They were one of the most spectacular acts at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Düsseldorf in May. With their infectious entry Lipstick, Jedward finished a very respectable 8^th place in the competition and gave Ireland its best result since 2000. In the voting for the 2011 ESC Radio Awards the Irish twins fared much better: The listeners voted them Best Group, and in the Best Song category, Lipstick finished in second place, behind Eric Saade’s Popular (Sweden).

We met John and Edward this past weekend before their Berlin concert to hand over the trophies and chat with the guys about their Eurovision experience, their new cd album Victory and future plans.

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From June 6 to 13, the voting for the 2011 ESC Radio Awards took place. More than twice as many people as last time participated, thank you for your votes! So now it’s time to reveal the results in the four categories Best Song, Best Female Artist, Best Male Artist and Best Group:

Sweden’s 2011 Eurovision entry, “Popular”, written by Fredrik Kempe and performed by Eric Saade, won an impressive overall victory. While the song finished third in the contest in Düsseldorf, only 4 points behind Italy, “Popular” tops our awards poll for Best Song 2011 with a remarkable 31,3% of the vote. In addition, in the Best Male Artist category Eric scored a massive win with 49%, the highest percentage ever achieved in this category. So, our special congratulations go to Sweden, Eric Saade, and the composer of the song, Fredrik Kempe!

In the Best Female Artist category, Germany’s Lena secured her win with 15,4% of the vote. At the contest in Düsseldorf, the 2010 Eurovision winner came 10^th with the song “Taken By A Stranger”. In the category Best Group 2011, the trophies go to Jedward from Ireland. The ESC Radio listeners awarded them with 32,5% of the vote. Their song “Lipstick”, which has been doing quite well in the charts across Europe, ranks second place with the voters.

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The voting for the 2011 ESC Radio Awards is closed now, the voting form has been deactivated. The complete results and the winners will be published today, in the afternoon!

The 43 participants from the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, held from 10-14 May in Düsseldorf, Germany, are getting a second chance. From June 6-13, you can vote for your favourites from the contest in four categories: Best Song, Best Female Artist, Best Male Artist, and Best Group 2011. Voting is possible every day, three times per day. The voting form will be deactivated on Monday, June 13, at 23:59 CEST.

It’s the fifth time since 2006 that the ESC Radio listeners cast their votes. Past award winners include, among others, Anna Vissi (Greece, in two categories), Alexander Rybak (Norway, in two categories), Euroband (Iceland), Dima Bilan (Russia, in two categories), Magdi Rúzsa (Hungary), Yohanna (Iceland), and D’Nash (Spain, in two categories). You can see the full results of the former editions at http://www.escradio.com/category/esc-radio-awards

And this year, who will be placed among the top three finishers in each category? Who will take the victory and receive the trophies 2011?

It’s time again for the Annual ESC Radio Awards! For the fifth time since 2006, the listeners of ESCradio.com will have the opportunity to vote for their favourites from the contest in four categories: Best Song 2011, Best Female Artist 2011, Best Male Artist 2011, Best Group 2011. Stay tuned, more details to come very soon!

For the former editions of the ESC Radio Awards, please go to http://www.escradio.com/category/esc-radio-awards

The quiz question of our AFIL competition from last Saturday was: What’s the name of the duo that represented Denmark three times at the ESC? The correct answer is of course: Hot Eyes, or Kirsten Siggard & Søren Bundgaard, or simply Kirsten & Søren, all three variants were accepted.

The three lucky winners of Tim’s ring, Ben’s drumsticks and Sebastian’s plectrum (each item + 1 signed cd-single of “New Tomorrow”) are: Matteo Palmier (Malta), José Antonio Barba Parejas (Spain) and Djani Delic (Serbia); in addition to these three announced prizes, we can give away two more cd-singles of “New Tomorrow” (not signed though), the winners are: Elin Ryttare (Sweden) and Dawid Blaszczak (Poland). Congratulations! The winners will receive their prizes soon. Better luck next time for those who did not win, a new quiz soon to come.

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