Touch of blues as UK flops again in song contest

Their song was called I Can, but when it came to the crunch, it turned out that Blue couldn’t.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th May 2011, 10:03 BST

Hopes of the UK winning its first Eurovision Song Contest since 1997 had been resting on the shoulders of the newly-reformed boyband but after Saturday’s final in Dusseldord, they could do no better than 11th place.

They scored a total of 100 points, however, 10 times more than last year’s British entry Josh Dubovie, who came last.

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The contest of 25 nations was won by Azerbaijan with romantic duet Running Scared, performed by Ell and Nikki. Irish twins Jedward, the former X Factor stars James and Edward Grimes came in 8th place with Lipstick.