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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 ...
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
Azerbaijan's first Eurovision win came in 2011, when "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki triumphed. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] With their entry only receiving 5.26 points per voting country, Azerbaijan holds the record of the lowest average score for a winning song under that voting system (in place from 1975 to 2015).
Prior to the 2011 contest, Azerbaijan had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times since its first entry in 2008. [1] Since their debut in 2008, Azerbaijan has had a string of successful results, qualifying to the final and placing in the top ten each year, including a third-place result in 2009 with the song "Always" performed by AySel and Arash.
Prior to the 2011 contest, Greece had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 31 times since their first entry in 1974. [1] To this point, the nation won the contest once, in 2005 with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou, and placed third three times: in 2001 with the song "Die for You" performed by the duo Antique; in 2004 with "Shake It" performed by Sakis Rouvas; and ...
Prior to the 2011 contest, Slovenia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 1993. [1] Slovenia's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been seventh place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 1995 with the song "Prisluhni mi" performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with the song "Energy" performed by Nuša Derenda.
The competition consisted of a semi-final that took place on 30 January 2011 followed by a final on 12 February 2011 where the winning song and artist were selected. The semi-final was broadcast via radio on VivaCité as well as online at the broadcaster's website rtbf.be, while the final was broadcast on La Une as well as online at rtbf.be. [3 ...
Italy automatically qualified for the grand final, on 14 May 2011; as part of the "Big Five", and would vote in the second semi-final. At the finals, the Italian entry performed 12th and in the voting, was placed second to the Azerbaijani entry Running Scared by Ell and Nikki with 189 points. [ 19 ]