Blue and Jedward don't go home with 'nul points' after both get big thumbs up on Eurovision Song Contest but Azerbaijan win
By Jody Thompson
Half of winning Azerbaijan duo Elle and Nikki is mother-of-two from London
Blue and Jedward were both relieved not to both be going home with 'nul points' after doing themselves rather proud in the Eurovision Song Contest tonight.
British boyband Blue landed a maximum 12 points from Bulgaria and scored highly from Italy and Russia to go to the top of the leader board early on - and even squeezed an 'un point' from France.
They had put in a brilliant performance of their song I Can, which was written by band members Lee Ryan and Duncan James.
However, the runaway winner was Azerbaijan duo Ell and Nikki with their powerful ballad Running Scared - thought the UK can claim a little of the success, as Nikki is a mother-of-two currently living in north London.
Half of winning Azerbaijan duo Elle and Nikki is mother-of-two from London
Blue and Jedward were both relieved not to both be going home with 'nul points' after doing themselves rather proud in the Eurovision Song Contest tonight.
British boyband Blue landed a maximum 12 points from Bulgaria and scored highly from Italy and Russia to go to the top of the leader board early on - and even squeezed an 'un point' from France.
They had put in a brilliant performance of their song I Can, which was written by band members Lee Ryan and Duncan James.
However, the runaway winner was Azerbaijan duo Ell and Nikki with their powerful ballad Running Scared - thought the UK can claim a little of the success, as Nikki is a mother-of-two currently living in north London.
On song: Blue performed a blinder at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf,
Germany, tonight and managed not to go home with 'nil points'
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.
Winners: Azerbaijan's Ell and Nikki. The pair performed their winning ballad
Running Scared once more after being declared winners.
Azerbaijan's Ell with the Eurovision Song Contest trophy.
Unfortunately, our competitor AlexeyVorobyov took only 16th place :((
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