Finally, here it is. The final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will be held tonight. Twenty-five countries will battle for the trophy of the most prestigious song contest in the world. Who will succeed Lena Meyer-Landrut?
The show
The final of the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held tonight in Düsseldorf. Five of tonight's competitors are directly qualified (Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), while the other 20 have passed through the semifinals first. All 43 countries that have taken part in this year's contest have the right to vote tonight. The winner will be decided by 50% jury vote and 50% televoting.
How to watch
- Live on the public televisions of the participating countries at 21:00 CET.
- Webcast (eurovision.tv official)
- Other official webcasts are provided by the national broadcasters on their websites.
The participants
- Finland – Paradise Oskar – Da da dam
- Bosnia & Herzegovina – Dino Merlin – Love in rewind
- Denmark – A Friend in London – New tomorrow
- Lithuania- Evelina Sasenko – C'est ma vie
- Hungary – Kati Wolf – What about my dreams?
- Ireland – Jedward – Lipstick
- Sweden – Eric Saade – Popular
- Estonia – Getter Jaani – Rockefeller Street
- Greece – Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike – Watch my dance
- Russia – Alexey Vorobyov – Get you
- France – Amaury Vassili –Sognu
- Italy – Raphael Gualazzi –Madness of love
- Switzerland – Anna Rosinelli – In love for a while
- United Kingdom– Blue –I can
- Moldova – Zdob si Zdub – So lucky
- Germany– Lena Meyer-Landrut – Taken by a stranger
- Romania – Hotel FM – Change
- Austria – Nadine Beiler – The secret is love
- Azerbaijan – Eldar & Nigar – Running scared
- Slovenia – Maja Keuc – No one
- Iceland – Sigurjon's Friends – Coming home
- Spain– Lucía Pérez –Que me quiten lo bailao
- Ukraine – Mika Newton – Angel
- Serbia – Nina – Caroban
- Georgia – Eldrine – One more day
Enjoy the show!!