of three juries, "Lipstick" performed by Jedward was selected as the winner. At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 17 January 2011, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Ireland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2011, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 15 March 2011 and Ireland was set to perform last in position 19, following the entry from Denmark. In Ireland, the semi-finals were broadcast on RTÉ Two and the final was broadcast on RTÉ One with commentary by Marty Whelan. The second semi-final and final were also broadcast via radio on RTÉ Radio 1 with commentary by Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski. The Irish spokesperson, who announced the Irish votes during the final, was Derek Mooney. Semi-final Jedward took part in technical rehearsals on 4 and 8 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 11 and 12 May. This included the jury final on 21 May where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries. The Irish performance featured Jedward dressed in red sequence jackets with shoulder pads. The performance began with John Grimes performing the opening line of the song in the centre of the stage followed by Edward Grimes lying on the stage floor and performing the second line, with John later pulling Edward up and continuing the performance, which they concluded by tossing over. The LED screens displayed silhouettes of Jedward dancing in the background alternating with big red lips flashing, with the stage lighting being dominantly in red. Jedward was joined on stage by four backing vocalists: the co-composer of "Lipstick" Dan Priddy, David O'Connor, Leanne Moore