40]

At a meeting in Belgrade on 28 August 2010, the EBU decided that each country had to choose its 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.[22]

Returning artists

Lead artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Dino Merlin  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 (along with Béatrice)
Lena  Germany 2010
Stefan Raab (presenter) 2000, 2004 (as backing singer for Max)
Zdob şi Zdub  Moldova 2005
Dana International  Israel 1998
Benedikt Brynleifsson (member of Sjonni's Friends)  Iceland 2007 (as backing singer for Eiríkur Hauksson)
Vignir Snær Vigfússon (member of Sjonni's Friends) 2003 (as backing singer for Birgitta), and 2005 (as backing singer for Selma)
Gunnar Ólafsson 2001 (as member of Two Tricky)
Sopho Toroshelidze (member of Eldrine)  Georgia 2010 (as backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze)
TWiiNS (Veronika Nízlová and Daniela Nízlová)  Slovakia 2008 (for  Czech Republic, as backing singer for Tereza Kerndlová)

Backing performers

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Marilin Kongo  Estonia 2009 (as backing singer for Urban Symphony)
Britta Bergström  Russia 2004 (for  Sweden, as backing singer for Lena Philipsson),

and 2006 (for  Belgium, as backing singer for Kate Ryan)

Jessica Marberger  Azerbaijan 2009 (for  Sweden, as backing singer for Malena Ernman)
Katja Koren  Slovenia 2006 (as backing singer for Anžej Dežan)
Sandra Feketija 2008 (as backing singer for Rebeka Dremelj)
Martina Majerle 2003 (for  Croatia, as backing singer for Claudia Beni), 2007 (as backing singer for Alenka Gotar),

2008 (for  Montenegro as backing singer for Stefan Filipović),

and 2009 (as backing singer for Quartissimo & Martina)

Jenia Evgenios Buli  Armenia 2010 (for  Greece, as backing singer for Giorgos Alkaios)
Emy Armine Zaryan 2007 (for  Greece, as backing singer for Sarbel)
Pamela Bezzina  Malta 2010 (as backing singer for Thea Garrett)
Gino Emnes  San Marino 2000 (for  Netherlands, as backing singer for Linda Wagenmakers)
Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011
Israeli backing vocalists, at Eurovision 2011

Several artists made their return to the Eurovision Song Contest, including Dino Merlin,[42] who had represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999. Gunnar Ólason (part of Sjonni's Friends)[43] for Iceland had last appeared in 2001 as part of Two Tricky.[44] Moldova's 2005 entrant Zdob și Zdub also returned.[45] TWiiNS from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008.[46] Sophio Toroshelidze, the lead singer of Eldrine from Georgia, was a backing singer for Sofia Nizharadze, Georgia's entry in 2010.[47]

Along with those artists, two previous Eurovision winners also returned to the contest: Dana International who won for Israel in 1998, and Lena[1] who won for Germany in 2010 and brought the contest to Düsseldorf. Stefan Raab, who represented Germany in 2000 and appeared as a conductor and backing artist for other German entries, hosted the contest. This was the first time since 1958 and only the second time in the history of the contest that two former winners returned on the same year.

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 grand final.[48] Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.

The full split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in May 2011.[49]

Draw Country[22] Artist Song Language[50] Place[51] Points
01  Poland Magdalena Tul "Jestem" Polish 19 18
02  Norway Stella Mwangi "Haba Haba" English, Swahili 17 30
03  Albania Aurela Gaçe "Feel the Passion" English[a] 14 47
04  Armenia Emmy "Boom Boom" English 12 54
05  Turkey Yüksek Sadakat "Live It Up" English 13 47
06  Serbia Nina "Čaroban" (Чаробан) Serbian 8 67
07  Russia Alexey Vorobyov "Get You" English, Russian 9 64
08   Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "In Love for a While" English 10 55
09  Georgia Eldrine "One More Day" English 6 74
10  Finland Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" English 3 103
11  Malta Glen Vella "One Life" English 11 54
12  San Marino Senit "Stand By" English 16 34
13  Croatia Daria "Celebrate" English 15 41
14  Iceland Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English 4 100
15  Hungary Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian 7 72
16  Portugal Homens da Luta "A luta é alegria" Portuguese 18 22
17  Lithuania Evelina Sašenko "C'est ma vie" English[b] 5 81
18  Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki "Running Scared" English 2 122
19  Greece Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" English, Greek 1 133

Semi-final 2

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 grand final.[48] France, Germany and Italy voted in this semi-final.

The full split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in May 2011.[49]

Draw Country[22] Artist Song Language[50] Place[53] Points
01  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" English[c] 5 109
02  Austria Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" English 7 69
03  Netherlands 3JS "Never Alone" English 19 13
04  Belgium Witloof Bay "With Love Baby" English 11 53
05  Slovakia TWiiNS "I'm Still Alive" English 13 48
06  Ukraine Mika Newton "Angel" English 6 81
07  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "So Lucky" English 10 54
08  Sweden Eric Saade "Popular" English 1 155
09  Cyprus Christos Mylordos "San aggelos s'agapisa" (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα) Greek 18 16
10  Bulgaria Poli Genova "Na inat" (На инат) Bulgarian 12 48
11  Macedonia Vlatko Ilievski "Rusinka" (Русинка) Macedonian, English[d] 16 36
12  Israel Dana International "Ding Dong" Hebrew, English 15 38
13  Slovenia Maja Keuc "No One" English 3 112
14  Romania Hotel FM "Change" English 4 111
15  Estonia Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" English 9 60
16  Belarus Anastasia Vinnikova "I Love Belarus" English 14 45
17  Latvia Musiqq "Angel in Disguise" English 17 25
18  Denmark A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" English 2 135
19  Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" English 8 68

Final

The final took place on 14 May 2011. Only the "Big Five" countries automatically qualified for the grand final. From the two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May 2011, twenty countries qualified for the grand final. A total of twenty-five countries competed in the grand 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 able to vote during the performances; the voting window ended 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs.[48]

Background music for the show included "Wonderful" by Gary Go.

Draw Country[22] Artist Song Language[50] Place[54] Points
01  Finland Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" English 21 57
02  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" English[c] 6 125
03  Denmark A Friend in London "New Tomorrow" English 5 134
04  Lithuania Evelina Sašenko "C'est ma vie" English[b] 19 63
05  Hungary Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian 22 53
06  Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" English 8 119
07  Sweden Eric Saade "Popular" English 3 185
08  Estonia Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" English 24 44
09  Greece Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike "Watch My Dance" English, Greek 7 120
10  Russia Alexey Vorobyov "Get You" English, Russian 16 77
11  France Amaury Vassili "Sognu" Corsican 15 82
12  Italy Raphael Gualazzi "Madness of Love" Italian, English 2 189
13   Switzerland Anna Rossinelli "In Love for a While" English 25 19
14  United Kingdom Blue "I Can" English 11 100
15  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "So Lucky" English 12 97
16  Germany Lena "Taken by a Stranger" English 10 107
17  Romania Hotel FM "Change" English 17 77
18  Austria Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" English 18 64
19  Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki "Running Scared" English 1 221
20  Slovenia Maja Keuc "No One" English 13 96
21  Iceland Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English 20 61
22  Spain Lucía Pérez "Que me quiten lo bailao" Spanish 23 50
23  Ukraine Mika Newton "Angel" English 4 159
24  Serbia Nina "Čaroban" (Чаробан) Serbian 14 85
25  Georgia Eldrine "One More Day" English 9 110

Scoreboard

The split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in May 2011. As in 2010, only the split totals received by each country were given, not the full breakdown.[49]

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 voting results[55]
Total score
Poland
Norway
Albania
Armenia
Turkey
Serbia
Russia
Switzerland
Georgia
Finland
Malta
San Marino
Croatia
Iceland
Hungary
Portugal
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Greece
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
 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

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3  Finland  Iceland,  Norway,  Russia
2  Azerbaijan  Georgia,  Turkey
 Croatia  Malta,  Serbia
 Iceland  Hungary,  Spain
 Lithuania  Poland,  United Kingdom
 Serbia  Croatia,   Switzerland
 Turkey  Albania,  Azerbaijan
1  Albania  Greece
 Georgia  Lithuania
 Greece  Portugal
 Hungary  Finland
 Malta  San Marino
 Russia  Armenia

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 voting results[56]
Total score
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Netherlands
Belgium
Slovakia
Ukraine
Moldova
Sweden
Cyprus
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Israel
Slovenia
Romania
Estonia
Belarus
Latvia
Denmark
Ireland
France
Germany
Italy
Contestants
 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 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 3 1 5 2 2 10 7 1 6 3 10 10 8

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Sweden  Belgium,  Cyprus,  Denmark,  Estonia,  France,  Israel,  Netherlands
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Austria,  Macedonia,  Slovakia,  Slovenia
 Denmark  Bulgaria,  Ireland,  Latvia,  Sweden
2  Romania  Italy,  Moldova
1  Austria  Germany
 Moldova  Romania
 Slovakia  Ukraine
 Slovenia  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Ukraine  Belarus

Grand final

Final voting results[57]
Total score
Russia
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Italy
Cyprus
Ukraine
Finland
Norway
Armenia
Macedonia
Iceland
Slovakia
United Kingdom
Denmark
Austria
Poland
Sweden
San Marino
Germany
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Turkey
Switzerland
Greece
Georgia
France
Serbia
Croatia
Belarus
Romania
Albania
Malta
Portugal
Hungary
Lithuania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ireland
Spain
Israel
Estonia
Moldova
Belgium
Latvia
Contestants
 Finland 57 12 10 5 5 7 2 5 1 3 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 125 2 8 4 4 12 12 8 7 12 10 12 3 5 12 7 7
Denmark 134 7 12 3 7 12 6 5 3 10 4 6 8 7 1 5 12 10 10 6
Lithuania 63 2 3 6 12 12 7 2 1 10 1 7
Hungary 53 4 12 5 2 5 2 2 8 7 6
Ireland 119 3 5 10 4 8 12 12 4 1 12 8 8 6 2 7 7 10
Sweden 185 1 10 10 1 6 10 4 6 7 10 3 10 6 3 4 4 6 1 10 1 4 4 3 6 10 5 4 5 12 12 3 4
Estonia 44 2 7 2 2 7 7 5 6 2 4
Greece 120 8 10 2 12 6 7 3 8 10 8 2 6 3 8 10 8 1 8
Russia 77 4 2 8 8 1 5 4 1 4 4 5 4 3 6 8 5 5
France 82 3 1 7 5 4 5 3 12 2 6 2 1 2 4 10 2 12 1
Italy 189 1 3 6 1 3 7 6 10 12 3 1 3 4 10 7 8 2 3 6 12 10 10 4 10 6 5 12 6 6 12
Switzerland 19 4 10 5
United Kingdom 100 4 12 10 4 3 1 2 5 2 3 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 6 7 3 3 6 1 4 5
Moldova 97 7 8 7 5 8 5 4 7 5 4 7 12 5 4 8 1
Germany 107 7 6 5 6 8 10 4 6 7 3 8 4 3 1 8 2 3 3 5 8
Romania 77 6 4 12 4 1 6 5 1 1 8 6 1 12 10
Austria 64 5 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 12 5 1 7 3 3 2 2 7
Azerbaijan 221 12 6 8 10 5 8 7 8 8 3 10 12 1 5 8 6 10 6 10 8 12 8 7 8 8 4 8 10 3 2
Slovenia 96 5 2 6 10 1 7 3 1 1 2 10 12 4 3 1 6 12 2 3 2 3
Iceland 61 5 8 8 4 6 1 10 4 12 1 2
Spain 50 4 2 1 2 3 12 5 5 12 4
Ukraine 159 10 8 7 5 12 7 12 2 2 12 6 7 7 10 6 5 10 2 3 4 7 7 8
Serbia 85 3 3 2 6 1 8 7 6 5 10 6 8 1 5 10 4
Georgia 110 6 1 12 10 7 7 10 8 8 12 5 12 2 3 7

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final:

A record number of 20 countries received at least one set of 12 points during the grand final. The only countries not to receive full marks were Estonia, Russia, Switzerland, Germany and Serbia.

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

Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons

Spokespersons

Unlike previous years, the voting order was not drawn with the order of presentation of songs. Rather, the voting order was calculated just before the event, to reduce the likelihood of there being an outright winner from the start. Countries revealed their votes in the following order:

  1.  Russia – Dima Bilan (Russian representative in the 2006 contest and winner of the 2008 contest)
  2.  Bulgaria – Maria Ilieva
  3.  Netherlands – Mandy Huydts[58] (Dutch representative in the 1986 contest as part of Frizzle Sizzle)
  4.  Italy – Raffaella Carrà
  5.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos[59]
  6.  Ukraine – Ruslana[60] (Winner of the 2004 contest)
  7.  Finland – Susan Aho[61] (Finnish representative in the 2010 contest as part of Kuunkuiskaajat)
  8.  Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui (Co-presenter of the 2004 junior contest and the 2010 contest)
  9.  Armenia – Lusine Tovmasyan
  10.  Macedonia – Kristina Taleska
  11.  Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  12.  Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
  13.  United Kingdom – Alex Jones[62]
  14.  Denmark – Lise Rønne[63] (Co-presenter of the 2014 contest)
  15.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch[64]
  16.  Poland – Odeta Moro-Figurska
  17.  Sweden – Danny Saucedo[65] (Swedish representative in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008)
  18.  San Marino – Nicola Della Valle (Sammarinese representative in the 2008 contest as part of Miodio)
  19.  Germany – Ina Müller[66]
  20.  Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh[67] (Azerbaijani representative in the 2010 contest)
  21.  Slovenia – Klemen Slakonja[68]
  22.  Turkey – Ömer Önder
  23.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler[69]
  24.  Greece – Lena Aroni[70]
  25.  Georgia – Sofia Nizharadze[71] (Georgian representative in the 2010 contest)
  26.  France – Cyril Féraud[72]
  27.  Serbia – Dušica Spasić[73]
  28.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  29.  Belarus – Leila Ismailava (Co-presenter of the 2010 junior contest)[74]
  30.  Romania – Malvina Cservenschi
  31.  Albania – Leon Menkshi
  32.  Malta – Kelly Schembri[75]
  33.  Portugal – Joana Teles[76]
  34.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  35.  Lithuania – Giedrius Masalskis
  36.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Vidmar[77]
  37.  Ireland – Derek Mooney
  38.  Spain – Elena S. Sánchez[78]
  39.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon[79]
  40.  Estonia – Piret Järvis[80] (Swiss representative in the 2005 contest as part of Vanilla Ninja)
  41.  Moldova – Geta Burlacu[81] (Moldovan representative in the 2008 contest)
  42.  Belgium – Maureen Louys[82]
  43.  Latvia – Aisha[83] (Latvian representative in the 2010 contest)

Broadcasters and commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Düsseldorf or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania All shows TVSH Leon Menkshi [84]
 Armenia All shows Armenia 1 Artak Vardanyan [85]
 Austria All shows ORF eins Andi Knoll [86]
Hitradio Ö3 Martin Blumenau
Final Benny Hörtnagl
 Azerbaijan All shows İctimai Televiziya Leyla Aliyeva [87]
 Belarus All shows Belarus 1 Denis Kurian [88]
 Belgium All shows La Une French: Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye [89]
één, Radio 2 Dutch: Sven Pichal and André Vermeulen [90]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina All shows BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić [91][92]
 Bulgaria All shows BNT Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
 Croatia All shows HRT 1 Duško Čurlić
 Cyprus All shows RIK 1 Melina Karageorgiou [93]
 Denmark All shows DR1, DR HD Ole Tøpholm [94][95]
 Estonia All shows ETV, Raadio 2 Marko Reikop [96][97]
 Finland All shows YLE TV2, YLE HD Finnish: Tarja Närhi and Asko Murtomäki [98][99][100]
YLE Radio Suomi Finnish: Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
YLE FST5 Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
 France SF2 France Ô Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes [101]
Final France 3 Laurent Boyer and Catherine Lara
France Bleu Fred Musa and Éric Mazet
 Georgia All shows 1TV Sopho Altunashvili
 Germany SF1 Einsfestival, ProSieben Steven Gätjen [102]
SF2/Final Das Erste Peter Urban
Final NDR 2, WDR 1LIVE, hr3 Thomas Mohr, Steffi Neu and Tim Frühling
 Greece All shows NET, ERT HD, Second Programme Maria Kozakou [103]
 Hungary All shows m1 Gábor Gundel Takács [104][105]
 Iceland All shows Sjónvarpið Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir [106]
 Ireland Semi-finals RTÉ Two Marty Whelan [107]
Final RTÉ One
SF2/Final RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [108]
 Israel All shows IBA No commentator
 Italy SF2 Rai 5, Rai Radio 2 Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar [109][110]
Final Rai 2
 Latvia All shows LTV Valters Frīdenbergs and Uģis Joksts [83]
 Lithuania All shows LRT Darius Užkuraitis [111]
 Macedonia All shows MTV 1 Eli Tanaskovska [112]
 Malta All shows TVM Eileen Montesin [113]
 Moldova All shows Moldova 1 Marcel Spătari
 Netherlands All shows Nederland 1 Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker [114][115][116][117]
 Norway All shows NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan [118][119]
 Poland All shows TVP1 Artur Orzech [120]
 Portugal All shows RTP1, RTP HD, RTP Internacional Sílvia Alberto [121]
 Romania All shows TVR1, TVR HD, TVR Internaţional Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Pavlică [122]
 Russia All shows Channel One Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta [123][124]
Final Kirill Nabutov
 San Marino All shows SMRTV Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [109]
 Serbia SF1 RTS1 Marina Nikolić [125]
SF2 Dragan Ilić
Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
All shows Radio Belgrade Tanja Zeljković
 Slovakia SF1/Final Jednotka Roman Bomboš [126]
SF2 Dvojka
All shows Rádio FM
 Slovenia Semi-finals TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer [127]
Final TV SLO 1
 Spain Semi-finals La 2 José Luis Uribarri [128][129]
Final La 1, TVE HD, TVE Internacional
 Sweden All shows SVT1 Hélène Benno and Edward af Sillén [130]
  Switzerland SF1/Final SF zwei German: Sven Epiney [131]
SF1 TSR 2 French: Jean-Marc Richard and Henri Dès [132][133]
Final Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
Semi-finals RSI La 2 Italian: Jonathan Tedesco
Final RSI La 1
SF1/Final HD Suisse No commentary
 Turkey All shows TRT 1 Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk [134][135]
 Ukraine All shows Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova [136][137][138]
Olena Zelinchenko Radio Ukraine
 United Kingdom Semi-finals BBC Three, BBC HD Scott Mills and Sara Cox [139][140]
Final BBC One, BBC One HD Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia All shows[e] SBS One, SBS HD Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [141]
 China Final[f] CCTV-15 No commentator
 Faroe Islands All shows[g] SvF Ole Tøpholm [142]
 Greenland Final[h] KNR No commentator [143]
 New Zealand All shows[i] Triangle Stratos No commentator [144]

Incidents

Technical issues during Semi-final 1

During the first semi-final, many broadcasters lost contact with their commentators due to a technical glitch. Dropouts in the multichannel sound connections were the cause of this fault, which was corrected, with a second backup system put into place, and tested extensively before the second semi-final.[145]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE (French: Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision, English: General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards honour the best competing songs in the final. Named after the founder of the contest, the awards were created and first handed at the 2002 contest by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 contest and the country's current Head of Delegation), and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys who won the 1984 contest for Sweden).[146] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[147]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
Artistic Award  Ireland "Lipstick" Jedward Dan Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin M. Larsson
Composers Award  France "Sognu" Amaury Vassili Daniel Moyne, Quentin Bachelet, Jean-Pierre Marcellesi, Julie Miller
Press Award  Finland "Da Da Dam" Paradise Oskar Axel Ehnström

OGAE

Further information: OGAE

OGAE is an international organisation which conducts a voting poll for the favourite songs among its members before the annual contest. It consists of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond.[148][149] Below are the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.[150]

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
 Hungary "What About My Dreams?" Kati Wolf 277
 France "Sognu" Amaury Vassili 270
 United Kingdom "I Can" Blue 253
 Sweden "Popular" Eric Saade 238
 Estonia "Rockefeller Street" Getter Jaani 183

Barbara Dex Award

Further information: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.[151]

Place Country Performer(s) Votes
1  Georgia Eldrine 133
2  Ireland Jedward 81
3  Moldova Zdob și Zdub 66
4  Turkey Yüksek Sadakat 61
5  Portugal Homens da Luta 59

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011
Compilation album by
Eurovision Song Contest
Released15 April 2011
GenrePop
Length
  • 63:11 (CD 1)
  • 66:09 (CD 2)
LabelEMI / CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010
(2010) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011
(2011) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012
(2012)

Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 was the official compilation album of the 2011 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 15 April 2011. The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2011 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[152]

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[153] 2

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Includes two lines in Albanian
  2. ^ a b Includes two phrases in French; American Sign Language was also used during the live televised performance[52]
  3. ^ a b Contains phrases in Bosnian
  4. ^ Includes two words in Russian.
  5. ^ Broadcast on 13 May, 14 May and 15 May 2011
  6. ^ Broadcast on 24 January 2014, shortened two hours and with voting details and interval acts ignored and edited as montages
  7. ^ Broadcast on timeshift with Danish commentary from DR
  8. ^ Broadcast on timeshift
  9. ^ Broadcast on on 11 May, 13 May and 15 May 2011

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