"
Running Scared" is a song performed by
Azerbaijani duo
Eldar & Nigar (also known as Ell and Nikki). It won the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for
Azerbaijan, held in
Düsseldorf,
Germany. The song was performed in, and qualified from, the first semi-final on 10 May. It was performed in the final on 14 May, and won with 221 points. Ell and Nikki were the first mixed-gender duo to win the contest since 1963 and the first winners from
Azerbaijan.