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 ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). 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

At the winner's press conference of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Stefan Raab announced that Lena Meyer-Landrut would again represent the Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 to defend her title.[1] On 30 June 2010, NDR confirmed that they had internally selected Meyer-Landrut to represent the country.[2][3]

Unser Song für Deutschland
Titlecard of "Unser Song für Deutschland"

Unser Song für Deutschland (English: Our Song for Germany) was the song selection to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut would perform at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 31 January and 7 February 2011 and a final on 18 February 2011 all taking place at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne, hosted by Matthias Opdenhövel and Sabine Heinrich.[4][5] Like in the previous year, the national final was co-produced by the production company Brainpool, which would also co-produce the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The semi-finals were broadcast on ProSieben and the final was broadcast on Das Erste as well as online via ARD's official website daserste.de.[6] The final of the competition was watched by 3.25 million viewers in Germany.

Competing entries

German and international composers and lyricists were called upon to submit their entries for the competition. Between 400 and 600 entries were received. A panel of music experts together with Stefan Raab selected the top twelve songs. The twelve participating songs were announced during the semi-finals of the competition.[7]

Semi-final 1

The televised first semi-final took place on 31 January 2011. Meyer-Landrut presented six songs and three were selected by public voting to proceed to the final. Three music experts consisting of Stefan Raab, Der Graf (singer of the German band Unheilig) and Stefanie Kloß (singer of the German band Silbermond) provided feedback in regards to the songs during the show. Public voting included options for landline and SMS voting.

Semi-final 1 – 31 January 2011
Draw Song Composer(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 televised second semi-final took place on 7 February 2011. Meyer-Landrut presented six songs and three were selected by public voting to proceed to the final. Three music experts consisting of Stefan Raab, Anke Engelke (comedian, singer and host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011) and Joy Denalane (soul singer) provided feedback in regards to the songs during the show. Public voting included options for landline and SMS voting.

Semi-final 2 – 7 February 2011
Draw Song Composer(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 televised final took place on 18 February 2011. Meyer-Landrut performed the six finalist songs and the winning was selected through two rounds of public voting. In the first round of voting, the top two songs were selected to proceed to the second round. The top two songs were: "Push Forward" and "Taken by a Stranger". In the second round, the winning song, "Taken by a Stranger", was selected. Three music experts consisting of Stefan Raab, Barbara Schöneberger (hostess and singer) and Adel Tawil (singer of the German band Ich + Ich) provided feedback in regards to the songs during the show. Public voting included options for landline and SMS voting.

First Round – 18 February 2011
Draw Song Result
1 "Maybe" Eliminated
2 "What Happened to Me" Eliminated
3 "Push Forward" Advanced
4 "Mama Told Me" Eliminated
5 "A Million and One" Eliminated
6 "Taken by a Stranger" Advanced
Second Round – 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. "Final of Eurovision 2011 set for 14 May, Lena returns!". Eurovision.tv. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. "Will Lena defend her title?". Eurovision.tv. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. "USFD: Die Jury steht fest". Eurovision.de. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  6. "Auf der ESC-Baustelle (Video)" (in German). NDR. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. Klier, Marcus (31 January 2011). "Live: First semi final in Germany". Esctoday. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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