Eurovision 2011: Blue and Jedward don"t get "nul points" but Azerbaijan win
Blue and Jedward don”t go home with “nul points” after both get big thumbs up on Eurovision Song Contest but Azerbaijan win
10:37 AM on 15th May 2011
On song: Blue performed a blinder at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf, Germany, tonight and managed not to go home with “nil points”
High hopes: Blue started off strongly in the voting but slowly started to tail off to slip down the leader board again having topped it at one point
Sterling effort: Blue”s Lee Ryan, left, and Simon Webbe, right, gave it their all and kept Britain in the top half of the leader board all night
Enthusiastic: Irish entry Jedward put in an energetic performance of their Europop track Lipstick – which landed them top marks from British voters, who weren”t allowed to vote for their own entry Blue
Hands up: But Jedward”s performance wasn”t enough and they were somewhat trounced by Azerbaijan who walked off with the spoils
Pride of Eurovision: Nikki, of Ell and Nikki, thanked everyone who had voted them this year”s winner with their song Running Scared
Winners: Azerbaijan”s Ell and Nikki with the Eurovision Song Contest trophy and a large bunch of flowers
Tuneful: The pair performed their winning ballad Running Scared once more after being declared winners
Typical Eurovision: Moldova had one of the craziest acts on the night with an act featuring huge conical hats and a trumpet-playing girl on a unicycle
Manic Moldova: Unicycling woman playing a trumpet just out of shot
Top half: Ireland paid tribute to their entry Jedward – but only gave the UK entry a paltry six points
World stage: The huge Eurovision set in Dusseldorf, which was watched tonight by an estimated 125million around the globe