Eurovision 2011: 2 months and counting
As Eurovision 2011 draws nearer, yesterday particpants were awarded their places in the two Semi-Finals.
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It’s now less than two months to go before Eurovision 2011.
The theme for 2011 is “Feel Your Heart Beat”. The Final takes place at Düsseldorf Arena in Germany on May 14th.
This year’s event sees the return of Italy to the contest, joining as one of the Big Five (previously the Big Four) nations that are guaranteed a place due to being a major funder of the budget. Italy hasn’t participated since 1997.
Also returning are Austria, Hungary and San Marino.
Last year’s winner Lena will again represent Germany, while Israel is sending back 1998 transgender winner Dana International.
Appearing for the UK is boyband Blue (they just never learn!).
Yesterday in Düsseldorf entrants were awarded their places in the two Semi-Finals, with “wildcard” countries allowed to choose their own place.
First Semi-Final:
1. Poland (wildcard)
2. Norway
3. Albania
4. Armenia
5. Turkey
6. Serbia
7. Russia
8. Switzerland
9. Georgia
10. Finland
11. Malta
12. San Marino
13. Croatia
14. Iceland
15. Hungary
16. Portugal
17. Lithuania
18. Azerbaijan
19. Greece (wildcard)
Semi-Final 2:
1. Bosnia & Herzegovina
2. Austria
3. The Netherlands
4. Belgium
5. Slovakia (wildcard)
6. Ukraine
7. Moldova
8. Sweden
9. Cyprus
10. Bulgaria
11. FYR Macedonia
12. Israel
13. Slovenia
14. Romania
15. Estonia
16. Belarus
17. Latvia (wildcard)
18. Denmark
19. Ireland
Final:
11. France
12. Italy
14. United Kingdom
16. Germany
22. Spain (wildcard)
Eurovision will again air on SBS ONE in May.
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9 Responses
Final:
1. / Kati Wolf
What About My Dreams?
Brilliant! Maybe Blue doing this is like some James-Franco-in-General-Hospital performance art experiment? After all, Duncan from Blue was happy to send himself up senseless, playing “Duncan From Blue”, in the Channel 4 series “Plus One”. Did that ever get shown here? First two minutes of this clip from it are pretty funny.
youtube.com/watch?v=CdGe8xYGA0A
Saade should really have won Melo last year with Manboy which I think would have torn shit up in Eurovision. Not a fan of his effort this year.
I stake my vast fortune that Eric Saade for Sweden will win. I have been watching Melodifestivalen and not only is he insanely gorgeous but the song is a real boon.
Welcome back Italy! It’s good to see you, you’re looking fabulous! *mwah!* *mwah!*
Two months to go. I can hardly wait 🙂
Great to hear that Dana International is back …
Blue … oh, please … there was better to choose from.
“Feel Your Heat Beads?” (Psst, typo.)
It sounds like it’s going to be a big event this year. It’s interesting to see Blue returning from total obscurity.
the UK entry this year isnt so bad actually, the only problem is there are lots of up tempo pop songs this year, so it kind of gets lost amongst them. The Israeli entry by former winner Dana International is bloody awful. The Swedish song is the ultimate Euro pop song and if the French guy can pull off a good vocal performance on the night, it will be amazing! Anyway, I love Eurovision, so I cant wait!