Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf and selected their song through a national final, organised by German broadcaster NDR which is part of ARD. In June 2010, ARD announced that Lena Meyer-Landrut would represent Germany at the contest again.

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Unser Song für Deutschland
Selection date(s)Artist: 30 June 2010
Song:
Semi-final
31 January 2011
7 February 2011
Final
18 February 2011
Selected entrantLena Meyer-Landrut
Selected song"Taken by a Stranger"
Finals performance
Final result10th, 107 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Artist selection
Titlecard of "Unser Song für Deutschland"

At the winner's press conference of Eurovision 2010, Stefan Raab announced that Lena Meyer-Landrut would represent Germany in 2011 to defend her title.[1] ARD didn't, however, confirm the news until 30 June 2010.[2]

Unser Song für Deutschland

In December 2010, ARD's head of entertainment Thomas Schreiber said in an interview that the song would be selected via televoting during three live shows, two semi-finals broadcast by ProSieben and the final on Das Erste (ARD), thereby confirming earlier media reports.[3] As confirmed by NDR, these three shows were held on 31 January and 7 February 2011 with six songs been presented in each of the two semi-finals the half of which proceeded to the final.[4]

Like one year earlier, the three shows were presented by Sabine Heinrich and Matthias Opdenhövel.[5] On 27 January 2011, ARD announced the six jury members of the competition.[6]

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was held on 31 January 2011 in Cologne, and broadcast live by the commercial television station ProSieben. Lena Meyer-Landrut performed six songs, from which three were chosen through televoting to advance to the final.

A three-member jury panel consisting of Stefan Raab, Der Graf (singer of the German band Unheilig) and Stefanie Kloß (singer of the German band Silbermond) also appeared in the semi-final, but solely in an advisory role.

Semi-final 1 – 31 January 2011
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 "Good News" Audra Mae, Ferras Alqaisi Eliminated
2 "Maybe" Daniel Schaub, Pär Lammers Advanced
3 "I Like You" Rosi Golan, Johnny McDaid Eliminated
4 "That Again" Stefan Raab Eliminated
5 "Taken by a Stranger" Gus Seyffert, Nicole Morier, Monica Birkenes Advanced
6 "What Happened to Me" Lena Meyer-Landrut, Stefan Raab Advanced

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 7 February 2011 in Cologne, and broadcast live by the commercial television station ProSieben. Lena Meyer-Landrut performed the remaining six songs, from which another three were chosen through televoting to advance to the final.

A three-member jury panel consisting of Stefan Raab, Anke Engelke (comedian, singer and host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011) and Joy Denalane (soul singer) also appeared in the semi-final, but solely in an advisory role.

Semi-final 2 – 7 February 2011
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 "A Million and One" Errol Rennalls, Stavros Ioannou Advanced
2 "Teenage Girls" Viktoria Hansen, Lili Tarkow-Reinisch, Yacíne Azeggagh Eliminated
3 "Push Forward" Daniel Schaub, Pär Lammers Advanced
4 "At All" Aloe Blacc Eliminated
5 "A Good Day" Audra Mae, Todd Wright, Scott Simons Eliminated
6 "Mama Told Me" Stefan Raab, Lena Meyer-Landrut Advanced

Final

The final was held on 18 February 2011 in Cologne, and broadcast live by the public broadcaster Das Erste (ARD). Lena Meyer-Landrut performed the six finalists songs, from which two rounds of televoting selected the winning song, "Taken by a Stranger", receiving 79% of the votes in the superfinal.

A three-member jury panel consisting of Stefan Raab, Barbara Schöneberger (hostess and singer) and Adel Tawil (singer of the German band Ich + Ich) also appeared in the final, but solely in an advisory role.

Final – 18 February 2011
Draw Song Result
1 "Maybe" Eliminated
2 "What Happened to Me" Eliminated
3 "Push Forward" Superfinalist
4 "Mama Told Me" Eliminated
5 "A Million and One" Eliminated
6 "Taken by a Stranger" Superfinalist
Superfinal – 18 February 2011
Draw Song Televote Place
1 "Push Forward" 21% 2
2 "Taken by a Stranger" 79% 1

At Eurovision

Germany was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and a "Big Five" member and was therefore in the final, on 14 May. Germany voted in the second semi-final. Lena finished 10th in the final with 107 points.

Split results
  • In the Final Germany came 10th with 107 points: the public awarded Germany 9th place with 113 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 104 points.

Points awarded by Germany
Points awarded to Germany (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Bakker, Sietse (30 June 2010). "Final of Eurovision 2011 set for 14 May, Lena returns!". EBU. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. "ESC-Finale 2011 findet am 14. Mai statt". Eurovision.de (in German). 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. "Auf der ESC-Baustelle (Video)" (in German). NDR. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. "Unser Song für Deutschland" (in German). NDR. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. "Will Lena defend her title?". Eurovision.tv. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. "USFD: Die Jury steht fest". Eurovision.de. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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