Some 125 million people worldwide tuned in to see duo Ell and Nikki from Azerbaijan crowned Eurovision winners at this year's festival in Dusseldorf with 221 points. Their romantic ballad "Running Scared" beat runner-up Italy represented by Raphael Gualazzi with his slow-burn jazz number "Madness of Love" while Sweden came in third with 20-year-old Saade, from Helsingborg in southern Sweden and his club hit "Popular".
It was a breathtaking first class dazzling live show from the Düsseldorf Arena with 25 performers from the 25 finalist countries. Twenty of these had qualified from the two Semi-Finals on Tuesday and Thursday, while host nation Germany and the rest of the so-called 'Big Five' - France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom - were automatically set for the final. After all 43 countries had voted, it was Ell/Nikki from Azerbaijan who were the lucky winner with their song Running Scared.
Azerbaijan has only competed in the Eurovision song festival since 2008. This was the country's first win. Its highest previous placing came in 2009 when AySel and Arash reached the top three.
EU-Digest
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