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]
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| Final | 29 September 2011 |
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| Venue | Lanxess Arena, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| 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 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]
Contest overview
editThe 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
edit| Draw | State | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points[5] |
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| 01 |  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Jennifer Rostock | "Ich kann nicht mehr" | I can't go on any longer | 8 | 66 |
| 02 |  Saxony-Anhalt
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Flimmerfrühstück | "Tu's nicht ohne Liebe" | Don't do it without love | 13 | 12 |
| 03 |  Schleswig-Holstein
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Muttersöhnchen | "Essen geh'n" | Eating out | 16 | 8 |
| 04 |  Brandenburg
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Doreen | "Wie konntest du nur?" | How could you dare | 13 | 12 |
| 05 |  Baden-Württemberg
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Glasperlenspiel | "Echt" | Real | 4 | 91 |
| 06 |  Saarland
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Pierre Ferdinand et les Charmeurs | "Ganz Paris ist eine Disco" | Whole of Paris is a disco | 11 | 17 |
| 07 |  Bavaria
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Andreas Bourani | "Eisberg" | Iceberg | 10 | 26 |
| 08 |  Saxony
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Kraftklub | "Ich will nicht nach Berlin" | I don't want to go to Berlin | 5 | 89 |
| 09 |  Thuringia
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Alin Coen Band | "Ich war hier" | I was here | 12 | 13 |
| 10 |  Lower Saxony
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Bosse & Anna Loos | "Frankfurt/Oder" | — | 3 | 102 |
| 11 |  Hesse
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Juli | "Du lügst so schön" | You lie so beautifully | 13 | 12 |
| 12 |  Hamburg
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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
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Jupiter Jones | "ImmerfürImmer" | AlwaysForEver | 6 | 86 |
| 14 |  Bremen
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Flo Mega | "Zurück" | Back | 2 | 111 |
| 15 | Berlin
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Tim Bendzko | "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" | If words were my language | 1 | 141 |
| 16 |  North Rhine-Westphalia
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Frida Gold | "Unsere Liebe ist aus Gold" | Our love is made of gold | 7 | 76 |
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| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 66 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony-Anhalt | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandenburg | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baden-Württemberg | 91 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saarland | 17 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bavaria | 26 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony | 89 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thuringia | 13 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Saxony | 102 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hesse | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 66 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 86 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bremen | 111 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | 141 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 76 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Unheilig gewinnt Bundesvision Song Contest 2010" [Unheilig wins Bundesvision Song Contest 2010]. HNA (in German). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Bundesvision Song Contest 2005". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Bundesvision Song Contest". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ a b Diersch, Verena (30 September 2011). "Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko gewinnt für Berlin" [Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko wins for Berlin]. Musikmarkt (in German). Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 1
- ^ tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 2
External links
edit- Official BSC website at tvtotal.de