Germany wins Eurovision, Russia 11th

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Lena Meyer-Landrut of Germany on Sunday won the 55th Eurovision song contest in Oslo, Norway.

Lena Meyer-Landrut of Germany on Sunday won the 55th Eurovision song contest in Oslo, Norway.

Lena's song Sattellite gathered 246 points. She received the maximum of 12 points from Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain, Slovakia, Latvia, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden.

Russia's Peter Nalitch was 11th with his song "Lost and Forgotten".

The show was watched by an audience of 18,000 in the Telenor Arena and over 120 million TV viewers in at least 45 countries.

Representatives of 25 countries took part in the final, including 20 who directly qualified in one of the two semi-finals, held on May 25th and 27th. The remaining five were directly qualified for the show: the host country, Norway, and the "Big Four" (The United Kingdom, Spain, France and Germany).

 

MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti)

 

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