Which country won eurovision 2011

However, Blue managed to notch up a respectable score compared with last year's entry, who came last with only 10 points. At one early stage during the voting process Bulgaria and Italy both awarded the UK high scores, making it briefly top of the results table. Host Graham Norton joked: "Quick, someone take a picture. Viewers at home in all 43 competing nations voted for their favourite song by phone or text message, which accounted for half of each country's vote.

Two rounds of semi-finals held earlier in the week whittled the competitors down to 25 finalists. In pictures: Stars of Eurovision.

And most importantly, we should ensure that we remain attentive and supportive in the aftermath of these events, as local activists become more vulnerable to acts of retaliation once international attention has shifted from their country. Although there certainly were repercussions against activists who were critical in the run-up to Eurovision and other international events in Azerbaijan in and in fact, I was kicked out of Azerbaijan in connection with my human rights work shortly after the country hosted the Internet Governance Forum in November , I stand by the decision we took not to call for a boycott of the event.

Because of the courageous efforts of local activists in the run-up to Eurovision , the world now knows more than it used to about human rights violations in Azerbaijan. These brave individuals deserve international support and protection as they face retaliation for exposing unsavoury truths.

One should not be silent about such things. Rebecca Vincent is an American-British human rights activist currently based in London. She is a former US diplomat and has worked with a wide range of international and Azerbaijani human rights and freedom of expression organisations. You can follow the editor on Twitter: nyktweets. Rebecca Vincent. Published On 19 May More from Author. Most Read. No, well, there's always a first time, lads. Their ex-manager Daniel Glatman called the decision to enter Eurovision "reckless insanity".

Given that the band had won two Brit awards and had three number one singles before splitting in , in retrospect it's possible that perhaps he had a point. Poor Lee "Blue" Ryan.

The only consolation for the boys is likely to be that Jedward bombed almost as spectacularly. The X Factor rejects, John and Edward Grimes, always sounded as if they should have been characters in a Dickens novel rather than an ITV reality show, and after all the predictions of success their plight last night did have some of the pathos of Little Nell about it. The identical twins from Dublin — of whom Simon Cowell once said: "They're vile little creatures who would step on their mother's head to have a hit" — failed on The X Factor and now they have failed at Eurovision too, inexplicably failing to win over the hearts and minds of the million-strong TV audience.

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