Bundesvision Song Contest 2011

Bundesvision Song Contest 2011
Dates
Final 29 September 2011
Venue Lanxess Arena, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Presenter(s)
Interval act "Unter deiner Flagge" by Unheilig
Participants
Vote
Voting system Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song  Berlin
"Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" by Tim Bendzko

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2011 was the seventh edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 29 September 2011 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia,[1] following Unheilig's win in the 2010 contest in Berlin with the song "Unter deiner Flagge".[2] This was the second time that North Rhine-Westphalia had hosted the contest, after previously hosting in the first contest Oberhausen in 2005.[3] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, with Lena Meyer-Landrut; Germany's Eurovision Song Contest 2010 winner, and representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 conducting interviews in the green room, whilst regular green room host Elton sat in the fan block.[4]

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2011 was Tim Bendzko with the song "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären", representing Berlin, the state's third win. In second place was Flo Mega representing Bremen, and third place to Bosse and Anna Loos representing Lower Saxony.[5]

Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 winners Juli returned participating for Hesse, the second time a former winner had returned to the contest after Peter Fox had competed and won in 2009, and before that as a member of Seeed who won in 2006. Other returning artists include Jennifer Rostock from 2008; again for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Anna Loos representing Lower Saxony; who competed in the band Silly in 2010 for Saxony-Anhalt.[3]

13 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Brandenburg, Saarland, and Schleswig-Holstein awarding themselves 10, 10, and 3 points respectively.

Results

Draw State Artist Song English translation Place Points[5]
01  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Jennifer Rostock "Ich kann nicht mehr" I can't go on any longer 8 66
02  Saxony-Anhalt Flimmerfrühstück "Tu's nicht ohne Liebe" Don't do it without love 13 12
03  Schleswig-Holstein Muttersöhnchen "Essen geh'n" Eating out 16 8
04  Brandenburg Doreen "Wie konntest du nur?" How could you dare 13 12
05  Baden-Württemberg Glasperlenspiel "Echt" Real 4 91
06  Saarland Pierre Ferdinand et les Charmeurs "Ganz Paris ist eine Disco" Whole of Paris is a disco 11 17
07  Bavaria Andreas Bourani "Eisberg" Iceberg 10 26
08  Saxony Kraftklub "Ich will nicht nach Berlin" I don't want to go to Berlin 5 89
09  Thuringia Alin Coen Band "Ich war hier" I was here 12 13
10  Lower Saxony Bosse & Anna Loos "Frankfurt/Oder" 3 102
11  Hesse Juli "Du lügst so schön" You lie so beautifully 13 12
12  Hamburg Thees Uhlmann "Zum Laichen und Sterben ziehen die Lachse den Fluss hinauf" The salmons go up the river for spawning and dying 8 66
13  Rhineland-Palatinate Jupiter Jones "ImmerfürImmer" AlwaysForEver 6 86
14  Bremen Flo Mega "Zurück" Back 2 111
15  Berlin Tim Bendzko "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" If words were my language 1 141
16  North Rhine-Westphalia Frida Gold "Unsere Liebe ist aus Gold" Our love is made of gold 7 76

Scoreboard

Voting results[6][7]
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 661262436364324353
Saxony-Anhalt 1212
Schleswig-Holstein 835
Brandenburg 12102
Baden-Württemberg 9144671247536610737
Saarland 17107
Bavaria 261412213111
Saxony 893346626121045454105
Thuringia 13112
Lower Saxony 1021010785528512381684
Hesse 1212
Hamburg 66211211152172122566
Rhineland-Palatinate 868715212110814312102
Bremen 1115282878361081071278
Berlin 14178101210810778106881210
North Rhine-Westphalia 7665537344257162412

References

  1. Zinser, Daniela (30 September 2011). "Bundesvision Song Contest: Hallo, ihr süßen Phrasen!" [Bundesvision Song Contest: Hello, your sweet phrases!]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. "Unheilig gewinnt Bundesvision Song Contest 2010" [Unheilig wins Bundesvision Song Contest 2010]. HNA (in German). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Bundesvision Song Contest 2005". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. "Bundesvision Song Contest". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 Diersch, Verena (30 September 2011). "Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko gewinnt für Berlin" [Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko wins for Berlin]. Musikmarkt (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 1
  7. tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 2
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