Jedward beat Blue at Eurovision 2011
Published May 15 2011, 09:15 BST | By Colin Daniels
© PA Images / Frank Augstein
The competition saw 25 countries battling for victory, with Azerbaijan emerging as the winners with Ell/Nikki's 'Running Scared'.
Former X Factor finalists Jedward, who performed their track 'Lipstick', finished in eighth place, securing 119 points for Ireland.
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Blue, meanwhile, received 100 points to place 11th on the scoreboard with 'I Can'. Member Duncan James had earlier admitted that the band were aiming to land in the top five.
The band took to their official Twitter page to thank their fans, saying: "We were really pleased with our performance and hope the UK & our fans around Europe are proud of us. Thanks for your support."
Jedward had been confident about their entry, insisting that they would receive more points than their UK rivals.
Both Jedward and Blue are represented by the same PR company.
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didn't sweden give them 12 points just goes to show they could have a career in europe doing dance/pop.
May 15th 2011 at 5:47pm
agree winning song very dull just don't know how europe will vote.
May 15th 2011 at 5:46pm
I was gutted for blue their song I can was amazing great performance however they still recieved points from almost every country just not enough points love jedward even though they can't sing.
May 15th 2011 at 5:46pm
you love any old crap lol!
May 15th 2011 at 3:26pm
And yet Blue got votes from 25 out of the 43 countries and Jedward only got them from 17. Go figure.
May 15th 2011 at 2:54pm