winner, 2011
Eldar Gasimov
Eldar Gasimov represented Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2011 in Düsseldorf with “Running Scared”, and won.
- who
- Azerbaijani singer
- born
- 4 June 1989, Baku
- contest
- 2011
- win
- 2011
- music
- pop, soul
- plays
- piano
- active
- since 2010
- studied at
- Baku Slavic University
- sang for
- Azerbaijan
Biography
Eldar Gasimov is an Azerbaijani singer who won the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf with Nigar Jamal, as Ell and Nikki, singing “Running Scared”. It is Azerbaijan’s only win, and a year later Gasimov was one of the presenters when the contest came to Baku.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Eldar Gasimov”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2011 Düsseldorf
“Running Scared”
Winner Won the contest with 221 points, ahead of 24 other songs.
- With
- Nikki
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Sandra Bjurman, Iain James Farquharson, Stefan Örn
- Running order
- 19th of 25 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 19, 122 points
- Age on the night
- 21
Play: Ell and Nikki — “Running Scared”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2011 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2011: Italy comes back, the champion defends, and Azerbaijan wins
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Man of the year
- honorary diploma of President of Azerbaijan Republic
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Eldar Gasimov, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2011 The result
The juries and the public disagreed, and the public's choice won. Azerbaijan's Ell and Nikki took the televote and the combined result with "Running Scared", on 221 points. It was the country's first victory, in only its fourth year at the contest.
- 2012
Azerbaijan won in 2011 and hosted in 2012, in a newly built arena in Baku, under the slogan "Light Your Fire!" One of the three presenters was Eldar Gasimov, half of the duo that had won.
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